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Abject
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base, humble, menial, servile, slavish
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arrogant, haughty, high-handed, imperious, lordly, supercilious,
superior, uppity
sunk to or existing in a low state or condition
cast down in spirit
expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit
very bad or severe
low in spirit, strength, or hope
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mean, ignoble, abject, sordid mean being below the normal standards of human decency and
dignity mean suggests small-mindedness, ill temper, or cupidity mean and
petty satire ignoble suggests a loss or lack of some essential high
quality of mind or spirit an ignoble scramble after material possessions
abject may imply degradation, debasement, or servility abject poverty
sordid is stronger than all of these in stressing physical or spiritual
degradation and abjectness a sordid story of murder and revenge
Acolyte
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adherent, convert, disciple, epigone, follower, liege man, partisan
(also partizan), pupil, votarist, votary
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coryphaeus, leader
one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by
performing minor duties
one who attends or assists a leader
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Adamant
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adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed, hardened,
hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible,
intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat,
pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked,
stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful
(or wilful)
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acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible,
pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding
a stone (such as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable
hardness
an unbreakable or extremely hard substance
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inflexible, obdurate, adamant mean unwilling to alter a predetermined course or
purpose inflexible implies rigid adherence or even servile conformity to
principle inflexible in their demands obdurate stresses hardness of
heart and insensitivity to appeals for mercy or the influence of divine grace
obdurate in his refusal to grant clemency adamant implies utter
immovability in the face of all temptation or entreaty adamant that the work
should continue
Addendum
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afterword, appendix, codicil, excursus, supplement
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foreword, introduction, preface, prologue
(also prolog)
a thing added
a supplement to a book
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Adultery
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cheating, infidelity, misconduct, two-timing, unfaithfulness
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faithfulness, fidelity
voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other
than that person's current spouse or partner
sex between a married person and someone who is not that person's wife or
husband
voluntary sexual activity (as sexual intercourse) between a married man
and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband
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a passage (as in a theater or railroad passenger car) separating sections
of seats
the side of a church nave separated by piers from the nave proper
a passage between sections of seats (as in a church or theater)
a passage between shelves (as in a supermarket)
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Alcove
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belvedere, casino, gazebo, kiosk, pavilion, summerhouse
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belvedere, casino, gazebo, kiosk, pavilion, summerhouse
a small recessed section of a room
summerhouse sense 2
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Amorous
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amatory, aphrodisiac
(also aphrodisiacal), erogenous, erotic
(also erotical), erotogenic, sexy, steamy
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nonerotic, unerotic, unsexy
strongly moved by love and especially sexual love
being in love
indicative of love
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Anon
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before long, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently, shortly,
soon
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before long, by and by, directly, momentarily, presently, shortly,
soon
after a while
soon, presently
at once
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Antsy
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aflutter, anxious, atwitter, dithery, edgy, goosey, het up, hinky
[slang], hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy,
perturbed, queasy
(also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried
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calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed
restless, fidgety
nervous, apprehensive
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Apostate
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defector, deserter, recreant, renegade
Near Antonyms:
loyalist
one who commits apostasy
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Aptly
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in an apt manner
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Ardor
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ardency, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fire,
heat, intenseness, intensity, passion, passionateness, vehemence, violence,
warmth, white heat
Near Antonyms:
impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, insensibleness,
insensitiveness, insensitivity
an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
warmth of feeling
sexual excitement
great eagerness
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passion, fervor, ardor, enthusiasm, zeal mean intense emotion compelling
action passion applies to an emotion that is deeply stirring or
ungovernable gave in to his passions fervor implies a warm and steady
emotion read the poem aloud with great fervor ardor suggests warm and
excited feeling likely to be fitful or short-lived the ardor of their honeymoon
soon faded enthusiasm applies to lively or eager interest in or
admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity never showed much enthusiasm for
sports zeal implies energetic and unflagging pursuit of an aim or
devotion to a cause preaches with fanatical zeal
Armistice
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cease-fire, truce
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cease-fire, truce
temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the
opponents
an agreement to stop fighting a war
a pause in fighting brought about by agreement between the two sides
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Articulate
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eloquent, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken
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inarticulate, ineloquent, unvocal
expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively
consisting of segments united by joints
to give clear and effective utterance to
to unite by or as if by means of a joint
to utter clear and understandable sounds
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Asphalt
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a dark bituminous substance that is found in natural beds and is also
obtained as a residue in petroleum refining and that consists chiefly of hydrocarbons
an asphaltic composition used for pavements and as a waterproof cement
a dark-colored substance obtained from natural deposits in the earth or
from petroleum
any of various materials made of asphalt that are used for pavements and
as a waterproof cement
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Astutely
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canny, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hard-boiled, hardheaded, heady,
knowing, savvy, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart
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unknowing
having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand
things clearly
very alert and aware
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shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, astute mean acute in perception and sound in
judgment shrewd stresses practical, hardheaded cleverness and judgment a
shrewd judge of character sagacious suggests wisdom, penetration,
and farsightedness sagacious investors got in on the ground floor
perspicacious implies unusual power to see through and understand what is
puzzling or hidden a perspicacious counselor saw through the child's facade
astute suggests shrewdness, perspicacity, and diplomatic skill an
astute player of party politics
Atrocity
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atrociousness, awfulness, dreadfulness, frightfulness, ghastliness,
grisliness, gruesomeness, hideousness, horridness, horror, monstrosity,
repulsiveness
Near Antonyms:
atrociousness, awfulness, dreadfulness, frightfulness, ghastliness,
grisliness, gruesomeness, hideousness, horridness, horror, monstrosity,
repulsiveness
a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
the quality or state of being atrocious
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Attired
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apparel, array, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do
up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig
(out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture
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disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss
[archaic]
the antlers or antlers and scalp of a stag or buck
dress, clothes
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Auditory
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acoustic
(or acoustical), audial, audile, aural, auricular
Near Antonyms:
nonauditory
marked by great susceptibility to impressions and reactions produced by
acoustic stimuli
attained, experienced, or produced through or as if through hearing
of or relating to hearing
audience
auditorium
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Auspicious
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bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely,
optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, upbeat
Near Antonyms:
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening,
dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic,
unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
showing or suggesting that future success is likely
attended by good auspices
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favorable, auspicious, propitious mean pointing toward a happy outcome favorable
implies that the persons involved are approving or helpful or that the circumstances are
advantageous favorable weather conditions auspicious applies to
something taken as a sign or omen promising success before or at the start of an
event an auspicious beginning propitious may also apply to beginnings
but often implies a continuing favorable condition a propitious time for starting
a business
Austere
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authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid,
rigorous, severe, stern, strict, tough
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clement, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant
having the flavor of acid or tannin predominant over fruit flavors usually
indicating a capacity for aging
stern and cold in appearance or manner
giving little or no scope for pleasure
markedly simple or unadorned
morally strict
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severe, stern, austere, ascetic mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm
restraint severe implies standards enforced without indulgence or laxity and may
suggest harshness severe military discipline stern stresses
inflexibility and inexorability of temper or character stern arbiters of public
morality austere stresses absence of warmth, color, or feeling and
may apply to rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial living an austere
life in the country ascetic implies abstention from pleasure and
comfort or self-indulgence as spiritual discipline the ascetic life of the monks
Awry
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askew, aslant, atilt, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crazy, crooked,
listing, lopsided, oblique, off-kilter, pitched, skewed, slanted, slanting,
slantwise, tilted, tipping, uneven
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even, level, straight
off the correct or expected course
in a turned or twisted position or direction
turned or twisted to one side
out of the right course
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Balked
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baffle, beat, checkmate, discomfit, foil, frustrate, thwart
Near Antonyms:
advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nurture,
promote
to refuse abruptly
to stop short and refuse to proceed
to commit a balk (see balk entry 2 sense 1)
to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle
to pass over or by
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frustrate, thwart, foil, baffle, balk mean to check or defeat another's plan or block
achievement of a goal frustrate implies making vain or ineffectual all efforts
however vigorous or persistent frustrated attempts at government reform
thwart suggests frustration or checking by crossing or opposing the
army thwarted his attempt at a coup foil implies checking or
defeating so as to discourage further effort foiled by her parents, he stopped
trying to see her baffle implies frustration by confusing or
puzzling baffled by the maze of rules and regulations balk suggests
the interposing of obstacles or hindrances officials felt that legal restrictions
had balked their efforts to control crime
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of, possessing, or imparting beatitude
having a blissful appearance
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Beget
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breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do,
draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion,
produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
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breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do,
draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion,
produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
to procreate as the father
to produce especially as an effect or outgrowth
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Belabor
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dwell (on or upon), harp (on)
Near Antonyms:
disregard, forget, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight,
slur (over)
to attack verbally
to explain or insist on excessively
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Berserk
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an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be
invulnerable
one whose actions are recklessly defiant
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Bestir
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to rouse to action
to stir up
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Bevy
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a large group or collection
a group of animals and especially quail
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Bilious
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acid, bearish, bloody-minded
[chiefly British], cantankerous, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored,
ill-natured, ill-tempered, ornery, splenetic, surly
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amiable, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered
of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver
and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats
marked by or affected with disordered liver function and especially
excessive secretion of bile
of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition
of or relating to bile
sickeningly unpleasant
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Blatant
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caterwauling, clamant, clamorous, obstreperous, squawking,
vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yawping
(or yauping), yowling
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caterwauling, clamant, clamorous, obstreperous, squawking,
vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yawping
(or yauping), yowling
noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner
completely obvious, conspicuous, or obtrusive especially in a crass or
offensive manner
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vociferous, clamorous, blatant, strident, boisterous, obstreperous mean so loud or
insistent as to compel attention vociferous implies a vehement shouting or
calling out vociferous cries of protest and outrage clamorous may
imply insistency as well as vociferousness in demanding or protesting clamorous
demands for prison reforms blatant implies an offensive bellowing or
insensitive loudness blatant rock music a blatant clamor for
impeachment strident suggests harsh and discordant noise heard the
strident cry of the crow boisterous suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to
high spirits a boisterous crowd of party goers obstreperous
suggests unruly and aggressive noisiness and resistance to restraint
the obstreperous demonstrators were arrested
Blight
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blemish, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence,
excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar
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blemish, blotch, defect, deformity, disfigurement, excrescence,
excrescency, fault, flaw, imperfection, mar, mark, pockmark, scar
something that frustrates plans or hopes
something that impairs or destroys
a deteriorated condition
to affect (a plant) with a disease or injury marked by the formation of
lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
to impair the quality or effect of
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Bristle
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fiber, filament, hair, thread
Near Antonyms:
abound, brim, bulge, burst, bustle, buzz, crawl, hum, overflow,
pullulate, swarm, teem
to furnish with short stiff coarse hairs or filaments
to make aggressive or angry
to rise and stand stiffly erect
to take on an aggressively defensive attitude (as in response to a slight
or criticism)
to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles
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Brood
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hatch, incubate, set, sit
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hatch, incubate, set, sit
the young of an animal or a family of young
a group having a common nature or origin
the children of a family
to sit on or incubate (eggs)
to cover (young) with the wings
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Brusque
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abrupt, bluff, blunt, crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken,
snippy, unceremonious
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circuitous, mealymouthed
markedly short and abrupt
blunt in manner or speech often to the point of ungracious harshness
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bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and
manner bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality a
bluff manner blunt suggests directness of expression in disregard of
others' feelings a blunt appraisal brusque applies to a sharpness or
ungraciousness a brusque response curt implies disconcerting
shortness or rude conciseness a curt command crusty suggests a harsh
or surly manner sometimes concealing an inner kindliness a crusty exterior
gruff suggests a hoarse or husky speech which may imply bad temper but more
often implies embarrassment or shyness puts on a gruff pose
Bun
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backside, behind, booty
(also bootie)
[slang], bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, caboose, can, cheeks, derriere
(or derriοΏ½re), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie
[slang], hunkers, keister
(also keester)
[slang], nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush
[slang]
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backside, behind, booty
(also bootie)
[slang], bottom, breech, bum, butt, buttocks, caboose, can, cheeks, derriere
(or derriοΏ½re), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie
[slang], hunkers, keister
(also keester)
[slang], nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end, tush
[slang]
a knot of hair shaped like a bun
a sweet or plain small bread
buttocks
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Cacophony
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babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit
[archaic], chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer,
noise, racket, rattle, roar
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quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness
harsh or jarring sound
an incongruous or chaotic mixture
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Cad
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bastard, beast, bleeder
[British], blighter
[chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, chuff, churl, clown, creep,
cretin, crud
[slang], crumb
[slang], cur, dirtbag
[slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink,
reptile, rotter, schmuck
[slang], scum, scumbag
[slang], scuzzball
[slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag
[slang], sleazeball
[slang], slime, slimeball
[slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod
[chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin
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bastard, beast, bleeder
[British], blighter
[chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, chuff, churl, clown, creep,
cretin, crud
[slang], crumb
[slang], cur, dirtbag
[slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink,
reptile, rotter, schmuck
[slang], scum, scumbag
[slang], scuzzball
[slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag
[slang], sleazeball
[slang], slime, slimeball
[slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod
[chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, toad, varmint, vermin
a bus conductor
a man who acts with deliberate disregard for another's feelings or rights
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Cadence
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beat, measure, meter, rhythm
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beat, measure, meter, rhythm
a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language
a falling inflection of the voice
the modulated and rhythmic recurrence of a sound especially in nature
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Cajoled
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blandish, blarney, coax, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
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blandish, blarney, coax, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of
reluctance
to deceive with soothing words or false promises
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cajole, coax, soft-soap, blandish, wheedle mean to influence or persuade by pleasing
words or actions cajole suggests the deliberate use of flattery to persuade in
the face of reluctance or reasonable objections cajoled him into cheating on the
final exam coax implies gentle and persistent words or actions
employed to produce a desired effect coaxed the cat out of the tree
soft-soap refers to using smooth and somewhat insincere talk usually for
personal gain politicians soft-soaping eligible voters blandish
implies a more open desire to win a person over by effusive praise and affectionate
actions legislators blandished with promises of support wheedle
suggests more strongly than cajole the use of seductive appeal or artful words in
persuading hucksters wheedling her life's savings out of her
Callous
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affectless, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless,
desensitized, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman,
inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate,
pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony
(also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable,
unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic
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charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful,
sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
being hardened and thickened
feeling no emotion
having calluses
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aspersing, blackening, calumniation, character assassination,
defamation, defaming, libel, libeling
(or libelling), maligning, slander, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying
Near Antonyms:
aspersing, blackening, calumniation, character assassination,
defamation, defaming, libel, libeling
(or libelling), maligning, slander, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying
a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously
calculated to harm another's reputation
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Camaraderie
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brotherhood, community, companionship, company, comradery,
comradeship, fellowship, society
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brotherhood, community, companionship, company, comradery,
comradeship, fellowship, society
a spirit of friendly good-fellowship
a feeling of good friendship among the people in a group
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Canine
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dog, doggy
(or doggie), hound, pooch, tyke
(also tike)
Near Antonyms:
dog, doggy
(or doggie), hound, pooch, tyke
(also tike)
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changeable, changeful, fickle, flickery, fluctuating, fluid,
inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental,
uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
Near Antonyms:
certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable, predictable,
settled, stable, stationary, steady, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
moved or controlled by a sudden desire
likely to change suddenly
governed or characterized by impulse or whim
not supported by the weight of evidence or established rules of law
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inconstant, fickle, capricious, mercurial, unstable mean lacking firmness or steadiness
(as in purpose or devotion) inconstant implies an incapacity for steadiness and
an inherent tendency to change an inconstant friend fickle suggests
unreliability because of perverse changeability and incapacity for steadfastness
performers discover how fickle fans can be capricious suggests
motivation by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability an utterly
capricious critic mercurial implies a rapid changeability in
mood made anxious by her boss's mercurial temperament unstable
implies an incapacity for remaining in a fixed position or steady course and applies
especially to a lack of emotional balance too unstable to hold a job
Carnage
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bloodbath, butchery, death, holocaust, massacre, slaughter
Near Antonyms:
bloodbath, butchery, death, holocaust, massacre, slaughter
the flesh of slain animals or humans
great and usually bloody slaughter or injury (as in battle)
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earthborn, earthbound, earthly, fleshly, material, mundane,
sublunary, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly
Near Antonyms:
heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly
relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
bodily, corporeal
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carnal, fleshly, sensual, animal mean having a relation to the body carnal may
mean only this but more often connotes derogatorily an action or manifestation of a
person's lower nature gave in to carnal desires fleshly is less
derogatory than carnal a saint who had experienced fleshly temptations
sensual may apply to any gratification of a bodily desire or pleasure but
commonly implies sexual appetite with absence of the spiritual or intellectual
fleshpots providing sensual delights animal stresses the physical as
distinguished from the rational nature of a person led a mindless animal
existence
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a tournament or exhibition in which horsemen execute evolutions
merry-go-round
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fortune-telling by means of playing cards
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Cavorting
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caper, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sport
Near Antonyms:
caper, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, sport
to leap or dance about in a lively manner
to engage in extravagant behavior
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Ceded
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cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render,
surrender, turn in, turn over, yield
Near Antonyms:
cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render,
surrender, turn in, turn over, yield
to transfer (all or part of one's liability as an insurer under an
insurance policy) by reinsurance to another insurer
to yield or grant typically by treaty
to yield or grant usually by treaty
assign, transfer
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Cerebral
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blue, eggheaded, geeky, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual,
intellectualist, intellectualistic, long-haired
(or longhair), nerdish, nerdy
Near Antonyms:
anti-intellectual, lowbrow, nonintellectual, philistine
of or relating to the brain or the intellect
appealing to intellectual appreciation
of or relating to the brain or mind
of, relating to, or affecting the cerebrum
of or relating to the brain or the intellect
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Cessation
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arrest, arrestment, cease, check, close, closedown, closure,
conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration,
finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease,
termination
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continuance, continuation
a temporary or final ceasing (as of action)
a coming to a stop
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Chaste
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clean, decent, G-rated, immaculate, modest, pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal
Near Antonyms:
coarse, dirty, filthy, immodest, impure, indecent, obscene, smutty,
unchaste, unclean, vulgar
severely simple in design or execution
innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse
pure in thought and act
celibate
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chaste, pure, modest, decent mean free from all taint of what is lewd or
salacious chaste primarily implies a refraining from acts or even thoughts or
desires that are not virginal or not sanctioned by marriage vows they maintained
chaste relations pure differs from chaste in implying innocence and
absence of temptation rather than control of one's impulses and actions the pure
of heart modest and decent apply especially to deportment and dress
as outward signs of inward chastity or purity preferred more modest swimsuits
decent people didn't go to such movies
Chattel
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bondman
(also bondsman), slave, thrall
Near Antonyms:
freeman
an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and
things (such as buildings) connected with real property
an enslaved person held as the legal property of another
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admonish, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, tick off
Near Antonyms:
admonish, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, tick off
to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
to voice disapproval to
to express mild disapproval of (someone)
to scold gently
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reprove, rebuke, reprimand, admonish, reproach, chide mean to criticize
adversely reprove implies an often kindly intent to correct a fault gently
reproved my table manners rebuke suggests a sharp or stern
reproof the papal letter rebuked dissenting clerics reprimand implies
a severe, formal, often public or official rebuke reprimanded by the ethics
committee admonish suggests earnest or friendly warning and
counsel admonished by my parents to control expenses reproach and
chide suggest displeasure or disappointment expressed in mild reproof or scolding
reproached him for tardiness chided by their mother for untidiness
Chisel
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beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do,
do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, hose
[slang], hustle, mulct, nobble
[British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short,
shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle,
thimblerig, victimize
Near Antonyms:
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do,
do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, hose
[slang], hustle, mulct, nobble
[British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short,
shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle,
thimblerig, victimize
to cut or work with or as if with a chisel
to employ shrewd or unfair practices on in order to obtain one's end
to work with or as if with a chisel
to employ shrewd or unfair practices
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the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood
the system, spirit, ways, or customs of knighthood
the qualities of the ideal knight
gallant or distinguished gentlemen
mounted men-at-arms
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arm-twisting, compulsion, constraint, duress, force, pressure
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arm-twisting, compulsion, constraint, duress, force, pressure
the act, process, or power of coercing
the use of express or implied threats of violence or reprisal (as
discharge from employment) or other intimidating behavior that puts a person in immediate fear
of the consequences in order to compel that person to act against his or her will
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Colluding
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compass, connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue, machinate, plot, put
up, scheme
Near Antonyms:
compass, connive, conspire, contrive, intrigue, machinate, plot, put
up, scheme
to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or
dishonest
to work with others secretly especially in order to do something illegal
or dishonest
to agree or cooperate secretly for a fraudulent or otherwise illegal
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Connoisseur
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cognoscente, dilettante
[dated]
Near Antonyms:
cognoscente, dilettante
[dated]
one who enjoys with discrimination and appreciation of subtleties
expert
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one who contorts
a performer who twists his or her body into unusual positions
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Contrite
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apologetic, compunctious, penitent, regretful, remorseful,
repentant, rueful, sorry
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impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant
feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming
feeling or showing sorrow for having done something bad or wrong
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Curt
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abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque
(also brusk), crusty, downright, short, short-spoken, snippy, unceremonious
Near Antonyms:
circuitous, mealymouthed
sparing of words
shortened in linear dimension
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bluff, blunt, brusque, curt, crusty, gruff mean abrupt and unceremonious in speech and
manner bluff connotes good-natured outspokenness and unconventionality a
bluff manner blunt suggests directness of expression in disregard of
others' feelings a blunt appraisal brusque applies to a sharpness or
ungraciousness a brusque response curt implies disconcerting
shortness or rude conciseness a curt command crusty suggests a harsh
or surly manner sometimes concealing an inner kindliness a crusty exterior
gruff suggests a hoarse or husky speech which may imply bad temper but more
often implies embarrassment or shyness puts on a gruff pose
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Decoy
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bait, lure
Near Antonyms:
allure, bait, beguile, betray, entice, lead on, lure, seduce,
solicit, tempt
a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
someone or something used to lure or lead another into a trap
someone or something used to draw attention away from another
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lure, entice, inveigle, decoy, tempt, seduce mean to lead astray from one's true
course lure implies a drawing into danger, evil, or difficulty through attracting
and deceiving lured naive investors with get-rich-quick schemes
entice suggests drawing by artful or adroit means advertising
designed to entice new customers inveigle implies enticing by
cajoling or flattering fund-raisers inveigling wealthy alumni decoy
implies a luring into entrapment by artifice attempting to decoy the enemy into
an ambush tempt implies the presenting of an attraction so strong
that it overcomes the restraints of conscience or better judgment tempted by the
offer of money seduce implies a leading astray by persuasion or
false promises seduced by assurances of assistance
Delectable
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agreeable, blessed
(also blest), congenial, darling, delicious, delightful, delightsome, dreamy,
dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous, good, grateful, gratifying, heavenly, jolly,
luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, satisfying,
savory
(also savoury), sweet, tasty, welcome
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disagreeable, pleasureless, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome
highly pleasing
very pleasing
delicious
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coquettish, coy, kittenish
Near Antonyms:
uncoy
proper and reserved in behavior and speech
pretending to be proper and reserved
affectedly modest, reserved, or serious
reserved, modest
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beggared, beggarly, broke, dirt-poor, down-and-out, famished, hard
up, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needful, needy,
pauperized, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken, skint
[chiefly British], threadbare
Near Antonyms:
affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, moneyed
(also monied), opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-heeled, well-off,
well-to-do
lacking something needed or desirable
lacking possessions and resources
very poor
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constant, dedicated, devoted, down-the-line, faithful, fast, good,
loyal, pious, staunch
(also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue
Near Antonyms:
disloyal, faithless, false, fickle, inconstant, perfidious,
recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue
committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior
expressing piety or religious fervor
strongly loyal or devoted
deeply religious
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crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, drag, lag, linger,
loiter, lollygag
(also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry
Near Antonyms:
barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it),
hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl,
whisk, whiz
(or whizz), zip
to move with short rapid motions
to waste (time) in trifling
to copulate with
hoax, swindle
dawdle, fool
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contempt, contemptuousness, despisement, despite, despitefulness,
misprision, scorn
Near Antonyms:
honor, respect
to look on with scorn
to refuse or abstain from because of a feeling of contempt or scorn
to treat as beneath one's notice or dignity
to feel dislike for something or someone usually for not being good
enough
to refuse because of feelings of dislike
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despise, contemn, scorn, disdain mean to regard as unworthy of one's notice or
consideration despise may suggest an emotional response ranging from strong
dislike to loathing despises cowards contemn implies a vehement
condemnation of a person or thing as low, vile, feeble, or ignominious contemns
the image of women promoted by advertisers scorn implies a ready or
indignant contempt scorns the very thought of retirement disdain
implies an arrogant or supercilious aversion to what is regarded as unworthy
disdained popular music
Divulge
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bare, disclose, discover, expose, let on (about), reveal, spill,
tell, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil
Near Antonyms:
cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil
to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
to make public
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reveal, disclose, divulge, tell, betray mean to make known what has been or should be
concealed reveal may apply to supernatural or inspired revelation of truths
beyond the range of ordinary human vision or reason divine will as revealed in
sacred writings disclose may imply a discovering but more often an
imparting of information previously kept secret candidates must disclose their
financial assets divulge implies a disclosure involving some
impropriety or breach of confidence refused to divulge an anonymous source
tell implies an imparting of necessary or useful information told
them what he had overheard betray implies a divulging that
represents a breach of faith or an involuntary or unconscious disclosure a blush
that betrayed her embarrassment
Dolt
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airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead,
chucklehead, clodpoll
(or clodpole), clot
[British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy
(or cuddie)
[British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb
[slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, donkey, doofus
[slang], dope, dork
[slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce,
dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead,
idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain,
loggerhead
[chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome
[archaic], moron, mug
[chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod
[slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit
[chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull
(or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat
[British], ratbag
[chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub
(also shlub)
[slang], schnook
[slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo,
yo-yo
Near Antonyms:
brain, genius
a stupid person
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austere, fierce, flinty, forbidding, grim, gruff, intimidating,
lowering
(also louring), rough, rugged, severe, stark, steely, stern, ungentle
Near Antonyms:
benign, benignant, gentle, mild, nonintimidating, tender
stern, harsh
obstinate, unyielding
gloomy, sullen
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dame, grande dame, matriarch, matron
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dame, grande dame, matriarch, matron
a widow holding property or a title from her deceased husband
a dignified elderly woman
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bawd, call girl, cocotte, courtesan, hooker, hustler, prostitute,
sex worker, streetwalker, tart, whore
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absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing,
involving, riveting
of the dull brown color of drab (see drab entry 3 sense 1)
any of various cloths of a dull brown or gray color
a light olive brown
slattern
prostitute
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antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, farcical, funny,
hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical
(also hysteric), killing, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible,
screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
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humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous,
unhysterical
having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
an amusing person
to make fun
having an odd and amusing quality
having an odd or amusing quality
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debatable, disputable, dodgy
[chiefly British], doubtable, doubtful, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, problematic
(also problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious
Near Antonyms:
certain, hands-down, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable,
questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unproblematic, unquestionable
giving rise to uncertainty
unsettled in opinion
questionable sense 1
causing doubt
feeling doubt
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doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable mean not affording assurance of the worth,
soundness, or certainty of something doubtful implies little more than a lack of
conviction or certainty doubtful about whether I said the right thing
dubious stresses suspicion, mistrust, or hesitation dubious about the
practicality of the scheme problematic applies especially to things
whose existence, meaning, fulfillment, or realization is highly uncertain whether
the project will ever be finished is problematic questionable may
imply no more than the existence of doubt but usually suggests that the suspicions are
well-grounded a man of questionable honesty
Duress
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arm-twisting, coercion, compulsion, constraint, force, pressure
Near Antonyms:
arm-twisting, coercion, compulsion, constraint, force, pressure
forcible restraint or restriction
compulsion (see compulsion sense 1a) by threat
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egocentricity, egocentrism, egoism, egotism, narcissism,
navel-gazing, self-absorption, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest,
self-involvement, self-preoccupation, self-regard, selfishness, selfness
Near Antonyms:
self-abandonment, self-forgetfulness, selflessness, unselfishness
the quality or state of being extremely egocentric
the quality or state of being extremely egocentric
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Elicits
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educe, evoke, inspire, raise
Near Antonyms:
educe, evoke, inspire, raise
to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)
to draw forth or bring out (something latent or potential)
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educe, evoke, elicit, extract, extort mean to draw out something hidden, latent, or
reserved educe implies the bringing out of something potential or latent
educed order out of chaos evoke implies a strong stimulus that
arouses an emotion or an interest or recalls an image or memory a song that
evokes warm memories elicit usually implies some effort or skill in
drawing forth a response careful questioning elicited the truth
extract implies the use of force or pressure in obtaining answers or
information extracted a confession from him extort suggests a
wringing or wresting from one who resists strongly extorted their cooperation by
threatening to inform
Eloquent
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articulate, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken
Near Antonyms:
inarticulate, ineloquent, unvocal
marked by forceful and fluent expression
vividly or movingly expressive or revealing
having or showing clear and forceful expression
clearly showing some feeling or meaning
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Emaciated
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cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
Near Antonyms:
cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted
very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
very thin because of hunger or disease
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Embargo
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ban, interdict, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, veto
Near Antonyms:
prescription
an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or
restricting freight transportation
an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships
from its ports
a legal prohibition on commerce
stoppage, impediment
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color, elaborate (on), embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify,
pad, stretch
Near Antonyms:
color, elaborate (on), embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify,
pad, stretch
to make beautiful with ornamentation
to heighten the attractiveness of by adding decorative or fanciful details
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adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, garnish mean to enhance the
appearance of something by adding something unessential adorn implies an
enhancing by something beautiful in itself a diamond necklace adorned her neck
decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color
or design decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the
adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the
original a white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish
often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament embellish a
page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of
counterbalancing plainness or ugliness will beautify the grounds with flower beds
deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor,
or showiness a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests
decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving
of food an entrοΏ½e garnished with parsley
Emulate
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add up (to), amount (to), come (to), correspond (to), equal
Near Antonyms:
add up (to), amount (to), come (to), correspond (to), equal
to strive to equal or excel
to equal or approach equality with
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Endearing
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adorable, darling, dear, disarming, lovable
(also loveable), lovesome, precious, sweet, winning, winsome
Near Antonyms:
abhorrent, abominable, detestable, hateful, loathsome, odious,
unlovable
arousing feelings of affection or admiration
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Entourage
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cortege
(also cortοΏ½ge), following, posse, retinue, suite, tail, train
Near Antonyms:
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(also cortοΏ½ge), following, posse, retinue, suite, tail, train
one's attendants or associates
surroundings
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Enunciated
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articulate
Near Antonyms:
articulate
to make a definite or systematic statement of
to pronounce words or parts of words
to make known publicly
articulate, pronounce
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Espouse
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marry, match, wed
Near Antonyms:
marry, match, wed
to take up and support as a cause
marry
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adopt, embrace, espouse mean to take an opinion, policy, or practice as one's
own adopt implies accepting something created by another or foreign to one's
nature forced to adopt new policies embrace implies a ready or happy
acceptance embraced the customs of their new homeland espouse adds an
implication of close attachment to a cause and a sharing of its fortunes espoused
the cause of women's rights
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coffee brewed by forcing hot water through finely ground darkly roasted
coffee beans
a cup of espresso
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Euphoria
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cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, exhilaration, heaven,
high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon,
transport
Near Antonyms:
depression
a feeling of well-being or elation
a feeling of great happiness and excitement
a feeling of well-being or elation
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induction sense 3c
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Evocative
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reminiscent, suggestive
Near Antonyms:
unreminiscent
evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
bringing thoughts, memories, or feelings into the mind
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Ewer
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flagon, jug, pitcher
Near Antonyms:
flagon, jug, pitcher
a vase-shaped pitcher or jug
a type of pitcher or jug that is shaped like a vase and that was used in
the past for holding water
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Exodus
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gush, outflow, outpour, outpouring
Near Antonyms:
flux, inflow, influx, inrush
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Exorbitant
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baroque, devilish, excessive, extravagant, extreme, fancy,
immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant,
overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue,
unmerciful
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middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate
not coming within the scope of the law
exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality,
amount, or size
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excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme mean going beyond a
normal limit excessive implies an amount or degree too great to be reasonable or
acceptable excessive punishment immoderate implies lack of desirable
or necessary restraint immoderate spending inordinate implies an
exceeding of the limits dictated by reason or good judgment inordinate pride
extravagant implies an indifference to restraints imposed by truth,
prudence, or good taste extravagant claims for the product exorbitant
implies a departure from accepted standards regarding amount or degree exorbitant
prices extreme may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible
or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree extreme shyness
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the action or process of draining or losing blood
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Exulting
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crow, delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, joy, kvell, rejoice,
triumph
Near Antonyms:
crow, delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, joy, kvell, rejoice,
triumph
to be extremely joyful
to leap for joy
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Fables
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allegory, apologue, parable
Near Antonyms:
allegory, apologue, parable
a story that is not true
a story in which animals speak and act like people and which is usually
meant to teach a lesson
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a painful abscess of the deep tissues of the palmar surface of the
fingertip that is typically caused by bacterial infection (as with a staphylococcus) and is
marked by swelling and pain οΏ½ compare whitlow sense 1
one who has committed a felony
villain
wild
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acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating,
explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly,
hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, profound,
terrible, vehement, vicious, violent
Near Antonyms:
light, moderate, soft
exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and
brutality
extremely intense
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fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or
actions fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their
wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack fierce warriors ferocious
implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality a ferocious
dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as
unworthy of civilized people barbarous treatment of prisoners savage
implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust,
or other violent passion a savage criminal cruel implies indifference
to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it the cruel jokes of
schoolboys
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ardent, blazing, burning, charged, demonstrative, emotional, fervid,
feverish, fiery, flaming, glowing, hot-blooded, impassioned, incandescent,
intense, passional, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, religious, superheated,
torrid, vehement, warm, warm-blooded
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cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional
exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
very hot
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impassioned, passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid mean showing intense
feeling impassioned implies warmth and intensity without violence and suggests
fluent verbal expression an impassioned plea for justice passionate
implies great vehemence and often violence and wasteful diffusion of emotion a
passionate denunciation ardent implies an intense degree of zeal,
devotion, or enthusiasm an ardent supporter of human rights fervent
stresses sincerity and steadiness of emotional warmth or zeal fervent good wishes
fervid suggests warmly and spontaneously and often feverishly expressed
emotion fervid love letters perfervid implies the expression of
exaggerated or overwrought feelings perfervid expressions of patriotism
Fickle
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capricious, changeable, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid,
inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental,
uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
Near Antonyms:
certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable, predictable,
settled, stable, stationary, steady, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability
changing often
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inconstant, fickle, capricious, mercurial, unstable mean lacking firmness or steadiness
(as in purpose or devotion) inconstant implies an incapacity for steadiness and
an inherent tendency to change an inconstant friend fickle suggests
unreliability because of perverse changeability and incapacity for steadfastness
performers discover how fickle fans can be capricious suggests
motivation by sudden whim or fancy and stresses unpredictability an utterly
capricious critic mercurial implies a rapid changeability in
mood made anxious by her boss's mercurial temperament unstable
implies an incapacity for remaining in a fixed position or steady course and applies
especially to a lack of emotional balance too unstable to hold a job
Fidgeting
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edginess, fidgetiness, flightiness, jitteriness, jumpiness,
restiveness, skittishness
Near Antonyms:
fiddle, jerk, jig, jiggle, squiggle, squirm, thrash, thresh, toss,
twist, twitch, wiggle, wriggle, writhe
uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements
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Filly
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girl, lass, lassie, miss, missy, nymph, sheila
[Australian & New Zealand]
Near Antonyms:
girl, lass, lassie, miss, missy, nymph, sheila
[Australian & New Zealand]
a young female horse usually of less than four years
a young woman
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Fondling
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caress, gentle, love, pat, pet, stroke
Near Antonyms:
caress, gentle, love, pat, pet, stroke
to handle tenderly, lovingly, or lingeringly
pamper
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Forage
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browse, graze, pasture, rustle
Near Antonyms:
browse, graze, pasture, rustle
food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing
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Formidable
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alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome,
forbidding, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible,
horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling,
terrible, terrifying
Near Antonyms:
alarming, dire, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, fearsome,
forbidding, frightening, frightful, ghastly, hair-raising, horrendous, horrible,
horrifying, intimidating, redoubtable, scary, shocking, spine-chilling,
terrible, terrifying
causing fear, dread, or apprehension
having qualities that discourage approach or attack
tending to inspire awe or wonder
causing fear or awe
offering serious difficulties
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consensual (see consensual sense 2) sexual intercourse between two persons
not married to each other οΏ½ compare adultery
consensual sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each
other
consensual sexual intercourse between a man and especially single woman
who are not married to each other
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Frivolity
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facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolousness, frothiness,
levity, light-headedness, light-mindedness, lightness, silliness
Near Antonyms:
earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness
the quality or state of being frivolous
a frivolous act or thing
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Frivolous
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fiddling, foolish, incidental, inconsequential, inconsiderable,
insignificant, little, Mickey Mouse, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory,
slight, small, small-fry, trifling, trivial, unimportant
Near Antonyms:
big, consequential, eventful, important, major, material,
meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, unfrivolous, weighty
of little weight or importance
lacking in seriousness
of little importance
lacking in seriousness
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Frolics
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bouncy, bubbly, buoyant, crank
[chiefly dialect], effervescent, exuberant, frolicsome, gamesome, gay,
high-spirited, vivacious
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low-spirited, sullen
to amuse oneself
to play and run about happily
a playful or mischievous action
an occasion or scene of fun
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Fumble
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blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble,
bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mangle,
mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up
Near Antonyms:
blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob
[British], brick, clanger
[British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy,
lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip
to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
to feel one's way or move awkwardly
to drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
to bring about by clumsy manipulation
to feel or handle clumsily
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shady, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy
Near Antonyms:
shady, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy
done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed
obtained underhandedly
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secret, covert, stealthy, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, underhanded mean done
without attracting observation secret implies concealment on any grounds for any
motive met at a secret location covert stresses the fact of not being
open or declared covert intelligence operations stealthy suggests
taking pains to avoid being seen or heard especially in some misdoing the
stealthy step of a burglar furtive implies a sly or cautious
stealthiness lovers exchanging furtive glances clandestine implies
secrecy usually for an evil, illicit, or unauthorized purpose and often emphasizes the
fear of being discovered a clandestine meeting of conspirators
surreptitious applies to action or behavior done secretly often with
skillful avoidance of detection and in violation of custom, law, or authority the
surreptitious stockpiling of weapons underhanded stresses fraud or
deception an underhanded trick
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marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of
being insincere or deceitful
showing little forethought or preparation
smooth, slippery
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egg (on), encourage, exhort, nudge, press, prod, prompt, urge
Near Antonyms:
counterincentive, disincentive
to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad entry 2 sense 2a)
to drive (an animal) with a goad (see goad entry 2 sense 1)
a pointed rod used to urge on an animal
something that urges or stimulates into action
a pointed rod used to keep an animal moving
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motive, impulse, incentive, inducement, spur, goad mean a stimulus to
action motive implies an emotion or desire operating on the will and causing it
to act a motive for the crime impulse suggests a driving power
arising from personal temperament or constitution buying on impulse
incentive applies to an external influence (such as an expected reward)
inciting to action a bonus was offered as an incentive inducement
suggests a motive prompted by the deliberate enticements or allurements of
another offered a watch as an inducement to subscribe spur applies to
a motive that stimulates the faculties or increases energy or ardor fear was a
spur to action goad suggests a motive that keeps one going against
one's will or desire thought insecurity a goad to worker efficiency
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a grafted (see graft entry 2 sense transitive 1) plant
the act of grafting
to cause (a scion) to unite with a stock
to implant (living tissue) surgically
to join or unite as if by grafting
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[chiefly British], grudge, resentment, score
Near Antonyms:
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[chiefly British], grudge, resentment, score
the formal expression of a grievance brought especially by an employee as
the initial step toward resolution through a grievance procedure οΏ½ see also arbitration,
grievance arbitration at arbitration, mediation
a cause of distress (as an unsatisfactory working condition or unfair
labor practice) felt to afford a reason for complaint or dispute
a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt
to afford reason for complaint or resistance
the formal expression of a grievance
suffering, distress
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injustice, injury, wrong, grievance mean an act that inflicts undeserved
hurt injustice applies to any act that involves unfairness to another or
violation of one's rights the injustices suffered by the lower classes
injury applies in law specifically to an injustice for which one may sue to
recover compensation libel constitutes a legal injury wrong applies
also in law to any act punishable according to the criminal code; it may apply more
generally to any flagrant injustice determined to right society's wrongs
grievance applies to a circumstance or condition that constitutes an
injustice to the sufferer and gives just ground for complaint a list of employee
grievances
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face, frown, lower
(also lour), moue, mouth, mow, mug, pout, scowl, snoot
Near Antonyms:
mouth, mug
a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
to distort one's face in an expression usually of pain, disgust, or
disapproval
a facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted in a way
that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain
a twisting of the face (as in disgust or pain)
to twist the face
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weak and unsteady on the feet or in action
not able to think or move normally because of being tired, sick, etc.
weak, dazed, and unsteady
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grotesquerie
(also grotesquery), monster, monstrosity, ogre
Near Antonyms:
aesthetic
(also esthetic or aesthetical or esthetical)
a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and
animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into
absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
one that is grotesque
sans serif
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fantastic, bizarre, grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to
truth or reality fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of
decorative invention dreamed up fantastic rumors bizarre applies to
the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of
combination a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city
grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically
effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or
tragic overtones grotesque statues on the cathedral though grieving,
she made a grotesque attempt at a smile
Gullible
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dewy-eyed, easy, exploitable, naive
(or naοΏ½ve), susceptible, trusting, unwary, wide-eyed
Near Antonyms:
dewy-eyed, easy, exploitable, naive
(or naοΏ½ve), susceptible, trusting, unwary, wide-eyed
easily duped or cheated
easily fooled or cheated
easily fooled or cheated
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Harbinger
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angel, foregoer, forerunner, herald, outrider, precursor
Near Antonyms:
adumbrate, forerun, foreshadow, herald, prefigure
something that foreshadows a future event
a person sent ahead to provide lodgings
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forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald mean one that goes before or announces the
coming of another forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or
presage the blockade was the forerunner of war precursor applies to a
person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another 18th
century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics harbinger
and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the
coming or arrival of a notable event their early victory was the harbinger of a
winning season the herald of a new age in medicine
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angel, foregoer, forerunner, herald, outrider, precursor
Near Antonyms:
adumbrate, forerun, foreshadow, herald, prefigure
something that foreshadows a future event
a person sent ahead to provide lodgings
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forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald mean one that goes before or announces the
coming of another forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or
presage the blockade was the forerunner of war precursor applies to a
person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another 18th
century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics harbinger
and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the
coming or arrival of a notable event their early victory was the harbinger of a
winning season the herald of a new age in medicine
Harlot
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a person who has sex with someone in exchange for money
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perception of the nature of an event after it has happened
the knowledge and understanding that you have about an event only after it
has happened
understanding of something only after it has happened
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the science of measuring time
the art of making instruments for indicating time
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Hymns
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anthem, canticle, carol, chorale, psalm, spiritual
Near Antonyms:
bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, exalt, extol
(also extoll), glorify, laud, magnify, praise, resound
a song of praise to God
a song of praise or joy
something resembling a song of praise
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Ilk
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breed, class, description, feather, genre, kidney, kind, like,
manner, nature, order, sort, species, strain, stripe, type, variety
Near Antonyms:
breed, class, description, feather, genre, kidney, kind, like,
manner, nature, order, sort, species, strain, stripe, type, variety
sort or kind
sort, kind
same
each
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Imbecile
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airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead,
chucklehead, clodpoll
(or clodpole), clot
[British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy
(or cuddie)
[British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb
[slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus
[slang], dope, dork
[slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce,
dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead,
idiot, ignoramus, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead
[chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome
[archaic], moron, mug
[chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod
[slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit
[chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull
(or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat
[British], ratbag
[chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub
(also shlub)
[slang], schnook
[slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo,
yo-yo
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brain, genius
a foolish or stupid person
a person affected with moderate intellectual disability
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airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead,
chucklehead, clodpoll
(or clodpole), clot
[British], cluck, clunk, cretin, cuddy
(or cuddie)
[British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb
[slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus
[slang], dope, dork
[slang], dullard, dum-dum, dumbbell, dumbhead, dummkopf, dummy, dunce,
dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead,
idiot, ignoramus, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead
[chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome
[archaic], moron, mug
[chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod
[slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit
[chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull
(or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat
[British], ratbag
[chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub
(also shlub)
[slang], schnook
[slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo,
yo-yo
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brain, genius
a foolish or stupid person
a person affected with moderate intellectual disability
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Immaculate
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chaste, clean, decent, G-rated, modest, pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal
Near Antonyms:
coarse, dirty, filthy, immodest, impure, indecent, obscene, smutty,
unchaste, unclean, vulgar
having or containing no flaw or error
having no colored spots or marks
having no stain or blemish
spotlessly clean
perfectly clean
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Impasse
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deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate,
standoff, standstill
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deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam, Mexican standoff, stalemate,
standoff, standstill
a predicament affording no obvious escape
an impassable road or way
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absolute, faultless, flawless, ideal, immaculate, indefectible,
irreproachable, letter-perfect, perfect, picture-book, picture-perfect,
seamless, unblemished
Near Antonyms:
amiss, bad, censurable, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect,
reproachable
free from fault or blame
not capable of sinning or liable to sin
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adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hard-nosed, hardened,
hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent,
mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse,
pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending,
uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful
(or wilful)
Near Antonyms:
acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible,
pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding
opposed to someone or something in a very angry or determined way that
cannot be changed
impossible to please, satisfy, or change
not placable
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Incite
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abet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir
(up), whip (up)
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abet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir
(up), whip (up)
to move to action
to cause (someone) to act in an angry, harmful, or violent way
to cause (an angry, harmful, or violent action or feeling)
to stir up usually harmful or violent action or feeling
to bring into being
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incite, instigate, abet, foment mean to spur to action incite stresses a stirring
up and urging on, and may or may not imply initiating inciting a riot
instigate definitely implies responsibility for initiating another's action
and often connotes underhandedness or evil intention instigated a conspiracy
abet implies both assisting and encouraging aiding and abetting the
enemy foment implies persistence in goading fomenting
rebellion
Indignation
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anger, angriness, birse
[chiefly Scottish], choler, furor, fury, irateness, ire, lividity, lividness,
mad, madness, mood
[archaic], outrage, rage, spleen, wrath, wrathfulness
Near Antonyms:
delight, pleasure
anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
anger caused by something that is unfair or wrong
anger caused by something unjust or unworthy
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anger, ire, rage, fury, indignation, wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by
displeasure anger, the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does
not convey cause or intensity tried to hide his anger ire, more
frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display
of feeling cheeks flushed with ire rage and fury suggest loss of
self-control from violence of emotion shook with rage could not
contain his fury indignation stresses righteous anger at what one considers
unfair, mean, or shameful a comment that caused general
indignation wrath is likely to suggest a desire or intent to punish or get
revenge I feared her wrath if I was discovered
Infatuation
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crush, mash, passion
Near Antonyms:
crush, mash, passion
a feeling of foolish or obsessively strong love for, admiration for, or
interest in someone or something
the object of an unreasoning or foolish attachment
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disarming, endearing, ingratiating, winning, winsome
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unendearing, uningratiating
winning favor and confidence by imperceptible degrees
tending gradually to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook often in
a slyly subtle manner
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Insolence
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back talk, backchat, cheek, impertinence, impudence, mouth, sass,
sauce
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back talk, backchat, cheek, impertinence, impudence, mouth, sass,
sauce
the quality or state of being insolent
an instance of insolent conduct or treatment
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Insomnia
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sleeplessness, wakefulness
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sleeplessness, wakefulness
prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially
due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
the condition of not being able to sleep
difficulty in sleeping
prolonged and usually abnormal inability to obtain adequate sleep
especially due to difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
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a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a
complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason
an act or course of action in response to a stimulus that is automatic
rather than learned
impelled by an inner or animating or exciting agency
a natural or inherent aptitude, impulse, or capacity
profoundly imbued
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Janitor
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caretaker, custodian, guardian, keeper, warden, watchman
Near Antonyms:
caretaker, custodian, guardian, keeper, warden, watchman
one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office)
clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs
doorkeeper
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Japes
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banter, chaff, fool, fun, gag, jest, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid,
quip, wisecrack, yuk
(or yuck)
[slang]
Near Antonyms:
boff
(or boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle
[chiefly British], jest, joke, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip,
rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk
(or yuck also yak or yock)
[slang]
to say or do something jokingly or mockingly
to make mocking fun of
something designed to arouse amusement or laughter
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the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to
compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect
the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side
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Kernel
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bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist,
heart, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot,
point, root, sum
Near Antonyms:
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist,
heart, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot,
point, root, sum
the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut
a whole seed of a cereal
a central or essential part
a fruit seed
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Lascivious
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bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter,
impure, indecent, lewd, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny,
profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton,
X-rated
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clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome
filled with or showing sexual desire
reflecting or producing sexual desire or behavior especially that is
considered indecent or obscene
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loyal, true
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to cast a sidelong glance
a lascivious, knowing, or wanton look
to look at someone in an evil or unpleasantly sexual way
to look with an unpleasant, mean, or eager glance
an unpleasant, mean, or eager glance
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Lewd
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bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter,
impure, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny,
profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton,
X-rated
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clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome
obscene, vulgar
evil, wicked
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Lewdness
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bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter,
impure, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny,
profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, stag, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton,
X-rated
Near Antonyms:
clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome
obscene, vulgar
evil, wicked
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Liability
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debit, disadvantage, disbenefit, downside, drawback, handicap,
incommodity, minus, negative, strike
Near Antonyms:
advantage, asset, edge, plus
the quality or state of being liable
something for which one is liable
one that acts as a disadvantage
the quality or state of being liable
something for which one is liable
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Lithe
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bendy
[chiefly British], flexible, limber, lissome
(also lissom), lithesome, pliable, pliant, supple, willowy
Near Antonyms:
inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened
easily bent or flexed
characterized by easy flexibility and grace
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angered, angry, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off
[chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping,
horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed
(also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, outraged, rabid,
rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty
[chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth
Near Antonyms:
angerless, delighted, pleased
discolored by bruising
ashen, pallid
very angry
reddish
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antic, chucklesome, comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny,
hilarious, humoristic, humorous, hysterical
(also hysteric), killing, laughable, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming,
sidesplitting, uproarious
Near Antonyms:
humorless, lame, unamusing, uncomic, unfunny, unhumorous,
unhysterical
amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration,
or eccentricity
meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false, or foolish
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laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, comic, comical mean provoking laughter or
mirth laughable applies to anything occasioning laughter laughable
attempts at skating ludicrous suggests absurdity that excites both
laughter and scorn a thriller with a ludicrous plot ridiculous
suggests extreme absurdity, foolishness, or contemptibility a ridiculous display
of anger comic applies especially to what arouses thoughtful
amusement a comic character comical applies to what arouses
spontaneous hilarity a comical hat
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Magnate
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baron, captain, czar
(also tsar or tzar), king, lion, lord, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, tycoon
Near Antonyms:
baron, captain, czar
(also tsar or tzar), king, lion, lord, mogul, monarch, Napoleon, prince, tycoon
a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified
area
a person who has great wealth and power in a particular business or
industry
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a hammer with a barrel-shaped head of wood or soft material
a club with a short thick head and a long thin handle
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Matrimony
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conjugality, connubiality, marriage, match, wedlock
Near Antonyms:
conjugality, connubiality, marriage, match, wedlock
the state of being married
marriage sense 1
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exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty,
scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy
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abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous,
plentiful
having little flesh
lacking desirable qualities (such as richness or strength)
not enough in quality or amount
having little flesh
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meager, scanty, scant, skimpy, spare, sparse mean falling short of what is normal,
necessary, or desirable meager implies the absence of elements, qualities, or
numbers necessary to a thing's richness, substance, or potency a meager portion
of meat scanty stresses insufficiency in amount, quantity, or
extent supplies too scanty to last the winter scant suggests a
falling short of what is desired or desirable rather than of what is essential in
January the daylight hours are scant skimpy usually suggests
niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency tacky housing developments
on skimpy lots spare may suggest a slight falling short of adequacy
or merely an absence of superfluity a spare, concise style of writing
sparse implies a thin scattering of units a sparse population
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demure, down-to-earth, humble, lowly, modest, unassuming,
unpretentious
Near Antonyms:
arrogant, bumptious, chesty, conceited, egotistic
(or egotistical), fastuous, haughty, highfalutin
(also hifalutin), high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, hoity-toity, huffish,
huffy, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming,
presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, self-assertive, supercilious,
superior, toplofty
(also toploftical), uppish, uppity
enduring injury with patience and without resentment
deficient in spirit and courage
not violent or strong
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agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch,
clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash,
hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macοΏ½doine, medley,
mοΏ½lange, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle,
olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt,
potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle,
smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter
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agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment, botch,
clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, gumbo, hash,
hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macοΏ½doine, medley,
mοΏ½lange, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, montage, motley, muddle,
olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt,
potpourri, ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble, shuffle,
smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter
a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
a varied mixture
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Mishap
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accident, casualty, mischance
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accident, casualty, mischance
an unfortunate accident
bad luck
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misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap mean adverse fortune or an instance of
this misfortune may apply to either the incident or conjunction of events that is
the cause of an unhappy change of fortune or to the ensuing state of distress
never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune mischance applies
especially to a situation involving no more than slight inconvenience or minor
annoyance took the wrong road by mischance adversity applies to a
state of grave or persistent misfortune had never experienced great adversity
mishap applies to an often trivial instance of bad luck the usual
mishaps of a family vacation
Monopolized
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sew up
Near Antonyms:
sew up
to get a monopoly of
to take over and control (something or someone) completely
to get or have complete control over
to get a monopoly of
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Morbid
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black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold,
comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire,
disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich
[chiefly Scottish], elegiac
(also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray
(also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morose, murky, plutonian,
saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber
(or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
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bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive,
friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny
abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome
feelings
having or showing an interest in unpleasant or gloomy things
of, relating to, or characteristic of disease
not healthy or normal
grisly, gruesome
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Morsel
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bite, mouthful, nibble, nugget, taste, tidbit
(also titbit)
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bite, mouthful, nibble, nugget, taste, tidbit
(also titbit)
a small piece of food
a small quantity
a tasty dish
a negligible person
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Mussed
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chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray,
dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization,
free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder,
muddle, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
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arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal
(also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
a confused conflict
a state of disorder
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Nibble
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peck, pick
Near Antonyms:
bite, morsel, mouthful, nugget, taste, tidbit
(also titbit)
to bite gently
to take away bit by bit
to take gentle, small, or cautious bites
to deal with something as if by nibbling
an act of nibbling
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Nocturnal
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night, nightly, nighttime
Near Antonyms:
daily, diurnal
of, relating to, or occurring in the night
active at night
happening at night
active at night
of, relating to, or occurring at night
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Nuptials
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conjugal, connubial, marital, married, matrimonial, wedded
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nonmarital
of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony
characteristic of or occurring in the breeding season
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a fertile or green area in an arid region (such as a desert)
something that provides refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast
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Obdurate
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affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless,
desensitized, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman,
inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, pachydermatous,
pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony
(also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable,
unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic
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charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful,
sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
resistant to persuasion or softening influences
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inflexible, obdurate, adamant mean unwilling to alter a predetermined course or
purpose inflexible implies rigid adherence or even servile conformity to
principle inflexible in their demands obdurate stresses hardness of
heart and insensitivity to appeals for mercy or the influence of divine grace
obdurate in his refusal to grant clemency adamant implies utter
immovability in the face of all temptation or entreaty adamant that the work
should continue
Obtuse
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blunt, blunted, dull, dulled
Near Antonyms:
cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, pointed, sharp,
sharpened, whetted
not pointed or acute
lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect
measuring more than a right angle
not able to understand something obvious
lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect
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dull, blunt, obtuse mean not sharp, keen, or acute dull suggests a lack or loss
of keenness, zest, or pungency a dull pain a dull mind blunt
suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception
a person of blunt sensibility obtuse implies such bluntness as makes
one insensitive in perception or imagination too obtuse to take the
hint
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apparently, evidently, ostensively, presumably, putatively,
seemingly, supposedly
Near Antonyms:
apparently, evidently, ostensively, presumably, putatively,
seemingly, supposedly
in an ostensible manner
to all outward appearances
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Overtures
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curtain-raiser, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prologue
(also prolog), warm-up
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curtain-raiser, preamble, preliminary, prelude, prologue
(also prolog), warm-up
an initiative toward agreement or action
the orchestral introduction to a musical dramatic work
to put forward as an overture
to make or present an overture to
something first offered or suggested with the hope of reaching an
agreement
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Pails
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bucket
Near Antonyms:
bucket
a usually cylindrical container with a handle
a usually round container with a handle
the quantity that a pail contains
pailful
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appreciable, apprehensible, detectable, discernible
(also discernable), distinguishable, perceptible, sensible
Near Antonyms:
impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indistinguishable,
insensible, undetectable
capable of being touched or felt
easily perceptible by the mind
easily perceptible
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perceptible, sensible, palpable, tangible, appreciable, ponderable mean apprehensible as
real or existent perceptible applies to what can be discerned by the senses often
to a minimal extent a perceptible difference in sound to a careful listener
sensible applies to whatever is clearly apprehended through the senses or
impresses itself strongly on the mind an abrupt, sensible drop in temperature
palpable applies either to what has physical substance or to what is obvious
and unmistakable the tension in the air was almost palpable tangible
suggests what is capable of being handled or grasped both physically and mentally
no tangible evidence of UFOs appreciable applies to what is
distinctly discernible by the senses or definitely measurable an appreciable
increase in income ponderable suggests having definitely measurable
weight or importance exerted a ponderable influence on world events
Paragon
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beau ideal, classic, eidolon, exemplar, idea, ideal, model,
nonesuch, nonpareil, patron saint
Near Antonyms:
beau ideal, classic, eidolon, exemplar, idea, ideal, model,
nonesuch, nonpareil, patron saint
to put in rivalry
to compare with
surpass
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lover
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Pariah
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castaway, castoff, leper, offscouring, outcast, reject
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castaway, castoff, leper, offscouring, outcast, reject
a member of a low caste of southern India
one that is despised or rejected
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manner or mode of speech
speech
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Penchant
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affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices,
disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality,
predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
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affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices,
disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality,
predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
a strong and continued inclination
a strong liking for something or a strong tendency to behave in a certain
way
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leaning, propensity, proclivity, penchant mean a strong instinct or liking for
something leaning suggests a liking or attraction not strong enough to be
decisive or uncontrollable a student with artistic leanings
propensity implies a deeply ingrained and usually irresistible
inclination a propensity to offer advice proclivity suggests a strong
natural proneness usually to something objectionable or evil a proclivity for
violence penchant implies a strongly marked taste in the person or
an irresistible attraction in the object a penchant for taking risks
Penitent
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apologetic, compunctious, contrite, regretful, remorseful,
repentant, rueful, sorry
Near Antonyms:
impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic, unrepentant
a person who repents of sin
a person under church censure but admitted to penance or reconciliation
especially under the direction of a confessor
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broody, cogitative, contemplative, meditative, melancholy, musing,
reflective, ruminant, ruminative, thoughtful
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unreflective
musingly or dreamily thoughtful
suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
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Perfidy
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disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy,
infidelity, perfidiousness, unfaithfulness
Near Antonyms:
allegiance, constancy, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness,
fealty, fidelity, loyalty
the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
an act or an instance of disloyalty
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Pester
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bother, bug, chivy
(or chivvy), disturb, intrude (upon)
Near Antonyms:
bother, bug, chivy
(or chivvy), disturb, intrude (upon)
to harass with petty irritations
overcrowd
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worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease mean to disturb or irritate by
persistent acts worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one
to desperation pursued a policy of worrying the enemy annoy implies
disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty
attacks you're doing that just to annoy me harass implies petty
persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power
harassed on all sides by creditors harry may imply heavy oppression
or maltreatment the strikers had been harried by thugs plague implies
a painful and persistent affliction plagued all her life by poverty
pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks constantly pestered
with trivial complaints tease suggests an attempt to break down
one's resistance or rouse to wrath children teased the dog
Petty
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illiberal, insular, Lilliputian, little, narrow, narrow-minded,
parochial, picayune, provincial, sectarian, small, small-minded
Near Antonyms:
broad-minded, catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal, open, open-minded,
receptive, tolerant
having secondary rank or importance
having little or no importance or significance
marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies
small and of no importance
showing or having a mean narrow-minded attitude
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assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink,
magpie, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, patchwork, promiscuous, raggle-taggle,
ragtag, varied
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homogeneous
composed of incongruous parts
of different colors
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Pliable
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bendy
[chiefly British], flexible, limber, lissome
(also lissom), lithe, lithesome, pliant, supple, willowy
Near Antonyms:
inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened
supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
possible to bend without breaking
adjustable to varying conditions
easily influenced
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plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile, malleable, adaptable mean susceptible of being
modified in form or nature plastic applies to substances soft enough to be molded
yet capable of hardening into the desired fixed form plastic materials allow the
sculptor greater freedom pliable suggests something easily bent,
folded, twisted, or manipulated pliable rubber tubing pliant may
stress flexibility and sometimes connote springiness an athletic shoe with a
pliant sole ductile applies to what can be drawn out or extended
with ease ductile metals such as copper malleable applies to what may
be pressed or beaten into shape the malleable properties of gold
adaptable implies the capability of being easily modified to suit other
conditions, needs, or uses computer hardware that is adaptable
Pliant
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bendy
[chiefly British], flexible, limber, lissome
(also lissom), lithe, lithesome, pliable, supple, willowy
Near Antonyms:
inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened
suitable for varied uses
pliable sense 1a
easily influenced
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plastic, pliable, pliant, ductile, malleable, adaptable mean susceptible of being
modified in form or nature plastic applies to substances soft enough to be molded
yet capable of hardening into the desired fixed form plastic materials allow the
sculptor greater freedom pliable suggests something easily bent,
folded, twisted, or manipulated pliable rubber tubing pliant may
stress flexibility and sometimes connote springiness an athletic shoe with a
pliant sole ductile applies to what can be drawn out or extended
with ease ductile metals such as copper malleable applies to what may
be pressed or beaten into shape the malleable properties of gold
adaptable implies the capability of being easily modified to suit other
conditions, needs, or uses computer hardware that is adaptable
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to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something
to trespass for the purpose of stealing game
to trespass on
to take (game or fish) by illegal methods
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to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way
to officiate as a pontiff
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Predilections
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affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices,
disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality,
penchant, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
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affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices,
disposition, genius, habitude, impulse, inclination, leaning, partiality,
penchant, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
an established preference for something
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predilection, prepossession, prejudice, bias mean an attitude of mind that predisposes
one to favor something predilection implies a strong liking deriving from one's
temperament or experience a predilection for travel prepossession
suggests a fixed conception likely to preclude objective judgment of anything counter to
it a prepossession against technology prejudice usually implies an
unfavorable prepossession and connotes a feeling rooted in suspicion, fear, or
intolerance a mindless prejudice against the unfamiliar bias implies
an unreasoned and unfair distortion of judgment in favor of or against a person or
thing a strong bias toward the plaintiff
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to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
to dress or groom oneself carefully
to try to make yourself more attractive by making small changes to your
clothes, hair, etc., especially while looking at yourself in a mirror
to dress or arrange in a careful or fussy manner
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brand-new, fresh, mint, span-new, virgin, virginal
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stale
belonging to the earliest period or state
not spoiled, corrupted, or polluted (as by civilization)
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a privately owned armed ship permitted by its government to make war on
ships of an enemy country
a sailor on a privateer
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening,
fabulous, marvelous
(or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, staggering, stunning, stupendous,
sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening,
fabulous, marvelous
(or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, staggering, stunning, stupendous,
sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
causing amazement or wonder
extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree
resembling or befitting a prodigy
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monstrous, prodigious, tremendous, stupendous mean extremely impressive monstrous
implies a departure from the normal (as in size, form, or character) and often carries
suggestions of deformity, ugliness, or fabulousness the monstrous waste of the
project prodigious suggests a marvelousness exceeding belief,
usually in something felt as going far beyond a previous maximum (as of goodness,
greatness, intensity, or size) made a prodigious effort and rolled the stone
aside tremendous may imply a power to terrify or inspire awe
the tremendous roar of the cataract stupendous implies a power to
stun or astound, usually because of size, numbers, complexity, or greatness beyond
description a stupendous volcanic eruption
Profane
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abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch,
degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison,
prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp
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religious, sacred
to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt
to debase by a wrong, unworthy, or vulgar use
not concerned with religion or religious purposes
not holy because unconsecrated, impure, or defiled
serving to debase or defile what is holy
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an artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of
the body
an artificial device to replace or augment a missing or impaired part of
the body
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Puddle
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billabong
[Australian], mere
[chiefly British], pool, stank
[British dialect], well
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[Australian], mere
[chiefly British], pool, stank
[British dialect], well
a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water
an earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a
compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry
to make muddy or turbid
to work (a wet mixture of earth or concrete) into a dense impervious mass
to strew with puddles
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nippy, sharp, strong, tangy
Near Antonyms:
bland, mild, smooth
having a stiff and sharp point
marked by a sharp incisive quality
causing a sharp or irritating sensation
sharply painful
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pungent, piquant, poignant, racy mean sharp and stimulating to the mind or the
senses pungent implies a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of
odors a cheese with a pungent odor piquant suggests a power to whet
the appetite or interest through tartness or mild pungency a piquant sauce
poignant suggests something is sharply or piercingly effective in stirring
one's emotions felt a poignant sense of loss racy implies having a
strongly characteristic natural quality fresh and unimpaired spontaneous, racy
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bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic,
far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky
(also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way,
outlandish, outrοΏ½, peculiar, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum
[chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky
(also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
Near Antonyms:
bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious, eccentric, erratic,
far-out, funky, funny, kinky, kooky
(also kookie), odd, off-kilter, off-the-wall, offbeat, out-of-the-way,
outlandish, outrοΏ½, peculiar, queer, queerish, quirky, remarkable, rum
[chiefly British], screwy, spaced-out, strange, wacky
(also whacky), way-out, weird, weirdo, wild
pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
marked by skillful design
expert, skilled
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strange, singular, unique, peculiar, eccentric, erratic, odd, quaint, outlandish mean
departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected strange stresses
unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable a
journey filled with strange sights singular suggests individuality
or puzzling strangeness a singular feeling of impending disaster
unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known
parallel a career unique in the annals of science peculiar implies a
marked distinctiveness the peculiar status of America's First Lady
eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in
behavior the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers erratic stresses
a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating a friend's suddenly erratic
behavior odd applies to a departure from the regular or
expected an odd sense of humor quaint suggests an old-fashioned but
pleasant oddness a quaint fishing village outlandish applies to what
is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric outlandish fashions of the time
Querulous
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crabby, cranky, fussy, grouchy, grumpy
Near Antonyms:
forbearing, long-suffering, patient, stoic
(or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining
habitually complaining
fretful, whining
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abandoned, intemperate, raw, runaway, unbounded, unbridled,
unchecked, uncontrolled, unhampered, unhindered, unrestrained
Near Antonyms:
bridled, checked, constrained, controlled, curbed, governed,
hampered, hindered, restrained, temperate
rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
marked by a menacing wildness, extravagance, or absence of restraint
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boisterous, hell-raising, knockabout, rambunctious, robustious,
roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, rumbustious
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behaving in a rough and noisy way
disagreeably harsh or strident
loud and harsh
boisterously disorderly
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loud, stentorian, earsplitting, raucous, strident mean marked by intensity or volume of
sound loud applies to any volume above normal and may suggest undue vehemence or
obtrusiveness loud shouts of protest stentorian implies great power
and range an actor with a stentorian voice earsplitting implies
loudness that is physically discomforting the earsplitting sound of a siren
raucous implies a loud harsh grating tone, especially of voice, and may
suggest rowdiness the raucous shouts of drunken revelers strident
implies a rasping discordant but insistent quality, especially of voice the
strident voices of hecklers
Rebuke
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admonish, chide, reprimand, reproach, reprove, tick off
Near Antonyms:
citation, commendation, endorsement
(also indorsement)
to criticize sharply
to turn back or keep down
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reprove, rebuke, reprimand, admonish, reproach, chide mean to criticize
adversely reprove implies an often kindly intent to correct a fault gently
reproved my table manners rebuke suggests a sharp or stern
reproof the papal letter rebuked dissenting clerics reprimand implies
a severe, formal, often public or official rebuke reprimanded by the ethics
committee admonish suggests earnest or friendly warning and
counsel admonished by my parents to control expenses reproach and
chide suggest displeasure or disappointment expressed in mild reproof or scolding
reproached him for tardiness chided by their mother for untidiness
Recanted
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abjure, abnegate, forswear
(also foreswear), renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, take back,
unsay, withdraw
Near Antonyms:
adhere (to)
to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly
revoke
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abjure, renounce, forswear, recant, retract mean to withdraw one's word or professed
belief abjure implies a firm and final rejecting or abandoning often made under
oath abjured the errors of his former faith renounce may carry the
meaning of disclaim or disown renounced abstract art and turned to portrait
painting forswear may add an implication of perjury or
betrayal I cannot forswear my principles recant stresses the
withdrawing or denying of something professed or taught if they recant they will
be spared retract applies to the withdrawing of a promise, an offer,
or an accusation the newspaper had to retract the story
Recreation
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dalliance, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, play, relaxation,
rollicking, sport
Near Antonyms:
dalliance, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, play, relaxation,
rollicking, sport
refreshment of strength and spirits after work
something people do to relax or have fun
something done for fun and relaxation
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funk, stench, stink
Near Antonyms:
aroma, fragrance, perfume
to give off or become permeated with a strong or offensive odor
a strong or disagreeable fume or odor
to emit smoke or vapor
vapor, fog
smoke
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Refrain
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burden, chorus
Near Antonyms:
burden, chorus
a regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza
or division of a poem or song
a comment or statement that is often repeated
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Refute
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contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim,
disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, reject, repudiate
Near Antonyms:
acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own
to prove wrong by argument or evidence
to deny the truth or accuracy of
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refund, repay
Near Antonyms:
refund, repay
to pay back to someone
to make restoration or payment of an equivalent to
to pay back (a sum lost or expended) to someone
to make restoration or payment of an equivalent to
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pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense mean to
give money or its equivalent in return for something pay implies the discharge of
an obligation incurred paid their bills compensate implies a making
up for services rendered an attorney well compensated for her services
remunerate clearly suggests paying for services rendered and may extend to
payment that is generous or not contracted for promised to remunerate the
searchers handsomely satisfy implies paying a person what is
required by law all creditors will be satisfied in full reimburse
implies a return of money that has been spent for another's benefit reimbursed
employees for expenses indemnify implies making good a loss suffered
through accident, disaster, warfare indemnified the families of the dead miners
repay stresses paying back an equivalent in kind or amount repay a
favor with a favor recompense suggests due return in amends,
friendly repayment, or reward passengers were recompensed for the delay
Reprisals
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compensation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, quittance,
recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, requital,
restitution, satisfaction
Near Antonyms:
compensation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, quittance,
recompense, recoupment, redress, remuneration, reparation, requital,
restitution, satisfaction
the act or practice in international law of resorting to force short of
war in retaliation for damage or loss suffered
something (such as a sum of money) given or paid in restitution
the regaining of something (as by recapture)
a retaliatory act
prize
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abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful,
dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid,
loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene,
odious, offensive, rancid, repellent
(also repellant), repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shocking, sickening, ugly
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innocuous, inoffensive
exciting distaste or aversion
incompatible, inconsistent
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acrid, acrimonious, bitter, embittered, hard, rancorous, sore
Near Antonyms:
unbitter
full of resentment
caused or marked by resentment
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bouncy, elastic, flexible, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch,
stretchable, stretchy, supple, whippy
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inelastic, inflexible, nonelastic, rigid, stiff
characterized or marked by resilience
able to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad
happens
able to return to an original shape after being pulled, stretched,
pressed, bent, etc.
characterized or marked by resilience
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elastic, resilient, springy, flexible, supple mean able to endure strain without being
permanently injured elastic implies the property of resisting deformation by
stretching an elastic waistband resilient implies the ability to
recover shape quickly when the deforming force or pressure is removed a resilient
innersole springy stresses both the ease with which something yields
to pressure and the quickness of its return to original shape the cake is done
when the top is springy flexible applies to something which may or
may not be resilient or elastic but which can be bent or folded without breaking
flexible plastic tubing supple applies to something that can be
readily bent, twisted, or folded without any sign of injury supple leather
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a period of temporary delay
an interval of rest or relief
to grant a temporary period of relief to
put off, delay
a short delay
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Revelry
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conviviality, festivity, gaiety
(also gayety), jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, rejoicing,
reveling
(or revelling), whoopee
Near Antonyms:
conviviality, festivity, gaiety
(also gayety), jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, rejoicing,
reveling
(or revelling), whoopee
noisy partying or merrymaking
a wild and noisy celebration
wild and noisy celebration
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Revulsion
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aversion, disgust, distaste, horror, loathing, nausea, repugnance,
repulsion
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aversion, disgust, distaste, horror, loathing, nausea, repugnance,
repulsion
a strong pulling or drawing away
a sudden or strong reaction or change
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Riposte
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comeback, repartee, retort
Near Antonyms:
comeback, repartee, retort
a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry
a retaliatory verbal sally
a retaliatory maneuver or measure
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Robust
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able-bodied, bouncing, fit, hale, healthy, hearty, sound, well,
well-conditioned, whole, wholesome
Near Antonyms:
ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell
relating to, resembling, or being a specialized group of
australopithecines characterized especially by heavy molars and small incisors adapted to a
vegetarian diet
having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health
requiring strength or vigor
rough, rude
full-bodied
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healthy, sound, wholesome, robust, hale, well mean enjoying or indicative of good
health healthy implies full strength and vigor as well as freedom from signs of
disease a healthy family sound emphasizes the absence of disease,
weakness, or malfunction a sound heart wholesome implies appearance
and behavior indicating soundness and balance a face with a wholesome glow
robust implies the opposite of all that is delicate or sickly a
lively, robust little boy hale applies particularly to robustness in
old age still hale at the age of eighty well implies merely freedom
from disease or illness she has never been a well person
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crude, low, primitive, rude
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advanced, developed, evolved, high, higher, late
very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige
consisting in first principles
of a primitive kind
not fully developed
elementary, simple
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a basic principle or element or a fundamental skill
something unformed or undeveloped
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to suspend from school or college
to build or face with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled
or rebated edges producing pronounced joints
to compel to reside in the country
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Sacrilege
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blasphemy, defilement, desecration, impiety, irreverence,
profanation
Near Antonyms:
adoration, glorification, worship
a technical and not necessarily intrinsically outrageous violation (such
as improper reception of a sacrament) of what is sacred because consecrated to God
gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing
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Saucily
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arch, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy,
brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent,
insolent, nervy, sassy, wise
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meek, mousy
(or mousey), retiring, shy, timid
served with or having the consistency of sauce
stylish in dress or appearance
impertinently bold and impudent
being rude and disrespectful
smart, trim
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fall guy, goat, whipping boy
Near Antonyms:
fall guy, goat, whipping boy
a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people
after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
one that bears the blame for others
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flogger, lash, switch, whip
Near Antonyms:
destroy, devastate, ravage, ruin
a cause of wide or great affliction
an instrument of punishment or criticism
to punish severely
flog, whip
whip
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incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful
civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction οΏ½ compare criminal
syndicalism, sabotage
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an agent or steward in charge of a lord's estate in feudal times
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astute, canny, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hard-boiled, hardheaded,
heady, knowing, savvy, sharp, sharp-witted, smart
Near Antonyms:
unknowing
marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
severe, hard
abusive, shrewish
ominous, dangerous
mischievous
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shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, astute mean acute in perception and sound in
judgment shrewd stresses practical, hardheaded cleverness and judgment a
shrewd judge of character sagacious suggests wisdom, penetration,
and farsightedness sagacious investors got in on the ground floor
perspicacious implies unusual power to see through and understand what is
puzzling or hidden a perspicacious counselor saw through the child's facade
astute suggests shrewdness, perspicacity, and diplomatic skill an
astute player of party politics
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Slanders
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asperse, blacken, calumniate, defame, libel, malign, smear, traduce,
vilify
Near Antonyms:
aspersing, blackening, calumniation, calumny, character
assassination, defamation, defaming, libel, libeling
(or libelling), maligning, smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying
the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and
damage another's reputation
a false and defamatory oral statement about a person οΏ½ compare libel
defamation of a person by unprivileged oral communication made to a
third party
the tort of oral defamation
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malign, traduce, asperse, vilify, calumniate, defame, slander mean to injure by speaking
ill of malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not
always imply deliberate lying the most maligned monarch in British history
traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim so
traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies
continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction both
candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to
destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse no criminal was more vilified in
the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to
the assertions falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the
actual loss of or injury to one's good name sued them for defaming her reputation
slander stresses the suffering of the victim town gossips slandered
their good name
Slime
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guck
(or gook), mire, muck, mud, ooze, slop, sludge, slush
Near Antonyms:
guck
(or gook), mire, muck, mud, ooze, slop, sludge, slush
soft moist earth or clay
a viscous, glutinous, or gelatinous substance
a morally repulsive or odious person
to smear or cover with slime
to remove slime from (something, such as fish for canning)
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artful, beguiling, cagey
(also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy
[chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, subtle, tricky, wily
Near Antonyms:
artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning
clever in concealing one's aims or ends
tending to keep secrets and hide intentions
both clever and tricky
mischievous sense 2
lightly mischievous
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sly, cunning, crafty, wily, tricky, foxy, artful, slick mean attaining or seeking to
attain one's ends by guileful or devious means sly implies furtiveness, lack of
candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods a sly corporate raider
cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in
overreaching or circumventing the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty
implies cleverness and subtlety of method a crafty lefthander wily
implies skill and deception in maneuvering the wily fugitive escaped the posse
tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in
deception and maneuvering a tricky political operative foxy implies a
shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing a foxy publicity man
planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often
connotes sophistication or cleverness elicited the information by artful
questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile slick
operators selling time-sharing
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choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate
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choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate
to kill by depriving of air
to suppress expression or knowledge of
to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes
to cook in a covered pan or pot with little liquid over low heat
thick stifling smoke or smudge
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Smug
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assured, biggety
(or biggity)
[Southern & Midland], bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic
(also egoistical), egotistic
(or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud,
self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, stuck-up,
swellheaded, vain, vainglorious
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egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent
trim or smart in dress
scrupulously clean, neat, or correct
highly self-satisfied
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curl up, nestle, snuggle
Near Antonyms:
disheveled
(or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, messy, mussed, mussy, sloven,
slovenly, unkempt, untidy
to secure by fastening or lashing down
to cause to fit closely
to make snug
hide sense 1
manifesting seaworthiness
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comfortable, cozy, snug, easy, restful mean enjoying or providing a position of
contentment and security comfortable applies to anything that encourages
serenity, well-being, or complacency as well as physical ease started feeling
comfortable in our new surroundings cozy suggests warmth, shelter,
assured ease, and friendliness a cozy neighborhood coffee shop snug
suggests having just enough space for comfort and safety but no more a snug
little cottage easy implies relief from or absence of anything
likely to cause discomfort or constraint living in easy circumstances
restful applies to whatever induces or contributes to rest or
relaxation a quiet restful vacation
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clearheaded, straight
Near Antonyms:
blasted
[slang], blind, blitzed
[slang], blotto
[slang], bombed, boozy, canned
[slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunk, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered
[slang], high, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced
[slang], lit, lit up, loaded
[slang], looped, oiled
[slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted
[slang], ripped
[slang], sloshed
[slang], smashed
[slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed
(or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking
[slang], stoned, tanked
[slang], tight, tipsy, wasted
[slang], wiped out
[slang]
marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor
marked by temperance, moderation, or seriousness
subdued in tone or color
not intoxicated
unhurried, calm
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serious, grave, solemn, sedate, staid, sober, earnest mean not light or
frivolous serious implies a concern for what really matters a serious play
about social injustice grave implies both seriousness and dignity in
expression or attitude read the proclamation in a grave voice solemn
suggests an impressive gravity utterly free from levity a sad and solemn occasion
sedate implies a composed and decorous seriousness remained sedate
amid the commotion staid suggests a settled, accustomed sedateness
and prim self-restraint a quiet and staid community sober stresses
seriousness of purpose and absence of levity or frivolity a sober look at the
state of our schools earnest suggests sincerity or often zealousness
of purpose an earnest reformer
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stay, tarry, visit
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[slang], stay, tarry, visit
a temporary stay
to stay as a temporary resident
a temporary stay
to stay as a temporary resident
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aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic
(also episodical), erratic, fitful, intermittent, irregular, occasional,
spasmodic, spastic, spotty, unsteady
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constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steady
occurring occasionally, singly, or in scattered instances
arising or occurring randomly with no known cause
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infrequent, uncommon, scarce, rare, sporadic mean not common or
abundant infrequent implies occurrence at wide intervals in space or time
infrequent family visits uncommon suggests a frequency below normal
expectation smallpox is now uncommon in many countries scarce implies
falling short of a standard or required abundance jobs were scarce during the
Depression rare suggests extreme scarcity or infrequency and often
implies consequent high value rare first editions sporadic implies
occurrence in scattered instances or isolated outbursts sporadic cases of
influenza
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balk (at), decline, deselect, disapprove, negative, nix, pass, pass
up, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, throw out, throw over, turn down
Near Antonyms:
accept, agree (to), approve
to reject with disdain or contempt
to tread sharply or heavily upon
to reject something disdainfully
kick sense 1a
disdainful rejection
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decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving,
or considering decline often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or
invitations declined his party's nomination refuse suggests more
positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked
for refused to lend them the money reject implies a peremptory
refusal by sending away or discarding rejected the manuscript as unpublishable
repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or
unworthy of acceptance teenagers who repudiate the values of their parents
spurn stresses contempt or disdain in rejection or repudiation
spurned his overtures of friendship
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babble, bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber,
jabber, prattle
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babble, bumble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gabble, gibber,
jabber, prattle
to spit or squirt from the mouth with explosive sounds
to utter hastily or explosively in confusion or excitement
to dislodge (atoms) from the surface of a material by collision with
high energy particles
to spit or squirt particles of food or saliva noisily from the mouth
to speak explosively or confusedly in anger or excitement
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barren, fruitless, impotent, infertile, unfruitful
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fat, fertile, fruitful
failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
unproductive of vegetation
not able to produce fruit, crops, or offspring
free from living germs
failing to produce or incapable of producing offspring
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening,
fabulous, marvelous
(or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning,
stupendous, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening,
fabulous, marvelous
(or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning,
stupendous, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense
back to solid form
lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner
high in place
grand or noble in thought, expression, or manner
beautiful or impressive enough to arouse a feeling of admiration and
wonder
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splendid, resplendent, gorgeous, glorious, sublime, superb mean extraordinarily or
transcendently impressive splendid implies outshining the usual or
customary the wedding was a splendid occasion resplendent suggests a
glowing or blazing splendor resplendent in her jewelry gorgeous
implies a rich splendor especially in display of color a gorgeous red dress
glorious suggests radiance that heightens beauty or distinction a
glorious sunset sublime implies an exaltation or elevation almost
beyond human comprehension a vision of sublime beauty superb suggests
an excellence reaching the highest conceivable degree her singing was superb
Subterfuge
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artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky,
jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery
(or skullduggery), trickery, wile
Near Antonyms:
artifice, chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky,
jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery
(or skullduggery), trickery, wile
deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
a deceptive device or stratagem
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deception, fraud, double-dealing, subterfuge, trickery mean the acts or practices of one
who deliberately deceives deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, since
it may suggest cheating or merely tactical resource magicians are masters of
deception fraud always implies guilt and often criminality in act or
practice indicted for fraud double-dealing suggests treachery or at
least action contrary to a professed attitude a go-between suspected of
double-dealing subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or
the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end obtained the
papers by subterfuge trickery implies ingenious acts intended to
dupe or cheat resorted to trickery to gain their ends
Sullen
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black, bleak, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold,
comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire,
disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich
[chiefly Scottish], elegiac
(also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray
(also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky,
plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber
(or sombre), sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
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bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive,
friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny
dull or somber in sound or color
gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
dismal, gloomy
moving sluggishly
not sociable
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sullen, glum, morose, surly, sulky, crabbed, saturnine, gloomy mean showing a forbidding
or disagreeable mood sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be
sociable remained sullen amid the festivities glum suggests a silent
dispiritedness a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat
morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy morose
job seekers who are inured to rejection surly implies gruffness and
sullenness of speech or manner a typical surly teenager sulky
suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness grew sulky after
every spat crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of
manner the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster saturnine
describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition a saturnine
cynic always finding fault gloomy implies a depression in mood
making for seeming sullenness or glumness a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news
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Babylonian, deluxe, lavish, Lucullan
(also Lucullian), luxe, luxuriant, luxurious, luxury, opulent, palace, palatial,
plush, plushy, silken
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ascetic
(also ascetical), austere, humble, no-frills, spartan
extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
very expensive, rich, or impressive
very expensive or luxurious
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Supple
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bendy
[chiefly British], flexible, limber, lissome
(also lissom), lithe, lithesome, pliable, pliant, willowy
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inflexible, rigid, stiff, stiffened
compliant often to the point of obsequiousness
capable of being bent or folded without creases, cracks, or breaks
to make pacific or complaisant
to alleviate with a salve
to make flexible or pliant
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elastic, resilient, springy, flexible, supple mean able to endure strain without being
permanently injured elastic implies the property of resisting deformation by
stretching an elastic waistband resilient implies the ability to
recover shape quickly when the deforming force or pressure is removed a resilient
innersole springy stresses both the ease with which something yields
to pressure and the quickness of its return to original shape the cake is done
when the top is springy flexible applies to something which may or
may not be resilient or elastic but which can be bent or folded without breaking
flexible plastic tubing supple applies to something that can be
readily bent, twisted, or folded without any sign of injury supple leather
Swaggers
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blow, boast, brag, bull
[slang], crow, gasconade, vapor, vaunt
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blow, boast, brag, bull
[slang], crow, gasconade, vapor, vaunt
to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
an arrogantly self-confident way of walking
bold or brash self-confidence
boast, brag
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Tantrum
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blowup, explosion, fireworks, fit, hissy
[chiefly Southern & southern Midland], hissy fit, huff, scene
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blowup, explosion, fireworks, fit, hissy
[chiefly Southern & southern Midland], hissy fit, huff, scene
a fit of bad temper
an uncontrolled expression of childish anger
an outburst of bad temper
a fit of bad temper
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any of a set of usually 78 playing cards including 22 pictorial cards used
for fortune-telling
a set of 78 cards with pictures and symbols that is used to see what will
happen in the future
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having little substance or strength
not thick
not dense
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thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or
dense thin implies comparatively little extension between surfaces or in
diameter, or it may imply lack of substance, richness, or abundance thin wire
a thin soup slender implies leanness or spareness often with grace
and good proportion the slender legs of a Sheraton chair slim
applies to slenderness that suggests fragility or scantiness a slim
volume of poetry a slim chance slight implies smallness as well as
thinness a slight build tenuous implies extreme thinness, sheerness,
or lack of substance and firmness a tenuous thread
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thaumaturgist
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Thrall
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bondman
(also bondsman), chattel, slave
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freeman
a state of servitude or submission
an enslaved person who performs the duties of a servant
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Tirade
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diatribe, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, rant
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diatribe, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, rant
a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or
harshly censorious language
a long and angry speech
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Titter
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break up, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crack up, giggle, hee-haw,
laugh, roar, scream, snicker, twitter
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break up, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crack up, giggle, hee-haw,
laugh, roar, scream, snicker, twitter
to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner
a quiet or nervous laugh
to laugh in a quiet and nervous way
to laugh in a quiet and nervous way
a nervous laugh
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Tousled
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confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel,
disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess
(up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tumble, upset
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arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal
(also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
a tangled mass (as of hair)
rough dalliance
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alarm
(also alarum), anxiety, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, horror, panic, scare,
terror
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alarm
(also alarum), anxiety, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, horror, panic, scare,
terror
a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation
a tremulous motion
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fear, dread, fright, alarm, panic, terror, trepidation mean painful agitation in the
presence or anticipation of danger fear is the most general term and implies
anxiety and usually loss of courage fear of the unknown dread usually
adds the idea of intense reluctance to face or meet a person or situation and suggests
aversion as well as anxiety faced the meeting with dread fright
implies the shock of sudden, startling fear fright at being awakened suddenly
alarm suggests a sudden and intense awareness of immediate danger
view the situation with alarm panic implies unreasoning and
overmastering fear causing hysterical activity the news caused widespread panic
terror implies the most extreme degree of fear immobilized with
terror trepidation adds to dread the implications of timidity,
trembling, and hesitation raised the subject with trepidation
Trite
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banal, clichοΏ½
(also cliche), clichοΏ½d, cobwebby, commonplace, hack, hackney, hackneyed,
moth-eaten, musty, obligatory, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, threadbare,
timeworn, tired, well-worn
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fresh, new, novel, original, unclichοΏ½d, unhackneyed
hackneyed or boring from much use
not interesting or effective because of being used too often
so common that the newness and cleverness have worn off
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trite, hackneyed, stereotyped, threadbare mean lacking the freshness that evokes
attention or interest trite applies to a once effective phrase or idea spoiled
from long familiarity "you win some, you lose some" is a trite expression
hackneyed stresses being worn out by overuse so as to become dull and
meaningless all of the metaphors and images in the poem are hackneyed
stereotyped implies falling invariably into the same pattern or form
views of minorities that are stereotyped and out-of-date threadbare
applies to what has been used until its possibilities of interest have been totally
exhausted a mystery novel with a threadbare plot
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education, instruction, schooling, teaching, training, tuition,
tutoring
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education, instruction, schooling, teaching, training, tuition,
tutoring
instruction especially of an individual
the state of being under a guardian or tutor
an act or process of serving as guardian or protector
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Umbrage
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dudgeon, huff, miff, offense
(or offence), peeve, pique, resentment
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dudgeon, huff, miff, offense
(or offence), peeve, pique, resentment
a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
an indistinct indication
shady branches
shade, shadow
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offense, resentment, umbrage, pique, dudgeon, huff mean an emotional response to or an
emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity offense implies hurt
displeasure takes deep offense at racial slurs resentment suggests
lasting indignation or ill will harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother
umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's
motives took umbrage at the offer of advice pique applies to a
transient feeling of wounded vanity in a pique I foolishly declined the
invitation dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation
stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon huff implies a peevish
short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause in a huff he slammed the door
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arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic
(also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, occult
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arcane, cryptic, deep, enigmatic
(also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, occult
strange or unusual in a way that is surprising or mysterious
seeming to have a supernatural character or origin
suggesting powers or abilities greater than normal
severe, punishing
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weird, eerie, uncanny mean mysteriously strange or fantastic weird may imply an
unearthly or supernatural strangeness or it may stress peculiarity or oddness
weird creatures from another world eerie suggests an uneasy or
fearful consciousness that mysterious and malign powers are at work an eerie calm
preceded the bombing raid uncanny implies disquieting strangeness or
mysteriousness an uncanny resemblance between total strangers
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balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward,
incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious,
recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, untoward, wayward,
willful
(or wilful)
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amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly,
submissive, tractable
not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed
difficult to control
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unruly, ungovernable, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, willful, headstrong mean
not submissive to government or control unruly implies lack of discipline or
incapacity for discipline and often connotes waywardness or turbulence of
behavior unruly children ungovernable implies either an escape from
control or guidance or a state of being unsubdued and incapable of controlling oneself
or being controlled by others ungovernable rage intractable suggests
stubborn resistance to guidance or control intractable opponents of the
hazardous-waste dump refractory stresses resistance to attempts to
manage or to mold special schools for refractory children
recalcitrant suggests determined resistance to or defiance of
authority acts of sabotage by a recalcitrant populace willful implies
an obstinate determination to have one's own way a willful disregard for the
rights of others headstrong suggests self-will impatient of
restraint, advice, or suggestion a headstrong young cavalry officer
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being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
actual, true
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accord, autonomy, choice, free will, self-determination, will
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accord, autonomy, choice, free will, self-determination, will
the power of choosing or determining
an act of making a choice or decision
an act of making a choice or decision
the power of choosing or determining
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a stray person or animal
an extremely thin and usually young woman
a piece of property (such as property washed up by the sea) found but
unclaimed
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angered, angry, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off
[chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, hopping,
horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed
(also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, mad, outraged,
rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty
[chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful
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angerless, delighted, pleased
intensely angry
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