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Antonym of : devoid
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full of
devoid:to be completely lacking in something Ex. His face was devoid of any warmth or humour. |
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Antonym of : carnal
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spiritual
carnal: relating to sex or someone's body Ex. carnal desires |
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Antonym of : devout
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impious
devout someone who is devout has a very strong belief in a religion Ex. a devout Catholic impious:lacking respect for religion or God Ex. an impious crime |
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Antonym of : carnivorous
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vegetarian
carnivorous: 1-an animal that eats flesh 2-someone who eats meat |
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Antonym of : diabolical
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seraphic
diabolical : evil or cruel Ex. diabolical abuse seraphic : extremely beautiful or pure, like an angel |
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Antonym of : capitulation
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resistance
capitulation: 1- to accept or agree to something that you have been opposing for a long time ￚsynonym give in Ex. Helen finally capitulated and let her son have a car. 2- to accept defeat by your enemies in a war ￚsynonym surrender |
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Antonym of : dilate
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narrow
dilate: if a hollow part of your body dilates or if something dilates it, it becomes wider ￚopposite contract Ex. dilated pupils |
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Antonym of : capricious
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steadfast
steadfast: 1- faithful and very loyal Ex. her father's steadfast love for her 2-being certain that you are right about something and refusing to change your opinion in any way |
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Antonym of : diffidence
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boldness
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Antonym of : carte blanche
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restriction
carte blanche : permission or freedom to do whatever you want Ex.The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company's profits. |
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Antonym of : destitute
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1- affluent 2- wanton????
destitute having no money, no food, no home etc Ex. The floods left many people destitute . wanton:1 deliberately harming someone or damaging something for no reason Ex. an act of wanton aggression a wanton disregard for life 2 old-fashioned a wanton woman is considered immoral because she has sex with a lot of men 3- uncontrolled Ex. wanton growth |
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Antonym of : carping
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acquiescent
carp:to keep complaining about something in a way that is annoying Ex. He always finds something to carp about. |
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Antonym of : catalyze
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inhibit
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Antonym of : calumniate
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vindicate
calumniate:افترا زدن ، بهتان زدن به ، بدنام كردن vindicate: to prove that someone who was blamed for something is in fact not guilty Ex. The charges are false, and we are sure we will be vindicated in court. |
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Antonym of : camaraderie
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animosity
camaraderie: a feeling of friendship that a group of people have, especially when they work together the camaraderie of the women's basketball team |
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Antonym of : candid
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secretive
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Antonym of : catholic
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narrow
catholic: including a very wide variety of things Ex. Whoever lived here before us had catholic tastes (=liked a lot of different things) .; a catholic collection of records |
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Antonym of : deterioration
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improvement
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Antonym of : capacious
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not spacious
capacious: able to contain a lot a capacious suitcase spacious: a spacious house, room etc is large and has plenty of space to move around in ￚopposite cramped Ex. a spacious living area |
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Antonym of : desultory
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systematic
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Antonym of : diatribe
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praise
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Antonym of : carousal
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sobriety
carousal: to drink a lot, be noisy, and have fun sobriety: 1when someone is not drunk Ex. John had periods of sobriety, but always went back to drinking. 2 behaviour that shows a serious attitude to life |
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Antonym of : desuetude
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use
desuetude: عدم استعمال ، ترك |
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Antonym of : callow
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sophisticated
callow: young and without experience ￚsynonym immature Ex. a callow youth |
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Antonym of : differentiate
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combine
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Antonym of : captious
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tolerant
captious: ايرادگير، فريبنده ، عيب جو |
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Antonym of : despicable
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worthy of esteem
esteem: a feeling of respect for someone, or a good opinion of someone Ex. my father's complete lack of esteem for actors despicable: extremely bad, immoral, or cruel Ex. It's despicable the way he treats those kids.; a despicable act of terrorism |
