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(n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval. SYN: commendation, sanction. ANT: disapproval, condemnation, censure |
(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench. SYN: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay. ANT: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench. SYN: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay. ANT: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
(n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence. SYN: degeneration, corruption. ANT: rise, growth, development maturation |
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v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person). SYN: call forth, evoke, extract, educe. ANT: repress quash squelch, stifle |
(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning. SYN: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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(adj) used so often as to lack freshness or originality. SYN: banal, trite, commonplace, corny. ANT: new, fresh, novel, original |
(n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing). SYN: pause, lacuna. ANT: continuity, continuation |
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(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense). SYN: insinuation, intimation. ANT: direct statement |
(v) to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or to go between in a disagreement. SYN: intervene, mediate |
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(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence). SYN: sated, surfeited, cloyed. ANT: unspoiled, uncloyed |
(adj) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint. SYN: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly. ANT: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise. SYN: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable. ANT: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset. SYN: irritable, testy, waspish. ANT: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence. SYN: perquisite, perk |
(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony. SYN: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive. ANT: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
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(v) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of. SYN: feign, pretend, affect |
(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed. SYN: surpass, outstrip |
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(n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion. SYN: irritation, pique, annoyance. ANT: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
(adj) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable. SYN: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy. ANT: gruff, blunt |
