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Abet
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assist, advocate, , back, condone, conspire, encourage, endorse, goad, help, incite, instigate, prod, promote, provoke, sanction, spur, support, urge
Antonyms:counter, denounce, deter, discourage, dissuade, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, thwart, undermine |
encourage
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Abnegation
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Synonyms: abandonment, abstinence, continence, denial, eschewal, forbearance, giving up, refusal, rejection, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, self-renunciation, stonewall*, surrender, temperance
Antonyms: acquiescence, admittance, concession, indulgence, surrender, yielding |
denial
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Abominable
Abominate =detest abhor, despise, dislike, hate, loathe |
Synonyms: abhorrent, atrocious, awful, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, execrable, foul, grim, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazeball, stinking, terrible, very bad, vile, wretched
Antonyms: admirable, alluring, appealing, commendable, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, laudable, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, wonderful |
awful
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Abrasive
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Synonyms: annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, hateful, hurtful, nasty, rough, sharp, spiky*, unpleasant
Antonyms: conciliatory, gentle, healing, likable, mild, pleasant, pleasing, soothing Synonyms: cutting, erosive, grinding, polishing, rough, scratching, scratchy, scuffing, sharpening, smoothing, wearing Antonyms: smooth, softening |
irritating
scraping |
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Abrogate
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Synonyms: abate, abolish, ankle, annul, cancel, dissolve, end, finish off*, invalidate, knock out*, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub*, torpedo*, undo, vacate, vitiate, void
Antonyms: approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
abolish
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Absolve
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Synonyms: acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, clear excuse, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, launder*, let go, let off*, liberate, lifeboat*, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize*, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at*, write off*
Antonyms: accuse, bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence Notes: one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
release
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Abstemious
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Synonyms: abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, moderate, moderating, restraining, self-denying, self-restraining, sober, sparing, temperate
Antonyms: abandoned, gluttonous, greedy, hedonistic, hungry, immoderate, profligate, self-indulgent |
restraining
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Abstruse
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Synonyms: abstract, complex, complicated, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, heavy*, hidden, incomprehensible, intricate, involved, obscure, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, subtle, unfathomable, vague
Antonyms: child's play, clear, comprehensible, concrete, direct, easy, lucid, obvious, plain, simple |
difficult
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Accoutre
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accommodate, accoutre, arm, fix, furnish, get, implement, kit out*, make, make up, man, outfit, prepare, provide, ready, rig*
Synonyms: accoutre, array, clad, costume, deck, deck out*, dog out, doll up*, drape, dress, dud*, dude up*, equip, fit out, outfit, suit up, tog, turn out Antonyms: bare, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress |
equip
clothe |
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Actuate
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activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, fire up*, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up*, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work up*
Antonyms: deter, extinguish, impede, stop Notes: 1. when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) 2. to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
start
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Addle
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amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, buffalo*, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw
Antonyms: clear up, enlighten, explain |
perplex,muddle
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Adjuration
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1. an earnest request; entreaty.
2. a solemn or desperate urging or counseling: an adjuration for all citizens of the beleaguered city to take shelter. |
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Adjutant
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Synonyms: aide, auxiliary, helper
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assistant
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Admonish
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Synonyms: advise, berate, call down, caveat, censure, check, chide, commonition, counsel, ding*, enjoin, exhort, exhortation, forewarn, give comeuppance, glue*, growl*, hoist*, jack up*, monition, notice, rap*, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, reprove, scold, sit on, speak to, talk to, tell off*, upbraiding, warning
Antonyms: approve, commend, compliment, extol, flatter, laud, praise, reward |
warn
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Adulation
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applause, blandishment, bootlicking*, commendation, fawning, flattery, sycophancy, worship
Antonyms: abuse, criticism |
praise
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adventitious
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casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, fluky*, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, uncalculated, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unintentional, unplanned
Antonyms: designed, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated Notes: accidental stresses chance; fortuitous so strongly suggests chance that it often connotes absence of cause |
unexpected,accidental
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Affected
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afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, hurt, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset
Antonyms: calm, unaffected, unmoved, unswayed, untroubled apish, artificial, artsy, artsy-craftsy, assumed, awkward, campy*, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, ham*, hammy*, highfalutin, hollow, imitated, insincere, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phoney, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on*, schmaltzy*, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, shammed, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural Antonyms: unchanged, untouched |
moved
changed |
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Affliction
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adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe
Antonyms: blessing, consolation, gift, godsend, solace |
hurt
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Affront
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abuse, backhanded compliment*, brickbat*, dirty deed*, dump, indignity, injury, left-handed compliment*, offense, outrage, provocation, put-down*, slap*, slight, slur, vexation, wrong
Antonyms: appeasement, compliment, flattery, pleasantry Notes: effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
insult
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Aghast
Anto: Agog |
afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded, frightened, overwhelmed, shocked, startled, stunned, surprised, terrified, thunderstruck
Antonyms: undisturbed, unperturbed, unsurprised |
horrified
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Agog
Anto: Aghast |
anxious, avid, breathless, eager, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks
Antonyms: undisturbed, unperturbed, unsurprised,apathetic, dreading, indifferent, unwilling |
enthralled
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Alcove
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anteroom, bay, bower, compartment, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, niche, recess, seclusion, study
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nook
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Allay
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abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, cool, cool out*, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, square
Antonyms: agitate, excite, heighten, intensify, magnify, provoke, stir, stir up |
calm
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Allegiance
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adherence, ardor, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety
Antonyms: betrayal, disloyalty, disobedience, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
loyalty
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Allude
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bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest
Antonyms: advertise, keep quiet, keep secret Notes: 1. allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' 2. elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to |
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Allusion
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casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion
Notes: allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
hint
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Aloft
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atop, beyond, high, on high, over, overhead, raised, superior, upon
Antonyms: below, beneath, under, underneath |
upward
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Amble
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ankle*, boogie*, dawdle, drift, gander*, gumshoe, hoof it*, loiter, meander, mope, mosey*, ooze, percolate*, ramble, sashay*, saunter, stroll, toddle*, wander
Antonyms: hurry, race, run, rush |
walk
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Ameliorate
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alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade
Antonyms: aggravate, decline, deteriorate, exacerbate, weaken, worsen |
better, improve
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adventitious
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casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, fluky*, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, uncalculated, unexpected, unforeseen, unintended, unintentional, unplanned
Antonyms: designed, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated Notes: accidental stresses chance; fortuitous so strongly suggests chance that it often connotes absence of cause |
unexpected,accidental
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Affected
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afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, grieved, hurt, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, stirred, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset
Antonyms: calm, unaffected, unmoved, unswayed, untroubled apish, artificial, artsy, artsy-craftsy, assumed, awkward, campy*, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, ham*, hammy*, highfalutin, hollow, imitated, insincere, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phoney, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on*, schmaltzy*, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, shammed, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural Antonyms: unchanged, untouched |
moved
changed |
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Affliction
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adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe
Antonyms: blessing, consolation, gift, godsend, solace |
hurt
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Affront
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abuse, backhanded compliment*, brickbat*, dirty deed*, dump, indignity, injury, left-handed compliment*, offense, outrage, provocation, put-down*, slap*, slight, slur, vexation, wrong
Antonyms: appeasement, compliment, flattery, pleasantry Notes: effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
insult
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Aghast
Anto: Agog |
afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded, frightened, overwhelmed, shocked, startled, stunned, surprised, terrified, thunderstruck
Antonyms: undisturbed, unperturbed, unsurprised |
horrified
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Agog
Anto: Aghast |
anxious, avid, breathless, eager, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks
Antonyms: undisturbed, unperturbed, unsurprised,apathetic, dreading, indifferent, unwilling |
enthralled
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Alcove
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anteroom, bay, bower, compartment, corner, cubbyhole, cubicle, niche, recess, seclusion, study
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nook
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Allay
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abate, alleviate, assuage, calm, compose, cool, cool out*, decrease, ease, lessen, lighten, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, square
Antonyms: agitate, excite, heighten, intensify, magnify, provoke, stir, stir up |
calm
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Allegiance
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adherence, ardor, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety
Antonyms: betrayal, disloyalty, disobedience, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
loyalty
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Allude
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bring up, imply, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, suggest
Antonyms: advertise, keep quiet, keep secret Notes: 1. allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly' 2. elude means to escape or evade from while allude means to make a more or less indirect reference to |
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Allusion
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casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion
Notes: allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
hint
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Aloft
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atop, beyond, high, on high, over, overhead, raised, superior, upon
Antonyms: below, beneath, under, underneath |
upward
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Amble
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ankle*, boogie*, dawdle, drift, gander*, gumshoe, hoof it*, loiter, meander, mope, mosey*, ooze, percolate*, ramble, sashay*, saunter, stroll, toddle*, wander
Antonyms: hurry, race, run, rush |
walk
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Ameliorate
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alleviate, amend, help, improve, lighten, meliorate, mitigate, relieve, step up, upgrade
Antonyms: aggravate, decline, deteriorate, exacerbate, weaken, worsen |
better, improve
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Amiss
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awry, bad, confused, crooked, defective, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, foul, glitched up*, haywire, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, sick, unfair, unlawful, unsuitable, untoward
Antonyms: correct, good, okay, right, suitable |
wrong
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Amok (Amuck)
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In a frenzy to do violence or kill: rioters running amuck in the streets.
In or into a jumbled or confused state: The plans went amuck. In or into an uncontrolled state or a state of extreme activity: "This jam-packed area of Honolulu has come to stand for tourist development run amok" |
ion a state of rage
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Amulet
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fetish, lucky piece, ornament, talisman
Antonyms: aversion, dislike, distaste, repugnance, repulsion |
charm
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Anathema
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abomination, bane, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate, pariah
Antonyms: beloved, love, the blessed ban, censure, commination, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, proscription, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, taboo Antonyms: benediction, blessing |
hate
denouncement |
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Ancestry
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ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock
Antonyms: descendants, posterity |
history
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Anguish
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affliction, agony, distress, dole, grief, heartache, heartbreak, hurting, misery, pang, rue, sorrow, suffering, throe, torment, torture, woe, wretchedness
Antonyms: euphoria, happiness, joy, joyfulness, pleasure |
pain
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Animas
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acrimony, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, bitterness, displeasure, enmity, hate, hostility, ill will, malevolence, malice, malignity, rancor, resentment, virulence
Antonyms: affection, friendship, good will, love |
hatred,Animosity
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Animadversion
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abuse,backbiting, backhanded compliment, black eye*, calumny, defamation, detraction, dirty dig*, dump, hit*, invective, knock*, libel, obloquy, put-down*, rap*, slam*, slander, smear*, vituperation
Antonyms: applause, compliment, extolling, kindness, laudation, praise Notes: baptism by sprinkling is aspersion, by dipping is immersion, by pouring water is affusion |
criticism
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Anneal
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amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify
Antonyms: liquefy, soften |
solidify
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Anoint
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bless, consecrate, daub, embrocate, grease, hallow, lube, rub, sanctify, slick, smear
Antonyms: condemn, curse, damn |
bless
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Antediluvian
Antiquated |
age-old, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, passé, primeval, primitive, primordial, time-worn, venerable
Antonyms: late, modern, new, up-to-date, young |
out-of-date
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Anvil
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a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals, usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes.
2. anything having a similar form or use. 3. the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments. 4. Also called anvil cloud, anvil top. Meteorology. incus (def. 2). 5. a musical percussion instrument having steel bars that are struck with a wooden or metal beater. |
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Apathy
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aloofness, coldness, coolness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, dullness, emotionlessness, halfheartedness, heedlessness, indifference, insensibility, insensitivity, insouciance, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, passiveness, passivity, stoicism, unconcern, unresponsiveness
Antonyms: concern, enthusiasm, interest, involvement, passion |
uncaring
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Aphorism
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adage, apothegm, axiom, daffodil, dictum, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, truism
Antonyms: absurdity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
saying
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Aplomb
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aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust
Antonyms: doubt, insecurity, mistrust, uncertainty |
confidence,assurance
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Apocalyptic
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1. of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
2. pertaining to the Apocalypse or biblical book of Revelation. 3. predicting or presaging imminent disaster and total or universal destruction: the apocalyptic vision of some contemporary writers. appalling, awful, baleful, baneful, calamitous, dire, dreadful, fateful, fearful, ghastly, gloomy, horrid, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, shocking, terrible, terrific, unlucky, unpropitious Antonyms: favorable, fortuitous, promising, wonderful |
horrible
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Apocryphal
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counterfeit, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fake, false, fictitious, inaccurate, mythical, spurious, unauthenticated, ungenuine, unsubstantiated, untrue, unverified, wrong
Antonyms: authentic, doubtless, real, substantiated, true |
Doubtful
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Apologist
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pleader, polemicist, sophist
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mediator
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Apostate
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backslider, defector, deserter, dissenter, heretic, nonconformist, rat*, recreant, renegade, turncoat
Antonyms: adherent, faithful, follower, loyalist |
traitor
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Apothecary
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pharmacologist, posologist ,pharmacist
in the US, one says druggist, but chemist in the UK; pharmacist is a formal term in both countries and apothecary is the old-fashioned term |
Druggist
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