(adj.): exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease (adj.)

(v): to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed

Forms: abashed (adj.), abashment (noun), abashedly (adverb), abash (verb)

Synonyms: shame, discompose, embarrass, ashamed, bewildered, bugged, crushed, mortified, shamed, taken back

Antonyms: composed, proud, reassured, emboldened

to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, lessen; diminish

Forms:abate (verb), abatable (adj.), unabatablely (adv.)

Synonyms: decrease, weaken, decline, moderate, recede, reduce, tamper, diminish, dull, dwindle, allay
Antonyms: increase, intensify, amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, magnify, prolong, revive, rise

One who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation; one who rejects a socially established morality.

Forms: antinomian(adj) antinomanism (n)

To foretell especially from omens

Forms: augur (v); augury (n)

Synonyms: portend, herald, be a sign of, warn of, forewarn of, foreshadow,be an omen of, presage, indicate, signify,signal, promise, threaten, spell, denote

(v): to hold, make use of, use

(n): advantage; benefit

Forms: behoof (n), behooves (v)

Synonym: be obligatory for, be required of, be expected of, be appropriate for

Marked by flagrant and insolent audacity, shameless or impudent; made of brass; like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.

Forms: brazen (adj) brazenly (adv) brazenness(n)

Synonyms: brassy, insolent, defiant, barefaced, audacious, boldfaced, bodacious, bold

Antonyms: humble, meek, shy, timid, shamefaced

(n): A covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard; a place of religious seclusion, as a monastery or convent; a ny quiet, secludedplace; life in a monastery orconvent.

(v): to confine in a monastery, or confine in general.

Forms: cloister (n) (v), cloister-like (adjective)

Synonyms:abbey, colonnade, hermitage, portico, sanctuary

Antonyms: liberate, uncover, open

agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character, suited or adapted in spirit, feeling, temper, etc.;compatible

Forms: congenial (adj.), congenialness (n), congenially (adv.)

Synonyms: favorable, pleasant, complaisant, sympathetic

Antonyms: disagreeable, cantankerous, unsuitable

warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial; favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm;comfortably mild

Forms: genial (adjective), genially (adverb), geniality (noun)

Synonyms: friendly, hearty, pleasant, agreeable

Antonyms: cold, barren, aloof, cranky, unhappy, unfriendly

scornful or insulting language or behavior, a humiliating or scornful insult, harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness, an insult

Forms: contumelious (adj.),contumaciously(adv.),contumeliousness (n)

Synonyms: abuse, scorn, disdain, rudeness, contempt, derision, arrogance, humiliation, insolence, reproach

Antonyms: compliment, flattery, applause, adulation, commendation, acclaim, approval, appreciation, congratulations, veneration, honor

a person or other agent guilty of or responsible for an offense or fault; a person arraigned for an offense; the source or cause of a problem

Forms: culprit (n)

Synonyms: convict, criminal, culprit, felon, fugitive, malefactor, miscreant, offender, transgressor, sinner, wrongdoer, outlaw, perpetrator, delinquent

Antonyms: law, police

a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance; any large, complex system or organization

Forms: edifice (n), edificial  (adj.)

Synonyms: cathedral, hall, palace, tower, product of construction, structure, architecture, armature, cadre, configuration, framework, infrastructure

Antonyms: destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruins

the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness; eloquent language or discourse

Forms: eloquence (noun) eloquent  (adjective)

Synonyms: articulation, expression, vivacity, delivery, dramatic, facility, rhetoric

Antonyms: dullness, inarticulateness, mispronunciation, discouragement, unpreparedness

importance, fame

Forms: eminence (n); eminent (adj.); eminently (adv.)

Synonyms: authority, celebrity, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, fame, glory, greatness, honor, illustriousness, renown, prestige, superiority

Antonyms: inferior, unimportant, unknown, undistinguished, disrespected, unremarkable

transient; passing out of sight, memory, or existence

Forms: evanescent (adj.); evanesce (v); evanescently (adv.); evanescence (n)

Synonyms: brief, disappearing, fading, fleeting, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary,  tenuous, vanishing, evaporation

Antonyms: permanent, lasting, long-lived, everlasting, enduring, lengthy, perpetual

to urge, advise, or caution earnestly, exhortative: serving or intended to exhort, ex’horatory: acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise

Forms: exhort (v), exhortingly (adv.), unexhorted (adj.), exhortative (adj.), exhoratory (adj.), exhorter (n)

Synonyms: admonish, advise, beseech, caution, insist

Antonyms: deter, discourage, dissuade

to set forth or state in detail, expounder: a person who explains

Forms: expound (v), expounder (n)

Synonyms: clarify, describe, explain, explicate, express

Antonyms: confuse, muddle

(n): afashionormodeofdress,especiallyofadistinctive

(v):to dress

Forms:garb (noun) [to] garb (verb)

Synonyms: apparel, appearance, outfits, rags, attire, clothes, dress, garment

Antonyms: reveal, take-off, unclothe, uncover

differing in structure, different in kind; unlike; incongruous

Forms: heterogeneous (adj.)

Synonyms: different, dissimilar, unlike, odd, opposed, diverse, unrelated, varied

Antonyms: homogeneous, identical, pure, single, unchanging, uniform, plain, simple

an impudent or immoral girl or woman

Forms: hussy (n)

Synonyms: tramp, seductress

Antonyms: morally pure, prude, monogamous

not conducive to success; the state, quality, or condition of being unpropitious (n)

Forms: inauspicious (adj.), inauspiciously (adv.), inauspiciousness (n)

Synonyms: unlucky, ill-timed, unpromising

Antonyms: lucky, auspicious, propitious

1. marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame 2. deserving of shame or infamy (adj.) 1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace 2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action (n.)

Forms: ignominious (adj.); ignominy (n.)

Synonyms: disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful (adj); disrepute, discredit, shame, obloquy, opprobrium. (n.)

Antonyms: honorable, reputable, respectable (adj.) esteem, honor, respect (n.)

too evident to be doubted

Forms: indubitability, indubitableness (n)

Synonyms: positive, sure, unanswerable, unarguable,unchallengeable, undeniable, unquestionable

Antonyms: arguable, contradictable,controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtable, moot, negotiable, problematic

(adj.): about to happen

(v):to be imminent

Forms: impending (adj.), to impend, impended (verb)

Synonyms: forthcoming, at hand, brewing, nearing, imminent

Antonyms: distant, later, never, remote

A gross injustice or wickedness, A violation of right or duty; wicked act

Forms: iniquity (n)

Synonyms:  crime, evildoing, immorality, injustice, misdeed, offense, wrongdoing
Antonyms:  good, goodness, virtue

causing horror or revulsion; having a wan or ghastly appearance

Forms: lurid (adj.), luridly (adv.), luridness (n)

Synonyms: dim, faint, sensational, shocking, pale, distinct, disgusting, graphic

Antonyms: illuminated, bright, lucid, pleasant, calming, comforting, delightful

a person who violates the law or does evil; a person who does evil towards another person

Forms: malefactress (n), malefactor (n), malefaction (n)

Synonyms: criminal, convict, prisoner, outcast, delinquent, outlaw, culprit, villian

Antonyms: victim, police, moral

having the characteristics of a matron (matron = a mature, married woman; a woman in charge of a hospital or prison ward)

Forms: matron (n), matronliness (n)

Synonyms:  dignified, ladylike, mature, motherly, respected

gaiety and fun

Forms:merriment (n), merrily (adv), merry (adj)

Synonyms: exuberance, cheerfulness, effervescence, verve, buoyancy, levity, zest, liveliness, cheer, joy

Antonyms: misery, unhappiness,distress, wretchedness, suffering, anguish, anxiety, angst, torment, pain, grief

mein (n)

a person's look or manner, esp. one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood

Forms: mien (n)

Synonyms: appearance, look, expression,countenance, aura, demeanor, attitude, air, manner

of, relating to, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system

Forms: penally (adv)

Synonyms: disciplinary, corrective, correctional, punitive, punishable

having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination; having the appearance of an optical illusion, especially one produced by a magic lantern, changing; shifting, as a scene made up of many elements.

Forms: phantasmagorical (adj) phantasmagoria (n)

Synonyms: dreamlike, psychedelic, kaleidoscopic, surreal, unreal,hallucinatory, fantastic, fantastical,chimerical

Antonyms: real, ordinary

the face or countenance, especially as an indication of character, the outward appearance of anything which gives an insight to character

Synonyms: appearance, aspect, countenance, expression, feature, look, mien, portrait, visage

(n): a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.

(v): to set in the pillory, to expose to public derision, ridicule or abuse

of great weight, awkward and unwieldy, dull and labored

Forms: (adj) ponderous, (adv) ponderously, (n) ponderousness and ponderosity; (adj)  nonponderous, (adv) nonponderously, (n) nonponderosity

Synonyms: heavy, cumbersome, bulky, burdensome, massive, unwieldy, boring, plodding

Antonyms: weightless, insubstantial, tiny, delicate, lively, exciting

to foreshadow by a figure; to picture or represent to oneself beforehand; to imagine

Forms:(v) prefigure, (adj) prefigurative, (adv) prefiguratively, (n) prefigurativeness and prefigurement, (adj) unprefigured

Synonyms:  hint, foreshadow, indicate, adumbrate, presage

preternatural (adj.)

out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal; outside of nature; supernatural

Forms: preternaturally (adv) preternaturalness (n) prenaturalism (n),  preternaturality (n)

Synonyms: unusual, extraordinary, unnatural, supernatural, uncommon, inexplicable

Antonyms: ordinary, usual, normal, common, standard, customary, typical

(v): appear or claim to do something

(n): purpose or meaning of something, typically a document or a speech

Forms: purportless (adj) purportedly (adv)

Synonyms: claim to be, profess to be, pretend to be, appear to be, seem to be; implication, intention, meaning, significance, purpose, gist

Antonyms:  covering, surface, deny, wrong implication

to cause persistent irritation or resentment; to become sore or inflamed; to fester

Forms: rankle (verb), rankling (noun), ranklingly (adverb)

Synonyms: annoy, irritate, rag, bother, gall, chafe, vex, nettle

Antonyms:please, delight, make happy

the act of remonstrating, a protest or complaint, particularly a formal one

Forms: remonstrance (n), remonstrate (v), remonstrative (adj.), remonstratively (adv.)

Synonyms: objection, argument, protest, expostulation, complaint, rebuke, reproach

Antonyms: acceptance, agreement, concession

the condition or quality of roundness or plumpness, as of anobject or person, marked roundness, having a full, rich sound

Forms: rotund (adj),  rotundity (n), rotundness (n), rotundly (adv)

Synonyms: plump, round, stout, portly, obese,  sonorous, corpulent

Antonyms: skinny, slim, thin

a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom

Forms: sage (adj), sagacity, sager, sageness  (all n), sagely (adv)

Synonyms: wise, discerning, insightful, perceptive, prudent,sapient

Antonyms: unperceptive, unwise, incircumspet, audacious

a tomb, grave, or burial place

Forms: unsepulcher (v - used with an object)

Synonyms: vault, mausoleum, crypt, catacomb, tomb, vault, entomb, burial, repository

a temporary stay

Forms: sojourn, sojourner (n)

Synonyms:  visit, vacation, rest, stop, layover, stay

of or like a ghost; oforpertaining to a specter;ghostly;phantom

Forms: spectral (adj.)

Synonyms: ghostly, spooky, apparitional, eerie, haunted, illusory, phantasmal, phantom, scary, shadowy, spiritual, spooky, supernatural

Antonyms: natural, normal, ordinary

to reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn; to kick at or tread on disdainfully

Forms: spurn (v.), spurn/ spurner(n.)

Synonyms: reject, scorn, despise, kick

Antonyms: embrace, want, welcome, accept

pertaining to, dealing with, or regulating expense or expenditure; luxurious, splendid

Forms: sumptuary or sumptuous(adj.)

Synonyms: awe-inspiring, beautiful, costly, dear, deluxe, elegant, expensive, gorgeous, lavish, rich

Antonyms: mean, poor, wanting

characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness;timorous;fearful

Forms: tremulous (adj.), tremulously (adv.), tremulousness (n)

Synonyms: palpitating, quavering, quivering, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling,wobbly

Antonyms: stable, steady, unwavering

seat or court of justice; the bench on which a judge or other presiding officer sits in court; something that has the power to determine or judge; committee or board appointed to adjudicate in a particular matter

Synonyms: bar, bench, board, committee, and court

accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age, wisdom, or character; (in the Anglican Church) a title given to an archdeacon; (in the Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a deceased person who has attained a certain degree of sanctity but has not been fully beatified or canonized

Forms: veneration (n)

Synonyms: admirable, dignified, esteemed, honorable, and revered

Antonyms: unexpected, looked down on, and lack of dignity

the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal; aspect, appearance

Forms: visage (n)

Synonyms: cast, countenance, expression, face, look

the act of acquiring  or gaining possession

Forms: acquisitional (adj), acquisitor (noun)

Synonyms: achievement, acquirement, addition, gain, purchase, winning

Antonyms: dearth, lack, loss, need, want

open towards, leaning towards, easily persuaded

a person or thing detested or loathed; a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction; a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.

Synonyms: abomination, hate, enemy, pariah, detestation

Antonyms: beauty, blessing, delight, enjoyment

To reduce to utter ruin, to annul, to defeat (usually in violent manner)

Synonyms: Abolish, eradicate, obliterate, raze, vitiate
Antonyms:  Help, preserve, revive, save

a druggist, a pharmacist; a pharmacy or drugstore; one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes

Synonyms: pharmacist, druggist, dispenser, pharmacy, gallipot, chemist, drugstore

a name, title, or designation; the act of naming; a geographical name (as of a region, village, or vineyard) under which a winegrower is authorized to identify and market wine; also : the area designated by such a name

Forms: misappellation (n), appellative (adj.)

Synonyms: designation, sobriquet, nickname, epithet, label, title
Antonyms:  nameless, unlabeled

characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reason; a person who practices such self-discipline and abstention

Forms: ascetic (adj.); ascetic/asceticism (n); ascetically (adv.)

Synonyms: austere, self-denying, abstinent, self-disciplined, simple, puritanical, monastic, hermit, anchorite
Antonyms: sybarite, self-indulgent, promiscuity, permissive

continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned; no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent; aged; old

Forms: antiquated (adj.), antiquate (v), antiquatedness (n)

Synonyms: aged, dated, antique, elderly, old, out of date,
Antonyms: modern, new, recent, forward-looking 

to use or take advantage of an opportunity

Forms: avail(v), available(adj.)

Synonyms: use, utilize, apply
Antonyms: disadvantage, detriment, loss, waste

to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause, to declare positively

Forms: averred, averring

Synonyms: affirm, allege, assert, claim, avouch, avow,contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest,purport, warrant
Antonyms:  deny, gainsay

to soil, tarnish, discolor, to taint, to detract from the honor of

Forms: besmirch (v), besmircher (noun), unbesmirched (adj)

Synonyms:  dishonor, discredit, stain, tarnish, soil, blacken
Antonyms:  to honor, to purify

(n): A benefit or favor, especially one that is given in an answer to a request

(adj.): Likely to seek or enjoy the company of others

Synonyms: Advantage, aid, benefit, help; companionable, outgoing, extroverted, social, sociable
Antonyms: Constraint, disadvantage, drawback, hindrance; antisocial, reclusive, introverted

belonging, according, or relating to the cabala, a mystical interpretation of Hebrew scripture; having an occult, mystical, or esoteric meaning

Synonyms: mysterious, magical, obscure, mystic, strange, supernatural, enigmatic, occult, esoteric
Antonyms:  clear, obvious, plain, straightfoward

a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior, a disposition to do things impulsively

Forms: caprice (n) capricious (adj)

Synonyms: whim, vagary, quirk, volatility, unpredictability, notion
Antonyms:  practicality, reasonableness, immovability, constancy, stability

an elementary book containing a summary of the principles of the Christian religion, especially as maintained by a particular church, in the form of questions and answers; the contents of this book; instruction, development of knowledge; test

Synonyms: examination, guidance, improvement, refinement, schooling
Antonyms:  ignorance

to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner, with or instead of speech; to express by gesturing

Forms: (v) gesticulate; (adj) gesticulative, gesticulatory, overgesticulative; (n) gesticulation, overgesticulation, gesticulator; (adv) overgesticulatively

Synonyms:  gesture, motion, signal, signalize, wave, pantomime
Antonyms:  speak, be still

roomy and comfortable; convenient

Forms: commodious (adj) commodiously (adv) comodiousness (n)

Synonyms: ample, spacious, comfortable, big, roomy
Antonyms:  confined, cramped, inconvenient

to summon out of thin air as if by magic; to earnestly entreat; to call to mind

Forms: Conjurer (noun), Conjured (adj)

Synonyms: create, evoke, beg, beseech, summon
Antonyms:  dissipate, dismiss, destroy, demand

A person's behavior or manners.

Forms: deportment (noun)

Synonyms: behavior, demeanor, conduct, actions
Antonyms:  misbehavior, misconduct, inaction

feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

Forms: despondently (adverb)

Synonyms: disheartened, downhearted, melancholy, despairing, hopeless, dejected, morose, dispirited
Antonyms:  happy, hopeful, cheerful, elated, spirited

to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless

Synonyms: belittle, disparage, discredit, depreciate,minimize.denigrate, deprecate, derogate  
Antonyms:  applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise

Skill in using the hands or body, agility; mental adroitness or skill.

Synonyms: aptness, expertise, handiness, finesse, adroitness.
Antonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, inability, ineptness.

having the qualities of a devil, outrageously wicked

Forms: diabolicaly (adverb), diabolicalness (noun)

Synonyms: cruel, heinous, hellish, vicious, wicked, evil
Antonyms:  good, moral, heavenly

(v): to waste away physically

(adj.): thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny.

a secret agent, one designated as the agent of another; a representative sent on a mission or errand; deputy

Synonyms: agent, delegate, emissary, envoy, legate, minister, representative, bearer, carrier

profit, salary, or fees from office or employment; compensation for services

Synonyms: earnings, pay, recompense, stipend, honorarium , paycheck, payment, salary,
Antonyms:expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, loss, waste

to provide with a permanent fund or source of income; establish (a college post, annual prize, or project) by donating the funds neededto maintain it

Forms: endow (v); endower (n); endowment (n)

Synonyms: finance, fund, pay for, provide for, subsidize, support financially, establish, institute, supply, furnish, equip, bless, grace, gift
Antonyms:  refuse, withhold, curse, receive, take

instruct or urge (someone) to do something; prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted; prohibit someone from performing

Forms: enjoin (verb), enjoiner (noun), enjoinment (noun)

Synonyms: urge, encourage, admonist, instruct, direct, order, require, command
Antonyms:  allow, permit

a feeling or condition of hostility usually shared between enemies; hatred; ill will; animosity;antagonism.

Synonyms: dislike, hate, malice, hostility, loathing
Antonyms: love, kindness, friendship, good will, fellowship

a period of time in history or a person’s life, typically one marked by notable events or characteristics

Synonyms: era, age, period, time, span, stage, eon

to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings; to urge, advise or caution earnestly

Forms: exhort, exhorter, exhortingly

Synonyms: admonish, advise, beseech, caution, counsel

A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action; the quality or state of being

Synonyms: Boiling point, crisis, climax, turning point

the act of reasoning earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate; an expostulatory remark or address

Synonyms: challenge, complaint, difficulty, exception, objection, protest, question, remonstrance,
Antonyms:  agree, cooperate

still in existence, surviving

Synonyms: actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, real, remaining, subsisting, undestroyed
Antonyms:  dead, extinct, gone

pleased or willing under the circumstances, compelled by the circumstances

Synonyms: amenable,disposed,willing, game, glad,inclined, minded,ready
Antonyms:  disinclined,unamenable, unwilling

(n): imprudence, effrontery, nerve, audacity, cheek; bile, that of an animal; something bitter or severe

(v): to make sore by rubbing; to vex or irritate

Synonyms: noun- arrogance, chutzpah, insolence /verb- abrade, chafe, annoy,
Antonyms:  noun- modesty, reservation, shyness/ verb- appease, gladden, mollify

The state or process of living in a particular area; place of residence, dwelling; colony or settlement; community

Forms: habitation (n), habitational (adj)

Synonyms: abode, occupancy, residency, dwelling, domicile
Antonyms:  foreign area

marked by dishonor or shame; deserving of shame; humiliating or degrading

Forms: ignominiously(adv), ignominiousness (noun), ignominy (noun)

Synonyms: discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, infamous, notorious
Antonyms:  admirable, honorable, reputable, respectable, exalted

Drink (alcohol); absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge)

Forms: imbibe, imbibed, imbibing (verbs), imbiber (noun)

Synonyms:consume, gorge, partake, soak, assimilate
Antonyms:  abstain

to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.; to saturate or impregnate with moisture, color, etc.

Forms: imbue (v), imbuement (n)

Synonyms: diffuse, impregnate, ingrain, inoculate, instill, permeate, inculcate
Antonyms:  drain, take out

a little devil or demon; an evil spirit

Synonyms: scamp, rascal, brat, devil

Antonyms: angel, god

urgent or persistent insolicitation, sometimes annoyinglyso; troublesome; annoying

Forms: importunate (adj); importunately (adv); importunateness (n)

Synonyms: burning, earnest, imperative, disturbing, troublesome, portentous, urgent, clamorous
Antonyms:  relaxed, undemanding, unimportant

To drive or urge forward, press on

Synonyms: boost, compel, drive, goad
Antonyms: delay, dissuade, repress, slow

assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

Forms: imperiously (adverb), imperiousness (noun)

Synonyms: commanding, imperial, overbearing,overweening, domineering, authoritarian,dictatorial
Antonyms:  submissive, unnecessary

unwilling or unable to believe something

Synonyms: skeptical, unbelieving,distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious, doubtful,dubious, unconvinced; cynical

to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious); to become liable or subject to through one's own action;bring or take upon oneself

Synonyms: aquire, arouse, besubjected to, bring down on,catch, contract, draw, earn

the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful;inventiveness; cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design; an ingenious  contrivance or device

Synonyms: ability, brains, brightness, brilliance, cunning, genius
Antonyms: lack, ignorance, inability, stupidity, denseness

extremely bad reputation, public reproach, strong condemnation as a result of a shameful/criminal/flagrant act, evil reputation brought about by something grossly criminal, shocking, or brutal; an extreme and publicly known criminal or evil act

Forms: infamy (n), infamous (adj.), infamously (adv.)

Synonyms:disrepute,obloquy,odium,opprobrium,shame, disgrace, discredit, disesteem, ignominy, shame, reproach
Antonyms: esteem, honor, respect

incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable; not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable; physically impenetrable

Forms: inscrutability (n), inscrutableness (n) inscrutably (adv.)

Synonyms:  hidden, incomprehensible, undiscoverable, inexplicable. mysterious
Antonyms: comprehensible

proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects; treacherous, crafty

Forms: insidious (adjective); insidiously (adverb); insidiousness (noun)

Synonyms: stealthy, subtle, surreptitious, cunning, crafty, treacherous, artful, sly, wily, shifty, underhanded, indirect, sneaky
Antonyms:  open, blatant, honest, loyal, faithful, ingenuous

unable to be touched or grasped; difficult or impossible to define or understand; vague and abstract; not constituting or represented by a physical object and of a value not precisely measurable

Forms: intangible (adjective), intangibility (noun), intangibly (adverb)

Synonyms: impalpable, untouchable, insubstantial, immaterial, spectral, ghostly
Antonyms: definite, obvious, palpable, perceptible, tangible

desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, eitherbecause of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness; evil intent on the part of a person who commits awrongful act injurious to others

Synonyms:  ill will, spite, dislike, malevolence, hate, hatred,  bitterness
Antonyms: benevolence, goodwill, kindness, friendliness

to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect; to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence,ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering

Synonyms: abase, annoy, crush, harass, shame, humiliate
Antonyms: flatter, praise, satisfy, compliment

abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings

Synonyms: cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing,depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear,
Antonyms:  bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting,cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny

a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform inpublic places, attracting and influencing an audience bytricks, storytelling, etc.

Synonyms: cheat, conman, imposter, swindler

prone to or capable of change

Forms: mutability (noun), mutable (noun), mutably (adverb)

Synonyms: Changeable, capricious, inconstant, unpredictable, uncertain, temperamental
Antonyms: Certain, changeless, stable, steady, invariable

pale; faint or deficient in color; wan; lacking in vitality or interest

Synonyms: ashy, colorless, bloodless, dull, faded, ghastly, lifeless
Antonyms: flushed, rosy, blushing

a complete or impressive collection of things, a splendid display; referring to a full set of arms or a suit of armor

Synonyms: array, range, collection, trappings, regalia, splendor, spectacle, ceremony, ritual

a lover, esp. the illicit partner of a married person.

Synonyms: lover, mistress, concubine, “other man/woman”

of or pertaining to a parish  or parishes; of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide

Synonyms: clerical, holy, religious, spiritual, orthodox

regret for one’s wrongdoing or sinning, contrition, repentance

Forms: (adj) penitent, (adv) penitently, (n) penitence

Synonyms: abject, apologetic, atoning, contrite, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry
Antonyms:  happy, unashamed, unrepentant

Urgent, commanding; imperative, not subject to debate; assertive in speech or manner, dogmatic

Forms: peremptorily (adv), peremptoriness (noun)

Synonyms: authoritative, imperative, domineering, autocratic, overbearing, decisive
Antonyms:  humble, meek, serville, lenient, democratic, indecisive

Devoutly religious; making a hypocritical display of virtue

Forms: pious (adj), piously (adv), piousness (noun)

Synonyms: devout,  religious, godly, prayerful, devotional
Antonyms: atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked

(n) a gentle splash, or a pool or puddle

(v) to splash gently; to flow in a broken irregular stream; to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy

Forms: plash (n & v), plashingly (adverb)

Synonyms: bubble, dribble, splash, swash, spatter, splatter, ripple
Antonyms: pour, roll, stream