to shorten (a book, a play, etc.) by leaving out some parts

Synonyms: abbreviated communication, curtail, shorten, syncopate, truncate

Antonyms: elongate, extend, lengthen, protract, prolong

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a collection of things (such as photographs, stories, facts, etc.) that have been gathered together and presented as a group especially in the form of a book

Synonyms: abbreviated communication, album, anthology, compilation

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done or made quickly

Synonyms: abbreviated communication, hasty, hurried, overhasty, rash

Antonyms: deliberate, unhurried, unrushed

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to reduce or limit (something)

Synonyms: abbreviated communication, abbreviate, abridge, shorten

Antonyms: elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong

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a list of the topics or books that will be studied in a course

Synonyms: abbreviated communication

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a short description of the most important information about something : a summary or outline

Synonyms: abbreviated communication, abstract, brief, summary, outline

Antonyms: addendum, expansion

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brief and direct in a way that may seem rude or unfriendly

Synonyms: abbreviated communication, brief, laconic, pithy

Antonyms: circuitous, long-winded, verbose, wordy

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very sudden and not expected

Synonyms: act quickly, blunt, curt, short

Antonyms: circuitous

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at a fast speed or pace

Synonyms: act quickly, fast, briskly, fleetily

Antonyms: slow

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without taking time to think about your actions

Synonyms: act quickly, cursorily, rash, hurriedly

Antonyms: deliberately, studiedly

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acting or done quickly and without thought : controlled by emotion rather than thought

Synonyms: act quickly

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to cause (something) to happen quickly or suddenly

Synonyms: act quickly, pour, rain

Antonyms: mist, drizzle

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to help, encourage, or support someone in a criminal act

Synonyms: assist, incite, instigate, stir up

Antonyms: hinder

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one that defends or maintains a cause or proposal 

Synonyms: assist, espouser, friend, booster

Antonyms: adversary, antagonist, opponent

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providing something additional to a main part or function

Synonyms: assist, supplementary

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to make (something) stronger or better : to give support to (something)

Synonyms: assist, support, buttress, shore

Antonyms: undermine, weaken

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to support or help prove (a statement, theory, etc.) by providing information or evidence

Synonyms: assist, authenticate, attest, confirm

Antonyms: disprove, refute, rebut

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to accept, support, or approve of (something)

Synonyms: assist, accept, favor

Antonyms: disaprove, discountenance, disfavor

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to express support for (a cause, belief, etc.)

Synonyms: assist

Antonyms: divorce

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a very important part of something : something or someone that provides support and makes it possible for something to exist or succeed

Synonyms: assist, anchor, reliance, buttress

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very liberal in giving or bestowing

Synonyms: assist, bighearted, charitable, generous

Antonyms: cheap, miserly, selfish

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a person who argues for or supports something

Synonyms: assist, advocate, espouser, promoter

Antonyms: adversary, antagonist

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very loyal and dedicated

Synonyms: assist, bold, undaunted, valiant

Antonyms: coward, weakhearted, gutless

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something (such as food) that gives support, help, or strength

Synonyms: assist, aliment, nourishment 

Antonyms: refection

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angry or bad-tempered

Synonyms: bad mood, ill-tempered, cantankerous

Antonyms: amiable, good-natured

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a fit or state of indignation

Synonyms: bad mood

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becoming angry very easily : having a bad temper

Synonyms: bad mood, choleric, cranky, irritable

Antonyms: affable, amiable, good-tempered

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fretful, peevish

Synonyms: bad mood, choleric, grouchy

Antonyms: affable, companionable

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having or showing the attitude of people who become angry and annoyed when they do not get what they want

Synonyms: bad mood, choleric, irascible

Antonyms: amiable, good-natured

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a sudden feeling of annoyance or anger when someone has offended you

Synonyms: bad mood, dudgeon, peeve, resentment

Antonyms: appeasement, delight, pleasure

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complaining in an annoyed way

Synonyms: bad mood, cranky, grumpy, fussy

Antonyms: forbearing, patient, stoic

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a feeling of being offended by what someone has said or done

Synonyms: bad mood, dudgeon, huff, miff

Antonyms: gratification, happiness

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easily annoyed : showing annoyance

Synonyms: bad mood, choleric, peevish, snippy

Antonyms: affable, amiable

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 a person whose interest in an art or in an area of knowledge is not very deep or serious

Synonyms: beginner/amateur, dabbler

Antonyms: expert, professional

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someone or something that is getting started in a new activity

Synonyms: beginner/amateur, apprentice, newcomer

Antonyms: veteran, old-timer

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a person who has just started learning or doing something, a person who has recently joined a religious group

Synonyms: beginner/amateur, convert, proselyte

Antonyms: veteran

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the period or state of being a novice

Synonyms: beginner/amateur, abecedarian, neophyte, rook

Antonyms: veteran

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 a new convert (as to a faith or cause)

Synonyms: beginner/amateur, neophyte, convert

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a person who has just started learning or doing something

Synonyms: beginner/amateur, abecedarian, novitiate, newbie

Antonyms: veteran

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to grow or develop quickly

Synonyms: beginning/young, balloon, proliferate, gain

Antonyms: contract, diminish, recede

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used to describe a young person who does not have much experience and does not know how to behave the way adults behave 

Synonyms: beginning/young, immature, unripened, puerile

Antonyms: experienced, grown-up

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to cause to exist or to develop

Synonyms: beginning/young, produce, bring about, generate

Antonyms: cease, end, stop

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not completely formed or developed yet

Synonyms: beginning/young, aborning, nascent

Antonyms: adult, full-fledged, mature

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 beginning to develop or exist

Synonyms: beginning/young, budding, inceptive, nascent

Antonyms: adult, mature

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beginning to exist : recently formed or developed

Synonyms: beginning/young, inchoate, incipient

Antonyms: mature, ripened

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expressing harsh or sharp criticism in a clever way

Synonyms: biting, sarcastic, scathing, acidulous

Antonyms: amusing, playful, cordial

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somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner

Synonyms: biting, sour, acidic

Antonyms: sweet, insipid

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caustic, biting, or rancorous, especially in feeling, language, or manner

Synonyms: biting, acrid, resentful

Antonyms: unbitter

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harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger

Synonyms: biting, harshness, acrimonious

Antonyms: mildness

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very harsh and critical

Synonyms: biting, scalding, smart-mouthed, snarky

Antonyms: playful, polite, amusing

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Synonyms: biting

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expressing harsh criticism especially in a way that is funny

Synonyms: biting, sarcastic, sardonic, acerbic

Antonyms: gentle, affable, hospitable

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 very strong, clear, and effective

Synonyms: biting, sharp, cutting

Antonyms: dull, obtuse

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very confident and daring : very bold and surprising or shocking

Synonyms: bold, impertinent, insolent, fresh

Antonyms: shy, timid, meek

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COURAGEOUS

very brave : having or showing courage

Synonyms: bold, gutsy, manful, fearless

Antonyms: gutless, coward

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 very brave

Synonyms: bold, courageous

Antonyms: coward, craven

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boring or ordinary : not interesting

Synonyms: boring, flat, insipid

Antonyms: fresh, original, uncliched

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 foolish or stupid

Synonyms: boring, airheaded, dopey, unsmart

Antonyms: brainy, clever, smart

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not interesting, funny, etc., because of being used too often : not fresh or original

Synonyms: boring, banal, timeworn

Antonyms: fresh, new, original

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not interesting or exciting : dull or boring

Synonyms: boring, dead, flat, flavorless, tasteless

Antonyms: tasteful, savory

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dull and ordinary

Synonyms: boring, everyday, prosaic

Antonyms: nontemporal

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not interesting or unusual

Synonyms: boring, monotonous, tedious, wearying

Antonyms: absorbing, engaging, interesting

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a statement that expresses an idea that is not new

Synonyms: boring, banality, cliche,

Antonyms: profundity

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dull or ordinary

Synonyms: boring, common, average, usual

Antonyms: abnormal, exceptional, unusual

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ordinary or very common

Synonyms: boring, common, everyday

Antonyms: extraordinary, infrequent, seldom

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not interesting or effective because of being used too often : not fresh or original

Synonyms: boring, banal, cliche, hackneyed

Antonyms: fresh, original, novel

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characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken.

Synonyms: carousal, orgiastic, bacchic

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Extreme indulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipation

Synonyms: carousal, bacchanalia, depravity, revel

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Morally corrupt; perverted

Synonyms: carousal, degraded, vicious, degenerate

Antonyms: moral, pure, principled, proper

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  Intemperate in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute

Synonyms: carousal, debauched, self-indulgent, profligate

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Gross immorality or injustice; wickedness

Synonyms: carousal, misdeed, sinfulness, infamy

Antonyms: justice, virtue, goodness

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  One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person

Synonyms: carousal, reprobate, profligate, womanizer

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 Having or exhibiting lustful desires; lascivious

Synonyms: carousal, lustful, sensual, carnal

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Lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct.

Synonyms: carousal, promiscuous, immoral, lewd

Antonyms: principled, virtuous, chaste

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 A morally unprincipled person

Synonyms: carousal, miscreant

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Characterized by or indulging in vulgar, lewd humor

Synonyms: carousal, bawdy, off-color

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Appealing to or stimulating sexual desire; lascivious

Synonyms: carousal, lewd, raunchy, obscene

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Filthy or dirty; foul

Synonyms: carousal, squalid, sleazy, seedy

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 Depravity; baseness

Synonyms: carousal, depravity

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 Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable

Synonyms: changing quickly, variable, erratic,

Antonyms: firm, stable, determined, decisive

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Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile

Synonyms: changing quickly, erratic, fickle

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Tending to violence; explosive

Synonyms: changing quickly, fickle,

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One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a corresponding person or thing

Synonyms: copy, opposite number

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To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation

Synonyms: copy, mirror, mimic

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An exact copy or reproduction, as of a document

Synonyms: copy, autotype, reproduction

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  Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham

Synonyms: copy, unreal, artificial

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One that serves as a pattern or model

Synonyms: copy, epitome, prototype, example

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One that precedes and indicates, suggests, or announces someone or something to come

Synonyms: copy, predecessor, harbinger, forebear

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The purest or most typical instance

Synonyms: copy, pith, epitome, embodiment

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Made in resemblance of or as a substitute for another

Synonyms: copy, feigned, artificial, phoney

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Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

Synonyms: copy, substitute, surrogate

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 An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander

Synonyms: criticize, slander, smear, censure

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 To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage

Synonyms: criticize, denigrate, minimize

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 To rebuke or scold angrily and at length

Synonyms: criticize, reprimand, scold, rebuke

Antonyms: approve, praise, cheer, compliment

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A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation.

Synonyms: criticize, slander, defamation, smear

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To inflict severe punishment on

Synonyms: criticize, reprimand, chasten, objurgate

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To condemn openly

Synonyms: criticize, belittle, depreciate, derogate

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the act of defaming, esp. unjustified injury to another's reputation, as by slander or libel. 

Synonyms: criticize, calumn, obloquy, slander

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To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible

Synonyms: criticize, stigmatise, brand, condemn

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To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth

Synonyms: criticize, bemock, ridicule, scorn

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a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation

Synonyms: criticize, tirade, harangue, fulmination

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To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle

Synonyms: criticize, dismiss, ridicule, disdain,

Antonyms: blandish, flatter

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To censure strongly; denounce

Synonyms: criticize, condemn, decry, objurgate

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To declare false; deny

Synonyms: criticize, challenge, dispute, contradict

Antonyms: back, support, confirm

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A speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; a tirade

Synonyms: criticize, rant, lecture

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To attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument

Synonyms: criticize, challenge, dispute

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To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently

Synonyms: criticize, rail, declaim

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 To scold sharply; berate

Synonyms: criticize, chew out, chide, rebuke

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To scold or rebuke sharply; berate

Synonyms: criticize, condemn, excoriate

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Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny

Synonyms: criticize, defamation, traducement

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state of disgrace resulting from public abuse

Synonyms: criticize, disapproval, reproach, censure

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To expose to ridicule and abuse

Synonyms: criticize, stigmatize, brand, denounce

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To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand

Synonyms: criticize, scold, reprimand, castigate

Antonyms: approve, praise, laud

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To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof

Synonyms: criticize, dissent, dispute, expostulate

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to find fault with; criticize

Synonyms: criticize, knock, pick apart

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To voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke

Synonyms: criticize, censure, admonish, blame

Antonyms: encourage, compliment

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To assail with abusive language; vituperate

Synonyms: criticize, malign, abuse

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A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature

Synonyms: criticize, outburst, diatribe, lecture

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To rebuke or criticize harshly or abusively; berate

Synonyms: criticize, revile, vilify

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