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v. to border upon; adjoin
similar: contiguous; tangent; adjacent; append; annex; nexus |
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n. keenness; sharpness (as in perception)
similar: persicacity; astuteness; discernment; acumen |
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v. to conuse, muddle, or bewilder, so as to annoy or irritate
similar: befuddle; perturb; obvuscate; confound; perplex; stupefy; pester
contrary: clarify; elucidate; explicate |
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adj. skillfull; competent
similar: proficient; able; adroit; deft
contrary: incompetent; loutish; inept |
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n. follower; supporter; believer
similar: proselyte; disciple; apostle
contrary: antagonist; adversary; rival |
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v. to calm or pacify
similar: appease; assuage; abate; mitigate
contrary: aggravate; provoke; exacerbate; vex; affront; chafe; embitter; envenom |
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adj. pertaining or connected to something but not part of it
similar: auxiliary; peripheral; marginal; tangential; ambient; extrinsic
contrary: primary; nuclear; chief; capital; cardinal; axial; definitive; incisive; fundamental; ordinate; axiomatic |
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adj. opposed to; hostile
similar: contentious; combative; adverse; contrary; belligerent; pugnacious; bellicose
contrary: amiable; amicable; allied; sympathetic; congenial |
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n. an opening or gap (as in the aperture setting of a camera)
similar: orifice; breach; fissure; chasm |
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n. poise, composure
similar: assurance; intrepidity; impassivity; unflappability; imperturbability
contrary: intemperance; irascibility; petulance |
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n. a short, pithy, instructive saying
similar: aphorism; epigram; maxim; adage; proverb; axiom |
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n. a refuge or sanctuary (especially, for crinimals or the insane)
similar: haven; sanitarium |
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n. greed
similar: cupidity; avidity; covetousness; parsimony
contrary: philanthropy; charity; benevolence; munificence; beneficence; altruism |
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adj. twisted; gone wrong (as in plans that went awry)
similar: amiss; astray; afield; askew; aslant; tortuous; serpentine; convoluted; vermicular
contrary: true; assiduous; undeviating |
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v. to stop short; refuse to continue
similar: demur; spurn; shun; desist; halt; falter; stammer; suspend
contrary: advance; proceed; persevere; persist; endure; pertinacious; dogged; indefatigable |
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v. to moderate or restrain; hold back 9as in bated breath)
similar: impede; bridle; abate; repress; quell; quash; suppress; curb
contrary: unfetter; emancipate; manumit; discharge; extricate |
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n. a trinket
similar: trifle; toy; triviality; memento; souvenir |
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n. a huge creature
similar: leviathan; mammoth; gargantuan; prodigious; titanic; colossal; vast
contrary: dwarf; mannequin; pygmy; diminutive; bantam; lilliputian; minutia |
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adj. the state of having lost something cherished or valuable 9as in the death of a family member)
similar: bereft; deprived; denuded; forfeited |
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v. to deceive; defraud
similar: dupe, swindle; beguile; delude; cozen; feign |
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v. to proclaim or announce publicly or conspicuously
similar: herald; publicize; divulge; promulgate; publish; flaunt |
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adj. loud, rough, or violent
similar: clamorous; tumultuous; obstreperous; rambunctious; riotous; turbulent
contrary: sedate; staid; reconciled; subdued; placid; tranquil |
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adj. cowlike; dull or inactive
similar: inert; loutish; slothful; torpid; indolent; languid; phlegmatic; listless
contrary: astir; exuberant; animated; vivacious; effervescent; ebullient |
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adj. abrupt or blunt in speech
similar: curt; bluff; crude; frank; boorish; sententious; terse
contrary: tactful: suave; glib |
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adj. rustic; pastoral
similar: idyllic; halcyon; provincial; agrarian; cammpestral; bucolic; georgic |
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v. to mishandle; botch up; make a bad mistake
similar: blunder, bollix; spoil; ruin; impair
contrary: ameliorate; rectify; finesse |
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adj. degree of quality, competence, or merit
similar: import; consequence; esteem; notoeriety; gravity |
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adj. insensitive; unfeeling
similar: obdurate; indurate
contrary: humane; clement; beneficent; commiserating; benevolent |
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n. a rumor or false report
similar: hoax; gossip; hearsay; scandal; calumny |
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adj. sincere and forthright
similar: frank; ingenuous; guileless; earnest; fervent
contrary: hypocritical; sanctimonious; ingenuous; equivocal; medacious; devious |
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adj. chief; most important; primary
similar: capital: principal; pivotal; axial
contrary: subordinate; subsidiary; subservient; auxiliary; ancillary; negligible |
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v. to burn with a hot iron or with fire, usually to cure or heal
similar: sear; char; singe; scorch; brand; scald; parch |
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v. to raise irritating and trivial objections
similar: quibble; carp; gripe; snivel; bewail |
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v. to weary by excess or overindulgence, especially of pleasure
similar: glut; surfeit; satiate; superfluity; plethora |
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| v. to behave; to conform oneself
similar: comply; accord; acquiesce
contrary: transgress; trespass; balk |
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| n. abundance; plenty
similar: plenitude; bounty; copiousness; profusion; affluence
contrary: paucity; dearth; scarcity; want |
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| n. a close-knit group of people with common interests
similar: clique; cadre; clan; cabal; retinue |
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