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expression of praise or approval
Synonyms: Commendation, sanction
Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure |
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to lessen the intensity of
Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine
Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
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| Synonyms: degeneration, corruption Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation |
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Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
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| Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain |
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Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original |
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Synonyms: pause, lacuna
Antonyms: continuity, continuation |
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Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
Antonyms: direct statement |
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| Synonyms: intervene, mediate |
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Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed |
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Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Antonyms: Pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
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Synonyms: Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
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Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish
Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
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| Synonyms: perquisite, perk |
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Synonyms: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive
Antonyms: (adj.) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
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| Synonyms: feign, pretend, affect |
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| Synonyms: surpass, outstrip |
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Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance
Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
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Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy
Antonyms: gruff, blunt |
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