airless, suffocating, oppressive; very hot, humid, sweltering, muggy, clammy, sticky

ANTONYMS: fresh, airy, cold

1. throwaway, expendable, single-used, dispensable, noncore, unneeded, superfluous

2. available, usable, spendable

ANTONYMS: indispensable, essential, occupied

1. noun: pretence, fake, act, fiction, simulation, fraud, feint, lie, counterfeit; charlatan, impostor, pretender, quack, mounteback

2. adjective: fake, pretended, feigned, simulated, false, artificial, bogus, insincere, contrived, make-believed, fictitious, counterfeit, fraudulent, phony

ANTONYM: genuine

noun: puppet, dupe, hostage, tool, intrument, cat's paw

verb: pledge, put in pawn, give as security 

be unwilling to, draw the line at, be reluctant to, hesitate over, eschew, resist, refuse to, take exception to, draw back from, flinch from, shrink from, recoil from, demur from

ANTONYM: accept

restraint, check, curb, constraint, restriction, limitation, control

verb: restrain, constrain, keep under control, curtail

free rein: free hand, leeway, independence, latitude, room to maneuver, carte blanche

1. tag, label, flap

2. bill, invoice, account, charge, cheque, expense, cost

abiding, enduring, lasting, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, ceaseless, continual, unfailing, never-changing, steadfast, immutable

ANTONYMS: short-lived, ephemeral

harmful, damaging, injurious, hurtful, inimical, deleterious, destructive, ruinous, unwholesome, malign, malevolent, pernicious, unfavorable, ill-disposed

ANTONYM: benign

absurd, ridiculous, farcical, laughable, risible, preposterous, foolish, inane, asinine, nonsensical

ANTONYM: sensical

1. justness, fairness, impartiality, egalitarianism, objectivity, balance, open-mindedness

2. value, worth, ownership, rights, proprietorship

Engstirnigkeit, Frömmelei

chauvinist, partisan, secterian; racist, sexist, homophobe, dogmatist, jingoist

noun: container, pot, crock, receptable

verb: jolt, jerk, shake, shock, concuss, rattle, vibrate, clash, contrast, conflict, be at variance, be inconsistent, be at odds, be discordant

horrible, dire, frightening, terrifying, alarming, appaling, harrowing, dreadful, frightful, horrendous, monstrous, gruesome, grisly, detestable, vile, insufferable; pale, drained, ashen, peaked, blanched, pinched, ghostlike

ANTONYMS: pleasant, charming; ruddy, healthy

disentangle, unwind, untangle, untwist, unsnarl, unthread, solve, clear up, puzzle out, unscramble, figure out, dope out; fall apart, fail, collapse, go wrong, deteriorate, fray

ANTONYMS: entangle, complicate; succeed

mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, sorrowful, wretched, woeful, forlorn, woebegone, dolorous

ANTONYM: cheerful 

verb: fool around, tease, play a practical joke, kid, pull s.o.'s leg, quip, gag, wisecrack

noun: joke, witticism, funny remark, quip, sally, pun, one-liner, wisecrack

angenehm, geistesverwandt, sympathisch

hospitable, genial, personable, agreeable, amiable, convivial, sympathetic, like-minded, compatible, kindred, well-suited, pleasant

ANTONYMS: disagreeable, unpleasant

züchtigen, bändigen, auch (speaking inchastened voices)

subdue, humble, cow, squash, deflate, abase, chastise

unbelievable, incredible, unimaginable, preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, incomprehensible

ANTONYM: likely 

disparaging, denigratory, disrespectful, deprecatory, demeaning, pejorative, negative, unfavorable, unflattering, uncomplementary, insulting, abusive, defamatory, slanderous, libelous

ANTONYM: complementary

picturesque, charming, sweet, attractive, old-fashioned, old-world, cunning; unusual, out of the ordinary, eccentric, quirky, whimsical, unconventional

ANTONYM: modern, ugly; normal, ordinary

authority, judge, controller, arbitrator, adjudicator, referee, umpire, director; master, expert, pundit; mediator, conciliator, intervenor, intercessor, go-between

Schlichter, Schiedsmann

revoke, repeal, cancel, reverse, overturn, overrule, annul, nullify, void, invalidate, quash, abolish

ANTONYM: enforce

insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, ravenous

gierig, gefräßig, unerstättlich

adjective:

1. necessary for one to, essential that, required that, compulsory for one to, binding on one to, mandatory that

2. current, present, in office, reigning

noun:

bearer, holder, occupant

besotted with, in love with, head over heels about, obsessed with, moonstruck over, enamored of, attracted to, captivated by, enthralled by, enchanted by, bewitched by, under the spell of

vernarrt sein

burden, responstibility, liability, obligation, duty, weight, manle, encumberance

Beweislast

deranged, demented, unbalanced, unglued, crazed, mad, insane, disturbed

to unhinge - aus den Angeln/dem Gleichgewicht heben, verwirren, zerrütten 

ANTONYM: sane

harsh, strident, screeching, piercing, shrill, discordant, dissonant, noisy, cacophonous; rowdy, boisterous, roisterous, wild

ANTONYMS: restrained, quiet, soft, dulcet (soothing, mellow, honeyed, mellifluous, euphonious, pleasant, agreeable; melodious, melodic, lilting, lyrical, silvery, golden)

noun: total, count, record, reckoning, register, account, roll, sum

verb: correspond with, agree with, accord with, concur with, coincide with, match, fit, be consistent with, conform to, equate with, harmonize with, be in tune with, dovetail, correlate with/to, parallel;

count, calculate, add up, total, compute, figure out, work out, reckon, measure, quantify, tot up, enumerate

ANTONYMS: differ, disagree

schroff, steil

steep, perpendicular, abrupt, sharp, vertical; sudden, rapid, swift, precipitate

SEE: precipitate