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(adj) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to, genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial
antonyms: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
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(v) to increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater, augment, amplify, enhance, exalt
antonyms: reduce, decrease, diminish |
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(adj)shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unify or cohesion, formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate
antonyms: definite, well-defined, clear-cut |
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| (n)that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality, ambiance, atmosphere |
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(n)illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj) illegal, prohibited, illicit, bootleg, unlawful
antonyms: (adj) legal, lawful, licit |
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(adj) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic, profoundly educated, well-read
antonyms: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate |
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(adj) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy;(n) a very thin, light, cloth
antonyms: (adj) thick, dense, solid, massive |
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| (v) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply, gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate |
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(adj) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically, impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable |
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(adj) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated outlook or experience, narrow minded, parochial, provincial
antonyms: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal |
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(adj) incapable of being changed or called back, irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable
antonyms: reversible, changeable |
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(n)a natural inclination or prediction toward, natural bent, proclivity, penchant
antonyms: natural incapacity or inability |
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(adj) peevish, complaining, fretful, petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable
antonyms: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid |
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| (v) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to, reason against, expostulate |
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(v)to disown, reject, or deny the validity of, disavow, abjure, renounce
antonyms: avow, affirm, aver, avouch |
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(adj) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly, springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding |
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| (v) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly, rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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(adj) coarsely abuse, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed, filthy, obscene, abusive, vituperative
antonyms: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified |
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(adj) persistent, showing industry and determination, assiduous, tireless, indefatigable
antonyms: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose |
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(adj) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable, inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty
antonyms: first rate, superior, quality, sturdy |
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