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(adj) abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual, exceptional, atypical, unusual, aberrant
antonyms: normal, regular, typical, ordinary |
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(n)a damaging or deragatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming, innuendo, calumny, deingration
antonyms: endorsement, testimonial, praise |
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(adj) extremely strange, unusual, atypical, grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
antonyms: normal, typical, ordinary, expected |
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(adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities, curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough
antonyms: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic |
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(v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises, wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk
antonyms: coerce, force, strong-arm |
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(v) to punish severely, to criticize severely, chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid
antonyms: reward, honor, praise, laud |
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| (v) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result or scheme or plan, think up, devise, concoct, fabricate |
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| (n)a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power, rabble-rouser, firebrand |
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(v) to free form deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking, undeceive, enlighten, set straight
antonyms: deceive, delude, pull wool over one's eye |
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(n) weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom, langour, world-weariness, listlessness
antonyms: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity |
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(n) a chain or shackle placed on the feet (often used in plural) anything that confines or restraint, bond, restraint
(v) to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent, bind, hamper
antonyms:free, liberate, emancipate |
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(adj) very wicked, offensive, hateful, evil, odious, abominable, outrageous
antonyms: excellent, wonderful, splendid |
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(adj) not subject to change, constant, unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable
antonyms: changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle |
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(n)one who rebels or rises against authority (adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept, authority; surging or rushing in or on, revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
antonyms: loyalist, loyal, faithful |
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(n) a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality, delusions of grandeur
antonyms: humility, modesty, self-abasement |
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| (n) a position requiring little or no work; an easy job, "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum" |
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(adj) stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud, furitive, covert, clandestine, concealed
antonyms: open, frank, aboveboard, overt |
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(v) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law, overstep, exceed, trespass, err
antonyms: obey, toe the line |
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(v) to change from one nature, substance, or form to another, transform, convert, translate, metamorphose
antonyms: maintain unchanged, preserve |
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(adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experience by one person in place of another, surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
antonyms: real, actual, firsthand |
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