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To make greater, to increase, to exaggerate
Noun: Aggrandizement, aggrandizer
Synonyms: Exaggerate, glorify, inflate
Antonyms: Belittle, downgrade, understate
Dealers tend to aggrandize the potency of the weed. You can never trust a dealer when he tells you that's some good stuff. |
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Speech or action intended to coax or flatter
Synonyms: Flattery, cajolery, blarney
Taylor, your blandishment is not going to work on me. No amount of coaxing could ever get me to have sex with you. |
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To criticize severely, to chastise
Noun: Castigation, castigator
Adjective: Castigatory
Synonyms: Criticize, reprimand, chastise
Antonyms: Praise, laud
I don't need you to castigate me for smoking weed because your criticism is never going to get me to stop. |
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Belittlement
Adjective: Deprecate
Synonyms: Devaluation, criticism
Antonyms: Rise
The deprecation he receives from me couldn't possibly be greater than the belittlement he gets from his mother. No one could surpass her ability to criticize her son. |
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To weaken or destroy the vitality
Noun: Enervation
Synonyms: Debilitate, devitalize, enfeeble
Antonyms: Invigorate
I don't know how you have so much energy and strength after that last bowl. Weed always seems to enervate me. |
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Struggling, to hesitate due to confusion
Verb: Flounder
Synonyms: Stumble, hesitate, waver
How are so many people floundering at this school? The classes are so easy, there's no good reason to be struggling. |
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Skillful deceit
Adjective: Guileful
Synonyms: Deceit, chicanery
Antonyms: Honesty, openness
He's so full of guile and deceit that it's practically leaking out of ears. |
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Impulsive, hasty, without forethought
Synonyms: Impetuous, abrupt, precipitous
Antonyms: Considered, careful
Kasey tends to rush headlong into relationships and it's that impulsiveness that will always get him hurt. |
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Excessively exclusive
Noun: Insularity
Synonyms: Narrow, limited, provincial
Antonyms: Open-minded
We broke up because he was too gregarious for my insular personality; he always wanted to party with a bunch of people while I would always rather stay at home, alone. |
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Weighty, mournful, gloomy to an excessive degree.
Noun: Lugubriousness
Synonyms: Morose, melancholic, doleful
Antonyms: Happy, cheerful
Funerals are always too lugubrious which is why I'll be skipping the mournful tears and donating my body to science. |
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To make less forceful, to become more moderate.
Noun: Mitigation
Adjective: Mitigable
Synonyms: Diminish, assuage, mollify
Antonyms: Aggravate, worsen
Michael tried to mitigate Jackie's suspicions when she found his shirt in Laurie's laundry, but the evidence wasn't able to reduce her suspicions. |
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Of, relating to, or befitting a teacher or education
Noun: Pedagogy
Synonyms: Educational, erudite
Those pedagogical classes made him look extremely erudite. It's a good thing that I love sexy nerds. |
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A person who shows an excessive sense of superiority or loyalty to a particular group.
Adjective: Chauvinistic
Synonyms: Bigot, jingoist, xenophobe
The homophobic chuavanists were blinded by their loyalty to the church and their excessive sense of superiority didn't allow them to comprehend the logic against their argument. |
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Causing sleep or lethargy
Adverb: Soporifically
Synonyms: Tranquilizing, narcotic, turgid
Antonyms: Stimulating
The soporific effects of the weed were strong and I was asleep in under 30 minutes. |
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Severity of discipline, regime, expression, or design
Adjective: Austere
Synonyms: Severity, asceticism, rigor
Antonyms: Levity, plenty, opulence
Germany must change their pro-austerity policy when dealing with the international economy in light of Greece's financial issues. |
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Intricate and complicated
Noun: Convolutedness
Synonyms: Intricate, elaborate, tortuous
Antonyms: Easy, straightforward
The lawyer's convoluted argument confused many of the jurors as they got lost in his many intricate points. |
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Short-lived, lasting only a brief time
One good reason for purchasing a hedgehog over other pets is their short lifespan. Such an ephemeral animal is fun to have while requiring no long term commitment. |
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Extreme mental or physical sluggishness
Adjective: Torporific
Synonyms: Languor, lethargy, apathy
Antonyms: Excitement
After two hours at the gym, I gave over to my torpor and fell, exhausted, onto the couch. |
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Lavish, wasteful
Noun: Prodigality
Synonyms: Dissolute, profligate, extravagant
Antonyms: Cautious, frugal
My prodigal sister often comes into conflict with my frugality. She enjoys spending excessive amounts of money while I would much rather put it in a savings account. |
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To set right, to free from error
Noun: Disabusal
Synonym: Disillusion, enlighten, correct
Someday, after all the bigots and chuavanists have been disabused, they will look back on the ridiculous nature of their protests. |
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Hostile, unfriendly
Noun: Inimicality, inimicalness
Synonyms: Contrary, detrimental, hostile
Antonyms: Favorable, friendly
My inimical neighbor always seems to be sitting on his porch, ready to throw a rock at anyone who dares to walk by. |
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