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adj. severe or harsh in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor; forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued.
ANTONYMS: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant |
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| adj. performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good; humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable. ANTONYMS: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious |
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| adj. pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse; corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly; ANTONYMS: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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| v. to prepare by combining ingredients, make up, devise, invent, fabricate; create, fashion, rustle up |
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| adj. coarse, unfeeling; stupid; crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse; ANTONYMS: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant |
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| v. to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate, cause to deteriorate; cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate; ANTONYMS: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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| v. to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute; profane, defile, violate; ANTONYMS: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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| v. to confuse; to disturb the composure of; upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb; ANTONYMS: relax, calm, put at ease |
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| adj. grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated; majestic, bombastic, highfalutin; ANTONYMS: simple, modest, unaffected, humble |
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| adj. trifling, unimportant; trivial, negligible, petty, paltry; ANTONYMS: important, essential, crucial, vital |
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| n. a breaking of a law or obligation; violation, transgression, breach, offense |
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| v. to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity; lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish; ANTONYMS: aggraviate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate |
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| v. to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty; ravage, sack, loot; booty |
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| v. to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion; chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver; ANTONYMS: come to the point, not waste words |
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| adj. very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette and propriety; precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky; ANTONYMS: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory |
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| adj. inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent; formidable, fearsome, awesome, august; ANTONYMS: laughable, risible, contemptible |
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| v. to find fault with, scold, rebuke; chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach; ANTONYMS: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back |
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| n. the act or restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or state; making good on a loss or damage; compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration |
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| adj. strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; n. a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position; sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; mainstay; ANTONYMS: weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating |
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| adj. open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected; defenseless, exposed, unguarded; ANTONYMS: invincible, protected, safe, secure |
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