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button-down button-down : DEFINITION: (adjective) Unimaginatively conventional. SYNONYMS: conservative. USAGE: Knowing that her unconventional appearance would hold her back in the button-down corporate culture she was about to enter, she reluctantly dyed her magenta hair back to its natural auburn. Discuss
repulse repulse : DEFINITION: (verb) Force or drive back. SYNONYMS: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel. USAGE: The soldiers are armed and prepared to repulse any attack. Discuss
harebrained harebrained : DEFINITION: (adjective) Very foolish. SYNONYMS: insane, mad. USAGE: She devised a harebrained scheme to get her money back, but it ended up landing her in jail. Discuss
Nerve Stimulation Not Effective for Low Back Pain Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, or TENS, is a popular treatment that uses electricity to relieve pain in an injured or diseased part of the body. Despite the treatment's popularity, there is little evidence that such therapies are effective in treating chronic low back pain, a condition that affects millions of Americans. Though experts are now urging doctors to avoid recommending ...
has-been has-been : DEFINITION: (noun) Someone who is no longer popular. SYNONYMS: back-number. USAGE: There is a fine line between pop star and washed-up has-been, and the poor sales of her newest record seem to indicate that she has crossed it. Discuss