accursed
Definition: (adjective) Under a curse. Synonyms: maledict. Usage: Depraved as a girl, adulterous as a wife, an unnatural sister, homicide, poisoner, execrated by all who …
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Today’s Word
pejorism
noun: The belief that the world is becoming worse.
skeptic
Definition: (noun) Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. Synonyms: doubter. Usage: Johnson was one of the skeptics who vigorously denounced Macpherson as a shameless impostor. …
farce
noun: 1. A light play, film, or literary work involving absurd, exaggerated, or improbable situations. 2. Humor of this type. 3. An absurd or ridiculous …
verdant
Definition: (adjective) Green with vegetation; covered with green growth. Synonyms: green, lush. Usage: Habituated to arid landscapes, the desert dwellers were shocked by their first …
spellbound
Definition: (adjective) Having your attention fixated as though by a spell. Synonyms: fascinated, hypnotized, mesmerized, transfixed. Usage: Nobody thought about her appearance when the power …
inhale
Definition: (verb) Draw in (air). Synonyms: breathe in, inspire. Usage: Every morning they go out to the yard, close their eyes, inhale the fresh mountain …
sapid
adjective: 1. Having a pleasant taste or flavor. 2. Pleasant; engaging; stimulating.
dissect
Definition: (verb) To examine, analyze, or criticize in minute detail. Synonyms: analyze, break down, take apart. Usage: They dissected the plan afterward to learn why …
gleed
noun: A glowing coal.
enamor
Definition: (verb) To inspire with love. Synonyms: bewitch, captivate, charm, entrance, enchant, beguile, capture, fascinate, catch. Usage: The vacationers were enamored with the charming island …
fubsy
adjective: Short and stout; stocky.
cannular
Definition: (adjective) Constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids). Synonyms: tubelike, tubular, vasiform. Usage: The nurse inserted the cannular needle …
bosky
adjective: 1. Densely wooded; covered in trees and shrubs. 2. Pertaining to forests or wooded areas.
meager
Definition: (adjective) Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Synonyms: scrimpy, stingy. Usage: So meager were their trappings that they were practically naked; a fact …
eclat
noun: 1. Enthusiastic approval or praise. 2. A strikingly brilliant display or effect. 3. Notable success.
entresol
Definition: (noun) The floor just above the ground floor of a building. Synonyms: mezzanine. Usage: While waiting for our room to be prepared, we sat …
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
plagiarize
Definition: (verb) Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property. Synonyms: lift. Usage: At the beginning of the semester, the teacher …
by and large
adverb: In general; on the whole.
madcap
Definition: (adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation. Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive. Usage: This madcap quest of mine, was …
keel
noun: 1. The beam along the length of the base of a ship or boat on which the frame is built. 2. A fin-like structure …
midpoint
Definition: (noun) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. Synonyms: center. Usage: I measured the width of …
nauseate
verb tr., intr.: 1. To experience or induce nausea (stomach distress with an urge to vomit). 2. To feel or evoke disgust.
spittle
Definition: (noun) A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the …
bilge
noun: 1. The bottom (inner or outer) part of a ship or a boat. 2. Water, oil, and waste that collect in the lowest part …
fetter
Definition: (verb) Restrain with fetters. Synonyms: shackle. Usage: My foes fettered me hand and foot and imprisoned me in a dank dungeon. Discuss
trimmer
noun: 1. One who adjusts beliefs, opinions, and actions to suit personal interest. 2. A person or a tool that clips, shortens, neatens, etc.
relent
Definition: (verb) Give in, as to influence or pressure. Synonyms: soften, yield. Usage: At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in …
transmigrate
Definition: (verb) Be born anew in another body after death. Synonyms: reincarnate. Usage: Oh, if our souls could transmigrate I'd be a seamew above all …
egoism
Definition: (noun) Concern for your own interests and welfare. Synonyms: self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest. Usage: As a man advances in life he grows more selfish; egoism …
cwtch
noun: 1. A hiding place, such as a cupboard or a cubbyhole. 2. A hug or a cuddle. verb tr.: To hug or cuddle. verb …
trounce
Definition: (verb) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict. Synonyms: beat, vanquish, crush, shell. Usage: Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. …
crwth
noun: An ancient stringed instrument that’s typically associated with Welsh music. Also called a crowd.
bobbin
Definition: (noun) A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. Synonyms: spool, reel. Usage: Please thread the …
crunk
adjective: 1. Intoxicated. 2. Crazy. 3. Excited. 4. Wonderful.
infringement
Definition: (noun) An encroachment, as of a right or privilege. Synonyms: violation. Usage: Before I could prove to them that this proceeding was a gross …
moity
adjective: Containing moits — foreign particles in wool, such as straw or bark.
forswear
Definition: (verb) Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. Synonyms: abjure, recant, resile, retract. Usage: "It's rank poison," said he, grasping …
stela
noun: An upright stone or pillar inscribed or sculpted, often serving as a monument. Also known as a stele.