edgelord
noun: A person who affects an edgy persona by saying or doing provocative or offensive things, chiefly to attract attention.
Category: Today’s Word
Today’s Word
tuneful
Definition: (adjective) Having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune. Synonyms: melodious. Usage: Melodic and tuneful, his songs made me weep.
shadow ban
verb tr.: To block or restrict someone without their being aware of it. noun: The practice of doing so or an instance of it.
switchblade
Definition: (noun) A pocketknife having a spring-operated blade that opens instantly when a release on the handle is pressed. Synonyms: flick-knife. Usage: When I heard …
doomscroll
verb tr., intr.: To scroll through the news or other online material compulsively, especially negative or distressing stories.
well-being
Definition: (noun) The state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous. Synonyms: eudaimonia, welfare. Usage: Holistic medicine emphasizes the emotional as well as the physical well-being …
touch grass
verb tr.: To spend time in the real world, especially as a corrective to excessive online activity.
abbess
Definition: (noun) The superior of a group of nuns. Synonyms: mother superior, prioress. Usage: The abbess welcomed the novice to the convent with a warm …
sanctify
Definition: (verb) Render holy by means of religious rites. Synonyms: hallow, bless, consecrate. Usage: Though they are comfortable with the fact that their marriage has …
intoxication
Definition: (noun) A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol. Synonyms: drunkenness, inebriety, insobriety, tipsiness. Usage: Kevin drank beer after beer, heedless of the …
impassible
adjective: 1. Not susceptible to suffering, pain, or injury. 2. Incapable of feeling emotion.
unbridled
Definition: (adjective) Not restrained or controlled. Synonyms: unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned. Usage: My own spirits were high, and I bounded along with feelings of unbridled joy …
odorable
adjective: Able to be smelled.
oscillate
Definition: (verb) Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. Synonyms: hover, vacillate, vibrate. Usage: He continues to oscillate between accepting …
psilanthropy
noun: The doctrine or belief that Jesus was merely human.
head-to-head
Definition: (adjective) Involving two persons; intimately private. Synonyms: tete-a-tete. Usage: The quiet, uncrowded restaurant was the perfect setting for the couple's head-to-head conversation.
librate
verb intr.: 1. To oscillate, waver. 2. To be poised or balanced.
portend
Definition: (verb) Indicate by signs. Synonyms: augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, presage, prognosticate, predict, prefigure, betoken, forecast, foretell. Usage: Comets, in Western tradition, always portend …
abjective
adjective: Tending to degrade, demoralize, or reduce to a lower state.
scavenger
Definition: (noun) Someone who collects things that have been discarded by others. Synonyms: pack rat, magpie. Usage: A devoted scavenger, Harold refused to buy a …
self-aggrandizement
Definition: (noun) The act or practice of enhancing or exaggerating one's own importance, power, or reputation. Synonyms: ego trip. Usage: The speaker encouraged bursts of …
wirework
Definition: (noun) Mesh netting made of wires. Synonyms: grillwork. Usage: His white mice live in a little pagoda of gaily-painted wirework, designed and made by …
new-collar
adjective: Relating to jobs that require specialized skills, but not necessarily a college education.
ascendancy
Definition: (noun) The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. Synonyms: dominance, control. Usage: Thanks to widespread governmental corruption and …
nouveau
adjective: New.
byproduct
Definition: (noun) A product made during the manufacture of something else. Synonyms: spin-off. Usage: Whey is a byproduct of the cheese production process.
pneumic
adjective: Of or relating to the lungs.
philology
Definition: (noun) The humanistic study of language and literature. Synonyms: linguistics. Usage: Another master had come, with a degree of doctor of philology from the …
noodly
adjective: 1. Involving casual or meandering improvisation. 2. Of or relating to noodles. 3. Floppy, weak, or thin.
diskette
Definition: (noun) A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer. …
nutation
noun: 1. The nodding of the head, especially when involuntary. 2. The oscillation of the axis of a rotating object, such as a planet or …
chef-d’oeuvre
Definition: (noun) The most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman. Synonyms: masterpiece. Usage: The <i>Mona Lisa</i> is considered by many to be the …
unreasoning
Definition: (adjective) Not based on reason or evidence. Synonyms: blind. Usage: After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized …
empathize
Definition: (verb) Be understanding of. Synonyms: sympathize, understand. Usage: Having changed schools several times as a child, I empathize with the transfer students. Discuss
oxytonize
verb tr.: To make oxytone, that is, to put the stress on the last syllable.
palmistry
Definition: (noun) The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands. Synonyms: chirology, chiromancy. Usage: …
juvenescence
noun: 1. A youthful state. 2. The state of becoming young or juvenile.
pigeonhole
Definition: (verb) Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype. Synonyms: stereotype, stamp. Usage: It would be incorrect to pigeonhole her as a children's author, …
gobmouthed
adjective: Open-mouthed.
frame-up
Definition: (noun) An act that incriminates someone on a false charge. Synonyms: setup. Usage: He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up. Discuss