monotonous
Definition: (adjective) Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety. Synonyms: humdrum. Usage: Spending eight hours a day on an assembly line is monotonous work, but I …
Category: Today’s Word
Today’s Word
headstrong
Definition: (adjective) Determined to have one's own way. Synonyms: stubborn, willful, obstinate. Usage: Every man is in his youth impetuous, headstrong, and obstinate in maintaining …
baronial
Definition: (adjective) Impressive in appearance. Synonyms: imposing, noble, stately. Usage: Just as he had constructed a baronial residence for himself and his posterity, the fire …
ham-handed
adjective: Clumsy; tactless; lacking social grace.
infrangible
Definition: (adjective) Not capable of being violated or infringed. Synonyms: inviolable, absolute. Usage: These rights we consider infrangible, no matter what else you may take …
berate
Definition: (verb) Censure severely or angrily. Synonyms: chew out, chide, rebuke, reproof, scold, lambast, reprimand, remonstrate. Usage: The coach berated the players for their lackluster …
flatfooted
adjective: 1. Clumsy; unimaginative; uninspired. 2. Forthright. 3. Unprepared. 4. Uncompromising. 5. Having the arch of the foot flattened so the entire sole touches the …
voidance
Definition: (noun) The act of removing the contents of something. Synonyms: emptying, evacuation. Usage: The voidance of one's inbox after a long vacation is an …
propugnaculum
noun: A fortress; defense; protection.
legerity
Definition: (noun) The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble. Synonyms: agility, lightsomeness. Usage: Common house cats have an extraordinary legerity …
astound
Definition: (verb) Affect with wonder. Synonyms: amaze, astonish. Usage: I used to believe that nothing could astound me, but daredevil skydiver Felix Baumgartner proved me …
roister
Definition: (verb) Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. Synonyms: carouse, riot. Usage: Grab your hats and your flasks, lads; we're going to roister till sunup. Discuss
lacing
Definition: (noun) The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows. Synonyms: whacking, beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing. Usage: If my mother ever caught me …
annelidous
adjective: Of or relating to worms.
denominate
Definition: (verb) Assign a name or title to. Synonyms: designate. Usage: The creature … even went to the trouble of teaching me the rudiments of …
caesious
adjective: Bluish or grayish green.
uncorroborated
Definition: (adjective) Unsupported by other evidence. Synonyms: unsubstantiated. Usage: Reports of a tornado are uncorroborated at this time, but residents have begun seeking shelter anyway. …
adventitious
adjective: 1. Coming from outside: not inherent or native. 2. Happening by chance. 3. Appearing in an unusual or abnormal place.
otiose
Definition: (adjective) Serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being. Synonyms: superfluous, wasted, pointless, senseless. Usage: More than half of his acceptance speech was …
acedious
adjective: Characterized by apathy, boredom, or sloth.
staunch
Definition: (adjective) Firm and dependable, especially in loyalty. Synonyms: steadfast, unswerving. Usage: John is a staunch supporter of free speech, but it nonetheless pains him …
anemious
adjective: Growing in windy conditions.
smooth-tongued
Definition: (adjective) Artfully persuasive in speech. Synonyms: glib. Usage: Then uprose smooth-tongued Nestor, the facile speaker of the Pylians, and the words fell from his …
hang-up
Definition: (noun) An unforeseen obstacle. Synonyms: rub, hitch, snag. Usage: My real estate agent says there are some legal hang-ups that might delay the sale …
foregather
Definition: (verb) Collect in one place. Synonyms: assemble, meet. Usage: The captains of every ship in the fleet rowed into the lagoon to foregather on …
picaro
noun: A rogue; an adventurer.
imperium
Definition: (noun) The domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised. Synonyms: empire. Usage: Our fainéant new leader …
zarf
noun: A sleeve or holder designed to hold a hot cup.
engrossing
Definition: (adjective) Capable of arousing and holding the attention. Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting. Usage: The book was so engrossing that I did not notice …
pishogue
noun: Sorcery; witchcraft; spell.
imperishable
Definition: (adjective) Unceasing. Synonyms: abiding, enduring. Usage: There is for you in the history of peoples and kings a brilliant place, an immortal, imperishable glory. …
pogonip
noun: A dense winter fog having ice particles.
syrupy
Definition: (adjective) Cloyingly sweet or sentimental. Synonyms: saccharine, treacly. Usage: I can appreciate a sentimental or romantic film, but syrupy "chick flicks" are another thing …
cushy
adjective: 1. Easy; not burdensome. 2. Soft; comfortable.
depute
Definition: (verb) Transfer power to someone. Synonyms: delegate. Usage: She deputes her father, the grand vizier, to make an offer to the king of her …
retread
Definition: (verb) To make or do over again, especially with minimal revision; rehash. Synonyms: make over, rework. Usage: I refuse to write a script that …
meditate
Definition: (verb) Reflect deeply on a subject. Synonyms: mull, muse, ponder, think over, excogitate, ruminate, speculate, contemplate. Usage: I will meditate on the problem and …
luteous
adjective: 1. Of an orange-yellow or greenish-yellow color. 2. Muddy.
subjugate
Definition: (verb) Make subservient; force to submit or subdue. Synonyms: subject. Usage: Their central idea, their grand aim, is to subjugate you, keep you down, …
vaporous
adjective: 1. Relating to vapor. 2. Producing vapors; volatile. 3. Vague; hazy; obscure; insubstantial; transitory; unreliable; fanciful. 4. Translucent.