Follow TheFreeDictionary.com - Word Of The Day, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/thefreedictionary-com-d-word-of-the-day Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:05:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYatc7mMur9A-T5HJgy6HUf Definition: (noun) An excessive amount.
Synonyms: overabundance, excess.
Usage: The surfeit of goods produced caused prices to fall, hurting the economy.
Discuss]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYatc7mMur9A-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Raq80-Jspf-k11cWWor9YPv Definition: (adjective) Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
Synonyms: abominable, detestable, execrable.
Usage: Pray do not talk of that odious man.
Discuss]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Raq80-Jspf-k11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYB5YqNQTE8Vnn9ye8UNv30 Definition: (verb) To corrupt morally; debase.
Synonyms: debauch, deprave, pervert.
Usage: Ten minutes with these ruffians would vitiate the most honorable gentlemen.
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Synonyms: discreet.
Usage: Because the drug was shown to have adverse side effects, physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use.
Discuss]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZmkUWpAg_GUylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZ5ZeCry9YEJilmFkX7M1Jw Definition: (noun) A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
Synonyms: offense.
Usage: I had tried to phrase it politely, but he still took umbrage at my question.
Discuss]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZ5ZeCry9YEJilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbyCS8y4pomM11cWWor9YPv Definition: (noun) A feud between two families or clans that arises out of a slaying and is perpetuated by retaliatory acts of revenge.
Synonyms: blood feud.
Usage: No one remembers how the vendetta between the families began, but it will only end when the desire for revenge is not heeded.
Discuss]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbyCS8y4pomM11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Ra6S2n-yiHOWHn9ye8UNv30 Definition: (adjective) Devoid of intelligence.
Synonyms: asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless.
Usage: The interviewer could tell by the candidate's vacuous comments that he was not qualified for the position.
Discuss]]> Sat, 22 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Ra6S2n-yiHOWHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RagZHmT3pAjmV1cWWor9YPv Definition: (adjective) Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass.
Synonyms: glassy.
Usage: The lake was so calm it looked vitreous in the pre-dawn light.
Discuss]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RagZHmT3pAjmV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RacASVGF8jPLCejEQ2Mq9rY Definition: (adjective) Lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.
Synonyms: shrunken, withered, shriveled.
Usage: The wizened face of the man of law was twisted into a wrinkled smile.
Discuss]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RacASVGF8jPLCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Rb4GHFwJiyZQF1cWWor9YPv Definition: (noun) A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.
Synonyms: peculiarity.
Usage: Of all her idiosyncrasies, I find her tendency to dance while cooking the most charming.
Discuss]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Rb4GHFwJiyZQF1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZXj5QXHllKFl1cWWor9YPv Definition: (noun) The final outcome.
Synonyms: conclusion, result.
Usage: The upshot of the disagreement was that they broke up the partnership.
Discuss]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZXj5QXHllKFl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZ1mCzJeI5PCyejEQ2Mq9rY Definition: (adjective) Extremely loud.
Synonyms: booming.
Usage: He was woken by the stentorian voice of his teacher, demanding to know why he wasn't paying attention.
Discuss]]> Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZ1mCzJeI5PCyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYLl7M4k-2iY3n9ye8UNv30 Definition: (adjective) Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
Synonyms: parsimonious.
Usage: When solicited for a donation, the penurious man began to extend a nickel, but, thinking twice, withdrew it.
Discuss]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYLl7M4k-2iY3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYqwSV50BfvX5VjH6qdYdAk Definition: (noun) One who embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another.
Synonyms: adherent.
Usage: An avowed disciple of Jonson and his classicism and a greater poet than Fletcher is Robert Herrick, who, indeed, after Shakespeare and Milton, is the finest lyric poet of these two centuries.
Discuss]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYqwSV50BfvX5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RalKLFT5JWyVZVjH6qdYdAk Definition: (noun) A formal expression of praise; a tribute.
Synonyms: eulogy, paean, panegyric.
Usage: We stand humbled by his heroics, and cannot help feeling that this encomium is inadequate to extol his virtue.
Discuss]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RalKLFT5JWyVZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Rahf-GLCTYDd3n9ye8UNv30 Definition: (verb) To make weak; deprive of strength.
Synonyms: debilitate, drain.
Usage: Although his age enfeebled him, he could still walk long distances without tiring.
Discuss]]> Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Rahf-GLCTYDd3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RafeYc_0Qit2F1cWWor9YPv Definition: (verb) To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion.
Synonyms: roll.
Usage: The singer undulated her hips to the rhythm of the song.
Discuss]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RafeYc_0Qit2F1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZ1xklIRnwXwcb1naedg1wr Definition: (verb) To disparage; belittle.
Synonyms: derogate.
Usage: He helped you a great deal on this project, so don't take all the credit and denigrate his influence.
Discuss]]> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZ1xklIRnwXwcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYL5FIz2VSkmylmFkX7M1Jw Definition: (adjective) Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish.
Synonyms: deluxe, opulent, princely, luxurious.
Usage: The sumptuous homes of the wealthy were full of gilding and ornament.
Discuss]]> Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYL5FIz2VSkmylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZLTmY-2FXNoSlmFkX7M1Jw Definition: (adjective) Preferred above all others and treated with partiality.
Synonyms: best-loved, pet, preferred, favorite.
Usage: My sister is clearly the favored child—she has a later curfew and gets away with things I never could!
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