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, 01 Apr 2023 00:33:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYtSA6JiV57mCejEQ2Mq9rY Definition: (noun) A moral fable, especially one having animals or inanimate objects as characters.
Synonyms: allegory, parable, fable.
Usage: The minister liked to incorporate apologues into his sermons, thinking the moral tales about sly foxes and witty rabbits would appeal to the children in the congregation.
Discuss]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYtSA6JiV57mCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RY8O3vZ01E2y5VjH6qdYdAk Definition: (noun) A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages.
Synonyms: dry.
Usage: She was a tireless prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet.
Discuss]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RY8O3vZ01E2y5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYZwrNWk221ACejEQ2Mq9rY Definition: (noun) A woman's loose-fitting dressing gown.
Synonyms: neglige, wrapper, housecoat.
Usage: The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
Discuss]]> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYZwrNWk221ACejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RblC53eHfu1q11cWWor9YPv Definition: (noun) A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
Synonyms: earwax.
Usage: A buildup of cerumen was irritating Billy's ear, so his mother gently cleaned the area with a cotton swab.
Discuss]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RblC53eHfu1q11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYQRRX0u9zoKsb1naedg1wr Definition: (adjective) That cannot undergo mixing or blending.
Synonyms: unmixable.
Usage: When two immiscible liquids, such as oil and water, are shaken together, an emulsion is produced.
Discuss]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYQRRX0u9zoKsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbdvXC11WDz-JVjH6qdYdAk Definition: (noun) An enlisted person in the US or British Navy.
Synonyms: sailor.
Usage: The big steam pinnace went off to her ship to bring over a few bluejackets to furl my sails for me.
Discuss]]> Sun, 26 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbdvXC11WDz-JVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Rbh3cxotGYw--zdsCmHakzH Definition: (noun) A person with great powers and abilities.
Synonyms: superman, Ubermensch.
Usage: The saints and demigods whom history worships we are constrained to accept with a grain of allowance.
Discuss]]> Sat, 25 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Rbh3cxotGYw--zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZqae7NEN-Qs5s0ohxaO6Yr Definition: (noun) A person who shows no gratitude.
Synonyms: thankless wretch, ungrateful person.
Usage: This bird was a godsend to us, and I should be an ingrate if I forgot to make honorable mention of him in these pages.
Discuss]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZqae7NEN-Qs5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbhrqNb8tJPVps0ohxaO6Yr Definition: (noun) A small, scattered amount or number.
Synonyms: handful.
Usage: Her skin had a healthy glow, and her nose was dotted with a smattering of freckles.
Discuss]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbhrqNb8tJPVps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZjBJlII4ehYJVjH6qdYdAk Definition: (noun) A tiresome or unwelcome moral lecture or discourse; tedious sermonizing.
Synonyms: homily.
Usage: Don't torment me with your preachments now, unless you want to kill me outright.
Discuss]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZjBJlII4ehYJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RaxFvSqekzLUcb1naedg1wr Definition: (noun) A tourist who is visiting sights of interest.
Synonyms: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper.
Usage: The city's economy depends on tourism, and an influx of enthusiastic excursionists is always welcome.
Discuss]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RaxFvSqekzLUcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYSCbI2UD0F8qCY3L745TL_ Definition: (noun) A percussion instrument with a series of metal bars tuned to the chromatic scale and played with two light hammers.
Synonyms: orchestral bells.
Usage: She was always capricious in her tastes, but even her close friends were surprised when she dismissed her piano teacher and took up the glockenspiel.
Discuss]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYSCbI2UD0F8qCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZSXMx4jNd-cOzdsCmHakzH Definition: (noun) A mean-spirited miserly person.
Synonyms: niggard, skinflint, churl.
Usage: The old scrooge was married to his money, and spending a penny was, to him, as traumatic as divorce.
Discuss]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZSXMx4jNd-cOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYqQtKkafEN_-T5HJgy6HUf Definition: (noun) A memorandum setting forth the major points of a proposed discussion or agreement, used especially in diplomatic communications.
Synonyms: position paper.
Usage: After the conference, they wrote an aide-memoire and sent copies of it to everyone in the department who had been unable to attend the meeting.
Discuss]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYqQtKkafEN_-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZh5oVbXLX2bylmFkX7M1Jw Definition: (noun) A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government.
Synonyms: coup, coup d'etat, takeover.
Usage: The people had been expecting a putsch for years, but they were surprised to wake up one morning and find themselves the subjects of a new government.
Discuss]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZh5oVbXLX2bylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Ra-pk3PccuSSClmFkX7M1Jw Definition: (adjective) Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic.
Synonyms: lordly, grand.
Usage: He was of august lineage, and was widely admired for his family connections.
Discuss]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4Ra-pk3PccuSSClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbOAJ0Qr2wOMOT5HJgy6HUf Definition: (noun) Haughtiness in bearing and attitude.
Synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, lordliness.
Usage: There was no trace of hauteur in her expression, and she seemed humbled and meek.
Discuss]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbOAJ0Qr2wOMOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYD0Lpfh-mJmqCY3L745TL_ Definition: (adjective) Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
Synonyms: coetaneous, contemporaneous.
Usage: The range was composed of grand, solid, abrupt masses of granite, which appeared as if they had been coeval with the beginning of the world.
Discuss]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RYD0Lpfh-mJmqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZjrvhG_x-IVSejEQ2Mq9rY Definition: (noun) A thin, fetid, greenish fluid consisting of serum and pus discharged from a wound, ulcer, or fistula.
Synonyms: pus, festering, ichor, purulence, suppuration.
Usage: The doctor bandaged my hand and told me to call him if sanies began to ooze from the wound.
Discuss]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RZjrvhG_x-IVSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9pa97e5M4RbB_qv6oHouYMb1naedg1wr Definition: (adjective) Capable of being farmed productively.
Synonyms: arable, tillable.
Usage: Though she had inherited a large farm, it was practically worthless because of the lack of cultivable land.
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