forbearing | (adjective) showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity; slow to retaliate or express resentment | Synonyms: longanimous |
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forbidden | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten |
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forbidding | (adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | Synonyms: baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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(adjective) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance | Synonyms: dour, grim |
forced | (adjective) produced by or subjected to forcing | - |
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(adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: constrained, strained |
(adjective) forced or compelled | - |
(adjective) made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency | - |
forceful | (adjective) characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical) | - |
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(adjective) forceful and definite in expression or action | Synonyms: emphatic |
forceless | (adjective) lacking force; feeble | Synonyms: unforceful |
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forcible | (adjective) impelled by physical force especially against resistance | Synonyms: physical, strong-arm |
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forcipate | (adjective) shaped like a forceps; deeply forked | - |
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fordable | (adjective) shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle | - |
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fore | (adjective) situated at or toward the bow of a vessel | - |
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foreboding | (adjective) ominously prophetic | Synonyms: fateful, portentous |
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foregoing | (adjective) especially of writing or speech; going before | - |
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foregone | (adjective) well in the past; former | Synonyms: bygone, bypast, departed, gone |
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forehand | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehanded |
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forehanded | (adjective) (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | Synonyms: forehand |
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(adjective) having provided for the future | - |
foreign | (adjective) relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: strange |
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(adjective) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) | - |
(adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: extraneous |
(adjective) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | Synonyms: alien |
foremost | (adjective) ranking above all others | Synonyms: first, world-class |
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(adjective) situated closest to the bow | - |
(adjective) preceding all others in spatial position | Synonyms: frontmost |
forensic | (adjective) used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law | - |
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(adjective) of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument | - |
foreordained | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: predestinate, predestined |
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foreseeable | (adjective) capable of being anticipated | - |
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foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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foresighted | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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foresightful | (adjective) planning prudently for the future | Synonyms: farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, long, longsighted, prospicient |
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forested | (adjective) covered with forest | - |
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forethoughtful | (adjective) thoughtful of the future | - |
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forfeit | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: confiscate, forfeited |
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forfeited | (adjective) surrendered as a penalty | Synonyms: confiscate, forfeit |
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forficate | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
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forged | (adjective) reproduced fraudulently | Synonyms: bad |
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forgetful | (adjective) (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range | Synonyms: short, unretentive |
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(adjective) not mindful or attentive | Synonyms: mindless, unmindful |
(adjective) failing to keep in mind | Synonyms: oblivious |
forgettable | (adjective) easily forgotten | - |
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forgivable | (adjective) easily excused or forgiven | Synonyms: excusable, venial |
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forgiving | (adjective) inclined or able to forgive and show mercy | - |
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(adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: absolvitory, exonerative |
forgotten | (adjective) not noticed inadvertently | Synonyms: disregarded |
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forked | (adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, pronged, prongy |
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(adjective) having two meanings with intent to deceive | Synonyms: double |
forlorn | (adjective) marked by or showing hopelessness | - |
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formal | (adjective) being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) | - |
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(adjective) (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | - |
(adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: courtly, stately |
(adjective) logically deductive | - |
(adjective) represented in simplified or symbolic form | Synonyms: conventional, schematic |
(adjective) characteristic of or befitting a person in authority | - |
formalised | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalistic, formalized |
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(adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalized |
formalistic | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalized |
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formalized | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalistic |
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(adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalised |
formative | (adjective) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | Synonyms: plastic, shaping |
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(adjective) capable of forming new cells and tissues | - |
formed | (adjective) having or given a form or shape | - |
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former | (adjective) referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) | - |
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(adjective) belonging to the distant past | Synonyms: early, other |
(adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime |
(adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: late, previous |
formic | (adjective) of or containing or derived from formic acid | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or derived from ants | - |
formidable | (adjective) inspiring fear | Synonyms: redoubtable, unnerving |
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(adjective) extremely impressive in strength or excellence | - |
formless | (adjective) having no physical form | - |
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(adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: amorphous, shapeless |
formulaic | (adjective) characterized by or in accordance with some formula | - |
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formulary | (adjective) of or relating to or of the nature of a formula | - |
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formulated | (adjective) devised; developed according to an orderly plan | - |
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forte | (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly | Synonyms: loud |
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fortemente | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) loud and strong | - |
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forthcoming | (adjective) available when required or as promised | - |
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(adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: approaching, coming, upcoming |
(adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: extroverted, outgoing |
forthright | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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fortieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of forty in counting order | Synonyms: 40th |
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fortified | (adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications | Synonyms: bastioned |
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(adjective) having something added to increase the strength | - |
fortissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong | - |
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fortnightly | (adjective) occurring every two weeks | Synonyms: biweekly |
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fortuitous | (adjective) occurring by happy chance | - |
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(adjective) having no cause or apparent cause | Synonyms: causeless, uncaused |
fortunate | (adjective) having unexpected good fortune | - |
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(adjective) presaging good fortune | Synonyms: rosy |
(adjective) supremely favored | Synonyms: golden |
forty | (adjective) being ten more than thirty | Synonyms: 40, twoscore, xl |
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forward | (adjective) at or near or directed toward the front | - |
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(adjective) used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty | - |
(adjective) of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle | - |
(adjective) moving forward | Synonyms: advancing, forward-moving |
fossil | (adjective) characteristic of a fossil | - |
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fossiliferous | (adjective) bearing or containing fossils | - |
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fossilised | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilized, ossified |
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fossilized | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilised, ossified |
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fossorial | (adjective) (of limbs and feet) adapted for digging | - |
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foster | (adjective) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties | Synonyms: surrogate |
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foul | (adjective) (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines | - |
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(adjective) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter | Synonyms: filthy, nasty |
(adjective) characterized by obscenity | Synonyms: cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty |
(adjective) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes | Synonyms: dirty, marked-up |
(adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking |
(adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
(adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc | Synonyms: afoul, fouled |
(adjective) violating accepted standards or rules | Synonyms: cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike |
fouled | (adjective) made dirty or foul | Synonyms: befouled |
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(adjective) especially of a ship's lines etc | Synonyms: afoul, foul |
found | (adjective) come upon unexpectedly or after searching | - |
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four | (adjective) being one more than three | Synonyms: 4, iv |
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fourfold | (adjective) having four units or components | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate |
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(adjective) four times as great or many | Synonyms: four-fold, quadruple |
fourhanded | (adjective) (of card games) involving or requiring four players | - |
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fourpenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 1 1/2 in or 3.8 cm long | - |
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fourscore | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, eighty, lxxx |
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foursquare | (adjective) characterized by firm and unwavering conviction | - |
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fourteen | (adjective) being one more than thirteen | Synonyms: 14, xiv |
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fourteenth | (adjective) coming next after the thirteenth in position | Synonyms: 14th |
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fourth | (adjective) coming next after the third and just before the fifth in position or time or degree or magnitude | Synonyms: 4th, quaternary |
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foxy | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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fractional | (adjective) constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | Synonyms: partial |
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(adjective) constituting a division or an aliquot part of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: divisional |
fractious | (adjective) unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome | - |
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(adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control | Synonyms: recalcitrant, refractory |
(adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: cranky, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
fragile | (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, frail |
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(adjective) vulnerably delicate | - |
(adjective) lacking substance or significance | Synonyms: flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin |
fragmental | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmentary |
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fragmentary | (adjective) consisting of small disconnected parts | Synonyms: fragmental |
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fragmented | (adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disconnected, disunited, split |
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fragrant | (adjective) pleasant-smelling | - |
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frail | (adjective) physically weak | - |
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(adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: delicate, fragile |
(adjective) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | Synonyms: fallible, imperfect, weak |
framed | (adjective) provided with a frame | - |
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frangible | (adjective) capable of being broken | - |
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frank | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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(adjective) clearly manifest; evident | - |
frantic | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic |
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(adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: delirious, excited, mad, unrestrained |
fraternal | (adjective) (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova | Synonyms: biovular |
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(adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherlike, brotherly |
(adjective) of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men | - |
fraudulent | (adjective) involving deception | Synonyms: deceitful, fallacious |
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fraught | (adjective) filled with or attended with | Synonyms: pregnant |
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(adjective) marked by distress | - |
frayed | (adjective) worn away or tattered along the edges | - |
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freakish | (adjective) characteristic of a freak | - |
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(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
(adjective) changeable | Synonyms: capricious |
freaky | (adjective) strange and somewhat frightening | - |
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(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
freckled | (adjective) relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | Synonyms: lentiginose, lentiginous |
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free | (adjective) not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint | - |
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(adjective) not held in servitude | - |
(adjective) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion | - |
(adjective) not literal | Synonyms: liberal, loose |
(adjective) completely wanting or lacking | Synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, innocent |
(adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: detached |
(adjective) costing nothing | Synonyms: complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous |
(adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities | Synonyms: spare |
(adjective) not occupied or in use | - |