acclamation | (noun) enthusiastic approval | Synonyms: acclaim, eclat, plaudit, plaudits |
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amalgamate | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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(verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: commix, mingle, mix, unify |
amalgamated | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, coalesced, consolidated, fused |
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amalgamation | (noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies | Synonyms: merger, uniting |
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amalgamative | (adjective) characterized by or tending toward amalgamation | - |
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amalgamator | (noun) a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more commercial companies | - |
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amateur | (adjective) engaged in as a pastime | Synonyms: recreational, unpaid |
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(adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateurish, inexpert, unskilled |
(noun) someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime | - |
(noun) an athlete who does not play for pay | - |
amateurish | (adjective) lacking professional skill or expertise | Synonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled |
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amateurishly | (adverb) in an amateurish manner | - |
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amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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amateurism | (noun) the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money | - |
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amative | (adjective) inclined toward or displaying love | Synonyms: amorous |
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amativeness | (noun) the arousal of feelings of sexual desire | Synonyms: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness |
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amatory | (adjective) expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance | Synonyms: amorous, romantic |
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amatungulu | (noun) very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves | Synonyms: Carissa grandiflora, Carissa macrocarpa, natal plum |
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carbamate | (noun) a salt (or ester) of carbamic acid | - |
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clamatorial | (adjective) of or relating to Clamatores | - |
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cyclamate | (noun) any salt or ester of cyclamic acid. | - |
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declamation | (noun) vehement oratory | - |
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(noun) recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric | - |
declamatory | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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defamation | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, calumny, denigration, slander |
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(noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumniation, calumny, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
defamatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, calumnious, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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desquamate | (verb) peel off in scales | Synonyms: peel off |
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desquamation | (noun) loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales | Synonyms: peeling, shedding |
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dramatic | (adjective) suitable to or characteristic of drama | - |
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(adjective) used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style | - |
(adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of drama | - |
(adjective) sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect | Synonyms: spectacular, striking |
dramatically | (adverb) in a dramatic manner | - |
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(adverb) with respect to dramatic value | - |
(adverb) in a very impressive manner | - |
dramatics | (noun) participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity | - |
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(noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
dramatisation | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatization |
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(noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatization |
dramatise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatize |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatize |
dramatist | (noun) someone who writes plays | Synonyms: playwright |
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dramatization | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatisation |
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(noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatisation |
dramatize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatise |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatise |
dramaturgic | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgical |
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dramaturgical | (adjective) relating to the technical aspects of drama | Synonyms: dramaturgic |
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dramaturgy | (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
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exclamation | (noun) an abrupt excited utterance | Synonyms: exclaiming |
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(noun) an exclamatory rhetorical device | Synonyms: ecphonesis |
(noun) a loud complaint or protest or reproach | - |
exclamatory | (adjective) sudden and strong | Synonyms: emphatic |
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glutamate | (noun) a salt or ester of glutamic acid | - |
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hamate | (noun) the wrist bone in line with the 4th and 5th fingers | Synonyms: hamate bone, os hamatum, unciform bone |
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meclofenamate | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis | Synonyms: meclofenamate sodium, Meclomen |
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melodramatic | (adjective) characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected | Synonyms: histrionic |
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(adjective) having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama | - |
melodramatically | (adverb) in an overly emotional manner | - |
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(adverb) as in a melodrama | - |
meprobamate | (noun) a sedative and tranquilizer (trade name Miltown and Equanil and Meprin) used to treat muscle tension and anxiety | Synonyms: Equanil, Meprin, Miltown |
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metamathematics | (noun) the logical analysis of mathematical reasoning | - |
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overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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proclamation | (noun) the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice | Synonyms: promulgation |
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(noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: announcement, annunciation, declaration |
ramate | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branched, branching, ramose, ramous |
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reclamation | (noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | Synonyms: reformation |
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(noun) the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation | Synonyms: rehabilitation, renewal |
(noun) the recovery of useful substances from waste products | - |
undramatic | (adjective) lacking dramatic force and quality | - |
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undramatically | (adverb) in an undramatic manner | - |
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