abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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abolishment | (noun) the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) | Synonyms: abolition |
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accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
accomplishment | (noun) the action of accomplishing something | Synonyms: achievement |
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(noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skill |
antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antiestablishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentarianism |
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bullish | (adjective) expecting a rise in prices | - |
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churlish | (adjective) having a bad disposition; surly | - |
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(adjective) rude and boorish | - |
churlishly | (adverb) in a churlish manner | Synonyms: surlily |
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demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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(verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
(verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
(verb) ruin or destroy | - |
demolished | (adjective) torn down and broken up | Synonyms: dismantled, razed |
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demolishing | (noun) complete destruction of a building | Synonyms: leveling, razing, tearing down |
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devilish | (adjective) showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil | Synonyms: diabolic, diabolical, mephistophelean, mephistophelian |
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(adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: rascally, roguish |
(adverb) in a playfully devilish manner | Synonyms: devilishly |
devilishly | (adverb) in a playfully devilish manner | Synonyms: devilish |
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(adverb) (used as intensives) excessively | Synonyms: deadly, deucedly, insanely, madly |
(adverb) as a devil; in an evil manner | Synonyms: diabolically, fiendishly |
devilishness | (noun) The property of resembling or being characteristic of a devil. | - |
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disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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disestablishment | (noun) the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England | - |
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embellish | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: beautify, fancify, prettify |
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(verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad |
(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, grace |
embellishment | (noun) the act of adding extraneous decorations to something | Synonyms: ornamentation |
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(noun) a superfluous ornament | - |
(noun) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail | Synonyms: embroidery |
establish | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, prove, shew, show |
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(verb) institute, enact, or establish | Synonyms: lay down, make |
(verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, found, ground |
(verb) place | Synonyms: instal, install, set up |
(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, found, institute, plant |
(verb) bring about | Synonyms: give |
(verb) build or establish something abstract | Synonyms: build |
(verb) set up or found | Synonyms: found, launch, set up |
established | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | Synonyms: constituted |
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(adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: naturalized |
(adjective) conforming with accepted standards | Synonyms: conventional |
(adjective) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt | - |
(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, effected |
establishment | (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization |
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(noun) a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence | - |
(noun) the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof | Synonyms: validation |
(noun) an organization founded and united for a specific purpose | Synonyms: institution |
(noun) any large organization | - |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat | Synonyms: ecesis |
establishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentism |
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establishmentism | (noun) the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment | Synonyms: establishmentarianism |
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foolish | (adjective) devoid of good sense or judgment | - |
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(adjective) having or revealing stupidity | Synonyms: anserine, dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky |
foolishly | (adverb) without good sense or judgment | Synonyms: unwisely |
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foolishness | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity |
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(noun) the trait of acting stupidly or rashly | Synonyms: folly, unwiseness |
(noun) the quality of being rash and foolish | Synonyms: craziness, folly, madness |
ghoulish | (adjective) suggesting the horror of death and decay | Synonyms: morbid |
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girlish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young girl | Synonyms: schoolgirlish |
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girlishly | (adverb) like a girl | - |
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girlishness | (noun) being characteristic of a girl | - |
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hellish | (adjective) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell | Synonyms: demonic, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, infernal, satanic, unholy |
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(adjective) (informal) very unpleasant | Synonyms: beastly, god-awful |
hellishly | (adverb) diabolically | Synonyms: infernally |
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hellishness | (noun) The property of being extremely bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying; resembling a nightmare. | Synonyms: nightmarishness |
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mulish | (adjective) unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack | Synonyms: hardheaded |
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mulishly | (adverb) in a stubborn unregenerate manner | Synonyms: cussedly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly |
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mulishness | (noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome | Synonyms: obstinacy, obstinance, stubbornness |
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nonaccomplishment | (noun) an act that does not achieve its intended goal | Synonyms: nonachievement |
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owlish | (adjective) resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance | - |
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owlishly | (adverb) in an owlish manner | - |
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palish | (adjective) slightly pale | - |
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polish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, glossiness |
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(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, refinement |
(noun) a preparation used in polishing | - |
(verb) bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state | Synonyms: brush up, polish up, round, round off |
(verb) improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | Synonyms: down, fine-tune, refine |
(verb) make (a surface) shine | Synonyms: shine, smooth, smoothen |
polished | (adjective) perfected or made shiny and smooth | - |
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(adjective) (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | Synonyms: milled |
(adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | Synonyms: refined, urbane |
(adjective) (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth | Synonyms: dressed |
polisher | (noun) a power tool used to buff surfaces | Synonyms: buffer |
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polishing | (noun) the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it | Synonyms: shining |
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publish | (verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, issue, put out, release |
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(verb) have (one's work) issued for publication | - |
(verb) put into print | Synonyms: print |
publishable | (adjective) suitable for publication | - |
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published | (adjective) prepared and printed for distribution and sale | - |
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(adjective) formally made public | Synonyms: promulgated |
publisher | (noun) a firm in the publishing business | Synonyms: publishing company, publishing firm, publishing house |
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(noun) a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music | - |
(noun) the proprietor of a newspaper | Synonyms: newspaper publisher |
publishing | (noun) the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | Synonyms: publication |
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purplish | (adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue | Synonyms: purple, violet |
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reestablish | (verb) bring back into original existence, use, function, or position | Synonyms: reinstate, restore |
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relish | (noun) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: flavor, flavour, nip, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang |
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(noun) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment | Synonyms: gusto, zest, zestfulness |
(noun) spicy or savory condiment | - |
(verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, savor, savour |
relishing | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: degustation, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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republish | (verb) revive (a cancelled will or a libel) | - |
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(verb) publish again | - |
republishing | (noun) the act of publishing again | Synonyms: republication |
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schoolgirlish | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young girl | Synonyms: girlish |
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smallish | (adjective) rather small | - |
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stylish | (adjective) having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress | Synonyms: fashionable |
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(adjective) being or in accordance with current social fashions | Synonyms: fashionable |
stylishly | (adverb) in a stylish manner | - |
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stylishness | (noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable | Synonyms: chic, chichi, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, swank |
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tallish | (adjective) somewhat tall | - |
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ticklish | (adjective) difficult to handle; requiring great tact | Synonyms: delicate, touchy |
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unembellished | (adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, plain, spare, unornamented |
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unestablished | (adjective) not established | - |
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unpolished | (adjective) not carefully reworked or perfected or made smooth by polishing | - |
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(adjective) lacking social polish | Synonyms: gauche, graceless |
unpublishable | (adjective) not suitable for publication | - |
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unpublished | (adjective) not published | - |
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unstylish | (adjective) lacking in style or elegance | Synonyms: styleless |
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(adjective) not in accord with or not following current fashion | Synonyms: unfashionable |
yokelish | (adjective) (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace | Synonyms: bounderish, ill-bred, lowbred, rude, underbred |
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