abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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absconder | (noun) a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosecution | - |
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abscondment | (noun) the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | Synonyms: decampment |
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disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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(verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
disconcerted | (adjective) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion | Synonyms: discombobulated |
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disconcerting | (adjective) causing an emotional disturbance | Synonyms: upsetting |
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disconcertingly | (adverb) in a disturbing or embarrassing manner | - |
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disconcertion | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertment |
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disconcertment | (noun) anxious embarrassment | Synonyms: discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion |
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disconfirming | (adjective) not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition | Synonyms: negative |
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(adjective) establishing as invalid or untrue | Synonyms: invalidating |
disconnect | (noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnection, gulf |
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(verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
(verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
disconnected | (adjective) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply | Synonyms: staccato |
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(adjective) having been divided; having the unity destroyed | Synonyms: disunited, fragmented, split |
(adjective) lacking orderly continuity | Synonyms: confused, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected |
(adjective) not plugged in or connected to a power source | - |
(adjective) marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions | Synonyms: abrupt |
disconnectedness | (noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnection, disjunction, disjuncture |
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disconnection | (noun) the act of breaking a connection | Synonyms: disjunction |
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(noun) an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding) | Synonyms: disconnect, gulf |
(noun) state of being disconnected | Synonyms: disconnectedness, disjunction, disjuncture |
disconsolate | (adjective) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled | Synonyms: inconsolable, unconsolable |
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(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
disconsolately | (adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects | Synonyms: desolately |
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disconsolateness | (noun) feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless | Synonyms: despondence, despondency, heartsickness |
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discontent | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontented |
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(noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontentedness, discontentment |
(verb) make dissatisfied | - |
discontented | (adjective) showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing | Synonyms: discontent |
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discontentedly | (adverb) with discontent; in a discontented manner | - |
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discontentedness | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentment |
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discontentment | (noun) a longing for something better than the present situation | Synonyms: discontent, discontentedness |
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discontinuance | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuation |
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discontinuation | (noun) the act of discontinuing or breaking off; an interruption (temporary or permanent) | Synonyms: discontinuance |
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discontinue | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, stop |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
(verb) come to or be at an end | - |
discontinued | (adjective) stopped permanently or temporarily | - |
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discontinuity | (noun) lack of connection or continuity | - |
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discontinuous | (adjective) not continuing without interruption in time or space | Synonyms: noncontinuous |
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(adjective) of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities | - |
ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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gasconade | (noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting, vaporing |
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(verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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misconception | (noun) an incorrect conception | - |
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misconduct | (noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law | Synonyms: actus reus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct |
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(noun) bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf | - |
(verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage |
(verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misdemean |
misconstrual | (noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstruction |
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misconstruction | (noun) an ungrammatical constituent | - |
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(noun) a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) | Synonyms: misconstrual |
misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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sconce | (noun) a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light | - |
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(noun) a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce | - |
(noun) a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate | - |
(noun) a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather | - |
scone | (noun) small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | - |
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transcontinental | (adjective) spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent | - |
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