abash | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: embarrass |
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abashed | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: chagrined, embarrassed |
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abashment | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: bashfulness |
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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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academicianship | (noun) the position of member of an honorary academy | - |
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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 |
accountantship | (noun) the position of accountant | - |
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acquaintanceship | (noun) a relationship less intimate than friendship | Synonyms: acquaintance |
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admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
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(verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: caution, monish |
(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: discourage, monish, warn |
admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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admonishing | (adjective) expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective | Synonyms: admonitory, reproachful, reproving |
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admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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afresh | (adverb) again but in a new or different way | Synonyms: anew |
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aftershaft | (noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds | - |
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aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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aftershock | (noun) a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake | - |
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aguish | (adjective) affected by ague | - |
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airbrush | (noun) an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air | - |
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(verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
airmanship | (noun) the art of operating aircraft | Synonyms: aviation |
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airship | (noun) a steerable self-propelled aircraft | Synonyms: dirigible |
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alligatorfish | (noun) small very elongate sea poachers | Synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius |
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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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ambassadorship | (noun) the post of ambassador | - |
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amberfish | (noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | Synonyms: amberjack |
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ambush | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambuscade, lying in wait, trap |
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(verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
(verb) hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing | Synonyms: still-hunt |
ambusher | (noun) an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a surprise attack | - |
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amidship | (adjective) located in the middle part of a ship or aircraft | - |
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(adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidships, midships |
(adverb) at or near or toward the middle | - |
amidships | (adverb) at or near or toward the center of a ship | Synonyms: amidship, midships |
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angelfish | (noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | Synonyms: angel shark, monkfish, Squatina squatina |
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(noun) a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus | - |
(noun) deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters | Synonyms: Chaetodipterus faber, spadefish |
anglerfish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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anguish | (noun) extreme mental distress | Synonyms: torment, torture |
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(noun) extreme distress of body or mind | - |
(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: hurt, pain |
(verb) suffer great pains or distress | - |
anguished | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: tormented, tortured |
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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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apish | (adjective) being or given to servile imitation | Synonyms: apelike |
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apishamore | (noun) a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide | - |
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apostleship | (noun) the position of apostle | - |
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apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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archbishop | (noun) a bishop of highest rank | - |
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archbishopric | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of an archbishop | - |
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archerfish | (noun) any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia | Synonyms: Toxotes jaculatrix |
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arishth | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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ash | (noun) any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus | Synonyms: ash tree |
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(noun) strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats | - |
(noun) the residue that remains when something is burned | - |
(verb) convert into ashes | - |
ashamed | (adjective) feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse | - |
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ashamedly | (adverb) with a feeling of shame | - |
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ashbin | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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ashcake | (noun) corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) | Synonyms: ash cake, corn tash |
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ashcan | (noun) a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected | Synonyms: ash-bin, ash bin, ashbin, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin |
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ashen | (adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: blanched, bloodless, livid, white |
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(adjective) made of wood of the ash tree | - |
ashlar | (noun) a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes | - |
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ashore | (adverb) towards the shore from the water | - |
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ashram | (noun) (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus | - |
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(noun) a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram | - |
ashtray | (noun) a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes | - |
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ashy | (adjective) of a light grey | Synonyms: ash-gray, ash-grey |
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asshole | (noun) vulgar slang for anus | Synonyms: arse, arsehole, bunghole |
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(noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
associateship | (noun) the position of associate (as in an office or academy) | - |
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astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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astonished | (adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock | Synonyms: amazed, astonied, astounded, stunned |
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astonishing | (adjective) so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm | Synonyms: astounding, staggering, stupefying |
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(adjective) surprising greatly | Synonyms: amazing |
astonishingly | (adverb) in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | Synonyms: amazingly, surprisingly |
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astonishment | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: amazement |
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attorneyship | (noun) the position of attorney | - |
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authorship | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: composition, penning, writing |
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(noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | Synonyms: paternity |
awash | (adjective) covered with water | Synonyms: afloat, flooded, inundated, overflowing |
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baboonish | (adjective) resembling a baboon | - |
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babushka | (noun) a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women | - |
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babyish | (adjective) characteristic of a baby | - |
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backlash | (noun) an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence | - |
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(noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: rebound, recoil, repercussion |
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, recoil |
backsheesh | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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backwash | (noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward | Synonyms: wake |
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(noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: airstream, race, slipstream, wash |
(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | Synonyms: aftermath, wake |
bailiffship | (noun) the office of bailiff | - |
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bakeshop | (noun) a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold | Synonyms: bakehouse, bakery |
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baksheesh | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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bakshis | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshish, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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bakshish | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, gratuity, pourboire, tip |
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balderdash | (noun) trivial nonsense | Synonyms: fiddle-faddle, piffle |
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balloonfish | (noun) similar to but smaller than porcupinefish | Synonyms: Diodon holocanthus |
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banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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(verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
banshee | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshie |
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banshie | (noun) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death | Synonyms: banshee |
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barbershop | (noun) a shop where men can get their hair cut | - |
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barrelfish | (noun) blackish fish of New England waters | Synonyms: black rudderfish, Hyperglyphe perciformis |
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bash | (noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bang, belt, knock, smash |
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(noun) an uproarious party | Synonyms: brawl, do |
(verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bonk, bop, sock, whap, whop |
bashful | (adjective) disposed to avoid notice | Synonyms: blate |
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(adjective) self-consciously timid | - |
bashfully | (adverb) in a shy or timid or bashful manner | Synonyms: shyly, timidly |
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bashfulness | (noun) feeling embarrassed due to modesty | Synonyms: abashment |
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batfish | (noun) bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins | - |
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battleship | (noun) large and heavily armoured warship | Synonyms: battlewagon |
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beamish | (adjective) smiling with happiness or optimism | Synonyms: smiling, twinkly |
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bearish | (adjective) expecting prices to fall | - |
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beshrew | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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biggish | (adjective) somewhat large | Synonyms: largish |
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