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inconsiderate, pitiless, heartless, inhuman, hard, thoughtless, brutal, mean. ANTONYMS: (adj) kind, considerate, pleasant, friendly, thoughtful, tactful, mild, gentle, generous, flattering, compassionate unlawful: (adj) illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, wrongful, prohibited, improper, unauthorized, criminal, outlaw, irregular. ANTONYMS: (adj) legal, legitimate, authorized, honest, rightful

unloading: (v) unload, dismiss, clear, annul, acquittal, evacuation, absolve, acquittance, emission, explosion; (n) delivery. ANTONYMS: (n) loading, dispatch unlocked: (adj) unbarred, unlatched, unbolted, not closed, loose, unsecured, ajar, wide open, unguaranteed

unlucky: (adj) luckless, hapless, unhappy, sinister, inauspicious, unsuccessful, ominous, adverse, disastrous, unfavorable; (adj, v) untoward. ANTONYMS: (adj) fortunate, happy, auspicious, successful

unmoved: (adj) apathetic, unaffected, indifferent, unconcerned, unimpressed, uninspired, dispassionate, imperturbable, calm, undisturbed, fixed. ANTONYMS: (adj) affected, compliant, uptight, concerned, enthusiastic, tolerant, sensitive

unmown: (adj) not trimmed, rough, not cut, complete, standing unnecessary: (adj) redundant, gratuitous, needless, dispensable, surplus, pointless, excessive, excess, undue, spare, useless. ANTONYMS: (adj) reasonable, basic, worthwhile, required, indispensable, helpful, justified, essential, moderate, inevitable

unpardonable: (adj) irremissible, unforgivable, indefensible, terrible, appalling, unwarranted, awful, unacceptable, shocking, not remissible; (v) inexpiable. ANTONYMS: (adj) pardonable, excusable, justified, excellent, justifiable

unpictured: (adj) undepicted unpoetical: (adj) downright, direct, blunt, museless, uninteresting, dull, unpoetic, prosy, resembling prose, commonplace, unimaginative unpunctuality: (n) irregularity, tardiness. ANTONYM: (n) punctuality

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unreal: (adj) illusory, fantastic, fanciful, imaginary, insubstantial, artificial, fictitious, visionary, untrue; (adj, v) ideal, fancied. ANTONYMS: (adj) genuine, natural, substantial, authentic, ordinary, plausible

unreality: (n) irreality, cloud, falseness, imagination, immateriality, pointlessness, uselessness, futility, emptiness, nonexistence, hollowness. ANTONYMS: (n) reality, value, existence

unreasonable: (adj) immoderate, undue, absurd, extravagant, excessive, preposterous, exorbitant, illogical, inordinate, irrational, ridiculous. ANTONYMS: (adj) logical, practical, sensible, affordable, economical, justified, realistic, fair, obliging, just, rational unripe: (adj) green, raw, premature, crude, young, uncooked, juvenile, half grown, callow, inexperienced, unfledged. ANTONYMS: (adj) mature, ripe, ready

unromantic: (adj) unexaggerated, unaffected, unflattering, unimaginative, realistic, unloving, practical, utilitarian, not romantic unsatisfied: (adj) dissatisfied, disgruntled, unsatiated, unsated, ungratified, restless, discontent, fidgety, fretful, unsatiable; (v) unslaked. ANTONYMS: (adj) pleased, happy

unseen: (adj, v) unknown; (adj) invisible, concealed, hidden, unobserved, secret, veiled, latent; (v) unheeded, unperceived; (n) spiritual world. ANTONYMS: (adj) seen, visible, open, famous, noticeable unselfish: (adj) selfless, altruistic, disinterested, liberal, magnanimous, philanthropic, considerate, beneficent, charitable, kind, helpful. ANTONYMS: (adj) greedy, uncharitable, thoughtless unspoiled: (adj) pure, unspoilt, uncorrupted, virtuous, estimable, flawless, fresh, fine, financially sound, fresher, expert. ANTONYMS: (adj) flawed, impure, marred, soiled

unspotted: (adj) unblemished, unstained, unsoiled, stainless, pure, blameless, immaculate, undefaced, undeformed, spotless, untarnished unstained: (adj) unblemished, unspotted, clean, unsoiled, pure, stainless, immaculate, unsullied,

untainted, chaste, undefiled. ANTONYM: (adj) stained unsullied: (adj) unstained, unblemished, unspotted, immaculate, pure, innocent, spotless, chaste, stainless, guiltless, unsoiled. ANTONYMS: (adj) blemished, tainted, corrupt, old unsympathetic: (adj) pitiless, callous, heartless, hard, hardhearted, unkind, unconcerned, obdurate, indifferent, closed, insensitive. ANTONYMS: (adj) sympathetic, kind, caring, favorable, merciful, concerned, considerate, easygoing, friendly, gentle, warmhearted untarnished: (adj) unblemished, unstained, pure, stainless, guiltless, unsullied, clean, perfect, immaculate, clear, untainted. ANTONYMS: (adj) blemished, flawed, guilty, used

untasted: (adj) fuller, full, still full, untouched, unswayed unthought: (adj) unintentional, inadvertent, unexpected

untidy: (adj) unkempt, disheveled, disorderly, sloppy, messy, disordered, confused, disorganized, sluttish, frowzy, scruffy. ANTONYMS: (adj) tidy, neat, elegant, orderly, smart, legible, clean untouched: (adj) intact, unharmed, unmoved, unscathed, virgin, whole, unhurt, new, impervious, imperturbable, impassive. ANTONYMS: (adj) affected, touched, refined, vulnerable, used, spoiled, partial, injured, marred, tainted, impure

untroubled: (adj) calm, quiet, peaceful, composed, carefree, serene, unworried, clear, still, undisturbed; (adj, v) smooth. ANTONYMS: (adj) anxious, turbulent, uneasy, worried, insecure, disturbed, unnerved, strict, heavy, bothered, perturbed

untrue: (adj) erroneous, unfaithful, disloyal, incorrect, sham, mistaken, fallacious, treacherous, wrong, faithless, inaccurate. ANTONYMS: (adj) faithful, true, valid, factual, honest, reliable, correct, truthful, loyal, real

unwisely: (adv) imprudently, injudiciously, indiscreetly, recklessly, rashly, idiotically, thoughtlessly, silly, stupidly, irrationally, hastily. ANTONYMS: (adv) judiciously, carefully, cautiously, prudently, sensibly,

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unworthy: (adj) undeserving, base, disgraceful, ignoble, low, contemptible, despicable, ugly, unmerited, unseemly, shameful. ANTONYMS: (adj) deserving, valuable, honorable, estimable, reputable

upright: (adj) perpendicular, erect, fair, good, righteous, just, virtuous, true, honorable, plumb; (adj, n) vertical. ANTONYMS: (adj) prone, disreputable, degenerate, hanging, unwholesome, dishonest, dishonorable, lying, horizontal, falling; (adv) horizontally

upset: (n, v) overturn, trouble, disquiet, overthrow; (v) agitate, subvert, perturb, confuse, reverse; (adj) unsettled; (n) disturbance. ANTONYMS: (v) please, soothe, encourage, delight, fail; (adj) pleased, confident, happy, content;

(n) peace, happiness

upstairs: (adj) upstair; (adv) on a higher floor, in the mind, in the head, up the stairs, over; (n) heaven, administration, authority, board, eternity. ANTONYMS: (adj, adv) downstairs

useless: (adj) pointless, unnecessary, needless, worthless, fruitless, hopeless, abortive, idle, barren, superfluous, unavailing. ANTONYMS: (adj) helpful, effective, competent, convenient, valuable, necessary, brilliant, great, meaningful, usable, worthwhile uselessness: (n) inutility, fruitlessness, pointlessness, impracticableness, impracticability, unusefulness, vanity, idleness, ineffectualness, senselessness; (adj) useless. ANTONYMS: (n) value, competence, helpfulness, effectiveness, fruitfulness, skill, utility, worthiness, worth, ability; (adj) purposeful

utter: (v) say, state, speak, breathe, articulate, deliver, voice, pronounce; (adj, n, v) express, declare; (adj, v) tell. ANTONYMS: (adj) qualified, incomplete, uncertain, rather, slight;

(v) conceal, hide, block utterance: (n) pronunciation, expression, speech, exclamation, statement, remark, articulation, observation, language, phrase, speaking

uttered: (adj) expressed, express, verbalised, verbalized, vocal, explicit, oral; (v) spoke, quoth, said

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utterly: (adv) completely, absolutely, totally, entirely, extremely, altogether, expressly, purely, dead, fully, wholly. ANTONYMS: (adv) partly, uncertain, slightly, incompletely, hardly, somewhat vacant: (adj) blank, hollow, unfilled, void, free, unoccupied, bare, idle, expressionless, open; (adj, v) devoid. ANTONYMS: (adj) full, cognizant, overflowing, inhabited, aware, comprehending, animated, solid, expressive, knowing

vague: (adj) obscure, indistinct, indeterminate, undefined, undetermined, indefinite, uncertain, faint, ambiguous; (adj, v) loose, equivocal. ANTONYMS: (adj) clear, distinct, exact, particular, precise, specific, sure, certain, defined, alert, detailed

vaguely: (adv) hazily, faintly, indistinctly, ambiguously, dimly, mistily, unclearly, loosely, shadowily, indeterminately, obscurely. ANTONYMS: (adv) clearly, definitely, unmistakably, exactly, closely, distinctly, alertly, calmly, considerably, intelligibly vain: (adj) proud, arrogant, conceited, fruitless, idle, empty, abortive, ineffectual, unproductive, narcissistic; (adj, v) useless. ANTONYMS: (adj) shy, successful, possible, persuasive, selfless, fruitful, humble, useful, responsible, worthwhile, effective

vainly: (adv) uselessly, futilely, fruitlessly, conceitedly, in vain, worthlessly, abortively, bootlessly, arrogantly, unproductively; (adj, adv) foolishly. ANTONYMS: (adv) fruitfully, successfully, effectively vale: (n) dale, glen, hollow, ravine, dingle, vail, valediction, earth, holler, dell, gully. ANTONYM: (n) hill

valet: (n) man, attendant, lackey, butler, flunkey, manservant, waiter, gentleman, livery servant, servant, retainer

valued: (adj) precious, appreciated, respected, dear, prized, priced, treasured, value, esteemed, loved, beloved

vane: (adj) weathercock; (n) weather vane, fan blade, cairn, staff, fan, post, beacon, hand, pointer, impeller vanished: (adj, v) extinct, lost; (adj) disappeared, departed, missing, died out, absent, dead, wiped out, bygone; (v) exhausted.

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ANTONYMS: (adj) found, living vanity: (n) egotism, pride, emptiness, arrogance, futility, inanity, vainglory, conceitedness, pretension, pomposity; (adj, n) amour propre. ANTONYMS: (n) selflessness, humility, importance, value, effectiveness

varnish: (n, v) gloss, coat, paint, veneer, palliate; (n) lacquer, cover; (adv, v) color; (v) gild, furbish, whitewash. ANTONYM: (n) middle varnished: (adj) sullied, polished, spotted, shiny, lustrous, smooth, painted, besmirched, glossy, tainted, flyblown. ANTONYM: (adj) dull veil: (n, v) cover, hide, disguise, mask, cloud, shroud, camouflage;

(v) cloak, conceal; (n) curtain, blind. ANTONYMS: (v) disclose, unveil, expose

vein: (n) vena, strain, nervure, mine, temper, blood vessel, tone; (adj, n) mood, humor, strip, frame of mind velvet: (adj) velvety, down; (n) profit, gain, velour, velours, revenue, prosperity, receipts, satin, wealth vengeance: (n) retribution, reprisal, retaliation, requital, avengement, wrath, vendetta, spite, revengeance; (n, v) avenge, resentment. ANTONYMS: (n) forgiveness, acceptance

venice: (n) Venezia

venus: (adj) the Graces; (n) Urania, narcissus, terrestrial planet, Adonis, peri, solar system, Hyperion, houri, Hebe, genus Venus

verb: (n) copulative, participle, copula, word, transitive verb form, transitive verb, participial, part of speech, intransitive verb form, intransitive verb, form class verdict: (n) finding, decision, judgment, conclusion, determination, decree, resolution, ruling, sentence, judgement, finding of fact. ANTONYM: (n) request

verge: (n, v) edge, skirt; (n) boundary, brink, margin, limit, rim, bound, brim, side; (v) bend. ANTONYMS:

(n) end, middle; (v) retreat vermilion: (n) scarlet, vermily, orange red, vermeil, lake, redness; (adj, n) cinnabar; (v) redden; (adj) vermillion, chromatic

vermouth: (n) sweet vermouth verse: (n) rhyme, poem, stanza, poesy, strain, measure, song, paragraph, clause, couplet, vertex vessel: (n) ship, pot, jar, duct, vas, boat, craft, container, bowl, barrel,

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vestige: (n, v) trace, remains, track, token, footprint; (n) relic, shadow, remnant, indication, evidence, remainder

vestments: (n) canonicals, dress, clothes, bedclothes, garb

vexed: (adj) troubled, irritated, angry, pestered, peeved, harassed, sore, harried, uneasy, cross, offended. ANTONYMS: (adj) calm, uncomplicated

viands: (n) provender, victuals, provisions, food, sustenance, commissariat, larder, cates, diet, nourishment, edible

vibrate: (v) shake, shiver, oscillate, tremble, quiver, shudder, swing, wobble, palpitate, thrill, throb vibrating: (adj) tremulous, vibratory, vibrant, swinging, hollow, moving, oscillating, that oscillates, resonant;

(n) shaking system

vice: (adj, n) imperfection, defect, blemish, failing, frailty; (n) corruption, sin, evil, immorality, iniquity, depravity. ANTONYMS:

(n) asset, strength, propriety, virtue, righteousness, goodness, good, honesty; (adj) chief

vicious: (adj) malicious, bad, depraved, wicked, brutal, malevolent, cruel, venomous, immoral, nasty, corrupt. ANTONYMS: (adj) kind, gentle, friendly, good, right, pleasant, kindhearted, nice, cordial, constructive

victims: (n) dead, wounded, losses, fatalities

victor: (n) winner, champion, vanquisher, master, champ, medalist, superior, title holder, hero, victorious, skipper

victoria: (n) Tilbury, Iguazu, Iguassu falls, Iguassu, drag, wagonette, Victoria Falls, landau, mail phaeton, Iguazu falls, queen Victoria vienna: (n) Austrian capital

viii: (n) eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, eighter, octet, octette, eightsome, digit

vile: (adj, n) contemptible, dirty, low; (adj, v) base; (adj) despicable, ignoble, evil, sorry, revolting, offensive, nasty. ANTONYMS: (adj) attractive, kind, nice, lovely, lovable, gentle, honorable, good, delightful, admirable, noble

vileness: (n) evil, enormity, repulsiveness, loathsomeness, nefariousness, evilness, wickedness,

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sliminess, meanness, hideousness; (adj) scandal. ANTONYMS: (n) purity, goodness, pleasantness villa: (n) country house, cottage, house, chateau, home, holiday home, Francisco villa, estate, detached house, council house, castle

vinaigrette: (n) sachet, sauce vinaigrette, smelling bottle, dressing, salad dressing

vine: (n) grapevine, grape, creeper, vignette, vignoble, potato, gourd, groundnut, haoma, horsebrier, hoya vinegar: (n) verjuice, eisel, crab, condiment, chili vinegar, brine, cider vinegar, acetum, acetic acid, alum viol: (n) bowed stringed instrument, string, bass viol

violet: (adj, n) mauve, lavender; (adj) empurpled, lilac, purplish; (n) viola, purpleness, indigo, sweet violet, reddish blue, pansy

violin: (n) viol, bowed stringed instrument, fiddle dock, kit, string virgin: (adj) pure, new, chaste, innocent, fresh, untouched, intact, virginal; (adj, n) vestal; (n) maid, girl. ANTONYMS: (adj) defiled, sullied

virtue: (adj, n) merit, excellence, quality, attribute; (n) honor, goodness, honesty, morality, decency, probity, efficacy. ANTONYMS: (n) wickedness, guilt, vice, peccadillo, sin, dishonor, immorality, evil, demerit, inadequacy, disadvantage

virtues: (n) brawn, sinew, qualities, nerve, manner, habit, disposition, custom

visage: (n) face, look, mug, physiognomy, expression, kisser, appearance, aspect, brow, smiler, forehead

visible: (adj) obvious, conspicuous, apparent, open, evident, clear, plain, manifest, discernible; (adj, adv) noticeable, observable. ANTONYMS: (adj) invisible, imperceptible, unclear, obscured, concealed, hidden, obscure, undetectable, inconspicuous; (adv) absent

vitality: (n) energy, life, animation, life force, vigor, liveliness, verve, sparkle, spirit, vigour, vim.

ANTONYMS: (n) lethargy, apathy, sluggishness

vivid: (adj) intense, graphic, lifelike, brilliant, rich, live, strong, acute, animated, glowing, colorful.

ANTONYMS: (adj) weak, bland, light, vague, straightforward, dark, modest, secretive

vividly: (adv) brightly, lively, intensely, clearly, brilliantly, graphically, strikingly, dramatically, colorfully, glowingly, severely. ANTONYMS: (adv) blandly, modestly, vaguely

voiceless: (adj) silent, unvoiced, surd, breathed, mute, speechless, inarticulate, tacit, dumb, tongueless, unspoken. ANTONYMS: (adj) sonant, voiced

voices: (n) chorus

void: (adj, n) hollow, null, blank; (n) emptiness, vacancy; (adj, v) vacant;

(v) nullify, quash, rescind; (adj) invalid, vacuous. ANTONYMS: (v) validate, sanction, permit, keep, allow; (adj) full, occupied, filled, meaningful, solid; (n) fullness vulgar: (adj) rude, coarse, plebeian, nasty, common, foul, indecent, gross, unrefined; (adj, n) low, vile. ANTONYMS: (adj) refined, sophisticated, tasteful, polite, aesthetic, muted, fashionable, decent, artistic, pleasant, clean vulgarity: (n) indecency, vulgarism, grossness, inelegance, crudeness, commonness, obscenity, rudeness, crudity, boorishness, indelicacy. ANTONYMS: (n) politeness, purity, classiness, civility, taste, decency vultures: (n) ospreys, hawks, Falconiformes, eagles, caracaras wafer: (n) cookie, waffle, paste, cement, glue, size, gum, coke, stucco, staff of life, solder

waggon: (n) wagon, cart, lorry, wain, dray, station wagon, beach wagon, beach waggon, station waggon, bandwagon, milkwagon wainscoting: (n) wainscotting, panel, panelling, lining, dado, paneling, skirting board, panelwork waistcoat: (n) CHUDDER, barbe, garment, jerkin, jubbah, oilskins, pilot jacket, pajamas, cardigan, singlet, talma jacket

waiter: (n) lackey, valet, waitress, attendant, salver, lurcher, counterman, lurker, servant, tray, steward

wake: (v) awaken, awake, rouse, stir, vigil, provoke, arouse, waken, excite; (n) train, trail. ANTONYMS:

(v) nap, dissuade, discourage, snooze, stifle

wakening: (n) rousing, reveille, waking up, arousal

wandering: (adj) itinerant, nomadic, erratic, rambling, errant, migratory; (adj, v) stray, vagrant, vagabond, unsettled; (n) peregrination. ANTONYM: (adj) resident waning: (n) decrease, decline, lessening, ebb, failure; (adj) run to seed, ripe, mellow, diminishing, abating, moribund. ANTONYMS: (adj) growing, thriving, waxing, increasing; (n) improvement wanting: (adj, v) missing; (adj) deficient, lacking, absent, defective, short, failing, insufficient, devoid, poor, incomplete. ANTONYMS: (adj) sufficient, satisfactory, adequate, full, present

wanton: (adj) loose, dissolute, light, licentious, unchaste, lewd, debauched, unprovoked; (v) dally; (n, v) sport; (adj, v) flirt. ANTONYMS: (adj) moral, wise, nice, kind, gentle, decent, clean, careful, observant, justifiable, involuntary

wardrobe: (n) costume, clothing, cupboard, garb, clothes, apparel, dress, wear, clothespress, palliament, garment

warmed: (adj) warmer, warm, baked warmth: (adj, n) glow, fire; (n) temperature, warmness, passion, fervor, geniality, affection, tenderness, fondness, sympathy. ANTONYMS: (n) aloofness, chill, chilliness, coldness, coolness, unfriendliness, hostility, sourness, abruptness, plainness, frostiness warning: (n) notice, indication, caution, advice, example, lesson, hint, premonition, caveat, admonition; (adj, n) monitory. ANTONYMS: (n) encouragement, recommendation, approval; (adj) promising

warped: (adj, n) twisted; (adj) deformed, crooked, perverted, misshapen, kinky, curved, distorted, wry, partisan, superficial. ANTONYMS: (adj) wholesome, impartial

wash: (adj, n, v) soak; (n, v) paint; (v) clean, scrub, mop, moisten, lave, scour, bathe; (n) washing, ablution. ANTONYM: (v) soil

wasted: (adj, v) squandered, rotten, decayed, effete; (adj) thin, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, devastated, pointless, haggard. ANTONYMS: (adj) bloated, hypertrophied, strong, plump, obese, fruitful, useful

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waters: (n) Clara Erskine Clement, amnionic fluid, amniotic fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, Ethel waters, body of water, bodily fluid, boot

watery: (adj) moist, diluted, wet, dilute, washy, thin, damp, fluid, aqueous, weak, insipid.

ANTONYMS: (adj) strong, solid, dry, soft, dehydrated, lively, dark, clear, thick, hard

wave: (v) flap, undulate, swing, flourish; (n, v) gesture, billow, flutter, swell, motion, curl; (n) surge waved: (adj) undulating, wavy, curly, not dated, undated

wavering: (adj, v) vacillating; (n) fluctuation, hesitation, vacillation; (adj) irresolute, indecisive, undecided, hesitant, uncertain, variable, changeable. ANTONYMS: (adj) decided, constant, resolute, stable, decisive; (n) resolution, stability

waves: (n) brine, effect, salt water, deep, main, ocean, undulation, breakers, influence, emission, offing waving: (adj) flying, aflare, fluttering, flaring, flared, curly, burning, blazing, billowy, palpitating; (n) wafture

waxed: (adj) resembling wax, soft, waxen; (v) wex

waxy: (adj) waxen, soft, waxlike, impressionable, soapy, like wax, slippery, saponaceous, sallow, waxed, resembling wax weaken: (n, v) dilute; (v) lessen, diminish, debilitate, break, attenuate, relax, undermine, enervate, thin; (adj, v) enfeeble. ANTONYMS: (v) bolster, grow,

escalate, increase, refresh, improve, enhance, continue, condense, concentrate, boost

weakest: (adj) ridiculous, suggestion, supposes, notions, plainly, irrational, incongruous, project, foolish, fatuity, inconsistent weakness: (adj, n) failing, fault, debility, defect, infirmity, fragility, feebleness, deficiency, imperfection, foible; (n) flaw. ANTONYMS: (n) power, dislike, intensity, supremacy, determination, advantage, brightness, superiority, resistance, robustness, energy wealthy: (adj, adv) moneyed; (adj) flush, opulent, affluent, prosperous, loaded, substantial, generous, ample, abundant, abounding. ANTONYMS: (adj) poor,

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wearied: (adj) jaded, tired, spent, fatigued, weary, prostrate, limp, haggard, shattered, worn, fatigate wearily: (adv) sickly, boredly, dully, languidly, jadedly, exhaustedly, sadly, soberly, gravely, heavily, seriously. ANTONYMS: (adv) hopefully, untiringly, energetically, dynamically

weariness: (n) exhaustion, tiredness, lassitude, languor, asthenopia, defatigation, grogginess, listlessness, boredom, ennui, prostration wearisome: (adj, v) tiresome, irksome, troublesome; (adj) tedious, dull, monotonous, boring, laborious, trying, slow, annoying. ANTONYMS: (adj) satisfying, soothing, exciting, refreshing, easy weary: (adj, n, v) fatigue; (v) exhaust, tire out; (adj) tired, exhausted, fatigued, aweary, beat, languid; (n, v) jade, bore. ANTONYMS: (adj) energetic, fresh, lively, untiring, hopeful, refreshed; (v) refresh, enliven, energize, activate, rally weave: (v) twine, braid, knit, entwine, interweave, wind, waver, plait, fabricate, inweave; (n) texture. ANTONYMS: (v) separate, unweave, unpick

webster: (n) Daniel Webster, Noah Webster, weaver, Webber wedded: (adj, v) marital, connubial, matrimonial, conjugal, wed; (adj) nuptial, bridal. ANTONYMS: (adj) unmarried, unattached

wedged: (adj) impacted, cuneiform, jammed, fast, compacter, stuck, compact. ANTONYM: (adj) free weeds: (n) viduity, mourning band, garment, cypress, widowhood, dress; (adj) willow

weep: (v) wail, bawl, lament, sob, blubber, moan, howl, drip, greet, whimper; (n) tear

weeping: (adj) tearful, lachrymose, dolourous, dolorous; (n, v) lament, lamentation; (v) wailing; (n) sobbing, tears, cry; (adj, n) howling. ANTONYM: (n) celebration weighed: (adj) determined, deliberate, tared

well-informed: (adj) educated, conversant, knowing, wise, intelligent, studious, versed well-known: (adj) noted, prominent, renowned, celebrated, distinguished, known, familiar, eminent, notorious, reputable,

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uniform, trim, statuesque, shapely, handsome, buxom, curvaceous wells: (n) spring

whatsoever: (adj) any, at all, possible; (pron) what, anything, no matter what, partly, somewhat, anything that, whatso

wheel: (v) revolve, spin, trundle, gyrate, twirl; (n, v) turn, cycle, circle, bicycle, bike; (n) gear

whenever: (n) anytime, convenience; (adv) always, whene'er. ANTONYM: (adv) immediately wherever: (adv) anywhere, wheresoever, everywhere, where'er;

(n) anyplace

whim: (n, v) fancy, vagary, humor, freak; (n) notion, impulse, fad, mood, whimsy, thought, idea. ANTONYMS: (n) plan, reality, aversion

whimper: (n, v) cry, wail, moan, groan, sigh; (v) sob, weep, howl, snivel, pule, blubber. ANTONYM:

(v) laugh

whims: (n) vagaries, freaks, humor, ill humor, mood, facetiousness, caprices, disposition, temper

whip: (n, v) lash, strap, goad; (v) flog, flagellate, beat, punish, thrash, trounce, stir, wallop. ANTONYMS:

(v) lose, return whipped: (v) whipt

whisper: (n, v) murmur, hum, mumble, suggestion, hint, inkling;

(v) breathe, hiss; (n) rustle, trace, breath. ANTONYM: (n) information whispered: (adj) low, voiceless, unvoiced, nonvocal, weak, unheard, surd, supposed, sharp, thought, quiet

whispering: (n) whisper, murmur, susurration, rustle, report, stage whisper; (adj, n) rustling; (adj) susurrant, tranquil, hoarse, susurrous

whistle: (v) sing, twitter, hiss, warble, tweet, cheep, chirp, wheeze; (n, v) cry; (n) whistling, tin whistle whitechapel: (n) dogcart, unicorn; (adj) random

whiteness: (n) paleness, ivory, chalk, pearl, bone, bleach, alabaster, frostiness, hoariness, pallor, innocence. ANTONYM: (n) black whitewashing: (n) defeat, justification; (adj) extenuating wicked: (adj) bad, sinful, atrocious, evil, vile, depraved, mischievous, immoral, unholy, nasty, naughty.

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ANTONYMS: (adj) innocent, pure, pious, moral, kind, admirable, kindhearted, helpful, decent, assisting, aiding

wicker: (n) wickerwork, caning, wood, dwelling, home, osier, piece of work, Wike, cane; (adj) twiggen widening: (n) growth, extension, amplification, change of shape, dilation, increment, output, outturn, turnout; (adj) cultural, increasing wilder: (n) Samuel Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder, Thornton Wilder, Billy Wilder

wildly: (adj, adv) madly, extravagantly; (adv) savagely, fiercely, violently, frantically, brutally, furiously, tempestuously, viciously, crazily. ANTONYMS: (adv) quietly, peacefully, meekly, cautiously, gently

wilful: (adj) headstrong, deliberate, intentional, knowing, designed, wayward, obstinate, willful, stubborn, studied, persistent wilfulness: (n) fractiousness, contrariness, perverseness, perversity, unruliness, wilful, intractableness, intractability, wilfully, spite, malice winckelmann: (n) Johann Winckelmann

winged: (adj) swift, rapid, speedy, quick, flying, alate, sublime, lofty, alated, aligerous, composed wings: (n) insignia, agency winsome: (adj, v) winning; (adj)

charming, engaging, fetching, sweet, comely, cheerful, merry, buxom, enchanting, lovable

wire: (n) telegram, rope, line, string, thread, cord, ribbon, flex, moorings;

(v) telegraph, electrify wired: (adj) tense, pumped up, anxious, nervous, neurotic,

intoxicated, high-strung, hyper, online, ready; (adv) on edge. ANTONYMS: (adj) lethargic, relaxed, wireless

wisdom: (n) judiciousness, knowledge, sapience, sagacity, sense, prudence, discernment, insight, learning, depth, reasonableness. ANTONYMS: (n) stupidity, folly, inexperience, ignorance, flippancy, banality wise: (adj) reasonable, sensible, sound, rational, sagacious, intelligent, prudent, shrewd, discreet; (adj, n) knowing; (n)

method. ANTONYMS: (adj) unwise, stupid, ignorant, mistaken, illogical,

reckless, naive, irrational, dense wishes: (n) desires, requirements, requests, needs, will

wither: (v) shrink, wilt, contract, shrivel, languish, droop, dry, waste, wane, atrophy, decay. ANTONYMS:

(v) swell, strengthen, grow, blossom, flourish

withered: (adj) wizened, sear, shriveled, thin, shrunken, dry, dried up, wilted, faded, wizen; (v) lame. ANTONYM: (adj) plump witnesses: (n) audience

witty: (adj, v) smart, clever, sharp, brilliant; (adj) amusing, funny, facetious, jocular, intelligent, quick, comic. ANTONYMS: (adj) dull, unamusing, unfunny, thick

wives: (n) woman

wizen: (v) shrivel, collapse, dwindle, contract, shrink, narrow; (adj) wizened, shrunken; (n) gullet, orifice, weasand

woke: (v) arouse wonderfully: (adv) superbly, astonishingly, terrifically, magnificently, fantastically, marvellously, wondrously,

amazingly, excellently; (adj, adv) strangely, famously. ANTONYMS: (adv) awfully, unpleasantly, poorly, abysmally, unremarkably, mildly, horribly, badly, incompetently wondering: (adj) inquisitive, speculative, suspicious

woodbine: (n) honeysuckle, woodbind, American ivy, genus Lonicera, Lonicera, vine, Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia wooden: (adj) wood, stilted, awkward, expressionless, inept, clumsy, dead, impassive, woody, timbered, made of wood. ANTONYMS: (adj) flexible, bending, pliable, emotional, natural, relaxed, expressive

woodland: (n) forest, timber, wood, jungle, timberland, greenwood, woods, silva, backwoods, grove, park

woods: (n) forest, woodland, grove, timber, jungle, sir Henry wood, vegetation, timberland, Natalie wood, virgin forest; (adj) wooden woodwork: (n) woodworking, joinery, cabinetwork, millwork, cabinetmaking, work, trade, craft, wainscot, skirting board, lining wool: (n) fur, coat, pile, down, woolen, woollen, yarn, hair, cashmere, alpaca, shoddy

wordy: (adj) prolix, windy, lengthy,

verbose, redundant, loquacious, talkative, garrulous, rambling, tedious, exuberant. ANTONYMS: (adj) taciturn, quiet

workings: (n) working, mechanism, works, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, kit and caboodle, machinery, moving parts, nuts and bolts, plant, whole kit workmanship: (n) craft, handicraft, craftsmanship, skill, accomplishment, performance, acquirement, priestcraft, trade, artistry; (v) handiwork

worldly: (adj, adv) earthly; (adj) mundane, secular, terrestrial, temporal, carnal, sophisticated, lay, profane; (adv) mundanely, temporally. ANTONYMS: (adj) spiritual, naive, cloistered, religious, unsophisticated, unworldly, unrefined, otherworldly, low, heavenly, immaterial

worm: (v) squirm, wriggle, twist, spiral, helix, writhe; (n) helminth, maggot; (adj) emmet, midge, fly worn: (adj) haggard, tired, tattered, threadbare, ragged, drawn, jaded, fatigued, exhausted, faded, wasted. ANTONYMS: (adj) new, smart, unused, unworn, pristine, original worried: (adj) uneasy, distressed, nervous, apprehensive, upset, anxious, disturbed, concerned, afraid, troubled, bothered. ANTONYMS: (adj) carefree, reassured, relaxed, untroubled, fearless, unworried, unconcerned, content, confident, serene worship: (n) adoration, veneration, adulation, cult, homage; (n, v) reverence, respect, honor, revere, adore, glorify. ANTONYMS: (v) disrespect, dishonor, despise, deprecate, scorn; (n) disdain, disparagement, contempt, detestation

worshipped: (adj) adored, idolized, venerable

worthy: (adj) noble, good, meritorious, valuable, estimable, respectable, deserving, worthwhile, virtuous, honorable; (adj, n) celebrity. ANTONYMS: (adj) bad, unrespected, disreputable, mediocre, petty, poor, unimpressive, insignificant, dishonorable, despicable; (n) nobody

wounded: (adj, v) hurt; (n) casualty, maimed; (adj) bruised, injured, bloody, aggrieved, saddened; (v) stricken, wound, struck.

Oscar Wilde

ANTONYM: (adj) unaffected woven: (adj) plaited

wrap: (v) envelop, cover, roll, wind, shroud, enfold, enclose, drape; (n, v) cloak, swathe; (n) wrapping. ANTONYMS: (v) uncover, undo, unwind, expose, reveal

wrapped: (prep) covered; (adj) clothed, draped, rapt, intent, absorbed, engrossed, mantled, packed, immersed; (adj, prep) cloaked

wreath: (n) crown, coronal, garland, chaplet, lei, circle, posy, fascia, cincture, girdle, laurels

wreathed: (adj) ringed, serpentine, coiled, circular, circinate, bent, annulate, tortile, torqued, surrounded, curled

wreck: (n, v) smash, shipwreck, wrack; (v) damage, spoil, demolish, destroy, devastate; (n) crash, ruins, destruction. ANTONYMS: (v) build, preserve, create, repair, assist; (n) creation

wrecked: (adv, v) aground; (adj) destroyed, shipwrecked, ruined, disabled, doomed, falling apart, falling down; (v) grounded, swamped, cast away. ANTONYMS: (adj) whole, pristine

wrenched: (adj) strained, weakened wretched: (adj) unfortunate, pitiful, sad, pitiable, woeful, pathetic, piteous, lamentable; (adj, v) poor, unhappy, forlorn. ANTONYMS: (adj) fine, strong, fortunate, overjoyed, nice, admirable, good, cheery, joyous, lucky, comfortable wringing: (adj) saturated, soaked, soaked to the skin, soaking wet, sodden, sopping, sopping wet, wet, wet through, wringing wet, soaking. ANTONYM: (adj) dry

wrinkle: (n, v) crease, crinkle, fold, rumple, crumple, furrow, pucker;

(v) ruffle; (n) gather, line; (adj, v) curl. ANTONYMS: (v) unfold, straighten; (n) smoothness wrinkled: (adj, n) rough, rugged; (adj) puckered, creased, wrinkly, wizened, crumpled, lined, gnarled, unironed, crinkled. ANTONYMS: (adj) unwrinkled, ironed, straight writhed: (adj) crooked, writhen, distorted, twisted

wrongs: (n) mala

wrought: (adj) shaped, done, worked, worked up, formed

yacht: (n) vessel, racing yacht, ship, cruiser, craft, dinghy, watercraft yard: (n) court, courtyard, garden,

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backyard, barnyard, grounds, farmyard, quadrangle, close, enclosure, junkyard

yelled: (adj) loud

yelling: (adj) crying, howling, fantastic, noisy, marvelous, marvellous, instant, insistent, rank;

(n) screaming, noise

yield: (n, v) produce, return, allow, give; (v) surrender, concede, submit, give up, grant, cede; (n) output. ANTONYMS: (v) persevere, survive, stand, withstand, repel, reject, prevent, withhold, acquire, oppose, veto

yielded: (v) yold, yolden