Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms
.pdfonto, embark, entrain, emplane or enplane, get or go aboard: We got in the car and were driven away. You can get in here. b enter, arrive, return, come or go in: I got in at eight today.
c fit or squeeze in, insert, slip in, include: He got in my comment. The doctor got me in before anyone else. d arrive, come in, land: My flight got in at dawn. 39 get into. a put or put on, don, dress in, get dressed in: Here, get into this
uniform. b go into, discuss, become involved in, pursue, treat, describe, delineate, detail, follow up on, penetrate: Do you really want me to get into the nasty details? c be into, be or become involved in, take up, pursue; enjoy, like, become enthusiastic about, Slang get off on, get or become high on: I could really get into farming. d See 38 (a), above. 40 get
off. a alight, disembark, get down from, get out of, dismount, descend (from), climb or step down off or from, deplane, detrain: She got off her bike and came towards me. b leave, depart, go (off), set out or off: I hope to get off tomorrow morning. c remove, take off, shed, doff: Can you get those boots off easily? d cause to be set or go free, be or cause to be acquitted or liberated or released or set free: A clever
lawyer could have got him off. He got off on a technicality. 41 get off on. See 39 (c), above. 42 get on. a See 28, above. b See 38 (a), above. c See 39 (a), above. d grow or become late: It's getting on and they'll be waiting. 43 get onto. a See 12, above. b See 38 (a), above. c discover, learn about, become aware of, find out about, Colloq Brit twig, US cotton (on) to: If they get onto the missing stores we're in for it. 44 get out (of). a leave, depart, go out or away, be off, retire: We got out as quickly as we could. b escape, extricate oneself; be released: She thought she'd never get out alive. c extract, draw, wrest, force, drag or pry out, wring or get from: They'll never get anything out of me! d gain, profit: Ask yourself what you will get out of the deal. e avoid, evade, sidestep, escape: Gabriela was somehow always able to get out of PE class. f See 25 (b), above. 45 get over. a surmount, cross, climb, pass, traverse: A dog can't get over a fence that high.
b recover or recuperate from, survive: Which takes longer, getting over a love affair or the measles? c finish, complete, bring to an end: Let's get this over with as soon as possible.
d See 26, above. 46 get round or around. a bypass, circumvent, skirt, avoid, evade, elude, outsmart, outwit, outmanoeuvre, outflank, steal a march on, Colloq give (someone) the run-around: Chris is always trying to get round the parking
restrictions. b cajole, wheedle, flatter, persuade, coax, win over: I didn't want to propose, but she managed to get round me. c See 25.(b), above. 47 get round or around to. get or come to, reach, arrive at (finally), find time for: He said he would do the repairs if he got round to it. 48 get through. a (help to) succeed or complete: She got me through the ordeal. Without her help, I never could have got through. b reach, contact: The line is engaged and I cannot get through to mother. c finish, conclude: When you get through, please put
away the dishes. d communicate (with): Parents sometimes have trouble getting through to their children. 49 get (to). a
arrive at, come to; near, approach: What time did you get to the office? How did you get home? b See 28.(c), (d), above. 50 get together. a gather, accumulate, collect, assemble: Get
your things together and leave at once! b assemble, convene, gather, meet, congregate, socialize: Have you time to get together on Friday? c arrive at or reach an agreement or settlement, come to terms, come to an understanding: I think we can get together on the question of wages. 51 get up. a arise, awaken, wake (up): I get up at dawn. b stand (up): Get up and you'll be able to reach it. c mount, climb (up), ascend: Can
we get up the next hill? She got up on the table and started to dance. d create, devise, organize, arrange, prepare: We got up a cabaret for the after-dinner entertainment. e dress, clothe, apparel, outfit, attire, turn out, deck out, rig out, dress up,
fit out or up: She got herself up as a cabaret dancer. f study, learn, US get up on: You'd best get up your history
before the exam. 52 get up to. become or be involved in, be up to: If you don't watch her, she'll get up to no good.
getaway n. escape, flight, retreat: The prisoners made their getaway in a van. Lady Fenella was so boring I couldn't wait to make my getaway.
get-together
n. gathering; meeting, conference, convention: We had a get-together at my house. Can we arrange a get-together for all the members?
get-up n. 1 costume, outfit; rig: He came in a diver's get-up. 2 format, layout, arrangement, structure, look, style: Who is responsible for the magazine's new get-up?
gewgaw n. trinket, bauble, gimcrack, trifle, knick-knack, bagatelle, kickshaw, toy, novelty, bijou, vanity; bric-…-brac or bric-a-brac: She has a huge collection of worthless gewgaws.
7.3 ghastly...
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ghastly adj. 1 dreadful, awful, terrible, terrifying, frightful, hideous, horrible, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, grim, grisly, loathsome, gruesome, ugly, repellent, repulsive, shocking, appalling, Colloq gross, scary: He was involved in a ghastly accident. 2 grim, cadaverous, haggard, ashen, wan, pale, pallid, pasty(-faced), drawn, livid, ghostly, spectral, macabre: She looked ghastly after the surgery. 3 awful, bad, terrible, ill, ailing, sick: We felt ghastly after eating the undercooked chicken.
ghost n. 1 apparition, phantom, spectre, phantasm, shade, spirit, wraith, poltergeist, banshee, double-ganger, Doppelganger, ghoul, manes, No. Eng. dialect boggart; hallucination, illusion, vision; Colloq spook: The ghost of his uncle appeared before him. 2 hint, suggestion, shadow, trace, scintilla, glimmer: Vera hasn't the ghost of a chance of meeting anyone suitable at the office.
ghostly adj. 1 spectral, ghost-like, wraithlike, phantasmal, phantom, eerie, unreal, unnatural, supernatural, preternatural,
unearthly, sinister, strange, uncanny, weird, Colloq spooky, scary, creepy: I heard a ghostly voice calling my name. 2 See ghastly, 2, above.
ghoulish adj. 1 devilish, demonic, satanic, diabolic(al), fiendish, demoniac(al), cacodemonic, Mephistophelian; infernal, hellish, malign: The coven engage in the most ghoulish practices. 2 macabre, grisly, morbid, gruesome, disgusting, monstrous, abominable, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrifying, horrid, brutal, barbaric, savage, ruthless, pitiless, merciless, cruel, vicious, feral, inhuman, bloodthirsty, ferocious, Colloq sick: She has some ghoulish notions about being eaten alive by rats.
7.4 giant...
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giant n. 1 superhuman, titan, colossus, Goliath; giantess, Amazon, ogre; behemoth, monster, leviathan, mammoth: Blocking the road in front of Jack was a giant nearly thirty feet tall.
--adj. 2 See gigantic, below.
gibberish n. drivel, tripe, nonsense, rubbish, gibber, prattle, twaddle, gabble, jabber, balderdash, jibber-jabber, blather or blether, Jabberwocky, gobbledegook or gobbledygook, mumbo-jumbo, rodomontade, Gongorism, cackle, chatter, patter, chatter, jargon, babble, claptrap, poppycock, Colloq tripe, codswallop, crap, bunk, piffle, US garbage, horse feathers; Taboo slang balls, bull(shit), US crock (of shit): If one listens to such gibberish long enough, one begins to believe it.
gibe |
v. 1 jibe (at), jeer (at), scoff (at), flout, mock, deride, |
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make fun of, poke fun at, ridicule, twit, taunt, sneer (at), |
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chaff, tease, rag, heckle, No. Eng. dialect gird, Colloq kid, |
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rib, US and Canadian razz: All of us at school used to gibe at |
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David because he wore fancy clothes. |
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--n. 2 jibe, jeer, taunt, sneer, dig, cutting remark, thrust, |
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chaff, raillery, scoffing, derision, ridicule, mockery, Rare |
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mycterism, Slang crack, wisecrack: David paid no attention to |
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his classmates' gibes. |
giddy |
adj. 1 dizzy, faint, unsteady, light-headed, vertiginous, |
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reeling, Colloq woozy: This medication may make you feel a bit |
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giddy. 2 silly, frivolous, scatterbrained, flighty, capricious, |
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irresponsible, erratic, fickle, volatile, impulsive, reckless, |
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whimsical: You can't marry a giddy young girl like Peggy. |
gift |
n. 1 present, donation, favour, grant, largesse, bounty, |
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benefaction, offering, honorarium, contribution, give-away, |
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premium, bonus, prize; alms, hand-out, dole, charity, benefit; |
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tip, gratuity, baksheesh or backsheesh, pourboire, cumshaw: |
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Before we left, our neighbours made a gift to us of some local |
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pottery. 2 talent, ability, aptitude, genius, flair, knack, |
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facility, forte, strength, strong point, bent, capability, |
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capacity, power: Her family never recognized her special gifts. |
gifted adj. talented, able, skilled, capable, skilful, outstanding, excellent, superior, superb, brilliant, expert, master, masterful, masterly, virtuoso, first-class, first-rate, top-drawer, top-flight, good, Colloq top-notch, ace, crackerjack, crack: Grants are available for gifted, indigent artists.
gigantic adj. big, large, huge, enormous, massive, giant, colossal, immense, mammoth, tremendous, stupendous, towering, staggering, vast, titanic, gargantuan, elephantine, Cyclopean, Herculean, Brobdingnagian; king-size, extra-large, Colloq jumbo, walloping, whopping, thumping, thundering, strapping, super-duper, US humongous: The gigantic tower, reaching to the heavens,
appeared before us.
giggle v. 1 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle, cackle, twitter: Stop that giggling at the rear of the classroom!
--n. 2 titter, snicker, snigger, chuckle, laugh, chortle, cackle, twitter: Did I hear a giggle? 3 joke, prank, laugh: Just for a giggle, we tied his shoelaces together.
gimmick n. 1 device, strategy, stratagem, ploy, trick, ruse, wile, subterfuge, manoeuvre, artifice, deception, trap, snare, US hook, Colloq dodge: We need some sort of gimmick to attract buyers. 2 device, contrivance, gadget, invention, Colloq
contraption, widget, thingumbob or thingumabob or thingamabob, thingumajig or thingamajig or thingummy, whatchamacallit, what's-its-name, Brit doodah, US doohickey, doodad, hickey, whosis, whatsis, dingus, Rube Goldberg (invention), Chiefly US and Canadian gismo or gizmo: He uses some kind of gimmick to break into cars.
gingerly adv. 1 warily, cautiously, charily, carefully, delicately, fastidious, daintily, squeamishly, tentatively, nervously, cannily, circumspectly, guardedly, watchfully, timidly, timorously, shyly: Handle that nitroglycerine very gingerly.
--adj. 2 wary, cautious, chary, careful, fastidious, delicate, dainty, squeamish, tentative, nervous, canny, circumspect, guarded, watchful, timid, timorous, shy: Note the gingerly way he handles the nitroglycerine.
girl |
n. 1 female, woman, lass, (young) lady, miss, mademoiselle, |
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wench, Fr„ulein, maid, maiden, damsel, demoiselle, Irish |
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colleen, Australian and New Zealand sheila, Colloq chick, filly, |
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gal, Slang bird, frail, skirt, piece, mouse, Brit crumpet, bit |
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of skirt or stuff, Old-fashioned Brit popsy, US dame, broad, |
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(bit of) San Quentin quail or jail-bait: His mother wants to |
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introduce him to a nice girl. 2 girlfriend, sweetheart; |
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betrothed, fianc‚e; mistress, lover, friend, live-in lover, |
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inamorata, tally, US POSSLQ (= 'Person of the Opposite Sex |
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Sharing Living Quarters'), Colloq Brit popsy, Slang moll, US |
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twist, squeeze: She's his girl and she'll stick by him. |
girth |
n. 1 circumference, perimeter, ambit, periphery, circuit: His |
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girth steadily expanded as he approached fifty. 2 belt, girdle, |
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border, cincture, waistband, cestus, cummerbund, Archaic zone, |
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US and Canadian cinch: Tighten that girth or the saddle will |
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come off. |
gist |
n. essence, core, heart, substance, point, theme, quintessence, |
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pith, meat, marrow, focus, nub, significance, (main or basic) |
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idea; direction, drift: It will save time if I tell you the |
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gist of the argument. |
give |
v. 1 present, deliver, pass (over), turn or hand over, confer, |
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vouchsafe, provide, supply, furnish, bestow, donate, accord, |
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afford, award, hand out, contribute, distribute, grant, allow, |
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transfer, make over, entrust: Please give me the envelope. I |
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have given the files to the tax inspector. Give freely to |
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charity. 2 exchange, pay, transfer, trade, barter, swap or swop: |
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Philippa gave a week's salary for that dress. 3 impart, pass |
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on, communicate, transmit, send, convey, express: Give my |
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regards to Broadway. 4 afflict with, cause, occasion: Rock |
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music gives me a headache. 5 sacrifice, devote, dedicate, yield |
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(up), surrender, give up, cede, concede, consign, apply |
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(oneself) to: Those monks have given their lives to the study |
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of Scripture. 6 present, offer; announce, introduce: Ladies |
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and gentlemen, I give you Madja Kiziamainska, the Polish |
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Nightingale! 7 present, announce, offer, recite, sing, act, |
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perform, read, put on: We were asked to give a performance for |
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charity. 8 utter, emit, give out (with), issue: He gave a |
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shout to warn us. 9 yield, relax, give way, fail, collapse, |
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buckle, break down, fall or come apart: If that pillar gives, |
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the balcony will come down. 10 cause, lead, induce, persuade, |
make, prompt, move, dispose: I was given to understand that I was not welcome. 11 cede, relinquish, concede, allow, surrender, yield: He gave me the first game but I lost the second. 12 give away. a See 1, above. b reveal, betray, let out, divulge, disclose, expose, inform on, uncover, leak, let slip; let the cat out of the bag; Colloq blow the whistle on, Slang rat on, US fink on: The traitor gave me away, and I was arrested. 13 give in. yield, submit, give up, give ground, back away (from), back off, capitulate, surrender, admit defeat: After trying for hours to make him change his mind, he finally gave in. 14 give off. give out, emit, exude, exhale, discharge, send or throw out, release, smell of: Her clothing gave off a scent of lavender. 15 give out. a See 14, above. b
distribute, hand out, give, deal (out), pass out or around, disseminate, dispense, allot, apportion, allocate, assign, distribute, issue, mete or hand out, ration (out), dole (out), pay, Colloq dish or fork out, shell out: The prizes will be
given out to the winners at a special ceremony. She was giving out handbills to passers-by. c publish, announce, make known, broadcast, impart, issue, make public, reveal: You shouldn't give out that kind of information. d become exhausted, be reduced or depleted, fail, run out: What will we do when the food gives out? e See 8, above. 16 give over. assign, resign, hand over, surrender, relinquish, pass or over, give up; assign, entrust: We gave our dog over to Lambert's for training. 17 give up. a abandon, stop, cease, quit, leave off, forgo,
forsake, renounce, desist from, swear off, abstain from; reject; Colloq cut out, chuck: I am trying to give up smoking. b surrender, capitulate, yield, cede, concede, give in (to
defeat), throw in the towel or sponge; despair: I've tried to convince him but finally gave up. c See 4, above. d See 13, above. e See 16, above.
--n. 18 slack, play, leeway, excess; flexibility, stretch:
There is very little give in the rules governing working hours. Nylon is used for boat anchor rodes because it has some give.
give and take
n. compromise, cooperation, reciprocity, interaction, fair exchange, teamwork, joint effort, synergy: There is a lot of give and take in our relationship - I give and she takes.
given adj. 1 stated, accepted, agreed(-upon), delineated, confirmed,
noted, affirmed, specified, settled, set, (pre)arranged, preordained, foreordained: You must solve the problem using the given information. 2 presupposed, assumed, understood, postulated, premised, conceded, acknowledged, allowed: I think we can take her honesty as given. 3 prone, accustomed, dedicated, addicted, inclined, disposed: Our headmaster is not exactly given to flights of fancy.
--n. 4 assumption, donn‚e; fact, certainty, reality, actuality, gospel, the truth: Can we accept her interest in the job as a given?
7.5 glad...
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glad |
adj. 1 happy, pleased, contented, gratified, satisfied; |
delighted, thrilled, joyful, overjoyed, tickled, Colloq tickled |
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pink or to death, pleased as Punch, Slang Brit chuffed: I am |
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genuinely glad to see you. 2 (ready and) willing, happy, keen, |
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eager, (well-)disposed, inclined, ready: I would be glad to |
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help you, madam. |
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gladden |
v. cheer, enliven, brighten, delight, hearten, exhilarate, |
elate, buoy (up), animate: It certainly gladdened me to be home |
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gladly |
adv. cheerfully, happily, readily, willingly, with pleasure: |
I'd go with you gladly if I had the time. |
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glamorous adj. 1 alluring, fascinating, charming, attractive, magnetic, captivating, enthralling, desirable, appealing, enchanting, entrancing, intriguing, beguiling, bewitching, magical: Esm‚ designs clothes for the most glamorous women in the world. 2 chic, smart, stylish, fashionable, Colloq trendy: She always wears the most glamorous clothes.
glamour n. allure, fascination, charm, attractiveness, brilliance, glitter, attraction, magnetism, charisma, captivation, desirability, appeal, enchantment, bewitchment, witchcraft, sorcery, magic: Who today can match the glamour of the movie stars of the '30s?
glance v. 1 glimpse, peek, peep, scan, look, Colloq Brit have a shufti or shufty at, take a dekko at: I've only had time to glance at
the report. 2 reflect, glint, glisten, shimmer, twinkle, gleam, shimmer, flicker, glimmer, sparkle, scintillate, glitter, flash: A ray of sunlight glanced off the windows opposite. 3 bounce (off), reflect, ricochet, rebound, carom: The stone glanced off the pavement and struck my leg.
--n. 4 glimpse, peek, peep, look, coup d'oeil, Colloq gander, Brit shufti or shufty, dekko: She turned and gave him a questioning glance, As he fingered the tip of his fer-de-lance. 5 gleam, glint, glimmer, shimmer, twinkle, sparkle, scintillation, glitter, flicker, flash: The silver light, with quivering glance, Played on the water's still expanse.
glare n. 1 dazzle, brilliance, brightness, splendour, resplendence, radiance, effulgence, lustre, shine, flame, flare, blaze: We had to shade our eyes from the glare. 2 frown, dirty or nasty or black look, scowl, stare, glower, lower or Brit also lour: She shrank from his fierce glare. 3 garishness, gaudiness, floridity or floridness, flashiness, tawdriness, showiness, ostentation, meretriciousness: His writing is filled with the pomp and glare of rhetoric.
--v. 4 frown, give a dirty or nasty or black look, scowl, stare, glower, lower or Brit also lour, look daggers (at): She simply glared at him and he withered.
glaring adj. 1 blatant, flagrant, egregious, conspicuous, obtrusive, prominent, evident, obvious, manifest, patent, overt, clear, visible, unconcealed, outrageous, gross, flagitious, atrocious, heinous, shameless, disgraceful, shocking, scandalous: They pointed out a glaring omission in the proposals. 2 garish, dazzling, brilliant, blinding, blazing, vivid, harsh, strong: I was blinded when we first walked out into the glaring sunlight.
glass n. 1 glassware, crystal: Use the best glass for the party. 2 mirror, looking-glass: He constantly looks at himself in the glass. 3 window, pane, window-pane, plate glass: The children pressed their noses against the glass of the toy shop. 4
tumbler, drinking-glass, beaker, goblet: May I have a glass of beer? 5 barometer: The glass fell as the storm approached. 6 lens, magnifying glass, telescope, spyglass, microscope: Look
at this drop of water through the glass. 7 glasses. spectacles, eyeglasses, lorgnon, lorgnette, opera-glasses, binoculars, field-glasses, bifocals, trifocals, goggles, sun-glasses, Colloq specs: These are my reading glasses.
glassy adj. 1 shining, shiny, gleaming, smooth, slippery, slick, glossy, icy, mirror-like, US slick: We skidded on the glassy surface and crashed into a wall. 2 fixed, staring, trancelike, hypnotic, vacant, empty, expressionless, blank, void, vacuous, dazed, dull, glazed, cold, lifeless: His glassy stare made me very uncomfortable.
glaze v. 1 varnish, lacquer, shellac, enamel, coat, cover; polish, burnish, shine, gloss: Many of the works of art had been glazed for protection.
--n. 2 varnish, lacquer, shellac, enamel, coating, covering; polish, shine, gloss, lustre, patina: The glaze distorts the design beneath.
gleam n. 1 light, glimmer, glint, glow, flicker, shine, shimmer, glitter, twinkle, spark, flare, glare, flash; beam, ray, shaft: I could just make out the faint gleam of a candle. 2 hint, suggestion, indication, vestige, trace, scintilla, inkling,
glimmer, ray, spark, flicker: There wasn't a gleam of hope of rescue. 3 look, glint: He got a strange gleam in his eye when he talked about his inventions.
--v. 4 glimmer, glint, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glitter,
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glisten, beam, sparkle: I could see the beast's eyes, gleaming |
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glee |
n. delight, exuberance, cheerfulness, high or good spirits, |
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cheer, exhilaration, elation, exultation, joy, happiness, |
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rapture, gladness, felicity, pleasure, joyfulness, merriment, |
jubilation, joyousness, joviality, jollity, gaiety, mirthfulness; enjoyment, satisfaction, Schadenfreude: We watched with great glee as the villain was thwarted.
gleeful adj. happy, merry, joyful, delighted, exuberant, ecstatic, cheerful, in high or good spirits, exhilarated, elated, exultant, rapturous, overjoyed, pleased, jubilant, joyous, jovial, jolly, gay, mirthful: He wrote a gleeful report of the