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The Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms

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--v. 3 pair, match, yoke, join, link, couple, combine, connect, associate: Many towns in Britain are twinned with similar towns on the Continent.

twine n. 1 cord, string; rope, cable, yarn: Have you some twine for tying up this package?

--v. 2 entwine, braid, twist, intertwine, curl, wreathe, spiral, wind, weave, interweave, encircle, wrap: Annette's front door has roses twined all round it.

twinge

n. 1 stab, pang, cramp, spasm, pinch, stitch, (sharp) pain,

prick, bite, gripe: I get a terrible twinge in my back when I

lift anything heavy. 2 pang, pain: I felt a twinge of remorse

at leaving.

twinkle

v. 1 scintillate, sparkle, coruscate, glitter, shimmer, wink,

flicker, glisten, glint, flash, fulgurate, spark, dance, blink, shine, gleam: The stars were twinkling in the icy black sky. Nicole's eyes twinkled as she told me about Max's latest success.

--n. 2 twinkling, scintillation, scintillating, sparkle, sparkling, coruscation, coruscating, glitter, glittering, shimmer, shimmering, winking, flicker, flickering, glistening, glint, flash, flashing, fulguration, spark, sparking, dancing, blinking, shine, shining, gleam, gleaming, dazzle, dazzling: From far off, I caught the twinkle of the sun on car windscreens.

twinkling n. 1 (split) second, flash, twinkling or wink of an eye, instant, trice, Colloq jiffy, two shakes (of a lamb's tail), tick: Liza called out, and in a twinkling, Joseph was at her side. 2 See twinkle, 2, above.

twirl v. 1 spin, whirl, rotate, revolve, wheel, turn, gyrate, twist, wind (about or around): The windmills twirled in the breeze. Katherine absently twirled a lock of hair round her finger.

--n. 2 twirling, spin, spinning, whirl, whirling, turn, turning, revolution: He was hypnotized by each twirl of the roulette wheel. 3 whorl, winding, convolution, spiral, helix, coil, volute: The pattern consists of interlocking twirls of

green and brown.

twist v. 1 plait, braid, weave, entwine, intertwine, twine, interweave, pleach, splice, wreathe, interlace: She twisted together some daisies to make a garland for her hair. 2 distort, warp, contort, pervert, alter, change, slant, bias, colour, falsify, misquote, misstate, garble, miscite, misrepresent, violate; misinterpret, mistranslate, misunderstand, misconstrue: He twisted her words so that she seemed to be saying the opposite of what she intended. 3 wriggle, worm, squirm, writhe, wiggle: The little beggar twisted out of my grasp and ran for his life. 4 wind, snake, meander, turn, zigzag, worm, bend, curve: I lost sight of the stream where it twisted through the undergrowth. 5 wrench, turn, sprain, rick or wrick: I twisted my ankle on a faulty step. 6 twist (one's or someone's) arm. force, coerce, make, persuade, bully, Brit pressurize, US pressure: I didn't want to go, but she twisted my arm.

--n. 7 coil, spiral, skew, zigzag, dog-leg, turn, curve, angle, bend, bow, meander: The road is full of twists and turns. 8 interpretation, analysis, understanding, slant, angle, construction, construal; treatment, approach, version, variation: This book puts a new twist on the fall of the Roman Empire. 9 distortion, misinterpretation, contortion, perversion, warping, alteration, change, departure, bias, colouring, falsification, misquotation, misstatement, garbling, misrepresentation; mistranslation, misunderstanding, misconstrual, misconstruction: It was a twist of fate that brought us together again. She gave everything he said such a twist that he scarcely recognized his own ideas. 10 quirk, idiosyncrasy, crotchet, peculiarity, oddity, trick,

eccentricity, incongruity, inconsistency, irregularity; weakness, flaw, fault, foible, failing: Owing to a twist in his character, he has developed a hatred of women. 11 round the twist. mad, crazy, insane, eccentric, Colloq daft, Brit round the bend, Slang nuts, nutty, bonkers, cuckoo, batty, off (one's)

rocker, Brit barmy or balmy: Kevin's gone round the twist if he thinks I am going out with his sister.

twister n. 1 cheat, swindler, confidence man or woman, rogue, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, mountebank, deceiver, fraud, impostor or imposter, Colloq con man or woman, crook: This

particular twister preys on the elderly. 2 tornado, cyclone, typhoon, hurricane, whirlwind; waterspout: The twister picked up my bicycle and dropped it in my neighbour's garden.

twit° v. tease, cajole, taunt, jeer (at), make fun of, banter, tweak, gibe or jibe, chaff, ridicule, mock; blame, berate, deride, scorn, contemn, censure, revile, reproach, upbraid; Colloq kid, pull (someone's) leg: She never seemed to mind being twitted about her height.

twitý

n. nitwit, nincompoop, ass, ninny, ninny-hammer, fool,

imbecile, blockhead, halfwit, idiot, simpleton, Colloq chump,

moron, Brit silly billy, Slang dope, US and Canadian jerk: That

silly twit told the teacher what we were planning.

twitter

v. 1 peep, cheep, tweet, chirp, warble, trill, chirrup,

chatter: The birds twitter so loudly that they wake me every morning. 2 chatter, prattle, gossip, giggle, prate, titter, snicker, snigger, simper: I was embarrassed because my classmates always twittered when I did a recitation.

--n. 3 peep, peeping, cheep, cheeping, twittering, tweet, tweeting, chirrup, chirruping, chirp, chirping, warble, warbling, trill, trilling: The twitter of the birds was driving me mad. 4 ado, bustle, excitement, flutter, dither, whirl, agitation, Colloq stew, tizzy: The girls were in a twitter of apprehension.

two-faced adj. double-dealing, hypocritical, duplicitous, dissembling, deceitful, Janus-faced, treacherous, dishonest, untrustworthy, insincere, scheming, designing, crafty, Machiavellian, sly, perfidious, lying, mendacious: That two-faced liar told you one story and me another!

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tycoon n. mogul, magnate, baron, financier, (multi)millionaire, billionaire, merchant prince, potentate, Colloq big shot, (big-time) operator, wheeler-dealer, big-timer, US big wheel, big cheese: What makes you think that Castenado is an oil tycoon?

type

n. 1 class, category, classification, kind, sort, genre, order,

 

variety, breed, species, strain, group, genus, ilk, kidney:

 

Just what type of person would you say the president is? 2

 

typeface, Brit fount, US font: The body text ought to be set in

 

Bodoni Book type, the headings in Times bold. 3 prototype,

 

paradigm, archetype, epitome, exemplar, model, specimen,

 

pattern, personification, standard, quintessence: She doesn't

 

consider him to be the usual type of businessman.

 

--v. 4 typewrite; keyboard; transcribe: She types at a speed

 

of about sixty words a minute.

typical adj. 1 representative, characteristic, conventional, normal, standard, ordinary, regular: On a typical day I get up at 6.30. 2 orthodox, classic, conventional, in character, in keeping,

usual, commonplace, run-of-the-mill, natural, customary, common, to be expected, ordinary: His way of looking at life is typical

for someone of his educational and social background.

typify v. exemplify, instance, epitomize, personify, represent, characterize, embody, evince, symbolize, suggest: John's views typify the conservative approach.

tyrannical

adj. tyrannous, oppressive, dictatorial, Fascistic, despotic, autocratic, authoritarian, arbitrary, imperious, overbearing, unjust, high-handed, severe, harsh, iron-handed, heavy-handed: The people suffered under one tyrannical form of government after another for generations.

tyrannize v. Often, tyrannize over. domineer over, bully, subjugate, enthral, enslave, dominate, intimidate, dictate to, order about or around, ride roughshod over, browbeat, keep under (one's)

thumb, oppress, subdue, suppress, keep down: The people have been tyrannized long enough.

tyranny n. autocracy, Fascism, authoritarianism, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, Stalinism, Nazism; arbitrariness, oppression, suppression, subjugation, enslavement, enthralment, domination: Tyranny would not survive long were it not expedient for its supporters.

tyrant n. dictator, despot, autocrat, martinet, Hitler, bully, oppressor, authoritarian, hard taskmaster, slave-driver, Simon Legree, overlord: It seems that no people or part of the world is immune to tyrants.

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ugly

adj. 1 unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly,

 

hideous, grotesque, gruesome, ghastly, offensive,

 

repulsive-looking, plain, plain-looking, plain-featured,

 

bad-featured, ill-favoured, dreadful-looking, awful-looking,

 

terrible-looking, horrible-looking, frightful-looking,

 

monstrous-looking, US and Canadian homely: The Georgian houses

 

were demolished and replaced by ugly tower-blocks. 2

 

objectionable, disagreeable, unpleasant, offensive, nasty,

 

loathsome, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, noisome, nauseating,

 

nauseous, revolting, sickening, disgusting, obnoxious, mephitic,

 

rotten, corrupt, filthy, vile, heinous, bad, sordid, evil, foul,

 

perverted, immoral, depraved, degenerate, base, debased,

 

detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, despicable, odious:

 

The East End murders were among the ugliest crimes of the

 

century. He sprang from his seat with an ugly curse on his

 

lips. 3 disquieting, uncomfortable, discomforting, troublesome,

 

awkward, disadvantageous, ominous, dangerous, perilous,

 

hazardous: He found himself in a very ugly position, with no

 

apparent means of escape. 4 unpleasant, disagreeable, surly,

 

hostile, nasty, spiteful, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, currish,

 

irascible, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crabby, crabbed,

 

crotchety, cross, cranky, mean: He's in an ugly mood till he's

 

had his coffee.

21.2 ulcer...

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ulcer n. 1 sore, lesion, abscess, ulceration, canker, chancre, boil,

gumboil, eruption, carbuncle, inflammation: That ulcer should be treated before it gets any worse. 2 cancer, canker,

festering spot, blight, scourge, poison, disease, pestilence, curse, bane, plague: We must purge this ulcer before it corrupts the entire organization.

ulcerous adj. ulcerative, cancerous, cankerous, festering, ulcerated, ulcerative, suppurating, suppurative, gangrenous, septic, Technical furuncular, furunculous, necrotic, necrosed, sphacelated: The wound is in an ulcerous condition and requires immediate surgery.

ulterior adj. 1 hidden, concealed, covert, secret, unrevealed, undisclosed, unexpressed, private, personal, underlying, surreptitious, underhand(ed): She had an ulterior motive for arriving early. 2 outside, beyond, further, remote, remoter: What you propose is ulterior to our immediate plan.

ultimate adj. 1 final, last, terminating, terminal, end, eventual, conclusive, concluding, decisive, deciding: The ultimate outcome will not be known till next week. Who is the ultimate authority in such matters? 2 final, maximum, highest, greatest, supreme, utmost, paramount: Her ultimate goal is to win the gold medal. 3 elemental, basic, fundamental, underlying, primary, essential, final: He believes that the ultimate truths were set down in Scripture. 4 remotest, furthest, farthest, extreme, uttermost, last, final: The ultimate stage of the experiment will be at a distance of five light-years.

ultimately

adv. finally, at long last, in the final or last analysis, in the end, at the end of the day, after all is said and done, at (the) last, in the long run; fundamentally, essentially, basically, at bottom: I thought it might ultimately come to

this. He came to understand that ultimately people must depend on each other.

ultimatum n. demand(s), term(s), condition(s), stipulation(s), requirement(s): If we refuse to comply with his ultimatum, he'll kill the hostage.

ultraadj. extreme, immoderate, excessive, drastic, radical, fanatic(al), unmitigated, outrageous, unqualified, sheer,

blatant, out-and-out, complete, thorough, thoroughgoing, dyed in the wool, die-hard, rabid, opinionated, unregenerate, unrepentant, unreformed, fundamentalist, prejudiced, bigoted, Colloq hard-nosed: Ultra-conservativism marked his views till the day he died.

21.3 umbrage...

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umbrage n. Usually, take umbrage. feel or be offended, take offence, feel displeasure or annoyance or exasperation or indignation or vexation or bitterness or resentment, be piqued or displeased or annoyed or exasperated or indignant or vexed or resentful, harbour a grudge: She took umbrage at the way he seemed to ignore her.

umbrella n. 1 parasol; Colloq chiefly Brit gamp, Brit brolly, US bumbershoot: You will need an umbrella today. 2 protection, cover, coverage, aegis, shield, screen, patronage, agency: What benefits are included under the umbrella of this policy?

umpire n. 1 referee, arbiter, judge, moderator, adjudicator, arbitrator; official; Colloq ref, Australian umpy, US ump: The sides agree to abide by the decision of the umpire.

--v. 2 referee, arbitrate, judge, moderate, adjudicate;

officiate: When Peter Jones umpires a game, the players know they will get a fair decision.

umpteen adj. a lot of, many, innumerable, unnumbered, countless, a huge number of, very many, numerous, hundreds of, thousands of, millions of, billions of, trillions of: You've been told

umpteen times, 'Don't go near the water'.

21.4 unabashed...

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unabashed adj. unashamed, unblushing, unembarrassed, brazen, blatant, bold, undaunted, unawed, undismayed, unconcerned: I couldn't put up with his unabashed conceit for another moment.

unable adj. not able, powerless, unfit, unqualified, impotent: The company was unable to give guarantees about continuity of employment.

unabridged

adj. 1 uncut, whole, full-length, entire, complete, intact, uncondensed, unshortened; unbowdlerized, unexpurgated: This is the original, unabridged edition, with nothing removed. 2 extensive, thorough, comprehensive, exhaustive, all-encompassing, (all-)inclusive: That word is too rare to be listed in anything but an unabridged dictionary.

unaccented

adj. unstressed, unemphasized, unaccentuated, weak, Technical lenis: The first syllable of 'before' is unaccented.

unacceptable

adj. unsatisfactory, objectionable, wrong, bad, improper, unallowable, undesirable, not de rigueur, distasteful, disagreeable, unsuitable, inappropriate, unpleasant, tasteless: Murder is generally regarded as an unacceptable way to relieve oneself of unwanted company.

unaccompanied

adj. alone, solo, on (one's) own, unescorted, unchaperoned, unattended, Music a cappella, Colloq stag: We went to the dance unaccompanied.

unaccountable

adj. 1 unexplained, inexplicable, unexplainable, mysterious, inscrutable, incomprehensible, unintelligible, strange, puzzling, baffling, peculiar, odd, bizarre, unfathomable: I found it unaccountable that anyone would arrive for an

appointment four hours early. 2 not answerable, not responsible: How can you have a governmental committee that is unaccountable to anyone? 3 weird, unheard-of, extraordinary, unusual, unorthodox, uncanny: Sophie has unaccountable powers of perception.

unaccustomed

adj. 1 unfamiliar, unusual, rare, unexpected, uncommon, unprecedented, unanticipated, curious, peculiar: They encountered unaccustomed hostility from local people. 2

unaccustomed to. unused to, inexperienced in or at, amateurish at, unpractised in or at, unfamiliar with, uninitiated in: Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, I had better be brief.

unadorned adj. plain, simple, unembellished, undecorated, unornamented, stark, bare, austere: She prefers an unadorned style, without

frills.

unaffected°

adj. genuine, real, sincere, natural, simple, plain, unpretentious, unassuming, ingenuous, unsophisticated, unstudied, honest, guileless, artless, unartificial, straightforward, unfeigned: He conveyed in simple unaffected language a clear impression of the nightmarish quality of that day.

unaffectedý

adj. Usually, unaffected by. impervious (to), immune (to), untouched (by), unmoved (by), unresponsive (to), aloof (to or from), uninfluenced (by), unimpressed (by), remote (to or from), cool or cold (to), unconcerned (by), unstirred (by): The

duchess remained totally unaffected by the children's appeals for help.

unapproachable

adj. 1 distant, remote, aloof, reserved, standoffish, austere, withdrawn, unfriendly, forbidding, chilly, cool, cold, frigid: James seems unapproachable, but in fact he's a very warm person. 2 inaccessible, remote, unreachable, out-of-the-way, out of

reach, beyond reach: Her house is unapproachable except from the sea.

unarmed

adj. unprotected, defenceless, weaponless: The army began

shooting unarmed civilians.

unasked

adj. uninvited, unrequested, undemanded, unsolicited, unsought,

unwanted, unprompted, gratuitous, unbidden, spontaneous, unwelcome, unasked for: I wish he would keep his unasked opinions to himself.

unattached

adj. 1 separate, unconnected, detached, independent, unaffiliated, self-governing, self-regulating, self-regulated,

autonomous, self-reliant, self-sustaining, self-sustained: The committee was established as an unattached body, not associated with any organization. 2 single, unmarried, uncommitted, unengaged, on (one's) own, unspoken for: I joined the club hoping to meet some unattached people.

unauthorized

adj. unsanctioned, unapproved, unofficial, unlawful, illegal, illicit, illegitimate: Unauthorized use of the company's parking spaces is prohibited.

unavoidable

adj. inescapable, ineluctable, inevitable, irresistible, inexorable, sure, certain, fated, destined, predestined, determined, predetermined, unchangeable, unalterable, settled, fixed, definite: Punishment is an unavoidable consequence of getting caught for something you shouldn't have done.

unaware adj. ignorant, oblivious, unknowing, unsuspecting, unconscious, uninformed, unenlightened, incognizant, inobservant, insensible, heedless, unmindful, unsuspecting: She was totally unaware of

the huge spider dangling directly over her.

unawares adv. 1 unexpectedly, abruptly, by surprise, suddenly, off (one's) guard: We caught the sentry unawares. 2 inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unknowingly, unwittingly, by mistake, mistakenly, by accident, accidentally, in an unguarded moment: She had betrayed her closest friend unawares.

unbalanced

adj. 1 uneven, asymmetric(al), unsymmetric(al), lopsided, unequal, overbalanced, unstable, wobbly, shaky, unsteady: That stack of chairs is unbalanced and could fall any minute. 2 mad, demented, certifiable, crazy, insane, eccentric, non compos mentis, touched (in the head), unstable, unhinged, deranged, disturbed, of unsound mind, out of (one's) head, Colloq daffy, dizzy, Chiefly Brit daft, Slang nuts, batty, off (one's) rocker, Chiefly Brit bonkers, US out of one's gourd, loco: The boy is clearly unbalanced, but that doesn't excuse his appalling behaviour.

unbearable

adj. intolerable, unsupportable, unendurable, insufferable,

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