The Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms
.pdfheinous, manifest, evident: Her conviction was a gross miscarriage of justice. 5 disgusting, repulsive, repellent, revolting, nauseating: His table manners are truly gross.
--v. 6 earn, bring or take in, make: We grossed over a million but netted only 50,000 after expenses.
--n. 7 (overall) total, take, intake, takings, receipts, gate: As I said, the gross was over a million.
grotesque adj. 1 distorted, bizarre, freakish, twisted, misshapen, malformed, deformed, gruesome, gnarled: Victor Hugo created the character of Quasimodo, the grotesque bell-ringer of Notre Dame. 2 absurd, incongruous, weird, odd, fantastic, strange, queer, peculiar, curious, outlandish, offbeat, abnormal, aberrant, anomalous, ludicrous, ridiculous, preposterous: The idea of marrying Leonard is too grotesque for even Gladys to contemplate.
ground n. 1 earth, soil, turf, sod, dirt, loam, clay; land, terrain: There is a great hole in the ground behind my house. 2 territory, area, range, scope, compass: We covered the ground quite thoroughly at our meeting. 3 Often, grounds. basis, foundation, base, reason, footing, justification, rationale,
argument, cause, motive, excuse: What are her grounds for suing for divorce? 4 grounds. sediment, dregs, lees, deposit,
settlings, Brit grouts: Filter out the grounds before drinking the coffee.
--v. 5 base, establish, organize, found; settle, set: The school's philosophy is grounded on the principles of Maria Montessori. 6 instruct, teach, train, coach, tutor, inform, prepare, initiate: The purpose of the course is to ground students in basic mathematics.
groundless
adj. baseless, without foundation, unsound, unfounded, unsupported, unjustified, unjustifiable, unwarranted, uncalled-for, gratuitous, unreasoned, unreasonable, speculative, suppositional, hypothetical, tenuous, flimsy, illusory, imaginary, chimerical: Assumptions that the boy is guilty are entirely groundless.
groundwork
n. basis, spadework, preparation(s), base, foundation, underpinning(s), cornerstone: The report provided the groundwork for the research.
group n. 1 assembly, assemblage, gathering, congregation, company, number, alliance, union, association, organization, league, society, coterie, clique, set, band, circle, club, party, body, faction, crowd, team, corps, guild, troupe, unit, troop,
platoon, squad, gang: A group of revolutionaries meets nightly in a basement in Krakowskaya Street. 2 batch, aggregation, set, grouping, collection, assemblage, bunch, accumulation, conglomeration, agglomeration, assortment, series; pile, heap, bundle: The entire group of abstract paintings was auctioned at double their estimated value.
--v. 3 classify, class, sort, bracket, organize, order, rank, assort, categorize, catalogue: Books are grouped according to subject. 4 collect, assemble, arrange, place, dispose, gather, organize, bring or put together, set apart: Group oversized books together on the lowest shelves.
grovelling
adj. obsequious, fawning, toadying, toad-eating, sycophantish, subservient, slavish, servile, submissive, kowtowing, cringing, cowering, truckling, snivelling, scraping, tugging the forelock, abject, crawling, base, low, mean, sordid, Colloq boot-licking, US apple-polishing; Slang brown-nosing, Brit arse-kissing, arse-licking, US ass-kissing, ass-licking: The grovelling coward threw himself to the ground, begging forgiveness.
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v. 1 flourish, develop, increase, become larger or greater, |
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enlarge, wax, swell, expand, broaden, thicken, spread, lengthen, |
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multiply, burgeon or bourgeon, thrive, luxuriate, prosper, |
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mature, ripen, bloom, flower, blossom, fructify, bear or yield |
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fruit: The seeds he had planted grew abundantly. The population |
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continues to grow. 2 develop, evolve, arise, issue, stem, spring |
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(up), originate: A great friendship grew out of their |
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association. 3 plant, cultivate, breed, nurture, raise, |
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propagate, produce; sow: Cathcart grows sorghum where he used |
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to grow alfalfa. 4 become, get: I am growing fonder of you |
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every day, Abbie. 5 grow on. get or become accepted by, come or |
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begin to be liked by, to gain or increase in interest or |
attraction to, become more pleasing to: I didn't like her at first, but she grows on you. 6 grow up. mature, reach or attain
maturity or adulthood, come of age, reach one's majority: Those who grew up in the Great Depression knew real poverty.
growth n. 1 development, evolution, evolvement, cultivation, nurturing, increase, expansion, broadening, extension, enlargement, spread, proliferation, flowering: The growth of education was a slow and painful process. 2 vegetation, crop: The area is covered with a dense growth of timber. 3 advance, advancement, success, improvement, expansion, rise, progress: The growth of the economy has slowed down in the last quarter. 4 wen, excrescence, wart, lump, tumour, swelling, intumescence: He developed an ugly growth on his nose.
grudge n. 1 bitterness, resentment, rancour, ill will, hard feelings, spite, grievance, pique, dislike, aversion, antipathy, animus, animosity, enmity, venom, malice, malevolence, hatred: He had harboured a grudge against her ever since she was promoted.
--v. 2 begrudge, resent, envy, mind, covet: She grudges other people their simple pleasures.
gruesome adj. ghastly, repugnant, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrendous, grisly, hideous, revolting, repellent, repulsive, loathsome, grim, grotesque, macabre, abominable, frightful, frightening, fearsome, shocking, terrible, awful: She told a tale too gruesome to repeat here.
gruff adj. 1 surly, crusty, grumpy, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, sour, peevish, churlish, rude, uncivil, bearish, testy, querulous, irritable, cross, petulant, crabbed, irascible, sullen, sulky,
bluff, abrupt, curt, blunt, brusque, short, short-tempered, ill-humoured, ill-natured, bad-tempered, stinging, cutting, biting, acerb, acrimonious, acid, caustic, Colloq grouchy, crotchety: It is difficult to work for someone as gruff as he is. 2 throaty, deep, rough, guttural, rasping, low, husky, hoarse, harsh(-sounding): Instantly I recognized father's gruff voice on the telephone.
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guarantee n. 1 guaranty, warranty, assurance, pledge, bond, obligation, promise; word (of honour), oath, undertaking: The guarantee expires one month from the sell-by date. Have I your guarantee that this battery will last a year?
--v. 2 guaranty, warranty, assure, ensure, pledge, promise, undertake, stand behind, vouch for, certify, make sure or certain, swear to, attest to: The manufacturer guarantees every car for three years or 50,000 miles.
guard v. 1 protect, shield, safeguard, (keep or stand) watch (over), defend, convoy, escort, police, look after, tend, mind: Only
three men will be guarding the bullion when we make our move. 2 control, mind: Guard your tongue - the walls have ears.
--n. 3 sentinel, watchman, sentry, security guard, custodian, guardian, protector, picket, watch, bodyguard; evzone, bashibazouk; Brit warder, wardress , Slang screw, Brit minder: The guards go to eat at noon. 4 protection, convoy, escort, patrol: A guard of six men will accompany the van along this route. 5 defence, protection, safety, safeguard, security, shield: This bandage will serve as a guard against infection.
guarded adj. careful, cautious, heedful, prudent, circumspect, wary, noncommittal, restrained, mindful, suspicious, leery or Brit also leary, apprehensive; loath or loth, reticent, reluctant,
Colloq cagey: He became very guarded under close questioning. When I asked where she had been, she gave a guarded answer.
guardian n. protector, defender, paladin, champion; trustee, custodian, keeper, preserver: She fancies him her guardian, her knight in shining armour. Do we really need guardians of the 'purity' of the language?
guerrilla n. guerilla, partisan or partizan, resistance or freedom or underground fighter, irregular; insurgent, saboteur, terrorist; US history Jayhawker, French history Maquis: The guerrillas continue to attack the government's supply convoys.
guess v. 1 conjecture, estimate, hypothesize, speculate, postulate, Slang guestimate or guesstimate: We guessed that he might try to come in through the window. 2 think, suppose, conclude,
assume, believe, dare say, surmise, judge, deem, reckon, imagine, fancy, feel, suspect, divine: I guess you were right about her.
--n. 3 conjecture, estimate, hypothesis, speculation, surmise, assumption, judgement, feeling, suspicion, supposition, postulate, theory; guesswork; Colloq shot in the dark, Slang guestimate or guesstimate: My guess as to which card would turn up was wrong.
guest n. visitor, company, caller; patron, customer, lodger, boarder, roomer: Our guests get clean linen daily.
guidance n. 1 leadership, direction, management, government, conduct, control, regulation, charge, handling, rule, auspices: The company prospered under her guidance. 2 counsel, advice, counselling, advisement, instruction, teaching: I have turned
to you for guidance in the matter.
guide v. 1 lead, show or lead the way, conduct, shepherd, direct, usher, steer, orient or Brit orientate: She guided me to the proper office. What will guide your judgement in dealing with this situation? 2 steer, pilot, manoeuvre, navigate, direct: He carefully guided the boat between the shoals. 3 counsel, advise, influence, sway; supervise, oversee, handle, manage, superintend, direct, control, regulate, govern: Mr Thrall guided my artistic development from the beginning. 4 instruct, teach, tutor, train: From early youth we were guided by the elders of the community.
--n. 5 leader, conductor, director, cicerone, chaperon, mentor, counsel, counsellor, adviser or advisor, guru, master: He served as my guide through the financial jungle. Let your conscience be your guide. 6 model, criterion, exemplar, standard, ideal, example, inspiration: She looked upon the life of Mother Theresa as a guide. 7 beacon, light, signal, guiding light, landmark, lodestar, sign, marker: The Southern Cross was our constant guide sailing round the Horn. 8 handbook, manual,
enchiridion, vade-mecum, guidebook, Baedeker: Can you recommend a good guide to English usage?
guilt n. 1 culpability, guiltiness, criminality, blame, responsibility, blameworthiness; crime, sinfulness,
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feloniousness, wrongdoing, misconduct: Confronted by the |
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evidence, Shillingworth admitted his guilt. 2 remorse, |
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self-reproach, regret, sorrow, contrition, repentance, shame, |
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contriteness, self-condemnation, bad conscience: That feeling |
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of guilt would plague me for the rest of my life. |
guilty |
adj. 1 responsible, culpable, answerable, blameworthy, at |
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fault, delinquent, wrong; offending, reprehensible: Whoever was |
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guilty will be prosecuted. First we must find the guilty party. |
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2 remorseful, contrite, regretful, sorry, apologetic, repentant, |
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sorrowful, conscience-stricken, rueful, penitent; ashamed, |
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shame-faced, sheepish, embarrassed, red-faced: Gavin felt |
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terribly guilty for having insulted Tina. |
guise |
n. 1 appearance, aspect, semblance, look, image, likeness, |
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mien; air, behaviour, conduct, deportment, comportment, bearing, |
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demeanour: This is nothing but an old political concept in a |
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new guise. 2 semblance, disguise, fa‡ade, front, pretence: The |
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treacherous Lothario assumed the guise of a knight in shining |
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armour. |
gulf |
n. 1 bay, bight, cove, inlet, sound, loch or sea loch, firth or |
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frith, fiord or fjord, Irish lough, Brit creek: We sailed into |
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the gulf to shelter from the wind behind the cliffs. 2 chasm, |
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deep, depth, abyss, abysm, void, space, opening, rift, breach, |
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gap, separation, rift, split: After the divorce, the gulf |
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gullible adj. innocent, green, simple, credulous, unsophisticated, na‹ve, unsuspecting, unwary, unsuspicious, wide-eyed, born yesterday, inexperienced, immature: He was gullible enough to fall for the old con game, three-card monte.
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n. gulley, channel, river-bed, watercourse, gorge, ravine, |
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canyon, notch, cut, pass, defile, valley, corridor, wadi, Brit |
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gill or ghyll, W US arroyo , US and Canadian gulch: We rode |
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along in the gully so as not to be seen. |
gulp |
v. 1 bolt, gobble, wolf (down), devour, gorge, swallow, throw |
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down, toss off, quaff, guzzle, swill, Colloq knock back, swig, |
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US chug-a-lug: The boy gulped his dinner and ran out to play. |
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2 swallow, suppress, stifle, choke (back), smother, strangle: |
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She gulped back her tears as the coffin was lowered. |
--n. 3 mouthful, swallow, draught, swill, Colloq swig: He took a gulp of his drink before making another bid.
gumption n. 1 resourcefulness, shrewdness, cleverness, (mother) wit, (common) sense, astuteness, judgement, Colloq horse sense, brains, Slang Brit nous: It takes a lot of gumption to run a good cattle auction. 2 backbone, grit, pluck, mettle,
enterprise, initiative, courage, spirit, gameness, nerve, daring, vigour, energy, boldness, audacity, stamina, Colloq
spunk, guts, get-up-and-go, US moxie, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo slang balls: He hasn't the gumption to go into business for himself.
gurgle v. 1 bubble, burble, babble, ripple, splash, plash, lap, murmur, purl: The cool brook gurgled merrily through the meadow.
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--n. 2 babble, burble, bubbling, babbling, burbling, splash, |
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gurgling, splashing, plashing, murmuring, purl, purling: I lay |
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back, listening to the gurgle of the spring among the rocks. |
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v. 1 cascade, rush, flood, stream, spurt, jet, spout, burst; |
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run, flow: The water gushed out of the pipe, soaking us all. 2 |
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bubble over, overflow, be ebullient or effusive or effervescent, |
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effervesce, make much of, fuss over, prattle, chatter, babble, |
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jabber, blather or blether, Colloq Brit natter, witter: It was |
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impossible to stop them from gushing on about the performance. |
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--n. 3 cascade, rush, flood, flow, stream, spurt, jet, spout, |
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burst, torrent: A gush of water hit me right in the face. 4 |
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exuberance, effusion, bubbling over, outburst: After the first |
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gush of enthusiasm, everything quieted down. |
gushy |
adj. gushing, fulsome, cloying, mawkish, excessive, effusive, |
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overdone, (over-)sentimental, (over)enthusiastic, Colloq sloppy, |
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slushy: It's another gushy film about a little girl and a lost |
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kitten. |
gust |
n. 1 puff, blow, wind, breeze, blast: A gust of wind blew my |
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hat off. |
--v. 2 puff, blow, blast, surge, increase: The wind gusted up
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to gale force overnight. |
gusto |
n. enthusiasm, relish, zest, appetite, zeal, zealousness, |
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avidity, eagerness, enjoyment, appreciation, pleasure, delight, |
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satisfaction: We attacked the meal with great gusto and soon |
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dispatched every scrap. |
gut |
n. 1 Often, guts. bowels, intestines, entrails, viscera, |
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stomach, offal, vitals, vital parts, gurry, Brit (of a deer) |
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gralloch, Colloq insides, innards or inwards: As soon as the |
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game is killed, the guts must be removed. 2 stomach, abdomen, |
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belly; beer-belly, bay window, corporation: His enormous gut |
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hung over his belt. 3 guts. a backbone, bravery, boldness, |
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audacity, pluck, courage, determination, daring, spirit, grit, |
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mettle, gumption, nerve, intestinal fortitude, Colloq spunk, |
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gutsiness, Slang Brit bottle, Taboo balls: He hasn't the guts |
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to tell the boss what he thinks of him. b integrity, |
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will-power, stamina, endurance, forcefulness, dynamism: It |
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takes real guts to stand up for your rights. |
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--v. 4 disembowel, eviscerate, draw, dress, clean: It will |
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take hours to gut all these fish. 5 ransack, pillage, plunder, |
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sack, despoil, strip, ravage, loot, rifle, Rare depredate; clean |
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out, devastate, empty: The building was completely gutted by |
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the fire. |
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--adj. 6 basic, heartfelt, instinctive, instinctual, intuitive, |
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visceral, deep-seated, emotional: My gut reaction is to refuse |
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the offer. |
guttersnipe
n. waif, (street) Arab, (street) urchin, ragamuffin, brat, gamin, rogue, Colloq Brit rare mudlark: That little guttersnipe stole my wallet!
guy |
n. 1 man, lad, youth, boy, fellow, person, Colloq chap, geezer, |
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Brit bloke, Slang gink, cat, customer, US dude, Old-fashioned |
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gazabo or gazebo: Clarence is a pretty nice guy. |
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--v. 2 mock, ridicule, make fun of, caricature, satirize, poke |
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fun at, lampoon, Colloq rib, take off, Brit send up: We put on |
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a show at school in which we guyed the teachers. |
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gyrate v. rotate, spin, revolve, turn (round or about), whirl, twirl, swirl, pirouette; swivel: The dancers were gyrating to the deafening music.
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habit n. 1 custom, routine, practice, convention, policy, pattern, usage, mode, rule, wont, praxis: Jogging every morning had become a habit. She is a creature of habit. 2 tendency, disposition, manner, practice, way, custom, inclination, bent, predisposition, second nature, frame of mind, attitude, penchant, propensity, proclivity; addiction, compulsion: This kettle has a habit of leaking. Try to control your bad habits.
3 attire, clothing, dress, apparel, clothes, garb, costume, garments, vestments, uniform, raiment, livery, regalia, habiliment(s), Colloq gear: She was disguised in a monk's habit.
habitable adj. liveable, inhabitable: With some effort, two rooms were made habitable.
habitat n. abode, home, haunt, domain, range, territory, bailiwick, realm, terrain, element, environment, surroundings, Colloq stamping-ground: The winter habitat of the monarch butterfly is in northern Mexico. Curtis doesn't function well outside his natural habitat.
habitual adj. 1 settled, fixed, customary, usual, conventional, accustomed, set, rooted, established, traditional, standard, routine, ritual, regular, normal, wonted, common, ordinary, natural: He follows his habitual practice of rising at dawn. 2 inveterate, established, chronic, confirmed, hardened,
ingrained, frequent, persistent, constant, continual, perpetual: Many English people are habitual tea-drinkers.
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n. frequenter, patron, regular customer, Colloq regular: Larry |
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v. 1 chop, hew, lacerate, gash, slash, cut; mangle, butcher, |
mutilate, ruin, destroy, smash, batter, damage, deface: He hacked the furniture to pieces with an axe. 2 bark, cough: She was disgusted by the man's hacking and spitting.
--n. 3 cut, gash, slash, chop: He took a hack at the log with his hatchet.
hacký n. 1 drudge, penny-a-liner, scribbler, Grub Street writer: We made a mistake hiring that hack as a feature writer. 2 plodder, drudge, toiler, menial, flunkey, lackey, slave, Brit fag, Slang grind, Brit swot: Fergus gets good grades because he's such a hack. 3 saddle-horse, riding-horse, hackney, Archaic palfrey: The hack was a fine bay mare.
--adj. 4 hackneyed, trite, banal, overdone, commonplace, routine, stereotyped, stock, tired, tedious, mediocre, overworked, stale, unoriginal, run-of-the-mill, humdrum,
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moth-eaten, mouldy, Colloq old hat: Haverstock keeps publishing |
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hack romances. |
hag |
n. crone, fury, witch, ogress, gorgon, harpy, fishwife, |
harridan, shrew, virago, termagant, vixen, hell-cat, maenad or menad, Xanthippe, Archaic beldam; dog, beast, monster; Colloq battleaxe, Slang bitch, bag, US two-bagger: Perseus met the Graeae, three old hags with one eye that they passed among them.
haggard adj. gaunt, drawn, wasted, emaciated, hollow-eyed, hollow-cheeked, scrawny, scraggy, ghastly, cadaverous, run-down, wearied, weary, careworn, spent, played out, exhausted,
toil-worn, worn, shrunken, withered: She looked haggard, as if she hadn't slept for a week.
haggle v. wrangle, bargain, higgle, bicker, chaffer, palter, dispute, squabble, quibble, negotiate; barter, deal; Colloq US dicker: However little you ask for the lamp, she's sure to haggle over the price.