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acknowledgement, concession, divulgence, disclosure, shrift, penance, profession, admission of guilt. ANTONYMS: (n) disavowal, refutation

confessions: (n) confession, life, journal, fortunes, personal narrative, memoir, experiences, biography confused: (adj) abashed, baffled, befuddled, bemused, dizzy, chaotic, confounded, deranged, incoherent, disjointed, indistinct. ANTONYMS: (adj) enlightened, orderly, alert, clearheaded, organized, oriented, precise, systematic, ordered, unimpressed, methodical congratulate: (v) compliment, felicitate, preen, pride, celebrate, applaud, joy, salute, commemorate, approve; (n) congratulation. ANTONYMS: (v) commiserate, slur, disparage, belittle, condemn, boo conjecture: (n) supposition, speculation, assumption, surmise, hypothesis; (v) suppose, believe, anticipate, assume, speculate; (n, v) estimate. ANTONYMS: (n) certainty; (v) demonstrate, know, learn, prove

conjugal: (adj, v) marital; (adj) connubial, nuptial, bridal, married, wedded, spousal, marriage, wedding, house, familial. ANTONYMS: (adj) unmarried, single, public, divorced connected: (adj, v) related; (adj)

attached, allied, affiliated, coherent, linked, committed, conjoint, combined, relevant, consecutive. ANTONYMS: (adj) unrelated, separate, unimportant, disjoined, unaffiliated, disconnected, unattached, irrelevant

connection: (n) communication, concatenation, attachment, joint, bearing, affiliation, association, knot, conjunction, alliance, link. ANTONYMS: (n) breach, enemy, dissociation, disjunction, unconnectedness, foe, detachment, rival, interruption, clash, difference conqueror: (n) champion, winner, subjugator, vanquisher, hero, superior, defeater, subduer, invader, colonist, Alexander. ANTONYM: (n) loser

conscience: (n) moral sense, Conscience money, sense of right and wrong, scruple, intention, tender conscience, small voice, principles, morals, morality, inward monitor. ANTONYM: (n)

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conscious: (adj) alive, premeditated, mindful, deliberate, cognizant, calculated, intended, discerning, self-conscious, studied, voluntary. ANTONYMS: (adj) unaware, ignorant, unintentional, dead, accidental, inanimate, spontaneous, subconscious, unplanned, inadvertent, oblivious consciousness: (n) feeling, sense, conscience, cognizance, mind, notion, knowledge, sensibility, feel, Consciousness of kind, self. ANTONYMS: (n) ignorance, oblivion, certainty, numbness consequence: (n) effect, outcome, import, result, importance, product, account, concern, event, aftermath; (n, v) weight. ANTONYMS: (n) cause, inconsequence, insignificance, antecedent, unimportance, triviality, source, meaninglessness consequently: (adv) therefore, subsequently, as a result, then, sequentially, followingly, so, naturally, in consequence, hence; (conj) ergo

conservatory: (n) conservatoire, greenhouse, orangery, glasshouse, nursery, summerhouse, winter garden, seed plot, grotto, porch, schoolhouse

considerably: (adv, v) well, fully; (adv) much, very, substantially, hugely, largely, rather, noticeably, markedly, immensely. ANTONYMS: (adv) insignificantly, somewhat, faintly, unremarkably, modestly, barely

considerate: (adj, n) thoughtful, benevolent, nice, gentle, sympathetic, humane; (adj) magnanimous, kind, polite, delicate, discreet. ANTONYMS: (adj) uncaring, thoughtless, tactless, inconsiderate, selfish, rude, unkind, unforgiving, offhand, disrespectful, unsympathetic

considering: (conj, prep) because, bearing in mind; (conj) as, since; (adv) whereas, enough; (v) consider;

(n) consideration, thought, deliberation; (prep) in view of consistency: (n) agreement, body, coherence, consonance, conformity, density, thickness, uniformity, viscosity, congruity, congruence. ANTONYMS: (n) discrepancy, variability, incongruity, disagreement, untrustworthiness, variety, divergence

consistent: (adj) uniform, logical, compatible, agreeable, congruous, regular, consonant, conformable, unchanging, concurrent; (adj, v) constant. ANTONYMS: (adj) erratic, contradictory, illogical, unpredictable, unreliable, incompatible, incongruous, opposing, irregular, indecisive, inconstant

consolation: (n) comfort, relief, balm, succor, ease, cheer, solacement, encouragement, sympathy, alleviation, express sympathy. ANTONYMS: (n) grief, sorrow, distress, discouragement, aggravation

console: (v) cheer, soothe, quiet, relieve, reassure, encourage; (n, v) solace; (n) cabinet, allay, control console, control panel. ANTONYMS: (v) hurt, discourage, grieve, sadden, distress, dispirit, dishearten, upset

conspiracy: (n) cabal, plot, complot, combination, collusion, coalition, design, scheme, plan; (n, v) intrigue;

(v) conspire. ANTONYMS: (n) faithfulness, loyalty, openness consult: (v) consider, negotiate, deliberate, advise, refer, discuss, ask, reason, look up, canvass; (n, v) talk. ANTONYMS: (v) ignore, bypass

consume: (v) exhaust, absorb, dissipate, use, squander, fritter, expend, eat, swallow, burn; (adj, v) waste. ANTONYMS: (v) save, abstain, conserve, make, store, accumulate, produce, manufacture, hoard, gather, fast

consummate: (adj, v) perfect; (n, v) conclude, crown; (v) accomplish, achieve, execute; (adj) accomplished, absolute, profound, matchless, masterful. ANTONYMS: (adj) inadequate, mediocre, incomplete, deficient, amateurish, untrained, abysmal, inept; (v) start, initiate, begin

consumption: (adj, n) decline; (n) use, expense, diminution, pulmonary tuberculosis, wear and tear, Tb, ingestion, phthisis, uptake; (v) tabes. ANTONYMS: (n) conservation, preservation, savings

contained: (adj) implicit, unspoken, unexpressed, latent, understood, numbered, inside, confined to a small area, being within, limited to a small area. ANTONYMS: (adj) unrestrained, generalized, pervasive

contemplation: (n) consideration, reflection, thought, attention, cogitation, musing, introspection, speculation, animus, deliberation; (n, v) study

contempt: (n, v) scorn; (v) despise; (n) disrespect, derision, mockery, disregard, ridicule, shame, slight, reproach, discourtesy. ANTONYMS:

(n) approval, admiration, regard, honor, esteem

contented: (adj) content, happy, comfortable, quiet, cheerful, smug, complacent, satisfied, easy, proud, delighted. ANTONYMS: (adj) discontented, unhappy, depressed, unsatisfied, sad, anxious contents: (n) substance, content, matter, inside, subject matter, list,

volume, synopsis, conspectus, cargo, catalogue

continuance: (n) duration, abidance, existence, endurance, protraction, adjournment, resumption, prolongation, time, standing, perseverance. ANTONYMS: (n) discontinuation, destruction contour: (n) contour line, outline, form, profile, shape, line, configuration, silhouette, curve, circuit, edge. ANTONYM: (n) core contradict: (v) deny, oppose, belie, conflict, confute, controvert, contravene, disprove, refute, invalidate, impugn. ANTONYMS:

(v) agree, match, correspond, approve, corroborate, prove, support, reinforce

contralto: (n) vocalist, singer, contratenor; (adj, n) countertenor contrary: (adj, n) contradictory, reverse; (adj) adverse, conflicting, unfavorable, perverse, cross, disobedient, alien, different, obstinate. ANTONYMS: (adj) similar, harmonious, helpful, obliging, compatible, complaisant, concordant, parallel, agreeable, cooperative, favorable

convent: (n, v) abbey, cloister; (n) monastery, friary, priory, nunnery, community, retreat

convention: (n) congress, meeting, contract, council, custom, convocation, assembly, tradition, practice, habit, assemblage. ANTONYMS: (n) informality, innovation

converted: (adj) consecrated, unearthly, changed, altered, justified, invert, persuaded, inspired, reborn, reformed,

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convey: (v) communicate, channel, bring, conduct, transfer, fetch, express, transmit, bear, transport, take. ANTONYMS: (v) keep, maintain, withhold, retain, refrain, hold, absorb, receive

conveyed: (v) borne, sent convinced: (adj, v) sure, positive, confident, firm; (v) cocksure, persuaded, satisfied, assured, bold; (adj) clear, definite. ANTONYMS: (adj) doubtful, unconvinced, uncertain, cynical

convolvulus: (n) scammony convulsively: (adv) spasmodically, paroxysmally, spasticly, with convulsions

cookery: (n) cuisine, kitchen, gastronomy, browning, broiling, preparation, culinary art, roasting, toasting, frying, braising

cool: (adj, v) chill, assuage, soothe; (adj) chilly, cold, collected, composed, fine, aloof; (v) quench;

(n) poise. ANTONYMS: (v) heat; (adj) hot, agitated, excited, friendly, feverish, enthusiastic, tepid, temperate, bad, upset

copied: (adj) counterfeit, derivative, sham, false, phony, mock, imitative, forged, fake, ersatz, bogus. ANTONYM: (adj) real

copper: (n) brass, bull, cop, Cu, constable, gold, fuzz, pig, cent, bobby, coin

cord: (n) band, bond, tie, twine, tape, whipcord, thread, yarn, lace, rope, leash

cords: (n) trousers, bands, line, strings, corduroys, raised bands cores: (n) nucleuses

corked: (adj) bad

cornelian: (n) chalcedony, calcedony corners: (adj) cornered

coronation: (n) accession, enthronement, induction, initiation, crowning, enthronization, investiture, installation, enthronisation

coroner: (n) Coroner of the royal household, medical examiner, edile, investigator, portreeve, paritor, aedile, crowner

corps: (n) company, army, army corps, detachment, troop, battalion, body, regiment, crew, party, task force

corpse: (n) carcass, body, carcase, dead person, stiff, dead body, remains, corse, clay, dry bones; (adj) lich

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correctly: (adv) rightly, justly, precisely, properly, strictly, accurately, appropriately, aright, right, punctually, nicely. ANTONYMS: (adv) wrongly, wrong, improperly, inappropriately, unlawfully, unduly, irresponsibly, falsely, badly, vaguely, inaccurately correspondence: (n) accord, connection, agreement, communication, coincidence, concord, affinity, parallelism, parallel, similarity, symmetry. ANTONYMS: (n) dissimilarity, asymmetry, disagreement, incongruity, divergence, imbalance, contrast, clash

corridor: (n) aisle, lobby, hall, lane, hallway, vestibule, artery, alley, gallery, way; (n, v) passage corroborative: (adj) corroboratory, collateral, confirmative, confirming, affirmative, corroborant, substantiating, verifying, verificatory, validatory, substantiative

corrupt: (adj, v) adulterate, taint, infect, rotten, canker; (adj, n, v) contaminate, poison; (v) bribe, debase, defile; (adj) impure.

ANTONYMS: (adj) moral, pure, principled, ethical, honorable, wholesome, virtuous, uncorrupt, truthful; (v) purify; (adj, v) clean corruption: (n) depravity, pollution, adulteration, filth, infection, vitiation, taint, bribery, canker, blight, foulness. ANTONYMS: (n) purification, incorruptness, decency, honesty, morality, pureness, incorruption, purity, righteousness, scruples, virtue

cortes: (n) senate, Chamber of Deputies, musnud, storthing, divan, sanhedrim, witenagemote, junta, Hernan Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernando Cortes

cosmopolitan: (adj) universal, international, sophisticated, global, Catholic, ecumenical, planetary, widely distributed, oecumenical; (adj, n) cosmopolite; (n) creeping wood sorrel. ANTONYMS: (adj) insular, country, endemic, parochial, rustic

costume: (n) clothing, clothes, apparel, garb, suit, outfit, uniform, garments, drapery; (n, v) dress; (v) clothe

cotton: (n) absorbent cotton, yarn, thread, cotton cloth, cotton plant, cotton wool, upland cotton, cord,

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string, fiber; (v) agree

couch: (n) bed, sofa, settee, divan; (adj, v) lie; (v) express, put, frame, lower, repose; (adj) recline counter: (adj, n) converse; (n, v)

reply; (n) bench, reverse, numerator;

(v) contradict, resist, react, retort, respond; (adj) antagonistic. ANTONYMS: (v) yield, surrender; (adv) similarly, same, equally; (adj) corroborating, corresponding, consistent, concurring, analogous, agreeing

counterpart: (n) twin, duplicate, companion, complement, double, equivalent, parallel, copy, mate, pendant, replica. ANTONYM: (n) opposite

counting: (n) calculation, count, reckoning, computation, enumeration, numbering, numeration, tally, nosecount; (adj) calculating, including. ANTONYM: (prep) excluding

courage: (n) audacity, fortitude, boldness, nerve, spirit, backbone, valor, heroism, gallantry, mettle, chivalry. ANTONYMS: (n) cowardice, faintheartedness, weakness, wimpiness, yellowness courteous: (adj, v) civil; (adj) affable, attentive, gracious, decorous, chivalrous, bland, thoughtful, urbane, mannerly, gentlemanly. ANTONYMS: (adj) rude, impolite, boorish, insulting, unmannerly, gruff, improper, vulgar, unhelpful, neglectful, graceless

courteously: (adv) graciously, civilly, considerately, decorously, decently, gallantly, obligingly, urbanely, suavely, thoughtfully, kindly. ANTONYMS: (adv) coarsely, uncooperatively, disrespectfully, impolitely

cousin: (n) nephew, cousins, friend, cousinship, relation, akin, relative, full cousin, companion

covering: (n) cover, coating, blanket, coat, casing, wrapper, case, concealment, awning; (adj, n, v) clothing; (n, v) apparel. ANTONYMS: (prep) exactly, beneath

coverlet: (n) blanket, bedspread, cover, bedcover, bed cover, tarpaulin, drugget, coverlid, spread, mantle, quilt

cowardice: (n) dastardliness, poltroonery, pusillanimity, fear, spirit, cravenness, timidity, fearfulness, base fear, cowardship.

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ANTONYMS: (n) nerve, bravery, daring, determination

cracked: (adj) nutty, batty, crazy, chapped, balmy, wacky, dotty, crackled, deranged, loony, crackers. ANTONYMS: (adj) resonant, sane craft: (n) trade, ability, artfulness, guile, fraud, shift, occupation, vessel, skill; (adj, n) cunning, art. ANTONYMS: (n) naivety, clumsiness, avocation, hobby, incompetence, incompetency, inaptitude, inability, honesty, honestness; (v) destroy

crash: (n) collision; (n, v) clash, collapse, bang, clank, dash, clang, fall, crack, clatter; (v) break. ANTONYMS: (n) silence; (v) raise, repair, skyrocket, increase, fix, restore, mend, work, thrive craving: (n) appetite, addiction, appetence, eagerness, hankering, yen, hunger; (n, v) desire, appetency; (adj, n) longing; (adj) eager. ANTONYMS: (n) disgust, hatred, distaste, repulsion, aversion, apathy, disinclination; (adj) unconcerned, disinterested

crawl: (adv, v) grovel, lag; (n, v) clamber, climb; (v) sneak, fawn, cringe, teem, swarm, scramble, inch. ANTONYMS: (v) fly, rush, hurry, hasten, dart, dash, lead, soothe, speed

crawling: (adj, n) creeping; (n) creep, itch; (adj) slow, teeming, thick, swarming, reptant, populous, packed, moving

crease: (n, v) fold, crinkle, plait, pucker, furrow, line; (v) crumple, cockle, rumple, ruck; (n) pleat. ANTONYMS: (v) iron, flatten creature: (n) being, brute, animal, tool, individual, person, body, entity, human, puppet, somebody creed: (n) conviction, gospel, religion, credo, faith, tenet, dogma, doctrine, denomination, persuasion, church doctrine

creep: (v) grovel, sneak, steal, fawn, lurk, truckle, cringe; (n) creeping, crawling, toady, sycophant. ANTONYMS: (v) race, dash, hasten, hurry, speed, fly

creeping: (n) creep, crawl, locomotion, spreading; (v) lentor; (adj) reptile, slow, reptant, reptatory, serpiginous, moving creeps: (n) fear, dread, fright, animal disease, trepidation, nervousness, anxiety

crest: (n, v) crown, top, peak, climax;

(n) summit, brow, cockscomb, acme, pinnacle, zenith; (v) cap. ANTONYMS: (n) base, bottom, nadir, trough

crimson: (adj, n) carmine, ruby, scarlet, maroon; (v) blush, flush, redden; (adj) bloody, ruddy, cherry;

(n) deep red

crinkled: (adj) corrugated, wrinkled, zigzag, crinkly, uneven, curly, wavelike, knock kneed, wavy crisp: (adj) short, terse, fresh, crispy, sharp, crunchy, brisk; (adj, v) wrinkle; (v) crease, crinkle; (n) chip. ANTONYMS: (adj) soggy, soft, limp, wilted, rumpled, stale, slovenly, sloppy, wordy, long, lengthy

crocodiles: (n) alligators, caimans, Crocodilia

crooked: (adj) bent, corrupt, dishonest, curved, unfair, deformed; (adj, n, v) awry; (adj, v) irregular, askew, wry, indirect. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, honest, principled, even, aboveboard, lawful, level, moral, flat, aligned, honorable

crop: (adj, v) clip, reap, shave; (v) browse, top, graze, cultivate, cut; (n, v) fruit, harvest; (n) craw

crossed: (adj) crossbred, mixed, hybrid, interbred, decussated, intercrossed; (v) matted, disconcerted dashed, unhinged, frustrated

crouch: (v) bend, couch, cringe, squat, sneak, bow, huddle, stoop, lie down, crawl, hunch

crouched: (v) subjacent, squat; (adj) crutched, hunkered down, hunkered, low, huddled crouching: (adj) sneaking, huddled, obsequious, squat, hunkered, cowering, hunkered down; (v) submissive, resigned

crowded: (adj) compact, congested, full, packed, busy, dense, populous, jammed, cramped, tight; (adj, n) thronged. ANTONYMS: (adj) sparse, deserted, uncrowded, loose crowned: (adj) laureled, fulfilled, browbound, incoronate, successful crucible: (n) melting pot, retort, calabash, touchstone, still, vessel, matrix, pix, reagent, ordeal, check crucifixion: (v) cruciation, impalement; (n) executing, death, martyrdom, capital punishment, excruciation, execution

crude: (adj, v) raw; (adj) clumsy, rough, rude, barbarous, uncouth, primitive, vulgar, immature,

barbarian, impolite. ANTONYMS: (adj) sophisticated, tasteful, cultured, permanent, polished, finished, formal, civilized, fine, clean, decent

crudely: (adv) roughly, coarsely, vulgarly, grossly, rawly, harshly, earthily, uncouthly, impolitely, boorishly, barbarously. ANTONYMS: (adv) finely, decently cruel: (adj, v) hard, harsh, sharp, severe; (adj) barbarous, unkind, brutal, bloody, bitter, savage, atrocious. ANTONYMS: (adj) merciful, gentle, sympathetic, humane, liberal, compassionate, charitable, friendly, caring, considerate, libertarian

cruelly: (adv) harshly, ferociously, fiercely, viciously, inhumanly, mercilessly, pitilessly, heartlessly, roughly, unkindly; (adj, adv) bitterly. ANTONYMS: (adv) kindly, mercifully, sympathetically, tamely, peacefully, humanely, compassionately, sensitively, respectfully, innocently, genially cruelty: (n) brutality, cruelness, oppression, barbarity, ferociousness, tyranny, violence, atrocity, ferocity, mercilessness, harshness. ANTONYMS: (n) compassion, gentleness, friendliness, humanity, benevolence, sensitivity, liberty, decency

crumpled: (adj) rumpled, crinkly, wrinkled, bent, corrugated, crinkled, disheveled, lined, furrowed, dented, damaged

crush: (n, v) squeeze, crunch, press;

(v) beat, break, compress, conquer, stamp, overpower, squash, bruise. ANTONYMS: (v) lose, congratulate, stretch, praise, inspirit, encourage, compliment, expand, resist, submit, smooth

crushed: (adj) beaten, subdued, low, conquered, flattened, dispirited, compressed, overwhelmed, shattered; (v) victimized; (n) crushing. ANTONYMS: (adj) victorious, euphoric

crushing: (adj) overpowering, overwhelming, destructive; (n) grinding, quelling, stifling, suppression, flattening, pressure; (v) shatter; (adv) crushingly. ANTONYMS: (adj) mild, wonderful crying: (adj, v) exigent, instant, pressing, urgent; (adj) insistent, clamant, imperative, blatant; (n) weeping; (v) weep; (adj, n) sniveling

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culminate: (v) end, finish, close, conclude, peak, cease, complete, terminate, mature; (adj) cap, come to a head. ANTONYMS: (v) start, begin, commence, open

cultured: (adj) polite, educated, learned, genteel, erudite, elegant, cultivated, civilized, urbane, scholarly, sophisticated. ANTONYMS: (adj) ignorant, unsophisticated, primitive, uneducated, unlearned, uncultured, wild, uncouth, regressive, graceless, uninformed

cunning: (adj) crafty, canny, adroit, wily, sly, shrewd, tricky, artful; (n) craftiness, craft, cleverness.

ANTONYMS: (adj) simple, honest, stupid, unimaginative, gullible, ingenuous, straightforward, candid, sincere; (n) frankness, straightforwardness

cunningly: (adv) craftily, artfully, cleverly, ingeniously, trickily, shrewdly, astutely, insidiously, smartly, foxily, slipperily. ANTONYMS: (adv) ineptly, openly cups: (n) plates, dishes, dishware, tableware

curate: (n) rector, clergyman, minister, chaplain, pastor, Stipendiary curate, priest, vicar, incumbent, reverend, canon

cure: (n, v) correct, medicine, help; (n) antidote, salve, therapy, treatment;

(v) treat, pickle, preserve, restore. ANTONYMS: (n) poison; (v) injure, hurt, harm, wound, damage, exacerbate

cured: (adj) recovered, corned, aged, mellow, whole, better, pickle cured, salted, vulcanised, well, vulcanized curiosity: (n) curiousness, rarity, interest, curio, oddity, prying, nosiness, peculiarity, novelty, marvel; (adj, n) prodigy. ANTONYMS: (n) emotionlessness, indifference, disinterest

curious: (adj) odd, unusual, abnormal, strange, peculiar, interested, quizzical, quaint, queer, inquiring, inquisitive. ANTONYMS: (adj) incurious, ordinary, apathetic, uninterested, unconcerned, typical, indifferent, everyday, disinterested, conventional, common

curiously: (adv) inquisitively, peculiarly, unusually, strangely, nosily, pryingly, queerly, funnily, weirdly; (adj, adv) singularly, particularly. ANTONYMS: (adv) ordinarily, typically

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curl: (n, v) crimp, loop, kink, roll, wave; (adj, v) bow; (adj, n) lock, tress; (v) crinkle, fold; (adj) crisp.

ANTONYMS: (v) align, straighten, uncurl, unwind

curled: (adj) coiled, curling, having curls, round, braided, twisted, bowed, wreathy, Crull, curled up, tressed

curls: (n) hair, tresses, ringlets curly: (adj) crinkly, kinky, curled, crimped, frizzed, permed, curved; (adv) wavily, kinkily, curledly, curlingly. ANTONYMS: (adj) unbent, uncoiled, flat

curse: (n, v) blight, plague; (n) anathema, blasphemy, malediction, denunciation; (adj, v) beshrew; (v) swear, ban, damn, vituperate. ANTONYMS: (n) blessing, benediction, making; (v) communicate

cursed: (adj) damned, doomed, execrable, cussed, wretched, unlucky, accursed, blamed, blasted, confounded; (v) accurst. ANTONYMS: (adj) commendable, honorable, nice, sweet, kine cursing: (adj) cursed, execrative; (n) blasphemy, anathema, swearing, swear word, malediction, execration, denunciation, cursedness; (v) beshrew

curtain: (n, v) cover; (n) barrier, drapery, blind, screen, mantle, mask, shade, pall, shroud; (v) hide curtains: (n) passing, demise, finish, decease, tragedy, termination, calamity, cataclysm; (adj) last, ultimate, terminal

curved: (adj) crooked, arched, curve, round, deformed, curvy, curving, rounded, hooked, tortuous; (v) bowed. ANTONYMS: (adj) concave, flat, sharp, square, unbent

curving: (adj) curved, winding, crooked, bowed, devious, falciform, smooth, serpentine; (n) bending, curve, curvature. ANTONYMS: (adj) straight, jerky

cushioned: (adj) spongy, cushiony custom: (n) habit, convention, usage, practice, consuetude, fashion, method, mores; (n, v) use, accustom; (adj) bespoke. ANTONYMS: (n) fad, innovation, phenomenon, rage, rarity

cuzco: (n) Curicancha, Sacsahuana, Cusco

cylindrical: (adj) cylinder, round, tubular, rounded, tubelike, vasiform, cylindroid, bulging,

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complete, circular

cynic: (adj, n) skeptic; (n) doubter, critic, misanthrope, detractor, yogi, sanyasi, doubting Thomas, frondeur, man hater; (adj) cynical. ANTONYMS: (n) supporter, optimist

cynical: (adj) distrustful, cynic, ironic, disenchanted, disbelieving, misanthropic, suspicious, negative, contumelious; (adj, v) satirical, sardonic. ANTONYMS: (adj) trusting, convinced, approving, dreamy, positive, hopeful, resigned, believing, aggressive, fresh, certain cynicism: (adj, n) mistrust; (n) suspicion, irony, skepticism, scorn, resentment, pessimism, negative attitude, mockery, lack of expectation, doubt. ANTONYMS:

(n) trust, gratification dacca: (n) Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh

dagger: (n) bodkin, sword, blade, obelisk, knife, stiletto, dirk, cutlass, grapheme, saber, skean

dahlia: (n) dahlia pinnata, flower, red dainties: (n) delicacies, food, cates daintily: (adv) nicely, finely, fragilely, elegantly, fastidiously, gracefully, refinedly, squeamishly, exquisitely, lightly, prettily. ANTONYMS: (adv) inelegantly, thickly

dainty: (adj, v) nice; (adj, n, v) delicacy; (adj) fastidious, savory, tasteful, squeamish, particular, mincing, refined; (adj, n) tidbit; (n) luxury. ANTONYMS: (adj) coarse, vulgar, rough, inelegant, harsh, gross, awkward, accepting, heavy, careless, thick

dais: (n) platform, podium, rostrum, stage, chair, pedestal, pulpit, seat, ambo, woolsack, estrade

daisy: (n) marguerite, Bellis, aster family, Asteraceae, compositae, family Compositae, freckle, genus Bellis, grave, family Asteraceae; (adj) admirable

dalmatic: (n) robe, pallium, gown, cassock, Geneva gown frock damask: (n) fabric, napery, purple, magenta, red, fancier, cloth damned: (adj) accursed, doomed, blasted, condemned, damn, cussed, wretched, infernal, hateful, goddamned; (adv) damnably. ANTONYM: (adj) saved

damp: (adj) moist, muggy, clammy, cool, dank; (v) check, chill, deaden, break; (n) moisture, dampness.

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ANTONYMS: (n) dryness; (adj) parched, arid, dried, fresh, hard dance: (v) caper, bop, to dance, cavort, play, skip, to show courage, step; (n, v) hop, jump, shake dandy: (n) beau, fop, coxcomb, dude,

buck, clipper, cockscomb; (adj) nifty, capital, fine, peachy. ANTONYMS: (adj) terrible, ghastly, awful, inferior dandyism: (v) foppery, conceit, puppyism, man millinery; (n) coxcombry

dank: (adj) damp, wet, moist, humid, sticky, soggy, sultry, muggy, juicy, rheumy, musty. ANTONYMS: (adj) arid, parched, bright

dare: (n, v) venture; (v) defy, brave, hazard, confront, risk, resist, make bold; (n) adventure, daring, defiance. ANTONYMS: (v) avoid, flee, pass, refrain, retreat, obey darkened: (adj) darkens, obscured, old, obfuscate, murky, cloudy, opaque, overcast

darkening: (adj) dark, blue, gloomy, causing dejection; (v) darken; (n) change of color, eclipse

darkness: (n) dark, shade, shadow, blindness, gloom, blackness, duskiness, murk, cloud, blackout, dimness. ANTONYMS: (n) brightness, lightness, glow, comprehension, knowledge, day, clearness

dash: (adj, n, v) rush; (n, v) touch, sprint, strike, splash, jog; (v) dart, break; (n) tinge, beat; (adj, n) animation. ANTONYMS: (v) dawdle, inspirit, languish, saunter, encourage, linger; (n) stagnation, languor, listlessness, mass, dullness dashing: (adj) stylish, dapper, gallant, showy, smart, snappy, impetuous, rakish, raffish, brave; (adj, n) spruce. ANTONYMS: (adj) boring, unstylish, dull, bumbling, bland, awkward, drab, graceless daubed: (adj) beplastered, covered, greasy

dawn: (adj, n) break of day, daybreak; (n) beginning, commencement, cockcrow, onset, morning, prime, aurora; (v) break, begin. ANTONYMS: (n) twilight, sunset, nightfall, close, departure, demise, conclusion, ending; (n, v) end, finish; (v) set

dazed: (adj) bewildered, stunned, dumbfounded, muzzy, stupefied, dizzy, stupid, groggy, amazed, astounded, bleary. ANTONYMS: (adj) indifferent, unimpressed,

conscious

deadly: (adj, adv) deathly; (adj) baneful, lethal, fatal, destructive, mortal, pernicious, virulent, toxic; (adv) lifelessly, lethally. ANTONYMS: (adj) interesting, uplifting, readable, mild, healthy, healthful, benign, innocuous, exciting

dealings: (n) business, dealing, relations, traffic, proceedings, transaction, affairs, contact, intercourse, trade, communication dearest: (n) dear, darling, love, honey, lover, sweetheart, loved one, baby; (adj) precious, intimate, sweet dearly: (adv) affectionately, preciously, darlingly, sweetly, petly, expensively, belovedly, intimately, highly, heartfeltly, lovely deathlike: (adj) deadly, deathly, ghastly, dead, cadaverous, thanatoid, ghostly, pale; (v) awful, soft, solemn

debauchery: (n) dissipation, depravity, revel, excess, dissoluteness, riot, revelry, orgy, vice, bacchanal, Bacchanalia. ANTONYMS: (n) chastity, uprightness, decency, restraint debonair: (adj) jaunty, dapper, urbane, suave, buoyant, breezy, refined, elegant, smooth, courteous, smart. ANTONYMS: (adj) inelegant, unrefined, unfriendly, plain, crude, coarse, awkward, rude, graceless, unkempt, unsophisticated

debts: (n) amount overdue, amount outstanding. ANTONYM: (n) credit debut: (n) introduction, initiation, beginning, aim, adventure, coup d'essai, embarcation, incoming, Le premier pas, opening, premiere. ANTONYMS: (n) farewell, finale, retirement

decay: (adj, n, v) decline; (v) decompose, crumble, corrupt; (n, v) blight, ebb, rust, collapse; (n) decomposition, corruption, disintegration. ANTONYMS: (v) flourish, grow, thrive, strengthen, ripen, develop; (n) vigor, development

deceased: (adj, n) departed; (n) dead person, cadaver, decedent; (adj) defunct, asleep, passed away, passed on, extinct, lifeless, late. ANTONYMS: (adj) living, awake, animated

deceive: (v) cheat, circumvent, bamboozle, pretend, hoax, fool, cozen, trick, beguile; (n, v) dupe; (n)