Word of the Day
Definition: (noun) The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess. Synonyms: check, curb. Usage: His common sense is a bridle to his quick temper. Discuss
Definition: (noun) Temper or anger. Synonyms: hackles. Usage: He 'pears to know just how long he can torment me before I get my dander up. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made. Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, stalemate, standstill. Usage: The board members reached an impasse in the negotiations and took a break to get coffee and donuts. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The protruding shelf over a fireplace. Synonyms: chimneypiece, mantelpiece. Usage: There were also perhaps a dozen candles about, two in brass candlesticks upon the mantel and several in sconces, so that the room was brilliantly illuminated. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Move in large numbers. Synonyms: pour, pullulate, teem, stream. Usage: A crowd of people swarmed out of the theater after the show and congregated beside the stage door to meet the exiting actors. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Habitually complaining. Synonyms: querulous, whiny. Usage: She had never spoken a word to her sister-in-law for three days; but she had likewise dropped her fretful complaining, and we found it a great comfort. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Failing to give due care or attention; inattentive. Synonyms: forgetful, mindless. Usage: And here he lived, unmindful of the world and by the world forgotten. Discuss
Definition: (noun) The possession or manifestation of two opposing attributes, tendencies, or principles. Synonyms: mutual opposition. Usage: The women did not allow their political polarity to damage their lifelong friendship. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right). Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, privilege. Usage: The whole substance of human authority was centered in the simple doctrine of royal prerogative, the origin of which was always traced in theory to divine institution. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Characterized by lust. Synonyms: lustful, prurient, salacious. Usage: She eluded the lubricious embraces of the drunken man and called the police. Discuss