Word of the Day

Definition: (adjective) Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Synonyms: menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening, forbidding. Usage: He sprang on the horse of a Blackfoot warrior whom he had slain, and escaping at full speed, brought home the baleful tidings to his village. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Incapable of being expressed. Synonyms: indescribable, unspeakable, untellable, unutterable, indefinable. Usage: There was an expression of ineffable sadness on her face as she spoke, and I could not but feel that she knew that I knew her secret. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Serving to set in motion. Synonyms: initiative, initiatory, maiden, first. Usage: The magazine's inaugural issue sold out in a matter of days, prompting the owners to publish the second issue in larger numbers. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Powerful and effective language. Synonyms: fluency, smoothness. Usage: The preacher's eloquence attracted a large congregation. Discuss

Definition: (noun) Something that issues from a source. Synonyms: emission. Usage: The sulphuretted hydrogen emanations, which Captain Burton mentions, could be distinctly smelt. Discuss

Definition: (verb) Furnish with a preface or introduction. Synonyms: preface, premise, introduce. Usage: She always precedes her lectures with a joke. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Lively and playful; frisky. Synonyms: frolicky, frolicsome, rollicking, sportive. Usage: The substitute teacher found himself entirely overwhelmed by the energetic seventh-graders, whose coltish antics disrupted the lesson time and time again. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Open or liable to objection or debate; debatable. Synonyms: objectionable. Usage: We can't have perfection; and if I keep him, I must sustain his administration as a whole, even if there are, now and then, things that are exceptionable. Discuss

Definition: (adjective) Rough or irregular; textured. Synonyms: homespun, nubby, slubbed, tweedy. Usage: The seamstress preferred the nubbly, matte surface of raw silk to the glossy, smooth look of satin. Discuss

Definition: (noun) An earnest request or petition; a plea. Synonyms: appeal, prayer. Usage: Nothing is wanting but to have you here, and it is our particular wish and entreaty that you would come to us as soon as you can. Discuss