Word of the Day
Definition: (adjective) In utter disorder. Synonyms: hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy, disorderly. Usage: My mother ordered me to straighten up my room and get rid of the higgledy-piggledy piles of clothing littering my floor.
Definition: (verb) To steal, often in a violation of trust. Synonyms: cabbage, filch, pilfer, snarf, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift. Usage: Someone at the party purloined my emerald ring!
Definition: (verb) Express criticism towards. Synonyms: reproach. Usage: Eleanor upbraided her husband for forgetting to pick up the dry cleaning. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To laugh in a restrained, nervous way. Synonyms: giggle. Usage: Mention sex therapy and most people will titter with embarrassment.
Definition: (adjective) Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible. Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, crying, rank, gross. Usage: His account of that night was full of egregious lies, and I was astonished that anyone could believe his testimony.
Definition: (noun) The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky. Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, heavens, welkin. Usage: The stars shine in the endless firmament. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A covering designed to be worn on a person's body. Synonyms: clothing, wearable, vesture, wear. Usage: The figure was tall and gaunt, and shrouded from head to foot in the habiliments of the grave.
Definition: (adjective) Contemptibly small in amount. Synonyms: petty, trivial, trifling, beggarly, derisory, measly, piddling. Usage: The miserly millionaire was criticized for his paltry donation, but even public shaming was not enough to make him part with more money.
Definition: (adjective) Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. Synonyms: granitic, obdurate, stony. Usage: He maintained a hard, careless deportment, indicative of neither joy nor sorrow: if anything, it expressed a flinty gratification at a piece of difficult work successfully executed. Discuss
Definition: (verb) To insert between other elements. Synonyms: interpose, throw in, come in, inject, put in. Usage: He listened thoughtfully, interjecting only the odd word.