Word of the Day
Definition: (verb) Move with or as if with a regular alternating motion. Synonyms: quiver, beat. Usage: The city pulsated with music and excitement during Carnival. Discuss
Definition: (noun) <i>Archaic</i> The act of fighting with knives. Synonyms: cut-and-thrust, knife fight. Usage: The snickersnee ended when one on the fighters lost consciousness due to blood loss. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation. Synonyms: besot. Usage: He did not like whiskey, but he drank to stupefy himself. Discuss
Definition: (noun) A person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right. Synonyms: lefty. Usage: The boxer was not used to fighting a southpaw and took a beating before being knocked out. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Foolish; totally unsound. Synonyms: screwball, softheaded, crazy. Usage: I refuse to be drawn into another half-baked scheme doomed to failure. Discuss
Definition: (noun) An abnormal new growth of tissue in animals or plants. Synonyms: tumor. Usage: The doctor explained that a biopsy would be needed in order to determine whether the neoplasm is benign or malignant. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Tending or inclined to delay or waste time. Synonyms: laggard, poky. Usage: Frank, dilatory in all his proceedings, was the last of the dramatic company who left the precincts of the stage. Discuss
Definition: (verb) Make impersonal or present as an object. Synonyms: depersonalize. Usage: Pornography objectifies women. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Of the most contemptible kind. Synonyms: abject, low-down, scummy, miserable, low. Usage: It was a scurvy trick to play on a helpless old lady, but he was desperate for money and therefore went along with the plan to swindle her out of her life savings. Discuss
Definition: (adjective) Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. Synonyms: traitorous, treasonous, unfaithful. Usage: They succeeded in overtaking the party of which they were in quest, but concealed their faithless desertion of Scott; alleging that he had died of disease. Discuss