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henpeck
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related words >
beat down
,
break
,
browbeat
,
bug
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
carp
,
carp at
,
castrate
,
cavil
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
cow
,
daunt
,
despotize
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
enslave
,
fret at
,
fuss
,
fuss at
,
grind
,
grind down
,
harass
,
hassle
,
hector
,
intimidate
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
lord it over
,
nag
,
nibble at
,
niggle
,
oppress
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overmaster
,
override
,
peck at
,
pester
,
pick at
,
pick on
,
press heavy on
,
repress
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
terrorize
,
torment
,
trample down
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread upon
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
unman
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
weigh heavy on
,
yap at
discern
collapse
related words >
anticipate
,
appreciate
,
apprehend
,
ascertain
,
be acquainted with
,
be apprised of
,
be aware of
,
be cognizant of
,
be conscious of
,
be conversant with
,
be informed
,
behold
,
catch sight of
,
clap eyes on
,
cognize
,
come alive
,
comprehend
,
conceive
,
conceptualize
,
descry
,
detect
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discover
,
discriminate
,
distinguish
,
divine
,
espy
,
extricate
,
fathom
,
foresee
,
glimpse
,
grasp
,
have
,
have in sight
,
have information about
,
have knowledge of
,
identify
,
ken
,
know
,
lay eyes on
,
look on
,
look upon
,
make out
,
note
,
notice
,
observe
,
penetrate
,
perceive
,
pick out
,
pick up
,
pierce
,
plumb
,
possess
,
prehend
,
realize
,
recognize
,
remark
,
savvy
,
see
,
see daylight
,
see into
,
see the light
,
see through
,
seize
,
sense
,
separate
,
sever
,
sight
,
spot
,
spy
,
take in
,
twig
,
understand
,
view
,
witness
,
wot
,
wot of
niggle
collapse
related words >
adverse criticism
,
animadversion
,
aspersion
,
bad notices
,
bad press
,
bitch
,
bug
,
captiousness
,
carp
,
carp at
,
carping
,
cavil
,
caviling
,
censoriousness
,
complain
,
criticism
,
criticize
,
exception
,
faultfinding
,
find fault
,
flak
,
fret at
,
fuss
,
fuss at
,
grouse
,
hairsplitting
,
hassle
,
henpeck
,
hit
,
home thrust
,
hostile criticism
,
hypercriticalness
,
hypercriticism
,
imputation
,
knock
,
kvetch
,
nag
,
nagging
,
nibble at
,
niggling
,
nit
,
nit-picking
,
obloquy
,
overcriticalness
,
peck at
,
pester
,
pestering
,
pettifogging
,
pick at
,
pick on
,
priggishness
,
quibble
,
quibbling
,
rap
,
reflection
,
reproachfulness
,
slam
,
stricture
,
swipe
,
taking exception
,
trichoschistism
,
yap at
round up
collapse
seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"
related words >
accumulate
,
agglomerate
,
aggregate
,
aggroup
,
amass
,
assemble
,
batch
,
bring together
,
bulk
,
bunch
,
bunch together
,
bunch up
,
cage
,
clump
,
cluster
,
collect
,
colligate
,
collocate
,
combine
,
compare
,
compile
,
conglomerate
,
corral
,
cull
,
cumulate
,
dig up
,
draw together
,
dredge up
,
drive
,
drive together
,
drove
,
gather
,
gather in
,
gather together
,
get in
,
get together
,
glean
,
goad
,
group
,
grub
,
grub up
,
herd
,
join
,
juxtapose
,
lash
,
lump together
,
make up
,
mass
,
match
,
mobilize
,
muster
,
pair
,
partner
,
pick
,
pick up
,
pluck
,
prick
,
punch cattle
,
put together
,
raise
,
rake up
,
rally
,
ride herd on
,
scare up
,
scrape together
,
scrape up
,
shepherd
,
spur
,
take up
,
whip
,
whip in
,
wrangle
flint
collapse
a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing
a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
related words >
adamant
,
bone
,
brand
,
brick
,
butane lighter
,
cement
,
cigarette lighter
,
concrete
,
diamond
,
firebrand
,
flambeau
,
flint and steel
,
granite
,
heart of oak
,
igniter
,
iron
,
light
,
lighter
,
marble
,
nails
,
oak
,
portfire
,
rock
,
sparker
,
spill
,
steel
,
stone
,
taper
,
torch
wade through
collapse
related words >
bone
,
con
,
contemplate
,
dig
,
drill
,
drudge
,
elucubrate
,
examine
,
fag
,
go over
,
grind
,
grub
,
hammer
,
hammer away
,
lucubrate
,
moil
,
peg
,
peg away
,
peruse
,
plod
,
plug
,
plug along
,
plug away
,
plunge into
,
pore over
,
pound away
,
practice
,
read
,
regard studiously
,
restudy
,
review
,
slog
,
study
,
swot
,
toil
,
travail
,
vet
,
work away
designate
collapse
assign a name or title to
related words >
advert to
,
allocate
,
allot
,
allude to
,
appoint
,
apportion
,
appropriate
,
assign
,
baptize
,
be taken as
,
call
,
choose
,
christen
,
define
,
delegate
,
delineate
,
denominate
,
denote
,
depute
,
determine
,
dictate
,
dub
,
earmark
,
elect
,
emblematize
,
entitle
,
figure
,
finger
,
fix
,
identify
,
indicate
,
label
,
make
,
mark
,
mean
,
mention
,
mete out
,
name
,
name for office
,
nickname
,
nominate
,
opt
,
ordain
,
ordinate
,
particularize
,
pick
,
pick out
,
pin down
,
pinpoint
,
point at
,
point out
,
point to
,
propose
,
put down
,
put up
,
refer to
,
represent
,
reserve
,
run
,
run for office
,
select
,
set
,
set forth
,
signify
,
single
,
specialize
,
specify
,
stand for
,
state
,
stigmatize
,
stipulate
,
style
,
submit
,
symbol
,
symbolize
,
tab
,
tag
,
tap
,
term
,
title
,
typify
,
write down
fillip
collapse
related words >
animate
,
bait
,
beak
,
bonus
,
bribe
,
brush
,
bunt
,
carrot
,
chuck
,
dab
,
decoration
,
encouragement
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
extra
,
extra added attraction
,
extra dash
,
filigree
,
filling
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
flourish
,
frill
,
galvanize
,
graze
,
incentive
,
incitement
,
inducement
,
infuse life into
,
interest
,
invigorate
,
invitation
,
jazz up
,
lagniappe
,
lure
,
ornament
,
padding
,
pat
,
payment
,
peck
,
percentage
,
persuasive
,
pick
,
pick up
,
pique
,
premium
,
profit
,
provocation
,
provoke
,
quicken
,
rap
,
renew
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
reward
,
sharpen
,
snap
,
something extra
,
stimulate
,
stimulation
,
stimulative
,
stimulus
,
stuffing
,
superaddition
,
sweetener
,
sweetening
,
tap
,
tickle
,
tip
,
touch
,
trimming
,
twist
,
whet
,
whisk
,
wrinkle
brush up
collapse
related words >
bone up
,
brighten up
,
cram
,
cram up
,
dress
,
fettle
,
fix
,
freshen
,
furbish
,
furbish up
,
get up
,
get up on
,
groom
,
manicure
,
plume
,
polish
,
polish up
,
preen
,
read up on
,
refresh the memory
,
renovate
,
repair
,
restudy
,
retouch
,
review
,
revive
,
rub up
,
shine
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
study up
,
study up on
,
tone up
,
touch up
,
vamp
,
vamp up
exceptionally
collapse
to an exceptional degree; "it worked exceptionally well"
related words >
abundantly
,
acutely
,
amazingly
,
amply
,
astonishingly
,
awesomely
,
beguilingly
,
bewilderingly
,
choose
,
cite
,
conspicuously
,
copiously
,
cull
,
eminently
,
emphatically
,
enigmatically
,
especially
,
exceedingly
,
excerpt
,
exquisitely
,
extract
,
extraordinarily
,
extremely
,
exuberantly
,
fabulously
,
famously
,
fantastically
,
fascinatingly
,
generously
,
glaringly
,
glean
,
hugely
,
impressively
,
incomprehensibly
,
inconceivably
,
incredibly
,
ineffably
,
intensely
,
magically
,
magnanimously
,
magnificently
,
markedly
,
marvelously
,
miraculously
,
nobly
,
notably
,
outlandishly
,
parlous
,
particularly
,
peculiarly
,
phenomenally
,
pick
,
pick out
,
pointedly
,
preeminently
,
prodigiously
,
profusely
,
prominently
,
pronouncedly
,
puzzlingly
,
quote
,
remarkably
,
richly
,
select
,
sensationally
,
signally
,
single
,
singularly
,
splendidly
,
strangely
,
strikingly
,
stupendously
,
superlatively
,
surpassingly
,
surprisingly
,
uncommonly
,
unimaginably
,
unspeakably
,
unusually
,
vitally
,
wonderfully
,
wondrous
,
wondrously
,
worthily
nonaggressive
collapse
related words >
bone-lazy
,
cadging
,
civilian
,
conciliatory
,
dilatory
,
do-nothing
,
doless
,
dovish
,
dronish
,
drony
,
easy
,
ergophobic
,
faineant
,
good-for-nothing
,
indolent
,
irenic
,
laggard
,
lax
,
lazy
,
noncombatant
,
nonmilitant
,
nonviolent
,
pacific
,
pacifist
,
pacifistic
,
parasitic
,
peace-loving
,
peaceable
,
procrastinative
,
remiss
,
scrounging
,
shiftless
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
sponging
,
unbellicose
,
uncontentious
,
unenterprising
,
unhostile
,
unmilitant
,
unmilitary
,
work-shy
dig up
collapse
related words >
accumulate
,
agglomerate
,
aggregate
,
aggroup
,
amass
,
assemble
,
avulse
,
batch
,
be curious
,
bring to light
,
bring together
,
bulk
,
bunch
,
bunch together
,
bunch up
,
burn with curiosity
,
clump
,
cluster
,
collect
,
colligate
,
collocate
,
combine
,
compare
,
compile
,
conglomerate
,
corral
,
cull
,
cumulate
,
cut out
,
deracinate
,
dig around for
,
dig out
,
disclose
,
disentangle
,
disinter
,
draw
,
draw out
,
draw together
,
dredge
,
dredge up
,
drive together
,
eradicate
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excavate
,
excise
,
exhume
,
expose
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
ferret out
,
fish up
,
gape
,
gather
,
gather in
,
gather together
,
gawk
,
get in
,
get out
,
get together
,
glean
,
gouge out
,
group
,
grub
,
grub up
,
inquire
,
interrogate
,
join
,
juxtapose
,
lump together
,
make up
,
mass
,
match
,
mine
,
mobilize
,
muster
,
nose around for
,
nose out
,
pair
,
partner
,
peer
,
pick
,
pick out
,
pick up
,
pluck
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
pull
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
put together
,
quarry
,
query
,
question
,
quiz
,
raise
,
rake out
,
rake up
,
rally
,
remove
,
reveal
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
round up
,
rubber
,
rubberneck
,
scare up
,
scrape together
,
scrape up
,
seek
,
stare
,
take out
,
take up
,
tear out
,
turn up
,
uncover
,
unearth
,
unravel
,
uproot
,
want to know
,
weed out
,
whip in
,
withdraw
,
worm out
,
wrest out
beefsteak
collapse
a slice of beef usually cooked by broiling
related words >
London broil
,
Salisbury steak
,
T-bone steak
,
bifteck
,
chopped steak
,
club steak
,
cubed steak
,
fillet steak
,
flank steak
,
ground beef
,
ground chuck
,
ground round
,
hamburg
,
hamburg steak
,
hamburger
,
porterhouse steak
,
rib steak
,
round steak
,
rump steak
,
shell steak
,
sirloin steak
,
steak
,
tenderloin steak
steak
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a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
related words >
London broil
,
Salisbury steak
,
T-bone steak
,
beefsteak
,
bifteck
,
chopped steak
,
club steak
,
cubed steak
,
fillet steak
,
flank steak
,
ground beef
,
ground chuck
,
ground round
,
hamburg
,
hamburg steak
,
hamburger
,
porterhouse steak
,
rib steak
,
round steak
,
rump steak
,
shell steak
,
sirloin steak
,
tenderloin steak
take exception
collapse
related words >
agree to differ
,
agree to disagree
,
ban
,
be at variance
,
be in dissent
,
beg to differ
,
blackball
,
carp
,
catch at straws
,
categorically reject
,
cavil
,
cut up
,
differ
,
disagree
,
disagree with
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disapprove of
,
discord with
,
disfavor
,
dissent
,
dissent from
,
divide on
,
drop out
,
exclude
,
fault-find
,
find fault
,
frown at
,
frown down
,
frown upon
,
grimace at
,
look askance at
,
look black upon
,
nitpick
,
not agree
,
not approve
,
not go for
,
not hear of
,
not hold with
,
object
,
object to
,
oppose
,
ostracize
,
pettifog
,
pick holes
,
pick to pieces
,
protest
,
pull apart
,
pull to pieces
,
quibble
,
reject
,
say no to
,
secede
,
take exception to
,
take issue
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
think ill of
,
think little of
,
thumb down
,
view with disfavor
,
withdraw
,
withhold assent
interrogative
collapse
relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"
related words >
bone of contention
,
catechism
,
cross-interrogatory
,
cross-question
,
debating point
,
demand
,
feeler
,
inquiry
,
interrogation
,
interrogatory
,
issue
,
leader
,
leading question
,
moot point
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
problem
,
query
,
question
,
question at issue
,
question mark
,
quodlibet
,
topic
,
trial balloon
,
vexed question
moot point
collapse
related words >
bone of contention
,
catechism
,
cross-interrogatory
,
cross-question
,
debating point
,
demand
,
feeler
,
inquiry
,
interrogation
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
issue
,
leader
,
leading question
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
problem
,
query
,
question
,
question at issue
,
question mark
,
quodlibet
,
topic
,
trial balloon
,
vexed question
procrastinative
collapse
related words >
Micawberish
,
backward
,
bone-lazy
,
cadging
,
dallying
,
dawdling
,
delaying
,
dilatory
,
dillydallying
,
do-nothing
,
doless
,
dragging
,
dronish
,
drony
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
ergophobic
,
faineant
,
foot-dragging
,
good-for-nothing
,
indolent
,
lackadaisical
,
laggard
,
lagging
,
lax
,
lazy
,
lingering
,
loitering
,
lollygagging
,
nonaggressive
,
parasitic
,
procrastinating
,
procrastinatory
,
remiss
,
scrounging
,
shiftless
,
shilly-shallying
,
shuffling
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
sluggish
,
sponging
,
tarrying
,
unenterprising
,
work-shy
shiftless
collapse
lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"
related words >
aimless
,
bone-lazy
,
cadging
,
dilatory
,
do-nothing
,
doless
,
dronish
,
drony
,
easy
,
ergophobic
,
faineant
,
feckless
,
good-for-nothing
,
grasshopper
,
happy-go-lucky
,
heedless
,
idle
,
improvident
,
indolent
,
ineffective
,
irresponsible
,
lackadaisical
,
laggard
,
lax
,
lazy
,
negligent
,
nonaggressive
,
otiose
,
parasitic
,
pococurante
,
procrastinative
,
remiss
,
scrounging
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
sponging
,
thoughtless
,
thriftless
,
unambitious
,
uncaring
,
uneconomical
,
unenterprising
,
uninspired
,
unmotivated
,
unproviding
,
unthrifty
,
work-shy
split hairs
collapse
related words >
analyze
,
anatomize
,
around the bush
,
atomize
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
chop logic
,
choplogic
,
contradistinguish
,
demarcate
,
demark
,
desynonymize
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
dodge
,
draw the line
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
hedge
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the interface
,
modify
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
particularize
,
personalize
,
pick nits
,
pick out
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
refine a distinction
,
screen
,
screen out
,
segregate
,
select
,
separate
,
set a limit
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sieve
,
sieve out
,
sift
,
sift out
,
sort
,
sort out
,
specialize
,
subdivide
,
subtilize
,
tergiversate
,
vary
,
winnow
dog tired
collapse
related words >
all in
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beaten
,
bone-weary
,
bushed
,
dead
,
dead-and-alive
,
dead-tired
,
deadbeat
,
dog-weary
,
done
,
done in
,
done up
,
drained
,
exhausted
,
fagged out
,
gone
,
knocked out
,
played out
,
pooped
,
pooped out
,
prostrate
,
ready to drop
,
spent
,
tired out
,
tired to death
,
tuckered out
,
used up
,
washed-up
,
weary unto death
,
whacked
,
wiped out
,
worn-out
dead tired
collapse
related words >
all in
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beaten
,
bone-weary
,
bushed
,
dead
,
dead-and-alive
,
deadbeat
,
dog-tired
,
dog-weary
,
done
,
done in
,
done up
,
drained
,
exhausted
,
fagged out
,
gone
,
knocked out
,
played out
,
pooped
,
pooped out
,
prostrate
,
ready to drop
,
spent
,
tired out
,
tired to death
,
tuckered out
,
used up
,
washed-up
,
weary unto death
,
whacked
,
wiped out
,
worn-out
whacked
collapse
(British informal) exhausted or worn out
related words >
all in
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beaten
,
bone-weary
,
bushed
,
dead
,
dead-and-alive
,
dead-tired
,
deadbeat
,
dog-tired
,
dog-weary
,
done
,
done in
,
done up
,
drained
,
exhausted
,
fagged out
,
gone
,
knocked out
,
played out
,
pooped
,
pooped out
,
prostrate
,
ready to drop
,
spent
,
tired out
,
tired to death
,
tuckered out
,
used up
,
washed-up
,
weary unto death
,
wiped out
,
worn-out
tuckered out
collapse
related words >
all in
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beaten
,
bone-weary
,
bushed
,
dead
,
dead-and-alive
,
dead-tired
,
deadbeat
,
dog-tired
,
dog-weary
,
done
,
done in
,
done up
,
drained
,
exhausted
,
fagged out
,
gone
,
knocked out
,
played out
,
pooped
,
pooped out
,
prostrate
,
ready to drop
,
spent
,
tired out
,
tired to death
,
used up
,
washed-up
,
weary unto death
,
whacked
,
wiped out
,
worn-out
bushed
collapse
related words >
all in
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beaten
,
bone-weary
,
dead
,
dead-and-alive
,
dead-tired
,
deadbeat
,
dog-tired
,
dog-weary
,
done
,
done in
,
done up
,
drained
,
exhausted
,
fagged out
,
gone
,
knocked out
,
played out
,
pooped
,
pooped out
,
prostrate
,
ready to drop
,
spent
,
tired out
,
tired to death
,
tuckered out
,
used up
,
washed-up
,
weary unto death
,
whacked
,
wiped out
,
worn-out
dredge up
collapse
related words >
accumulate
,
agglomerate
,
aggregate
,
aggroup
,
amass
,
assemble
,
avulse
,
batch
,
bring together
,
bulk
,
bunch
,
bunch together
,
bunch up
,
clump
,
cluster
,
collect
,
colligate
,
collocate
,
combine
,
compare
,
compile
,
conglomerate
,
corral
,
cumulate
,
cut out
,
deracinate
,
dig out
,
dig up
,
disentangle
,
drag up
,
draw
,
draw out
,
draw together
,
draw up
,
dredge
,
drive together
,
eradicate
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excavate
,
excise
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
fish up
,
gather
,
gather in
,
gather together
,
gather up
,
get in
,
get out
,
get together
,
gouge out
,
group
,
grub up
,
haul up
,
join
,
juxtapose
,
lump together
,
make up
,
mass
,
match
,
mine
,
mobilize
,
muster
,
pair
,
partner
,
pick out
,
pick up
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
pull
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
put together
,
quarry
,
raise
,
rake out
,
rake up
,
rally
,
remove
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
round up
,
scrape together
,
take out
,
take up
,
tear out
,
unearth
,
unravel
,
uproot
,
weed out
,
whip in
,
withdraw
,
wrest out
pester
collapse
related words >
aggravate
,
annoy
,
apply pressure
,
badger
,
bait
,
be at
,
bedevil
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
besetment
,
besiege
,
blandish
,
bother
,
botheration
,
bristle
,
brown off
,
bug
,
bullyrag
,
burn up
,
buttonhole
,
cajole
,
carp at
,
chafe
,
chivy
,
coax
,
devil
,
discompose
,
distemper
,
disturb
,
dog
,
dun
,
exasperate
,
exasperation
,
exercise
,
exert pressure
,
fash
,
fret
,
fret at
,
fuss at
,
get
,
get at
,
get to
,
gripe
,
harass
,
harry
,
hassle
,
heckle
,
hector
,
henpeck
,
hound
,
importune
,
irk
,
irritant
,
irritate
,
miff
,
molest
,
nag
,
nag at
,
needle
,
nettle
,
nibble at
,
niggle
,
nudzh
,
nuisance
,
peck at
,
peeve
,
persecute
,
pest
,
pick at
,
pick on
,
pique
,
plague
,
pluck the beard
,
ply
,
pother
,
press
,
pressure
,
provoke
,
push
,
ride
,
rile
,
roil
,
ruffle
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
torment
,
try the patience
,
tweak the nose
,
urge
,
vex
,
wheedle
,
work on
,
worry
,
yap at
all in
collapse
related words >
beat
,
beat up
,
beaten
,
bleary
,
bone-weary
,
bushed
,
dead
,
dead-and-alive
,
dead-tired
,
deadbeat
,
depleted
,
dog-tired
,
dog-weary
,
done
,
done in
,
done up
,
drained
,
exhausted
,
fagged out
,
far-gone
,
gone
,
knocked out
,
played out
,
pooped
,
pooped out
,
prostrate
,
ready to drop
,
spent
,
tired out
,
tired to death
,
tuckered out
,
used up
,
washed-out
,
washed-up
,
weary unto death
,
whacked
,
wiped out
,
worn-out
cavil
collapse
raise trivial objections
related words >
adverse criticism
,
animadversion
,
argue
,
argufy
,
around the bush
,
aspersion
,
bad notices
,
bad press
,
bandy words
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
captiousness
,
carp
,
carping
,
catch at straws
,
caviling
,
censoriousness
,
censure
,
chicane
,
choplogic
,
complain
,
complaint
,
contend
,
contest
,
criticism
,
criticize
,
cross swords
,
cut and thrust
,
cut up
,
demur
,
discept
,
dispute
,
dodge
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exception
,
fault-find
,
faultfinding
,
fence
,
find fault
,
flak
,
give and take
,
hairsplitting
,
hassle
,
have it out
,
hedge
,
hit
,
home thrust
,
hostile criticism
,
hypercriticalness
,
hypercriticism
,
imputation
,
jesuitism
,
join issue
,
knock
,
lock horns
,
logomachize
,
moot
,
mystify
,
nagging
,
niggle
,
niggling
,
nit
,
nit-picking
,
nitpick
,
object
,
obloquy
,
obscure
,
overcriticalness
,
palter
,
parry
,
pestering
,
pettifog
,
pettifogging
,
pick holes
,
pick nits
,
pick to pieces
,
plead
,
polemicize
,
polemize
,
prevaricate
,
priggishness
,
pull apart
,
pull to pieces
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
quibbling
,
quiddity
,
quillet
,
quip
,
quirk
,
quodlibet
,
rap
,
reflection
,
reproachfulness
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
slam
,
spar
,
split hairs
,
stricture
,
swipe
,
take exception
,
take sides
,
taking exception
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tergiversate
,
thrash out
,
trichoschistism
,
try conclusions
,
wrangle
perceive
collapse
become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"
to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"
related words >
appreciate
,
apprehend
,
ascertain
,
be acquainted with
,
be apprised of
,
be aware of
,
be cognizant of
,
be conscious of
,
be conversant with
,
be informed
,
be sensible of
,
behold
,
believe
,
catch on
,
catch sight of
,
clap eyes on
,
cognize
,
come alive
,
comprehend
,
conceive
,
conceptualize
,
conclude
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
decipher
,
deduce
,
deem
,
descry
,
detect
,
determine
,
dig
,
discern
,
discover
,
distinguish
,
divine
,
espy
,
experience
,
fathom
,
feel
,
feel deeply
,
figure out
,
gather
,
glimpse
,
grasp
,
have
,
have a sensation
,
have in sight
,
have information about
,
have knowledge of
,
hear
,
identify
,
infer
,
judge
,
ken
,
know
,
lay eyes on
,
look on
,
look upon
,
make out
,
mark
,
mind
,
note
,
notice
,
observe
,
penetrate
,
pick out
,
pick up
,
pierce
,
plumb
,
possess
,
prehend
,
realize
,
receive an impression
,
recognize
,
regard
,
remark
,
respond
,
respond to stimuli
,
savvy
,
see
,
see daylight
,
see into
,
see the light
,
see through
,
seize
,
sense
,
sight
,
signal
,
smell
,
spot
,
spy
,
take
,
take in
,
taste
,
think
,
touch
,
twig
,
understand
,
view
,
witness
,
wot
,
wot of
rub
collapse
the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"
move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"
cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
related words >
Discordia
,
Eris
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
afflict
,
aggravate
,
agonize
,
ail
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
annoy
,
apple of discord
,
attouchement
,
bake
,
bandage
,
bar
,
bark
,
bathe
,
bite
,
block
,
blockade
,
blot
,
bone of contention
,
bone to pick
,
bother
,
bottleneck
,
breath
,
brush
,
brush by
,
buff
,
burn
,
burnish
,
care for
,
caress
,
casus belli
,
catch
,
catch a likeness
,
chafe
,
character
,
characterize
,
chart
,
clash
,
clashing
,
climacteric
,
clutch
,
come in contact
,
conflict
,
confrication
,
contact
,
contention
,
contingence
,
convergence of events
,
convulse
,
cordon
,
crimp
,
crisis
,
critical juncture
,
critical point
,
crossroads
,
crow to pick
,
crow to pluck
,
crucial period
,
crucify
,
crunch
,
crux
,
cure
,
curtain
,
cut
,
cutaneous sense
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
delineate
,
depict
,
desiccate
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
diagnose
,
diagram
,
difficulty
,
disaccord
,
disaffinity
,
discord
,
discordance
,
discordancy
,
disharmony
,
distress
,
doctor
,
drain
,
draw
,
drawback
,
dry
,
emergency
,
enmity
,
erase
,
erode
,
evaporate
,
exasperate
,
excoriate
,
excruciate
,
exigency
,
exsiccate
,
extremity
,
feel
,
feel up
,
feeling
,
fester
,
file
,
fingertip caress
,
finish
,
fire
,
flick
,
flux
,
fondle
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
frication
,
friction
,
frictionize
,
frottage
,
furbish
,
gall
,
give care to
,
give pain
,
glance
,
glaze
,
gloss
,
gnaw
,
gnaw away
,
grate
,
graze
,
grind
,
gripe
,
grounds for war
,
hamper
,
hand-mindedness
,
hang-up
,
harrow
,
hazard
,
heal
,
hinge
,
hit
,
hit off
,
hitch
,
hurdle
,
hurt
,
impediment
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
impingence
,
incompatibility
,
incompatibleness
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
inharmoniousness
,
inharmony
,
insolate
,
irk
,
irritate
,
jangle
,
jar
,
joker
,
kill by inches
,
kiln
,
kiss
,
knead
,
lacerate
,
lambency
,
lap
,
lick
,
light touch
,
limn
,
luster
,
map
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
massage
,
minister to
,
mischief
,
mummify
,
nettle
,
nip
,
noncooperation
,
nose
,
notate
,
nudge
,
nurse
,
nuzzle
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
open conflict
,
operate on
,
osculate
,
osculation
,
pain
,
paint
,
parch
,
pass
,
peeve
,
perfrication
,
pet
,
physic
,
picture
,
picturize
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plaster
,
polish
,
portray
,
poultice
,
prick
,
print
,
prolong the agony
,
provoke
,
purge
,
push
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
raze
,
register
,
remedy
,
render
,
represent
,
rile
,
rub against
,
rub away
,
rub down
,
rub noses
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
rubbing
,
ruffle
,
schematize
,
scorch
,
scour
,
scrape
,
scrub
,
scuff
,
sear
,
sense of touch
,
shave
,
shine
,
shrivel
,
sideswipe
,
skim
,
skin
,
skirt
,
sleek
,
slick
,
slick down
,
smoke
,
snag
,
soak up
,
sore point
,
splint
,
sponge
,
squeak by
,
stab
,
sting
,
strained relations
,
strait
,
strap
,
stroke
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
symbolize
,
tactile sense
,
taction
,
take a rubbing
,
tangency
,
tap
,
tender spot
,
tension
,
tentative contact
,
tentative poke
,
ticklish issue
,
torment
,
torrefy
,
torture
,
touch
,
touching
,
towel
,
trace
,
trace out
,
trace over
,
traverse
,
treat
,
turn
,
turning point
,
tweak
,
twist
,
unharmoniousness
,
unpleasantness
,
varnish
,
vex
,
wax
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weazen
,
whisper
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
,
wound
,
wring
,
write
burn the midnight oil
collapse
related words >
be behindhand
,
be late
,
be overdue
,
bone
,
con
,
contemplate
,
dig
,
do double duty
,
drill
,
elucubrate
,
examine
,
get up late
,
go over
,
grind
,
hit the ball
,
hustle
,
keep everyone waiting
,
keep late hours
,
lucubrate
,
miss the boat
,
oversleep
,
overwork
,
peruse
,
plunge into
,
pore over
,
pour it on
,
practice
,
read
,
regard studiously
,
restudy
,
review
,
scratch
,
show up late
,
slave
,
stay late
,
stay up late
,
study
,
sweat
,
swot
,
vet
,
wade through
,
work hard
,
work late
,
work overtime
unenterprising
collapse
lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome
related words >
bone-lazy
,
cadging
,
canny
,
careful
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
deliberate
,
dilatory
,
discreet
,
do-nothing
,
doless
,
dronish
,
drony
,
easy
,
ergophobic
,
faineant
,
gingerly
,
good-for-nothing
,
guarded
,
heedful
,
hesitant
,
indolent
,
judicious
,
laggard
,
lax
,
lazy
,
leaving out nothing
,
mindful
,
nonaggressive
,
noncommittal
,
on guard
,
overlooking no possibility
,
parasitic
,
pawky
,
politic
,
procrastinative
,
prudent
,
regardful
,
remiss
,
safe
,
scrounging
,
shiftless
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
slow to act
,
sponging
,
tentative
,
thorough
,
unadventurous
,
uncommunicative
,
undaring
,
unprecipitate
,
work-shy
risibility
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a disposition to laugh
related words >
Homeric laughter
,
belly laugh
,
boff
,
boffola
,
burst of laughter
,
cachinnation
,
cackle
,
chortle
,
chuckle
,
convulsion
,
crow
,
fit of laughter
,
funny bone
,
gales of laughter
,
giggle
,
guffaw
,
ha-ha
,
hearty laugh
,
hee-haw
,
hee-hee
,
hilarity
,
ho-ho
,
horselaugh
,
laugh
,
laughing
,
laughter
,
outburst of laughter
,
peal of laughter
,
roar of laughter
,
sense of humor
,
shout
,
shout of laughter
,
shriek
,
snicker
,
snigger
,
snort
,
tee-hee
,
titter
,
yuck
,
yuk-yuk
swot
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an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or studying excessively
related words >
beast of burden
,
bone
,
commit to memory
,
con
,
contemplate
,
dig
,
drill
,
drudge
,
elucubrate
,
examine
,
fag
,
galley slave
,
get by heart
,
get letter-perfect
,
go over
,
greasy grind
,
grind
,
grub
,
hack
,
have by heart
,
know by heart
,
learn by heart
,
learn verbatim
,
lucubrate
,
memorize
,
parrot
,
peruse
,
plodder
,
plunge into
,
pore over
,
practice
,
read
,
recite
,
regard studiously
,
repeat
,
repeat by heart
,
restudy
,
review
,
slave
,
slogger
,
study
,
swot up
,
vet
,
wade through
,
workhorse
cross question
collapse
related words >
bone of contention
,
catechism
,
cross-examine
,
cross-interrogate
,
cross-interrogatory
,
debating point
,
demand
,
extract information
,
feeler
,
go over
,
grill
,
inquiry
,
inquisition
,
interrogation
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
issue
,
leader
,
leading question
,
make inquisition
,
moot point
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
problem
,
pry out
,
query
,
question
,
question at issue
,
question mark
,
quodlibet
,
roast
,
third-degree
,
topic
,
trial balloon
,
vexed question
cream of the crop
collapse
related words >
champion
,
choice
,
chosen
,
cream
,
elect
,
elite
,
fat
,
flower
,
nonesuch
,
nonpareil
,
optimum
,
paragon
,
pick
,
prime
,
prize
,
queen
,
quintessence
,
select
,
superlative
,
the best
,
the best ever
,
the tops
,
the very best
quibble
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an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections
related words >
adverse criticism
,
animadversion
,
argue
,
argufy
,
around the bush
,
aspersion
,
bad notices
,
bad press
,
bandy words
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
captiousness
,
carp
,
carping
,
catch at straws
,
cavil
,
caviling
,
censoriousness
,
chicane
,
chop logic
,
choplogic
,
contend
,
contest
,
criticism
,
criticize
,
cross swords
,
cut and thrust
,
cut up
,
discept
,
dispute
,
dodge
,
equivocate
,
equivocation
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
evasion
,
exception
,
fault-find
,
faultfinding
,
fence
,
find fault
,
flak
,
give and take
,
hair-splitting
,
hairsplitting
,
hassle
,
have it out
,
hedge
,
hit
,
home thrust
,
hostile criticism
,
hypercriticalness
,
hypercriticism
,
imputation
,
jesuitism
,
join issue
,
knock
,
lock horns
,
logomachize
,
moot
,
mystify
,
nagging
,
nicety
,
niggle
,
niggling
,
nit
,
nit-picking
,
nitpick
,
obloquy
,
obscure
,
overcriticalness
,
palter
,
paltering
,
parry
,
pestering
,
pettifog
,
pettifogging
,
pick holes
,
pick nits
,
pick to pieces
,
plead
,
polemicize
,
polemize
,
prevaricate
,
priggishness
,
pull apart
,
pull to pieces
,
pussyfoot
,
quibbling
,
quiddity
,
quillet
,
quip
,
quirk
,
quodlibet
,
rap
,
reflection
,
reproachfulness
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
slam
,
sophism
,
sophistry
,
spar
,
split hairs
,
squabble
,
stricture
,
subtlety
,
swipe
,
take exception
,
take sides
,
taking exception
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tergiversate
,
thrash out
,
trichoschistism
,
try conclusions
,
wrangle
sere
collapse
related words >
adust
,
arid
,
atrophied
,
baked
,
bare
,
bone-dry
,
brittle
,
burnt
,
corky
,
deep-worn
,
dehydrated
,
desiccated
,
dog-eared
,
dried
,
dried-up
,
droughty
,
dry
,
emaciated
,
evaporated
,
exsiccated
,
moistureless
,
mummified
,
papery
,
parched
,
parchmenty
,
scorched
,
sear
,
seared
,
shelfworn
,
shopworn
,
shriveled
,
shrunken
,
sun-dried
,
sunbaked
,
thirsty
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
unwatered
,
wasted
,
waterless
,
weazened
,
well-worn
,
wilted
,
wind-dried
,
withered
,
wizened
,
worn
,
worn ragged
,
worn to rags
,
worn to threads
,
worn-down
,
wrinkled
ragman
collapse
related words >
Arab
,
beach bum
,
beachcomber
,
beggar
,
bo
,
bum
,
bummer
,
dogie
,
gamin
,
gamine
,
guttersnipe
,
hobo
,
homeless waif
,
idler
,
junk dealer
,
junkman
,
landloper
,
lazzarone
,
loafer
,
losel
,
mudlark
,
old-clothesman
,
piker
,
rag-and-bone man
,
ragamuffin
,
ragpicker
,
rounder
,
ski bum
,
stiff
,
stray
,
street Arab
,
street urchin
,
sundowner
,
surf bum
,
swagman
,
swagsman
,
tatterdemalion
,
tennis bum
,
tramp
,
turnpiker
,
urchin
,
vag
,
vagabond
,
vagrant
,
waif
,
waifs and strays
,
wastrel
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