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uninspired
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having no intellectual or emotional or spiritual excitement; "the production was professional but uninspired"
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arid
,
barren
,
dry
,
dull
,
earthbound
,
elephantine
,
handed
,
heavy
,
infecund
,
infertile
,
literal
,
mundane
,
noncreative
,
prosaic
,
prosing
,
prosy
,
staid
,
sterile
,
stolid
,
stuffy
,
unaffected
,
unanimated
,
uncreative
,
unfanciful
,
unideal
,
unimaginative
,
unimpressed
,
uninventive
,
unmoved
,
unoriginal
,
unpoetic
,
unromantic
,
unromanticized
,
unruffled
,
unstirred
,
unstruck
,
untouched
divvy up
collapse
related words >
apportion
,
be partners in
,
carve
,
carve up
,
cooperate
,
cut
,
cut up
,
district
,
divide
,
divide into shares
,
divide up
,
divide with
,
divvy
,
divvy up with
,
go even stephen
,
go fifty-fifty
,
go halvers
,
go halves
,
go shares
,
halve
,
parcel
,
parcel out
,
part
,
partition
,
portion
,
section
,
segment
,
share
,
share in
,
share out
,
share with
,
slice
,
slice the pie
,
slice up
,
split
,
split the difference
,
split up
,
subdivide
,
zone
cast out
collapse
related words >
abrupt
,
abstract
,
alienate
,
ban
,
banish
,
bicker
,
blackball
,
boot out
,
bounce
,
cast
,
cast off
,
caterwaul
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
cut
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
defenestrate
,
delete
,
depart
,
deport
,
detrude
,
disarticulate
,
discard
,
discharge
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disfellowship
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
displace
,
dispose of
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
eject
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
eradicate
,
estrange
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
extradite
,
extrude
,
fugitate
,
get quit of
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
give the hook
,
heave out
,
isolate
,
jettison
,
junk
,
kick downstairs
,
kick out
,
leave
,
liquidate
,
obtrude
,
ostracize
,
oust
,
outlaw
,
part
,
pick out
,
proscribe
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
purge
,
put out
,
reject
,
relegate
,
remove
,
root out
,
root up
,
row
,
rusticate
,
scrap
,
segregate
,
send away
,
send down
,
send to Coventry
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shut off
,
snub
,
spat
,
split
,
spurn
,
squabble
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
subtract
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
thrust out
,
tiff
,
toss out
,
transport
,
turn out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
weed out
,
withdraw
,
wrangle
recap
collapse
related words >
abbreviate
,
abbreviation
,
abridge
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
add up
,
apocope
,
bob
,
boil down
,
capsulize
,
cast up
,
cipher up
,
clip
,
cobble
,
commission
,
compress
,
compression
,
condensation
,
condense
,
condition
,
conspectus
,
contract
,
copy
,
core
,
count up
,
critique
,
crop
,
curtail
,
curtailment
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
darn
,
detail
,
do up
,
dock
,
doctor
,
dwelling upon
,
elaboration
,
elide
,
elision
,
ellipsis
,
epitome
,
epitomize
,
essence
,
figure up
,
fix
,
fix up
,
foot up
,
foreshorten
,
foreshortening
,
gist
,
going over
,
inventory
,
itemize
,
iteration
,
main point
,
meat
,
mend
,
mow
,
nip
,
overhaul
,
patch
,
patch up
,
pith
,
poll
,
pollard
,
practicing
,
precis
,
prune
,
put in commission
,
put in order
,
put in repair
,
put in shape
,
re-cover
,
ready
,
reaffirmation
,
reap
,
recapitulate
,
recapitulation
,
recital
,
recite
,
reckon up
,
recondition
,
recount
,
recountal
,
recounting
,
reduce
,
reduction
,
rehash
,
rehearsal
,
rehearse
,
reissue
,
reiteration
,
relate
,
repair
,
reprint
,
restatement
,
resume
,
retelling
,
retread
,
retrench
,
retrenchment
,
reupholster
,
review
,
run-through
,
rundown
,
score up
,
service
,
set to rights
,
sew up
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
shortening
,
snub
,
stunt
,
substance
,
sum
,
sum and substance
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
summary
,
summate
,
summation
,
summing up
,
syncope
,
synopsis
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
tally up
,
telescope
,
telescoping
,
tinker
,
tinker up
,
tot up
,
total
,
total up
,
tote up
,
trim
,
truncate
,
truncation
impose upon
collapse
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abuse
,
abuse a privilege
,
barge in
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
bother
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burden with
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
charge
,
charge in
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
deceive
,
demand
,
disaccommodate
,
disadvantage
,
discommode
,
disoblige
,
drain
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
encroach upon
,
enjoin
,
entrench
,
exact
,
exploit
,
fasten upon
,
foist in
,
foist on
,
freight with
,
harm
,
horn in
,
ill-use
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
incommode
,
inconvenience
,
infiltrate
,
inflict on
,
inflict upon
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
lay
,
lay on
,
levy
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
manipulate
,
milk
,
misuse
,
obtrude
,
obtrude upon
,
overstep
,
pass off on
,
pass the buck
,
place
,
play on
,
press in
,
presume on
,
presume upon
,
push in
,
put
,
put across
,
put down
,
put on
,
put out
,
put over
,
put to inconvenience
,
put to trouble
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
saddle with
,
set
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
stroke
,
subject to
,
suck dry
,
take a liberty
,
take advantage of
,
take liberties
,
task
,
tax
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
trouble
,
use
,
use ill
,
weight down with
,
work in
,
work on
,
work upon
,
worm in
,
yoke with
desolate
collapse
crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
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abandoned
,
acarpous
,
acheronian
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
agonize
,
alone
,
anguish
,
annihilate
,
arid
,
bare
,
barren
,
black
,
bleak
,
break down
,
bring to ruin
,
bring to tears
,
celibate
,
cheerless
,
childless
,
comfortless
,
condemn
,
confound
,
consume
,
crush
,
crushed
,
cut up
,
damn
,
dark
,
daunt
,
deal destruction
,
decimate
,
deep-troubled
,
defenseless
,
deject
,
dejected
,
demolish
,
depopulate
,
depredate
,
depress
,
depressed
,
desecrate
,
desert
,
deserted
,
desole
,
despoil
,
despondent
,
destitute
,
destroy
,
destroyed
,
devastate
,
devastated
,
devour
,
disconsolate
,
discourage
,
discouraged
,
dishearten
,
dismal
,
dismay
,
dispeople
,
dispirit
,
dispirited
,
dissolve
,
distressed
,
down
,
downcast
,
downhearted
,
drained
,
draw tears
,
drear
,
dreary
,
dried-up
,
dry
,
embitter
,
empty
,
engorge
,
excruciate
,
exhausted
,
fallow
,
fatherless
,
forlorn
,
forsaken
,
friendless
,
fruitless
,
funereal
,
gaunt
,
gelded
,
gloomy
,
gobble
,
gobble up
,
godforsaken
,
grieve
,
gut
,
gut with fire
,
havoc
,
heart-stricken
,
heart-struck
,
heartsick
,
heartsore
,
helpless
,
homeless
,
hopeless
,
impotent
,
incinerate
,
inconsolable
,
ineffectual
,
infecund
,
infertile
,
inundate
,
isolated
,
issueless
,
jejune
,
joyless
,
kithless
,
lay in ruins
,
lay waste
,
leached
,
lonely
,
low-spirited
,
melancholy
,
menopausal
,
miserable
,
motherless
,
mournful
,
murky
,
neglected
,
nonfertile
,
nonproducing
,
nonproductive
,
nonprolific
,
obliterate
,
oppress
,
outcast
,
overwhelm
,
pillage
,
poor
,
poverty-stricken
,
prostrate
,
ravage
,
ravaged
,
raze
,
remote
,
ruin
,
ruinate
,
ruined
,
sack
,
sad
,
sadden
,
shipwreck
,
sick
,
sick at heart
,
sine prole
,
solitary
,
somber
,
sorrow
,
sorrowful
,
soul-sick
,
spiritless
,
spoliate
,
sterile
,
stricken
,
sucked dry
,
suicidal
,
swallow up
,
teemless
,
throw into disorder
,
torment
,
torture
,
unconsolable
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
unfertile
,
unfrequented
,
unfriended
,
unfruitful
,
unhappy
,
uninhabited
,
unleash destruction
,
unleash the hurricane
,
unoccupied
,
unpeople
,
unplowed
,
unproductive
,
unprolific
,
unsown
,
untilled
,
upheave
,
vacant
,
vandalize
,
vaporize
,
virgin
,
waste
,
wasted
,
without issue
,
woebegone
,
woeful
,
wrack
,
wreak havoc
,
wreck
,
wretched
depress
collapse
lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
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abridge
,
bear down
,
beat down
,
bring down
,
bring low
,
burden
,
cast down
,
cheapen
,
compress
,
couch
,
countersink
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
debase
,
debilitate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deepen
,
deflate
,
deject
,
demit
,
dent
,
depreciate
,
detrude
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
dig
,
diminish
,
dimple
,
dint
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dispirit
,
dive
,
downbear
,
downgrade
,
drill
,
droop
,
dull
,
enervate
,
engrave
,
excavate
,
grieve
,
haul down
,
impress
,
imprint
,
indent
,
knock down
,
lessen
,
let
,
let down
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
mine
,
notch
,
oppress
,
pare
,
pit
,
pock
,
pockmark
,
press down
,
press in
,
pull down
,
punch
,
punch in
,
push down
,
recess
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
sadden
,
sap
,
scale down
,
set back
,
set in
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
sink
,
stamp
,
step down
,
take down
,
take from
,
tamp
,
thrust down
,
tune down
,
tunnel
,
upset
,
weaken
,
weigh down
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh upon
get rid of
collapse
dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abstract
,
assassinate
,
cast
,
cast aside
,
cast away
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cede
,
chuck
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
cut short
,
deep-six
,
deport
,
discard
,
disgorge
,
dispel
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
ditch
,
do away with
,
do without
,
drop
,
dump
,
eighty-six
,
eject
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
end
,
eradicate
,
escape
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
exterminate
,
finish
,
finish off
,
fling off
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
get along without
,
get clear of
,
get free of
,
get out of
,
get quit of
,
get shut of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
kill
,
kiss good-bye
,
liquidate
,
make a sacrifice
,
make away with
,
murder
,
nip
,
outlaw
,
part with
,
pick out
,
purge
,
put paid to
,
quitclaim
,
recant
,
reject
,
relinquish
,
remove
,
render up
,
renounce
,
resign
,
retract
,
root out
,
root up
,
sacrifice
,
shake off
,
shoo
,
slaughter
,
slough
,
spare
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
surrender
,
swear off
,
take off
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
throw up
,
to
,
toss overboard
,
vacate
,
waive
,
weed out
,
yield
hack it
collapse
related words >
answer
,
avail
,
be able
,
be equal to
,
be up to
,
bear
,
can
,
can do
,
clear
,
clear the hurdle
,
come along
,
come on
,
contrive
,
cut it
,
cut the mustard
,
do
,
do it
,
engineer
,
fill the bill
,
fulfill
,
get along
,
get by
,
get on
,
go around
,
go on
,
hold
,
hold up
,
just do
,
make it
,
make out
,
make the grade
,
manage
,
manage somehow
,
may
,
meet
,
meet requirements
,
muddle through
,
negotiate
,
pass
,
pass muster
,
possess authority
,
put over
,
put through
,
qualify
,
reach
,
satisfy
,
scrape along
,
serve
,
serve the purpose
,
stand
,
stand the test
,
stand up
,
stretch
,
succeed in
,
suffice
,
swing
,
swing the deal
,
take charge
,
take it
,
work
,
worry along
take charge
collapse
related words >
active
,
acute
,
aggressive
,
animated
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
assume command
,
be able
,
be up to
,
brisk
,
can
,
can do
,
cut it
,
cut the mustard
,
dynamic
,
energetic
,
enterprising
,
enthusiastic
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
full of pep
,
go-go
,
hack it
,
hearty
,
impetuous
,
incisive
,
intense
,
keen
,
kinetic
,
lively
,
living
,
lusty
,
make it
,
make the grade
,
may
,
mettlesome
,
mount the throne
,
peppy
,
possess authority
,
robust
,
seize
,
seize power
,
seize the throne
,
smacking
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
spirited
,
strenuous
,
strong
,
take command
,
take over
,
take the helm
,
take the lead
,
take-over
,
trenchant
,
usurp
,
vibrant
,
vigorous
,
vivacious
,
vivid
,
zestful
,
zesty
,
zippy
refrigeration
collapse
deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath"
the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
related words >
anhydration
,
blast-freezing
,
bottling
,
brining
,
canning
,
corning
,
curing
,
dehydration
,
desiccation
,
dry-curing
,
drying
,
embalming
,
evaporation
,
freeze-drying
,
freezing
,
fuming
,
irradiation
,
jerking
,
marination
,
mummification
,
pickling
,
potting
,
quick-freezing
,
salting
,
seasoning
,
smoking
,
stuffing
,
taxidermy
,
tinning
pickling
collapse
related words >
anhydration
,
blast-freezing
,
bottling
,
brining
,
canning
,
corning
,
curing
,
dehydration
,
desiccation
,
dry-curing
,
drying
,
embalming
,
evaporation
,
freeze-drying
,
freezing
,
fuming
,
irradiation
,
jerking
,
marination
,
mummification
,
potting
,
quick-freezing
,
refrigeration
,
salting
,
seasoning
,
smoking
,
stuffing
,
taxidermy
,
tinning
aground
collapse
with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground"
related words >
anchored
,
beached
,
castaway
,
caught
,
chained
,
fast
,
fastened
,
fixed
,
foundered
,
grounded
,
hard and fast
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
marooned
,
moored
,
on the rocks
,
packed
,
set fast
,
shipwrecked
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
swamped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
transfixed
,
wedged
,
wrecked
fastened
collapse
firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt"
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
bonded
,
caught
,
cemented
,
chained
,
close
,
fast
,
firm
,
fixed
,
glued
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
moored
,
packed
,
riveted
,
secure
,
set
,
settled
,
staple
,
stated
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
taped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tight
,
transfixed
,
wedged
mutilate
collapse
destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"
destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
related words >
abrade
,
abscind
,
alter
,
amputate
,
annihilate
,
ban
,
bar
,
bark
,
blemish
,
bloody
,
bob
,
break
,
burn
,
butcher
,
castrate
,
chafe
,
change
,
check
,
chip
,
claw
,
clip
,
crack
,
craze
,
cripple
,
crop
,
cull
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
damage
,
deface
,
defoliate
,
deform
,
denude
,
desexualize
,
destroy
,
disable
,
disfigure
,
dismember
,
disproportion
,
dock
,
draw and quarter
,
eliminate
,
enucleate
,
eradicate
,
except
,
excise
,
exclude
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
fix
,
flay
,
fracture
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
gash
,
geld
,
hurt
,
incise
,
injure
,
isolate
,
knock off
,
lacerate
,
lame
,
lop
,
maim
,
make mincemeat of
,
mangle
,
mar
,
maul
,
mayhem
,
misshape
,
neuter
,
nip
,
pare
,
peel
,
pick out
,
pick to pieces
,
pierce
,
prune
,
pull apart
,
puncture
,
rend
,
rip
,
rip off
,
root out
,
ruin
,
rule out
,
run
,
rupture
,
savage
,
scald
,
scorch
,
scotch
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
scuff
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shave
,
shear
,
shred
,
skin
,
slash
,
slit
,
spoil
,
sprain
,
stab
,
stamp out
,
stick
,
strain
,
strike off
,
strip
,
strip off
,
take apart
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear
,
tear apart
,
tear off
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to tatters
,
traumatize
,
truncate
,
unsex
,
vandalize
,
wipe out
,
wound
,
wrench
obvious
collapse
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors"
related words >
apparent
,
bald
,
clean-cut
,
clear
,
clear as crystal
,
clear-cut
,
conspicuous
,
crystal-clear
,
defined
,
definite
,
direct
,
discernible
,
distinct
,
evident
,
explicit
,
express
,
glaring
,
in focus
,
indisputable
,
indubitable
,
manifest
,
noticeable
,
observable
,
open
,
open-and-shut
,
ostensible
,
overt
,
palpable
,
patent
,
perceivable
,
perceptible
,
perspicuous
,
plain
,
plain as day
,
prominent
,
pronounced
,
seeable
,
self-evident
,
self-explaining
,
self-explanatory
,
simple
,
staring
,
straightforward
,
tangible
,
to be seen
,
unambiguous
,
unconcealed
,
undeniable
,
unequivocal
,
unhidden
,
unmistakable
,
unsubtle
,
visible
,
well-defined
,
well-marked
,
well-pronounced
,
well-resolved
subtract
collapse
make a subtraction
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abrupt
,
abstract
,
add
,
algebraize
,
alienate
,
bate
,
calculate
,
cast
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cipher
,
compute
,
curtail
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
delete
,
depart
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
discount
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
disparage
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dope out
,
drain
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
eject
,
erode
,
estimate
,
estrange
,
expel
,
extract
,
extract roots
,
figure
,
figure in
,
figure out
,
file away
,
impair
,
isolate
,
knock
,
leach
,
leave
,
lessen
,
measure
,
multiply
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
purify
,
reckon
,
reduce
,
refine
,
remove
,
retrench
,
rub away
,
score
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shorten
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subduct
,
take account of
,
take away
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
tally
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
work out
skimp
collapse
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
related words >
begrudge
,
blink
,
carefully ignore
,
cold-shoulder
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
dodge
,
economize
,
enforce economies
,
exiguous
,
famish
,
fudge
,
grudge
,
husband
,
keep within compass
,
live upon nothing
,
make ends meet
,
manage
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
pinch
,
pinch pennies
,
poor
,
put something aside
,
save
,
scamp
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scrape
,
scrape and save
,
screw
,
scrimp
,
scrimpy
,
short
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimpy
,
skip over
,
slight
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
spare
,
sparse
,
starve
,
stint
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
embalming
collapse
related words >
anhydration
,
blast-freezing
,
bottling
,
brining
,
canning
,
corning
,
curing
,
dehydration
,
desiccation
,
dry-curing
,
drying
,
embalmment
,
evaporation
,
freeze-drying
,
freezing
,
fuming
,
irradiation
,
jerking
,
marination
,
mummification
,
pickling
,
potting
,
quick-freezing
,
refrigeration
,
salting
,
seasoning
,
smoking
,
stuffing
,
taxidermy
,
tinning
unambiguous
collapse
having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
related words >
absolute
,
ambiguous
,
apodictic
,
apparent
,
bound
,
categorical
,
certain
,
clean-cut
,
clear
,
clear and distinct
,
clear as crystal
,
clear as day
,
clear-cut
,
coherent
,
conclusive
,
connected
,
consistent
,
crisp
,
crystal
,
crystal-clear
,
crystalline
,
decisive
,
defined
,
definite
,
definitive
,
determinate
,
direct
,
distinct
,
evident
,
explicit
,
express
,
ineluctable
,
inevitable
,
limpid
,
loud and clear
,
lucid
,
luminous
,
manifest
,
necessary
,
obscure
,
obvious
,
palpable
,
patent
,
pellucid
,
perfectly sure
,
perspicuous
,
plain
,
positive
,
predestined
,
predetermined
,
simple
,
specific
,
straightforward
,
sure
,
sure-enough
,
translucent
,
transparent
,
transpicuous
,
true
,
unconfused
,
unequivocal
,
univocal
,
unmistakable
,
well-defined
vinegarish
collapse
related words >
acerb
,
acerbate
,
acerbic
,
acescent
,
bearish
,
bilious
,
bitter
,
cankered
,
choleric
,
crab
,
crabbed
,
cranky
,
cross-grained
,
crotchety
,
dry
,
dyspeptic
,
embittered
,
green
,
jaundiced
,
ornery
,
pickled
,
pungent
,
sec
,
sour
,
sour as vinegar
,
sour-tempered
,
soured
,
sourish
,
tart
,
tartish
,
unripe
,
unsweet
,
unsweetened
,
vinegary
,
waspish
inextricable
collapse
not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied; "an inextricable knot"; "inextricable unity"
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
caught
,
chained
,
enwrapped in mystery
,
fast
,
fastened
,
fixed
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
indefinable
,
inexplicable
,
insoluble
,
insolvable
,
irreducible
,
jammed
,
moored
,
mysterious
,
mystic
,
packed
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
tethered
,
tied
,
transfixed
,
unaccountable
,
undefinable
,
unexplainable
,
uninterpretable
,
unsolvable
,
wedged
divorce
collapse
the legal dissolution of a marriage
get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
related words >
abrupt
,
abstraction
,
alienate
,
alienation
,
annul
,
break up
,
cancel
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
detach
,
detachment
,
disaffect
,
disarticulate
,
disarticulation
,
disassociate
,
disassociation
,
disconnect
,
disconnectedness
,
disconnection
,
discontinuity
,
disengage
,
disengagement
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
disjointing
,
disjunction
,
dislocation
,
dismiss
,
dissever
,
dissociate
,
dissolution
,
dissolve
,
disunion
,
disunite
,
divide
,
division
,
divorcement
,
eject
,
estrange
,
expel
,
grant a divorce
,
grant an annulment
,
incoherence
,
isolate
,
isolation
,
leave
,
luxation
,
obtain a divorce
,
part
,
parting
,
partition
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
put asunder
,
put away
,
removal
,
rupture
,
segmentation
,
segregate
,
separate
,
separation
,
separatism
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sever
,
severance
,
shut off
,
split
,
split up
,
split-up
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subdivision
,
subtract
,
subtraction
,
sue for divorce
,
sunder
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unmarry
,
untie the knot
,
unyoke
,
wean
,
withdraw
,
withdrawal
,
zoning
scavenge
collapse
remove unwanted substances from
feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"
clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street"
related words >
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dry-clean
,
dust
,
dust off
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
dry clean
collapse
clean with chemical agents
related words >
bleach
,
bowdlerize
,
clean
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
cleanse
,
clear out
,
delouse
,
depurate
,
deterge
,
dust
,
dust off
,
expurgate
,
freshen
,
lustrate
,
purge
,
purify
,
reform
,
scavenge
,
spruce
,
steam-clean
,
sweep out
,
sweeten
,
tidy
,
whiten
,
wipe
,
wipe off
,
wipe out
,
wipe up
stranded
collapse
with the bottom lodged on a reef or shoal in shallow water
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
beached
,
castaway
,
caught
,
chained
,
fast
,
fastened
,
fixed
,
foundered
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
marooned
,
moored
,
on the rocks
,
packed
,
run aground
,
set fast
,
shipwrecked
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
swamped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
transfixed
,
wedged
,
wrecked
hit the high spots
collapse
related words >
abridge
,
blink
,
brief
,
browse
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
carefully ignore
,
cold-shoulder
,
condense
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
dip into
,
dodge
,
examine cursorily
,
fudge
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
glance over
,
glance through
,
nutshell
,
outline
,
page through
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
run over
,
run through
,
scamp
,
scan
,
scratch the surface
,
shorten
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slight
,
slip through
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
thumb over
,
thumb through
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
zip through
maffick
collapse
related words >
be noisy
,
beat the drum
,
blow the trumpet
,
brawl
,
carry on
,
celebrate
,
chirm
,
clamor
,
clangor
,
commemorate
,
cut up
,
cut up rough
,
dress ship
,
fire a salute
,
go on
,
hallow
,
hell around
,
hold jubilee
,
honor
,
horse around
,
jubilate
,
jubilize
,
keep
,
make a noise
,
make a racket
,
make an uproar
,
make merry
,
mark
,
memorialize
,
noise
,
observe
,
racket
,
raise Cain
,
raise a clamor
,
raise hell
,
raise sand
,
raise the deuce
,
raise the devil
,
raise the roof
,
roar
,
roughhouse
,
row
,
rumpus
,
signalize
,
solemnize
,
solemnly mark
,
sound a fanfare
,
whoop it up
infertility
collapse
related words >
aridity
,
aridness
,
barrenness
,
birth control
,
contraception
,
dearth
,
dearth of ideas
,
dry womb
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
family planning
,
famine
,
impotence
,
ineffectualness
,
infecundity
,
planned parenthood
,
prosaicism
,
prosaicness
,
prosaism
,
prosiness
,
staidness
,
sterileness
,
sterility
,
stolidity
,
stuffiness
,
uncreativeness
,
unfancifulness
,
unfertileness
,
unfruitfulness
,
unimaginativeness
,
unoriginality
,
unpoeticalness
,
unproductiveness
,
withered loins
gully
collapse
deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
related words >
abysm
,
abyss
,
aqueduct
,
arroyo
,
bed
,
box canyon
,
breach
,
break
,
canal
,
canalize
,
canyon
,
carve
,
cavity
,
chamfer
,
channel
,
chap
,
chasm
,
check
,
chimney
,
chink
,
chisel
,
cleft
,
cleuch
,
clough
,
col
,
corridor
,
corrugate
,
coulee
,
couloir
,
crack
,
cranny
,
creek bed
,
crevasse
,
crevice
,
crimp
,
culvert
,
cut
,
cwm
,
dado
,
defile
,
dell
,
dike
,
ditch
,
donga
,
draw
,
dry bed
,
engrave
,
excavation
,
fault
,
fissure
,
flaw
,
flume
,
flute
,
fracture
,
furrow
,
gap
,
gape
,
gash
,
gill
,
goffer
,
gorge
,
gouge
,
groove
,
gulch
,
gulf
,
gullyhole
,
headrace
,
hole
,
incise
,
incision
,
irrigation ditch
,
joint
,
kloof
,
leak
,
moat
,
notch
,
nullah
,
opening
,
pass
,
passage
,
pleat
,
plow
,
rabbet
,
race
,
ravine
,
rent
,
rifle
,
rift
,
rime
,
river bed
,
riverway
,
runnel
,
rupture
,
rut
,
scissure
,
score
,
scratch
,
seam
,
slit
,
slot
,
sluice
,
spillbox
,
spillway
,
split
,
streak
,
stream bed
,
streamway
,
striate
,
swash
,
swash channel
,
tailrace
,
trench
,
trough
,
valley
,
void
,
wadi
,
water carrier
,
water channel
,
water furrow
,
water gap
,
water gate
,
watercourse
,
waterway
,
waterworks
,
wrinkle
celibate
collapse
an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"
related words >
Apostolic
,
Encratic
,
Lenten
,
Platonic
,
Pythagorean
,
Rechabite
,
Shaker
,
Spartan
,
Stoic
,
abbacomes
,
abbot
,
absolute
,
abstemious
,
abstinent
,
acarpous
,
alone
,
arid
,
ascetic
,
azygous
,
bachelor
,
barren
,
beadsman
,
brother
,
caloyer
,
celibataire
,
cenobite
,
chaste
,
childless
,
continent
,
conventual
,
conventual prior
,
desert
,
desolate
,
drained
,
dried-up
,
dry
,
exhausted
,
fallow
,
first and last
,
friar
,
fruitarian
,
fruitless
,
gaunt
,
gelded
,
grand prior
,
hermit
,
hieromonach
,
immaculate
,
impair
,
impotent
,
ineffectual
,
infecund
,
infertile
,
intact
,
issueless
,
jejune
,
lay abbot
,
lay brother
,
leached
,
lone
,
maidenly
,
mendicant
,
menopausal
,
misogamic
,
misogamist
,
misogynist
,
misogynous
,
monachal
,
monastic
,
monk
,
monkish
,
nephalistic
,
nonfertile
,
nonproducing
,
nonproductive
,
nonprolific
,
nun
,
odd
,
on the wagon
,
one and only
,
only
,
only-begotten
,
palmer
,
pilgrim
,
pillar saint
,
pillarist
,
priest
,
prior
,
pure
,
religieux
,
religious
,
sexually abstinent
,
sine prole
,
single
,
singular
,
sole
,
spinster
,
sterile
,
stylite
,
sucked dry
,
sworn off
,
teemless
,
teetotal
,
uncultivated
,
undefiled
,
unfertile
,
unfruitful
,
unique
,
unmarried
,
unpaired
,
unplowed
,
unproductive
,
unprolific
,
unrepeated
,
unsown
,
unsullied
,
untilled
,
unwed
,
vegetarian
,
vestal
,
virgin
,
virginal
,
virtuous
,
waste
,
wasted
,
without issue
cure
collapse
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
related words >
administration
,
advowson
,
agency
,
agentship
,
aid
,
air-dry
,
alterative
,
ameliorate
,
analeptic
,
anhydrate
,
antidote
,
arrange
,
assignment
,
assistance
,
auspices
,
authority
,
authorization
,
bake
,
balm
,
balsam
,
bandage
,
bathe
,
benefice
,
better
,
blast-freeze
,
blot
,
break of
,
brevet
,
brine
,
bring around
,
bring round
,
brush
,
burn
,
care
,
care for
,
care of souls
,
charge
,
clear for action
,
clear the decks
,
commission
,
commissioning
,
commitment
,
consignment
,
corn
,
correct
,
corrective
,
counteractant
,
counteractive
,
counteragent
,
countermeasure
,
counterstep
,
curacy
,
curative measures
,
cure-all
,
curing
,
custodianship
,
custody
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
delegated authority
,
delegation
,
deploy
,
deputation
,
desiccate
,
devolution
,
devolvement
,
diagnose
,
disaccustom
,
doctor
,
drain
,
dress
,
drug
,
dry
,
dry-cure
,
dry-salt
,
elixir
,
embalm
,
embassy
,
empowerment
,
entrusting
,
entrustment
,
errand
,
evaporate
,
executorship
,
exequatur
,
exsiccate
,
factorship
,
fire
,
first aid
,
fix
,
fix up
,
flux
,
freeze
,
freeze-dry
,
full power
,
fume
,
get ready
,
give care to
,
glebe
,
governance
,
government
,
guardianship
,
guidance
,
hands
,
heal
,
healing
,
healing agent
,
healing quality
,
help
,
hospitalization
,
incumbency
,
insolate
,
irradiate
,
jerk
,
jurisdiction
,
keeping
,
kiln
,
kipper
,
legation
,
license
,
lieutenancy
,
living
,
make arrangements
,
make preparations
,
make ready
,
management
,
mandate
,
marinade
,
marinate
,
marshal
,
massage
,
medical treatment
,
medicament
,
medicamentation
,
medicate
,
medication
,
medicine
,
mend
,
minister to
,
ministry
,
mission
,
mobilize
,
mummify
,
nostrum
,
nurse
,
office
,
operate on
,
oversight
,
panacea
,
parch
,
pastorage
,
pastorate
,
pastorship
,
patronage
,
pharmacon
,
physic
,
pickle
,
plan
,
plaster
,
plenipotentiary power
,
poultice
,
power of attorney
,
power to act
,
prearrange
,
prelacy
,
prep
,
prepare
,
prescribe
,
prescription
,
preservatize
,
preserve
,
pretreat
,
process
,
procuration
,
protectorship
,
provide
,
proxy
,
pull round
,
purge
,
purview
,
put in shape
,
quick-freeze
,
ready
,
ready up
,
receipt
,
recipe
,
rectify
,
rectory
,
recure
,
refrigerate
,
regency
,
regentship
,
regime
,
regimen
,
relief
,
remedial measure
,
remedy
,
repair
,
responsibility
,
restorative
,
restore
,
restore to health
,
rub
,
safe hands
,
salt
,
scorch
,
sear
,
season
,
settle preliminaries
,
shrivel
,
smoke
,
smoke-cure
,
soak up
,
sovereign remedy
,
specific
,
specific remedy
,
splint
,
sponge
,
stewardship
,
stop
,
strap
,
stuff
,
succor
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
tan
,
task
,
therapy
,
torrefy
,
towel
,
treat
,
treatment
,
trim
,
trust
,
trusteeship
,
try out
,
tutelage
,
vicarage
,
vicarious authority
,
ward
,
wardenship
,
wardship
,
warrant
,
watch and ward
,
wean
,
weazen
,
wing
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
,
work a cure
rebate
collapse
a refund of some fraction of the amount paid
join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"
cut a rebate in (timber or stone)
give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"
related words >
abate
,
abatement
,
agio
,
allow
,
allowance
,
bank discount
,
bate
,
breakage
,
bribe
,
cash discount
,
chain discount
,
charge off
,
charge-off
,
commission
,
concession
,
cut
,
deduct
,
deduction
,
depreciate
,
depreciation
,
diminish
,
discount
,
drain
,
drawback
,
graft
,
kick back
,
kickback
,
make allowance
,
mark down
,
payola
,
penalty
,
penalty clause
,
percentage
,
premium
,
price reduction
,
price-cut
,
rake-off
,
rebatement
,
reduce
,
reduction
,
refund
,
repay
,
repayment
,
rollback
,
salvage
,
setoff
,
subtraction
,
take a premium
,
take off
,
taper off
,
tare
,
time discount
,
trade discount
,
tret
,
underselling
,
write off
,
write-off
tethered
collapse
confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
bound
,
caught
,
chained
,
fast
,
fastened
,
fettered
,
fixed
,
grounded
,
hampered
,
handcuffed
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
in bonds
,
in chains
,
in irons
,
inextricable
,
ironbound
,
jammed
,
manacled
,
moored
,
packed
,
shackled
,
stranded
,
strapped
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
tied
,
tied down
,
tied up
,
trammeled
,
transfixed
,
wedged
cleave
collapse
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
related words >
accelerate
,
activate
,
adhere
,
adhere to
,
agglomerate
,
amputate
,
associate
,
atomize
,
ax
,
bifurcate
,
bisect
,
bite
,
bombard
,
branch
,
breach
,
break
,
break to pieces
,
broach
,
bunch
,
butcher
,
by two
,
carve
,
check
,
chink
,
chop
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
cling to
,
clip
,
clot
,
cluster
,
clutch
,
coagulate
,
cohere
,
combine
,
congeal
,
conglomerate
,
conjoin
,
crack
,
crevasse
,
cross-bombard
,
cut
,
cut apart
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
cut open
,
demolish
,
dichotomize
,
dimidiate
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
dismantle
,
dispart
,
dissect
,
dissever
,
ditch
,
divaricate
,
divide
,
divorce
,
embrace
,
excise
,
fission
,
fissure
,
fly open
,
fork
,
fracture
,
fragment
,
freeze to
,
furrow
,
gap
,
gash
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
groove
,
grow together
,
hack
,
halve
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hang together
,
hew
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hold together
,
hug
,
in half
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
join
,
keep hold of
,
lance
,
lay open
,
link
,
make mincemeat of
,
mass
,
never let go
,
nip
,
nucleize
,
ope
,
open
,
open up
,
pare
,
part
,
persist
,
pick to pieces
,
prune
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
ramify
,
reduce to rubble
,
rend
,
rent
,
rift
,
rip
,
rive
,
rupture
,
saw
,
scissor
,
separate
,
set
,
sever
,
shatter
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
slot
,
smash
,
smash the atom
,
snip
,
solidify
,
split
,
split in two
,
spread
,
spread out
,
spring open
,
stay
,
stay put
,
stick
,
stick to
,
stick together
,
subdivide
,
sunder
,
swing open
,
take apart
,
take hold of
,
tap
,
tear
,
tear apart
,
tear open
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
throw open
,
total
,
transect
,
trench
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unite
,
unmake
,
whittle
,
wrack up
,
wreck
oleo
collapse
related words >
butter
,
buttermilk
,
certified milk
,
cheese
,
condensed milk
,
cream
,
dairy products
,
ghee
,
half-and-half
,
heavy cream
,
light cream
,
margarine
,
milk
,
nonfat dry milk
,
oleomargarine
,
raw milk
,
skim milk
,
sour cream
,
whey
,
whipping cream
,
yogurt
dairy products
collapse
related words >
butter
,
buttermilk
,
certified milk
,
cheese
,
condensed milk
,
cream
,
ghee
,
half-and-half
,
heavy cream
,
light cream
,
margarine
,
milk
,
nonfat dry milk
,
oleo
,
oleomargarine
,
raw milk
,
skim milk
,
sour cream
,
whey
,
whipping cream
,
yogurt
margarine
collapse
a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
related words >
butter
,
buttermilk
,
certified milk
,
cheese
,
condensed milk
,
cream
,
dairy products
,
ghee
,
half-and-half
,
heavy cream
,
light cream
,
milk
,
nonfat dry milk
,
oleo
,
oleomargarine
,
raw milk
,
skim milk
,
sour cream
,
whey
,
whipping cream
,
yogurt
wrecked
collapse
destroyed in an accident; "a wrecked ship"; "a highway full of wrecked cars"
related words >
aground
,
ausgespielt
,
bankrupt
,
blasted
,
blighted
,
botched
,
broken
,
castaway
,
desolated
,
destroyed
,
devastated
,
done for
,
done in
,
down-and-out
,
fallen
,
finished
,
foundered
,
gone to pot
,
grounded
,
high and dry
,
in ruins
,
irremediable
,
kaput
,
marooned
,
marred
,
on the rocks
,
overthrown
,
ravaged
,
ruined
,
ruinous
,
set fast
,
shipwrecked
,
spoiled
,
spoilt
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
swamped
,
undone
,
wasted
kickback
collapse
a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction
related words >
abatement
,
agio
,
allowance
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
backlashing
,
bank discount
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bound
,
breakage
,
bribe
,
carom
,
cash discount
,
chain discount
,
charge-off
,
commission
,
compensation
,
concession
,
contrecoup
,
cut
,
deduction
,
depreciation
,
discount
,
drawback
,
kick
,
payola
,
penalty
,
penalty clause
,
percentage
,
premium
,
price reduction
,
price-cut
,
rebate
,
rebatement
,
rebound
,
rebuff
,
recalcitration
,
recoil
,
recoupment
,
reduction
,
refund
,
refundment
,
reimbursement
,
repayment
,
repercussion
,
repulse
,
resilience
,
restitution
,
return
,
reward
,
ricochet
,
rollback
,
salvage
,
setoff
,
share
,
spring
,
tare
,
time discount
,
trade discount
,
tret
,
underselling
,
write-off
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