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related words >
auriculate
,
bare
,
big-eared
,
creased
,
crimped
,
crop-eared
,
deep-worn
,
doubled
,
ear-minded
,
eared
,
flexible
,
flop-eared
,
flounced
,
fluted
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
gathered
,
long-eared
,
lop-eared
,
mouse-eared
,
plaited
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
prick-eared
,
quilled
,
ruffled
,
sere
,
sharp-eared
,
shelfworn
,
shopworn
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
tin-eared
,
tucked
,
twilled
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn ragged
,
worn to rags
,
worn to threads
,
worn-down
deaf mute
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related words >
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf-and-dumb person
,
deaf-eared
,
deafened
,
dull-eared
,
dummy
,
earless
,
hard of hearing
,
lip reader
,
mute
,
stone-deaf
,
stunned
,
surd
,
surdo-mute
,
the deaf
,
the hard-of-hearing
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
unhearing
,
word-deaf
unhearing
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related words >
a stranger to
,
asleep
,
blind to
,
caught napping
,
dead to
,
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf to
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
hard of hearing
,
impercipient
,
in ignorance of
,
incognizant
,
insensible
,
insensible to
,
mindless
,
napping
,
nonconceiving
,
not with it
,
out of it
,
stone-deaf
,
stunned
,
surd
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
unaware
,
unaware of
,
unconscious
,
unconscious of
,
uninsightful
,
unknowing
,
unmindful
,
unmindful of
,
unperceiving
,
unprehensive
,
unrealizing
,
unseeing
,
unsuspecting
,
unwitting
,
witless
,
word-deaf
stunned
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related words >
aghast
,
appalled
,
ashen
,
astounded
,
awed
,
awestricken
,
awestruck
,
blanched
,
cowed
,
dazed
,
deadly pale
,
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
frozen
,
gray with fear
,
hard of hearing
,
horrified
,
horror-struck
,
intimidated
,
pale as death
,
pallid
,
paralyzed
,
petrified
,
scared stiff
,
scared to death
,
stone-deaf
,
stupefied
,
surd
,
terrified
,
terror-crazed
,
terror-haunted
,
terror-ridden
,
terror-riven
,
terror-shaken
,
terror-smitten
,
terror-struck
,
terror-troubled
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
undone
,
unhearing
,
unmanned
,
unnerved
,
unstrung
,
word-deaf
deaf
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people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"
lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
related words >
authoritarian
,
bigot
,
bigoted
,
blind
,
borne
,
bullheaded
,
closed
,
constricted
,
cramped
,
creedbound
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf to reason
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
dogmatic
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
fanatical
,
hard of hearing
,
headstrong
,
heedless
,
hidebound
,
illiberal
,
impervious
,
indifferent
,
insensible
,
insensitive
,
insular
,
intractable
,
little
,
little-minded
,
mean
,
mean-minded
,
mean-spirited
,
mulish
,
narrow
,
narrow-hearted
,
narrow-minded
,
narrow-souled
,
narrow-spirited
,
nearsighted
,
oblivious
,
parochial
,
pertinacious
,
perverse
,
petty
,
pigheaded
,
positive
,
preoccupied
,
provincial
,
purblind
,
self-willed
,
shortsighted
,
small
,
small-minded
,
stone-deaf
,
straitlaced
,
stubborn
,
stuffy
,
stunned
,
surd
,
thick of hearing
,
tone-deaf
,
uncatholic
,
uncharitable
,
unconcerned
,
unconscious
,
ungenerous
,
unhearing
,
unheedful
,
unliberal
,
unmoved
,
unpersuadable
,
unresponsive
,
unyielding
,
word-deaf
thickheaded
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related words >
beetleheaded
,
blockheaded
,
blunt
,
blunt-witted
,
chuckleheaded
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
dopey
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-witted
,
fat-witted
,
fatheaded
,
gross-headed
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
numskulled
,
obtuse
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
sluggish
,
thick
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-witted
,
thickskulled
,
wooden
floppy
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hanging limply; "a spaniel with floppy ears"
related words >
anemic
,
asthenic
,
bagging
,
baggy
,
ballooning
,
bloodless
,
chicken
,
cowardly
,
debilitated
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
dull
,
effete
,
etiolated
,
faint
,
faintish
,
feeble
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
flimsy
,
gone
,
gutless
,
imbecile
,
impotent
,
languid
,
languorous
,
lax
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
loose
,
lop
,
lop-eared
,
loppy
,
lustless
,
marrowless
,
nerveless
,
nodding
,
pithless
,
pooped
,
powerless
,
relaxed
,
rubbery
,
sagging
,
sagging in folds
,
saggy
,
sapless
,
sinewless
,
slack
,
sleazy
,
soft
,
spineless
,
strengthless
,
swag
,
unhardened
,
unnerved
,
unstrung
,
weak
,
weakly
dim witted
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related words >
blunt
,
blunt-witted
,
dim
,
dopey
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-witted
,
fat-witted
,
gross-headed
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
obtuse
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
sluggish
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-witted
,
thickskulled
,
wooden
slow witted
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related words >
blunt
,
blunt-witted
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
dopey
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-witted
,
fat-witted
,
gross-headed
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
obtuse
,
slow
,
sluggish
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-witted
,
thickskulled
,
wooden
unsharpened
collapse
not sharpened
related words >
abrupt
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
edgeless
,
faired
,
obtuse
,
pointless
,
rounded
,
smoothed
,
unedged
,
unpointed
,
unsharp
unpointed
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related words >
abrupt
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
edgeless
,
faired
,
obtuse
,
pointless
,
rounded
,
smoothed
,
unedged
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
blunted
collapse
made dull or blunt
related words >
abrupt
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
bluntish
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
edgeless
,
faired
,
obtuse
,
pointless
,
rounded
,
smoothed
,
unedged
,
unpointed
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
thick witted
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related words >
asleep
,
beef-witted
,
benumbed
,
blear-witted
,
blockish
,
blunt
,
blunt-witted
,
callous
,
dead
,
deadened
,
dense
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
doltish
,
dopey
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-witted
,
dumb
,
fat-witted
,
gross-headed
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
impassible
,
imperceptive
,
impercipient
,
insensate
,
insensible
,
insensitive
,
insentient
,
numb
,
numbed
,
obdurate
,
obtuse
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
sluggish
,
thick
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-skinned
,
thickheaded
,
thickskulled
,
unfeeling
,
unfelt
,
unperceptive
,
wooden
threadbare
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having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
related words >
back-number
,
banal
,
bare
,
bathetic
,
bewhiskered
,
boring
,
bromidic
,
cliche
,
cliche-ridden
,
cliched
,
common
,
commonplace
,
corny
,
cut-and-dried
,
damaged
,
deep-worn
,
dilapidated
,
dingy
,
dog-eared
,
down-at-heel
,
dull
,
fade
,
faded
,
familiar
,
frayed
,
fusty
,
hack
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
imitative
,
impaired
,
injured
,
monotonous
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
old hat
,
overused
,
overworked
,
platitudinous
,
played out
,
prosaic
,
ragged
,
run-down
,
scruffy
,
seedy
,
sere
,
set
,
shabby
,
shelfworn
,
shopworn
,
slovenly
,
sorry
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
tacky
,
tattered
,
tatty
,
tedious
,
timeworn
,
tired
,
tiresome
,
torn
,
trite
,
truistic
,
uncreative
,
unoriginal
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn out
,
worn ragged
,
worn thin
,
worn to rags
,
worn to threads
,
worn-down
,
worn-out
,
wretched
folded
collapse
related words >
creased
,
crimped
,
dog-eared
,
doubled
,
flexible
,
flounced
,
fluted
,
foldable
,
folding
,
gathered
,
plaited
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
quilled
,
ruffled
,
tucked
,
twilled
tucked
collapse
having tucked or being tucked; "tightly tucked blankets"; "a fancy tucked shirt"
related words >
creased
,
crimped
,
dog-eared
,
doubled
,
flexible
,
flounced
,
fluted
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
gathered
,
plaited
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
quilled
,
ruffled
,
twilled
obtuse
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lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin
of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex
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abrupt
,
affectless
,
anesthetized
,
arctic
,
asleep
,
autistic
,
benumbed
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunt-witted
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
boneheaded
,
callous
,
catatonic
,
chill
,
chilly
,
cloddish
,
cold
,
cold as charity
,
cold-blooded
,
coldhearted
,
cool
,
dead
,
deadened
,
dense
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
dispassionate
,
doltish
,
dopey
,
drugged
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-edged
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-pointed
,
dull-witted
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
edgeless
,
emotionally dead
,
emotionless
,
faired
,
fat-witted
,
frigid
,
frosted
,
frosty
,
frozen
,
gross-headed
,
heartless
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
icy
,
immovable
,
impassible
,
impassive
,
imperceptive
,
impercipient
,
inexcitable
,
insensate
,
insensible
,
insensitive
,
insentient
,
insusceptible
,
loutish
,
lumpish
,
mentally retarded
,
nonemotional
,
numb
,
numbed
,
oafish
,
obdurate
,
objective
,
out of touch
,
passionless
,
pointless
,
rounded
,
self-absorbed
,
simple
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
sluggish
,
smoothed
,
soulless
,
spiritless
,
stolid
,
thick
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-skinned
,
thick-witted
,
thickheaded
,
thickskulled
,
unaffectionate
,
unedged
,
unemotional
,
unfeeling
,
unfelt
,
unimpassioned
,
unimpressionable
,
unloving
,
unpassionate
,
unperceptive
,
unpointed
,
unresponding
,
unresponsive
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
,
unsusceptible
,
unsympathetic
,
untouchable
,
wooden
shopworn
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worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"
related words >
bare
,
cliche
,
cliched
,
deep-worn
,
dog-eared
,
hackneyed
,
overused
,
overworked
,
sere
,
shelfworn
,
stale
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
tired
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn ragged
,
worn to rags
,
worn to threads
,
worn-down
,
worn-out
dopey
collapse
related words >
abeyant
,
apathetic
,
bedazzled
,
benumbed
,
blase
,
blunt
,
blunt-witted
,
bored
,
cataleptic
,
catatonic
,
comatose
,
dazed
,
dazzled
,
dead
,
debilitated
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
dormant
,
droopy
,
drugged
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-witted
,
enervated
,
exanimate
,
fat-witted
,
flat
,
foul
,
groggy
,
gross-headed
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
in a daze
,
in abeyance
,
in suspense
,
inactive
,
inanimate
,
inert
,
jaded
,
knocked silly
,
lackadaisical
,
languid
,
languorous
,
latent
,
leaden
,
lethargic
,
lifeless
,
listless
,
logy
,
lumpish
,
mazed
,
moribund
,
numb
,
obtuse
,
passive
,
phlegmatic
,
pooped
,
punch-drunk
,
punchy
,
sated
,
sedentary
,
silly
,
slack
,
slaphappy
,
sleeping
,
sleepy
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
sluggish
,
slumbering
,
slumberous
,
smoldering
,
somnolent
,
stagnant
,
stagnating
,
standing
,
static
,
stultified
,
stupid
,
supine
,
suspended
,
tame
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-witted
,
thickskulled
,
torpid
,
unaroused
,
vegetable
,
vegetative
,
wan
,
weary
,
wooden
,
woozy
,
world-weary
wooden
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lacking ease or grace; "the actor's performance was wooden"; "a wooden smile"
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood; "a wooden box"; "an ancient cart with wooden wheels"
related words >
arid
,
awkward
,
barren
,
blah
,
blank
,
bloodless
,
blunt
,
blunt-witted
,
buckram
,
bumbling
,
cardboard
,
characterless
,
clumsy
,
cold
,
colorless
,
dead
,
deadpan
,
dim
,
dim-witted
,
dismal
,
dopey
,
draggy
,
drearisome
,
dreary
,
dry
,
dryasdust
,
dull
,
dull of mind
,
dull-headed
,
dull-pated
,
dull-witted
,
dusty
,
effete
,
elephantine
,
empty
,
etiolated
,
expressionless
,
fade
,
fat-witted
,
fishy
,
flat
,
gauche
,
glassy
,
gross-headed
,
halting
,
ham-handed
,
heavy
,
heavy-handed
,
hebetudinous
,
ho-hum
,
hollow
,
impassive
,
inane
,
inept
,
inexcitable
,
inexpressive
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
leaden
,
lifeless
,
low-spirited
,
maladroit
,
muscle-bound
,
obtuse
,
pale
,
pallid
,
pedestrian
,
plodding
,
pointless
,
poker-faced
,
poky
,
ponderous
,
slow
,
slow-witted
,
sluggish
,
solemn
,
spiritless
,
sterile
,
stiff
,
stilted
,
stodgy
,
stuffy
,
superficial
,
tasteless
,
tedious
,
thick-brained
,
thick-headed
,
thick-pated
,
thick-witted
,
thickskulled
,
unexpressive
,
unhandy
,
unhappy
,
unlively
,
vacant
,
vapid
,
weighty
advertent
collapse
giving attention
related words >
agog
,
alert
,
all ears
,
all eyes
,
assiduous
,
attentive
,
aware
,
careful
,
concentrated
,
conscious
,
diligent
,
earnest
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
heedful
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
nice
,
niggling
,
observant
,
observing
,
on the ball
,
on the job
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
regardful
,
watchful
doubled
collapse
related words >
creased
,
crimped
,
dog-eared
,
duplicated
,
echoed
,
flexible
,
flounced
,
fluted
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
gathered
,
plagiarized
,
plaited
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
quilled
,
quoted
,
rechauffe
,
redoubled
,
reduplicated
,
reechoed
,
regurgitated
,
reiterate
,
reiterated
,
repeated
,
reproduced
,
retold
,
ruffled
,
tucked
,
twice-told
,
twilled
,
warmed up
time-worn
collapse
related words >
ageing
,
ancient
,
antiquated
,
antique
,
archaic
,
broken-down
,
dated
,
decrepit
,
dilapidated
,
dog-eared
,
hackneyed
,
moth-eaten
,
obsolescent
,
obsolete
,
old
,
old hat
,
old-fashioned
,
overused
,
passe
,
ragged
,
ramshackle
,
run-down
,
seedy
,
shabby
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
threadbare
,
time-scarred
,
tired
,
trite
,
tumbledown
,
well-worn
,
worn
,
worn out
plaited
collapse
related words >
braided
,
creased
,
crimped
,
dog-eared
,
doubled
,
enlaced
,
entwined
,
flexible
,
flounced
,
fluted
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
fretted
,
gathered
,
handwoven
,
interknit
,
interlaced
,
interthreaded
,
intertied
,
intertissued
,
intertwined
,
interwoven
,
knit
,
laced
,
loomed
,
platted
,
pleached
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
quilled
,
raddled
,
ruffled
,
textile
,
tucked
,
twilled
,
twined
,
woven
,
wreathed
surd
collapse
a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
related words >
Gaussian integer
,
accented
,
algebraic number
,
algorismic
,
algorithmic
,
aliquot
,
allophone
,
alveolar
,
apical
,
apico-alveolar
,
apico-dental
,
articulated
,
articulation
,
aspiration
,
assimilated
,
assimilation
,
back
,
barytone
,
bilabial
,
broad
,
cacuminal
,
cardinal
,
cardinal number
,
central
,
cerebral
,
check
,
checked
,
close
,
complex number
,
consonant
,
consonantal
,
continuant
,
deaf
,
deaf and dumb
,
deaf-eared
,
deaf-mute
,
deafened
,
decimal
,
defective number
,
dental
,
differential
,
digital
,
diphthong
,
dissimilated
,
dissimilation
,
dorsal
,
dull-eared
,
earless
,
epenthetic vowel
,
even
,
even number
,
explosive
,
exponential
,
figural
,
figurate
,
figurative
,
finite
,
finite number
,
flat
,
fraction
,
fractional
,
front
,
glide
,
glossal
,
glottal
,
glottalization
,
guttural
,
hard
,
hard of hearing
,
heavy
,
high
,
imaginary
,
imaginary number
,
impair
,
impossible
,
infinite
,
infinity
,
integer
,
integral
,
intonated
,
irrational
,
irrational number
,
labial
,
labialization
,
labiodental
,
labiovelar
,
laryngeal
,
lateral
,
lax
,
light
,
lingual
,
liquid
,
logarithmic
,
logometric
,
low
,
manner of articulation
,
mid
,
mixed number
,
modification
,
monophthong
,
monophthongal
,
morphophoneme
,
mute
,
muted
,
narrow
,
nasal
,
nasalized
,
negative
,
numeral
,
numerary
,
numerative
,
numeric
,
occlusive
,
odd
,
open
,
ordinal
,
oxytone
,
pair
,
palatal
,
palatalized
,
parasitic vowel
,
peak
,
pharyngeal
,
pharyngealization
,
pharyngealized
,
phone
,
phoneme
,
phonemic
,
phonetic
,
phonic
,
pitch
,
pitched
,
plosive
,
polygonal number
,
positive
,
possible
,
posttonic
,
prime
,
prime number
,
prothetic vowel
,
pure imaginary
,
radical
,
rational
,
rational number
,
real
,
real number
,
reciprocal
,
rectangular number
,
retroflex
,
round number
,
rounded
,
segmental phoneme
,
semivowel
,
serial number
,
soft
,
sonant
,
sonority
,
speech sound
,
stone-deaf
,
stop
,
stopped
,
stressed
,
strong
,
stunned
,
submultiple
,
syllabic
,
syllabic nucleus
,
syllabic peak
,
syllable
,
tense
,
thick
,
thick of hearing
,
throaty
,
tonal
,
tone-deaf
,
tonic
,
transcendental
,
transcendental number
,
transfinite number
,
transition sound
,
triphthong
,
twangy
,
unaccented
,
unhearing
,
unrounded
,
unstressed
,
velar
,
vocable
,
vocalic
,
vocoid
,
voice
,
voiced
,
voiced sound
,
voiceless
,
voiceless sound
,
voicing
,
vowel
,
vowellike
,
weak
,
whole number
,
wide
,
word-deaf
Johnny on the spot
collapse
related words >
advertent
,
agog
,
alert
,
all ears
,
all eyes
,
apt
,
assiduous
,
attentive
,
aware
,
careful
,
concentrated
,
conscious
,
decisive
,
diligent
,
earnest
,
expeditious
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
heedful
,
immediate
,
instant
,
instantaneous
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
nice
,
niggling
,
observant
,
observing
,
on the ball
,
on the job
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
prompt
,
punctual
,
quick
,
ready
,
regardful
,
speedy
,
summary
,
swift
,
watchful
abrupt
collapse
surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner; "an abrupt reply"
exceedingly sudden and unexpected; "came to an abrupt stop"; "an abrupt change in the weather"
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"
marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions; "abrupt prose"
related words >
aggressive
,
arduous
,
bearish
,
beastly
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
bold
,
brash
,
breakneck
,
breathless
,
brief
,
brisk
,
brusque
,
casual
,
cavalier
,
churlish
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curt
,
discourteous
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
edgeless
,
electrifying
,
faired
,
gruff
,
harsh
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
hurried
,
impetuous
,
impolite
,
impulsive
,
informal
,
nerve-shattering
,
obtuse
,
panting
,
perpendicular
,
plumb
,
plunging
,
pointless
,
precipitant
,
precipitate
,
precipitous
,
quick
,
rapid
,
rash
,
ready
,
rough
,
rounded
,
rude
,
rushing
,
severe
,
sharp
,
sheer
,
shocking
,
short
,
sideling
,
smoothed
,
snappish
,
snappy
,
snippety
,
snippy
,
speedy
,
startling
,
steep
,
stickle
,
sudden
,
surly
,
surprising
,
swift
,
truculent
,
unannounced
,
unanticipated
,
unceremonious
,
uncivil
,
unedged
,
unexpected
,
unforeseen
,
unlooked-for
,
unplanned
,
unpointed
,
unpredicted
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
,
vertical
listening
collapse
the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
related words >
all ears
,
attention
,
attentive
,
audibility
,
audience
,
audition
,
aural examination
,
aural sense
,
auscultation
,
bugging
,
conference
,
eager attention
,
ear
,
eavesdropping
,
electronic surveillance
,
examination by ear
,
favorable attention
,
hearing
,
heeding
,
hushed attention
,
interview
,
listening in
,
open-eared
,
rapt attention
,
sense of hearing
,
tryout
,
wiretapping
plicate
collapse
related words >
crease
,
creased
,
crimp
,
crimped
,
crisp
,
dog-ear
,
dog-eared
,
double
,
double over
,
doubled
,
enfold
,
flexible
,
flounce
,
flounced
,
flute
,
fluted
,
fold
,
fold over
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
frill
,
gather
,
gathered
,
infold
,
interfold
,
lap over
,
plait
,
plaited
,
plat
,
pleat
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
ply
,
quill
,
quilled
,
ruff
,
ruffle
,
ruffled
,
tuck
,
tucked
,
turn over
,
twill
,
twilled
fluted
collapse
related words >
canaliculate
,
canaliculated
,
chamfered
,
channeled
,
corduroy
,
corduroyed
,
corrugate
,
corrugated
,
costate
,
creased
,
crimped
,
cut
,
dadoed
,
dog-eared
,
doubled
,
engraved
,
flexible
,
flounced
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
furrowed
,
gashed
,
gathered
,
goffered
,
gouged
,
grooved
,
incised
,
plaited
,
pleated
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
quilled
,
rabbeted
,
ribbed
,
rifled
,
ruffled
,
rutted
,
rutty
,
scored
,
scratched
,
slit
,
striated
,
sulcate
,
sulcated
,
troughed
,
tucked
,
twilled
,
wrinkled
pleated
collapse
related words >
canaliculate
,
canaliculated
,
chamfered
,
channeled
,
corduroy
,
corduroyed
,
corrugate
,
corrugated
,
costate
,
creased
,
crimped
,
cut
,
dadoed
,
dog-eared
,
doubled
,
engraved
,
flexible
,
flounced
,
fluted
,
foldable
,
folded
,
folding
,
furrowed
,
gashed
,
gathered
,
goffered
,
gouged
,
grooved
,
incised
,
plaited
,
pliable
,
plicate
,
plicated
,
plicatile
,
quilled
,
rabbeted
,
ribbed
,
rifled
,
ruffled
,
rutted
,
rutty
,
scored
,
scratched
,
slit
,
striated
,
sulcate
,
sulcated
,
troughed
,
tucked
,
twilled
,
wrinkled
pointless
collapse
lacking import; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"
not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"
related words >
abrupt
,
absurd
,
aimless
,
arid
,
asinine
,
barren
,
blah
,
blank
,
bloodless
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
blunt-edged
,
blunt-ended
,
blunt-pointed
,
blunted
,
bluntish
,
bootless
,
characterless
,
cold
,
colorless
,
dead
,
dismal
,
draggy
,
drearisome
,
dreary
,
dry
,
dryasdust
,
dull
,
dull-edged
,
dull-pointed
,
dulled
,
dullish
,
dusty
,
edgeless
,
effete
,
elephantine
,
empty
,
etiolated
,
fade
,
faired
,
fatuous
,
feckless
,
flat
,
fruitless
,
futile
,
heavy
,
ho-hum
,
hollow
,
impotent
,
inane
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
inexcitable
,
insignificant
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
leaden
,
lifeless
,
low-spirited
,
meaningless
,
no go
,
nonsensical
,
obtuse
,
of no use
,
pale
,
pallid
,
pedestrian
,
plodding
,
poky
,
ponderous
,
preposterous
,
purportless
,
purposeless
,
ridiculous
,
rounded
,
senseless
,
silly
,
slow
,
smoothed
,
solemn
,
spiritless
,
sterile
,
stiff
,
stodgy
,
stuffy
,
stupid
,
superficial
,
superfluous
,
tasteless
,
tedious
,
unavailing
,
unedged
,
unlively
,
unmeaning
,
unpointed
,
unproductive
,
unsharp
,
unsharpened
,
useless
,
vain
,
vapid
,
wooden
,
worthless
well-worn
collapse
showing signs of much wear or use
related words >
automatic
,
back-number
,
banal
,
bare
,
beaten
,
bewhiskered
,
bromidic
,
common
,
commonplace
,
constant
,
corny
,
cut-and-dried
,
deep-worn
,
dog-eared
,
fade
,
familiar
,
frequent
,
fusty
,
habitual
,
hackney
,
hackneyed
,
moth-eaten
,
musty
,
old hat
,
persistent
,
platitudinous
,
recurrent
,
recurring
,
regular
,
repetitive
,
routine
,
sere
,
set
,
shelfworn
,
shopworn
,
square
,
stale
,
stereotyped
,
stock
,
threadbare
,
timeworn
,
trite
,
truistic
,
unoriginal
,
warmed-over
,
well-known
,
well-trodden
,
worn
,
worn ragged
,
worn thin
,
worn to rags
,
worn to threads
,
worn-down
all ears
collapse
related words >
Argus-eyed
,
advertent
,
agog
,
alert
,
all eyes
,
assiduous
,
attentive
,
aux aguets
,
aware
,
careful
,
concentrated
,
conscious
,
custodial
,
diligent
,
eagle-eyed
,
earnest
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
guarded
,
hawk-eyed
,
heedful
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
keen-eyed
,
lidless
,
listening
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
nice
,
niggling
,
observant
,
observing
,
on guard
,
on the ball
,
on the job
,
on the lookout
,
on the watch
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
prudent
,
regardful
,
sharp-eyed
,
sleepless
,
vigilant
,
wary
,
watchful
,
with open eyes
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
on the ball
collapse
related words >
advertent
,
agile
,
agog
,
alert
,
alive
,
all ears
,
all eyes
,
assiduous
,
attentive
,
awake
,
aware
,
bright
,
careful
,
clear-sighted
,
clear-witted
,
clearheaded
,
concentrated
,
conscious
,
diligent
,
earnest
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
heedful
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
keen
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
nice
,
niggling
,
nimble
,
observant
,
observing
,
on the
,
on the alert
,
on the job
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
prompt
,
qui vive
,
quick
,
ready
,
regardful
,
sharp
,
sleepless
,
smart
,
unblinking
,
unnodding
,
unsleeping
,
unwinking
,
wakeful
,
watchful
,
wide-awake
droopy
collapse
related words >
anemic
,
apathetic
,
asthenic
,
bagging
,
baggy
,
ballooning
,
benumbed
,
blase
,
bloodless
,
bored
,
bowed-down
,
cast down
,
chicken
,
cowardly
,
dashed
,
dead
,
debilitated
,
dejected
,
depressed
,
despairing
,
despondent
,
desponding
,
discouraged
,
disheartened
,
dispirited
,
dopey
,
dormant
,
down
,
downcast
,
downhearted
,
drooping
,
drugged
,
dull
,
effete
,
enervated
,
enfeebled
,
etiolated
,
exanimate
,
fagged
,
faint
,
fainting
,
faintish
,
fatigued
,
feeble
,
feeling faint
,
feeling low
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
flagging
,
floppy
,
footsore
,
frazzled
,
gone
,
good and tired
,
gutless
,
heartless
,
heavy
,
hebetudinous
,
hypochondriac
,
hypochondriacal
,
imbecile
,
impotent
,
in low spirits
,
in the depths
,
in the doldrums
,
in the dumps
,
inanimate
,
inert
,
jaded
,
lackadaisical
,
languid
,
languishing
,
languorous
,
leaden
,
lethargic
,
lifeless
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
loose
,
lop
,
lop-eared
,
loppy
,
low
,
low-spirited
,
lumpish
,
lustless
,
marrowless
,
moribund
,
nerveless
,
nodding
,
numb
,
pessimistic
,
phlegmatic
,
pining
,
pithless
,
pooped
,
powerless
,
ready to drop
,
rubbery
,
run ragged
,
run-down
,
sagging
,
sagging in folds
,
saggy
,
sapless
,
sated
,
seedy
,
sinewless
,
slack
,
sleepy
,
slow
,
sluggish
,
soft
,
somnolent
,
spineless
,
spiritless
,
stagnant
,
stagnating
,
strengthless
,
stultified
,
subdued
,
suicidal
,
supine
,
swag
,
tired
,
tired-winged
,
toilworn
,
torpid
,
unhardened
,
unnerved
,
unrefreshed
,
unrestored
,
unstrung
,
vegetable
,
vegetative
,
wan
,
way-weary
,
wayworn
,
weak
,
weakened
,
weakly
,
wearied
,
weariful
,
weary
,
weary of life
,
weary-footed
,
weary-laden
,
weary-winged
,
weary-worn
,
wilting
,
woebegone
,
world-weary
,
worn
,
worn-down
on the job
collapse
related words >
advertent
,
agile
,
agog
,
alert
,
alive
,
all ears
,
all eyes
,
assiduous
,
at it
,
at work
,
attentive
,
awake
,
aware
,
bright
,
busy
,
careful
,
concentrated
,
conscious
,
diligent
,
earnest
,
employed
,
engaged
,
finical
,
finicking
,
finicky
,
full of business
,
hard at it
,
hard at work
,
heedful
,
in harness
,
intense
,
intent
,
intentive
,
keen
,
meticulous
,
mindful
,
nice
,
niggling
,
nimble
,
observant
,
observing
,
occupied
,
on duty
,
on the
,
on the alert
,
on the ball
,
on the go
,
on the hop
,
on the jump
,
on the move
,
on the run
,
open-eared
,
open-eyed
,
openmouthed
,
prompt
,
qui vive
,
quick
,
ready
,
regardful
,
sharp
,
sleepless
,
smart
,
tied up
,
unblinking
,
unnodding
,
unsleeping
,
unwinking
,
wakeful
,
watchful
,
wide-awake
,
working
matter-of-fact
collapse
concerned with practical matters; "a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem"; "a matter-of-fact account of the trip"
not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
related words >
boring
,
colorless
,
direct
,
dry
,
dull
,
factual
,
featureless
,
flat
,
forthright
,
lifeless
,
mundane
,
prosaic
,
sober
,
straightforward
,
tiresome
,
unadorned
,
unartistic
,
unembellished
,
unimaginative
,
unpoetic
,
unvarnished
drooping
collapse
hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
weak from exhaustion
related words >
anemic
,
asthenic
,
bagging
,
baggy
,
ballooning
,
bloodless
,
bowed-down
,
cast down
,
chicken
,
collapsing
,
coming apart
,
cowardly
,
cracking
,
crumbling
,
dangling
,
dashed
,
debilitated
,
decadent
,
deciduous
,
declining
,
declivitous
,
decurrent
,
degenerate
,
dejected
,
depressed
,
descendant
,
descending
,
despairing
,
despondent
,
desponding
,
deteriorating
,
discouraged
,
disheartened
,
disintegrating
,
dispirited
,
down
,
down-reaching
,
downcast
,
downcoming
,
downfalling
,
downgoing
,
downhearted
,
downhill
,
downsinking
,
downward
,
draining
,
droopy
,
dropping
,
dull
,
dwindling
,
easy
,
ebbing
,
effete
,
enervated
,
enfeebled
,
etiolated
,
fading
,
fagged
,
failing
,
faint
,
fainting
,
faintish
,
falling
,
fatigued
,
feeble
,
feeling faint
,
feeling low
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
flagging
,
flapping
,
floppy
,
footsore
,
fragmenting
,
frazzled
,
going to pieces
,
gone
,
good and tired
,
gutless
,
hanging
,
heartless
,
hypochondriac
,
hypochondriacal
,
imbecile
,
impotent
,
in low spirits
,
in the depths
,
in the doldrums
,
in the dumps
,
jaded
,
languid
,
languishing
,
languorous
,
lax
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
loose
,
lop
,
lop-eared
,
loppy
,
low
,
low-spirited
,
lustless
,
marcescent
,
marrowless
,
nerveless
,
nodding
,
on the descendant
,
on the downgrade
,
pessimistic
,
pining
,
pithless
,
plummeting
,
plunging
,
pooped
,
powerless
,
ready to drop
,
regressive
,
relaxed
,
retrograde
,
retrogressive
,
rickety
,
rubbery
,
run ragged
,
run-down
,
sagging
,
sagging in folds
,
saggy
,
sapless
,
seedy
,
setting
,
shaky
,
shriveling
,
sinewless
,
sinking
,
slack
,
sliding
,
slipping
,
sloppy
,
slumping
,
soft
,
spineless
,
spiritless
,
streaming
,
strengthless
,
subdued
,
submerging
,
subsiding
,
suicidal
,
swag
,
tabetic
,
tired
,
tired-winged
,
toilworn
,
tottering
,
tumbledown
,
unhardened
,
unnerved
,
unrefreshed
,
unrestored
,
unstrung
,
waning
,
wasting
,
way-weary
,
wayworn
,
weak
,
weakened
,
weakly
,
wearied
,
weariful
,
weary
,
weary of life
,
weary-footed
,
weary-laden
,
weary-winged
,
weary-worn
,
wilting
,
withering
,
woebegone
,
world-weary
,
worn
,
worn-down
,
worsening
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