Related Words:
- admonish
collapse - take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" related words >
- advise,
- alert,
- bring to book,
- call down,
- call to account,
- caution,
- charge,
- chastise,
- chide,
- correct,
- cry havoc,
- cry out against,
- daunt,
- dissuade,
- encourage,
- enjoin,
- exhort,
- expostulate,
- forewarn,
- frighten off,
- give fair warning,
- give notice,
- give warning,
- have words with,
- incite,
- induce,
- intimidate,
- issue a caveat,
- issue an ultimatum,
- kid out of,
- lecture,
- lesson,
- move,
- notify,
- objurgate,
- persuade,
- preach,
- prompt,
- rate,
- rebuke,
- remonstrate,
- reprehend,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- reprove,
- scold,
- set down,
- set straight,
- sound the alarm,
- spank,
- straighten out,
- take down,
- take to task,
- talk out of,
- threaten,
- tick off,
- tip,
- tip off,
- unpersuade,
- upbraid,
- urge,
- utter a caveat,
- warn,
- warn against
- catastrophe
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- a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" related words >
- Z,
- accident,
- action,
- anagnorisis,
- angle,
- apodosis,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- atmosphere,
- background,
- bad luck,
- bitter end,
- bloodless revolution,
- blow,
- bouleversement,
- breakdown,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- calamity,
- casualty,
- cataclysm,
- cave,
- cave-in,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- characterization,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- climax,
- coda,
- collapse,
- collision,
- color,
- completion,
- complication,
- computer revolution,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- continuity,
- contretemps,
- contrivance,
- convulsion,
- counterrevolution,
- crack of doom,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- culmination,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- death,
- debacle,
- decease,
- denouement,
- design,
- destination,
- destiny,
- development,
- device,
- disaster,
- doom,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- episode,
- eschatology,
- expiration,
- fable,
- failure,
- falling action,
- fate,
- fiasco,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- gimmick,
- goal,
- grief,
- ill hap,
- incident,
- izzard,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last words,
- latter end,
- line,
- local color,
- misadventure,
- mischance,
- misfortune,
- mishap,
- mood,
- motif,
- movement,
- mythos,
- nasty blow,
- omega,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- palace revolution,
- payoff,
- period,
- peripeteia,
- peroration,
- pileup,
- plan,
- plot,
- quietus,
- radical change,
- recognition,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- revulsion,
- rising action,
- scheme,
- secondary plot,
- shipwreck,
- shock,
- slant,
- smash,
- smashup,
- spasm,
- staggering blow,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- story,
- striking alteration,
- structure,
- subject,
- subplot,
- subversion,
- swan song,
- sweeping change,
- switch,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- tone,
- topic,
- total change,
- total loss,
- tragedy,
- transilience,
- twist,
- upset,
- violent change,
- washout,
- windup,
- wrack,
- wreck
- hem and haw
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- utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd" related words >
- about the bush,
- back and fill,
- back down,
- balance,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- dodge,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- falter,
- fear,
- fence,
- halt,
- hang back,
- haw,
- hedge,
- hem,
- hesitate,
- hover,
- hum,
- hum and haw,
- jib,
- mammer,
- mince the truth,
- mince words,
- palter,
- parry,
- pause,
- ponder,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- recoil,
- retreat,
- scruple,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sidestep,
- stammer,
- step aside,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain at,
- stumble,
- stutter,
- swerve,
- tergiversate,
- think twice about,
- waffle,
- ward off,
- weasel,
- withdraw,
- yield
- refrain
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- the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" related words >
- PS,
- Parthian shot,
- Spenserian stanza,
- abandon,
- abort,
- abstain,
- abstain from,
- addendum,
- afterthought,
- air,
- anacrusis,
- antistrophe,
- appendix,
- aria,
- arrest,
- avoid,
- back matter,
- bass passage,
- belay,
- bis,
- bob,
- book,
- bourdon,
- bridge,
- burden,
- cadence,
- cancel,
- canto,
- cantus,
- cease,
- chant,
- check,
- chorus,
- coda,
- codicil,
- colophon,
- conclusion,
- consequence,
- constrain,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- couplet,
- curb,
- cut it out,
- descant,
- desist,
- development,
- discontinue,
- dispense with,
- distich,
- ditto,
- division,
- do without,
- double take,
- drop it,
- dying words,
- end,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- epode,
- eschew,
- exposition,
- figure,
- folderol,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- forbear,
- forgo,
- give over,
- give up,
- halt,
- harmonic close,
- have done with,
- heptastich,
- hexastich,
- hold,
- hold aloof from,
- hold back,
- hold off,
- inhibit,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- interrupt,
- introductory phrase,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in hand,
- knock it off,
- last words,
- lay,
- lay off,
- leave off,
- let alone,
- let go by,
- line,
- measure,
- melodia,
- melodic line,
- melody,
- monostich,
- movement,
- musical phrase,
- musical sentence,
- never touch,
- not touch,
- not use,
- note,
- octastich,
- octave,
- octet,
- ornament,
- ottava rima,
- part,
- parting shot,
- pass up,
- passage,
- pentastich,
- period,
- peroration,
- phrase,
- postface,
- postfix,
- postlude,
- postscript,
- quatrain,
- quit,
- refrain from,
- relinquish,
- renounce,
- repeat,
- repetend,
- reprise,
- reserve,
- resolution,
- response,
- restrain,
- rhyme royal,
- ritornello,
- save,
- scrub,
- second thought,
- section,
- septet,
- sequel,
- sequela,
- sequelae,
- sequelant,
- sequent,
- sequitur,
- sestet,
- sextet,
- shun,
- solo,
- solo part,
- song,
- soprano part,
- spare,
- stand aloof from,
- stanza,
- statement,
- stave,
- stay,
- stop,
- strain,
- strophe,
- subscript,
- suffix,
- supplement,
- swan song,
- syllable,
- tag,
- tailpiece,
- tercet,
- terminate,
- terza rima,
- tetrastich,
- treble,
- triplet,
- tristich,
- tune,
- tutti,
- tutti passage,
- undersong,
- variation,
- verse,
- waive,
- withhold
- hysteron proteron
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- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born') related words >
- anastrophe,
- argument,
- argument by analogy,
- argumentum ad baculum,
- argumentum ad captandum,
- argumentum ad hominem,
- arsy-varsiness,
- bad case,
- begging the question,
- chiasmus,
- circular argument,
- claptrap,
- clutter,
- crowd-pleasing argument,
- empty words,
- fallacy,
- farrago,
- formal fallacy,
- hash,
- helter-skelter,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- hodgepodge,
- hypallage,
- hyperbaton,
- insincere argument,
- jumble,
- litter,
- logical fallacy,
- material fallacy,
- mere rhetoric,
- mess,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- mishmash,
- moonshine,
- non sequitur,
- palindrome,
- paralogism,
- parenthesis,
- petitio principii,
- philosophism,
- pseudosyllogism,
- scramble,
- solecism,
- sophism,
- sophistry,
- synchysis,
- tmesis,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- tumble,
- turmoil,
- unholy mess,
- verbal fallacy,
- weak point,
- welter
- expressly
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- with_specific_intentions; for the express purpose; "she needs the money expressly for her patients"
- in an explicit manner; "he stated expressly that the needed the money by tomorrow" related words >
- absolutely,
- apparently,
- apprehensibly,
- articulately,
- as well,
- categorically,
- clearly,
- coherently,
- comprehensibly,
- concretely,
- dead,
- definitely,
- directly,
- discernibly,
- distinctly,
- especially,
- even,
- evidently,
- exactly,
- explicitly,
- faithfully,
- in all respects,
- in detail,
- in every respect,
- in particular,
- in plain English,
- in plain terms,
- in plain words,
- intelligibly,
- ipsissimis verbis,
- item by item,
- just,
- limpidly,
- literally,
- literatim,
- lucidly,
- manifestly,
- minutely,
- noticeably,
- observably,
- obviously,
- on purpose,
- palpably,
- particularly,
- patently,
- pellucidly,
- perceivably,
- perceptibly,
- perspicuously,
- plainly,
- plumb,
- point-blank,
- pointedly,
- positively,
- precisely,
- purposefully,
- purposely,
- right,
- rigidly,
- rigorously,
- separately,
- simply,
- singly,
- specially,
- specifically,
- square,
- squarely,
- straight,
- strictly,
- to be specific,
- to the letter,
- unambiguously,
- understandably,
- undeviatingly,
- unequivocally,
- unerringly,
- unmistakably,
- verbally,
- verbatim,
- verbatim et litteratim,
- visibly,
- word by word,
- word for word
- Photostat,
- Xerox,
- Xerox copy,
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- access,
- aggravation,
- backfire,
- bang,
- beefing-up,
- blast,
- blaze of temper,
- blowing up,
- blowout,
- blueprint,
- boom,
- burst,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- contact printing,
- cyanotype,
- deepening,
- detonation,
- discharge,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- eruption,
- exacerbation,
- exaggeration,
- explosion,
- flare,
- flare-up,
- flash,
- fulguration,
- fulmination,
- glossy,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- high words,
- hologram,
- information explosion,
- intensification,
- lantern slide,
- magnification,
- matte,
- microcopy,
- microprint,
- outburst,
- photocopy,
- photogravure,
- photostatic copy,
- pickup,
- population explosion,
- positive,
- print,
- projection printing,
- redoubling,
- reinforcement,
- report,
- scene,
- semi-matte,
- slide,
- speedup,
- step-up,
- storm,
- strengthening,
- tightening,
- transparency
- dumb
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- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
- lacking the power of human speech; "dumb animals" related words >
- Boeotian,
- abiotic,
- anaudic,
- animal,
- animalian,
- animalic,
- animalistic,
- aphasic,
- aphonic,
- apish,
- asinine,
- awkward,
- azoic,
- batty,
- beastlike,
- beastly,
- beef-brained,
- beef-witted,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- bestial,
- blankminded,
- blockheaded,
- blockish,
- bovine,
- brainless,
- breathless,
- brief,
- brusque,
- brutal,
- brute,
- brutelike,
- brutish,
- buffoonish,
- callow,
- chumpish,
- cloddish,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- cockeyed,
- concise,
- cowish,
- crass,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- curt,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dense,
- dizzy,
- doltish,
- doting,
- dull,
- dullard,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstricken,
- dumbstruck,
- duncical,
- duncish,
- economical of words,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- exanimate,
- fat,
- fatheaded,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- flaky,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- gauche,
- goofy,
- green,
- groping,
- gross,
- gulled,
- idiotic,
- ignorant,
- imbecile,
- inane,
- inanimate,
- inanimated,
- inarticulate,
- incoherent,
- indisposed to talk,
- indistinct,
- ineducable,
- inept,
- inert,
- inexperienced,
- infatuated,
- innocent,
- insane,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insentient,
- instinctive,
- instinctual,
- klutzy,
- know-nothing,
- kooky,
- laconic,
- lifeless,
- loony,
- lumpish,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- maundering,
- mindless,
- moronic,
- mum,
- mute,
- naive,
- nescient,
- nonconscious,
- nonliving,
- nonrational,
- numskulled,
- nutty,
- oafish,
- opaque,
- quiet,
- raw,
- reticent,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- short,
- silent,
- silly,
- simple,
- snug,
- sottish,
- soulless,
- sparing of words,
- speechless,
- strange to,
- stricken dumb,
- stupid,
- subhuman,
- taciturn,
- tentative,
- terse,
- thick,
- thick-witted,
- thoughtless,
- tight-lipped,
- tongue-tied,
- tongueless,
- unacquainted,
- unanimated,
- unapprized,
- uncommunicative,
- uncomprehending,
- unconscious,
- unconversant,
- unenlightened,
- unfamiliar,
- unfeeling,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unloquacious,
- unposted,
- unripe,
- unsure,
- untalkative,
- unteachable,
- unversed,
- vacuous,
- voiceless,
- wacky,
- wet,
- witless,
- word-bound,
- wordless,
- wrongheaded,
- zoic,
- zooidal,
- zoologic
- cheap
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- relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"
- embarrassingly stingy related words >
- Mickey Mouse,
- NG,
- at cost,
- avaricious,
- bad,
- base,
- beggarly,
- beneath contempt,
- beneath one,
- brummagem,
- budget,
- cheapjack,
- cheaply,
- cheesy,
- chintzy,
- close,
- closefisted,
- coarse,
- common,
- contemptible,
- crummy,
- debasing,
- degrading,
- demeaning,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- disgraceful,
- easily,
- easy,
- economic,
- economical,
- economy,
- fake,
- flashy,
- for a song,
- fourth-class,
- frugal,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- gimcracky,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- gutter,
- hardfisted,
- humiliating,
- humiliative,
- illiberal,
- inexpensive,
- inexpensively,
- inferior,
- infra dig,
- infra indignitatem,
- irregular,
- junk,
- junky,
- lousy,
- low,
- low-class,
- low-grade,
- low-priced,
- low-quality,
- low-test,
- manageable,
- mean,
- measly,
- meretricious,
- miserable,
- miserly,
- moderate,
- modest,
- near,
- niggardly,
- no-account,
- no-good,
- nominal,
- not worth having,
- not worth mentioning,
- not worthwhile,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- on the cheap,
- opprobrious,
- ornery,
- outrageous,
- paltry,
- pathetic,
- penny-pinching,
- penurious,
- petty,
- phony,
- pinchfisted,
- pinching,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- poor,
- popular,
- punk,
- reasonable,
- reasonably,
- reduced,
- rotten,
- rubbishy,
- sad,
- save-all,
- scandalous,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- scummy,
- scurvy,
- scuzzy,
- second-best,
- second-class,
- second-rate,
- seedy,
- sensible,
- shabby,
- sham,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- sleazy,
- sorry,
- stingy,
- tacky,
- tatty,
- tawdry,
- terrible,
- third-class,
- third-rate,
- tight,
- tight-fisted,
- tightfisted,
- tinny,
- token,
- too bad,
- trashy,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- trumpery,
- two-bit,
- two-for-a-cent,
- two-for-a-penny,
- twopenny,
- twopenny-halfpenny,
- unbecoming,
- unexpensive,
- ungenerous,
- unworthy of one,
- valueless,
- vile,
- within means,
- worth the money,
- worthless,
- wretched,
- wrong
- abuse of terms,
- agreement to disagree,
- argument,
- catachresis,
- clerical error,
- contorting,
- controversy,
- corrigendum,
- cross-purposes,
- difference,
- difference of opinion,
- difficulty,
- disagreement,
- discord,
- disparity,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- distortion,
- dividedness,
- division,
- eisegesis,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- human error,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misidentification,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistaking,
- mistranslation,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- odds,
- perversion,
- polarization,
- quarrel,
- rift,
- squeezing,
- torturing,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- variance,
- wrenching,
- wrong impression
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