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a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
related words >
Malacca cane
,
alpenstock
,
baton
,
caduceus
,
cane
,
chain of office
,
crook
,
cross
,
cross-staff
,
crutch
,
crutch-stick
,
fasces
,
gavel
,
handstaff
,
keys
,
lituus
,
mace
,
mantle
,
miter
,
pallium
,
pastoral staff
,
paterissa
,
portfolio
,
quarterstaff
,
red hat
,
ring
,
rod
,
rod of office
,
scepter
,
shillelagh
,
staff
,
stave
,
stick
,
swagger stick
,
swanking stick
,
tiara
,
triple crown
,
truncheon
,
walking stick
,
wand
,
wand of office
irascible
collapse
related words >
agitable
,
bearish
,
bitchy
,
cankered
,
cantankerous
,
churlish
,
contrary
,
crabbed
,
cranky
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crusty
,
cussed
,
difficult
,
disagreeable
,
edgy
,
emotional
,
emotionally unstable
,
eruptive
,
excitable
,
explosive
,
feisty
,
fractious
,
froward
,
high-mettled
,
high-spirited
,
high-strung
,
highly emotional
,
huffish
,
huffy
,
inflammable
,
irritable
,
mean
,
mettlesome
,
nervous
,
ornery
,
perturbable
,
perverse
,
prickly
,
sensitive
,
skittish
,
snappish
,
spiteful
,
spleeny
,
splenetic
,
startlish
,
stuffy
,
sulky
,
sullen
,
testy
,
touchy
,
ugly
,
volcanic
,
waspish
,
wayward
,
wrongheaded
bone of contention
collapse
the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"
related words >
apple of discord
,
bone to pick
,
casus belli
,
catechism
,
cross-interrogatory
,
cross-question
,
crow to pick
,
crow to pluck
,
debating point
,
demand
,
feeler
,
grounds for war
,
inquiry
,
interrogation
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
issue
,
leader
,
leading question
,
moot point
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
problem
,
query
,
question
,
question at issue
,
question mark
,
quodlibet
,
rub
,
sore point
,
tender spot
,
ticklish issue
,
topic
,
trial balloon
,
vexed question
at war
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related words >
against the grain
,
against the tide
,
against the wind
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
at cross-purposes
,
at daggers
,
at daggers drawn
,
at feud
,
at issue
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at square
,
at strife
,
at variance
,
at war with
,
athwart
,
clashing
,
contra
,
contradictory
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
counter
,
cranky
,
cross
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
disharmonious
,
disproportionate
,
dissident
,
dissonant
,
divergent
,
eyeball-to-eyeball
,
grating
,
hostile
,
immiscible
,
in confrontation
,
in hostile array
,
in opposition
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
inharmonious
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
negative
,
out of accord
,
out of whack
,
repugnant
,
uncongenial
,
unharmonious
,
up in arms
,
variant
,
with crossed bayonets
inquirer
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someone who asks a question
related words >
Paul Pry
,
Peeping Tom
,
asker
,
auditor
,
autodidact
,
busybody
,
catechist
,
cross-interrogator
,
cross-questioner
,
detective
,
eavesdropper
,
educatee
,
examiner
,
gossip
,
inquisitionist
,
inquisitive
,
inquisitor
,
interlocutor
,
interpellator
,
interrogator
,
interrogatrix
,
interviewer
,
learner
,
monitor
,
nosy Parker
,
opinion-sampler
,
poller
,
pollster
,
praepostor
,
prefect
,
prober
,
pry
,
pupil
,
querier
,
querist
,
questioner
,
questionist
,
quidnunc
,
quizzer
,
rubberneck
,
rubbernecker
,
sampler
,
scholar
,
scopophiliac
,
secret agent
,
self-taught person
,
sightseer
,
snoop
,
snooper
,
student
,
studier
,
trainee
,
voyeur
,
yenta
cantankerous
collapse
having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
related words >
bad-tempered
,
bearish
,
bilious
,
bitchy
,
cankered
,
choleric
,
churlish
,
contrary
,
crabbed
,
crabby
,
cranky
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crotchety
,
crusty
,
cussed
,
difficult
,
disagreeable
,
dour
,
dyspeptic
,
excitable
,
feisty
,
fractious
,
froward
,
grouchy
,
grumpy
,
huffish
,
huffy
,
ill-conditioned
,
ill-natured
,
ill-tempered
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
liverish
,
mean
,
morose
,
ornery
,
peevish
,
perverse
,
petulant
,
prickly
,
quarrelsome
,
snappish
,
sour
,
spiteful
,
spleeny
,
splenetic
,
stuffy
,
sulky
,
sullen
,
surly
,
testy
,
tetchy
,
touchy
,
ugly
,
vinegarish
,
vinegary
,
waspish
,
wayward
,
wrongheaded
snappish
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tending to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"
related words >
abrupt
,
acerbic
,
acid
,
bearish
,
bitchy
,
brusque
,
cankered
,
cantankerous
,
choleric
,
churlish
,
crabbed
,
crabby
,
cranky
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crusty
,
curt
,
cussed
,
disagreeable
,
dyspeptic
,
excitable
,
feisty
,
fractious
,
fretful
,
grouchy
,
gruff
,
hot-tempered
,
huffish
,
huffy
,
ill-humored
,
ill-tempered
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
mean
,
moody
,
morose
,
ornery
,
peevish
,
perverse
,
pettish
,
petulant
,
prickly
,
querulous
,
quick-tempered
,
sharp
,
short
,
short-tempered
,
snappy
,
spiteful
,
spleeny
,
splenetic
,
surly
,
tart
,
temperamental
,
testy
,
touchy
,
ugly
,
ungracious
,
waspish
crosswise
collapse
in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"
not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"
related words >
across
,
across the grain
,
athwart
,
athwartships
,
awkward
,
bendwise
,
bias
,
biased
,
biaswise
,
bulky
,
catercorner
,
catercornered
,
choking
,
clumsy
,
constrictive
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
contrawise
,
counterproductive
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crossing
,
crossway
,
crossways
,
cumbersome
,
diagonal
,
hindering
,
hindersome
,
hulking
,
hulky
,
impractical
,
in the way
,
inconvenient
,
inhibiting
,
inhibitive
,
interrupting
,
interruptive
,
kittycorner
,
oblique
,
obliquely
,
obstructing
,
obstructive
,
obstruent
,
occlusive
,
overthwart
,
perverse
,
ponderous
,
repressive
,
restrictive
,
sideways
,
sidewise
,
slant
,
stifling
,
strangling
,
suppressive
,
thwart
,
thwartly
,
thwartways
,
transversal
,
transverse
,
transversely
,
traverse
,
troublesome
,
unhandy
,
unmanageable
,
unwieldy
anti
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a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
related words >
adversary
,
adversative
,
adverse
,
adversive
,
alien
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
antithetic
,
antonymous
,
at cross-purposes
,
balancing
,
clashing
,
compensating
,
competitive
,
con
,
conflicting
,
confronting
,
contradictory
,
contradistinct
,
contrapositive
,
contrarious
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
converse
,
counter
,
counterbalancing
,
counterpoised
,
countervailing
,
cross
,
dead against
,
disaccordant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
dissentient
,
enemy
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
fractious
,
hostile
,
inconsistent
,
inimical
,
inverse
,
negative
,
noncooperative
,
obstinate
,
obverse
,
opponent
,
opposed
,
opposing
,
opposite
,
oppositional
,
oppositive
,
oppugnant
,
overthwart
,
perverse
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
repugnant
,
reverse
,
rival
,
squared off
,
uncooperative
,
unfavorable
,
unfriendly
,
unpropitious
impregnation
collapse
the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"
material with which something is impregnated; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue"
related words >
absorption and regurgitation
,
artificial insemination
,
brainwashing
,
brewing
,
catechization
,
conditioning
,
conjugation
,
cross-fertilization
,
cross-pollination
,
decoction
,
dictation
,
drench
,
drenching
,
ducking
,
dunking
,
enrichment
,
fecundation
,
fertilization
,
getting with child
,
heterogamy
,
imbruement
,
imbuement
,
implantation
,
impression
,
inculcation
,
indoctrination
,
infiltration
,
infixation
,
infixion
,
infusion
,
injection
,
inoculation
,
insemination
,
instillation
,
instillment
,
interpenetration
,
isogamy
,
leaching
,
lixiviation
,
maceration
,
marination
,
orthogamy
,
penetration
,
percolation
,
permeation
,
pervasion
,
pollination
,
pollinization
,
pulping
,
reindoctrination
,
saturation
,
seething
,
soak
,
soakage
,
soaking
,
sopping
,
souse
,
sousing
,
steeping
,
suffusion
,
zygosis
secret agent
collapse
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
related words >
CIA man
,
asker
,
catechist
,
cloak-and-dagger operative
,
counterintelligence agent
,
counterspy
,
cross-interrogator
,
cross-questioner
,
detective
,
double agent
,
espionage agent
,
examiner
,
inquirer
,
inquisitionist
,
inquisitor
,
inside man
,
intelligence agent
,
interlocutor
,
interpellator
,
interrogator
,
interrogatrix
,
interviewer
,
military-intelligence man
,
naval-intelligence man
,
operative
,
opinion-sampler
,
poller
,
pollster
,
prober
,
querier
,
querist
,
questioner
,
questionist
,
quizzer
,
reconnoiterer
,
sampler
,
scout
,
spotter
,
spy
,
spy-catcher
,
undercover man
catechism
collapse
an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views
related words >
Weltanschauung
,
articles of religion
,
bone of contention
,
credenda
,
credo
,
creed
,
cross-interrogatory
,
cross-question
,
cult
,
debating point
,
demand
,
doctrinal statement
,
faith
,
feeler
,
formulated belief
,
gospel
,
ideology
,
inquiry
,
interrogation
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
ism
,
issue
,
leader
,
leading question
,
moot point
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
political faith
,
political philosophy
,
problem
,
query
,
question
,
question at issue
,
question mark
,
quodlibet
,
religion
,
school
,
system of belief
,
topic
,
trial balloon
,
vexed question
,
world view
shofar
collapse
an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Holy Grail
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
ark
,
asperger
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
eucharistial
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
matzo
,
menorah
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
sukkah
,
tabernacle
,
tallith
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
,
votive candle
spiteful
collapse
related words >
acrid
,
acrimonious
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
bearish
,
belligerent
,
bitchy
,
bitter
,
cankered
,
cantankerous
,
cattish
,
catty
,
caustic
,
churlish
,
clashing
,
colliding
,
conflicting
,
crabbed
,
cranky
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crusty
,
cussed
,
despiteful
,
disagreeable
,
evil
,
excitable
,
feisty
,
fractious
,
full of hate
,
hateful
,
hostile
,
huffish
,
huffy
,
invidious
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
malevolent
,
malicious
,
malign
,
malignant
,
mean
,
ornery
,
perverse
,
punitive
,
quarrelsome
,
rancorous
,
repugnant
,
retaliative
,
retaliatory
,
retributive
,
retributory
,
revengeful
,
set against
,
snappish
,
sore
,
spleeny
,
splenetic
,
testy
,
ugly
,
unforgiving
,
unfriendly
,
vengeful
,
venomous
,
vicious
,
vindictive
,
virulent
,
vitriolic
,
waspish
,
wicked
votive candle
collapse
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Holy Grail
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
ark
,
asperger
,
asperges
,
aspergillum
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
eucharistial
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
matzo
,
menorah
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
shofar
,
sukkah
,
tabernacle
,
tallith
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
Holy Grail
collapse
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
ark
,
asperger
,
asperges
,
aspergillum
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
eucharistial
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
matzo
,
menorah
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
shofar
,
sukkah
,
tabernacle
,
tallith
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
,
votive candle
sukkah
collapse
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Holy Grail
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
ark
,
asperger
,
asperges
,
aspergillum
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
eucharistial
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
matzo
,
menorah
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
shofar
,
tabernacle
,
tallith
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
,
votive candle
menorah
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(Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival
(Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Holy Grail
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
ark
,
asperger
,
asperges
,
aspergillum
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
eucharistial
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
matzo
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
shofar
,
sukkah
,
tabernacle
,
tallith
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
,
votive candle
ark
collapse
a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Holy Grail
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
asperger
,
asperges
,
aspergillum
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
eucharistial
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
matzo
,
menorah
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
shofar
,
sukkah
,
tabernacle
,
tallith
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
,
votive candle
invoke
collapse
cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
related words >
accost
,
address
,
adjure
,
apostrophize
,
appeal
,
appeal to
,
approach
,
beg
,
beseech
,
bespeak
,
bid come
,
buttonhole
,
call
,
call away
,
call back
,
call for
,
call for help
,
call forth
,
call in
,
call on
,
call out
,
call to
,
call together
,
call up
,
call up spirits
,
call upon
,
cite
,
clamor for
,
commune with God
,
conjure
,
conjure up
,
conjure up spirits
,
convene
,
convoke
,
crave
,
cross-refer
,
cross-reference
,
cry for
,
cry on
,
cry to
,
demand
,
direct attention to
,
effect
,
entreat
,
evoke
,
give thanks
,
greet
,
hail
,
halloo
,
impetrate
,
implement
,
implore
,
importune
,
imprecate
,
indent
,
kneel to
,
make a cross-reference
,
make reference to
,
make supplication
,
muster
,
muster up
,
obtest
,
offer a prayer
,
order up
,
page
,
petition
,
plead
,
plead for
,
pray
,
pray over
,
preconize
,
raise
,
raise ghosts
,
recall
,
recite the rosary
,
refer to
,
reference
,
requisition
,
return thanks
,
run to
,
salute
,
say grace
,
send after
,
send for
,
serve
,
speak
,
speak fair
,
speak to
,
subpoena
,
summon
,
summon forth
,
summon spirits
,
summon up
,
summons
,
supplicate
,
take aside
,
talk to
disharmonious
collapse
related words >
absonant
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
atonal
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
clashing
,
colliding
,
conflicting
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
cracked
,
cranky
,
cross
,
diaphonic
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
disharmonic
,
disproportionate
,
dissentient
,
dissident
,
dissonant
,
divergent
,
flat
,
grating
,
harsh
,
hostile
,
immelodious
,
immiscible
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
inharmonic
,
inharmonious
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
musicless
,
negative
,
nonmelodious
,
off
,
off-key
,
off-tone
,
out of accord
,
out of pitch
,
out of tone
,
out of tune
,
out of whack
,
raucous
,
repugnant
,
sharp
,
shrill
,
sour
,
strident
,
tuneless
,
uncongenial
,
unharmonious
,
unmelodious
,
unmusical
,
untunable
,
untuned
,
untuneful
,
variant
inquiry
collapse
a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
related words >
amassing evidence
,
assize
,
audit
,
bone of contention
,
canvass
,
catechism
,
catechizing
,
change of venue
,
check
,
close inquiry
,
consumer research
,
consumer-preference survey
,
court-martial
,
cross-examination
,
cross-interrogatory
,
cross-question
,
debating point
,
delving
,
demand
,
department of investigation
,
detection
,
detective work
,
enquiry
,
examination
,
exhaustive study
,
exploration
,
feeler
,
hearing
,
indagation
,
inquest
,
inquirendo
,
inquisition
,
inspection
,
interrogation
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
investigation
,
investigative bureau
,
issue
,
jury trial
,
leader
,
leading question
,
legislative investigation
,
legwork
,
mistrial
,
moot point
,
opinion poll
,
perscrutation
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
poll
,
probe
,
probing
,
problem
,
public-opinion poll
,
query
,
querying
,
quest
,
question
,
question at issue
,
question mark
,
questionary
,
questioning
,
questionnaire
,
quodlibet
,
research
,
scrutiny
,
search
,
sifting
,
sleuthing
,
study
,
survey
,
topic
,
trial
,
trial balloon
,
trial by jury
,
vexed question
,
witch-hunt
at cross purposes
collapse
related words >
adversative
,
adverse
,
adverse to
,
adversive
,
against
,
against the grain
,
against the tide
,
against the wind
,
antagonistic
,
anti
,
antipathetic
,
antithetic
,
antonymous
,
at cross-purposes with
,
at daggers
,
at daggers drawn
,
at enmity
,
at feud
,
at issue
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at outs
,
at square
,
at strife
,
at variance
,
at war
,
at war with
,
athwart
,
balancing
,
clashing
,
compensating
,
con
,
conflicting
,
confronting
,
contra
,
contradictory
,
contradistinct
,
contrapositive
,
contrarious
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
converse
,
counter
,
counter to
,
counterbalancing
,
counterpoised
,
countervailing
,
cranky
,
cross
,
dead against
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
disharmonious
,
disproportionate
,
dissident
,
dissonant
,
divergent
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
eyeball-to-eyeball
,
grating
,
hostile
,
immiscible
,
in conflict with
,
in confrontation
,
in hostile array
,
in opposition
,
in opposition to
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
inconsistent
,
inharmonious
,
inimical
,
inverse
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
negative
,
obverse
,
on the outs
,
opposed
,
opposed to
,
opposing
,
opposite
,
oppositional
,
oppositive
,
oppugnant
,
out of accord
,
out of whack
,
perverse
,
repugnant
,
reverse
,
squared off
,
uncongenial
,
unharmonious
,
up in arms
,
variant
,
versus
,
vis-a-vis
,
with crossed bayonets
question mark
collapse
a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
related words >
Chinese puzzle
,
baffling problem
,
bone of contention
,
brain twister
,
catechism
,
cross-interrogatory
,
cross-question
,
crossword puzzle
,
crux
,
debating point
,
demand
,
enigma
,
enigmatic question
,
feeler
,
floorer
,
inquiry
,
interrogation
,
interrogative
,
interrogatory
,
issue
,
jigsaw puzzle
,
knot
,
knotty point
,
leader
,
leading question
,
mind-boggler
,
moot point
,
mystery
,
nut to crack
,
perplexed question
,
perplexity
,
point at issue
,
point in question
,
poser
,
problem
,
puzzle
,
puzzlement
,
puzzler
,
query
,
question
,
question at issue
,
quodlibet
,
sixty-four dollar question
,
sticker
,
stumper
,
topic
,
tough proposition
,
trial balloon
,
vexed question
,
why
antithetical
collapse
related words >
adversary
,
adversative
,
adverse
,
adversive
,
alien
,
antagonistic
,
anti
,
antipathetic
,
antipodal
,
antipodean
,
antithetic
,
antonymous
,
at cross-purposes
,
balancing
,
clashing
,
compensating
,
competitive
,
con
,
conflicting
,
confronting
,
contradictory
,
contradistinct
,
contrapositive
,
contrarious
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
converse
,
counter
,
counterbalancing
,
counterpoised
,
countervailing
,
cross
,
dead against
,
disaccordant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
dissentient
,
enemy
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
eyeball-to-eyeball
,
facing
,
fractious
,
hostile
,
inconsistent
,
inimical
,
inverse
,
negative
,
noncooperative
,
obstinate
,
obverse
,
opponent
,
opposed
,
opposing
,
opposite
,
oppositional
,
oppositive
,
oppugnant
,
overthwart
,
perverse
,
polar
,
polaric
,
polarized
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
repugnant
,
reverse
,
rival
,
squared off
,
uncooperative
,
unfavorable
,
unfriendly
,
unpropitious
Big Dipper
collapse
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
related words >
Antlia
,
Antlia Pneumatica
,
Apus
,
Aquarius
,
Ara
,
Caela Sculptoris
,
Caelum
,
Camelopardus
,
Cancer
,
Columba Noae
,
Corona Australis
,
Corona Borealis
,
Corvus
,
Crater
,
Crux
,
Dorado
,
Draco
,
Equuleus
,
Gemini
,
Grus
,
Hercules
,
Horologium
,
Hydra
,
Lacerta
,
Leo
,
Leo Minor
,
Lepus
,
Libra
,
Little Dipper
,
Lupus
,
Lynx
,
Lyra
,
Malus
,
Mensa
,
Microscopium
,
Monoceros
,
Musca
,
Norma
,
Northern Cross
,
Octans
,
Ophiuchus
,
Orion
,
Pegasus
,
Phoenix
,
Reticulum
,
Sagittarius
,
Scorpius
,
Sculptor
,
Scutum
,
Sextans
,
Southern Cross
,
Taurus
,
Telescopium
,
Triangulum
,
Triangulum Australe
,
Tucana
,
Ursa Major
,
Ursa Minor
,
Vela
,
Virgo
,
Volans
,
Vulpecula
,
the Balance
,
the Bull
,
the Crane
,
the Cross
,
the Crow
,
the Cup
,
the Dragon
,
the Fly
,
the Foal
,
the Hare
,
the Indian
,
the Lion
,
the Lizard
,
the Lynx
,
the Lyre
,
the Mast
,
the Octant
,
the Rule
,
the Sails
,
the Sea Serpent
,
the Serpent
,
the Serpent Bearer
,
the Sextant
,
the Southern Crown
,
the Swan
,
the Table
,
the Telescope
,
the Toucan
,
the Twins
,
the Unicorn
,
the Virgin
,
the Water Bearer
,
the Wolf
,
the Wreath
in opposition
collapse
related words >
adverse
,
against the grain
,
against the tide
,
against the wind
,
alienated
,
antagonistic
,
antagonistically
,
antiestablishment
,
at cross-purposes
,
at daggers
,
at daggers drawn
,
at issue
,
at odds
,
at odds with
,
at variance
,
at variance with
,
at war with
,
athwart
,
breakaway
,
conflicting
,
contra
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
counter
,
counter to
,
counter-culture
,
counteractive
,
counteractively
,
cross
,
detrimental
,
differing
,
difficult
,
disagreeing
,
dissentient
,
dissenting
,
dissident
,
eyeball-to-eyeball
,
hard
,
harmful
,
hostile
,
in confrontation
,
in hostile array
,
in opposition to
,
inimical
,
miserable
,
nonconforming
,
not easy
,
opposed
,
opposing
,
opposingly
,
opposite
,
recusant
,
rigorous
,
sectarian
,
sectary
,
sinister
,
stressful
,
troublesome
,
troublous
,
trying
,
underground
,
unfavorable
,
untoward
,
up in arms
,
with crossed bayonets
,
wretched
bitchy
collapse
marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark"
related words >
abusive
,
back-biting
,
baleful
,
bearish
,
belittling
,
calumniatory
,
calumnious
,
cankered
,
cantankerous
,
catty
,
censorious
,
churlish
,
contemptuous
,
contumelious
,
crabbed
,
cranky
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crusty
,
cussed
,
defamatory
,
deprecatory
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
derisive
,
derisory
,
derogative
,
derogatory
,
despiteful
,
detractory
,
disagreeable
,
disparaging
,
evil
,
excitable
,
feisty
,
fractious
,
harmful
,
hateful
,
huffish
,
huffy
,
iniquitous
,
invidious
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
libelous
,
malefic
,
maleficent
,
malevolent
,
malicious
,
malign
,
malignant
,
mean
,
minimizing
,
nasty
,
noxious
,
ornery
,
pejorative
,
perverse
,
rancorous
,
ridiculing
,
scandalous
,
scurrile
,
scurrilous
,
slanderous
,
slighting
,
snappish
,
spiteful
,
spleeny
,
splenetic
,
testy
,
ugly
,
vicious
,
vilifying
,
waspish
,
wicked
Danish pastry
collapse
related words >
Danish
,
English muffin
,
French pastry
,
Parker House roll
,
Yorkshire pudding
,
bagel
,
baklava
,
bialy
,
bialystoker
,
blintz
,
bun
,
chocolate eclair
,
clover-leaf roll
,
coffee cake
,
cream puff
,
crescent roll
,
croissant
,
cross bun
,
crumpet
,
dowdy
,
eclair
,
gem
,
hard roll
,
hot cross bun
,
kaiser roll
,
muffin
,
onion roll
,
pandowdy
,
pastry
,
pasty
,
patisserie
,
patty
,
patty-shell
,
pie
,
pinwheel roll
,
popover
,
puff
,
quiche
,
roll
,
rosette
,
scone
,
soft roll
,
strudel
,
tart
,
timbale
,
tipsy cake
,
trifle
,
turnover
,
vol-au-vent
sideways
collapse
toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
related words >
across
,
across the grain
,
aside
,
askance
,
askant
,
aslant
,
aslope
,
asquint
,
at an angle
,
athwart
,
athwartships
,
breadthwise
,
broad side foremost
,
broadside
,
broadside on
,
broadways
,
broadwise
,
circuitously
,
contrariwise
,
contrawise
,
crabwise
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crossway
,
crossways
,
crosswise
,
depthwise
,
deviately
,
deviously
,
digressively
,
divagationally
,
divergently
,
edgeway
,
edgeways
,
edgewise
,
excursively
,
flanking
,
glancing
,
glancingly
,
indirectly
,
laterad
,
lateral
,
laterally
,
lee
,
leeward
,
next-beside
,
obliquely
,
on its side
,
on one side
,
on the beam
,
overthwart
,
right and left
,
side
,
sideling
,
sidelong
,
sideward
,
sidewards
,
sideway
,
sidewise
,
sidling
,
skirting
,
slantingly
,
slantways
,
slantwise
,
slaunchways
,
through
,
thwart
,
thwartly
,
thwartways
,
to one side
,
transverse
,
transversely
,
traverse
,
weather
,
widthways
,
widthwise
,
windward
inaccordant
collapse
related words >
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
assorted
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
clashing
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
contrasting
,
cranky
,
cross
,
departing
,
deviating
,
deviative
,
different
,
differentiated
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
discrete
,
discriminated
,
disharmonious
,
disjoined
,
disparate
,
disproportionate
,
dissident
,
dissimilar
,
dissonant
,
distinct
,
distinguished
,
divergent
,
diverging
,
divers
,
diverse
,
diversified
,
grating
,
heterogeneous
,
hostile
,
immiscible
,
in disagreement
,
incompatible
,
incongruous
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
inharmonious
,
irreconcilable
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
many
,
motley
,
multifarious
,
negative
,
out of accord
,
out of whack
,
poles apart
,
poles asunder
,
repugnant
,
separate
,
separated
,
several
,
unconformable
,
uncongenial
,
unequal
,
unharmonious
,
unlike
,
variant
,
varied
,
variegated
,
various
,
varying
,
widely apart
,
worlds apart
traverse
collapse
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
related words >
across
,
across the grain
,
athwart
,
athwartships
,
bar
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be contrary to
,
belie
,
boat
,
bridge
,
buck
,
call into question
,
canoe
,
carry sail
,
challenge
,
check
,
circumnavigate
,
coast
,
combat
,
conflict with
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contrariwise
,
contravene
,
contrawise
,
controvert
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countervail
,
counterwork
,
course
,
cover
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
cross bitt
,
cross-grained
,
crossarm
,
crossbar
,
crosscut
,
crossing
,
crosspiece
,
crossway
,
crossways
,
crosswise
,
cruciate
,
cruise
,
cut across
,
decussate
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
dismiss
,
dispute
,
do
,
doubletree
,
duel
,
examine
,
fight
,
gainsay
,
go across
,
go against
,
go by ship
,
go on shipboard
,
go over
,
go to sea
,
hurdle
,
impediment
,
impugn
,
inspect
,
intercross
,
intersect
,
investigate
,
join the opposition
,
lie across
,
look at
,
look into
,
look over
,
make a passage
,
measure
,
motorboat
,
navigate
,
negate
,
negative
,
not abide
,
oblique
,
obliquely
,
observe
,
obstruct
,
obstruction
,
oppose
,
oppugn
,
overpass
,
overthwart
,
pace
,
pass over
,
pass through
,
patrol
,
perambulate
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
play at cross-purposes
,
ply
,
protest
,
quarter
,
range
,
range over
,
rebut
,
reconnoiter
,
reject
,
repel
,
resist
,
review
,
roam
,
row
,
rub
,
run
,
run against
,
run counter to
,
sail
,
sail round
,
sail the sea
,
scan
,
scour
,
scour the country
,
scout
,
scrutinize
,
scull
,
seafare
,
sideways
,
sidewise
,
singletree
,
snag
,
squash
,
squelch
,
steam
,
steamboat
,
study
,
stumbling block
,
survey
,
sweep
,
swingletree
,
take a voyage
,
take issue with
,
thwart
,
thwartly
,
thwartways
,
tour
,
track
,
tramp
,
transept
,
transit
,
transom
,
transversal
,
transverse
,
transversely
,
travel over
,
travel through
,
tread
,
vote against
,
voyage
,
walk
,
wander
,
whippletree
,
withstand
,
yacht
oppositional
collapse
related words >
adversary
,
adversative
,
adverse
,
adversive
,
alien
,
antagonistic
,
anti
,
antipathetic
,
antithetic
,
antonymous
,
at cross-purposes
,
balancing
,
breakaway
,
clashing
,
compensating
,
competitive
,
con
,
conflicting
,
confronting
,
contradicting
,
contradictory
,
contradistinct
,
contrapositive
,
contrarious
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
converse
,
counter
,
counteractant
,
counteracting
,
counteractive
,
counterbalancing
,
counterpoised
,
countervailing
,
counterworking
,
cranky
,
cross
,
crotchety
,
dead against
,
disaccordant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
dissentient
,
dissident
,
enemy
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
fractious
,
hostile
,
inconsistent
,
inimical
,
inverse
,
negative
,
nonconformist
,
noncooperative
,
obstinate
,
obverse
,
opponent
,
opposed
,
opposing
,
opposite
,
oppositive
,
oppugnant
,
overthwart
,
perverse
,
reactionary
,
recalcitrant
,
refractory
,
renitent
,
repugnant
,
resistant
,
reverse
,
revolutionary
,
rival
,
squared off
,
uncooperative
,
unfavorable
,
unfriendly
,
unpropitious
tabernacle
collapse
(Judaism) a portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of the Covenant on their exodus
the Mormon temple
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Holy Grail
,
Host
,
Pieta
,
Sanctus bell
,
Sangraal
,
ark
,
asperger
,
asperges
,
aspergillum
,
bambino
,
beadroll
,
beads
,
candle
,
censer
,
chaplet
,
ciborium
,
cross
,
crucifix
,
cruet
,
dewal
,
eucharistial
,
fane
,
girja
,
holy cross
,
holy water
,
holy-water sprinkler
,
icon
,
incensory
,
kiack
,
masjid
,
matzo
,
menorah
,
mezuzah
,
mikvah
,
monstrance
,
mosque
,
osculatory
,
ostensorium
,
pagoda
,
pantheon
,
paschal candle
,
pax
,
phylacteries
,
prayer shawl
,
prayer wheel
,
pyx
,
relics
,
rood
,
rosary
,
sacramental
,
sacred relics
,
sacring bell
,
shofar
,
shul
,
sukkah
,
synagogue
,
tallith
,
temple
,
thurible
,
urceole
,
veronica
,
vigil light
,
votive candle
walking stick
collapse
any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies
a stick carried in the hand for support in walking
related words >
Malacca cane
,
advocate
,
alpenstock
,
arm
,
athletic supporter
,
back
,
backbone
,
backing
,
bandeau
,
baton
,
bearer
,
bra
,
brace
,
bracer
,
bracket
,
brassiere
,
buttress
,
cane
,
carrier
,
cervix
,
corset
,
crook
,
crosier
,
cross
,
cross-staff
,
crutch
,
crutch-stick
,
foundation garment
,
fulcrum
,
girdle
,
guy
,
guywire
,
handstaff
,
jock
,
jockstrap
,
lituus
,
mainstay
,
maintainer
,
mast
,
neck
,
pastoral staff
,
paterissa
,
prop
,
quarterstaff
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
reinforcer
,
rest
,
resting place
,
rigging
,
shillelagh
,
shoulder
,
shroud
,
spine
,
sprit
,
staff
,
standing rigging
,
stave
,
stay
,
stick
,
stiffener
,
strengthener
,
support
,
supporter
,
sustainer
,
swagger stick
,
swanking stick
,
upholder
motor
collapse
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
a nonspecific agent that imparts motion; "happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action"
related words >
active
,
aeromotor
,
alembic
,
anvil
,
appliance
,
arc-jet engine
,
auto
,
autocar
,
automobile
,
axial-flow turbojet
,
bicycle
,
bike
,
boat
,
buggy
,
bus
,
caldron
,
cam engine
,
car
,
catch a train
,
charioteer
,
chauffeur
,
convenience
,
crate
,
crucible
,
cycle
,
drive
,
driving
,
engine
,
enginery
,
entrain
,
facility
,
fixture
,
gas jet
,
go by rail
,
heap
,
impelling
,
impulse duct engine
,
in motion
,
inverted engine
,
jalopy
,
joyride
,
lathe
,
machine
,
machinery
,
make a train
,
mechanical aid
,
mechanical device
,
mechanism
,
melting pot
,
mobile
,
mortar
,
motile
,
motivational
,
motive
,
motive power
,
motor vehicle
,
motorcar
,
motorcycle
,
motorized vehicle
,
moving
,
pancake engine
,
pedal
,
pilot
,
piston engine
,
power plant
,
power source
,
propellant
,
propeller-jet engine
,
propelling
,
propjet
,
radial engine
,
ramjet
,
reciprocating engine
,
retort
,
ride
,
rocket motor
,
rotary engine
,
stirring
,
supercharged engine
,
take a joyride
,
taxi
,
test tube
,
tool
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
transitional
,
traveling
,
tub
,
turbine
,
turbojet
,
turboprop
,
utility
,
vertical engine
,
voiture
,
wheel
,
wheels
,
wreck
sell out
collapse
give information that compromises others
get rid of all one's merchandise
related words >
apostatize
,
bear witness against
,
beguile
,
betray
,
blab
,
blow the whistle
,
bolt
,
break away
,
bunk
,
clear the trade
,
close out
,
convert
,
convert into cash
,
cross
,
cut under
,
defect
,
delude
,
desert
,
double-cross
,
dump
,
effect a sale
,
fink
,
four-flush
,
humbug
,
inform against
,
inform on
,
job
,
let down
,
liquidate
,
make a sale
,
market
,
merchandise
,
mislead
,
move
,
narc
,
peach
,
pull out
,
rat
,
resell
,
retail
,
run out on
,
sacrifice
,
secede
,
sell
,
sell off
,
sell on consignment
,
sell over
,
sell retail
,
sell short
,
sell up
,
sell wholesale
,
snitch
,
snitch on
,
split
,
squeal
,
stool
,
take in
,
tattle
,
tell on
,
terminate the account
,
testify against
,
turn in
,
turn informer
,
turn into money
,
turn over
,
two-time
,
undercut
,
undersell
,
unload
,
wholesale
excitable
collapse
easily excited
capable of responding to stimuli
related words >
agitable
,
all nerves
,
apprehensive
,
bearish
,
bitchy
,
cankered
,
cantankerous
,
churlish
,
combustible
,
crabbed
,
cranky
,
cross
,
cross-grained
,
crusty
,
cussed
,
disagreeable
,
edgy
,
emotional
,
emotionally unstable
,
eruptive
,
explosive
,
fearful
,
feisty
,
feverish
,
fidgety
,
fractious
,
frightened
,
high-mettled
,
high-spirited
,
high-strung
,
highly emotional
,
hot-blooded
,
huffish
,
huffy
,
hysterical
,
inflammable
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
jumpy
,
mean
,
mercurial
,
mettlesome
,
nerves on edge
,
nervous
,
nervy
,
on edge
,
ornery
,
overstrung
,
panicky
,
perturbable
,
perverse
,
prickly
,
quick-tempered
,
restive
,
restless
,
sensitive
,
skittery
,
skittish
,
snappish
,
spiteful
,
spleeny
,
splenetic
,
startlish
,
temperamental
,
testy
,
touchy
,
ugly
,
uneasy
,
unstable
,
volatile
,
volcanic
,
waspish
variant
collapse
differing from a norm or standard; "a variant spelling"
exhibiting or tending to variation and change; "letters variant in size"
related words >
altering
,
alternative
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
assorted
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
changing
,
clashing
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
contrasting
,
cranky
,
cross
,
departing
,
deviant
,
deviating
,
deviative
,
different
,
differentiated
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
discrete
,
discriminated
,
disharmonious
,
disjoined
,
disparate
,
disproportionate
,
dissident
,
dissimilar
,
dissonant
,
distinct
,
distinguished
,
divergent
,
diverging
,
divers
,
diverse
,
diversified
,
grating
,
heterogeneous
,
hostile
,
immiscible
,
in disagreement
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
incongruous
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
inharmonious
,
irreconcilable
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
many
,
modification
,
motley
,
multifarious
,
negative
,
out of accord
,
out of whack
,
poles apart
,
poles asunder
,
repugnant
,
separate
,
separated
,
several
,
unconformable
,
uncongenial
,
unequal
,
unharmonious
,
unlike
,
unstable
,
variable
,
variation
,
varied
,
variegated
,
various
,
varying
,
widely apart
,
worlds apart
resist
collapse
withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
refuse to comply
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
related words >
antagonize
,
arrest
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
baffle
,
balk
,
battle
,
be antipathetic
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be inimical
,
be proof against
,
bear up
,
bear up against
,
beat against
,
block
,
bottle up
,
bridle
,
buck
,
check
,
clash
,
collide
,
combat
,
conflict
,
conflict with
,
confute
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contrapose
,
contravene
,
control
,
counter
,
counteract
,
counterattack
,
countercheck
,
counterpose
,
countervail
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
defy
,
delay
,
deny
,
detain
,
dispute
,
duel
,
endure
,
fight
,
fight against
,
foil
,
forgo
,
frustrate
,
gainsay
,
go against
,
go counter to
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold out
,
hold out against
,
hold up
,
impede
,
impugn
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interfere with
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
join the opposition
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
lock horns
,
meddle
,
meet head-on
,
militate against
,
not abide
,
obstruct
,
oppose
,
oppugn
,
outlast
,
play at cross-purposes
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
protest
,
rebuff
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repress
,
repulse
,
restrain
,
retard
,
run against
,
run counter to
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
snub
,
stand
,
stand up
,
stand up against
,
stand up to
,
stem
,
stop
,
suppress
,
swim upstream
,
take issue with
,
thwart
,
traverse
,
turn down
,
vote against
,
weather
,
withstand
,
work against
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