Related Words:
- flaw
collapse - defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"
- add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective related words >
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- abysm,
- abyss,
- arroyo,
- bad habit,
- besetting sin,
- birthmark,
- black mark,
- blackhead,
- blast,
- bleb,
- blemish,
- blister,
- blot,
- blow,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- bug,
- bulla,
- canyon,
- catch,
- cavity,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- chip,
- cicatrix,
- cicatrize,
- cleavage,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- col,
- comedo,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crater,
- craze,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cwm,
- damage,
- deface,
- defacement,
- defect,
- defection,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- defile,
- deform,
- deformation,
- deformity,
- dell,
- delusion,
- deviancy,
- dike,
- discredit,
- disfiguration,
- disfigure,
- disfigurement,
- distort,
- distortion,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- drawback,
- errancy,
- erroneousness,
- error,
- excavation,
- failing,
- failure,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- faute,
- fissure,
- flawedness,
- flume,
- flurry,
- foible,
- fracture,
- frailty,
- freckle,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- gust,
- hamartia,
- harm,
- hemangioma,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- hickey,
- hole,
- hurt,
- illusion,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- incision,
- infirmity,
- joint,
- keloid,
- kink,
- kloof,
- leak,
- lentigo,
- little problem,
- loophole,
- mar,
- mark,
- milium,
- misapplication,
- misconstruction,
- misdoing,
- misfeasance,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- mistake,
- moat,
- mole,
- moral flaw,
- needle scar,
- nevus,
- notch,
- nullah,
- opening,
- pass,
- passage,
- peccancy,
- perforation,
- perversion,
- pimple,
- pit,
- pock,
- pockmark,
- port-wine mark,
- port-wine stain,
- problem,
- puncture,
- pustule,
- ravine,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rip,
- ruin,
- rupture,
- scab,
- scar,
- scarify,
- scissure,
- scratch,
- scud,
- seam,
- sebaceous cyst,
- self-contradiction,
- shortcoming,
- sin,
- sinfulness,
- slit,
- slot,
- snag,
- something missing,
- split,
- spoil,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- strawberry mark,
- sty,
- taint,
- tear,
- track,
- trench,
- twist,
- unorthodoxy,
- untrueness,
- untruth,
- untruthfulness,
- valley,
- verruca,
- vesicle,
- vice,
- void,
- vulnerable place,
- wadi,
- wale,
- warp,
- wart,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weak side,
- weaken,
- weakness,
- weal,
- welt,
- wen,
- whitehead,
- wind gust,
- wrong,
- wrongness
- set off
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- set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start" related words >
- actuate,
- adjoin,
- adorn,
- allocate,
- allot,
- analogize,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- appoint,
- appropriate to,
- array,
- assign,
- assign to,
- assimilate,
- atomize,
- atone for,
- backfire,
- balance,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be off,
- be opposed to,
- bear for,
- bear up for,
- bear up to,
- beautify,
- become one,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- befringe,
- bind,
- blast,
- blazon,
- blow out,
- blow up,
- border,
- bound,
- break for,
- bring into analogy,
- bring into comparison,
- burst,
- bust,
- change,
- chop logic,
- circulate,
- clash,
- color,
- compare,
- compare and contrast,
- compare with,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- confront,
- contradict,
- contradistinguish,
- contrapose,
- contrast,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterpoise,
- counterpose,
- countervail,
- counterweigh,
- counterwork,
- dandify,
- dash for,
- deck,
- deck out,
- decorate,
- demarcate,
- demark,
- destine,
- desynonymize,
- detail,
- detonate,
- difference,
- differentiate,
- discharge,
- discriminate,
- disequalize,
- disjoin,
- distinguish,
- diversify,
- divide,
- dizen,
- doll up,
- draw a comparison,
- draw a parallel,
- draw the line,
- dress,
- dress up,
- earmark,
- edge,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enframe,
- enkindle,
- enrich,
- equiponderate,
- explode,
- fate,
- fig out,
- fire,
- fix up,
- frame,
- fringe,
- fulminate,
- furbish,
- garnish,
- get off,
- glamorize,
- go for,
- go forth,
- go off,
- grace,
- gussy up,
- hem,
- hit for,
- individualize,
- individuate,
- issue,
- issue forth,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- kindle,
- lap,
- lay for,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- let off,
- light the fuse,
- liken,
- liken to,
- line,
- list,
- lot,
- make a distinction,
- make assignments,
- make for,
- make up,
- make up to,
- march,
- marge,
- margin,
- marginate,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark out for,
- mark the interface,
- match,
- measure against,
- measure off,
- measure out,
- metaphorize,
- modify,
- offset,
- oppose,
- oppugn,
- ordain,
- ornament,
- outset,
- outstart,
- outweigh,
- pace off,
- paint,
- parallel,
- particularize,
- personalize,
- pick out,
- place against,
- play at cross-purposes,
- portion off,
- prank,
- prank up,
- preen,
- prettify,
- pretty up,
- primp,
- primp up,
- prink,
- prink up,
- purfle,
- purl,
- put forth,
- redecorate,
- redeem,
- redo,
- refine a distinction,
- refurbish,
- relate,
- reserve,
- restrict,
- restrict to,
- rim,
- rule off,
- run a comparison,
- run counter to,
- run for,
- sail for,
- sally,
- sally forth,
- schedule,
- screen,
- screen out,
- segregate,
- select,
- separate,
- set,
- set a limit,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- set forth,
- set forward,
- set in contrast,
- set in opposition,
- set off against,
- set out,
- set out for,
- set over against,
- sever,
- severalize,
- shoot,
- side,
- sieve,
- sieve out,
- sift,
- sift out,
- similize,
- skirt,
- smarten,
- smarten up,
- sort,
- sort out,
- spark,
- specialize,
- split hairs,
- spruce up,
- square,
- square up,
- start,
- start off,
- start out,
- steer for,
- step off,
- strike out,
- subdivide,
- subtilize,
- tag,
- titivate,
- touch off,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- trigger,
- trim,
- vary,
- verge,
- view together,
- weigh,
- weigh against,
- winnow
- babe,
- boob,
- chump,
- cinch,
- credulous person,
- cull,
- dupe,
- easy mark,
- easy pickings,
- fall guy,
- fish,
- fool,
- gobe-mouches,
- greener,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- gudgeon,
- gull,
- innocent,
- leadpipe cinch,
- monkey,
- patsy,
- pigeon,
- plaything,
- prize sap,
- pushover,
- sap,
- saphead,
- schlemiel,
- sitting duck,
- stooge,
- sucker,
- toy,
- victim
- celebrated
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- having an illustrious past
- widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" related words >
- acclaimed,
- conspicuous,
- distinguished,
- eminent,
- esteemed,
- estimable,
- exceptional,
- extraordinary,
- fabled,
- famed,
- famous,
- far-famed,
- far-heard,
- great,
- honored,
- illustrious,
- legendary,
- marked,
- memorable,
- much acclaimed,
- mythical,
- noble,
- notable,
- noted,
- noteworthy,
- notorious,
- of mark,
- of note,
- outstanding,
- popular,
- prestigious,
- prominent,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- rememberable,
- renowned,
- reputable,
- special,
- striking,
- talked-about,
- talked-of,
- telling,
- unforgettable,
- well-known
- ailing,
- at a discount,
- at a reduction,
- bad,
- below,
- below deck,
- below standard,
- below the mark,
- belowstairs,
- critically ill,
- down,
- down below,
- downstairs,
- faint,
- faintish,
- feeling awful,
- feeling faint,
- feeling something terrible,
- ill,
- in danger,
- indisposed,
- infra,
- laid low,
- mortally ill,
- not quite right,
- off,
- off-color,
- out of sorts,
- rocky,
- seedy,
- sick,
- sick unto death,
- sickish,
- substandard,
- taken ill,
- under,
- under the weather,
- underfoot,
- unwell
- Chinese puzzle,
- baffling problem,
- brain twister,
- crossword puzzle,
- crux,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- floorer,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- mystery,
- nut to crack,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- poser,
- problem,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- puzzler,
- question,
- question mark,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- sticker,
- stumper,
- tough proposition,
- vexed question,
- why
- Chinese puzzle,
- baffling problem,
- brain twister,
- crossword puzzle,
- crux,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- floorer,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- mind-boggler,
- mystery,
- nut to crack,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- poser,
- problem,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- question,
- question mark,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- sticker,
- stumper,
- tough proposition,
- vexed question,
- why
- affect,
- arrest the thoughts,
- be glimpsed,
- be remembered,
- bemire,
- bog,
- bog down,
- catch the thoughts,
- come home to,
- come through,
- dawn on,
- get across,
- get over,
- grab,
- hit,
- hit the mark,
- impress,
- impress forcibly,
- make an impression,
- mire,
- never be forgotten,
- obsess,
- penetrate,
- rankle,
- register,
- rock,
- smite,
- soak in,
- stodge,
- strike,
- strike hard,
- strike home,
- tell,
- traumatize
- acclaimed,
- august,
- celebrated,
- distinguished,
- elevated,
- eminent,
- exalted,
- fabled,
- famed,
- famous,
- far-famed,
- far-heard,
- glorious,
- godlike,
- great,
- heroic,
- high,
- honored,
- illustrious,
- lauded,
- legendary,
- lofty,
- magnanimous,
- magnificent,
- majestic,
- marked,
- much acclaimed,
- mythical,
- noble,
- notable,
- noted,
- notorious,
- of mark,
- of note,
- outstanding,
- popular,
- prominent,
- signal,
- soaring,
- sublime,
- superb,
- talked-about,
- talked-of,
- towering,
- well-known
- mute
collapse
- a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
- a deaf person who is unable to speak
- expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- lacking power of speech related words >
- abiotic,
- acoustic tile,
- allophone,
- alveolar,
- anaudic,
- antiknock,
- aphasic,
- aphonic,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulation,
- aspiration,
- assimilation,
- azoic,
- baffle,
- baffler,
- baton,
- bearer,
- bilabial,
- bit player,
- breathless,
- brief,
- brusque,
- cacuminal,
- cerebral,
- check,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- concise,
- consonant,
- continuant,
- curt,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampener,
- damper,
- deaden,
- deaf-mute,
- deafen,
- dental,
- diapason,
- diphthong,
- dissimilation,
- dull,
- dumb,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstricken,
- dumbstruck,
- dummy,
- economical of words,
- epenthetic vowel,
- exanimate,
- explosive,
- extra,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- gag,
- glide,
- glottal,
- glottalization,
- griever,
- guttural,
- hush,
- hushcloth,
- inanimate,
- inanimated,
- inarticulate,
- indisposed to talk,
- inert,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insentient,
- keener,
- labial,
- labialization,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- laconic,
- lamenter,
- laryngeal,
- lateral,
- lifeless,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- manner of articulation,
- metronome,
- modification,
- monochord,
- monophthong,
- morphophoneme,
- mourner,
- muffle,
- muffler,
- mum,
- music stand,
- muzzle,
- nasal,
- nonconscious,
- nonliving,
- occlusive,
- palatal,
- pallbearer,
- parasitic vowel,
- peak,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealization,
- phone,
- phoneme,
- pitch pipe,
- plosive,
- professional mourner,
- prothetic vowel,
- quiet,
- quietener,
- reserved,
- retroflex,
- rhythmometer,
- segmental phoneme,
- semivowel,
- senseless,
- short,
- silence,
- silence cloth,
- silencer,
- silent,
- snug,
- soft pedal,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- sonant,
- sonometer,
- sonority,
- sordine,
- sordino,
- soulless,
- sound-absorbing material,
- soundproofing,
- soundproofing insulation,
- sourdine,
- sparing of words,
- spear-carrier,
- speech sound,
- speechless,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- stick,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stricken dumb,
- subdue,
- substitute,
- supe,
- super,
- supernumerary,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting cast,
- suppress,
- surd,
- syllabic nucleus,
- syllabic peak,
- syllable,
- tacit,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight-lipped,
- tone down,
- tone measurer,
- tongue-tied,
- tongueless,
- transition sound,
- triphthong,
- tuning bar,
- tuning fork,
- tuning pipe,
- turn down,
- unanimated,
- unconscious,
- understudy,
- unfeeling,
- unloquacious,
- unsaid,
- unspoken,
- untalkative,
- velar,
- vocable,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voice,
- voiced sound,
- voiceless,
- voiceless sound,
- voicing,
- vowel,
- walk-on,
- walking gentleman,
- word-bound,
- wordless
- acclaim,
- celebrity,
- character,
- consequence,
- dignity,
- distinction,
- eclat,
- eminence,
- esteem,
- fame,
- famousness,
- figure,
- glory,
- greatness,
- heroism,
- honor,
- illustriousness,
- kudos,
- loftiness,
- magnanimity,
- majesty,
- mark,
- memorability,
- name,
- nobility,
- notability,
- note,
- noteworthiness,
- notoriety,
- notoriousness,
- popularity,
- preeminence,
- prestige,
- prominence,
- publicity,
- reclame,
- recognition,
- remarkableness,
- rep,
- report,
- reputation,
- repute,
- salience,
- stardom,
- sublimity,
- the bubble reputation,
- vogue
- stay up
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- not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" related words >
- celebrate
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- have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating" related words >
- administer Communion,
- adulate,
- advertise,
- apotheosize,
- attend Communion,
- attend Mass,
- beat the drum,
- belaud,
- bepraise,
- blare,
- blare forth,
- blaze,
- blaze abroad,
- blazon,
- blazon about,
- bless,
- bless the Lord,
- blow the trumpet,
- blow up,
- boast of,
- brag about,
- broadcast,
- carouse,
- celebrate Mass,
- commemorate,
- communicate,
- consecrate,
- conventionalize,
- cry,
- cry out,
- cry up,
- cut loose,
- debauch,
- declaim,
- dedicate,
- deify,
- dignify,
- doxologize,
- dress ship,
- emblazon,
- eulogize,
- exalt,
- extol,
- fire a salute,
- flatter,
- formalize,
- glorify,
- glorify the Lord,
- hallow,
- hell around,
- herald,
- herald abroad,
- hero-worship,
- hold,
- hold jubilee,
- honor,
- hymn,
- idolize,
- jollify,
- jolly,
- jubilate,
- jubilize,
- keep,
- lark,
- laud,
- let go,
- let loose,
- let off steam,
- lionize,
- maffick,
- magnify,
- make merry,
- make much of,
- make whoopee,
- mark,
- memorialize,
- observe,
- overpraise,
- panegyrize,
- party,
- pay tribute,
- perform,
- porter aux nues,
- praise,
- praise God,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- publicize,
- puff,
- puff up,
- raise hell,
- receive the Sacrament,
- rejoice in,
- revel,
- ritualize,
- roister,
- salute,
- sanctify,
- see life,
- shout,
- signalize,
- sing praises,
- skylark,
- solemnize,
- solemnly mark,
- sound a fanfare,
- spree,
- step out,
- stylize,
- thunder,
- thunder forth,
- trumpet,
- trumpet forth,
- wanton,
- wassail,
- whoop it up
- devalue
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- lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
- remove the value from; deprive of its value related words >
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- circulate,
- coarsen,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- debase,
- debauch,
- decry,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- demonetize,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devaluate,
- distort,
- infect,
- issue,
- lower,
- mark down,
- misuse,
- pervert,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prostitute,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- reissue,
- remonetize,
- revalue,
- taint,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- underrate,
- undervalue,
- utter,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- write,
- write off
- aberrant,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- all abroad,
- all off,
- all wrong,
- amiss,
- askew,
- astray,
- at fault,
- awry,
- beside the mark,
- contrary to fact,
- corrupt,
- deceptive,
- defective,
- delusive,
- deviant,
- deviational,
- deviative,
- distorted,
- errant,
- erring,
- erroneous,
- fallacious,
- false,
- faultful,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- illogical,
- illusory,
- in error,
- not right,
- off,
- off the track,
- out,
- peccant,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- self-contradictory,
- straying,
- truthless,
- unfactual,
- unfounded,
- unorthodox,
- unproved,
- untrue,
- wide,
- wrong
- misfire
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- an explosion that fails to occur
- fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" related words >
- abort,
- abortion,
- abortive attempt,
- blow up,
- come a cropper,
- come to nothing,
- dud,
- explode,
- fail,
- fail miserably,
- failure,
- fall through,
- fizz out,
- fizzle,
- fizzle out,
- flop,
- get nowhere,
- go amiss,
- go astray,
- go phut,
- go wrong,
- hang up,
- merry chase,
- miscarriage,
- miscarry,
- miscarrying,
- miss,
- miss out,
- miss stays,
- miss the boat,
- miss the mark,
- poop out,
- vain attempt,
- wet squib,
- wild-goose chase
- eyesore
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- something very ugly and offensive related words >
- baboon,
- bag,
- blemish,
- bloodstain,
- blot,
- blotch,
- blur,
- brand,
- dab,
- daub,
- dog,
- fleck,
- flick,
- flyspeck,
- fright,
- gargoyle,
- hag,
- harridan,
- macula,
- maculation,
- macule,
- mark,
- mess,
- monster,
- monstrosity,
- no beauty,
- patch,
- scarecrow,
- sight,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smouch,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- spatter,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splash,
- splatter,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- teratism,
- ugly duckling,
- witch
- bone of contention,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- debating point,
- demand,
- feeler,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- problem,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question
- interrogative
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- relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation
- relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction" related words >
- bone of contention,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- debating point,
- demand,
- feeler,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- moot point,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- problem,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question
- customer
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- someone who pays for goods or services related words >
- Adamite,
- being,
- bloke,
- body,
- buyer,
- cat,
- chap,
- character,
- client,
- consumer,
- creature,
- duck,
- earthling,
- fellow,
- groundling,
- guy,
- hand,
- head,
- homo,
- human,
- human being,
- individual,
- joker,
- life,
- living soul,
- man,
- mark,
- mortal,
- nose,
- one,
- party,
- patron,
- person,
- personage,
- personality,
- prospect,
- purchaser,
- regular,
- regular customer,
- shopper,
- single,
- somebody,
- someone,
- soul,
- sucker,
- tellurian,
- terran,
- worldling
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