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narrow-spirited
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prejudiced
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being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge"
emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
related words >
antiblack
,
biased
,
bigoted
,
chauvinistic
,
closed-minded
,
colored
,
doctrinaire
,
dogmatic
,
influenced
,
interested
,
intolerant
,
jaundiced
,
know-nothing
,
narrow-minded
,
nonobjective
,
one-sided
,
opinionated
,
parochial
,
partial
,
partisan
,
predisposed
,
prepossessed
,
racist
,
sexist
,
superpatriotic
,
swayed
,
tendentious
,
twisted
,
ultranationalist
,
undetached
,
undispassionate
,
unfair
,
warped
,
xenophobic
down in the mouth
collapse
related words >
bowed-down
,
cast down
,
dashed
,
dejected
,
depressed
,
despairing
,
despondent
,
desponding
,
discouraged
,
disheartened
,
dispirited
,
down
,
downcast
,
downhearted
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
feeling low
,
heartless
,
hypochondriac
,
hypochondriacal
,
in low spirits
,
in the depths
,
in the doldrums
,
in the dumps
,
languishing
,
low
,
low-spirited
,
pessimistic
,
pining
,
spiritless
,
subdued
,
suicidal
,
weary of life
,
woebegone
,
world-weary
excluding
collapse
related words >
aside from
,
bar
,
barring
,
beside
,
besides
,
but
,
discounting
,
ethnocentric
,
ex
,
except
,
except for
,
excepting
,
exception taken of
,
exceptional
,
exclusive
,
exclusive of
,
exclusory
,
from
,
inadmissible
,
insular
,
leaving out
,
less
,
let alone
,
minus
,
narrow
,
not counting
,
off
,
omitting
,
outside of
,
parochial
,
precluding
,
preclusive
,
prescriptive
,
preventive
,
prohibitive
,
restrictive
,
save
,
save and except
,
saving
,
seclusive
,
segregative
,
select
,
selective
,
separative
,
snobbish
,
than
,
unless
,
without
,
xenophobic
philistine
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a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
of or relating to ancient Philistia or the culture of the Philistines
related words >
Babbitt
,
Boeotian
,
barbarian
,
boeotian
,
boob
,
boor
,
boorish
,
boring
,
bourgeois
,
capitalist
,
clown
,
commercial
,
commonplace
,
crass
,
dull
,
ignoramus
,
lout
,
lowbrow
,
materialist
,
materialistic
,
middlebrow
,
narrow-minded
,
prosaic
,
tasteless
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uneducated
,
unenlightened
,
unlearned
,
unlettered
,
unread
,
unrefined
,
untutored
,
vulgarian
,
yahoo
ebullient
collapse
joyously unrestrained
related words >
active
,
activist
,
activistic
,
agog
,
alive
,
animated
,
aquiver
,
ardent
,
aroused
,
atingle
,
atwitter
,
baking
,
beaten
,
blebby
,
blistered
,
blistering
,
blistery
,
boiling
,
bouncing
,
bouncy
,
brash
,
breezy
,
brisk
,
broiling
,
bubbling
,
bubbly
,
burbling
,
burbly
,
burning
,
burning hot
,
bursting
,
canicular
,
carbonated
,
carried away
,
chiffon
,
chipper
,
effervescent
,
energetic
,
excited
,
exhilarated
,
feverish
,
fired
,
fizzy
,
flushed
,
frisky
,
full of go
,
full of life
,
full of pep
,
grilling
,
heated
,
high
,
high-spirited
,
hopped up
,
hot
,
hot as fire
,
hot as hell
,
impassioned
,
inflamed
,
keyed up
,
lathered up
,
like a furnace
,
like an oven
,
live
,
lively
,
manic
,
mercurial
,
militant
,
moved
,
overheated
,
overwarm
,
parching
,
peppy
,
perky
,
pert
,
piping hot
,
puffed
,
quicksilver
,
ready to burst
,
red-hot
,
roasting
,
roused
,
scalding
,
scorching
,
searing
,
seething
,
simmering
,
sizzling hot
,
smacking
,
smoking hot
,
snappy
,
souffle
,
souffleed
,
spanking
,
sparkling
,
spirited
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
spumescent
,
steamed up
,
stimulated
,
stirred
,
stirred up
,
sudorific
,
sweating
,
sweaty
,
sweltering
,
sweltry
,
thrilled
,
tingling
,
tingly
,
toasting
,
torrid
,
turned-on
,
vesicant
,
vesicated
,
vesicatory
,
vesicular
,
vivacious
,
whipped
,
whipped up
,
white-hot
,
worked up
,
wrought up
,
yeasty
,
zingy
kinetic
collapse
characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"
relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; "kinetic energy"
related words >
active
,
acute
,
aggressive
,
animated
,
brisk
,
dynamic
,
electrodynamic
,
energetic
,
enterprising
,
enthusiastic
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
full of pep
,
geodynamic
,
go-go
,
hearty
,
impetuous
,
incisive
,
intense
,
keen
,
kinematic
,
lively
,
living
,
lusty
,
mettlesome
,
peppy
,
radiodynamic
,
robust
,
smacking
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
spirited
,
strenuous
,
strong
,
take-charge
,
take-over
,
trenchant
,
vibrant
,
vigorous
,
vivacious
,
vivid
,
zestful
,
zesty
,
zippy
nonaligned
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not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause
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Laodicean
,
apathetic
,
autarchic
,
autarkic
,
autonomous
,
centrist
,
even
,
fifty-fifty
,
free-spirited
,
freewheeling
,
half-and-half
,
impartial
,
independent
,
indifferent
,
individualistic
,
inner-directed
,
midway
,
moderate
,
neuter
,
neutral
,
noncommitted
,
nonpartisan
,
on the fence
,
passive
,
self-contained
,
self-dependent
,
self-determined
,
self-directing
,
self-governed
,
self-governing
,
self-reliant
,
self-subsistent
,
self-sufficient
,
self-supporting
,
sovereign
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
uncommitted
,
uninvolved
inner directed
collapse
related words >
actuated
,
animated
,
autarchic
,
autarkic
,
autonomous
,
free-spirited
,
freewheeling
,
heretical
,
heterodox
,
impelled
,
inclined
,
independent
,
individualistic
,
ingoing
,
introversive
,
introvert
,
introverted
,
minded
,
motivated
,
moved
,
neutral
,
nonaligned
,
nonconformist
,
nonpartisan
,
other-directed
,
prompted
,
self-contained
,
self-dependent
,
self-determined
,
self-directing
,
self-governed
,
self-governing
,
self-reliant
,
self-subsistent
,
self-sufficient
,
self-supporting
,
sovereign
,
stimulated
,
subjective
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
unorthodox
downhearted
collapse
related words >
blue
,
bowed-down
,
cast down
,
dashed
,
dejected
,
depressed
,
despairing
,
despondent
,
desponding
,
disconsolate
,
discouraged
,
disheartened
,
dispirited
,
down
,
downcast
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
feeling low
,
heartless
,
hypochondriac
,
hypochondriacal
,
in low spirits
,
in the depths
,
in the doldrums
,
in the dumps
,
languishing
,
low
,
low-spirited
,
miserable
,
pessimistic
,
pining
,
sad
,
spiritless
,
subdued
,
suicidal
,
weary of life
,
woebegone
,
world-weary
patented
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(of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions"
related words >
armed
,
authorized
,
bound
,
bounded
,
chartered
,
cloaked
,
conditioned
,
confined
,
copyrighted
,
covered
,
cramped
,
defended
,
disciplined
,
empowered
,
enfranchised
,
entitled
,
finite
,
franchised
,
guarded
,
invulnerable
,
licensed
,
limited
,
moderated
,
narrow
,
policed
,
prescribed
,
privileged
,
proscribed
,
protected
,
qualified
,
restricted
,
safe
,
safeguarded
,
sanctioned
,
screened
,
sheltered
,
shielded
,
strait
,
straitened
,
warranted
skittish
collapse
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
related words >
agitable
,
allergic
,
anaphylactic
,
animated
,
antic
,
bashful
,
capersome
,
changeable
,
coltish
,
combustible
,
confused
,
conscious
,
coquettish
,
cowardly
,
coy
,
delicate
,
demure
,
diffident
,
dizzy
,
edgy
,
emotional
,
emotionally unstable
,
empathetic
,
empathic
,
empty-headed
,
eruptive
,
excitable
,
explosive
,
exuberant
,
faddish
,
fearful
,
fearing
,
fearsome
,
fickle
,
flighty
,
flirtatious
,
frisky
,
frivolous
,
frolicsome
,
full of beans
,
gamesome
,
gay
,
giddy
,
goosy
,
harebrained
,
hearty
,
high-mettled
,
high-spirited
,
high-strung
,
highly emotional
,
hyperesthetic
,
hyperpathic
,
hypersensitive
,
in fear
,
inarticulate
,
inconstant
,
inflammable
,
irascible
,
irresponsible
,
irritable
,
itchy
,
jumpy
,
light
,
light-headed
,
lively
,
mercurial
,
mettlesome
,
mousy
,
nervous
,
overrefined
,
oversensible
,
oversensitive
,
overtender
,
passible
,
perturbable
,
playful
,
prickly
,
quicksilver
,
rabbity
,
rattlebrained
,
refined
,
responsive
,
restive
,
rollicking
,
rollicksome
,
rompish
,
scary
,
scatterbrained
,
self-conscious
,
sensitive
,
shaky
,
shamefaced
,
shamefast
,
shivery
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
skittery
,
spirited
,
sportive
,
sprightly
,
stammering
,
startlish
,
supersensitive
,
sympathetic
,
tactful
,
tender
,
tetchy
,
thin-skinned
,
ticklish
,
timid
,
timorous
,
touchy
,
toying
,
trembling
,
tremulous
,
trepidant
,
trigger-happy
,
undependable
,
unpredictable
,
unreliable
,
vacillating
,
versatile
,
vital
,
vivacious
,
volatile
,
volcanic
,
zestful
,
zippy
coltish
collapse
given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes"
related words >
animated
,
antic
,
beardless
,
boyish
,
boylike
,
calflike
,
capersome
,
childish
,
childlike
,
elvish
,
exuberant
,
frisky
,
frolicsome
,
full of beans
,
gamesome
,
gay
,
girlish
,
girllike
,
hearty
,
impish
,
kiddish
,
kittenish
,
larkish
,
lively
,
maiden
,
maidenly
,
mischievous
,
playful
,
puckish
,
puerile
,
puplike
,
puppyish
,
puppylike
,
rollicking
,
rollicksome
,
rompish
,
skittish
,
spirited
,
sportive
,
sprightly
,
vital
,
vivacious
,
waggish
,
zestful
,
zippy
waggish
collapse
witty or joking; "Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer"- James Fenimore Cooper
related words >
antic
,
arch
,
capersome
,
comic
,
comical
,
devilish
,
droll
,
elfish
,
elvish
,
facetious
,
foolish
,
frolicsome
,
full of mischief
,
funny
,
gamesome
,
high-spirited
,
humorous
,
impish
,
jocose
,
jocular
,
knavish
,
laughable
,
ludicrous
,
mischief-loving
,
mischievous
,
pert
,
playful
,
prankish
,
pranksome
,
pranky
,
puckish
,
roguish
,
rompish
,
saucy
,
scampish
,
scapegrace
,
sportful
,
sportive
,
trickish
,
tricksy
,
tricky
,
witty
disciplined
collapse
obeying the rules
trained mentally or physically by instruction or exercise; "the beautiful coordination of his disciplined muscles"; "a disciplined mind"
related words >
Spartan
,
accepting
,
armed with patience
,
bound
,
bounded
,
conditioned
,
confined
,
copyrighted
,
cramped
,
endurant
,
enduring
,
finite
,
forbearing
,
indulgent
,
lenient
,
limited
,
long-suffering
,
longanimous
,
moderated
,
narrow
,
patented
,
patient
,
patient as Job
,
persevering
,
philosophical
,
prescribed
,
proscribed
,
qualified
,
restricted
,
self-controlled
,
stoic
,
strait
,
straitened
,
tolerant
,
tolerating
,
tolerative
,
understanding
narrow margin
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a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"
related words >
delicacy
,
delicate distinction
,
differentia
,
differential
,
distinction
,
fine point
,
hairline
,
margin
,
nice distinction
,
nicety
,
nuance
,
particle of difference
,
point of difference
,
refinement
,
shade of difference
,
subtle distinction
,
subtlety
,
wide margin
cove
collapse
a small inlet
small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
related words >
Adamite
,
abri
,
alcove
,
antre
,
apse
,
arcade
,
arcature
,
arch
,
arched roof
,
archway
,
arm
,
armlet
,
bastard
,
bay
,
bayou
,
being
,
belt
,
bight
,
bird
,
boca
,
body
,
bugger
,
bunker
,
burrow
,
camber
,
carrel
,
cat
,
cave
,
cavern
,
ceilinged roof
,
chap
,
character
,
concameration
,
concha
,
corner
,
cranny
,
creature
,
creek
,
cubby
,
cubbyhole
,
cubicle
,
cupola
,
customer
,
dome
,
duck
,
dugout
,
earthling
,
estuary
,
euripus
,
feller
,
fellow
,
fjord
,
foxhole
,
frith
,
geodesic dome
,
grot
,
grotto
,
groundling
,
gulf
,
gut
,
guy
,
hand
,
harbor
,
head
,
hole
,
homo
,
human
,
human being
,
igloo
,
individual
,
inglenook
,
inlet
,
jasper
,
joker
,
keystone
,
kyle
,
lad
,
lair
,
life
,
living soul
,
loch
,
man
,
mortal
,
mouth
,
narrow
,
narrow seas
,
narrows
,
natural harbor
,
niche
,
nook
,
nose
,
ogive
,
one
,
oriel
,
party
,
person
,
personage
,
personality
,
pitchhole
,
reach
,
recess
,
recession
,
road
,
roads
,
roadstead
,
roomlet
,
sewer
,
single
,
skewback
,
slough
,
snuggery
,
somebody
,
someone
,
soul
,
sound
,
span
,
strait
,
straits
,
stud
,
subterrane
,
subway
,
tellurian
,
terran
,
tunnel
,
vault
,
vaulting
,
voussoir
,
warren
,
worldling
bottleneck
collapse
the narrow part of a bottle near the top
become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
related words >
abbreviation
,
approach
,
astriction
,
astringency
,
asymptote
,
bar
,
barrier
,
blank wall
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
canal
,
catch
,
cecum
,
cervix
,
channel
,
choking
,
choking off
,
circumscription
,
clog
,
coarctation
,
collision course
,
compactedness
,
compaction
,
compression
,
compressure
,
concentralization
,
concentration
,
concourse
,
concurrence
,
condensation
,
confluence
,
conflux
,
congestion
,
congress
,
consolidation
,
constipation
,
constriction
,
constringency
,
contraction
,
contracture
,
convergence
,
converging
,
cordon
,
costiveness
,
crossing
,
cul-de-sac
,
curtailment
,
curtain
,
dead end
,
decrease
,
defile
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
difficulty
,
diminuendo
,
drawback
,
embolism
,
embolus
,
focalization
,
focus
,
funnel
,
gorge
,
hang-up
,
hazard
,
hitch
,
hourglass
,
hourglass figure
,
hub
,
hurdle
,
impasse
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
infarction
,
isthmus
,
jam
,
joker
,
knitting
,
meeting
,
mutual approach
,
narrow
,
narrow place
,
narrowing
,
narrowing gap
,
narrows
,
neck
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstipation
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
pass
,
puckering
,
pursing
,
radius
,
reduction
,
rub
,
sealing off
,
shortening
,
snag
,
solidification
,
spokes
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strait
,
stranglement
,
strangulation
,
striction
,
stricture
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
systole
,
tangent
,
throat
,
wasp waist
,
wrinkling
hourglass
collapse
a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
related words >
abbreviation
,
astriction
,
astringency
,
bottleneck
,
cervix
,
circumscription
,
coarctation
,
compactedness
,
compaction
,
compression
,
compressure
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
consolidation
,
constriction
,
constringency
,
contraction
,
contracture
,
curtailment
,
decrease
,
diminuendo
,
hourglass figure
,
isthmus
,
knitting
,
narrow place
,
narrowing
,
neck
,
puckering
,
pursing
,
reduction
,
shortening
,
solidification
,
stranglement
,
strangulation
,
striction
,
stricture
,
systole
,
wasp waist
,
wrinkling
puckering
collapse
related words >
abbreviation
,
astriction
,
astringency
,
bottleneck
,
cervix
,
circumscription
,
coarctation
,
compactedness
,
compaction
,
compression
,
compressure
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
consolidation
,
constriction
,
constringency
,
contraction
,
contracture
,
curtailment
,
decrease
,
diminuendo
,
hourglass
,
hourglass figure
,
isthmus
,
knitting
,
narrow place
,
narrowing
,
neck
,
pursing
,
reduction
,
shortening
,
solidification
,
stranglement
,
strangulation
,
striction
,
stricture
,
systole
,
wasp waist
,
wrinkling
localize
collapse
restrict something to a particular area
concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"
related words >
allocate
,
assign
,
box
,
box in
,
box up
,
circumscribe
,
collocate
,
confine
,
cramp
,
deploy
,
dispose
,
emplace
,
fix
,
get a fix
,
hem
,
hem in
,
home in on
,
install
,
keep from spreading
,
keep within bounds
,
limit
,
locate
,
narrow
,
navigate
,
pin down
,
pinpoint
,
place
,
position
,
put in place
,
qualify
,
restrict
,
situate
,
spot
,
stint
,
tighten
,
triangulate
,
zero in on
narrow the gap
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
center
,
centralize
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come together
,
come up
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
confront
,
converge
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
encounter
,
fall in with
,
funnel
,
gain upon
,
intersect
,
meet
,
near
,
nip
,
pinch
,
proximate
,
run together
,
sidle up to
,
step up
,
taper
,
unite
venturesome
collapse
related words >
adventuresome
,
adventurous
,
aggressive
,
aleatory
,
ambitious
,
audacious
,
bold
,
brave
,
chancy
,
courageous
,
daredevil
,
daring
,
determined
,
dicey
,
doughty
,
driving
,
dynamic
,
enterprising
,
experimental
,
fearless
,
foolhardy
,
forceful
,
full of risk
,
game
,
go-ahead
,
hazardous
,
hustling
,
intrepid
,
overbold
,
plucky
,
pushful
,
pushing
,
pushy
,
rash
,
reckless
,
resolute
,
riskful
,
risky
,
speculative
,
spirited
,
sporting
,
stalwart
,
stout
,
sturdy
,
temerarious
,
tentative
,
trial
,
up-and-coming
,
venturous
,
wildcat
,
willing
self-respecting
collapse
related words >
complacent
,
consequential
,
erect
,
house-proud
,
independent
,
narcissan
,
narcissine
,
narcissistic
,
narcistic
,
overproud
,
overweening
,
prideful
,
proud
,
proud as Lucifer
,
proud-blooded
,
proud-looking
,
proud-minded
,
proud-spirited
,
proudful
,
proudhearted
,
purse-proud
,
self-admiring
,
self-approving
,
self-assuming
,
self-complacent
,
self-confident
,
self-congratulating
,
self-congratulatory
,
self-content
,
self-contented
,
self-delighting
,
self-endeared
,
self-esteeming
,
self-gratulating
,
self-gratulatory
,
self-important
,
self-loving
,
self-reliant
,
self-satisfied
,
self-sufficient
,
smug
,
stiff-necked
,
vain
,
vainglorious
gain upon
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
catch up with
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
come up to
,
come up with
,
confront
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
encounter
,
gain on
,
lap
,
leave behind
,
leave standing
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
outpace
,
outrun
,
outsail
,
outstrip
,
overhaul
,
overtake
,
pass
,
proximate
,
sidle up to
,
step up
animated
collapse
having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"
made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets"
related words >
aboveground
,
activated
,
active
,
activist
,
activistic
,
actuated
,
acute
,
aggressive
,
alert
,
alive
,
alive and kicking
,
all agog
,
among the living
,
animate
,
antic
,
anxious
,
ardent
,
automated
,
avid
,
bouncing
,
bouncy
,
breathing
,
breathless
,
breezy
,
brisk
,
bubbly
,
bursting to
,
cant
,
capable of life
,
capersome
,
chipper
,
coltish
,
conscious
,
desirous
,
dynamic
,
eager
,
ebullient
,
effervescent
,
endowed with life
,
energetic
,
energized
,
enlivened
,
enterprising
,
enthusiastic
,
excited
,
exhilarated
,
existent
,
exuberant
,
fervent
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
forward
,
frisky
,
frolicsome
,
full of beans
,
full of go
,
full of life
,
full of pep
,
gamesome
,
gay
,
go-go
,
hearty
,
high-spirited
,
impassioned
,
impatient
,
impelled
,
impetuous
,
in the flesh
,
incisive
,
inclined
,
inner-directed
,
inspirited
,
instinct with life
,
intense
,
invigorated
,
keen
,
kinetic
,
lifelike
,
live
,
lively
,
living
,
long-lived
,
lusty
,
mechanical
,
mercurial
,
mettlesome
,
militant
,
minded
,
motivated
,
moved
,
moving
,
other-directed
,
panting
,
passionate
,
peppy
,
perky
,
pert
,
playful
,
prompt
,
prompted
,
quick
,
quicksilver
,
raring to
,
ready
,
ready and willing
,
reanimated
,
recharged
,
recreated
,
refreshed
,
renewed
,
revived
,
robust
,
rollicking
,
rollicksome
,
rompish
,
skittish
,
smacking
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
spirited
,
sportive
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
stimulated
,
strenuous
,
strong
,
take-charge
,
take-over
,
tenacious of life
,
trenchant
,
very much alive
,
viable
,
vibrant
,
vigorous
,
vital
,
vivacious
,
vivid
,
vivified
,
zestful
,
zesty
,
zingy
,
zippy
,
zoetic
Victorian
collapse
a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria
of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals"
related words >
Gothic
,
Quakerish
,
antediluvian
,
antiquated
,
antique
,
archaic
,
bluenose
,
censorious
,
classical
,
demure
,
fossil
,
fossilized
,
genteel
,
goody-goody
,
grown old
,
hidebound
,
medieval
,
mid-Victorian
,
narrow
,
of other times
,
old maid
,
old-fashioned
,
old-maidish
,
old-world
,
overmodest
,
petrified
,
prig
,
priggish
,
prim
,
prissy
,
prude
,
prudish
,
puritan
,
puritanical
,
sanctimonious
,
smug
,
starchy
,
stiff-necked
,
straitlaced
,
stuffy
,
superannuated
taper
collapse
the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
a convex shape that narrows toward a point
diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
related words >
abate
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
approach
,
barb
,
bate
,
bayberry candle
,
bougie
,
brand
,
butane lighter
,
candle
,
candlewick
,
center
,
centralize
,
cigarette lighter
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
coarctation
,
come down
,
come together
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
confine
,
constrict
,
constriction
,
contract
,
contraction
,
converge
,
corpse candle
,
cuspidate
,
decline
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
dip
,
draw in
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
edge
,
electric light bulb
,
fade
,
fall in with
,
fall off
,
farthing dip
,
file
,
fire
,
firebrand
,
flambeau
,
flame
,
flint
,
flint and steel
,
funnel
,
glim
,
go down
,
go in
,
grind
,
hone
,
igniter
,
illuminant
,
illuminator
,
incandescent body
,
intersect
,
lamp
,
lampwick
,
lantern
,
lessen
,
let up
,
light
,
light bulb
,
light source
,
lighter
,
limit
,
luminant
,
luminary
,
match
,
meet
,
moon
,
narrow
,
narrow the gap
,
narrowing
,
nip
,
oilstone
,
peter out
,
pinch
,
plummet
,
point
,
portfire
,
reduce
,
reset
,
restrict
,
run together
,
rush candle
,
rushlight
,
set
,
sharpen
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slump
,
snape
,
source of light
,
sparker
,
spiculate
,
spill
,
spur
,
stars
,
straiten
,
strap
,
stricture
,
strop
,
subside
,
sun
,
tallow candle
,
tallow dip
,
taper off
,
tapering
,
thin
,
thin out
,
torch
,
unite
,
votary candle
,
wane
,
wax candle
,
weaken
,
whet
,
wick
,
wind down
ho hum
collapse
related words >
arid
,
barren
,
blah
,
blank
,
bloodless
,
characterless
,
cold
,
colorless
,
dead
,
dismal
,
draggy
,
drearisome
,
dreary
,
dry
,
dryasdust
,
dull
,
dusty
,
effete
,
elephantine
,
empty
,
etiolated
,
fade
,
flat
,
heavy
,
hollow
,
inane
,
inexcitable
,
insipid
,
jejune
,
leaden
,
lifeless
,
low-spirited
,
pale
,
pallid
,
pedestrian
,
plodding
,
pointless
,
poky
,
ponderous
,
slow
,
solemn
,
spiritless
,
sterile
,
stiff
,
stodgy
,
stuffy
,
superficial
,
tasteless
,
tedious
,
unlively
,
vapid
,
wooden
peppery
collapse
having the piquant burning taste of peppers; "corn chips with peppery salsa"
related words >
alert
,
beany
,
brisk
,
burning
,
choleric
,
combustible
,
cranky
,
cross
,
curried
,
explosive
,
fiery
,
hasty
,
high-seasoned
,
high-spirited
,
hot
,
hot as pepper
,
hot-tempered
,
hotheaded
,
keen
,
lively
,
mettlesome
,
nippy
,
passionate
,
peppy
,
piquant
,
poignant
,
quick
,
quick-tempered
,
racy
,
ratty
,
seasoned
,
short-tempered
,
snappy
,
spiced
,
spicy
,
spunky
,
tangy
,
volcanic
,
with a kick
,
zestful
,
zesty
,
zippy
insolvency
collapse
the lack of financial resources
related words >
bankruptcy
,
bouncing check
,
broken fortune
,
bust
,
collapse
,
crash
,
difficulties
,
distress
,
embarrassment
,
failure
,
genteel poverty
,
hard pinch
,
hardship
,
impecuniosity
,
impecuniousness
,
insufficient funds
,
kited check
,
light purse
,
narrow means
,
overdraft
,
overdrawn account
,
poorness
,
poverty
,
receivership
,
slender means
,
straitened circumstances
,
straits
,
tight squeeze
,
unprosperousness
,
voluntary poverty
,
vows of poverty
reduced
collapse
well below normal (especially in price)
related words >
abated
,
ablated
,
adulterated
,
attenuated
,
badly off
,
bated
,
belittled
,
best
,
bottom
,
bowed down
,
broken
,
brought down
,
brought low
,
cachectic
,
conquered
,
consumed
,
contracted
,
crushed
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
debased
,
debilitated
,
decreased
,
deflated
,
depressed
,
diluted
,
diminished
,
dissipated
,
distressed
,
domesticated
,
down to bedrock
,
downcast
,
downthrown
,
drained
,
dropped
,
embarrassed
,
enervated
,
eroded
,
exhausted
,
failing
,
fallen
,
feeble
,
feeling the pinch
,
felled
,
flattened
,
frail
,
giveaway
,
half-price
,
hard up
,
healthless
,
housebroke
,
housebroken
,
humbled
,
humiliated
,
ill off
,
impecunious
,
in Queer Street
,
in narrow circumstances
,
in poor health
,
in reduced circumstances
,
in straitened circumstances
,
in the dust
,
infirm
,
invalid
,
land-poor
,
languishing
,
less
,
lesser
,
low
,
lower
,
lowered
,
lowest
,
made to grovel
,
marked down
,
mastered
,
miniaturized
,
moribund
,
narrow
,
on the edge
,
out of pocket
,
pale
,
peaked
,
peaky
,
pinched
,
poor
,
poorly off
,
prostrate
,
put down
,
quelled
,
rarefied
,
reduced in health
,
retrenched
,
rock-bottom
,
run-down
,
sacrificial
,
scaled-down
,
set down
,
shorn
,
short
,
short of cash
,
short of funds
,
short of money
,
shorter
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
sickly
,
slashed
,
smaller
,
smashed
,
squeezed
,
straitened
,
strapped
,
subdued
,
subjugated
,
submerged
,
sunk
,
sunken
,
suppressed
,
tamed
,
thinned
,
unhealthy
,
unmoneyed
,
unprosperous
,
unsound
,
valetudinarian
,
valetudinary
,
vanquished
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
weakened
,
weakly
,
with low resistance
,
worn
vibrant
collapse
of colors that are bright and striking
of sounds that are strong and resonating; "the men's vibrant voices"
vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance"
related words >
active
,
acute
,
aggressive
,
animated
,
brisk
,
consonant
,
dynamic
,
energetic
,
enterprising
,
enthusiastic
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
full
,
full of pep
,
go-go
,
hearty
,
impetuous
,
incisive
,
intense
,
keen
,
kinetic
,
lively
,
living
,
lusty
,
mellow
,
mettlesome
,
orotund
,
peppy
,
plangent
,
pulsing
,
resonant
,
resonating
,
resounding
,
rich
,
ringing
,
robust
,
rolling
,
rotund
,
round
,
smacking
,
snappy
,
sonorous
,
spanking
,
spirited
,
strenuous
,
strong
,
take-charge
,
take-over
,
throbbing
,
trenchant
,
vibrating
,
vigorous
,
vivacious
,
vivid
,
zestful
,
zesty
,
zippy
self-determined
collapse
related words >
arbitrary
,
autarchic
,
autarkic
,
autonomous
,
discretional
,
discretionary
,
elective
,
free
,
free will
,
free-spirited
,
freewheeling
,
gratuitous
,
independent
,
individualistic
,
inner-directed
,
neutral
,
nonaligned
,
nonmandatory
,
nonpartisan
,
offered
,
optional
,
proffered
,
self-acting
,
self-active
,
self-contained
,
self-dependent
,
self-determining
,
self-directing
,
self-governed
,
self-governing
,
self-reliant
,
self-subsistent
,
self-sufficient
,
self-supporting
,
sovereign
,
spontaneous
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
unasked
,
unbesought
,
unbidden
,
uncalled-for
,
uncoerced
,
uncompelled
,
unforced
,
uninfluenced
,
uninvited
,
unpressured
,
unprompted
,
unrequested
,
unrequired
,
unsolicited
,
unsought
,
voluntary
,
volunteer
,
willful
streamline
collapse
contour economically or efficiently
related words >
air line
,
axis
,
beeline
,
boil down
,
chord
,
diagonal
,
diameter
,
direct line
,
directrix
,
distill
,
edge
,
great-circle course
,
modernize
,
narrow
,
normal
,
oversimplify
,
perpendicular
,
purify
,
radius
,
radius vector
,
reduce
,
reduce to elements
,
refine
,
right line
,
secant
,
segment
,
shortcut
,
side
,
simplify
,
straight
,
straight course
,
straight line
,
straight stretch
,
straightaway
,
strip down
,
tangent
,
transversal
,
update
,
vector
rollicking
collapse
related words >
animated
,
antic
,
blustering
,
blusterous
,
blustery
,
boisterous
,
bullying
,
capersome
,
cheerful
,
coltish
,
exuberant
,
frisky
,
frolicsome
,
full of beans
,
gamesome
,
gay
,
glad
,
happy
,
harum-scarum
,
hearty
,
hectoring
,
joyful
,
joyous
,
knock-down-and-drag-out
,
knockabout
,
lighthearted
,
lively
,
noisy
,
playful
,
raging
,
rambunctious
,
rampageous
,
ranting
,
raving
,
roistering
,
roisterous
,
rollicksome
,
rompish
,
rough
,
rough-and-tumble
,
rowdy
,
skittish
,
spirited
,
sportive
,
sprightly
,
storming
,
swaggering
,
swashbuckling
,
swashing
,
tumultuous
,
vital
,
vivacious
,
wild
,
zestful
,
zippy
hairbreadth
collapse
related words >
ace
,
bit
,
bowshot
,
brief span
,
close quarters
,
close range
,
closeness
,
confinement
,
crack
,
crowdedness
,
earreach
,
earshot
,
gunshot
,
hair
,
hair space
,
hairsbreadth
,
incapaciousness
,
inch
,
incommodiousness
,
limitation
,
little
,
little ways
,
narrow gauge
,
narrowness
,
nearness
,
pistol shot
,
restrictedness
,
restriction
,
short distance
,
short piece
,
short way
,
slenderness
,
span
,
spitting distance
,
step
,
straitness
,
strictness
,
tight squeeze
,
tightness
,
whisker
intolerance
collapse
impatience with annoyances; "his intolerance of interruptions"
unwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs
related words >
ageism
,
balkiness
,
bias
,
bigotry
,
bullheadedness
,
classism
,
determination
,
discrimination
,
doggedness
,
dogmatism
,
fanaticism
,
fixed mind
,
hardheadedness
,
headstrongness
,
illiberality
,
inflexible will
,
intoleration
,
mulishness
,
narrow-mindedness
,
nonendurance
,
obduracy
,
obstinacy
,
obstinateness
,
opinionatedness
,
overzealousness
,
partiality
,
perseverance
,
pertinacity
,
pigheadedness
,
prejudice
,
racialism
,
racism
,
restiveness
,
self-will
,
sexism
,
stiff neck
,
stiff-neckedness
,
strongheadness
,
stubbornness
,
sulkiness
,
sullenness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
uncharitableness
,
uncooperativeness
,
unforbearance
,
ungenerousness
,
unregenerateness
,
willfulness
,
xenophobia
downcast
collapse
a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
directed downward; "a downcast glance"
related words >
beating
,
bowed-down
,
cast down
,
dashed
,
debacle
,
debased
,
defeasance
,
dejected
,
depressed
,
despairing
,
despondent
,
desponding
,
discouraged
,
disheartened
,
dispirited
,
down
,
downhanging
,
downhearted
,
downthrow
,
downthrown
,
downturned
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
drubbing
,
fallen
,
feeling low
,
hanging
,
heartless
,
hypochondriac
,
hypochondriacal
,
in low spirits
,
in the depths
,
in the doldrums
,
in the dumps
,
languishing
,
licking
,
low
,
low-spirited
,
lowered
,
overthrow
,
pessimistic
,
pining
,
prostrate
,
reduced
,
rout
,
shellacking
,
spiritless
,
subdued
,
submerged
,
suicidal
,
sunk
,
sunken
,
weary of life
,
woebegone
,
world-weary
high strung
collapse
related words >
agitable
,
all nerves
,
apprehensive
,
edgy
,
emotional
,
emotionally unstable
,
eruptive
,
excitable
,
explosive
,
fearful
,
fidgety
,
frightened
,
goosey
,
high-mettled
,
high-spirited
,
highly emotional
,
hypersensitive
,
inflammable
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
jittery
,
jumpy
,
mettlesome
,
miffy
,
nerves on edge
,
nervous
,
nervy
,
on edge
,
oversensitive
,
overstrung
,
panicky
,
perturbable
,
prickly
,
sensitive
,
skittish
,
spooky
,
startlish
,
taut
,
temperamental
,
tetchy
,
thin-skinned
,
ticklish
,
tight
,
touchy
,
twittery
,
uneasy
,
unrelaxed
,
unrestful
,
uptight
,
volcanic
prim
collapse
dress primly
contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"
related words >
Quakerish
,
Victorian
,
bluenosed
,
buckram
,
censorious
,
ceremonial
,
ceremonious
,
chipper
,
conventional
,
correct
,
decorous
,
demure
,
formal
,
genteel
,
hidebound
,
in buckram
,
mid-Victorian
,
narrow
,
neat
,
nice
,
old-maidish
,
orderly
,
overmodest
,
precise
,
prig
,
priggish
,
prissy
,
proper
,
prudish
,
puritanical
,
rigid
,
sanctimonious
,
shipshape
,
smug
,
snug
,
spick-and-span
,
starch
,
starched
,
stiff
,
stiff-necked
,
stilted
,
straight
,
straitlaced
,
stuffy
,
tidy
,
trim
,
uncluttered
,
well-groomed
,
wooden
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