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an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion
related words >
ambiguity
,
amphibology
,
counterword
,
dodging
,
double entendre
,
equivocal
,
equivocality
,
equivocation
,
equivoque
,
evasion
,
fencing
,
parrying
,
polysemant
,
portmanteau word
,
prevarication
,
pun
,
shuffle
,
squinting construction
,
suppressio veri
,
tergiversation
,
weasel words
parrying
collapse
related words >
bickering
,
boggling
,
captiousness
,
caviling
,
chicane
,
chicanery
,
dodging
,
equivocation
,
evasion
,
fencing
,
hairsplitting
,
hedging
,
logic-chopping
,
nit-picking
,
paltering
,
pettifoggery
,
prevarication
,
pussyfooting
,
quibbling
,
shifting
,
shuffle
,
shuffling
,
sidestepping
,
subterfuge
,
suppressio veri
,
tergiversation
,
trichoschistism
,
weasel words
fencing
collapse
the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)
related words >
bickering
,
boggling
,
captiousness
,
caviling
,
chicane
,
chicanery
,
dodging
,
equivocation
,
evasion
,
hairsplitting
,
hedging
,
logic-chopping
,
nit-picking
,
paltering
,
parrying
,
pettifoggery
,
prevarication
,
pussyfooting
,
quibbling
,
shifting
,
shuffle
,
shuffling
,
sidestepping
,
subterfuge
,
suppressio veri
,
swordplay
,
tergiversation
,
trichoschistism
,
weasel words
verbiage
collapse
overabundance of words
related words >
choice of words
,
circumambages
,
circumbendibus
,
circumlocution
,
cloud of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expansiveness
,
expression
,
floridity
,
floridness
,
flow of words
,
flux of words
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
idiom
,
language
,
lexicon
,
lexis
,
locution
,
logorrhea
,
long-windedness
,
longiloquence
,
nimiety
,
parlance
,
periphrase
,
periphrasis
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
phrasing
,
pleonasm
,
prolixity
,
redundancy
,
repetition
,
rhetoric
,
roundabout
,
speech
,
stock of words
,
talk
,
talkativeness
,
tautology
,
thesaurus
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbalism
,
verbality
,
verbosity
,
vocabulary
,
wordage
,
wordhoard
,
wordiness
,
wording
,
words
flannel
collapse
a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
(usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
related words >
ballocks
,
blarney
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
bushwa
,
cock
,
crap
,
eyewash
,
flatter
,
flattery
,
hedge
,
hogwash
,
humbug
,
mislead
,
nonsense
,
prevarication
,
rubbish
,
shit
,
soft soap
,
soft-soap
,
sweet talk
,
sweet-talk
,
waffle
,
weasel words
wordage
collapse
related words >
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
idiom
,
language
,
lexicon
,
lexis
,
locution
,
parlance
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
phrasing
,
rhetoric
,
speech
,
stock of words
,
talk
,
thesaurus
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbalism
,
verbiage
,
vocabulary
,
wordhoard
,
wording
,
words
weasel
collapse
small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
related words >
Argus
,
Cape polecat
,
Skimobile
,
Sno-Cat
,
ape
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bar
,
bear
,
blade
,
blench
,
blink
,
cat
,
cavy
,
chimp
,
chimpanzee
,
coon
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
eagle
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
ferret
,
flinch
,
foumart
,
glutton
,
groundhog
,
guinea pig
,
hang back
,
hawk
,
hedge
,
hedgehog
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lynx
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
monk
,
monkey
,
mousehound
,
opossum
,
palter
,
parry
,
polecat
,
porcupine
,
possum
,
prairie dog
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quill pig
,
raccoon
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
runner
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
skunk
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
slink
,
sneaker
,
snowmobile
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
waffle
,
weasel out
,
whistle-pig
,
wince
,
wolverine
,
woodchuck
,
zoril
dodging
collapse
related words >
bickering
,
boggling
,
captiousness
,
caviling
,
chicane
,
chicanery
,
clock-watching
,
ducking
,
equivocation
,
evasion
,
fencing
,
goofing off
,
hairsplitting
,
hedging
,
logic-chopping
,
malingering
,
nit-picking
,
paltering
,
parrying
,
pettifoggery
,
prevarication
,
pussyfooting
,
quibbling
,
shifting
,
shirking
,
shuffle
,
shuffling
,
sidestepping
,
skulking
,
slacking
,
soldiering
,
subterfuge
,
suppressio veri
,
tax dodging
,
tax evasion
,
tergiversation
,
trichoschistism
,
truancy
,
weasel words
,
welshing
sweet nothings
collapse
inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear"
related words >
adulation
,
artful endearments
,
blandishment
,
blandishments
,
blarney
,
bunkum
,
cajolement
,
cajolery
,
caress
,
compliment
,
endearment
,
eyewash
,
fair words
,
fawning
,
flattery
,
grease
,
honeyed phrases
,
honeyed words
,
incense
,
oil
,
palaver
,
pat
,
praise
,
pretty lies
,
soap
,
soft soap
,
soft words
,
sweet talk
,
sweet words
,
sycophancy
,
wheedling
palter
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
bargain
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
chaffer
,
choplogic
,
dicker
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
higgle
,
huckster
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
glibness
collapse
a kind of fluent easy superficiality; "the glibness of a high-pressure salesman"
related words >
articulateness
,
big mouth
,
blandness
,
butter
,
candor
,
command of language
,
command of words
,
communicativeness
,
conversableness
,
effective style
,
effusion
,
effusiveness
,
eloquence
,
eloquent tongue
,
expression
,
expressiveness
,
facundity
,
fair words
,
felicitousness
,
felicity
,
flow of words
,
flowing tongue
,
fluency
,
fluent tongue
,
flux de bouche
,
flux de paroles
,
flux of words
,
frankness
,
fulsomeness
,
garrulity
,
garrulousness
,
gassiness
,
gift of expression
,
gift of gab
,
graphicness
,
gregariousness
,
gush
,
gushiness
,
honeyed words
,
incense
,
long-windedness
,
loose tongue
,
loquaciousness
,
loquacity
,
meaningfulness
,
oiliness
,
openness
,
oratory
,
prolixity
,
rhetoric
,
silver tongue
,
slickness
,
slush
,
smoothness
,
smugness
,
sociability
,
soft soap
,
soft words
,
spate of words
,
suaveness
,
suavity
,
sweet talk
,
sweet words
,
talkativeness
,
unctuousness
,
verbosity
,
vividness
,
volubility
,
windiness
phraseology
collapse
related words >
argot
,
cant
,
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
gibberish
,
gobbledygook
,
grammar
,
idiom
,
jargon
,
language
,
langue
,
lexicon
,
lexis
,
lingo
,
lingua
,
locution
,
mumbo jumbo
,
parlance
,
parole
,
patois
,
patter
,
personal usage
,
phrase
,
phrasing
,
rhetoric
,
scatology
,
slang
,
speech
,
stock of words
,
taboo language
,
talk
,
thesaurus
,
tongue
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbalism
,
verbiage
,
vernacular
,
vocabulary
,
vulgar language
,
wordage
,
wordhoard
,
wording
,
words
sidestep
collapse
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
burke
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go crabwise
,
go off
,
go sideways
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lateral
,
lateralize
,
make leeway
,
make way for
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sideslip
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skew
,
skid
,
skirt
,
split hairs
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer
,
veer off
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
draw back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
discount
,
disengage
,
dodge
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
funk
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
hang back
,
jib
,
knock off
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
take
,
take away
,
take off
,
take out
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
prevaricate
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
be untruthful
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
belie
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
deceive
,
dodge
,
draw the longbow
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
garble
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mislead
,
misrepresent
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
speak falsely
,
split hairs
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
tell a lie
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
tergiversate
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
apostatize
,
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
choplogic
,
come round
,
desert
,
dither
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
fluctuate
,
have second thoughts
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
oscillate
,
palter
,
parry
,
pendulate
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
rat
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
teeter
,
totter
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waffle
,
waver
,
weasel
,
wheel
,
wobble
loquacity
collapse
related words >
big mouth
,
candor
,
communicativeness
,
conversableness
,
effusion
,
effusiveness
,
flow of words
,
flowing tongue
,
fluency
,
fluent tongue
,
flux de bouche
,
flux de paroles
,
flux of words
,
frankness
,
garrulity
,
garrulousness
,
gassiness
,
gift of gab
,
glibness
,
gregariousness
,
gush
,
gushiness
,
long-windedness
,
loose tongue
,
loquaciousness
,
openness
,
prolixity
,
slush
,
sociability
,
spate of words
,
talkativeness
,
verbosity
,
volubility
,
windiness
volubility
collapse
related words >
big mouth
,
candor
,
communicativeness
,
conversableness
,
effusion
,
effusiveness
,
flow of words
,
flowing tongue
,
fluency
,
fluent tongue
,
flux de bouche
,
flux de paroles
,
flux of words
,
frankness
,
garrulity
,
garrulousness
,
gassiness
,
gift of gab
,
glibness
,
gregariousness
,
gush
,
gushiness
,
long-windedness
,
loose tongue
,
loquaciousness
,
loquacity
,
openness
,
prolixity
,
slush
,
sociability
,
spate of words
,
talkativeness
,
verbosity
,
windiness
blarney
collapse
flattery designed to gain favor
related words >
adulation
,
banter
,
blandish
,
blandishment
,
bunkum
,
cajole
,
cajolement
,
cajolery
,
compliment
,
con
,
eyewash
,
fair words
,
fawning
,
flattery
,
grease
,
honeyed phrases
,
honeyed words
,
incense
,
oil
,
palaver
,
praise
,
pretty lies
,
soap
,
soft soap
,
soft-soap
,
sweet nothings
,
sweet talk
,
sweet words
,
sweet-talk
,
sycophancy
,
wheedle
,
wheedling
evade
collapse
use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"
practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"
related words >
abstain
,
around the bush
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bail out
,
beat about
,
beg
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
cheat
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cop out
,
cringe
,
cut loose
,
deceive
,
ditch
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
duck the issue
,
elude
,
equivocate
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
eschew
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falsify
,
fence
,
flee
,
flinch
,
fly
,
fly the coop
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
fudge
,
get around
,
get away
,
get away from
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go one better
,
hang back
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
jump
,
lie
,
make a getaway
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outgeneral
,
outguess
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
palter
,
parry
,
pass the buck
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shake
,
shake off
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift about
,
shirk
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shuffle out of
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sit it out
,
skip
,
skirt
,
slip away
,
slip the collar
,
split hairs
,
stand neuter
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stonewall
,
straddle
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
thwart
,
trim
,
turn aside
,
victimize
,
waffle
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
gift of gab
collapse
related words >
articulateness
,
big mouth
,
candor
,
command of language
,
command of words
,
communicativeness
,
conversableness
,
effective style
,
effusion
,
effusiveness
,
eloquence
,
eloquent tongue
,
expression
,
expressiveness
,
facundity
,
felicitousness
,
felicity
,
flow of words
,
flowing tongue
,
fluency
,
fluent tongue
,
flux de bouche
,
flux de paroles
,
flux of words
,
frankness
,
garrulity
,
garrulousness
,
gassiness
,
gift of expression
,
glibness
,
graphicness
,
gregariousness
,
gush
,
gushiness
,
long-windedness
,
loose tongue
,
loquaciousness
,
loquacity
,
meaningfulness
,
openness
,
oratory
,
prolixity
,
rhetoric
,
silver tongue
,
slickness
,
slush
,
smoothness
,
sociability
,
spate of words
,
talkativeness
,
verbosity
,
vividness
,
volubility
,
windiness
jawing
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
assailing
,
assault
,
attack
,
berating
,
bitter words
,
blackening
,
contumely
,
diatribe
,
execration
,
hard words
,
invective
,
jeremiad
,
onslaught
,
philippic
,
rating
,
revilement
,
screed
,
tirade
,
tongue-lashing
,
vilification
,
vituperation
tongue lashing
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
assailing
,
assault
,
attack
,
berating
,
bitter words
,
blackening
,
contumely
,
diatribe
,
execration
,
hard words
,
invective
,
jawing
,
jeremiad
,
onslaught
,
philippic
,
rating
,
revilement
,
screed
,
tirade
,
vilification
,
vituperation
berating
collapse
a severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him"
related words >
abuse
,
assailing
,
assault
,
attack
,
bitter words
,
blackening
,
contumely
,
diatribe
,
execration
,
hard words
,
invective
,
jawing
,
jeremiad
,
onslaught
,
philippic
,
rating
,
revilement
,
screed
,
tirade
,
tongue-lashing
,
vilification
,
vituperation
hem and haw
collapse
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
equivocation
collapse
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
intentionally vague or ambiguous
related words >
ambiguity
,
ambivalence
,
amphibology
,
antinomy
,
apparent soundness
,
avoidance
,
avoiding reaction
,
bickering
,
boggling
,
captiousness
,
casuistry
,
caviling
,
chicane
,
chicanery
,
circularity
,
circumvention
,
coloring
,
confabulation
,
counterword
,
defense mechanism
,
disingenuousness
,
distortion
,
dodge
,
dodging
,
double
,
double entendre
,
duck
,
elusion
,
elusiveness
,
equivocal
,
equivocality
,
equivocalness
,
equivoque
,
escape
,
evasion
,
evasive action
,
evasive reasoning
,
evasiveness
,
exaggeration
,
fallaciousness
,
fallacy
,
false coloring
,
false swearing
,
falsification
,
falsifying
,
fencing
,
fluctuation
,
forbearance
,
forestalling
,
forestallment
,
getting around
,
hairsplitting
,
hedging
,
insincerity
,
irony
,
jesuitism
,
jesuitry
,
jink
,
logic-chopping
,
lying
,
misapplication
,
miscoloring
,
misconstruction
,
misrepresentation
,
misstatement
,
mystification
,
neutrality
,
nit-picking
,
nonintervention
,
noninvolvement
,
obfuscation
,
obscurantism
,
oscillation
,
oversubtlety
,
oxymoron
,
paltering
,
paradox
,
parrying
,
pendulation
,
perjury
,
perversion
,
pettifoggery
,
philosophism
,
plausibility
,
plausibleness
,
polysemant
,
portmanteau word
,
prevarication
,
prevention
,
pun
,
pussyfooting
,
quibbling
,
rationalization
,
refraining
,
self-contradiction
,
shifting
,
shilly-shally
,
shilly-shallying
,
shuffle
,
shuffling
,
shunning
,
shunting off
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
sidetracking
,
slip
,
sophism
,
sophistical reasoning
,
sophistication
,
sophistry
,
special pleading
,
speciosity
,
specious reasoning
,
speciousness
,
squinting construction
,
straining
,
subterfuge
,
subtlety
,
suppressio veri
,
tergiversation
,
the runaround
,
trichoschistism
,
vacillation
,
vicious circle
,
vicious reasoning
,
wavering
,
weasel word
,
weasel words
,
wobbling
,
zigzag
wording
collapse
the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton
related words >
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
idiom
,
language
,
locution
,
mode
,
parlance
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
phrasing
,
rhetoric
,
speech
,
style
,
talk
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbalism
,
verbiage
,
wordage
blench
collapse
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
white
,
wince
,
writhe
sheer off
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
bear off
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
jib
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
parry
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
pun
collapse
a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
related words >
abuse of terms
,
acrostic
,
alliterate
,
alliteration
,
ambiguity
,
amphibologism
,
amphibology
,
amphiboly
,
anagram
,
assonance
,
assonate
,
be merry with
,
calembour
,
chime
,
clink
,
corruption
,
counterword
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
double entendre
,
equivocal
,
equivocality
,
equivocation
,
equivoque
,
fleer at
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
jape
,
jest
,
jeu de mots
,
jingle
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
kid around
,
logogram
,
logogriph
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
malapropism
,
metagram
,
missaying
,
mock
,
near rhyme
,
palindrome
,
paronomasia
,
play on words
,
poke fun at
,
polysemant
,
portmanteau word
,
punning
,
quip
,
rhyme
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
slant rhyme
,
sparkle
,
spoonerism
,
squinting construction
,
utter a mot
,
weasel word
,
wisecrack
,
wordplay
flinch
collapse
draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
related words >
avoid
,
avoidance
,
be startled
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
funk
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
lexicon
collapse
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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rhyming dictionary
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,
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,
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,
vocabulary
,
word list
,
wordage
,
wordbook
,
wordhoard
,
words
smugness
collapse
an excessive feeling of self-satisfaction
related words >
Quakerishness
,
amour-propre
,
autoeroticism
,
blandness
,
bovinity
,
butter
,
censoriousness
,
complacence
,
complacency
,
consequentiality
,
demureness
,
demurity
,
ego trip
,
fair words
,
false modesty
,
fulsomeness
,
glibness
,
hideboundness
,
honeyed words
,
incense
,
mauvaise honte
,
narcism
,
narcissism
,
narrowness
,
oiliness
,
overmodesty
,
overproudness
,
overweening pride
,
priggishness
,
primness
,
prudery
,
prudishness
,
puritanicalness
,
sanctimoniousness
,
sanctimony
,
self-admiration
,
self-approbation
,
self-complacency
,
self-congratulation
,
self-content
,
self-contentedness
,
self-delight
,
self-endearment
,
self-esteem
,
self-gratulation
,
self-importance
,
self-infatuation
,
self-love
,
self-respect
,
self-satisfaction
,
self-sufficiency
,
self-worship
,
smoothness
,
soft soap
,
soft words
,
stiff-neckedness
,
straitlacedness
,
stuffiness
,
suaveness
,
suavity
,
sweet talk
,
sweet words
,
unctuousness
,
vaingloriousness
,
vainglory
,
vainness
,
vanity
logorrhea
collapse
pathologically excessive (and often incoherent) talking
related words >
abundance
,
amplitude
,
cloud of words
,
copiousness
,
diffuseness
,
diffusion
,
diffusiveness
,
effusion
,
effusiveness
,
extravagance
,
exuberance
,
fecundity
,
fertility
,
flow of words
,
fluency
,
flux of words
,
formlessness
,
gush
,
gushing
,
logomania
,
long-windedness
,
longiloquence
,
macrology
,
outpour
,
overflow
,
palilogy
,
pleonasm
,
prodigality
,
productivity
,
profuseness
,
profusion
,
prolificacy
,
prolificity
,
prolixity
,
rampancy
,
rankness
,
redundancy
,
reiteration
,
reiterativeness
,
repetition for effect
,
repetitiveness
,
superabundance
,
superfluity
,
superflux
,
talkativeness
,
tautology
,
teemingness
,
tirade
,
verbal diarrhea
,
verbalism
,
verbality
,
verbiage
,
verbosity
,
wordiness
waffle
collapse
pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
related words >
babble
,
back and fill
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
blintz
,
buckwheat cake
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
chat
,
chatter
,
cheese blintz
,
clack
,
clatter
,
crepe
,
dither
,
dodge
,
drivel
,
drool
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
flapcake
,
flapjack
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
griddlecake
,
gush
,
haver
,
hem and haw
,
hot cake
,
hum and haw
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
natter
,
palacsinta
,
palaver
,
palter
,
pancake
,
parry
,
patter
,
piffle
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prattle
,
prevaricate
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
sidestep
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
tergiversate
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
vapor
,
weasel
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
thesaurus
collapse
a book containing a classified list of synonyms
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,
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,
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,
verbiage
,
vocabulary
,
word list
,
wordage
,
wordbook
,
wordhoard
,
words
vituperation
collapse
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
related words >
abuse
,
assailing
,
assault
,
attack
,
berating
,
billingsgate
,
bitter words
,
blackening
,
blame
,
calumny
,
censure
,
contumely
,
diatribe
,
execration
,
hard words
,
invective
,
jawing
,
jeremiad
,
obloquy
,
onslaught
,
opprobrium
,
philippic
,
rating
,
revilement
,
scolding
,
screed
,
scurrility
,
tirade
,
tongue-lashing
,
vilification
parlance
collapse
a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
related words >
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
idiom
,
jargon
,
language
,
langue
,
lingo
,
lingua
,
locution
,
parole
,
personal usage
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
phrasing
,
rhetoric
,
speech
,
talk
,
tongue
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbiage
,
wordage
,
wording
tight lipped
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
untalkative
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
word-bound
,
wordless
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