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sar·to·ri·al verb

सार टोररअल 1.रू


adjective bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen).
relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress. "Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer"
"sartorial elegance" synonyms: regret, be sorry about, feel remorseful about, repent of, reproach oneself for;
deplore, lament, bemoan, bewail
"she may live to rue this impetuous decision"
noun
archaic
1.
repentance; regret.
"with rue my heart is laden"

adjective: turbid verb


(of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter. verb: stupefy; 3rd person present: stupefies; past tense: stupefied; past participle: stupefied;
"the turbid estuary" gerund or present participle: stupefying
synonyms: murky, opaque, cloudy, unclear, muddy, thick, milky, roily make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.
"turbid waters" "the offense of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her"
antonyms: clear synonyms: stun, daze, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out
confused or obscure in meaning or effect. "the blow had stupefied her"
"a turbid piece of cinéma vérité" drug, sedate, tranquilize, intoxicate, inebriate;
informaldope
"they were stupefied from the wine"
astonish and shock.
"the amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents"
synonyms: shock, stun, astound, dumbfound, overwhelm, stagger, amaze, astonish, take
aback, take someone's breath away;
informalflabbergast, bowl over, floor
"the cost stupefied us
noun adjective
noun: warrant; plural noun: warrants adjective: justified
1. 1.
a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or some other having, done for, or marked by a good or legitimate reason.
body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the "the doctors were justified in treating her"
administration of justice. 2.
"magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest" THEOLOGY
synonyms: authorization, order, license, permit, document; declared or made righteous in the sight of God.
writ, summons, subpoena; 3.
mandate, decree, fiat, edict PRINTING
"a warrant for his arrest" having been adjusted so that the print fills a space evenly or forms a straight line at one or both
a document that entitles the holder to receive goods, money, or services. margins.
"we'll issue you with a travel warrant" "the text is left-justified"
synonyms: voucher, slip, ticket, coupon, pass jus·ti·fy
"a travel warrant" verb
FINANCE past tense: justified; past participle: justified
a negotiable security allowing the holder to buy shares at a specified price at or before 1.
some future date. show or prove to be right or reasonable.
justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling. "the person appointed has fully justified our confidence"
"there is no warrant for this assumption" synonyms: give grounds for, give reasons for, give a justification for, explain, give an explanation
2. for, account for;
an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a defend, answer for, vindicate
commissioned officer. "directors must justify the expenditure"
verb be a good reason for.
verb: warrant; 3rd person present: warrants; past tense: warranted; past "the situation was grave enough to justify further investigation"
participle: warranted; gerund or present participle: warranting synonyms: warrant, be good reason for, be a justification for
1. "the situation justified further investigation"
justify or necessitate (a certain course of action). 2.
"that offense is serious enough to warrant a court martial" THEOLOGY
synonyms: justify, vindicate, call for, sanction, validate; declare or make righteous in the sight of God.
permit, authorize; 3.
deserve, excuse, account for, legitimize; PRINTING
support, license, approve of; adjust (a line of type or piece of text) so that the print fills a space evenly or forms a straight edge
merit, qualify for, rate, be worthy of, be deserving of at one or both margins.
"the charges warranted a severe sentence"
officially affirm or guarantee.
"the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report"
synonym guarantee, affirm, swear, promise, vow, pledge, undertake, state, assert, declare,
s: profess, attest;
vouch, testify, bear witness;
formalaver
"we warrant that the texts do not infringe copyright"
verb ruse /artifice/dodge
verb: prolif.er.ate; 3rd person pres.ent: proliferates; past प्रो ललफ़ रे ट an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.
tense: proliferated; past participle: proliferated; gerund or present "Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house"
participle: proliferating synonyms: ploy, stratagem, tactic, scheme, trick, gambit, cunning
increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. plan, dodge, subterfuge, machination, wile
"the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s" "his offer to help with my presentation was just a clever ruse"
synonyms: increase rapidly, grow
rapidly, multiply, rocket, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, run riot
"stories of her trial proliferated"
antonyms: decrease, dwindle
(of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly.
"the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at
its present rate"
cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly.
"electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present"
noun Pummel/thrash/batter; 3rd person present: pummels; past tense: pummelled; past
noun: supposition; plural noun: suppositions participle: pummelled; gerund or present participle: pummelling; past tense: pummeled; past
an uncertain belief. participle: pummeled; gerund or present participle: pummeling
"they were working on the supposition that his death was murder" strike repeatedly, typically with the fists.
syno belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hy "Bob did not fight back for the fifteen minutes that the half-dozen men pummeled him"
nyms pothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption synonyms: batter, pound, belabor, drub, beat;
: "her supposition is based on previous results" punch, strike, hit, thump, thrash, cold-cock;
informalclobber, wallop, bash, whack, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a
(good) hiding, belt, lay into, lam, bust, slug;
literarysmite
"you can't just freak out and start pummeling people"
NORTH AMERICANinformal
criticize adversely.
"he has been pummeled by the reviewers"

transgression; plural noun: transgressions noun


an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense. noun: peccadillo; plural noun: peccadilloes; plural noun: peccadillos
"I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions" a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.
synony offense, crime, sin, wrong, wrongdoing, misdemeanor, impropriety, infraction, mi synonyms: misdemeanor, petty offense, indiscretion, lapse, misdeed
ms: sdeed, lawbreaking; "I'm sure we can overlook a few peccadilloes"
error, lapse, peccadillo, fault;
archaictrespass
"a punishment for past transgressions"
infringement, breach, contravention, violation, defiance, disobedience, nonobserv
ance
"Adam's transgression of God's law"
adjective noun
adjective: sordid noun: toady; plural noun: toadies
involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt. 1.
"the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams" a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
syno sleazy, dirty, seedy, seamy, unsavory, tawdry, cheap, debased, degenerate, dishonora synonyms: sycophant, brown-noser, lickspittle, flatterer, flunky, lackey, trained
nyms ble, disreputable, discreditable, contemptible, ignominious, shameful, abhorrent seal, doormat, stooge, cringer;
: "a sordid love affair" informalbootlicker, suck-up, yes-man;
anto vulgar slangkiss-ass, ass-kisser
nyms respectable "a conniving little toady"
: verb
dirty or squalid. verb: toady; 3rd person present: toadies; past tense: toadied; past participle: toadied; gerund or
"the overcrowded housing conditions were sordid and degrading" present participle: toadying
synony squalid, slummy, insalubrious, dirty, filthy, foul, mucky, grimy, shabby, messy, s 1.
ms: oiled, scummy, unclean; act in an obsequious way.
informalcruddy, grungy, crummy, scuzzy, skeevy "she imagined him toadying to his rich clients"
"a sordid street at the end of town"
antony synonyms: grovel to, ingratiate oneself with, be obsequious to, kowtow to, pander to, crawl
immaculate
ms: to, truckle to, bow and scrape to, curry favor with, make up to, fawn on/over, slaver
over, flatter, adulate, suck up to, lick the boots of, butter up
"she imagined him toadying to his rich clients"
Adjective सोलीसी टस djective
adjective: solicitous adjective: tenuous
characterized by or showing interest or concern. very weak or slight.
"she was always solicitous about the welfare of her students" "the tenuous link between interest rates and investment"
synonyms: concerned, caring, considerate, attentive, mindful, thoughtful, interested; synonyms: slight, insubstantial, meager, flimsy, weak, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect;
anxious, worried; vague, nebulous, hazy
compassionate, humane "a tenuous connection"
"she was always solicitous about the welfare of her students" antonyms: convincing, strong
archaic very slender or fine; insubstantial.
eager or anxious to do something. "a tenuous cloud"
"he was solicitous to cultivate her mamma's good opinion" synonyms: fine, thin, slender, delicate, wispy,
gossamer, fragile
"a tenuous thread"
antonyms: thick, strong
adjective: pragmatic सॉफ्ट डी adjective
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical adjective: sodden
rather than theoretical considerations. 1.
"a pragmatic approach to politics" saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through.
synonyms: practical, matter-of-fact, sensible, down-to- "his clothes were sodden"
earth, commonsensical, businesslike, having both/one's feet on the synonyms: soaking, soaked (through), wet (through), saturated, drenched, sopping wet, wringing
ground, hardheaded, no-nonsense; wet
informalhard-nosed "his clothes were sodden"
"she remains pragmatic in the most emotional circumstances" waterlogged, soggy, saturated, boggy, swampy, miry, marshy;
antonyms: impractical heavy, soft
relating to philosophical or political pragmatism. "sodden fields"
antonyms: dry, arid
having drunk an excessive amount of a particular alcoholic drink.
suffix: -sodden
"a whiskey-sodden criminal"
verb
archaic
verb: sodden; 3rd person present: soddens; past tense: soddened; past
participle: soddened; gerund or present participle: soddening
1.
saturate (something) with water.

noun having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.


noun: scintilla; plural noun: scintillae; plural noun: scintillas "bowing his head in a servile manner"
a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling. synony obsequious, sycophantic, deferential, subservient, fawning, ingratiating, unctuous, groveli
"a scintilla of doubt" ms: ng, toadyish, slavish, humble, self-abasing;
synon particle, iota, jot, whit, atom, speck, bit, trace, ounce, shred, crumb, fragment, grain, informalslimy, bootlicking, smarmy, sucky
yms: drop, spot, modicum, hint, touch, suggestion, whisper, suspicion; "here comes Mr. Archer and his servile assistant, Bradley"
informalsmidgen, tad antony
assertive
"you haven't got a scintilla of evidence to back that up" ms:
2.
of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.

adjective adjective
adjective: sundry सनडर ी adjective: truculent ट्र कू लेंट्
1. eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
of various kinds; several. "his days of truculent defiance were over"
"lemon rind and sundry herbs" synonyms defiant, aggressive, antagonistic, combative, belligerent, pugnacious, confrontational, re
synonyms: various, varied, miscellaneous, assorted, mixed, diverse, diversified; : ady for a fight, obstreperous, argumentative, quarrelsome, uncooperative;
several, numerous, many, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous; bad-tempered, ornery, short-tempered, cross, snappish, cranky;
literarydivers feisty, spoiling for a fight
"wings, radiators, and sundry other items were sent out to various workshops" "a number of staffers have complained that Wilson is too truculent to work with"
noun antonyms
cooperative, amiable
plural noun: sundries; plural noun: sundry :
1.
various items not important enough to be mentioned individually.
"a drugstore selling magazines, newspapers, and sundries"

verb Noun insurrection/mutiny/sedition


past tense: stratified; past participle: stratified noun: insurrection; plural noun: insurrections
form or arrange into strata. a violent uprising against an authority or government.
"socially stratified cities" "the insurrection was savagely put down"
arrange or classify. synonyms: rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, riot, sedition, subversion;
"stratifying patients into well-defined risk groups" civil disorder, unrest, anarchy;
place (seeds) close together in layers in moist sand or peat to preserve them or to coup (d'état)
help them germinate. "the suspects all escaped after a prison insurrection"
(of seeds) be germinated by stratifying.
"if you want to sow your own mistletoe, collect ripe berries and store them in moist
sand to stratify"

noun Noun vogue/rage/trend


noun: mutiny; plural noun: mutinies noun: vogue; plural noun: vogues
1. 1.
an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors the prevailing fashion or style at a particular time.
against their officers. "the vogue is to make realistic films"
"a mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war" synonyms: fashion, trend, fad, craze, rage, enthusiasm, passion, obsession, mania;
synonyms: insurrection, rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising, insurgence, insubordination fashionableness, popularity, currency, favor;
"there was a mutiny over wages" informaltrendiness
verb "retro accessories are enjoying a new vogue"
general acceptance or favor; popularity.
verb: mutiny; 3rd person present: mutinies; past tense: mutinied; past "the 1920s and 30s, when art deco was much in vogue"
participle: mutinied; gerund or present participle: mutinying synonyms: fashion, trend, fad, craze, rage, enthusiasm, passion, obsession, mania;
1. fashionableness, popularity, currency, favor;
refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority. informaltrendiness
synonyms: rise up, rebel, revolt, riot, disobey/defy authority, be insubordinate "retro accessories are enjoying a new vogue"
"thousands of soldiers mutinied" fashionable, in fashion, fashion-forward, voguish, stylish, modish, up-to-date, up-to-
the-minute, du jour, modern, current;
prevalent, popular, in favor, in demand, sought-after, all the rage;
chic, chi-chi, smart, tony, kicky, le dernier cri;
trendy, hip, cool, big, happening, now, in, with it
"denim's been in vogue my whole lifetime"
adjective
adjective: vogue
1.
popular; fashionable.
"“citizenship” was to be the government's vogue word"
verb
verb: vogue; 3rd person present: vogues; past tense: vogued; past participle: vogued;
gerund or present participle: vogueing; gerund or present participle: voguing
1.
dance to music in such a way as to imitate the characteristic poses struck by a model on
a catwalk.

adjective adjective
adjective: serpentine/winding/sinuous adjective: inceptive/embryonic/incipient
1. 1.
of or like a serpent or snake. relating to or marking the beginning of something; initial.
"serpentine coils" GRAMMAR
synonyms: serpentlike, snakelike (of a verb) expressing the beginning of an action; inchoative.
"a serpentine form" noun
antonyms: straight GRAMMAR
winding and twisting like a snake. noun: inceptive; plural noun: inceptives
"serpentine country lanes" 1.
synonyms: winding, windy, zigzag, twisty, twisting and an inceptive verb.
turning, labyrinthine, meandering, sinuous, snaky, tortuous
"a serpentine path"
antonyms: straight
complex, cunning, or treacherous.
"his charm was too subtle and serpentine for me"
synon complicated, complex, intricate, involved, tortuous, convoluted, elaborate, knotty, c
yms: onfusing, bewildering, baffling, impenetrable
"serpentine sentences"
antony
straightforward, simple
ms:
noun
noun: serpentine; singular proper noun: Serpentine; noun: the Serpentine
1.
a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes
mottled or spotted like a snake's skin.
2.
a thing in the shape of a winding curve or line, in particular.
a riding exercise consisting of a series of half-circles made alternately to right and
left.
plural noun: serpentines
3.
historical
a kind of cannon, used especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.
verb
verb: serpentine; 3rd person present: serpentines; past tense: serpentined;
past participle: serpentined; gerund or present participle: serpentining
1.
move or lie in a winding path or line.
"fresh tire tracks serpentined back toward the hopper"

adjective noun
adjective: embryonic; adjective: embryonal noun: sedition; plural noun: seditions
1. conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
relating to an embryo. synonyms: rabble-rousing, incitement to rebel, subversion, troublemaking, provocation;
synonyms: fetal, unborn, unhatched; rebellion, insurrection, mutiny, insurgence, civil disorder
in utero "the on-campus protestors were charged with sedition"
"an embryonic chick"
2.
(of a system, idea, or organization) in a rudimentary stage with potential for further
development.
"the plan is still in its embryonic stages"
synonyms rudimentary, undeveloped, unformed, immature, incomplete, incipient, inchoate
: ;
fledgling, budding, nascent, emerging, developing, early, germinal
"an embryonic prodemocracy movement"
antonyms: mature
ऐम्ब्री ऑलिक
adjective
adjective: incipient
in an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.
"he could feel incipient anger building up"
(of a person) developing into a specified type or role.
"we seemed more like friends than incipient lovers"
synonyms: developing, growing, emerging, emergent, dawning, just
beginning, inceptive, initial, inchoate;
nascent, embryonic, fledgling, in its infancy, germinal
"the system detects incipient problems early"
antonyms: full-blown
Origin

adjective noun
adjective: tumid/inflated/overblown noun: artifice; plural noun: artifices
1. clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
(especially of a part of the body) swollen. "artifice and outright fakery"
"a tumid belly" synonym trickery, deceit, deception, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craftiness, slyn
2. s: ess, chicanery;
(especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic. fraud, fraudulence
"tumid oratory" "in our trade, artifice is an asset"

adjective verb
adjective: sinuous verb: dodge; 3rd person present: dodges; past tense: dodged; past participle: dodged;
having many curves and turns. gerund or present participle: dodging; noun: dodging
"the river follows a sinuous trail through the forest" 1.
synonym winding, windy, serpentine, curving, twisting, meandering, snaking, zigzag, curli avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement.
s: ng, coiling "we ducked inside our doorway to dodge shrapnel that was raining down"
"a sinuous river" synonyms: dart, bolt, dive, lunge, leap, spring More
lithe and supple. move quickly to one side or out of the way.
"the sinuous grace of a cat" "Adam dodged between the cars"
synonyms: lithe, supple, agile, graceful, loose-limbed, limber, lissome avoid (something) in a cunning or dishonest way.
"she moved with sinuous grace" "he went after people who had either dodged the war or invented a record in it"
synonyms: avoid, evade, get out of, back out of, sidestep, do an end run;
informalduck, wriggle out of
"the mayor tried to dodge the debate"
2.
PHOTOGRAPHY
expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging.
noun
noun: dodge; plural noun: dodges
1.
a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something.
synonyms: dart, bolt, dive, lunge, leap, spring
"a dodge to the right"
a cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something
unpleasant.
"bartering can be seen as a tax dodge"
synonyms ruse, ploy, scheme, tactic, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, hoax, wile, cheat, deception, blin
: d; More
Origin
noun Verb swagger/brag/strut
noun: artifice; plural noun: artifices verb: swagger; 3rd person present: swaggers; past tense: swaggered; past
clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive participle: swaggered; gerund or present participle: swaggering
others. 1.
"artifice and outright fakery" walk or behave in a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive way.
synony trickery, deceit, deception, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craftines "he swaggered along the corridor"
ms: s, slyness, chicanery; synonyms: strut, parade, stride;
fraud, fraudulence walk confidently;
"in our trade, artifice is an asset" informalsashay
"we swaggered into the arena"
boast, brag, bluster, crow, gloat;
strut, posture, blow one's own horn, lord it;
informalshow off, swank
"try to swagger less and instead show some humility"
noun
noun: swagger
1.
a very confident and typically arrogant or aggressive gait or manner.
"they strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger"
synonyms: strut;
confidence, arrogance, ostentation
"a slight swagger in his stride"
bluster, braggadocio, bumptiousness, vainglory;
informalswank
"he was full of swagger"
adjective
adjective: swagger
1.
denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.

Strut Thrash/pummel/batter
swagger/brag/strut verb
noun verb: thrash; 3rd person present: thrashes; past tense: thrashed; past
noun: strut; plural noun: struts participle: thrashed; gerund or present participle: thrashing
1. 1.
a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression. beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.
2. "she thrashed him across the head and shoulders"
a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait. synonym hit, beat, strike, batter, thump, hammer, pound, rain blows on;
"that old confident strut and swagger has returned" s: assault, attack;
verb cudgel, club;
verb: strut; 3rd person present: struts; past tense: strutted; past informalwallop, belt, bash, whup, whack, thwack, clout, clobber, pummel, slug, tan, so
participle: strutted; gerund or present participle: strutting ck, beat the (living) daylights out of
1. "she thrashed him across the head and shoulders"
walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait. hit (something) hard and repeatedly.
"peacocks strut through the grounds"
synonyms: swagger, swank, parade, stride, sweep, sashay "the wind screeched and the mast thrashed the deck"
"he strutted around his vast office" move in a violent and convulsive way.
2. "he lay on the ground thrashing around in pain"
brace (something) with a strut or struts. synonyms: flail, writhe, thresh, jerk, toss, twist, twitch
"the holes were close-boarded and strutted" "he was thrashing around in pain"
struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something.
"two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing"
informal
defeat (someone) heavily in a contest or match.
"I thrashed Pete at cards"
move with brute determination or violent movements.
"I wrench the steering wheel back and thrash on up the hill"
rare term for thresh (sense 1).
noun
noun: thrash; plural noun: thrashes; noun: thrash metal; plural noun: thrash metals
1.
a violent or noisy movement, typically involving hitting something repeatedly.
"the thrash of the waves"
2.
a style of fast, loud, harsh-sounding rock music, combining elements of punk and heavy
metal.
a short, fast, loud piece or passage of rock music.

Batter/thrash/pummel Eddy/vortex/maelstrom
noun
noun: eddy; plural noun: eddies
verb 1.
verb: batter; 3rd person present: batters; past tense: battered; past a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool.
participle: battered; gerund or present participle: battering synonyms: swirl, whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom
strike repeatedly with hard blows; pound heavily and insistently. "small eddies at the river's edge"
"a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg" a movement of wind, fog, or smoke resembling this.
synonyms: pummel, pound, hit repeatedly, buffet, thrash, beat up, clobber, trounce, rain verb
blows on; verb: eddy; 3rd person present: eddies; past tense: eddied; past participle: eddied;
informalknock around/about, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a gerund or present participle: eddying
good hiding, lay into, lace into, do over, rough up 1.
"they took turns battering the effigy" (of water, air, or smoke) move in a circular way.
subject (one's spouse, partner, or child) to repeated violence and assault. "the mists from the river eddied around the banks"
noun: battering synonyms: swirl, whirl, spiral, wind, circulate, twist;
censure, criticize, or defeat severely. flow, ripple, stream, surge, billow
noun: battering "cold air eddied around her"
"the movie took a battering from critics"
Noun maelstrom
noun: maelstrom; plural noun: maelstroms
a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river.
synonyms: whirlpool, vortex, eddy, swirl;
literaryCharybdis
"a maelstrom in the sea"
a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil.
"the train station was a maelstrom of crowds"
synony turbulence, tumult, turmoil, disorder, disarray, chaos, confusion, upheaval, pandemoniu
ms: m, bedlam, whirlwind
"the maelstrom of war"
Noun vortex
noun: vortex; plural noun: vortexes; plural noun: vortices
a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind.
"we were caught in a vortex of water"
synonyms: whirlwind, cyclone, whirlpool, gyre, maelstrom, eddy, swirl, spiral;
black hole
"a whirling vortex of smoke"

Faction/set/party Vexation/aggravation/bother
noun: faction; plural noun: factions noun
a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.
"the left-wing faction of the party" noun: vexation
synony clique, coterie, caucus, cabal, bloc, camp, group, grouping, sector, section, wing, 1. the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
ms: arm, branch, set; "Jenny bit her lip in vexation"
ginger group, pressure group
synon annoyance, irritation, exasperation, indignation, anger, crossness, d
"a faction of the party"
a state of conflict within an organization; dissension. yms: ispleasure, pique, bile, disgruntlement, bad mood;
syno infighting, dissension, dissent, dispute, discord, strife, conflict, friction, argument, di informalaggravation
nym sagreement, controversy, quarreling, wrangling, bickering, squabbling, disharmony, "she stamped her foot in vexation"
s: disunity, schism
o something that causes annoyance, frustration, or worry.
"the council was split by faction"
plural noun: vexations
"the cares and vexations of life"
Atonement/redress Redress/atonement/reparation
noun verb
noun: atonement; plural noun: atonements verb: redress; 3rd person present: redresses; past
1. reparation for a wrong or injury. tense: redressed; past participle: redressed; gerund or present
"she wanted to make atonement for her husband's behavior" participle: redressing
o (in religious contexts) reparation or expiation for sin. 1. 1.
"an annual ceremony of confession and atonement for sin" remedy or set right (an undesirable or unfair situation).
o CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY "the power to redress the grievances of our citizens"
the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus synonyms: rectify, correct, right, put to rights, compensate
Christ. for, amend, remedy, make good, resolve, settle
noun: Atonement; noun: the Atonement "we redressed the problem"
even up, regulate, equalize
"we aim to redress the balance"
 archaic
set upright again.
"some ambitious architect being called to redress a leaning wall"
noun
noun: redress; plural noun: redresses
1. 1.
remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance.
"those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights"
synon compensation, reparation, restitution, recompense, repayment, inde
yms: mnity, indemnification, retribution, satisfaction;
justice
"your best hope of redress"
Reparation रै पअ रे शि सोलललोकुवी soliloquy/ monologue/speech
noun oun
noun: reparation noun: soliloquy; plural noun: soliloquies
1. 1. 1. an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
money to or otherwise helping those who have been synonyms monologue, speech, address, lecture, oration, sermon, homily, a
wronged. : side
"the courts required a convicted offender "Viola ends the scene with a soliloquy"
to make financial reparation to his victim" o a part of a play involving a soliloquy.
synony amends, restitution, redress, compensation, recompense, re
ms: payment, atonement
"the victims are seeking reparation"
o the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated
state.
plural noun: reparations
2. 2.
archaic
the action of repairing something.
"the old hall was pulled down to avoid the cost of reparation
Tacit/unsaid/silent/implicit/hinted Ubiquitous/pervasive
adjective Adjective yo͞oˈbikwədəs
adjective: tacit
1. understood or implied without being stated.
"your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement"
synonyms: implicit, understood, implied, hinted, suggested;
u·biq·ui·tous
adjective: ubiquitous
unspoken, unstated, unsaid, unexpressed, unvoiced;
1. present, appearing, or found everywhere.
taken for granted, taken as read, inferred
"his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family"
"tacit promises"
synonyms: omnipresent, ever-present, everywhere, all over the
antonyms: explicit
place, pervasive, universal, worldwide, global;
rife, prevalent, far-reaching, inescapable
"after WWII, television became almost ubiquitous in the
United States"
Subversive/revolutionary/seditious adjective
adjective: seditious
ubversive
1. inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state
1. 1.
or monarch.
seeking or intended to subvert an established system or
"the letter was declared seditious"
institution.
synonyms rabble-
"subversive literature"
: rousing, provocative, inflammatory, subversive, troublemaking
synonyms disruptive, troublemaking, inflammatory, insurrectionary;
;
:
rebellious, insurrectionist, mutinous, insurgent;
seditious, revolutionary, rebellious, rebel, renegade, dissi
treacherous, disloyal
dent
"a seditious speech"
"subversive activities"
noun
noun: subversive; plural noun: subversives
1. 1.
a subversive person.
synonym troublemaker, dissident, agitator, revolutionary, renegade,
s: rebel
"a dangerous subversive"
Assignation/tryst/date Sedulous/industrious/tireless
noun as·sig·na·tion
sedulous
ˌasiɡˈnāSH(ə)n 1. (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.
गणेशि "he watched himself with the most sedulous care"
noun: assignation; plural noun: assignations syn diligent, careful, meticulous, thorough, assiduous, attentive, industri
1. 1. ony ous, conscientious, ultracareful, punctilious, scrupulous, painstaking,
an appointment to meet someone in secret, typically one ms: minute, rigorous, particular
made by lovers. "he picked the thorn from his leg with sedulous care"
"his assignation with an older woman"
synonyms: rendezvous, date, appointment, meeting;
literary tryst
"their secret assignation"
2. 2.
the allocation or attribution of someone or something as
belonging to something.
Preamble/introduction/preface Ostensible/false/specious/spurious
pre·am·ble ostensible
noun 1. stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
noun: preamble; plural noun: preambles "the delay may have a deeper cause than the ostensible reason"
1. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction. syno apparent, outward, superficial, professed, supposed, alleged, purport
"what she said was by way of a preamble" nym ed
o LAW
s: "the ostensible star is Lana Turner, but it's Juanita Moore who
the introductory part of a statute or deed, stating its purpose, makes the movie click"
aims, and justification. anto Genuine
synonyms: introduction, preface, prologue;
nym
foreword, prelude, front matter;
s: SPECIOUS spe·cious
informalintro, lead-in;
formalexordium, proem, prolegomenon ˈspēSHəs/
"we memorized the preamble to the Constitution"
adjective
adjective: specious
1. superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
"a specious argument"
o misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.
"the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance
of novelty"
syno misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound, spurious, cas
nym uistic, sophistic
s: "specious reasoning"

spurious spu·ri·ous
ˈsp(y)o͝orēəs
1. not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
"separating authentic and spurious claims"
syno bogus, fake, false, counterfeit, forged, fraudulent, sham, a
nym rtificial, imitation, simulated, feigned, deceptive, misleadi
s: ng, specious;
informalphony, pretend
"an attempt to be excused due to some spurious medical
condition"
anto
nym genuine
s:
o (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid.
"this spurious reasoning results in nonsense"
o archaic
(of offspring) illegitimate.

Subpoena/summons/writ
sub·poe·na
səˈpēnə
; plural noun: subpoenas; noun: subpoena ad
testificandum; plural noun: subpoena ad testificandums
1. 1.
a writ ordering a person to attend a court.
"a subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance"
verb
verb: subpoena; 3rd person present: subpoenas; past
tense: subpoenaed; past participle: subpoenaed; past
tense: subpoena'd; past participle: subpoena'd; gerund or
present participle: subpoenaing
1. 1.
summon (someone) with a subpoena.
"the Queen is above the law and cannot be subpoenaed"
o require (a document or other evidence) to be submitted
to a court of law.
"the decision to subpoena government records"

Adjective uncanny/strange/weird Delve/explore/plumb


adjective: uncanny; comparative adjective: uncannier; verb
superlative adjective: uncanniest verb: delve; 3rd person present: delves; past tense: delved; past
1. strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way. participle: delved; gerund or present participle: delving
"an uncanny feeling that she was being watched" 1. reach inside a receptacle and search for something.
syn eerie, unnatural, unearthly, preternatural, supernatural, otherwo "she delved in her pocket"
ony rldly, ghostly, mysterious, strange, unsettling, abnormal, weird, synonyms: rummage (around/about) in, search, hunt in, scrabble around
ms: bizarre, surreal, eldritch; in, root around/about in, ferret (about/around) in, fish
informalcreepy, spooky, freakish, freaky about/around in, dig into/in;
"the silence was uncanny" go through, rifle through
striking, remarkable, extraordinary, exceptional, incredible, not "she delved into her pocket"
eworthy, notable, arresting o research or make painstaking inquiries into something.
"an uncanny resemblance" "as we delve further into the atom's secrets"
synonyms: investigate, inquire into, probe, explore, research, look into, go
into
"we must delve into the matter more deeply"
o literary
dig; excavate.
"the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely
delved were the tunnels"

verb Noun tirade/harangue/lecture


verb: plumb; 3rd person present: plumbs; past noun: tirade; plural noun: tirades
tense: plumbed; past participle: plumbed; gerund or present1. a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
participle: plumbing "a tirade of abuse"
1. 1. syno diatribe, harangue, rant, onslaught, attack, polemic, denunciation, br
measure (the depth of a body of water). nym oadside, fulmination, condemnation, censure, invective, criticism, to
o (of water) be of a specified depth. s: ngue-lashing;
"at its deepest, the lake scarcely plumbed seven feet" blast;
o explore or experience fully or to extremes. lecture;
"she had plumbed the depths of depravity" literaryphilippic
synonym explore, probe, delve "both attorneys were stunned when the judge launched into a tirade"
s: into, search, examine, investigate, fathom, penetrate, unde
rstand Harangue
"an attempt to plumb her psyche" ha·rangue
2. 2.
test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical.
noun
noun: plumb; plural noun: plumbs
1. 1.
a plumb bob.
həˈraNG/
adverb noun
adverb: plumb noun: harangue; plural noun: harangues
1. 1. 1. 1.
informal a lengthy and aggressive speech.
exactly. synony tirade, diatribe, lecture, polemic, rant, fulmination, broadside, att
"a bassoonist who sits plumb in the middle of the wind ms: ack, onslaught;
section" criticism, condemnation, censure, admonition, sermon;
declamation, speech;
synonyms: right, exactly, precisely, directly, dead, straight; informalblast;
informalbang literaryphilippic
"it went plumb through the screen" "a ten-minute harangue"
o NORTH AMERICAN verb
to a very high degree; extremely. verb: harangue; 3rd person present: harangues; past
"they must both be plumb crazy" tense: harangued; past participle: harangued; gerund or present
synonyms completely, absolutely, downright, totally, quite, thoroug participle: haranguing
: hly 1. 1.
"I plumb forgot" lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.
2. 2. "the kind of guy who harangued total strangers about PCB levels
archaic in whitefish"
vertically. synonyms: rant at, hold forth to, lecture, shout at;
"drapery fell from their human forms plumb down" berate, criticize, attack;
synonyms: vertically, perpendicularly, straight down informalsound off at, mouth off to
"the bell hangs plumb" "he harangued his erstwhile colleagues"
adjective
adjective: plumb ERSTWHILE
1. 1. adjective
vertical. adjective: erstwhile
"ensure that the baseboard is straight and plumb" 1. 1.
synonyms: vertical, perpendicular, straight former.
"a plumb drop" "his erstwhile rivals"
synonyms: former, old, past, one-time, sometime, ex-, late, then;
previous;
formalquondam
"Candi's erstwhile tennis instructor"
antonyms: present

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