The Wordbook of synonyms - New York, Hurst - PDF ebook

The Wordbook of Synonyms is a complete dictionary showing the exact comparative meaning of every similar expression in the English language


The Wordbook of synonyms


Example
Abandon, to —leave, forsake, desert, 
withdraw from, depart from, retire 
from, evacuate; — give up, discontinue, cease, quit; — let go, east off, 
repudiate; — relinquish, forego, re¬ 
sign, yield, cede, renounce, surren¬ 
der, abdicate. 

Abandoned —forsaken, deserted;— 
left off, cast away, rejected, lost;— 
destitute, abject, forlorn:—wicked, 
reprobate, dissolute, profligate, dpraved, flagitious, heinous, criminal, 
odious, detestable, corrupt, vicious, 
unprincipled, sinful, graceless, vile, 
disreputable, incorrigible. 

Abandonment —leaving, desertion, 
dereliction, renunciation, defection, 
relinquishment. 

Abase, to —lower, humble, humiliate, 
degrade, depress, disgrace, reduce, 
dishonour, demean, debase, bring low. 

Abasement —degradation, humiliation, abjection, degeneracy, debase¬ 
ment, servility, disgrace, dishonour. 

Abash, toconfuse, disconcert, dis¬ 
compose, confound, sh me, humble, 
humiliate, mortify, dishearten. 

Abate, to —lessen, diminish, reduce, 
decrease, lower, mitigate, remove, 
moderate, terminate, suppress;— 
decline, subside, relax, slacken. 

Abatement —diminution, decrease, 
lessening, mitigation, alleviation, 
depreciation;—reduction, discount, 
the deduction, allowance, and drawback. 

Abbey —monastery, cloister, priory, 
convent, nunnery. 

Abbreviate, to —shorten, condense, 
abridge, contract, curtail, reduce, 
compress, epitomize. 

Abdicate, to —give up, relinquish, resigu, renounce, abandon, surrender, 
forego, forsake, quit, vacate, desert. 

Aberration —deviation, divergence; 
irregularity, eccentricity, anomaly, 
abnormity:—derangement of mind, 
delusion, "hallucination, dementia, 
mania, madness, lunacy, insanity. 

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  • Author: New York, Hurst
  • Publication date: 1920
  • Company: New York, Hurst & Co

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