Sunday, June 13, 2010
antagonise
–verb (used with object)
1.
to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of: His speech antagonized many voters.
2.
to act in opposition to; oppose.
–verb (used without object)
3.
Rare . to act antagonistically.
Obfuscate
Verb
- To make dark; overshadow
- To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth.
- Before leaving the scene, the murderer set a fire to obfuscate any evidence of his or her identity.
- (computing) To alter code while preserving its behavior but conceal its structure and intent.
- We need to obfuscate these classes before we ship the final release.
Assuage
Verb
Assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged)
- (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost
- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
- (intransitive) (obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
Friday, July 31, 2009
cumbrous
cum⋅brous --- [kuhm-bruh
s]
–adjective Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
The cumbrous door blocking their way was a thick wall of riveted iron.
Inadvertent
in⋅ad⋅vert⋅ent --- [in-uh
d-vur-tnt]
–adjective | 1. | unintentional: an inadvertent insult. |
| 2. | not attentive; heedless. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by lack of attention. |
Related forms:
in⋅ad⋅vert⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
2. inattentive. 3. thoughtless, careless, negligent.
Related Words for : inadvertently
Excrutiate
ex⋅cru⋅ci⋅ate--- [ik-skroo-shee-eyt]
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.| 1. | to inflict severe pain upon; torture: The headache excruciated him. |
| 2. | to cause mental anguish to; irritate greatly. |
Word Origin & History
excruciate
1570, from L. excruciatus, pp. of excruciare "to torture, torment," from ex- "out, thoroughly" + cruciare "cause pain or anguish to," lit. "crucify," from crux (gen. crucis) "cross."
Eg. Max tried to have faith, but the pain was excruciating [Ref: Angels and Daemons ]
Eg. Max tried to have faith, but the pain was excruciating [Ref: Angels and Daemons ]
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