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slang.noun
a kind of language occurring chiefly in casual
and playful speech, made up typically of short lived coinages and figures
of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added
raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect; language peculiar to a group;
argot or jargon
slang, slanged,
slanging,
slangs.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to use slang; to use angry
and abusive language (persuaded the parties to quit slanging and come to
the bargaining table)
transitive
verb use.to attack with abusive language;
vituperate
slangily.adverb
slanginess.noun
slangy.adjective
supersede,
supereded,
superseding,
supersedes.transitive
verbs
inflected
form(s).superseded;
superseding
to take the place, room, or position of; to displace
in favor of another; supplant
synonym-replace
superseder,
supersession.nouns
superstition.noun
an irrational
belief that an object, an action, or a circumstance
not logically related to a course
of events influences its outcome; idolatry;
a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust
in magic or chance, or a false conception
of causation; an irrational
abject
attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from
superstition; a fearful or abject.state
of mind resulting from such ignorance or irrationality; a notion
maintained
despite.evidence
to the contrary
superstitious.adjective
of, relating to, or swayed by superstition
superstitiously.adverb
superstitiousness.noun
surmise.transitive
verb
surmised,
surmising.inflected
form(s)
to imagine or infer
on slight grounds; an idea or opinion formed from evidence that is inconclusive;
conjecture;
guess
sabotage.noun
an act or process tending to hamper
or hurt; deliberate subversion;
destruction of an employer's property (as tools or materials) or the hindering
of manufacturing by discontented workers; destructive or obstructive action
carried on by a civilian or enemy agent to hinder a nation's war effort
sabotage.transitive
verb
inflected form(s).sabotaged;
sabotaging
to practice sabotage on
similarly.adjective
in like manner; likewise
similar.adjective
nearly but not exactly the same or alike
similarity.noun
the state or quality of being similar;
resemblance or likeness
sincere.adjective
inflected form(s).sincerer;
sincerest
free of dissimulation;
honest (sincere interest); free from adulteration;
pure (a sincere doctrine) (sincere wine); marked by genuineness;
true; sincerity is proved by one's degree of stick-to-itiveness
sincerely.adverb
sincereness.noun
sincere stresses
absence of hypocrisy, feigning,
or any falsifying embellishment
or exaggeration.(a
sincere apology)
synonyms.wholehearted,
heartfelt, hearty, unfeigned mean genuine in feeling
wholehearted.suggests
sincerity and earnest devotion
without reservation or misgiving (promised our wholehearted support)
heartfelt.suggests
depth of genuine feeling outwardly expressed (expresses our heartfelt gratitude)
hearty.suggests
honesty, warmth, and exuberance
in displaying feeling (received a hearty welcome)
unfeigned.stresses
spontaneity
and absence of
pretense (her
unfeigned delight at receiving the award)
sincerity.noun
the quality or state of being sincere;
honesty of mind; freedom from
hypocrisy
stance.noun
intellectual or emotional attitude (took an antiwar
stance); a way of standing or being placed; posture; the attitude or position
of a standing person or animal; mental posture
scorn.noun
the expression by words or manner of the feeling
that another is contemptible;
to disdain; to deride;
contempt
or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable
or unworthy; derision;
one spoken of or treated with contempt
scornful.adjective
having or showing contempt or scorn; indignation
scorner, scorned,
scorning,
scorns.verbs
transitive verb use-to
reject or refuse with derision; despise
intransitive verb use-to
express contempt; scoff
scorn, scornfulness.nouns
scornfully.adverb
smother,
smothered,
smothering,
smothers.verbs
transitive verb use-to
conceal, suppress, or hide (management smothered the true facts of the
case); to cover say, a foodstuff thickly with another foodstuff (smother
chicken in sauce); to lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on someone (the
grandparents smothered the child with affection); to deprive (a fire) of
the oxygen necessary for combustion
intransitive verb use-to
be concealed or suppressed; to be surfeited with an emotion; to be extinguished
smother.noun
something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust,
that covers up something completely
significance,
significancy.nouns
full of meaning; important; of
consequence
significant.adjective
having or expressing a meaning; meaningful (a
significant glance); expressive; having or likely to have a major effect;
important; fairly large in amount or quantity (a significant shipment)
significantly.adverb
signify, signified,
signifying,
signifies
transitive verbs
to denote;
mean; to make known, as with a sign or word (signify one's intent);
show
intransitive use-to
have meaning or importance; count
signifiable.adjective
signifier.noun
snow job,
snow,
snowed,
snowing,
snows.intransitive
verbs
an effort to cover, shut off, or close off; to
deceive, overwhelm, or persuade with insincere talk, especially flattery;
to close off with snow (we were snowed in)
screw.slang
to take advantage of; thwart;
cheat (screwed me surreptitiously
out of the most lucrative sales territory); snow-job);
con;
dupe
squander,
squandered,
squandering,
squanders
transitive verbs
to spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate;
waste
squander, squanderer.nouns
squanderingly.adverb
supreme, supremer,
supremest.adjectives
greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount
or dominant; greatest in importance,
degree, significance, character, or achievement; ultimate; final (the supreme
sacrifice)
supremely.adverb
supremeness.noun
snit.noun
a state
of agitation or irritation
solitude.noun
the state or quality of being alone or remote
from others
supplant, supplanted,
supplanting,
supplants.transitive
verbs
to usurp
the place of, especially through intrigue
or underhanded
tactics; to displace
and substitute for another (the word processor has largely supplanted electric
typewriters); replace
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