1 causing or likely to cause vexation : distressing, afflictive
2: lacking in peace or calm : full of disorder or stress :
unquiet, disordered, troubled
In a sentence: I'm finding the current political climate singularly vexatious.
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1 causing or likely to cause vexation : distressing, afflictive
2: lacking in peace or calm : full of disorder or stress :
unquiet, disordered, troubled
In a sentence: I'm finding the current political climate singularly vexatious.
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1: tending or intending to cause delay
2: characterized by procrastination : tardy
In a sentence: He’s a dilatory sort of person.
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1: tending or intending to cause delay
2: characterized by procrastination : tardy
In a sentence: He’s a dilatory sort of person.
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1: special province or domain where one has superior aptitude, knowledge, or experience
2: surrounding territory : vicinity, neighborhood
In a sentence: I’m afraid physics is quite outside my bailiwick.
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1: special province or domain where one has superior aptitude, knowledge, or experience
2: surrounding territory : vicinity, neighborhood
In a sentence: I’m afraid physics is quite outside my bailiwick.
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Of, relating to, or characterized by faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery
In a sentence: The perfidious actions of this man more than justify the charge of high treason.
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Of, relating to, or characterized by faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery
In a sentence: The perfidious actions of this man more than justify the charge of high treason.
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1: a deep dish often of metal; *especially*: one formerly used as a liner for a serving dish
2: mazarine blue
3: mazarine hood: a hood worn by women in the 17th century
In a sentence: I found an old mazarine in that junk shop down the road.
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1: a deep dish often of metal; *especially*: one formerly used as a liner for a serving dish
2: mazarine blue
3: mazarine hood: a hood worn by women in the 17th century
In a sentence: I found an old mazarine in that junk shop down the road.
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an attitude toward life marked by complacency and a refusal to recognize unpleasant facts.
In a sentence: His podsnappery has led us to the verge of bankruptcy!
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an attitude toward life marked by complacency and a refusal to recognize unpleasant facts.
In a sentence: His podsnappery has led us to the verge of bankruptcy!
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1: bad handwriting (opposed to calligraphy)
2: bad spelling (opposed to orthography)
In a sentence: I bought a cursive book to try and fix my cacography.
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1: bad handwriting (opposed to calligraphy)
2: bad spelling (opposed to orthography)
In a sentence: I bought a cursive book to try and fix my cacography.
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an imprint taken from a finger : fingerprint
In a sentence: There are quite enough smudged on that window already, without you adding your dactylogram!
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an imprint taken from a finger : fingerprint
In a sentence: There are quite enough smudged on that window already, without you adding your dactylogram!
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1 a: someone/something that foreshadows a future event : one that gives an anticipatory sign
b: one that initiates a major change
In a sentence: AI is a harbinger of some sort, though whether of doom or improvement is yet to be seen.
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1 a: someone/something that foreshadows a future event : one that gives an anticipatory sign
b: one that initiates a major change
In a sentence: AI is a harbinger of some sort, though whether of doom or improvement is yet to be seen.
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1: (plural) items, such as posters and tickets, originally meant to be discarded after use that become collectibles
In a sentence: We’re finding all sorts of radio and communication ephemera as we clean out my grandad's basement.
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1: (plural) items, such as posters and tickets, originally meant to be discarded after use that become collectibles
In a sentence: We’re finding all sorts of radio and communication ephemera as we clean out my grandad's basement.
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an assumed name : a fanciful epithet or appellation: nickname
In a sentence: I know a man who, as a child, started drinking industrial amounts of juice in the hope his friends would give him the sobriquet “Juice.”
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an assumed name : a fanciful epithet or appellation: nickname
In a sentence: I know a man who, as a child, started drinking industrial amounts of juice in the hope his friends would give him the sobriquet “Juice.”
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A rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind; susurration
In a sentence: The psithurism of leaves and the creaking of tree limbs is one of the finest pleasure of a windy autumn day.
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A rustling or whispering sound, such as leaves in the wind; susurration
In a sentence: The psithurism of leaves and the creaking of tree limbs is one of the finest pleasure of a windy autumn day.
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1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
2: [archaic]: adverse
In a sentence: Teenagers have an unfortunate tendency of being froward.
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1: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
2: [archaic]: adverse
In a sentence: Teenagers have an unfortunate tendency of being froward.
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like or in the spirit of a Corybant; specifically: wild, frenzied
In a sentence: The month of December always find my family in a state of corybantic preparation.
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like or in the spirit of a Corybant; specifically: wild, frenzied
In a sentence: The month of December always find my family in a state of corybantic preparation.
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to be dumbfounded and open-mouthed in amazement
In a sentence: The results of the 2016 presidential election left many on both sides completely blutterbunged.
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to be dumbfounded and open-mouthed in amazement
In a sentence: The results of the 2016 presidential election left many on both sides completely blutterbunged.
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1: temperance
2
a: self-control
b: prudence (contrasted with hubris)
In a sentence: You really must learn to practice some level of sophrosyne, or you shall get into trouble.
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1: temperance
2
a: self-control
b: prudence (contrasted with hubris)
In a sentence: You really must learn to practice some level of sophrosyne, or you shall get into trouble.
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(neologism) a time-waster
In a sentence: I’m not hanging around with that clocksucker!
[Alright, I’ll admit it’s not in any formal dictionary, but it’s so fun! Anyway, all words are made up.]
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(neologism) a time-waster
In a sentence: I’m not hanging around with that clocksucker!
[Alright, I’ll admit it’s not in any formal dictionary, but it’s so fun! Anyway, all words are made up.]
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A psychological condition characterized by the inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.
In a sentence: The man takes so little pleasure in anything, it would not surprise me to learn that he has anhedonia!
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A psychological condition characterized by the inability to experience pleasure in normally pleasurable acts.
In a sentence: The man takes so little pleasure in anything, it would not surprise me to learn that he has anhedonia!
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1: the science of measuring time
2: the principles and art of constructing instruments for indicating time
In a sentence: Clocks aren’t as common anymore, but the horology behind their construction is fascinating.
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1: the science of measuring time
2: the principles and art of constructing instruments for indicating time
In a sentence: Clocks aren’t as common anymore, but the horology behind their construction is fascinating.
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laborious or intensive study; also the product of such study—usually used in plural
In a sentence: When I am researching, I would prefer to be left to my lucubration without interruption.
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laborious or intensive study; also the product of such study—usually used in plural
In a sentence: When I am researching, I would prefer to be left to my lucubration without interruption.
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1: special vocabulary/idiom used by a group esp. for private communication
2: special vocabulary/idiom (as slang) of a particular social group/class
In a sentence: Social groups and regions within a nation each develop an argot of their own.
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1: special vocabulary/idiom used by a group esp. for private communication
2: special vocabulary/idiom (as slang) of a particular social group/class
In a sentence: Social groups and regions within a nation each develop an argot of their own.
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one who takes a pessimistic view of things : killjoy
In a sentence: The world is no worse than it ever was, but the 24-hour news cycle tends to encourage the crepehangers.
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one who takes a pessimistic view of things : killjoy
In a sentence: The world is no worse than it ever was, but the 24-hour news cycle tends to encourage the crepehangers.
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one who is presumptuous and offers advice or opinions beyond one’s sphere of knowledge
In a sentence: All politicians are ultracrepidarians at heart.
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one who is presumptuous and offers advice or opinions beyond one’s sphere of knowledge
In a sentence: All politicians are ultracrepidarians at heart.
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1: having no concern whether behavior is morally right or wrong
2: being outside or beyond the moral order / a particular moral code
In a sentence: Politics is one of the two most amoral professions; the other is law.
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1: having no concern whether behavior is morally right or wrong
2: being outside or beyond the moral order / a particular moral code
In a sentence: Politics is one of the two most amoral professions; the other is law.
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a cracking (as of varnish, color, or enamel) on a work of plastic art
In a sentence: I imagine that craquelure is one of the most difficult things to replicate in the forgery of old paintings.
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a cracking (as of varnish, color, or enamel) on a work of plastic art
In a sentence: I imagine that craquelure is one of the most difficult things to replicate in the forgery of old paintings.
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