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  1. reproach
    express criticism towards
  2. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  3. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  4. unprocurable
    not capable of being obtained
  5. inaccessible
    capable of being reached with great difficulty or not at all
  6. juncture
    the shape or manner in which things come together
  7. occasion
    an event that occurs at a critical time
  8. fervent
    characterized by intense emotion
  9. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
  10. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  11. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
  12. husky
    deep and harsh sounding
  13. burly
    muscular and heavily built
  14. staggering
    so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  15. astonishing
    so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
  16. astounding
    bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
  17. lurching
  18. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  19. sultry
    attractive and suggesting hidden passion
  20. tailor
    a person whose occupation is making and altering garments
  21. confine
    place limits on
  22. throttle
    a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
  23. restrain
    hold back
  24. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  25. cumber
    hold back
  26. constrain
    hold back
  27. debauch
    a wild gathering
  28. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  29. vitiate
    make imperfect
  30. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  31. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  32. tenure
    the term during which some position is held
  33. promote
    assign to a higher position
  34. demote
    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  35. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  36. incumbency
    a duty that is incumbent upon you
  37. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
  38. sophistication
    the quality or character of being intellectually worldly
  39. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  40. bind
    secure with or as if with ropes
  41. unbind
    untie or unfasten
  42. adhere
    stick to firmly
  43. impediment
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  44. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  45. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  46. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  47. encumbrance
    an onerous or difficult concern
  48. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  49. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  50. unrelenting
    not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  51. relentless
    never-ceasing
  52. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  53. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  54. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  55. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  56. unpretentious
    not behaving in an artificial way to impress others; natural
  57. unostentatious
    not ostentatious
  58. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  59. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  60. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  61. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  62. kitsch
    excessively gaudy or sentimental art
  63. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  64. brassy
    resembling or containing an alloy of zinc and copper
  65. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  66. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  67. opulent
    rich and superior in quality
  68. sumptuous
    rich and superior in quality
  69. fiery
    like or suggestive of a flame
  70. bauble
    cheap showy jewelry or ornament
  71. phallic
    resembling or being a phallus
  72. priapic
    resembling or being a phallus
  73. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  74. scatter
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  75. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  76. ward off
    prevent the occurrence of
  77. avert
    turn away or aside
  78. obviate
    do away with
  79. eliminate
    end, take out, or do away with
  80. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  81. dally
    behave carelessly or indifferently
  82. trifle
    a detail that is considered insignificant
  83. jaded
    exhausted
  84. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  85. luxuriate
    enjoy to excess
  86. wanton
    a lewd or immoral person
  87. piddle
    waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
  88. lascivious
    driven by lust
  89. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  90. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  91. apologetic
    offering or expressing regret
  92. remorseful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  93. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  94. ruthful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  95. dismal
    causing dejection
  96. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  97. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  98. venial
    warranting only temporal punishment
  99. forgivable
    easily excused or forgiven
  100. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  101. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  102. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  103. overbearing
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  104. authoritarian
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  105. despotic
    having the characteristics of a tyrannical ruler
  106. domineering
    tending to rule in a cruel manner
  107. autocratic
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  108. raring
    (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness
  109. impatient
    restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
  110. astride
    with one leg on each side
  111. introspection
    contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
  112. introspect
    reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
  113. excogitate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  114. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  115. devise
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  116. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
  117. dissenting
    disagreeing, especially with a majority
  118. dissenter
    a person who objects to some established policy
  119. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  120. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  121. belittle
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  122. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  123. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  124. conversational
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  125. gnostic
    possessing esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
  126. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  127. cunningly
    in a sly or crafty manner
  128. ingenious
    showing inventiveness and skill
  129. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  130. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  131. tactless
    lacking what is considerate in dealing with others
  132. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  133. patently
    unmistakably
  134. evidently
    in a manner that is obvious or unmistakable
  135. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  136. apparent
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  137. seeming
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  138. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  139. tyrant
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  140. autocrat
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  141. maul
    injure badly
  142. rabid
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  143. fanatic
    a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
  144. overzealous
    marked by excessive enthusiasm for a cause or idea
  145. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  146. assertion
    a declaration that is made emphatically
  147. assert
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  148. affirm
    declare solemnly and formally as true
  149. substantiate
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  150. embody
    represent in physical form
  151. actualise
    make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
  152. contend
    compete for something
  153. postulate
    maintain or assert
  154. levity
    a manner lacking seriousness
  155. frivolous
    not serious in content, attitude, or behavior
  156. trivial
    (informal) small and of little importance
  157. insignificant
    conveying nothing
  158. merit
    the quality of being deserving
  159. demerit
    a quality or feature deserving censure
  160. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  161. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  162. fritter
    fried batter containing meat, vegetables, or fruit
  163. disperse
    move away from each other
  164. haste
    overly eager speed and possible carelessness
  165. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  166. palter
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead
  167. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  168. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  169. inconclusive
    not putting an end to doubt or question
  170. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  171. unequivocal
    admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding
  172. definitive
    clearly formulated
  173. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  174. dubitable
    open to doubt or suspicion
  175. marvel
    be amazed at
  176. equate
    consider or describe as similar or analogous
  177. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  178. synonymous
    meaning the same or nearly the same
  179. synergism
    the working together of two or more things to produce an effect
  180. aphorism
    a short pithy instructive saying
  181. adage
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  182. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  183. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  184. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  185. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  186. clamant
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  187. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  188. frank
    characterized by directness in manner or speech
  189. blunt
    not sharp (used of a knife or other blade)
  190. candid
    openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness
  191. forthright
    directly and without evasion; not roundabout
  192. stark
    severely simple
  193. predicate
    involve as a necessary condition or consequence
  194. connote
    express or state indirectly
  195. imply
    express or state indirectly
  196. smirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  197. smear
    smudge or soil by smudging
  198. mandrill
    baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters
  199. semblance
    the outward or apparent appearance or form of something
  200. depict
    give a description of
  201. render
    give or supply
  202. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  203. credulous
    showing a lack of judgment or experience
  204. detrimental
    causing harm or injury
  205. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  206. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  207. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  208. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  209. rowdy
    disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
  210. rambunctious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  211. rumbustious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  212. robustious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  213. unruly
    unable to be governed or controlled
  214. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  215. impulsive
    without forethought
  216. aloof
    distant, cold, or detached in manner
  217. duplicitous
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  218. deceitful
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness
  219. shady
    sheltered from the sun's rays
  220. umbrageous
    filled with shade
  221. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  222. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  223. anthropic
    relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence
  224. eviscerate
    remove the entrails of
  225. debilitate
    make weak
  226. inamorato
    a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
  227. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  228. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  229. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  230. minuscule
    very small
  231. piddling
    (informal) small and of little importance
  232. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  233. restive
    in a very tense state
  234. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
  235. quandary
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  236. dilemma
    state of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options
  237. extricate
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  238. disencumber
    release from entanglement or difficulty
  239. deprave
    corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  240. coy
    affectedly shy especially in a playful or provocative way
  241. tenure
    the term during which some position is held
  242. fain
    having made preparations
  243. drab
    a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
  244. generate
    bring into existence
Created on Sun Sep 09 18:16:00 EDT 2007 (updated Sun Sep 06 13:32:04 EDT 2009)

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