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Criticize or scold
Words Meaning Word Group
2 Castigate reprimand (someone) severely
3 Censure Express strong disapproval (or Criticize)
4 Chastise rebuke or reprimand severely
5 Decry Express strong disapproval (or Criticize)
censure (criticize) severely or angrily
An excess or large in number 1
6 Lambast
7 Objurgate rebuke severely; scold Criticize or scold
an act or expression of criticism and censure
8 Rebuke
9 Reprimand a formal expression of disapproval
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express to (someone) one's disapproval of or
10 Reproach
disappointment in their actions
criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting
11 Revile
manner
12 Chide Scold and rebuke
13 Upbraid Scold
14 Excoriate to criticize very harshly
15 Scathing To criticize harshly
show or declare that (someone) is not guilty
1 Exculpate
of wrongdoing Clear of blame or
2 Exonerate pronounce not guilty of criminal charges 8
pronounced not guilty
3 Vindicate clear (someone) of blame or suspicion
calmness and composure, especially in a
1 Equanimity
difficult situation
great coolness and composure under strain
Cool-headed 9
2 Sangfroid
1 Fawning
attempting to win favor by flattery;
2 Ingratiate
gain favor with somebody by deliberate
3 Obsequious efforts To gain favor (চাটুকারিতা) 10
4 Sycophantic
act in an obsequious way in order to obtain
5 Grovel
someone's forgiveness or favor
1 Deferential showing respect
2 Reverent feeling or showing profound respect
3 Esteem Respect and admiration
Showing respect 11
4 Venerate regard with great respect; revere
make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem)
1 Alleviate
less severe
pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to
2 Appease
their demands
3 Assuage make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
4 Attenuate reduce the force, effect, or value of
stop (someone) being angry or discontented;
5 Conciliate
placate
Make less intense 12
Words Meaning Make
Wordless intense
Group 12
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or
6 Extenuate
extent of
7 Mitigate Make less severe
appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
8 Mollify An excess or large in number 1
9 Placate make (someone) less angry or hostile
the point at which something is at its best or
1 Acme
most highly developed
the top or highest part of something,
2 Apex
especially one forming a point
the highest point in the development of
3 Apogee
something; a climax or culmination
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Words Meaning Word Group
2 Extol Praise enthusiastically
praise (a person or their achievements)
3 Laud
highly
4 Applaud show approval or praise by clapping
an expression of praise or admiration;
An excess or large in number 1
an award or privilege granted as a special
5 Accolade
honor or as an acknowledgement of merit
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honor or praise awarded for an achievement
6 Laurel
7 Commend formal or official praise
a polite expression of praise or admiration
8 Compliment
9 Eulogize praise highly in speech or writing
10 Exalt Praise or glorify
11 Panegyrize speak or write in praise of; eulogize
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively
1 Truculent
defiant
2 Pugnacious eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
3 Belligerent
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fight
demonstrating aggression and willingness to
4 Bellicose
fight
relating to the pleasant aspects of the
1 Bucolic
countryside and country life
relating to the countryside; rural;
2 Rustic
awkwardly simple and provincial
3 Pastoral associated with country life
of or concerning a province of a country or
Simple as country life or
4 Provincial empire; 25
awkwardly simple related to rural/country life
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral
life;
5 Idyll An extremely happy, peaceful, or
picturesque period or situation, typically an
idealized or unsustainable one
1 Deceit (প্রতািণা) the quality of being fraudulent
2 Duplicity deceitfulness
3 Dupe deceit
4 Hoodwink deceit
use deception to deprive (someone) of
5 Swindle
money or possessions Deceit (প্রতািণা)
money extracted as a penalty or by deceit
6 Mulct
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Deceit (প্রতািণা)
Words Meaning Word Group 26
obtain a great deal of money from
7 Fleece (someone), typically by overcharging or
swindling them
achieve something by means of trickery or
8 Finagle An excess or large in number 1
devious methods
deceit used in order to achieve one's
9 Subterfuge
goal
1 Crafty marked by skill in deception
2 Wily marked by skill in deception
3 Guileful marked by skill in deception
clever or skillful, especially in a crafty or
4 Artful
cunning way Skilled in deception (প্রতািণা) 27
Clever or cunning devices, especially as
5 Artifice
used to trick or deceive others
having or showing a cunning and deceitful
6 Sly
nature
1 Dicey unpredictable and potentially dangerous
not securely held or in position; dangerously
2 Precarious
likely to fall or collapse
3 Parlous full of danger or uncertainty; precarious
potentially dangerous or
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presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers; dangerous
4 Treacherous (1st definition: guilty of or involving
betrayal or deception)
2 Conflate
combine (two or more sets of information, 33
texts, ideas, etc.) into one Combined or mix
3 Mingle mix or cause to mix together
1 Stymie prevent or hinder the progress of
delay or prevent (someone or something) by
2 Impede
obstructing them; hinder
prevent (someone) from accomplishing
3 Thwart
something
prevent (a plan or attempted action) from
4 Frustrate progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled
prevent or hinder or stop the
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5 Check
stop or slow the progress of (something, progress of
typically something undesirable)
stop or restrict (the flow of something);
6 Stem check
7 Avert prevent
6 Succinct
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briefly and clearly expressed
(of a person, speech, or style of writing)
7 Laconic
using very few words
shorten (a piece of writing) without losing
8 Abridge
the sense
a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea
9 Epigram
in a clever and amusing way
10 Quip a witty saying; short jokes
recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use
1 Profligate of resources
3 Hackneyed
having been overused; unoriginal and trite boring
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a phrase or opinion that is overused and
4 cliché
betrays a lack of original thought
lacking excitement or variety; boringly
5 Humdrum
monotonous
6 Dreary depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive