august, alarming, horrible, frightful, shocking, terrible.
Ant. Commonplace, contemptible, despicable, vulgar, undignified.
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Awkward. Clumsy, bungling, ungainly, uncouth, rough, unskilful.
Ant. Clever, skilful, handy, dexterous, adroit.
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Awry. Oblique, slanting, twisted, crooked, distorted, athwart.
Ant. Straight, direct, true, right.
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Axiom. Truism, postulate, self-evident proposition, necessary truth.
Ant. Paradox, sophism, contradiction, nonsense, absurdity.
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Azure. Blue, sky-color, cerulean.
B
Babble. Chatter, prattle, jibber; prate, gossip, tattle; tell secrets, blab, blurt out; murmur.
Ant. Hush, suppress; enunciate.
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Babel. Tumult, disorder, clamor, confusion, discord, din, pother.
Ant. Silence; articulation, distinctness, enunciation; monotony.
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Back, a. and ad. Remote, hindmost, in the rear; again, return.
Ant. Near, foremost, in advance.
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Back, v. Support, aid, second, sustain, assist; retire, retreat, withdraw; move backward, cause to go backward.
Ant. Fail, disappoint; advance, push.
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Backbiter. Slanderer, defamer, traducer, calumniator, detractor, cynic.
Ant. Advocate, upholder, defender, vindicator.
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Backslider. Recreant, apostate, renegade, deserter, abjurer.
Ant. Confessor, zealot, bigot, adherent.
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Backward. Averse, indisposed, reluctant, loath, unwilling, hesitating, wavering; dull, slow, stupid, stolid; late, tardy.
Ant. Forward, eager, willing, ready, prompt; quick, bright; previous, antecedent, prior.
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Bad. Evil, wicked, depraved, abandoned, corrupt, immoral, unfair, unprincipled, villainous; pernicious, mischievous, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome; unlucky, unfortunate; sad, unwelcome, distressing, disappointing; sorry, mean, shabby, vile, wretched, abominable; poor, imperfect; serious, hard, severe.
Ant. Good, perfect, right, holy, beautiful, pleasant.
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Baffle. Frustrate, thwart, defeat, circumvent, checkmate, undermine; bewilder, perplex, confound, disconcert.
Ant. Aid, assist, advance, encourage, promote.
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Balance. Poise, hold in equilibrium; weigh, compare, estimate; neutralize, counteract, compensate; equalize, square, adjust.
Ant. Upset, cant, tilt, overbalance, subvert.
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Bald. Bare, hairless; treeless, unsheltered, naked, verdureless; unadorned, prosaic, dull, vapid, tame, inelegant; literal, unvarnished; mere, unsupported, uncorroborated.
Ant. Adorned, periwigged; forested, shaded; bright, elegant, rhetorical; ornate, polished, witty, scintillating.
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Baleful. Harmful, hurtful, injurious, baneful, pernicious, deadly, ruinous.
Ant. Innocent, beneficial, salutary, advantageous.
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Balk. Frustrate, defeat, foil.
Ant. Aid, promote, instigate.
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Banish. Dismiss, drive out, eject, expel, exile, ostracize, evict, expatriate.
Ant. Welcome, admit, protect, domesticate, harbor.
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Banquet. Feast, treat, regalement, entertainment, festivity, carousal, cheer.
Ant. Fast, starvation, abstinence.
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Banter, n. Badinage, irony, raillery, ridicule, satire, chaff, mockery, jeering, derision.
Ant. Discourse, discussion.
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Barbarous. Brutal, atrocious, cruel, inhuman, merciless, savage, barbaric, barbarian.
Ant. Civilized, humane, polite, refined, tender, delicate, cultured, elegant, nice, courtly.
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Bare. Nude, naked, unclothed, exposed; sheer, simple, mere; bald, unadorned, meager; poor, destitute, indigent, empty.
Ant. Dressed, protected; rich, luxurious, costly.
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Bargain. Agreement, contract, stipulation, transaction; purchase, speculation, haggling, getting, proceeds; cheap purchase.
Ant. Loss, misprofit; cheat.
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Barren. Sterile, childless, unprolific; unfertile, unproductive; uninstructive, ineffectual.
Ant. Productive, fertile, luxuriant, fecund; profitable, useful.
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Barrier. Obstruction, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barricade, rampart; restraint, restriction.
Ant. Thoroughfare, entrance, admittance, opening, passage.
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Base. Cheap, worthless, inferior; vulgar, humble, unknown; mean, contemptible, servile; shameful, scandalous, vile.
Ant. Noble, honored, exalted, pure, valued, lofty, esteemed, refined.
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Bashful. Modest, shy, retiring, reserved, diffident.
Ant. Bold, forward, pert, impudent, confident, conceited, egoistic.
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Basis. Base, foundation, groundwork.
Ant. Apex, top, superstructure.
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Bathe. Wash, lave,
