Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms with Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted WordsMerriam-Webster, 1984 - 940 sivua Good communication starts with choosing the right word--not always an easy task when the choise is between words of closely related meaning. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms makes the task easier by providing full discussions of synonymous terms and by describing the subtle distinctions that make one word more appropriate than another in a particular context. |
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Sivu 8
... loss how to employ it in metaphor . " Consequently , etymologies became for him an important means of showing this original meaning . They formed not an invariable part of his discrimination but a very useful part when they were needed ...
... loss how to employ it in metaphor . " Consequently , etymologies became for him an important means of showing this original meaning . They formed not an invariable part of his discrimination but a very useful part when they were needed ...
Sivu 22
... loss , because he does not see that these examples may constitute the only uses of the term , or a few such uses , and are not representa- tive of a large number of uses . It was in such cases that the method which we have called the ...
... loss , because he does not see that these examples may constitute the only uses of the term , or a few such uses , and are not representa- tive of a large number of uses . It was in such cases that the method which we have called the ...
Sivu 31
... loss of dignity or prestige without necessarily implying perma- nency in that loss . When used reflexively it connotes abash humility , abjectness , or a sense of one's Ana analogous words See also explanatory notes facing page 1 Ant ...
... loss of dignity or prestige without necessarily implying perma- nency in that loss . When used reflexively it connotes abash humility , abjectness , or a sense of one's Ana analogous words See also explanatory notes facing page 1 Ant ...
Sivu 31
... loss of dignity or social standing ( it was . . . Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter - Thackeray > Debase emphasizes dete- rioration in value or quality : it is more often ...
... loss of dignity or social standing ( it was . . . Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter - Thackeray > Debase emphasizes dete- rioration in value or quality : it is more often ...
Sivu 31
... loss of integrity or unity < poets . . . who assimilate a number of influences and construct an original speech from them - Day Lewis > Sometimes it stresses completeness of fusion and conse- quent loss of identity ( races incapable of ...
... loss of integrity or unity < poets . . . who assimilate a number of influences and construct an original speech from them - Day Lewis > Sometimes it stresses completeness of fusion and conse- quent loss of identity ( races incapable of ...
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action active actual agitation animals antonym applied chiefly artist association attack autarky basic beauty body carries cation cause character close synonyms color common commonly comparable when meaning condition confusion connotes corre corresponding adjectives corresponding nouns corresponding verbs coruscate critical debase definite deliquesce denote designate desire Dictionary DISCOMPOSE discriminated distinction distinguished divergent effect Eliot emotional epicene especially expression extended faith favor fear feeling force formal frequently give hermaphrodite honor human idea intent interchangeable involved lack less light living Macaulay maladroit ment mental mind moral nature ness object offensive one's oneself onyms opposed opposite passion person or thing phrase physical political reference regarded relation result Rose Macaulay sangfroid sense skill sometimes specifically speech spirit sponding adjectives sponding verbs stresses T. S. Eliot term thought tion tive truth usually implies usually suggests words
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Sivu 31 - What happens is a continual surrender of himself as he is at the moment to something which is more valuable. The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
Sivu 315 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Sivu 266 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Sivu 159 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Sivu 317 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Sivu 144 - And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large...
Sivu 236 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Sivu 255 - Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Sivu 296 - There was, as usual, a crowd of folk about the door, but none that Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Sivu 208 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...