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2021-06-06 16:00:00 Dastardly, adjective.

Example: A dastardly plan was hatched to kidnap him.

Synonyms:

1. wicked, evil, iniquitous, heinous, villainous, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, cruel, black, dark, rotten, nefarious, vile, foul, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, despicable, execrable, corrupt, degenerate, reprobate, sordid, depraved, dissolute, bad, base, mean, low, dishonourable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish
2. (informal) crooked, low-down, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly
3. (British • informal) beastly, not cricket
4. malfeasant
5. (rare) egregious, flagitious

Antonyms:

1. noble, praiseworthy
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2021-06-05 16:00:00 Mistress, noun.

Example: His wife never found out about his mistress.

Synonyms:

1. lover, girlfriend, paramour, kept woman, live-in lover
2. courtesan, concubine, inamorata, hetaera, sultana
3. (British • informal) girlf, bit on the side
4. (British • informal, dated) fancy woman
5. (dated) lady-love
6. (archaic) doxy, leman
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2021-06-04 16:00:00 Squat, adjective.

Example: He was muscular and squat.

Synonyms:

1. stocky, dumpy, stubby, stumpy, short, thickset, heavily built, sturdy, sturdily built, heavyset, chunky, solid
2. burly, beefy
3. cobby
4. (technical) mesomorphic, pyknic
5. (Australian, New Zealand) nuggety
6. (British • informal) fubsy
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2021-06-03 16:00:00 Allude, verb.

Example: The Vice Chancellor alluded to the same idea.

Synonyms:

1. refer to, suggest, hint at, imply, mention, touch on, mention in passing, mention en passant, speak briefly of, make an allusion to, cite
2. (rare) advert to
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2021-06-02 15:59:46 Wrap up, phrase.

Example: Tell that child to wrap up.

Synonyms:

1. be quiet, be silent, fall silent, stop talking, hold one's tongue, keep one's lips sealed
2. (British) quieten down
3. (North American) quiet down
4. (informal) shut up, shut one's mouth, shut one's face, shut one's trap, button one's lip, put a sock in it, pipe down, cut the cackle, give it a rest
5. (British • informal) shut one's gob, wrap it up, belt up
6. (North American • informal) save it, can it
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2021-06-01 15:59:47 Search me!, phrase.

Synonyms:

1. I don't know, how should I know?, why ask me?, it's a mystery, I haven't an clue, I haven't an inkling, I haven't the least idea, I've no idea
2. dunno, don't ask me, I haven't the first idea, I haven't the first notion, I haven't the faintest, I haven't the foggiest, I haven't the faintest idea, I haven't the faintest notion, I haven't the foggiest idea, I haven't the foggiest notion, it beats me, ask me another
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2021-05-31 15:59:47 Passionate, adjective.

Example: McGregor is passionate about sport.

Synonyms:

1. very keen on, very enthusiastic about, addicted to, devoted to, infatuated with
2. (informal) mad about, crazy about, hooked on, nuts about, nutty about, gone on
3. (North American • informal) nutso over
4. (Australian, New Zealand • informal) shook on
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2021-05-30 15:59:59 Great, adjective.

Example: A great power with a formidable navy.

Synonyms:

1. powerful, dominant, influential, strong, potent, formidable, redoubtable
2. leading, important, illustrious, top-rank, of the first rank, first rate
3. foremost, major, main, chief, principal, capital, paramount, primary

Antonyms:

1. minor
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2021-05-29 16:00:00 Stroke, nombre.

Example: He had recently suffered a small stroke.

Synonyms:

1. thrombosis, embolism, cerebral vascular accident, CVA, cerebral haemorrhage, ictus, seizure
2. (arcaico) apoplexy
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2021-05-28 16:00:00 Bear witness, phrase.

Example: The surviving letters bear witness to the extent of his involvement.

Synonyms:

1. attest to, be evidence of, be proof of, testify to, confirm, evidence, prove, corroborate, verify, substantiate, bear out
2. show, demonstrate, establish, be a monument to, indicate, reveal, bespeak

Antonyms:

1. belie
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