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slang.noun,.plural.slangs
slang consists of words, expressions and meanings
that are used by people who know each other very well or who have the same
interests; a kind
of language occurring.chiefly
in casual
and playful speech, made up typically
of new words and phrases
and figures of speech that are deliberately
used in place of standard.terms
for added raciness,
humor,
irreverence
or other effect;
language peculiar
to a group;
argot
or jargon
(for example the word dynamite,
an explosive, is often used
to describe something exceptionally
exciting or wonderful (outstanding;
superb
{a dynamite performance; a dynamite outfit}) or even something dangerous
(you're playing with dynamite if you get involved
with that woman)
slang, slanged,
slanging.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to use slang; to use angry
and abusive language (persuaded the parties to quit slanging and come to
the bargaining table)
transitive
verb use.to attack with abusive language;
vituperate
slangily.adverb
slanginess.noun,.plural.slanginesses
slangy.adjective
supersede,
supersedes,
superseded,
superseding,
superseded,
superseding.transitive
verbs
to displace
in favor of another; to take the place, room or position of; supplant
synonym-replace
superseder.noun,.plural.superseders
supersession.noun,.plural.supersessions
superstition.noun,.plural.superstitions
superstition is fear based on error (those zealots
of the Inquisition
allowed contol by others to exploit
their fears in harmful ways, leading to erroneous
beliefs of separation; example); superstitious
fears or beliefs are irrational
and not based on fact
(the old superstition that walking under a ladder is unlucky shows that
one has accepted a bewitching
belief); superstitions are based on false conceptions
of causation
(she was superstitious believing the colour green brought bad luck and
that Friday the 13th was a day to stay home and that you should not walk
over the path that you saw a black cat pass by); idolatry;
superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of
the unknown, trust in wasteful time concerns; an irrational
abject
attitude of mind; a fearful or abject state
of mind resulting from ignorance or irrationality;
a notion maintained
despite.evidence
to the contrary
superstitious.adjective
of, relating to or swayed by superstition
superstitiously.adverb
superstitiousness.noun,.plural.superstitiousnesses
surmise, surmises,
surmised,
surmising,
surmisings.transitive
verbs
to imagine or infer
on slight grounds; an idea or opinion formed from evidence that is inconclusive;
conjecture;
guess
saboteur.noun,.plural.saboteurs
one that commits
sabotage
sabotage.noun,.plural.sabotages
an act
or process.tending
to hamper or hurt; deliberate.subversion
(an attempt
or attempts to curb
another's expression on his or her life
pathway.{*});
to deliberately spoil someone's plans because you do not want them to succeed;
if someone sabotages a plan or a meeting, they deliberately prevent it
from being successful; destruction of an employer's property (as tools
or materials) or the hindering
of manufacturing by discontented workers; destructive or obstructive
action carried on by a civilian or enemy agent to hinder a nation's war
effort
sabotage, sabotaged,
sabotaging,
sabotages.transitive
verbs
to practice sabotage on
similar.adjective
nearly but not exactly the same or alike
similarly.adjective
in like manner;
likewise
similarity.noun,.plural.similarities
the state
or quality
of being similar; resemblance
or likeness
sincere, sincerer,
sincerest.adjectives
someone who is sincere is genuine,
meaning, they are transparent
and not hiding anything or have alternate.motives,
so, another can see the light of the soul
in him or her; a sincere individual is one whose heart's intent
comes from high
consciousness principles, that is, their heart is of seeking good for
others, is free of dissimulation
and duplicity and wants to help
do the right things in live, right things are those in alignment with God,
the good of all; sincerity is not having any phoniness;
a being
honest of
heart.(sincere interest); standing
in one's own truth; integrity;
no ulterior.motives;
if you say that someone is sincere, you approve of them because they really
mean the things they say, that is, they are truthful
in mind and action; you can also describe someone's behavior and beliefs
as sincere (she's an honest lady,
sincere in her views and this shows by her actions; there was a sincere
expression of friendliness on both their faces); free from adulteration;
pure (a sincere doctrine;
sincere wine); marked
by genuineness; true;
sincerity is proved by one's
degree
of stick-to-itiveness
sincerely.adverb
sincereness.noun.(words
ending in 'ess'
are
usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
is clumsy)
sincere stresses.absence
of hypocrisy, feigning
or any falsifying.embellishment
or exaggeration.(a
sincere apology)
synonyms.wholehearted,
heartfelt,
hearty,
unfeigned
sincerity.noun,.plural.sincerities
the quality
or state
of being sincere;
honesty
of mind; freedom
from
hypocrisy; an expanded
meaning of sincerity
stick-to-itiveness.noun.(normally
used without being pluralized)
the ability
to continue
doing something that is difficult
or tiring; unwavering.pertinacity;
perseverance
stance.noun,.plural.stances
intellectual or emotional attitude
(took an antiwar stance; her stance was on the side of evolution
being the beginning of living organisms); your stance on a particular.matter
is your attitude
to it; a way of standing or being placed; posture;
the attitude or position of a standing person or animal; mental.posture
scorner.noun,.plural.scorners
a scorner is one who is
close-minded
toward hearing about commonsense
things that are of benefit (the medicine community has individuals within
it who scorn traditional remedies proven for hundreds of years to work
as good as and better that and at much lower cost than chemical drugs,
often having serious side effects further harming one's health over time);
a scorner is a person who expresses.contempt
by remarks or facial
expression; if you scorn something, you refuse to have it or accept it
because you think it is not good enough or suitable for you (people who
scorn ideas which would help them)
scorn.noun,.plural.scorns
the expression by words or manner of the feeling
that another is contemptible;
to look down at others; having an attitude
of arrogance;
to disdain; to deride;
contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable
or unworthy; derision; one spoken
of or treated with contempt;
if you are scornful of someone or something, you show contempt for them
(deeply scornful of politicians who have sold people's concern out for
their own selfish reasons); if you scorn something, you refuse
to have it or accept it because you think it is fraught
with ulterior.motives
(medical people who scorn effective traditional.methods,
that have worked and provided better results for thousands of years); the
feeling that someone or something is stupid
or does not deserve respect;
not good enough or suitable
for purposes.claimed
(the drug thalidomide
after alleged
testing proving it safe, was purported
to help pregnant
women who may have morning sickness, but in
reality was found to cause deformation
in their children; ditto.vioxx
and so many more)
scornful.adjective
having or showing contempt or scorn; indignation
scorner, scorned,
scorning,
scorns.verbs
transitive verb use-to
reject or refuse with derision; despise
intransitive verb use-to
express contempt; scoff
scorn, scornfulness.nouns
scornfully.adverb
smother,
smothered,
smothering,
smothers.verbs
transitive verb use-to
conceal, suppress or hide (management smothered the true facts of the case);
to cover say, a foodstuff thickly with another foodstuff (smother chicken
in sauce); to lavish
a surfeit
of a given emotion on someone (the grandparents smothered the child with
affection); to deprive
a fire of the oxygen necessary for combustion
intransitive verb use-to
be concealed
or suppressed;
to be surfeited with an emotion; to be extinguished
smother.noun
something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust,
that covers up something completely
signify, signified,
signifying,
signifies.transitive
verbs
to denote;
mean; to make known, as with a sign or word (signify one's intent);
to show; if an event, a sign or a symbol signifies something, it is a sign
of that thing or represents that thing (the symbol
displayed outside a restaurant signifies there's excellent cuisine
inside); if you signify something, you make a sign or gesture
in order to communicate
a particular.meaning
(she nodded her head indicating
that she was in agreement)
intransitive use-to
have meaning or importance; count
signifiable.adjective
signifier.noun,.plural.signifiers
signification.noun,.plural.significations
the act
or process
of signifying by signs or other
symbolic
means; purport;
the meaning that a term,
symbol
or character.regularly.conveysor
is intended
to convey; meaning;
the act
of signifying; indication;
the established.meaning
of a word
significance,
significancy.nouns
full of meaning;
important; of
consequence
significant.adjective
having
or expressing a meaning;
meaningful (a significant glance); expressive; having or likely to have
a major effect; important; fairly large in amount or quantity (a significant
shipment)
significantly.adverb
significative.adjective
tending
to signify or indicate; indicative;
having meaning; significant
significativeness.noun
snow job,
snow,
snowed,
snowing,
snows.intransitive
verbs
an effort to cover, shut off or close off; to
deceive, overwhelm or persuade with insincere talk, especially flattery;
to close off with snow (we were snowed in)
screw.slang
to take advantage of; thwart;
cheat(screwed
me surreptitiously out
of the most lucrative
sales territory); snow-job);
con;
dupe
squander, squandered,
squandering,
squanders
transitive verbs
to spend wastefully or extravagantly;
dissipate;
waste
squander, squanderer.nouns
squanderingly.adverb
supreme, supremer,
supremest.adjectives
greatest in power, authority or rank;paramount
or dominant; greatest in importance,
degree,
significance,
character
or achievement;
ultimate;
final (the supreme sacrifice)
supremely.adverb
supremeness.noun
supremacy.noun,.plural.supremacies
the quality
or condition
of being supreme; supreme power (the Creator
is the ultimate
supreme power)
snit.noun,.plural.snits
a state
of often quiet, below the surface rage,
agitation
or irritation, where others
sense
that you are annoyingly.aloof
and feel that it's a form of manipulation
to get attention toward
some reason you may have for being in a snit
snitch, snitched,
snitching,
snitches.verbs
intransitive verb use-to
turn informer (he snitched on others to maintain his position); to snitch
on someone means to tell someone that another has done something bad or
wrong, in
order to get him or her into trouble
transitive verb use.to
steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer;
steal
snitch.noun,.plural.snitches
a thief; an informer
snitcher.noun,.plural.snitchers
supplant, supplanted,
supplanting,
supplants.transitive
verbs
if an individual or thing is supplanted, another
individual or thing takes their place (by the 1930s the wristwatch had
almost completely supplanted the pocket watch); to usurp
the place of, especially through intrigue
or underhanded.tactics;
to displace and substitute
for another (the computer word processor has largely supplanted electric
typewriters); replace
supplanter.noun,.plural.supplanters
smite, smote,
smitten.or.smote,
smiting,
smites.verbs
transitive verb use.to
strike
or hit hard, with something;
to smack;
affect sharply with great feeling (he was smitten by deep remorse
after the spanking); to
inflict
a blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool or a weapon; to afflict
(the population was smitten by the sadness of having elected a disappointment);
to afflict retributively;
chasten
or chastise;
to
drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something
else; to attack, damage or destroy by or as if by blows
intransitive verb use.to
deal a blow with or as if with the hand or some other kind of something
that causes one to be smitten; afflicted
smiter.noun,.plural.smiters
smithereens.plural.noun
fragments
or splintered pieces; bits
(the fragile dish broke into smithereens;
from Irish Gaelic 'smidirin' diminutive
of 'smiodar', small fragment
sentry.noun,.plural.sentries
a guard, especially a soldier posted at a given
spot to prevent the passage of unauthorized persons; watch
surname.noun,.plural.surnames
family name; a name shared in common to identify
the members of a family, as distinguished from each member's given name
(where 'John' is the given name and 'Doe' would be the surname)
surname, surnamed,
surnaming,
surnames.transitive
verbs
to give a surname to (Gideon's example:.Judges
8:34,35)
slender, slenderer,
slenderest.adjectives
having little width in proportion
to height or length; long and thin (a slender rod; a slender woman); gracefully
slim (slender and graceful is the mark
of a woman who cares for her appearance); small in amount or extent
slenderly.adverb
slenderness.noun.(many
words ending in 'ess'
are
usually without pluralization - adding an 'es'
making '...esses'
can make the word be clumsy)
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