A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning. Fallows Samuel
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KEY: Blot_\v.\.
SYN: Obscure, tarnish, spoil, sully, spot, discolor, pollute, obliterate, erase, blur, stain, blotch, smear, smutch.
ANT: Elucidate, clear, absterge, perpetuate, cleanse, manifest, conserve.
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KEY: Blot_out.
SYN: Erase, efface, cancel, expunge, wipe_out, obliterate, destroy.
ANT: Restore, replace.
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KEY: Blotch, [See BLOT].
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KEY: Blow.
SYN: Puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment, affliction, knock, shock, calamity, misfortune.
ANT: Assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing.
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KEY: Bluff.
SYN: Bare, open, bold, abrupt, frank, plain-spoken, blunt, surly, rude, blustering, swaggering, brusque, hectoring, coarse, discourteous, rough, bullying.
ANT: Undulating, inclined, inabrupt, courteous, polished, reserved.
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KEY: Blunder.
SYN: Error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion, slip.
ANT: Accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness, ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success, achievement, correction.
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KEY: Blunt \a.\.
SYN: Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless, insensitive, bluff, coarse, impolite, plain-mannered, uncivil, rude.
ANT: Sharp, keen, pointed, acute, aculeated, sensitive, polished, bland, eloquent, courteous, reserved.
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KEY: Blunt, {[i']?}.
SYN: To_subdue, repress, tranquilize, discourage, ossify, numb, harden.
ANT: Quicken, sharpen, instigate, suscitate, stimulate, animate, excite, vitalize.
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KEY: Blur, {[See ~]?}.
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KEY: {[Jtluxli]?}.
SYN: Bloom, color, carnation, complexion, aspect, shame, confusion, guiltiness, self-reproach.
ANT: Innocence, purity, guiltlessness, unconsciousness, boldness, effrontery.
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KEY: Bluster.
SYN: Storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag.
ANT: [See BRAG].
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KEY: Blustering, [See BLUFF].
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KEY: See_BOI_{[SJ\r\]?}.
SYN: Vaunt, brag, swagger, swell, bluster, vapor, triumph, glory.
ANT: [See BRAG].
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KEY: Boasting, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bode.
SYN: Foretell, betoken, foreshadow, presage, predict, prophesy, promise, forebode, herald, announce, prognosticate, portend, augur.
ANT: Relate, record, narrate, remember.
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KEY: Bodily.
SYN: Collectively, wholly, summarily, unitedly, compactedly, together, corporeal, fleshy, material, physical.
ANT: Piecemeal, partially, ghostly, fragmentarily, gradually, spiritual.
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KEY: Body.
SYN: Substance, mass, whole, substantiality, collectiveness, assemblage, collection, matter, association, organization.
ANT: Spirit, soul, individual.
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KEY: Boggle.
SYN: Halt, hesitate, dubitate, falter, blunder, blotch, botch, spoil, mar.
ANT: Encounter, face, advance, refine, clear, work, perfect, complete, beautify.
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KEY: Boll.
SYN: bubble, effervesce, rage, explode, fume.
ANT: Calm, subside, recover, cool.
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KEY: Boisterous.
SYN: Loud, violent, unrestrained, tempestuous, stormy, uncontrolled, intemperate.
ANT: Peaceful, calm, serene, selfpossessed.
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KEY: Bold.
SYN: Courageous, fearless, adventurous, brave, self-confident, forward, intrepid, dauntless, valiant, daring, [See {[aiv-laric in-}?], lion-hearted, doughty.
ANT: Timid, fearful, inadventurous, shy, bashful, retiring.
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KEY: Bolster.
SYN: Support, prop, help, {[id]?}, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy.
ANT: Depress, dispirit, relax.
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KEY: Bombast.
SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness, pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.
ANT: Truthfulness, moderation, refrain, veracity, modesty, temperateness, humility.
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KEY: Bombastic, [See OSTENTATION].
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KEY: Bond.
SYN: Tie, fastening, chain, association, manacle, fetter, compact, obligation, security.
ANT: Freedom, option, discretion, honor, parole.
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KEY: Bondage.
SYN: Servitude, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, subjection, serfdom, thraldom, captivity, slavery.
ANT: Freedom, liberty, independence, manumission, liberation.
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KEY: Bondsman.
SYN: Slave, serf, prisoner, captive, vassal.
ANT: Freeman, yeoman, gentleman, lord, master.
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KEY: Bonny.
SYN: Fair, pretty, pleasant, lively, cheerful, shapely, buxom.
ANT: Dull, unseemly, ill-favored, deformed.
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KEY: Bonus.
SYN: Premium, douceur, boon, benefit.
ANT: Fine, penalty, mulct, amercement, discount.
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KEY: Booby.
SYN: Idiot, dunce, numskull.
ANT: Wiseacre, solon, oracle.
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KEY: booklist.
SYN: Studious, erudite, pedantic, learned.
ANT: Unbookish, unstudious, inerudite, unlearned, ignorant, uneducated.
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KEY: Boorish, [See CLOWNISH].
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KEY: Bootless.
SYN: