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Asked on October 18, 2021 in Single word requests.
What can you describe as vindictive : having a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge?
“the criticism was both vindictive and personalized”
synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter; spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, malicious, malevolent, nasty, mean-spirited, cruel, unkind.
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Asked on October 14, 2021 in Single word requests.
What can you describe as vindictive : having a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge?
“the criticism was both vindictive and personalized”
synonyms: vengeful, revengeful, unforgiving, resentful, acrimonious, bitter; spiteful, mean, rancorous, venomous, malicious, malevolent, nasty, mean-spirited, cruel, unkind.
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Word choice.
You might consider emergency or one of its synonyms. What is a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation
requiring immediate action?
“your quick response in an emergency could be a lifesaver”
synonyms: crisis, unimpressed situation, extremity, exigency; accident, disaster, catastrophe, calamity; difficulty, plight, predicament, danger
“a military emergency”
arising from or needed or used in an emergency.
a modifier noun:
emergency “an emergency
exit” synonyms: urgent, crisis; impromptu,
extraordinary “an emergency
meeting” Oxford Living
Dictionaries a.k.a. Oxford Dictionaries.
The term uh oh moment also came to mind, but that’s probably a little too childish for what you’re going
for.
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Single word requests.
What would you call evasion etc., the
act of evading.?
“their adroit evasion of almost all questions”
synonyms: avoidance, elusion, circumvention, dodging, sidestepping
“the evasion of immigration control”
an indirect answer; a prevaricating excuse, but how to explain it: Without any proof and without a prevaricating answer, to avoid a point, meaning without definition, right?
plural noun: evasions
“the protestations and evasions of a witness”
synonyms: prevarication, evasiveness, beating around the bush, hedging, pussyfooting, hemming and hawing, equivocation, vagueness, temporization; rare tergiversation
“she grew tired of all the evasion”
“she was evasive about her phone number”
synonyms: equivocal, prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, noncommittal, vague, inexplicit, unclear; roundabout, indirect; informal cagey, shifty, slippery
“the judge was infuriated by the defendant’s evasive answers”
directed toward avoidance or escape.
“they decided to take evasive action”
synonyms: equivocal, prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, noncommittal, vague, inexplicit, unclear; roundabout, indirect; informal cagey, shifty, slippery
“the judge was infuriated by the defendant’s evasive answers”
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Word choice.
You might consider emergency or one of its synonyms. What is a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation
requiring immediate action?
“your quick response in an emergency could be a lifesaver”
synonyms: crisis, unimpressed situation, extremity, exigency; accident, disaster, catastrophe, calamity; difficulty, plight, predicament, danger
“a military emergency”
arising from or needed or used in an emergency.
a modifier noun:
emergency “an emergency
exit” synonyms: urgent, crisis; impromptu,
extraordinary “an emergency
meeting” Oxford Living
Dictionaries a.k.a. Oxford Dictionaries.
The term uh oh moment also came to mind, but that’s probably a little too childish for what you’re going
for.
- 801285 views
- 11 answers
- 295928 votes
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Meaning.
My example is a slightly different structure? Your first sentence could be rewritten as “He spoke not clearly and correctly” to match your second sentence. Which may be parsed either as “…not clear and correctly” or “””, The same way your first paragraph could be parsed either as “The film is and instructive.” or “The film is not . “The
film is neither interesting nor instructive”. Or “The film is uninteresting but instructive.” What
is it like to be a girl?
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Word choice.
You might consider emergency or one of its synonyms. What is a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation
requiring immediate action?
“your quick response in an emergency could be a lifesaver”
synonyms: crisis, unimpressed situation, extremity, exigency; accident, disaster, catastrophe, calamity; difficulty, plight, predicament, danger
“a military emergency”
arising from or needed or used in an emergency.
a modifier noun:
emergency “an emergency
exit” synonyms: urgent, crisis; impromptu,
extraordinary “an emergency
meeting” Oxford Living
Dictionaries a.k.a. Oxford Dictionaries.
The term uh oh moment also came to mind, but that’s probably a little too childish for what you’re going
for.
- 801285 views
- 11 answers
- 295928 votes
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Meaning.
My example is a slightly different structure? Your first sentence could be rewritten as “He spoke not clearly and correctly” to match your second sentence. Which may be parsed either as “…not clear and correctly” or “””, The same way your first paragraph could be parsed either as “The film is and instructive.” or “The film is not . “The
film is neither interesting nor instructive”. Or “The film is uninteresting but instructive.” What
is it like to be a girl?
- 741726 views
- 6 answers
- 274094 votes
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Meaning.
My example is a slightly different structure? Your first sentence could be rewritten as “He spoke not clearly and correctly” to match your second sentence. Which may be parsed either as “…not clear and correctly” or “””, The same way your first paragraph could be parsed either as “The film is and instructive.” or “The film is not . “The
film is neither interesting nor instructive”. Or “The film is uninteresting but instructive.” What
is it like to be a girl?
- 741726 views
- 6 answers
- 274094 votes
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Asked on March 27, 2021 in Meaning.
My example is a slightly different structure? Your first sentence could be rewritten as “He spoke not clearly and correctly” to match your second sentence. Which may be parsed either as “…not clear and correctly” or “””, The same way your first paragraph could be parsed either as “The film is and instructive.” or “The film is not . “The
film is neither interesting nor instructive”. Or “The film is uninteresting but instructive.” What
is it like to be a girl?
- 741726 views
- 6 answers
- 274094 votes