Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve to reveal your true feelings evidently, show your feelings, put one’s cards on the table, lay one’s cards on the table: With Maurine it hadn’t been any way she had dressed, though; and back then girls scarcely wore any make-up, only a little…
Ilk 1100 Words You Need Ilk 1100 Words You Need /ɪlk/ (noun) a particular type, kind, class, sort, like, breed, manner, character, variety: John, 3rd Earl of Athol, who succeeded his father in the year 1513, was married to Grizel Rattray, daughter of Sir John Rattray of that Ilk. The worst of her criticism was…
Incoherent 1100 Words You Need Incoherent 1100 Words You Need /ˌɪn.kəʊˈhɪə.rənt/ (adj) expressing yourself unclearly, expressed unclearly, especially with words or ideas that are joined together badly, disjointed, jumbled, illogical, insensible, all over the place, inarticulate, unintelligible, garbled, incomprehensible, mumbled, slurred: The concept of thought disorder has been criticized as being based on circular or…
Inhibition 1100 Words You Need Inhibition 1100 Words You Need /ˌɪn.hɪˈbɪʃ.ən/ (noun) a feeling of embarrassment or worry that prevents you from saying or doing what you want, shyness, embarrassment, self-consciousness, reticence, reserve: Social inhibition is a conscious or subconscious avoidance of a situation or social interaction. With a high level of social inhibition, situations are avoided because of the possibility…
Diatribe 1100 Words You Need Diatribe 1100 Words You Need /ˈdaɪ.ə.traɪb/ (noun) an angry speech or piece of writing which severely criticizes something or someone, invective, tirade, attack, denunciation, harangue, criticism, discourse, rant: On the one hand, it is somewhat premature to begin to speak about the tone of the diatribe, since much still remains…
Windfall 1100 Words You Need Windfall 1100 Words You Need /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/ (noun) an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly, money obtained unexpectedly, something that is blown down by wind, bonus, handout, bonanza, payout, dividend, win: A windfall gain or windfall profit is any type of unusually high or abundant income that is sudden and/or unexpected. Investors…
Quip 1100 Words You Need Quip 1100 Words You Need /kwɪp/ (noun & verb) an amusing and clever remark, humor, witticism, joke, jibe, wisecrack, pun, bon mot – to jest, to joke, to retort, kid: Sarcasm is an underrated art form. It takes plenty of smart power to create a hilarious sarcastic comeback or quip…
Lurid 1100 Words You Need Lurid 1100 Words You Need /ˈljʊə.rɪd/ (adj) 1. too brightly colored, gaudy, pale, wan, loud, garish, striking, colorful: That’s a very lurid shade of lipstick she’s wearing. 2. (especially of a description) shocking because involving violence, sex or immoral activity, outrageous, explicit, sensational, vivid: Responding to the article, Ian Wright,…
Obviate 1100 Words You Need Obviate 1100 Words You Need /ˈɒb.vi.eɪt/ (verb) to remove a difficulty, especially so that action to deal with it becomes unnecessary, do away with, avoid, preclude, forestall, prevent, avert, thwart, ward off, fend off: During this stage, it is of very great importance not only to obviate costiveness, but to…
Conjecture 1100 Words You Need Conjecture 1100 Words You Need /kənˈdʒek.tʃəʳ/ (noun & verb) Conjecture definition (the forming of) a guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof, guesswork, estimation, inference, speculation, surmise, assumption, supposition – to guess based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof, estimate, imagine,…