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Fretful 1100 Words You Need Fretful 1100 Words You Need /ˈfret.fəl/ (adj) Anxious and complaining, and unable to relax, nagging, worried, concerned about, restless, nervous, agitated, unsettled, uneasy, distressed, irritable, upset, touchy, irascible: The child was tired and fretful. antonym: calm Adv: fretfully Noun: fretfulness French: agitée Farsi: اخمو، بی قرار
Reverberating 1100 Words You Need Reverberating 1100 Words You Need resounding and echoing, resonant, ringing, booming, deep, rumbling: Due to the existence of a reckless proctor, the idea of cheating in the exam was reverberating in my mind. adj: reverberant, reverberative Noun: reverberation, reverberator Verb: reverberate French: résonnant Farsi: بازتاب
Respite 1100 Words You Need Respite 1100 Words You Need /ˈres.paɪt/ (noun) a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant, brief interval of rest, break, breather, breathing space, delay, postponement, adjournment: We worked for hours without respite. Their teacher was away, so they had a day’s respite before their essays were due. French: répit…
Cool one’s heels 1100 Words Cool one’s heels 1100 Words Be kept waiting by somebody for an appointment, date, meeting, etc., wait and see, be patient, play the waiting game, hold back, hold off, twiddle one’s thumbs: I’ll put him in a cell to cool his heels for a bit. French: attendre Farsi: زیر پای…
Malignant 1100 Words You Need Malignant 1100 Words You Need /məˈlɪg.nənt/ (adj) 1. describes a disease or a diseased growth that is likely to get uncontrollably worse and lead to death, deadly, cancerous, spreading, fatal, lethal, mortal, terminal, incurable, lethal, life-threatening: The process by which malignant cancer cells multiply isn’t fully understood. Is the tumor…
Harbinger 1100 Words You Need Harbinger 1100 Words You Need /ˈhɑː.bɪn.dʒəʳ/ (noun) someone or a thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad, sign, symbol, forerunner, herald, omen, portent, indication: a harbinger of doom French: présage Farsi: منادی
Thwart 1100 Words You Need Thwart 1100 Words You Need /θwɔːt/ (verb) to stop something from happening or someone from doing something, stymie, prevent, deter, block, impede, hinder, obstruct, frustrate, put paid to, foil, spoil, ruin, put a stop to: My holiday plans have been thwarted by the strike. antonym: encourage, hearten, inspire adv: thwartedly…
Remote 1100 Words You Need Remote 1100 Words You Need /rɪˈməʊt/ (adj) far away in distance, time or relation, distant, isolated, far-flung, far away, secluded, out-of-the-way, unlikely, improbable, slight, faint, small, aloof, unfriendly, detached, withdrawn: remote galaxies It happened in the remote past, so no one worries about it anymore. There is a remote chance…
Ubiquitous 1100 Words You Need Ubiquitous 1100 Words You Need /juːˈbɪk.wɪ.təs/ (adj) seeming to be in all places, prevalent, existing everywhere, omnipresent, universal, pervasive, global, abundant, permeating: Leather is very much in fashion this season, as of course is the ubiquitous denim. The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the…
Swap horses in midstream Swap Horses in Midstream to change your mind and interrupt an activity that is already running, change your mind in the middle of an activity: You have already placed your bet on this racing car, and I’m afraid you cannot swap horses in midstream. antonym: insist on something French: échanger des…