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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spoil spirits |
| Synonyms: | allay, check, chill, cloud, cool, curb, dash, deaden, deject, depress, diminish, discourage, dismay, dispirit, dull, humble, inhibit, moderate, muffle, mute, restrain, stifle |
| Antonyms: | brighten, encourage, hearten, inspirit, uplift |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
| Synonyms: | becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down |
| Antonyms: | brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | disrepute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonor, shame |
| Synonyms: | blemish, blot, brand, cloud, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, ignominy, ill fame, ill favor, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, notoriety, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, scar, slur, smear, spot, stain, stigma, taint, unpopularity |
| Antonyms: | esteem, good reputation, honor |
| Main Entry: | eclipse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obscure, veil |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, becloud, bedim, blot out, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, murk, overshadow, shadow, shroud |
| Antonyms: | clear, explain, lay out |
| Main Entry: | film |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coating, tissue; mist |
| Synonyms: | blur, brume, cloud, coat, covering, dusting, fabric, foil, fold, gauze, haze, haziness, integument, layer, leaf, membrane, mistiness, nebula, obscuration, opacity, partition, pellicle, scum*, sheet, skin, transparency, veil, web |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
| Synonyms: | army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, gaggle, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, scores, skein, throng |
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy mist that reduces visibility |
| Synonyms: | London fog, brume, cloud, effluvium, film, gloom, grease, ground clouds, haze, miasma, murk, murkiness, nebula, obscurity, pea soup, smaze, smog, smoke, smother, soup, steam, vapor, visibility zero-zero, wisp |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clearness |
| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | muddle, obscure |
| Synonyms: | addle, becloud, bedim, befuddle, bewilder, blind, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, daze, dim, eclipse, mist, muddy, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, steam up, stupefy |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | gloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | darkness, blackness |
| Synonyms: | bleakness, cloud, cloudiness, dimness, dullness, dusk, duskiness, gloominess, murk, murkiness, obscurity, shade, shadow, twilight |
| Antonyms: | brightness, light, sunniness |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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