Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under attack |
| Synonyms: | at bay, treed |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent |
| Synonyms: | V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | pointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a sharp end or part |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, arrowlike, barbed, cornered, cuspidate, edged, fine, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sagittal, sagittate, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | between the devil and the deep blue sea |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a tight spot |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, Hobson's choice, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the anvil, between two fires, cornered, in a dilemma, in a pickle, in a predicament, in the middle, no choice, sitting on a powder keg |
| Main Entry: | trapped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caught in a trap |
| Synonyms: | ambushed, at bay, captured, cornered |
| Main Entry: | mucronate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acuminous, acute, barbed, cornered, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, edged, fine, keen, peaked, piked, pointy, pronged, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
| Main Entry: | pointy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
| Synonyms: | acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, acuminous, acute, barbed, cornered, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, edged, fine, keen, mucronate, peaked, piked, pronged, sharp, sharp-cornered, spiked |
| Main Entry: | bottle up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in check |
| Synonyms: | box up, bring to naught, check, collar, contain, coop up, cork, corner, cover up, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, repress, restrain, restrict, shut in, suppress, trap |
| Antonyms: | confide, reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | collar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apprehend |
| Synonyms: | abduct, appropriate, arrest, bag, capture, catch, cop, corner, get, grab, hook, lay hands on, nab, nail, prehend, secure, seize, take, tree |
| Antonyms: | let go, lose, release |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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