crosses [kraws, kros]
Main Entry:
cross [kraws, kros]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: traverse an area
Synonyms: bridge, cruise, cut across, extend over, ford, go across, meet, move across, navigate, overpass, pass over, ply, sail, span, transverse, voyage, zigzag
Antonyms: remain, stay
Main Entry: cross
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hybridize, mix
Synonyms: blend, cross-fertilize, cross-mate, cross-pollinate, crossbreed, interbreed, intercross, mingle, mongrelize
Antonyms: unmix
Main Entry: cross
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: betray, hinder
Synonyms: backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart
Antonyms: abet, aid, assist, help
Main Entry: accost
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: approach for conversation or solicitation
Synonyms: address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun
Main Entry: affliction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hurt condition; something that causes hurt
Synonyms: adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, crux, depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, illness, infirmity, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, plague, plight, scourge, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, woe
Antonyms: aid, comfort, consolation, health, help, relief
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad
Synonyms: acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex
Antonyms: calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: argue
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: verbally fight
Synonyms: altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle
Antonyms: agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook
Main Entry: betray
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be disloyal
Synonyms: abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on
Antonyms: be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support
Main Entry: bias
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: diagonal weave of fabric
Synonyms: angle, cant, cross, incline, oblique, slant
Notes: a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts
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