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melting
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | softening |
| Synonyms: | liquefying, liquescent, reducing, thawed |
| Main Entry: | melt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give in, yield |
| Synonyms: | become lenient, disarm, forgive, mollify, relax, relent, show mercy, soften, touch |
| Antonyms: | fight |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
| Synonyms: | ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
| Main Entry: | dissolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death; destruction |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, conclusion, curtains, decay, decease, decomposition, defunction, demise, disappearance, disbandment, discontinuation, dismissal, dispersal, end, ending, evaporation, extinction, finish, liquefaction, melting, overthrow, passing, quietus, release, resolution, ruin, silence, sleep, solution, suspension, termination |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, construction, start |
| Main Entry: | evaporation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drying up; dissolution |
| Synonyms: | dehydration, dematerialization, desiccation, disappearance, dispelling, dispersal, dissipation, escape, evanescence, fading, melting, vanishing, vaporescence, vaporization |
| Antonyms: | dampening, soaking, wetting |
| Main Entry: | fusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melding; mixture |
| Synonyms: | admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, blending, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, commingling, commixture, compound, federation, heating, immixture, integration, intermixture, junction, liquefaction, liquification, melting, merger, merging, smelting, soldering, synthesis, unification, union, uniting, welding |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
| Main Entry: | pathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad, affecting |
| Synonyms: | commiserable, deplorable, distressing, feeble, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, lamentable, meager, melting, miserable, moving, paltry, petty, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, puny, rueful, sorry*, tender, touching, useless, woeful, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, useful, worthwhile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thermal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | warm |
| Synonyms: | heated, hot, lukewarm, melting, roasting, scorching, sizzling, snug, summery, sweltering, thermic, toasty |
| Main Entry: | touching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting, moving emotionally |
| Synonyms: | compassionate, emotive, heart-rending, heartbreaking, impressive, melting, mind-blowing*, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, responsive, sad, stirring, stunning, sympathetic, tear-jerking, tender, wistful |
| Antonyms: | unaffecting, unmoving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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