| Main Entry: |
rail/railing
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | post, pole along an edge |
| Synonyms: | balustrade, banister, bar, barrier, fence, paling, rails, rest, siding |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier; blockage |
| Synonyms: | barricade, blank wall, block, clog, deterrent, encumbrance, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pale, rail, railing, restraint, road block, snag, stop, stumbling block, traverse, wall |
| Antonyms: | advantage, aid, help |
| Main Entry: | barrier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall |
| Antonyms: | opening |
| Main Entry: | bravado |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boastfulness |
| Synonyms: | blowing, bluff, bluster, boasting, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bullying, crowing, fancy talk, fanfaronade, fuming, gasconade, grandiosity, guts*, hot air, pomposity, pretension, raging, railing, rant, selfglorification, storming, swaggering, swelling, talk, tall talk |
| Antonyms: | cowardice, fear, fearfulness, modesty, restraint |
| Main Entry: | fence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier used to enclose a piece of land |
| Synonyms: | Cyclone, backstop, balustrade, bar, barbed wire, barricade, block, boards, chains, defense, dike, guard, hedge, net, paling, palisade, pickets, posts, rail, railing, rampart, roadblock, shield, stakes, stockade, stop, wall |
| Main Entry: | revilement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vituperation |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouthing, berating, billingsgate, blame, castigation, censure, contumely, criticism, defamation, insults, invective, libel, obloquy, railing, reprimand, reproach, reviling, scolding, scurrility, scurrilousness, slander, tirade, upbraiding, verbal abuse |
| Main Entry: | reviling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vituperation |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouthing, berating, billingsgate, blame, castigation, censure, contumely, criticism, defamation, insults, invective, libel, obloquy, railing, reprimand, reproach, revilement, scolding, scurrility, scurrilousness, slander, tirade, upbraiding, verbal abuse |
| Main Entry: | scurrility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vituperation |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouthing, berating, billingsgate, blame, castigation, censure, contumely, criticism, defamation, insults, invective, libel, obloquy, railing, reprimand, reproach, revilement, reviling, scolding, scurrilousness, slander, tirade, upbraiding, verbal abuse |
| Main Entry: | scurrilousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vituperation |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bad-mouthing, berating, billingsgate, blame, castigation, censure, contumely, criticism, defamation, insults, invective, libel, obloquy, railing, reprimand, reproach, revilement, reviling, scolding, scurrility, slander, tirade, upbraiding, verbal abuse |