railings [rey-ling]
Main Entry:
rail/railing
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
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