Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled, out of hand |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, blustering, boisterous, clamorous, dominant, epidemic, exceeding bounds, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fanatical, flagrant, furious, growing, impetuous, impulsive, luxuriant, on the rampage, out of control, outrageous, pandemic, predominant, prevalent, profuse, raging, rampaging, rank, rife, riotous, spreading, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, unruly, vehement, violent, wanton, widespread, wild |
| Antonyms: | checked, controlled, limited, restrained |
| Main Entry: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, nasty |
| Synonyms: | coarse, crass, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, inelegant, low, mean, obscene, pornographic, rank, rough, rude, smutty, uncouth, unrefined, unscrupulous |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, moral |
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed, decaying |
| Synonyms: | bad, bad-smelling, corroded, corrupt, crumbled, crumbling, decomposed, decomposing, disgusting, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, fetid, foul, gross, infected, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldering, moldy, noisome, noxious, offensive, overripe, perished, polluted, purulent, pustular, putrescent, putrid, putrified, rancid, rank, rotting, smelling, sour, spoiled, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, touched, unsound |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, new, pleasant, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | sheer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utter, absolute |
| Synonyms: | altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright, gross, infernal, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pure, quite, rank, simple, single, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified |
| Notes: | shear(s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece, hair, or foliage by cutting or clipping; sheer (adjective) means complete and without restriction or qualification - (verb) turn sharply or change direction abruptly |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | smelly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having a bad odor |
| Synonyms: | evil-smelling, fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, high, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, olid, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, stinking, strong, strong- smelling, whiffy |
| Antonyms: | good-smelling, perfumed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stale |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old, decayed |
| Synonyms: | dried, dry, faded, fetid, flat, fusty, hard, insipid, malodorous, musty, noisome, parched, rank, reeking, smelly, sour, spoiled, stagnant, stenchy, stinking, tasteless, watery, weak, zestless |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new |
| Main Entry: | stark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utter, absolute |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, arrant, bald, bare, blasted, blessed, blunt, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, firm, flagrant, gross, infernal, out-and-out, outright, palpable, patent, pure, rank, severe, sheer, simple, stiff, unalloyed, unmitigated |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | stinking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smelly |
| Synonyms: | fetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky*, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, odiferous, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, reeking, stenchy, strong-smelling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forceful on the senses |
| Synonyms: | biting, bold, bright, brilliant, concentrated, dazzling, effective, fetid, full-bodied, glaring, hard, heady, high, highly flavored, highly seasoned, hot, inebriating, intoxicating, loud, malodorous, noisome, piquant, potent, powerful, pungent, pure, rancid, rank, rich, robust, sharp, spicy, stark, stimulating, stinking, straight, strong-flavored, undiluted, unmixed |
| Antonyms: | delicate, low, mild, moderate, pale, soft |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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