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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straight up |
| Synonyms: | arrect, cocked, elevated, erectile, firm, perpendicular, raised, rigid, standing, stiff, upright, upstanding, vertical |
| Antonyms: | prone, prostrate |
| Main Entry: | exigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, taxing |
| Synonyms: | arduous, burdensome, demanding, exacting, grievous, hard, harsh, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, stringent, superincumbent, tough, weighty |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, unpressured |
| Main Entry: | exorbitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, excessive |
| Synonyms: | absonant, dear, enormous, exacting, expensive, extortionate, extreme, high, highway robbery, immoderate, inordinate, out of sight, outrageous, over one's head, overboard, overmuch, preposterous, pricey, steep*, stiff*, towering, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, unwarranted, up to here, wasteful |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low, moderate, reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-priced |
| Synonyms: | an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery, holdup, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight, overpriced, plush, posh, pretty penny, pricey, rich, ritzy, sky-high, steep*, stiff*, swank, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale, valuable |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | firm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inflexible |
| Synonyms: | close, close-grained, compact, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congealed, dense, fine-grained, hard, hardened, heavy, impenetrable, impermeable, impervious, inelastic, jelled, nonporous, refractory, rigid, set, solid, solidified, stiff, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough, unyielding |
| Antonyms: | flexible, loose, slack, soft, supple, weak, yielding |
| Main Entry: | fixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permanent, steady |
| Synonyms: | anchored, attached, established, fast, firm, hitched, hooked, immobile, immotile, immovable, located, locked, made fast, nailed, quiet, rigid, rooted, secure, set, settled, situated, solid, stable, steadfast, stiff, still, tenacious, tight |
| Antonyms: | changeable, impermanent, unfixed, unsteady |
| Main Entry: | forced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compulsory, strained |
| Synonyms: | affected, artificial, begrudging, binding, bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained, contrived, enforced, factitious, false, grudging, inflexible, insincere, involuntary, labored, mandatory, obligatory, peremptory, rigid, slave, stiff, stringent, unnatural, unwilling, wooden |
| Notes: | forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
| Antonyms: | noncompulsory, spontaneous, unforced, voluntary |
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | refreshing to the senses |
| Synonyms: | bracing, bright, brisk, clean, clear, colorful, cool, crisp, definite, fair, invigorating, not stale, pure, quick, sharp, spanking, sparkling, stiff, stimulating, sweet, uncontaminated, unpolluted, vivid |
| Antonyms: | stale, tired |
| Main Entry: | frigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unresponsive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cold-shoulder, cool, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, lifeless, passionless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving |
| Antonyms: | amicable, amorous, lovable, loving, responsive, warm |
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