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pact noun the pact was signed at the site of the surrender AGREEMENT, treaty, entente, protocol, deal, settlement, concordat, accord; armistice, truce; formal concord.

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ogre noun 1 an ogre with two heads MONSTER, giant, troll 2. he is not the ogre he sometimes seems to be BRUTE, fiend, monster, beast, barbarian, savage, animal, tyrant; informal bastard, swine, pig.

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oafish adjective his oafish brother STUPID, foolish, idiotic, cretinous; UNGAINLY, loutish, awkward, clumsy, lumbering, apelike, cloddish, Neanderthal, uncouth, uncultured, boorish, rough, coarse, brutish, ill-mannered, unrefined, rough-hewn; informal block-headed, moronic, ( Read more... )

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nuncio noun Father Mike was in a dither over the nuncio’s visit (PAPAL) AMBASSADOR, legate, envoy, messenger.

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nabob noun the nabobs of Wall Street VERY RICH PERSON, tycoon, magnate, millionaire, billionaire, multimillionaire; informal fat cat.

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mucous adjective the bug leaves a mucous trail behind it GLUTINOUS, gelatinous, mucilaginous, mucoid, viscous, viscid.

WORD NOTE mucous

Mucous, an adj, is not synonymous with the noun mucus. It’s worth noting this not only because the two words are fun but because so many people ( Read more... )

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marsh noun a pair of great blue herons made regular visits to the marsh SWAMP, marshland, bog, peat bog, muskeg, swampland, morass, mire, moor, quagmire, slough, fen, fenland, wetland, bayou.

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lumbering adjective he was a lumbering bear of a man CLUMSY awkward, heavy-footed, slow, blundering, bumbling, inept, maladroit, uncoordinated, ungainly, ungraceful, gauche, lumpish, hulking, ponderous; informal clodhopping. ANTONYMS nimble, agile.

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lascivious adjective his lascivious jokes are not funny LECHEROUS, lewd, lustful, licentious, libidinous, salacious, lubricious, prurient, dirty, smutty, naughty, indecent, ribald; informal blue; formal concupiscent.

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lambaste verb the coach was lambasted in the media CRITICIZE, chastise, censure, take to task, harangue, rail at, rant at, fulminate against; upbraid, scold, reprimand, rebuke, castigate, chide, reprove, admonish, berate; informal lay into, tear into, give someone a dressing-down ( Read more... )