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Emoji
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#781
⚖️
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bailiff
/ˈbeɪlɪf/
noun
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An official who keeps order in a court, carries out court orders, or collects debts.
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The bailiff asked everyone to rise as the judge entered the courtroom. |
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marshal, officer, constable, court official
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civilian, defendant
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court bailiff, bailiff duties, bailiff order, bailiff service
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#782
😴
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banal
/bəˈnɑːl/ or /ˈbeɪnəl/
adjective
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Lacking originality; boringly obvious and commonplace.
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His speech was full of banal clichés. |
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trite, clichéd, ordinary, predictable, dull
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original, creative, unusual
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banal remark, banal cliché, banal conversation, banal story
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#783
🌿
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balsam
/ˈbɔːlsəm/
noun
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An aromatic resinous substance or plant used for healing or soothing.
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The tree produced a fragrant balsam used in medicine. |
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resin, ointment, balm, extract, fragrance
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toxin, irritant
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balsam tree, balsam extract, balsam fragrance, healing balsam
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#784
🌤️
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balmy
/ˈbɑːmi/
adjective
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Mild and pleasantly warm; soothing.
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We enjoyed a walk on a balmy summer evening. |
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mild, warm, gentle, soothing, temperate
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harsh, severe, chilly
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balmy weather, balmy night, balmy breeze, balmy climate
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#785
🧴
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balm
/bɑːm/
noun
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A soothing ointment or something that provides comfort or relief.
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The balm helped relieve the pain from her sunburn. |
balm to the soul |
Something that provides deep comfort or relief.
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ointment, salve, lotion, relief, comfort
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irritant, harm
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healing balm, soothing balm, balm for wounds, balm to the heart
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#786
🎈
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balloon
/bəˈluːn/
noun/verb
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ballooned
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ballooned
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balloons
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ballooning
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A small bag made of thin rubber or similar material that can be inflated with air or gas; as a verb, to expand rapidly.
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The children played with a red balloon at the party. |
go over like a lead balloon |
To fail completely or be received badly.
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blimp, airship, inflatables, sphere, orb
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deflate, shrink
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inflate a balloon, pop a balloon, hot air balloon, balloon payment
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#787
🩰
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ballet
/bæˈleɪ/
noun
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a highly stylized and artistic form of dance
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She has trained for years in classical ballet. |
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dance, performance, choreography, art form
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stillness, inactivity
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classical ballet, ballet dancer, ballet performance
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#788
⚓
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ballast
/ˈbælæst/
noun
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heavy material used to stabilize a ship or vehicle
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The ship was loaded with ballast to remain steady in the storm. |
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stabilizer, weight, support, counterbalance
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instability, imbalance
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ship ballast, add ballast, ballast water
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#789
🎵
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ballad
/ˈbæləd/
noun
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a narrative song or poem, often sentimental or romantic
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The singer performed a moving ballad about lost love. |
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song, poem, ditty, lyric
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prose, silence
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romantic ballad, traditional ballad, sing a ballad
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#790
🐴
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balky
/ˈbɔːlki/
adjective
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difficult, uncooperative, or stubborn
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The balky printer refused to work when needed most. |
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stubborn, uncooperative, difficult, obstinate
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agreeable, cooperative, compliant
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balky machine, balky child, balky system
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#791
⛔
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balk
/bɔːk/
verb
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balked
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balked
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balks
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balking
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to hesitate or refuse to proceed or comply
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She balked at signing the contract without reading it fully. |
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to hesitate or show unwillingness to do something
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hesitate, resist, refuse, recoil, flinch
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accept, agree, comply
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balk at, balk the idea, balking horse
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#792
👀
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baleful
/ˈbeɪlfəl/
adjective
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Threatening harm; menacing or expressing hatred.
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She gave him a baleful look after the insult. |
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menacing, hostile, threatening, sinister, ominous
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friendly, kind, benevolent
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baleful look, baleful influence, baleful stare, baleful effect
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#793
📦
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bale
/beɪl/
noun
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A large bundle of goods tightly wrapped and bound.
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The workers loaded the bale of cotton onto the truck. |
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bundle, package, load, parcel
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scatter, loose
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bale of hay, bale of cotton, bale storage, bale packaging
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#794
🎱
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baize
/beɪz/
noun
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A type of coarse woolen cloth, often green, used for covering tables such as billiard tables.
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The old card table was covered with worn baize. |
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felt, cloth, fabric, woolen covering
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leather, plastic
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green baize, baize cloth, baize table, baize covering
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#795
🎣
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bait
/beɪt/
noun/verb
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baited
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baited
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baits
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baiting
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Food or lure used to attract fish or animals; to deliberately provoke or annoy.
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He used worms as bait to catch fish. |
rise to the bait |
To take the provocation or get tricked.
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lure, decoy, trap, entice, provoke
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repel, dissuade, ignore
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fishing bait, bait trap, bait the hook, take the bait
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#796
💙
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azure
/ˈæʒər/
adjective
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A bright blue color like that of a clear sky.
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The clear sky was painted in a deep shade of azure. |
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sky-blue, cerulean, cobalt, sapphire, ultramarine
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gray, dull, dark
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azure sky, azure waters, deep azure, bright azure
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#797
😕
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baffle
/ˈbæfəl/
verb
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baffled
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baffled
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baffles
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baffling
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To confuse or puzzle someone completely.
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The complex puzzle baffled the students. |
mind-baffling |
Extremely confusing or surprising.
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confuse, perplex, puzzle, bewilder, mystify
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clarify, explain, enlighten
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completely baffle, baffle the mind, baffle experts, baffling problem
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#798
😂
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badinage
/ˌbædɪˈnɑːʒ/
noun
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Playful and humorous conversation; banter.
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The friends enjoyed a light badinage over coffee. |
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banter, jesting, repartee, joking, wit
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seriousness, solemnity
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friendly badinage, light badinage, witty badinage
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#799
🙉
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badger
/ˈbædʒər/
verb
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badgered
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badgered
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badgers
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badgering
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To repeatedly ask or annoy someone with demands or questions.
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The reporter kept badgering the politician with questions. |
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pester, nag, harass, bother, hound
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leave, ignore, appease
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badger someone, constantly badger, badger with questions
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#800
🎖️
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badge
/bædʒ/
noun
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A small emblem or sign worn to show membership, authority, or achievement.
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The police officer showed his badge to identify himself. |
badge of honor |
Something that shows pride or achievement, even if it comes from difficulty.
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emblem, insignia, symbol, token, mark
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disguise, concealment
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wear a badge, police badge, company badge, badge of honor
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#801
🦠
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bacterium
/bækˈtɪəriəm/
noun
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A single microscopic organism belonging to the group of bacteria.
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The doctor explained that a single bacterium can multiply rapidly under the right conditions. |
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microbe, germ, pathogen, microorganism, bug
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virus, fungus
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harmful bacterium, single bacterium, bacterium growth, bacterium infection
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#802
🦠
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bacteria
/bækˈtɪəriə/
noun
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Microscopic single-celled organisms that can be beneficial or harmful.
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Some bacteria in the human gut help with digestion. |
good bacteria |
Bacteria that are beneficial for health, such as aiding digestion.
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microbes, germs, microorganisms, pathogens
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sterility, cleanliness
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harmful bacteria, good bacteria, bacteria growth, bacteria infection
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#803
📚
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baconian
/beɪˈkoʊniən/
adjective
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Relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his method of scientific reasoning.
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The researcher followed a Baconian approach to observation and experimentation. |
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empirical, experimental, logical, rational
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intuitive, speculative
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Baconian method, Baconian philosophy, Baconian approach
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#804
🔙
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backwards
/ˈbækwərdz/
adverb
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Toward the back or in the reverse direction.
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He accidentally fell backwards into the chair. |
bend over backwards |
To make a great effort to help or please someone.
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in reverse, rearward, back, behind
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forwards, ahead, onward
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walk backwards, fall backwards, look backwards
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#805
↩️
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backslide
/ˈbækˌslaɪd/
verb
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backslid
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backslid
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backslides
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backsliding
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To relapse into bad habits, undesirable practices, or moral decline.
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After months of progress, he began to backslide into old habits. |
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relapse, regress, fall back, deteriorate
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improve, progress, advance
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backslide into sin, backslide from progress, start to backslide
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#806
🙃
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backhanded
/ˈbækˌhændɪd/
adjective
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Indirect or sarcastic, often appearing as praise but actually insulting.
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She gave him a backhanded compliment about his work. |
backhanded compliment |
An insult disguised as a compliment.
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sarcastic, insincere, indirect, ironic, disparaging
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sincere, genuine, direct
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backhanded compliment, backhanded remark, backhanded apology
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#807
🍻
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bacchanalian
/ˌbækəˈneɪliən/
adjective
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Characterized by or involving drunken revelry.
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The students threw a bacchanalian party after the exams. |
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drunken, riotous, debauched, orgiastic
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sober, restrained
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bacchanalian feast, bacchanalian revelry, bacchanalian celebration
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#808
🥂
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bacchanalia
/ˌbækəˈneɪliə/
noun
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A Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, drinking, and revelry; any occasion of wild and drunken revelry.
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The novel describes the party as a bacchanalia of excess and joy. |
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revelry, orgy, debauchery, spree
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moderation, sobriety
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bacchanalia of music, drunken bacchanalia, wild bacchanalia
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#809
🍷
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bacchanal
/ˈbækənæl/
noun
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A noisy party involving drinking and revelry.
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The festival turned into a wild bacchanal by midnight. |
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orgy, revel, carousal, spree
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sobriety, calm
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wild bacchanal, drunken bacchanal, midnight bacchanal
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#810
🗣️
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babble
/ˈbæbəl/
verb
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babbled
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babbled
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babbles
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babbling
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To talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
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The child began to babble happily to herself. |
babble on |
To keep talking continuously in a foolish or meaningless way.
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prattle, chatter, ramble, gibber
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be silent, quiet
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babble on, babble happily, babble nonsense, constant babble
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