general Flashcards
Verisimilitude
Very Similar to the reality
راستی آزمایی
شباهت به واقعیت
تست
Extant
Existent
موجود
دارای هستی
پایدار
باقی مانده
lump
قلنبه، کلوخه، گره، تکه، درشت، مجموع، آدم تنه‌لش، توده، دربست، یکجا، قلنبه کردن، توده کردن، بزرگ شدن
Synonyms and antonyms
1 . (noun) clump, mass
Synonyms: agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumescence, tumor, wad, wedge 2 . (verb) tolerate, withstand
Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up with, stand, stomach, suffer, swallow, take
Antonyms: change, fight, stand up
Idioms
- lump in one's throat - دستخوش احساسات شدید، در شرف گریه کردن (یا ترکیدن بغض)، بغض کردن
Collocations
- by the lump (or in the lump) - یکجا، یکپارچه، جمعاً، چکی، روی‌هم‌رفته
- in a (or one) lump - یکجا، به‌صورت یک تکه یا قطعه‌ی کامل، تماماً، قلمبه
- lump sum - پول قلم، پولی که یکجا پرداخت شود، سرجمع
- to give someone his lumps - به کسی توسری زدن
- if you don't like it you can lump it - آش کشک خالته، بخوری پاته نخوری پاته
- When I saw the coffin, the lump in my throat was ready to burst. - وقتی که تابوت را دیدم نزدیک بود بغضم بترکد.
- They have offered to buy all of the dishes in one lump. - آنها پیشنهاد کرده‌اند که همه‌ی ظرف‌ها را یکجا بخرند.
- Taken in the lump, the team played well. - روی‌هم‌رفته این تیم خوب بازی کرد.
- He entered the room and lumped on the sofa. - او وارد اتاق شد و مثل لش خود را روی کاناپه انداخت.
- The pillow was lumped and uncomfortable. - متکا قلمبه‌قلمبه و ناراحت بود.
- His pockets were lumped with various articles. - اشیای مختلف جیب‌های او را پر و برجسته کرده بود.
- One of the plowed fields was lumped up for melon planting.
- یکی از کشتزارهای شخم‌شده ای که برای کشت خربزه کلوخه‌کلوخه شده بود.
- Don't lump him with the other prisoners. - او را با سایر زندانیان در یک دسته قرار نده.
- The newspapers tend to lump all these extremist groups together. - روزنامه‌ها تمایل دارند که همه‌ی این دسته‌های افراطی را از یک قماش بدانند.
- Men were lumped together according to height. - مردان را بر حسب قدشان دسته‌بندی می‌کردند.
- a lump of coal - یک کلوخه زغال‌سنگ
- to take one's lumps - توسری خوردن
- He was a lump of a lad. - او پسر دکل و احمقی بود.
- The lump found in her breast is malignant. - غده‌ای که در پستان او پیدا شده، بدخیم است.
- sugar and lump sugar - شکر و قند
- a lump of sugar - یک حبه قند
- a lump of bread - یک تکه نان
- a lump of butter - یک قلنبه کره
- a raw lump of meat - یک قلنبه گوشت خام
- a lump of dough - یک چونه خمیر
- a lump of led - یک تکه سرب
loaf
قرص نان، کله‌قند، تکه، وقت را بیهوده گذراندن، ولگردی کردن
Synonyms and antonyms 1 . (noun) block of something Synonyms: bun, cake, cube, dough, lump, mass, pastry, roll, slab, twist 2 . (verb) be idle, lazy Synonyms: be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum, bum around, dally, dillydally, dream, drift, evade, fool around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out, idle, kill time, knock around, laze, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, lounge around, malinger, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, relax, saunter, shirk, sit around, slack, slow down, stall, stand around, stroll, take it easy, trifle, twiddle thumbs, vegetate, waste time, while away hours Antonyms: achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard Idioms - loaf one's way - به تنبلی کاری را انجام دادن، ولگردی کردن Collocations - loaf sugar - (انگلیس) قند خرد کرده، مکعب قند، قند حبه - sugar loaf - کله قند - She slices a loaf of bread and makes several sandwiches. - او یک تکه نان را می‌برد و چندین ساندویچ درست می‌کند. - ham loaf - تکه‌ی گوشت خوک - meatloaf - چونه‌ی گوشت چرخ‌شده (که در فر می‌پزند) - He loafed away instead of studying. - به‌جای درس خواندن همیشه اتلاف وقت می‌کرد.
Prosaic
خالی از لطف، کسل‌کننده، وابسته به نثر، نثری
(adjective) unimaginative
Synonyms: actual, banal, blah, boring, clean, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, diddly, drab, dry, dull, everyday, factual, flat, garden-variety, hackneyed, ho-hum, humdrum, irksome, lackluster, lifeless, literal, lowly, lusterless, matter-of-fact, monotonous, mundane, nothing, nowhere, ordinary, pabulum, pedestrian, platitudinous, plebeian, practicable, practical, prose, prosy, routine, square, stale, tame, tedious, trite, uneventful, unexceptional, uninspiring, vanilla, vapid, workaday, yawn, zero
Antonyms: creative, imaginative, interesting, thinking
hackneyed
پیش‌پاافتاده، همگانی، کهنه، عمودی، کهنه‌کار، بی‌ارزش و فرومایه
(adjective) clichéd, tired
Synonyms: antiquated, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, corny, everyday, familiar tune, hokey, moth-eaten, obsolete, old, old-chestnut, old-hat, old-saw, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, overworked, pedestrian, played-out, quotidian, run-of-the-mill, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tripe, trite, unoriginal, well-worn, worn-out
Antonyms: fresh, new, original, uncommon
Dictionary.com: made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: the hackneyed images of his poetry.
obscure
تیره، تار، محو، مبهم، نامفهوم، گمنام، تیره کردن،تاریک کردن، مبهم کردن، گمنام کردن
- (adjective) not easily understood
Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, clear as mud, complicated, concealed, confusing, cryptic, dark, deep, dim, doubtful, enigmatic, enigmatic, esoteric, far-out, hazy, hidden, illegible, illogical, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, inscrutable, insoluble, intricate, involved, mysterious, occult, opaque, recondite, unaccountable, unbelievable, unclear, undefined, unfathomable, unintelligible, vague
Antonyms: apparent, clear, explicit, obvious, perceptible, understood - (adjective) cloudy, shadowy
Synonyms: blurred, caliginous, clouded, dark, dense, dim, dusk, dusky, faint, fuliginous, gloomy, indistinct, lightless, murky, obfuscated, shady, somber, tenebrous, umbrageous, unilluminated, unlit, veiled
Antonyms: bright, clear, visible - (adjective) out-of-the-way, little-known
Synonyms: abstruse, arcane, blind, cabalistic, close, covered, cryptic, dark, deep, devious, distant, enigmatic, esoteric, far, far-off, hidden, humble, inaccessible, inconspicuous, inglorious, invisible, irrelevant, lonesome, lowly, minor, mysterious, nameless, odd, oracular, orphic, rare, recondite, remote, removed, reticent, retired, secluded, secret, secretive, seldom seen, sequestered, solitary, undisclosed, undistinguished, unheard-of, unhonored, unimportant, unknown, unnoted, unseen, unsung
Antonyms: distinguished, famous, known - (verb) conceal, hide
Synonyms: adumbrate, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, cloud the issue, con, confuse, cover, cover-up, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, muddy the waters, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pettifog, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall, throw up a smoke screen, veil, wrap
Antonyms: illuminate, loose, reveal- the obscure night - شب تاریک
- in the obscure corners of the cave - در گوشه‌های تاریک غار
- an obscure shadow on the wall - سایه‌ای مبهم بر دیوار
- obscure writing - نوشتار گنگ
- an obscure meaning - معنی نامفهوم
- an obscure sound - صدای غیرقابل‌تشخیص
- an obscure explanation - توضیح غیرقابل‌درک/ توضیح نامفهوم
- an obscure scientist - یک دانشمند گمنام
- an obscure village - یک دهکده‌ی ناشناخته، یک کوره‌ده
- a success that obscured earlier failures - موفقیتی که شکست‌های پیشین را تحت‌الشعاع قرار داد
- A testimony that obscures the issue. - شهادتی که موضوع را دچار ابهام می‌کند.
enduring
پایا، دیرپا، ماندنی، پایدار، بادوام، جاودان، پاینده، ماندنی
(adjective) lasting
Synonyms: abiding, surviving, permanent
- The enduring bonds of friendship between our two nations. - رشته‌های دوستی پایدار که دو ملت ما را پیوند می‌دهد.
incontestable
بی‌چون‌و‌چرا، مسلم، غیرقابل بحث، محقق
- an incontestable victory in the elections - پیروزی مسلم در انتخابات
cult
آیین دینی، مکتب تفکر، هوس و جنون برای تقلید از رسم یا طرز فکری
- (noun) group sharing belief
Synonyms: band, body, church, clan, clique, creed, denomination, faction, faith, following, party, persuasion, religion, school, sect - (noun) worship; a form of ceremony
Synonyms: admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, devotion, faddism, faith, idolization, liturgy, persuasion, religion, reverence, rite, ritual, veneration- The leader of the cult was a charismatic man who enjoyed the complete obedience of his followers.
- رهبر آن فرقه، مرد پرجذبه‌ای بود که از اطاعت کامل پیروانش برخوردار بود.
- the cult of the Virgin Mary in medieval times - آیین نیایش مریم باکره در قرون وسطی
- The love of the Beatles became like a cult. - شیفتگی نسبت به بیتل‌ها تبدیل به (نوعی) کیش شد.
- modern artistic cults - گرایشهای هنری نوین
- the cult of art-for-art’s sake - مکتب هنر برای هنر
- the cult of money and success - پرستش پول و موفقیت
consign
سپردن، تسلیم کردن، امانت گذاردن، ارسال کردن
- (verb) entrust, hand over for care
Synonyms: address, appoint, assign, authorize, commend to, commission, commit, confide, convey, delegate, deliver, deposit with, dispatch, forward, give, issue, put in charge of, relegate, remit, route, send, ship, transfer, transmit, turn over
Antonyms: hold, keep, receive, retain- The criminal was consigned to jail. - تبهکاران تحویل زندان شدند.
- to consign an orphan to his uncle’s care - یتیمی را تحت سرپرستی عمویش قرار دادن
- He was consigned to hell. - به درک واصل شد.
- The book was consigned to oblivion. - کتاب در بوته‌ی فراموشی افتاد.
- Two tons of rice were consigned to the company’s address. - دو تن برنج به آدرس شرکت فرستاده شد.
indulgent
بخشنده، زیاده‌رو
- (adjective) lenient, giving
Synonyms: able to live with, big, charitable, clement, compassionate, complaisant, compliant, considerate, easy, easygoing, favorable, fond, forbearing, gentle, going along with, going easy on, gratifying, kind, kindly, liberal, merciful, mild, overpermissive, permissive, soft-shelled, tender, tolerant, understanding
Antonyms: abstaining, moderate, moderating, strict, tempering
reckoning
شمارش، محاسبه، برآورد، تخمین، حدس، صورتحساب، حساب، رسیدگی به حساب، تسویه حساب، پاداش، جزا، سزا، مکافات، تاوان
Synonyms and antonyms 1. (noun) computation, account Synonyms: adding, addition, arithmetic, bad news, bill, calculation, charge, check, ciphering, cost, count, counting, debt, due, estimate, estimation, fee, figuring, grunt, invoice, IOU, score, settlement, statement, summation, tab, working Collocations - day of reckoning - روز جزا، روز رسیدگی - سر پل خر بگیری - by my reckoning ... - طبق محاسبه‌ی من ... - we paid our reckoning and left. - حساب خود را پرداختیم و رفتیم.
eschew
پرهیز کردن، دوری کردن
Synonyms and antonyms (verb) have nothing to do with Synonyms: abandon, abjure, abstain, avoid, double, duck, elude, evade, forgo, forswear, give up, have no truck with, let well enough alone, not touch, refrain, renounce, sacrifice, shun, shy, shy away from, steer clear of, swear off Antonyms: embrace, like, love - Vegetarians eschew meat. - گیاه‌خواران از گوشت پرهیز می‌کنند.
dictionary.com:
verb (used with object)
to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.
premises
مجموع یک ساختمان (همراه با محوطه‌ی آن)
(noun) grounds and buildings
Synonyms: bounds, campus, digs, establishment, fix, flat, hangout, home, house, joint, land, lay, layout, limits, neck of the woods, office, pad, place, plant, property, real estate, roof, scene, site, spot, terrace, turf, zone
dictionary.com:
1. a piece of land together with its buildings, esp considered as a place of business
2. law
(in a deed, etc) the matters referred to previously; the aforesaid; the foregoing
the introductory part of a grant, conveyance, etc
3. law (in the US)
the part of a bill in equity that states the names of the parties, details of the plaintiff’s claims, etc
advocate
دفاع کردن، طرفداری کردن، هواداری کردن، جانبداری کردن
Synonyms and antonyms 1. (noun) person supporting an idea or cause publicly Synonyms: apostle, attorney, backer, campaigner, champion, counsel, defender, exponent, expounder, lawyer, pleader, promoter, proponent, proposer, speaker, spokesperson, supporter, upholder Antonyms: antagonist, assailant, enemy, opposition, protestor 2. (verb) support idea or cause publicly Synonyms: advance, advise, argue for, back, be in corner, bless, bolster, boost, brace up, build up, campaign for, champion, countenance, defend, encourage, favor, further, get on bandwagon, give a leg up, give a lift, go for, go to bat for, go with, hold with, justify, plead for, plug, plump for, press for, promote, propose, push, recommend, ride shotgun for, root for, run interference for, say so, side, speak for, spread around, stump for, support, tout, uphold, urge, vindicate Antonyms: assail, attack, criticize, impugn, oppose, protest - He advocated freeing the slaves. - او خواهان آزاد کردن بردگان بود. - The author denied that his new book advocated violence. - نویسنده انکار کرد که کتاب جدیدش از خشونت حمایت می کند.
وکیل، مدافع
- an advocate’s license - پروانه‌ی وکالت
(بیشتر در مورد امور عقیدتی) هوادار، خواهان، طرفدار
- an advocate of women’s rights - طرفدار حقوق زنان
recession
پسرفت، بازگشت، اعاده، کسادی، بحران اقتصادی
Synonyms and antonyms (noun) reversal of action; reduction of business activity Synonyms: bad times, bankruptcy, big trouble, bottom-out, bust, collapse, decline, deflation, depression, downturn, hard times, inflation, rainy days, shakeout, slide, slump, stagnation, unemployment Antonyms: advance, inflation - the recession of optimism - کم‌شدن درجه‌ی خوش‌بینی - the recession of a glacier - پسرفت یخچال - the recession of the seashore - عقب‌نشینی ساحل دریا
dictionary.com:
noun
the act of receding or withdrawing.
a receding part of a wall, building, etc.
a withdrawing procession, as at the end of a religious service.
Economics- a period of an economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration.
inaugurate
گشودن، افتتاح کردن، برپا کردن، به راه انداختن، دایرکردن، آغاز کردن
Synonyms and antonyms (verb) begin; install Synonyms: bow, break-in, break the ice, commence, commission, dedicate, get things rolling, get underway, induct, initiate, instate, institute, introduce, invest, jump, kick-off, launch, make up, open, ordain, originate, set in motion, set up, start, usher in Antonyms: adjourn, close, end, stop, uninstall - to inaugurate a new library - کتابخانه‌ی جدیدی را افتتاح کردن - to inaugurate a new policy - سیاست جدیدی را آغاز کردن - the inauguration of the new president - مراسم آغاز به کار رئیس‌جمهور جدید
whiplash
(تسمه‌ی) شلاق
ضربه‌ی شلاق، ضربه‌ی تازیانه
(پزشکی) شکستگی گردن، جابه‌جایی مهره‌های گردن
dictionary.com:
1. noun
the lash of a whip.
an abrupt snapping motion or change of direction resembling the lash of a whip.
whiplash injury: a neck injury caused by a sudden jerking backward, forward, or both, of the head: Whiplash resulted when their car was struck from behind.
Also called a whiplash curve. a connected series of reverse curves of more or less elliptical form, used as a major design motif in the Art Nouveau style.
2. verb (used with object)
to beat, hit, throw, etc., with or as if with a whiplash.
to affect adversely, as by a sudden change: new taxes whiplashing corporate earnings.
ample
فراخ، پهناور، وسیع، فراوان، مفصل، پر، بیش ازاندازه
(adjective) more than necessary, sufficient
Synonyms: abounding, abundant, big, bounteous, bountiful, broad, capacious, commodious, copious, enough, expansive, extensive, full, galore, generous, great, heavy, large, lavish, liberal, no end, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, rich, roomy, spacious, spare, substantial, unrestricted, voluminous, wide
Antonyms: insufficient, meager, not enough
- He had placed his hands over his ample stomach. - دستانش را روی شکم گنده‌اش قرار داده بود. - ample breasts - پستان‌های بزرگ - This skirt is not ample enough. - این دامن به اندازه‌ی کافی گشاد نیست. - It is amply clear that he is not interested in buying the house. - پرواضح است که مایل به خرید خانه نیست. - There is an ample supply of food. - خوراک فراوان در دسترس است. - He has ample time to study. - او وقت زیاد برای مطالعه دارد.
dictionary.com:
1. fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.
2. of sufficient or abundant measure; liberal; copious: an ample reward.
3. of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount; large; spacious; roomy: ample storage space.
denotative
دارای قوه تفکیک یا تمیز، تمیزی، تفکیکی
dictionary.com:
adjective
having the power to denote.
denoting or tending to denote: the denotative meaning of a word.
connotative
دلالت‌کننده، درضمن، اشاره ضمنی‌کننده
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) connoting Synonyms: meaning, implying, suggesting, hinting, referring
dictionary.com :
adjective
(of a word or expression) signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning: His singing voice can best be described by the connotative word “velvet.”
amenable
تابع، رام‌شدنی، قابل‌جوابگویی، متمایل
Synonyms and antonyms
1. (adjective) willing, cooperative
Synonyms: acquiescent, agreeable, biddable, docile, influenceable, manageable, obedient, open, persuadable, pliable, responsive, susceptible, tractable
Antonyms: intractable, nonconforming, uncooperative, unwilling
2. (adjective) able to be judged; responsible
Synonyms: accountable, answerable, chargeable, liable, subject
Antonyms: irresponsible, not responsible, unaccountable, unanswerable, unchargeable
dictionary.com:
adjective
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible: You are amenable for this debt.
capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
- Even the President must be amenable to the laws. - حتی رئیس‌جمهور هم باید در مقابل قانون مسئول باشد. - A person amenable to advice. - شخصی که نصیحت‌پذیر است. - an illness amenable to treatment - بیماری درمان‌پذیر - amenable to the laws of physics - تحت‌تأثیر قوانین فیزیک، آزمون پذیر توسط قوانین فیزیک - The stranger was amenable to the accusation. - آن تهمت به مرد غریبه می‌خورد.
hump
قوز، گوژ، کوهان، برآمدگی گرد، پیاده‌روی، قوز کردن، تروشرویی کردن، روی کول انداختن
(noun) swelling, projection
Synonyms: bulge, bump, convexedness, convexity, dune, elevation, eminence, excrescence, gibbosity, hill, hummock, hunch, knap, knob, knurl, kyphosis, mound, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, swell, tumescence
Antonyms: depression
Idioms - on the hump - (عامیانه) در تلاش، سخت مشغول، در تقلا - to be over the hump - (عامیانه) از مشکلات عبور کردن (یا گذشتن)، دشواری‌ها را پشت سر گذاشتن
dictionary.com:
noun
a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, such as the camel or bison.
Physical Geography.
a low, rounded rise of ground; hummock. a mountain or mountain range.
verb (used with object)
to raise (the back) in a hump; hunch: The cat humped its back.
Railroads. to sort (cars) by means of a hump.
verb (used without object)
to rise in a hump.
Informal. to exert oneself; hustle or hurry.
- The sight of the building gave me the hump. - دیدن آن ساختمان مرا غم‌زده کرد. - He stood humped with pain. - او از شدت درد دولا ایستاده بود. - The cat humped its back. - گربه پشت خود را کوژ کرد. - We had to hump the coal to the top of the hill. - باید زغال‌سنگ‌ها را تا بالای تپه برپشت خود حمل می‌کردیم. - Last year he had to hump himself and finish college. - پارسال مجبور شد بکوشد و دانشکده را تمام کند. - Hump along and finish your work! - زودباش و کارت را تمام کن! - The highway is full of humps. - جاده پر از دست‌انداز است. - over the hump from Buenos Aires to Chile - از بوینوس آیرس تا شیلی برفراز کوه‌ها - the Himalayan hump - کوه زنجیره‌ی هیمالیا - My duties keep me on the hump. - وظایفم مرا سخت مشغول نگاه می‌دارد. - If I pass this test, I'll be over the hump. - اگر در این امتحان قبول شوم، مشکل بزرگی را پشت سر گذاشته‌ام.
pronged
چنگک‌دار
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having prongs (often used in combination): a four-pronged fork.
- a three-pronged attack - حمله‌ی سه‌جانبه
loath
بی‌میل، بیزار، متنفر
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) against, averse Synonyms: afraid, counter, disinclined, hesitant, indisposed, opposed, reluctant, remiss, resisting, uneager, unwilling Antonyms: approving, for, unopposed, willing Collocations - nothing loath - نه با بی‌میلی، بامیل، به دلخواه
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adjective
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- to be loath to depart - نسبت به رفتن بی‌میل بودن
ponder
سنجیدن، اندیشه کردن، تعمق کردن، تفکر کردن، سنجش
Synonyms and antonyms (verb) think about seriously Synonyms: appraise, brood, build castles in air, cerebrate, cogitate, consider, contemplate, daydream, debate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, excogitate, figure, give thought to, meditate, mind, moon, mull, mull over, muse, noodle around, perpend, pipe dream, put on thinking cap, puzzle over, reason, reflect, revolve, roll, ruminate, speculate, study, think out, think over, turn over, weigh, woolgather Antonyms: forget, ignore, neglect
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\verb (used without object)
to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
verb (used with object)
to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully: He pondered his next words thoroughly.
- He pondered over God's greatness for hours. - ساعت‌ها درباره‌ی عظمت خدا ژرف‌اندیشی کرد. - We pondered the events of history. - رویدادهای تاریخ را مورد تفکر قرار دادیم.
ponderous
(بسیار) سنگین، پروزن، وزین، ثقیل، گران
- a ponderous load - بار گران
- He had a slow and ponderous manner. - او رفتاری آرام و وزین داشت.
ستبر، سترگ، گنده، کت و گنده، یغر، حجیم، فربه
- a ponderous piano - پیانوی سنگین و بزرگ
- the elephant shook its ponderous body violently. - فیل جثه‌ی سترگ خود را به‌شدت تکان داد.
کند و سنگین، سنگین و ناجور
- a ponderous weapon. - سلاح سنگین و سخت کاربرد.
- the fat woman’s ponderous movements. - حرکات کند و پرزحمت آن زن چاق.
(سبک نگارش یا سخن و غیره) سنگین و خسته کننده، مغلق و ملالت بار، سخت و کسل کننده
- a ponderous lecture. - یک سخنرانی ثقیل و ملال‌آور.
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) heavy, cumbersome Synonyms: awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbrous, dull, elephantine, graceless, hefty, huge, laborious, lifeless, lumbering, massive, onerous, oppressive, substantial, troublesome, unhandy, unwieldy, weighty Antonyms: airy, buoyant, delicate, light, unburdensome (adjective) dreary, tedious Synonyms: arid, barren, cardboard, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, labored, lifeless, long-winded, monotonous, pedantic, pedestrian, plodding, prolix, stiff, stilted, stodgy, stuffy, vapid, verbose, wooden Antonyms: fun, light
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adjective
of great weight; heavy; massive.
awkward or unwieldy: He carried a ponderous burden on his back.
dull and labored: a ponderous dissertation.
desultory
بی‌قاعده، پرت، بی‌ترتیب، درهم‌وبرهم، بی‌ربط
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) random Synonyms: aimless, chance, chaotic, deviating, erratic, haphazard, orderless, rambling, unmethodical, unstable, unsystematic, without purpose
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lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
- his desultory statements - سخنان پرت و پلای او - desultory reading - خواندن سرسری - a desultory attempt - کوشش بی‌هدفانه
histrionic
مربوط به نمایش
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) overly dramatic Synonyms: melodramatic, overacting, overplayed, theatrical, thespian
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adjective Also histrionical.
of or relating to actors or acting.
deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.
noun
an actor.
erudite
فرجاد، آموزنده، عالم، دانشمند، متبحر، دانشمندانه
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) well-educated, cultured Synonyms: brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise up Antonyms: common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated
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adjective
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.
- She is truly erudite. - او واقعاً دانشمند است.
malign
(پزشکی) بدخیم، بدنهاد، بدخواهی کردن، بدنام کردن
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) hurtful, injurious Synonyms: antagonistic, antipathetic, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, despiteful, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, hateful, hostile, inimical, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malignant, noxious, pernicious, rancorous, sinister, spiteful, vicious, wicked Antonyms: aiding, benign, helpful, nice (verb) slander, defame Synonyms: abuse, accuse, asperse, backbite, bad-mouth, befoul, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, calumniate, cast aspersion, curse, decry, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dirty, disparage, harm, injure, insult, misrepresent, mudsling, opprobriate, pollute, rap, revile, roast, run-down, scandalize, slur, smear, soil, spatter, speak ill of, stain, sully, taint, take a swipe at, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, villainize, vituperate Antonyms: praise, uphold
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verb (used with object)
to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
adjective
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious: The gloomy house had a malign influence upon her usually good mood.
having or showing an evil disposition; malevolent; malicious:
- Enemies maligned the lady to the point that she was expelled. - دشمنان از آن خانم آنقدر بدگویی کردند که اخراج شد. - a malign influence - اثر سوء، تأثیر اهریمنی
prodigal
ولخرج، مسرف، اسراف‌آور، متلف، پر‌تجمل
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) wasteful Synonyms: dissipated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, intemperate, lavish, profligate, reckless, spendthrift, squandering, wanton Antonyms: careful, thrifty (adjective) luxurious, profuse Synonyms: abundant, bounteous, bountiful, copious, exuberant, lavish, lush, luxuriant, moneyed, munificent, opulent, riotous, sumptuous, superabundant, teeming Antonyms: modest, poor (noun) a person who spends a lot Synonyms: big spender, compulsive shopper, deep pockets, dissipator, high roller, profligate, spender, spendthrift, sport, squanderer, waster, wastrel
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adjective
wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
giving or yielding profusely; very generous; lavish (usually followed by of or with): prodigal of smiles; prodigal with praise.
lavishly abundant; profuse: nature’s prodigal resources.
noun
a person who is wasteful of his or her money, possessions, etc.; spendthrift: In later years, he was a prodigal of his fortune.
- don't be prodigal with your praise! - در تعریف زیاده‌روی نکن!
prodigious
حیرت‌آور، شگفت، غیرعادی، شگرف
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) huge, enormous Synonyms: big, colossal, fantastic, giant, gigantic, gross, Herculean, immeasurable, immense, inordinate, jumbo, king-size, large, mammoth, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mortal, stupendous, towering, tremendous, vast Antonyms: little, small, tiny (adjective) extraordinary, fabulous Synonyms: abnormal, amazing, astonishing, astounding, bad, exceptional, fab, fantastic, heavy, impressive, marvelous, miraculous, out-of-this-world, phenomenal, preternatural, remarkable, spectacular, staggering, startling, state-of-the-art, striking, stupendous, surprising, unreal, unusual, utmost, wonderful Antonyms: common, insignificant, ordinary, unremarkable
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adjective
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat.
abnormal; monstrous.
Obsolete. ominous.
- a prodigious success - موفقیت شگفت‌انگیز - the prodigious amount of work needed to write this book - مقدار کار عظیمی که برای نگاشتن این کتاب لازم بود - the prodigious size of the white ogre - هیکل سهمگین دیو سفید - a prodigious whale - نهنگ عظیم‌الجثه
heresy
کفر، از دین برگشتن، ارتداد، بدعت‌کاری
Synonyms and antonyms (noun) unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters Synonyms: agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin
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Antonyms: orthodoxy
noun, plural her·e·sies.
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
the maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine.
Roman Catholic Church. the willful and persistent rejection of any article of faith by a baptized member of the church.
any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.
- They found him guilty of heresy and burned him alive. - او را محکوم به ارتداد کردند و زنده زنده سوزاندند.
- The church rejected his opinions as utter heresy. - کلیسا اندیشه‌های او را کفر محض و مردود شناخت.
- political heresy - دگراندیشی سیاسی
- What used to be considered as scientific heresy is now scientific truth. - آنچه که در گذشته ارتداد علمی محسوب می‌شد، اکنون واقعیت علمی است.
aberrant
گمراه، منحرف، بیراه، نابه‌جا، کج‌راه، نامعمول، ناهنجار، غیرعادی، نابه‌هنجار
Synonyms and antonyms (adjective) not normal; varying from the usual Synonyms: abnormal, atypical, bizarre, deviant, different, flaky, mental, nonstandard, odd, off-base, off-color, out of line, peculiar, psycho, strange, unusual, weird Antonyms: normal, same, true
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adjective
departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; exceptional; abnormal.
noun
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
- aberrant behavior - رفتار غیرعادی (نابهنجار) - This tree is aberrant because it has two trunks. - این درخت غیرعادی است به‌دلیل اینکه دو کنده دارد.
