A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology

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~Winker~, _n._ Blinder (_for a horse_).

~Winking~, _n._ Nictation.

~Winning~, _a._ Attractive, alluring, pleasing, charming, bewitching, engaging, captivating, fascinating, prepossessing, enchanting, delightful, lovely.

~Winnow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fan, clear of chaff. ~2.~ Separate, part, divide.

~Winsome~, _a._ [_Scotland and North of England._] Cheerful, merry, gay, lively, sportive, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, jocund, light- hearted, buxom, debonair.

~Winter~, _v. n._ Hibernate.

~Winter-clover~, _n._ Checkerberry, partridge-berry, squaw-vine (_Mitchella repens_).

~Winter-green~, _n._ ~1.~ Boxberry, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain-tea (_Gaultheria procumbens_).

~2.~ Pipsissewa (_Chimaphila umbellata_).

~Wintery~, _a._ Hyemal, brumal, cold, icy, frosty.

~Wintry~, _a._ Hyemal, brumal, cold, cold, icy, frosty.

~Wipe~, _v. a._ Rub (_as with a cloth, in order to clean or dry_).

~Wipe~, _n._ ~1.~ Wiping.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Blow, stroke, hit.

~3.~ Sneer, gibe, taunt, sarcasm.

~4.~ (_Ornith._) Pewit, lapwing (_Vanellus cristatus_).

~Wipe out~, Efface, obliterate, erase, expunge, cancel, raze, scratch out, rub out.

~Wire~, _n._ Metallic thread.

~Wire~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put upon a wire.

~2.~ Bind with wire.

~3.~ Ensnare by wires.

~4.~ [_Modern._] Telegraph, convey by electric telegraph, report by telegram.

~Wire-grass~, _n._ Crab-grass, dog's-tail grass (_Eleusine Indica_).

~Wire-puller~, _n._ Tactician, manœuvrer, adroit manager.

~Wisdom~, _n._ ~1.~ Sense, sapience, sagacity, judgment, judiciousness, prescience, discernment, depth, solidity, ballast, good sense, common sense, plain sense, enlarged views, reach or compass of thought, readiness in adapting means to ends.

~2.~ Knowledge, erudition, learning, attainment, information, enlightenment.

~3.~ Reasonableness, reason, right or just view.

~Wise~, _a._ ~1.~ Sensible, sapient, sage, judicious, sagacious, oracular, prudent, discreet, considerate, discerning, reasonable, rational, intelligent, enlightened, sound, solid, philosophical, of good judgment.

~2.~ Erudite, learned.

~3.~ Crafty, cunning, subtle, sly, foxy, wily, politic, knowing, designing, long-headed.

~Wise~, _n._ Manner, way, mode, fashion.

~Wiseacre~, _n._ Witling, DUNCE, ignoramus, pretender to wisdom.

~Wish~, _v. n._ Desire, long, hanker, list.

~Wish~, _v. a._ Desire, long for, hanker after, set one's heart upon.

~Wish~, _n._ Desire, mind, longing, hankering, liking.

~Wish-bone~, _n._ Merry-thought.

~Wishing-bone~, _n._ Merry-thought.

~Wishful~, _a._ Desirous, longing, eager, hankering, lickerish, wistful.

~Wish-wash~, _n._ ~1.~ Thin drink.

~2.~ Trash, stuff, balderdash, palaver, moonshine, fudge, nonsense, jargon, platitude, flummery, inanity, balderdash, wishy-washy, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.

~Wishy-washy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Thin, feeble, weak.

~Wishy-washy~, _n._ WISH-WASH.

~Wistful~, _a._ ~1.~ Contemplative, meditative, reflective, musing, thoughtful, pensive.

~2.~ Longing, eager, WISHFUL.

~Wit~, _n._ ~1.~ Intellect, understanding, mind, sense, reason, genius, mental power, intellectual faculties, thinking principle.

~2.~ Quick perception (_as of partial resemblance in things mostly unlike_), keen discernment.

~3.~ Facetiousness, humor, fun, drollery, waggery, waggishness, jocularity, ATTIC SALT.

~3.~ Humorist, wag.

~Witch~, _n._ Sorceress.

~Witch~, _v. a._ Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate, ravish, bewitch.

~Witchcraft~, _n._ Sorcery, necromancy, magic, witchery, thaumaturgy, theurgy, wonder-working, enchantment, incantation, conjuration, charm, spell, the black art.

~Witchery~, _n._ ~1.~ Sorcery, WITCHCRAFT. ~2.~ Fascination, spell, entrancement.

~Witch-hazel~, _n._ Striped alder.

~With~, _prep._ ~1.~ Through (as _the immediate agent or instrument_), BY, by the agency of, by means of.

~2.~ Attending, accompanying, in company with, along with.

~3.~ In the opinion of, in the estimation of, according to.

~4.~ By the side of, in contrast with.

~5.~ Upon, immediately after.

~With child~, Pregnant, ENCEINTE, big, in the family way.

~Withdraw~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Remove, subduct, subduce, subtract, take away.

~2.~ Wean, disengage, draw off.

~3.~ Retract, recall, recant, disavow, revoke, abjure, take back.

~Withdraw~, _v. n._ Retire, retreat, secede, depart, decamp, go away, be off, go off.

~Withdrawal~, _n._ ~1.~ Abduction, withdrawing, removal, withdrawment.

~2.~ Departure, exit, retirement, leave, going away.

~Withdrawment~, _n._ WITHDRAWAL.

~Withe~, _n._ Twig, osier, wicker.

~Wither~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shrivel, dry, dry up, lose freshness.

~2.~ Waste, decay, droop, languish, pine away, waste away.

~With one consent~, Unanimously, with one accord, by common consent, to a man, as one man, one and all, on all hands, in chorus, without a dissenting voice, NEM. CON.

~Withhold~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restrain, keep in, rein in.

~2.~ Retain, keep back.

~Within~, _prep._ ~1.~ In the inside of, not without.

~2.~ In the compass of, in the limits of, not beyond.

~3.~ In the reach or influence of.

~Within~, _ad._ ~1.~ Inwardly, internally.

~2.~ In doors, in the house, at home.

~Without~, _prep_. ~1.~ Out of, on the outside of, not within.

~2.~ In the absence of, not with, independently of, exclusively of.

~Without book~, ~1.~ By memory, from memory, without notes, without reading.

~2.~ Without warrant, without authority.

~Withstand~, _v. a._ Resist, oppose, face, confront, strive against, stand against, make a stand against, not submit to.

~Witless~, _a._ Silly, foolish, stupid, dull, shallow, senseless, obtuse, DAFT, unintelligent, feeble-witted, short-witted, half-witted, dull-witted, muddy-headed, muddy-brained, slow of apprehension, fat- witted.

~Witling~, _n._ Wiseacre, Gothamite, blunderer, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit.

~Witness~, _n._ ~1.~ Testimony, evidence, attestation, corroboration.

~2.~ Deponent, corroborator, eye-witness.

~Witness~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Attest, be a witness of, bear witness to.

~2.~ Observe, see, take cognizance of.

~Witticism~, _n._ Joke (_made by one who affects wit_), conceit, jest, quip, quirk, crank.

~Witty~, a. Facetious, humorous, jocular, jocose, waggish, droll, funny, pleasant.

~Witwall~, _n._ ~1.~ Loriot, golden oriole (_of Europe_; _Oriolus galbula_).

~2.~ Great spotted wood-pecker (_Picus major_).

~Wizard~, _n._ Conjurer, enchanter, sorcerer, magician, soothsayer, necromancer, charmer, diviner, seer, juggler, prestidigitator, wonder- worker.

~Wizened~, _a._ Dried, shrivelled, shrunken, thin, sharp, lean, weazen.

~Woad~, _n._ Weld, dyer's weed (_Genista tinctorla_), woad-waxen, wood- waxen, wood-wax, dyer's broom.

~Woad-waxen~, _n._ WOAD.

~Woe~, _n._ Sorrow, grief, distress, tribulation, affliction, anguish, agony, bitterness, misery, wretchedness, unhappiness, trouble, heart- ache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, mental suffering, pain of mind.

~Woebegone~, _a._ Wretched, miserable, pitiable, disconsolate, comfortless, sad, forlorn, sorrowful, melancholy, downcast, desponding, cheerless, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down.

~Woful~, _a._ [Written also _Woeful_.] ~1.~ Sorrowful, distressed, sad, afflicted, unhappy.

~2.~ Grievous, distressing, afflicting, afflictive, disastrous, calamitous, dreadful, tragical, deplorable.

~3.~ Wretched, paltry, mean, pitiful.

~Wolfsbane~, _n._ Aconite, monkshood.

~Wolverene~, _n._ Glutton (_Gulo luscus_).

~Wolverine~, _n._ Glutton (_Gulo luscus_).

~Woman-hater~, _n._ Misogynist.

~Womanhood~, _n._ Muliebrity, feminality, femineity.

~Womanish~, _a._ Feminine (_in a bad sense_), effeminate.

~Womanly~, _a._ Feminine (_in a good sense_), becoming a woman.

~Womb~, _n._ Uterus.

~Wombat~, _n._ Phascolome (_Phascalomys ursinus_).

~Wonder~, _n._ ~1.~ Astonishment, amazement, surprise, bewilderment, ADMIRATION.

~2.~ Prodigy, marvel, miracle, portent.

~3.~ Curiosity, phenomenon, spectacle, rarity, sight.

~Wonder~, _v. n._ Marvel, be surprised, be amazed, be struck with wonder, be taken aback, stand agog, look blank, open one's eyes, open one's mouth.

~Wonderful~, _a._ Astonishing, astounding, surprising, amazing, startling, marvellous, wondrous, miraculous, very extraordinary, very strange.

~Wonder-worker~, _n._ Conjurer, WIZARD.

~Wonder-working~, _n._ Thaumaturgy, magic, sorcery, WITCHCRAFT.

~Wondrous~, _a._ WONDERFUL.

~Wont~, _n._ Custom, habit, use, practice.

~Wonted~, _a._ Accustomed, usual, habitual, customary, conventional, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every-day.

~Woo~, _v. a._ Court, solicit in love, make love to, pay one's addresses to.

~Woo~, _v. n._ Court, make love.

~Wood~, _n._ ~1.~ FOREST, grove, copse.

~2.~ Timber.

~Woodbine~, _n._ Eglantine, honeysuckle (_Caprifolium periclymenum_).

~Woodchuck~, _n._ Ground-hog (_Arctomys monax_).

~Wood-coal~, _n._ Charcoal.

~Wood-cut~, _n._ Wood-engraving.

~Wooded~, _a._ Timbered.

~Wooden~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of wood.

~2.~ Woody, ligneous.

~3.~ Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, stiff.

~Wood-engraver~, _n._ Xylographer.

~Wood-engraving~, _n._ ~1.~ Xylography.

~2.~ Wood-cut.

~Wood-grass~, _n._ Indian grass (_Sorghum nutans_).

~Woodland~, _n._ Woods, forest, grove, forest-land, timber-land.

~Wood-naphtha~, _n._ Methylic alcohol, WOOD-SPIRIT.

~Wood-nymph~, _n._ Hamadryad, dryad, nymph of the woods.

~Wood-pigeon~, _n._ Ring-dove (_Columba palumbus_).

~Wood-shock~, _n._ Pecan (_Mustela Canadensis_), fisher.

~Wood-spirit~, _n._ Pyroxylic acid, pyroxylic spirit, wood-naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroligneous spirit.

~Wood-wax~, _n._ Weld, woad, dyer's weed, dyer's broom, woad-waxen (_Genista tinctoria_).

~Wood-waxen~, _n._ Weld, woad, dyer's weed, dyer's broom, woad-waxen (_Genista tinctoria_).

~Woody~, _a._ ~1.~ Ligneous, wooden.

~2.~ Sylvan, shady.

~Woody-nightshade~, _n._ Bitter-sweet (_Solanum dulcamara_).

~Wooer~, _n._ Lover, suitor, gallant.

~Wooing~, _n._ Suit, courtship, addresses.

~Woof~, _n._ Weft.

~Wool-gathering~, _n._ Vagary, idle fancy, foolish enterprise, useless pursuit.

~Woollen~, _a._ [Written also _Woolen_.] Woolly, made of wool.

~Woollen~, _n._ Cloth of wool, woollen cloth.

~Woollens~, _n. pl._ Woollen goods.

~Woolly~, _a._ ~1.~ Woollen, made of wool.

~2.~ Like wool.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Lanuginous, downy.

~Word~, _n._ ~1.~ Vocable, TERM, expression.

~2.~ Report, tidings, account, advice, intelligence, information.

~3.~ Statement, affirmation, declaration, assertion, averment.

~4.~ Promise, pledge, assurance, engagement.

~5.~ Order, command, signal.

~6.~ Scripture, Word of God.

~7.~ [With _The_ prefixed] CHRIST.

~Word-book~, _n._ Vocabulary, dictionary, lexicon, glossary.

~Word for word~, Literally, verbatim, exactly, in the exact words.

~Words~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Language, accents, tongues, talk, discourse.

~2.~ Dispute, wrangling, bickering, altercation, logomachy, war of words.

~Wordy~, _a._ Verbose, prolix, diffuse, not concise, long-winded.

~Work~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Act, operate, be in action.

~2.~ Labor, toil, moil, drudge, strive, exert one's self, be diligent, be at work.

~3.~ Move, perform, succeed, get on.

~4.~ Ferment, effervesce.

~5.~ Heave, be tossed, be agitated.

~Work~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Labor upon, operate upon.

~2.~ Produce, originate, accomplish, effect, bring about.

~3.~ Keep at work.

~4.~ Exert, strain.

~5.~ Embroider.

~Work~, _n._ ~1.~ Toil, labor (_that fatigues_), drudgery.

~2.~ Occupation, exertion, employment, business.

~3.~ Product (_of labour_), performance, production, fruit, achievement, deed, action, feat.

~4.~ Fabric, structure, manufacture.

~5.~ Composition, book, literary production.

~6.~ Management, treatment.

~Work against~, Resist, oppose, try to thwart.

~Work-bag~, _n._ Reticule.

~Work-day~, _n._ Week-day.

~Worker,~ _n._ ~1.~ Laborer, workman, operative, artificer.

~2.~ Doer, performer.

~3.~ Working-bee.

~Work-house~, ~1.~ Manufactory.

~2.~ Penitentiary, jail, prison, bride-well, house of correction.

~3.~ Poor-house.

~Working~, _a._ ~1.~ Laboring.

~2.~ Moving, operating.

~3.~ On duty, at work.

~4.~ Fermenting.

~Working~, _n._ Motion, operation.

~Working-bee~, _n._ Worker.

~Workman~, _n._ ~1.~ Laborer, operative, worker, journeyman.

~2.~ Artisan, mechanic, craftsman, artificer.

~3.~ Skilful artificer, master in his art.

~Workmanlike~, _a._ Skilful, workmanly.

~Workmanly~, _a._ WORKMANLIKE.

~Workmanship~, _n._ Handiwork, handicraft, manipulation.

~Work out~, Accomplish, effect, perform, realize, bring to pass.

~Work through~, Get through.

~World~, _n._ ~1.~ Universe, cosmos, creation, nature.

~2.~ Earth, globe, terraqueous globe.

~3.~ Planet, heavenly body.

~4.~ Life, things, human affairs, secular affairs, affairs of life, social life, ways of men, course of things, stream of time.

~5.~ Public, society, people, men, mankind, human race.

~Worldly~, _a._ ~1.~ Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, terrene, sublunary, human, common.

~2.~ Secular, temporal.

~3.~ Sordid, grovelling, selfish, earth-born, irreligious.

~Worm~, _v. n._ Work slowly, secretly, and gradually (_like a worm_).

~Worm in~, Obtrude, thrust in, press in, foist in.

~Worm-like~, _a._ Worm-shaped, vermicular.

~Worm one's self~, Insinuate one's self.

~Worm out~, Find out (_as a secret_).

~Worm-shaped~, _a._ WORM-LIKE.

~Worn~, _a._ impaired (_by use_), wasted, consumed, decayed, worn out, used up, worn to a thread, worse for wear.

~Worn out~, ~1.~ Impaired, WORN.

~2.~ Trite, common, stale, hackneyed, beaten, threadbare, commonplace.

~Worry~, _v. a._ Tease, vex, plague, pain, harass, annoy, trouble, torment, pester, bother, bore, persecute, molest, harry, irritate, badger, fret, chafe, hector, infest, gall, disturb, disquiet.

~Worry~, _v. n._ [_Colloquial._] Fret, chafe, fidget, be vexed, be troubled, worry one's self.

~Worry~, _n._ Anxiety, vexation, trouble, perplexity, solicitude, care, disquiet, concern, uneasiness, fear, apprehension, misgiving, alarm.

~Worship~, _n._ Adoration, homage, reverence.

~Worship~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Adore, venerate (_with religious rites_), revere, reverence.

~2.~ Idolize, deify.

~Worshipful~, _a._ Venerable, worthy of honor.

~Worst~, _v. a._ Defeat, conquer, foil, overcome, overpower, overthrow, subdue, subjugate, vanquish, beat, rout, discomfit, crush, choke, quell, master, get the better of, put down.

~Worth~, _n._ ~1.~ Merit, desert, worthiness, excellence, virtue, credit.

~2.~ Value, price, cost.

~Worthiness~, n. Merit, WORTH.

~Worthless~, _a._ ~1.~ Useless, valueless, naught, bootless, fruitless, profitless, nugatory, unserviceable, futile, unproductive, unprofitable, miserable, poor, wretched.

~2.~ Base, vile, unworthy, ignoble, abject, depraved, profligate, abandoned, graceless, good for nothing.

~3.~ Refuse, waste.

~4.~ Tinsel, showy, glittering, gaudy, superficial, trashy, trumpery, flimsy.

~5.~ Trifling, trivial, paltry, frivolous, slight, piddling, of no moment, of small importance.

~Worthy~, _a._ ~1.~ Deserving, meritorious.

~2.~ Estimable, excellent, good, virtuous, exemplary, honest, righteous, upright.

~Would-be~, _a._ Self-styled, pretended, SOI-DISANT.

~Wound~, _n._ ~1.~ Cut, stab, bruise.

~2.~ Injury, hurt, damage, detriment, harm.

~Wound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hurt, injure, damage, harm.

~2.~ Pain, irritate, gall, lacerate, prick.

~3.~ Annoy, mortify, offend, hurt the feelings of.

~Wraith~, _n._ [_Scottish._] Apparition, vision, spectre, ghost, unreal image.

~Wrangle~, _v. n._ Quarrel, bicker, spar, spat, jangle, jar, squabble, TIFF, have words, fall out, be at variance, have an altercation.

~Wrangle~, _n._ Quarrel, squabble, jangle, brawl, altercation, jar, bickering, contest, contention, controversy, wrangling, angry dispute.

~Wrangler~, _n._ ~1.~ Disputant, controversialist, jangler, quarrelsome fellow.

~2.~ [_Cambridge University, Eng._] Superior mathematician.

~Wrangling~, _n._ Altercation, WRANGLE.

~Wrap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fold, lap, roll together, wrap up.

~2.~ Envelop, cover (_by winding or folding_), infold, muffle.

~Wrap up~, Wrap, fold, bundle up.

~Wrapper~, _n._ ~1.~ Envelop, cover, covering.

~2.~ Dressing-gown.

~Wrath~, _n._ Anger, ire, indignation, exasperation, rage, fury, choler, passion, resentment, offence.

~Wrathful~, _a._ Angry, mad, furious, infuriate, raging, rageful, wroth, indignant, passionate, resentful, exasperated, provoked, incensed, irate, ireful, in a passion, out of temper, out of tune.

~Wreak~, _v. a._ Inflict (_as wrath or vengeance_).

~Wreath~, _n._ ~1.~ Curl.

~2.~ Garland, chaplet, festoon, crown, bays.

~Wreathe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Twist, interweave, entwine.

~2.~ Encircle, surround, infold.

~Wreck~, _n._ ~1.~ Destruction, perdition, undoing, prostration, ruin, desolation, shipwreck.

~2.~ Stranded vessel, shipwrecked vessel.

~Wreck~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strand, founder, shipwreck, cast away.

~2.~ Ruin, destroy.

~Wrench~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Wrest, wring, twist.

~2.~ Sprain, strain, distort.

~Wrench~, _n._ ~1.~ Twist.

~2.~ Sprain, strain.

~3.~ Screw-key.

~Wrest~, _v. a._ Twist, WRENCH.

~Wrestle~, _v. n._ Contend, strive, struggle.

~Wrestling~, _n._ Struggle, contention.

~Wretch~, _n._ ~1.~ Pilgarlic, pariah, outcast, troglodyte, miserable person, unhappy person.

~2.~ Miscreant, villain, knave, rogue, rascal, scoundrel, scapegrace, caitiff, ruffian.

~Wretched~, _a._ ~1.~ Unhappy (on account outward condition), MISERABLE, forlorn, comfortless, woebegone, afflicted, distressed.

~2.~ Calamitous, afflictive, afflicting, deplorable.

~3.~ Bad, poor, vile sorry, shabby, pitiful, worthless, paltry, contemptible, shocking.

~Wretchedness~, _n._ Unhappiness, distress, misery, affliction, WOE.

~Wriggle~, _v. n._ Squirm, writhe.

~Wriggle out of~, Get out of (_by adroit management_), work out of, work one's way out of.

~Wring~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Twist (_violently_).

~2.~ Force, extort, wrest.

~3.~ Harass, distress, torture, torment, pain.

~Wrinkle~, _n._ ~1.~ Furrow, crease, fold, plait, gather, pucker, rumple, corrugation, rimple.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Notion, whim, fancy, whimsey, caprice, crotchet, vagary, freak, quirk, maggot.

~Wrinkle~, _v. a._ Corrugato, crease, rumple, cockle, pucker, crumple.

~Wrinkled~, _a._ Rugose, rugous.

~Wrist~, _n._ CARPUS.

~Writ~, _n._ Writing, scripture.

~Write~, v. _a._ ~1.~ Inscribe, scrawl, scribble, scratch.

~2.~ Compose, indite, produce, frame, pen, jot down, draw up, set down in writing, commit to paper, put on paper, dash off.

~Write~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Compose, express one's self (_in writing_), put pen to paper, take pen in hand.

~2.~ Write a letter, send a letter.

~3.~ Tell (_in writing_), give account.

~Writer~, _n._ ~1.~ Penman.

~2.~ Scribe, scribbler, clerk, secretary, amanuensis, quill-driver.

~3.~ Author, composer.

~Writhe~, _v. a._ Twist, distort, contort, make awry.

~Writhe~, _v. n._ Wriggle, squirm, be distorted.

~Writing~, _n._ ~1.~ Chirography, caligraphy, penmanship.

~2.~ Document, instrument.

~3.~ Book, work, publication, lucubration, pamphlet, piece, literary production.

~4.~ Inscription, title.

~Writing-desk~, _n._ ESCRITOIRE.

~Wrong~, _a._ ~1.~ Unjust, evil, improper, bad, inequitable, unfair, immoral, not right, wrongful.

~2.~ Unlit, inapposite, inappropriate, unsuitable, improper.

~3.~ Incorrect, inaccurate, erroneous, not true, wide of the mark.

~Wrong~, _n._ ~1.~ Injustice, unfairness, injury, trespass, grievance, TORT, injury, foul play, violation of right.

~2.~ Error.

~Wrong~, _ad._ Erroneously, amiss, improperly, wrongly, faultily.

~Wrong~, _v. a._ Injure, abuse, maltreat, oppress, treat unjustly, do a wrong to, do an injury to.

~Wrong-doer~, _n._ Delinquent, offender, sinner, criminal, culprit, evildoer.

~Wrongful~, _a._ Unjust, unfair, WRONG.

~Wrong-headed~, _a._ Perverse, stubborn, intractable, crotchety, mulish, headstrong, cross-grained, dogged, wayward, PIG-HEADED.

~Wrongly~, _ad._ Erroneously, WRONG, amiss.

~Wroth~, _a._ Angry, WRATHFUL.

~Wrought~, [_Imperfect and participle of work._] Performed, done, worked, effected.

~Wrought up~, Transported, maddened, excited, fired, worked up, beside one's self.

~Wry~, _a._ Distorted, twisted, crooked, askew, awry, on one side, turned to one side.

~Wry face~, Grimace, distortion of countenance.

X

~Xiphoid~, _a._ (_Anat._) Ensiform, sword-like.

~Xylographer~, _n._ Wood-engraver.

~Xylography~, _n._ Wood-engraving.

Y

~Yak~, _n._ Sarlyk, bulul, grunting ox (_Poëphagus grunniens_).

~Yap~, _v. n._ YAUP.

~Yard~, _n._ Enclosure, COMPOUND.

~Yarn~, _n._ ~1.~ Woollen thread.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Story, tale.

~Yarrow~, _n._ Millefoil (_Achillea millefolium_).

~Yaup~, _v. n._ Yelp, yap, cry (_as a child or a bird_).

~Yawn~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Gape, oscitate.

~2.~ Open-wide.

~Yea~, _ad._ Yes, ay, aye.

~Yean~, _v. n._ Lamb, bring forth a lamb.

~Yearly~, _a._ Annual, ANNIVERSARY.

~Yearly~, _ad._ Annually, once a year, every year, per annum.

~Yearn~, _v. n._ Long, be eager, feel a strong desire.

~Yeast~, _n._ Barm, ferment, EMPTYINGS.

~Yeasty~, _a._ Barmy.

~Yell~, _v. n._ Screech, shriek, scream, bawl, squeal, cry out (_as with pain or horror_).

~Yell~, _n._ Screech, shriek, scream, outcry.

~Yellow~, _a._ Golden, FULVOUS, FULVID, gold-colored.

~Yellow-bunting~, _n._ Yellow-hammer (_Emberiza citrinella_).

~Yellow-eyed~, _a._ Jaundiced, jealous.

~Yellow flag~, fleur-de-lis, flower-de-luco (_Iris pseudacorus_).

~Yellow-hammer~, _n._ YELLOW-BUNTING.

~Yellow orpiment~, King's-yellow, yellow sulphuret of arsenic.

~Yellows~, _n. pl._ Jaundice (_in horses, cattle, and sheep_).

~Yelp~, _v. n._ Yaup, bark, cry (_as a dog_).

~Yeoman~, _n._ Freeholder, commoner, farmer.

~Yeomanry~, _n._ Body of yeomen.

~Yerk~, _v. a._ Jerk, twitch, pull suddenly.

~Yerk~, _n._ Jerk.

~Yes~, _ad._ Yea, ay, aye.

~Yet~, _conj._ Nevertheless, notwithstanding, however.

~Yet~, _ad._ ~1.~ Besides, further, in addition, over and above.

~2.~ Still, at the same time.

~3.~ Hitherto, thus far, up to the present time.

~Yield~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Produce, bear, furnish, supply, afford, impart, render, bestow, confer, communicate.

~2.~ Permit, grant, allow, giro, accord, concede.

~3.~ Relinquish, surrender, abandon, cede, resign, abdicate, forego, waive, deliver up, give up, part with, make over, let go.

~Yield~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Submit, surrender, succumb, give in, give up, knock under, resign one's self.

~2.~ Bend, relax, bow, be pliant.

~3.~ Assent, comply, acquiesce, give consent.

~4.~ Give place, give way.

~Yield~, _n._ Product, crop.

~Yielding~, _a._ ~1.~ Submissive, complying, compliant, accommodating, unresisting, facile.

~2.~ Pliable, pliant, supple, flexible, flexile, plastic.

~Yoke~, _n._ ~1.~ Bond, chain, link, tie, ligature.

~2.~ Bondage, servitude, service, dependence, subjection, thraldom, vassalage.

~Yoke~, _v. a._ Join, couple, link, interlink, conjoin, associate.

~Yoke-fellow~, _n._ Companion, associate, partner, mate.

~Yonder~, _ad._ At a distance (_within view_).

~Yonker~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] YOUNGSTER, younker.

~Young~, _n._ Youthful, juvenile, not old, in one's teens.

~Younger~, _a._ Junior.

~Youngster~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Youth, boy, lad, stripling, school- boy, younker, yonker, young man.

~Younker~, _n._ YOUNGSTER.

~Youth~, _n._ ~1.~ Juvenility, adolescence, juniority, minority, teens, bloom, nonage, youthfulness, prime of life, flower of life.

~2.~ Boy, stripling, school-boy, YOUNGSTER, lad.

~3.~ Young men, young women, young persons, the rising generation.

~Youthful~, _a._ ~1.~ Young, in one's teens.

~2.~ Childish, juvenile, boyish, puerile.

~Youthfulness~, _n._ Juvenility, YOUTH.

~Yucca~, _n._ Spanish-bayonet, bear-grass, Adam's needle.

~Yule~, _n._ ~1.~ Christmas, yule-tide.

~2.~ Lammas, Lammas-tide.

~Yule-tide~, _n._ Christmas, YULE.

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~Zany~, _n._ Buffoon, clown, mountebank, jester, droll, merry-Andrew, harlequin, punch, punchinello, scaramouch, fool, jack-pudding, pickle- herring.

~Zanyism~, _n._ Buffoonery.