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adjective
1.
not having any serious purpose or value.
"frivolous ribbons and lacy frills"
syn flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, lightony hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane, shallow,super
ms: ficial, senseless, thoughtless, ill-considered, non
-serious;
archaic frolicsome, sportive, jocose
"they never indulged in frivolous remarks"
impractical, frothy, flimsy, insubstantial"her face was thickly painted and her clothes
were frivolous"
time-wasting, trivial, trifling, minor, petty, lightwe
ight, insignificant, unimportant,worthless, valuele
ss, pointless, paltry, niggling, peripheral
"new rules to stop frivolous lawsuits"
(of a person) carefree and superficial "the frivolous, fun-loving flappers of the twenties"
synon giddy, silly, foolish, facetious, zany, lightyms: hearted, merry, superficial, shallow, lacking
seriousness, non-serious, light-minded, whim
sical, skittish, flighty, irresponsible,thoughtles
s, lacking in sense, feather-brained, emptyheaded, pea-brained, birdbrained,vacuous, v
apid;
informal
dizzy, dippy, dopey, batty, dotty, nutty;
informal ditzy
"all of the girls were indolent and frivolous"
gourmand:
@ a person who enjoys eating and often eats too
much.
synonyms: glutton, gourmandizer, overeater, big /
good eater, (good) trencherman, (good) trencher
woman; informal pig, greedy pig, hog, gannet,
greedy guts, gutbucket, human dustbin, gobbler,
guzzler; informal chowhound
Eg - "gourmands who care more for quantity than
quality"
a connoisseur of good food; a gourmet.
fritter:
@ waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters.
Eg - "I wish we hadn't frittered the money away so
easily"
synonyms: squander, waste, misuse, misspend,
spend unwisely, throw away, dissipate, make poor
archaic :
@ divide (something) into small pieces.
Eg - "they become frittered into minute tatters"
ennui:
@ a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising
from a lack of occupation or excitement.
Eg - "he succumbed to ennui and despair"
syn boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitud
ony e, languor, restlessness, weariness,sluggishnes
ms: s, enervation;
malaise, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, uneasine
ss, unease,melancholy, depression, desponden
irksome:
@ irritating; annoying.
Eg - "an irksome journey"
synonyms: irritating, annoying, vexing, vexatious,
galling, exasperating, displeasing, grating,
disagreeable; tiresome, wearisome, tedious, trying,
troublesome, burdensome, bothersome, awkward,
inconvenient, difficult, boring, uninteresting;
infuriating, maddening; informal pesky, cussed,
confounded, infernal, pestiferous, plaguy, pestilent
Eg - "an irksome task"
elated
English
energetic
English
Adjective
Alternative forms
(en-adj)
* energetick (obsolete)
Extremely happy
and excited;
delighted; pleased.
Adjective
She
was elated with
her new car.
Synonyms
* ecstatic * euphoric
* exultant * joyful *
jubilant * overjoyed
Antonyms
* displeased *
dissatisfied
(en-adj)
Possessing, exerting,
or displaying energy.
Cosmic rays
are energetic particle
s from outer space.
Those kids are
so energetic : they
want to run around
playing all day.
Of or relating to energy.
energetic laws
Derived terms
Usage notes
* elatedly (adverb) *
elation (noun)
* Nouns to which
"energetic" is often
applied: person, man,
woman, child, life, material,
particle, ion, healing,
Verb
(head)
(elate)
exhausted
tired
English
English
Adjective
Verb
(en-adj)
tired
Depleted; in a state of
exhaustion.
(tire)
Adjective
(en-adj)
In need of some
rest or sleep.
Fed up, annoyed,
irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this
Overused]],
[[clich.
a tired song
* exhaustedly
Usage notes
Verb
* Adverbs often
applied to "tired":
physically, mentally,
emotionally.
exhausted
(exhaust)
Synonyms
reveal verb:
@ to make known or show something that
is surprising or that waspreviously secret:
Eg - He was jailed for revealing secrets to the
Russians.
[ + that ] Her biography revealed that she was not
as rich as everyone thought.
[ + question word ] He would not reveal where he
had hidden her chocolate eggs.
to allow something to be seen that, until then, had
been hidden:
A gap in the clouds revealed the Atlantic far below.
More examples
obsequious: adjective
@ 1. too eager to serve or obey someone:
@ 2. too eager to help or obey someone
important
@ 3. too eager to praise or obey someone:
Eg- She is embarrassingly obsequious to
anyone in authority.
@ 4. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or
servile degree
Eg - they were served by obsequious waiters
fervent - adjective:
1. used to describe beliefs that are strongly and
sincerely felt or people who have strong and
sincere beliefs:
Eg - a fervent supporter of the communist party
Eg - It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution
will soon be found.
Merging :
verb (used with object), merged, merging.
1. to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
2. to combine, blend, or unite gradually so as to
blur the individuality or individual identity of:
Eg - They voted to merge the two branch offices
into a single unit.
3. verb (used without object), merged, merging.
4. to become combined, united, swallowed up, or
absorbed; lose identity by uniting or blending
(often followed by in or into):
Eg - This stream merges into the river up ahead.
5. to combine or unite into a single enterprise,
organization, body, etc.:
Eg - The two firms merged last year.
6. Combine or cause to combine to form a single
entity:
Eg - [NO OBJECT]: the merchant bank merged
with another broker
cautious
frivolous
English
English
Adjective
Adjective
(en-adj)
(en-adj)
careful; using
or exercising
caution; tentative
Silly, especially at an
inappropriate time or in an
inappropriate manner.
He took a
few cautiou
s steps out
the door.
Synonyms
* See also
Antonyms
* neglecting *
careless
Derived terms
* overcautious
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One of the major cost
drivers in the delivery of
health care are these
junk
and frivolouslawsuits.
Of little weight or
importance; not worth
notice; slight.
In litigation, a lawsuit
filed by a party who is
scold:
verb (used with object)
1. to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand:
Eg - The teacher scolded me for being late.
verb (used without object)
2. to find fault; reprove.
3.to use abusive language.
noun
frivolous:
adjective
1. not having any serious purpose or value.
"frivolous ribbons and lacy frills"
synonyms: flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey,
light-hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane, shallow,
superficial, senseless, thoughtless, ill-
resent : verb
Eg - to feel angry because you have been forced
@ to accept someone or something that you do
not like:
@ to criticize in a loud and angry way:
Eg - She bitterly resented her father's new wife.
[ + -ing verb ]
Eg - He resents having to explain his work to
other people.
Eg - People still resent the closure of the local
school.
Eg - I resent paying extra for my drink just
because it's in a posey bottle!
Eg - We resent these insinuations that we are not
capable of leading the company forward.
Eg - I resent it that my job is starting to encroach
on my family life.
unfairly:
Eg - his resentment at being demoted
[COUNT NOUN]: some people harbour
resentments going back many years.
@ the feeling of displeasure or indignation at
some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as
causing injury or insult.
admonish: verb
@ reprimand firmly.
Eg - "she admonished me for appearing at
breakfast unshaven"
synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove,
upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate,
lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take
to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece
vivacious: adjective
(especially of a woman) attractively lively and
animated.
Eg - "her vivacious and elegant mother"
synonyms: lively, animated, full of life, spirited,
high-spirited, effervescent, bubbling, bubbly,
ebullient, buoyant, sparkling, scintillating, lighthearted, carefree, happy-go-lucky, jaunty, merry,
happy, jolly, joyful, full of fun, full of the joys of
spring, cheery, cheerful, perky, sunny, airy,
breezy, bright, enthusiastic, irrepressible,
Imbecility:
@ Is a medical category of people with moderate
to severe intellectual disability, as well as a type
of criminal.
@ a person who behaves in an extremely stupid
way:
1. an instance or point of weakness; feebleness;
incapability.
2. stupidity; silliness; absurdity.
3. an instance of this.
a : utter foolishness; also : futility
b : something that is foolish or nonsensical.
The term arises from the Latin word imbecillus,
meaning weak, or weak-minded. It included
Near Antonyms:
calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothe; buoy,
cheer, embolden, encourage, hearten; assure,
reassure
impetuous: adjective
@ acting or done quickly and without thought or
care.
Eg - "she might live to rue this impetuous
decision"
synonyms:impulsive, rash, hasty, overhasty,
reckless, heedless, foolhardy, incautious,
imprudent, injudicious, ill-conceived, illconsidered, unplanned, unreasoned, unthoughtout, unthinking; spontaneous, impromptu, spurof-the-moment, precipitate, precipitous,
headlong, hurried, rushed
Eg - "she might live to regret this impetuous
decision"
@ moving forcefully or rapidly.
vex: verb
1. make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or
worried, especially with trivial matters.
Eg - "the memory of the conversation still vexed
him"
synonyms: annoy, irritate, infuriate, anger,
incense, inflame, enrage, irk, chagrin,
exasperate, madden, pique, provoke, nettle,
disturb, upset, perturb, discompose, put out; try,
try someone's patience, get on someone's
nerves, bother, trouble, worry, agitate, harass,
harry, fuss, fluster, ruffle, hound; rankle with,
nag, torment, pain, distress, tease, frustrate,
chafe, grate, fret, gall, outrage, displease, offend,
yielding: adjective
1. (of a substance or object) giving way under
pressure; not hard or rigid.
reprimand; verb
past tense: reprimanded; past participle:
reprimanded
address a reprimand to.
"officials were reprimanded for poor work"
synonyms: rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide,
upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate
with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate,
lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, give
someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the
coals, lecture, criticize, censure; informal tell off,
give someone a talking-to, give someone a
telling-off, dress down, give someone a
dressing-down, give someone an earful, give
someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give
someone a rollicking, rap, rap over the knuckles,
prostration : noun
@ the action of lying stretched out on the
ground.
precocity:
@ (Of a child) having developed certain abilities
or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or
expected: a precocious, solitary boy.
@ (Of behaviour or ability) having developed at
an earlier age than is usual or expected:
a precocious talent for computing.
1. unusually advanced or mature in
development, especially mental development:
a precocious child.
2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties,
etc.
3. of or relating to premature development.
4. Botany.
@ flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants
or fruit.
Synonyms:
inopportune, early, premature, unseasonable,
untimely
Antonyms: late
Related Words:
unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
unlooked-for; abrupt, sudden
Near Antonyms:
behindhand, belated, delinquent, latish, overdue,
slow, tardy; anticipated, expected; delayed,
detained, postponed.
Liar :
@ someone who tells lies:
Related Words:
exaggerator, mythomaniac; calumniator,
defamer, libeler, libelist, slanderer; perjurer;
distorter, falsifier; equivocator, palterer; gossip,
gossiper, talebearer; charlatan, cheat, cheater,
counterfeiter, cozener, deceiver, defrauder,
dissembler, dissimulator, double-dealer, fraud,
hustler, knave, mountebank, operator, pretender
Near Antonyms:
square shooter
deceitful :
@ keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an
advantage:
hypocrisy :
@ a situation in which someone pretends to
believe something that they do not really believe,
or that is the opposite of what they do or say at
another time:
@ pretending to be what you are not, or
pretending to believe something that you do not:
@ the behavior of people who do things that
they tell other people not to do : behavior that
does not agree with what someone claims to
believe or feel.
@ The practice of claiming to have higher
standards or more noble beliefs than is the case:
1. his target was the hypocrisy of suburban life
2. she was irritated to be accused of hypocrisy
3. spokesmen unversed in the smoother hypocrisies of diplomacy
Synonyms
cant , dissembling , dissimulation ,insincerity , piousness
Antonyms
genuineness , sincereness , sincerity
Related Words
deceit , deceitfulness , deception ,deceptiveness , dishonesty , do
uble-dealing ,falsity , perfidy , two-facedness ;
affectation ,affectedness , pretense (or pretence ),pretension , pr
etentiousness ,sanctimoniousness , self-righteousness ,selfsatisfaction ; duplicity , fakery ,falseness , fraudulentness , sham
ming ;artificiality , glibness , oiliness , smoothness ,unctuousness
Near Antonyms
candor , directness , forthrightness ,frankness , honesty , openhe
artedness ,openness , probity , straightforwardness ,truthfulness ;
artlessness , guilelessness ,naturalness , unaffectedness
slander - noun:
Charlatan:
@ a person who pretends to have skills or
knowledge that they do not have, especially in
medicine
@ a person who falsely pretends to know or be
something in order to deceive people.