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Verbs of Negativity
Nouns and Adjectives of Negativity
Neutral Nouns
Nouns and Adjectives of Positivity
Verbs of Positivity
100
Finding fault with, scolding, or rebuking.
What is to reprove?
100
A strong denunciation, condemnation, or abusive language.
What is invective?
100
A representation, such as a drawing, that exaggerates a subject's characteristic features.
What is a caricature?
100
Extremely generous or lavish.
What is munificent?
100
Satisfying completely or filling to excess.
What is to satiate?
200
Robbing of goods by open force (as in war) or plundering.
What is to pillage?
200
An object of intense dislike or a curse or strong denunciation.
What is anathema?
200
An inhabitant, resident or one who frequents a place.
What is a denizen?
200
A model of excellence or perfection.
What is a paragon?
200
To revive, bring back to consciousness or existence.
What is to resuscitate?
300
Lowering in character, quality, or value. Degrading, adulterating, or causing to deteriorate.
What is to debase?
300
Deceptive or good or valid in appearance but lacking merit.
What is specious?
300
The essential part, main point, or essence.
What is a gist?
300
Charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence).
What is winsome?
300
To make milder or softer or to moderate in force or intensity.
What is to mitigate?
400
Imposing by fraud, passing off as worthy or genuine. Bringing about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion.
What is to foist?
400
Hatred, contempt, disgrace, or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
What is odium?
400
A critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work.
What is an annotation?
400
Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities).
What is scintillating?
400
To remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse, or to purify.
What is to expurgate?
500
Committing sacrilege upon, treating irreverently, contaminating, or polluting.
What is to desecrate?
500
A depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, or scoundrel.
What is reprobate?
500
An armored or protective glove.
What is a gauntlet?
500
Calmness, composure, or refusal to panic.
What is equanimity?
500
To impress on the mind by repetition, to teach persistently and earnestly.
What is to inculcate?