Words that rhyme with acquaint

• attaint 0
  v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour, reward] 2: condemn by attainder; "the man was attainted"
• complaint 0
  n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining [syn: ailment, complaint, ill] 2: (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow 3: an expression of grievance or resentment 4: (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based 5: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: charge, complaint]
• constraint 0
  n 1: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" [syn: constraint, restraint] 2: a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint, constraint] 3: the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
• enceinte 0
  adj 1: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)]
• faint 0
  adj 1: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" [syn: faint, weak] 2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy] 3: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [syn: faint, feeble] 4: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded] 5: indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea" 6: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" [syn: faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted] n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium] v 1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: faint, conk, swoon, pass out]
• feint 0
  n 1: any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) v 1: deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
• greasepaint 0
  n 1: a greasy substance used as makeup by actors
• paint 0
  n 1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" [syn: paint, pigment] 2: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint" [syn: key, paint] 3: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks [syn: rouge, paint, blusher] v 1: make a painting; "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden" 2: apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow" 3: make a painting of; "He painted his mistress many times" 4: apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
• plaint 0
  n 1: (United Kingdom) a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court of law asking for the grievance to be redressed 2: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail]
• quaint 0
  adj 1: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities" 2: very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor" 3: attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); "houses with quaint thatched roofs"; "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots" [syn: old-time, quaint, olde worlde]
• reacquaint 0
  v 1: familiarize anew; "We reacquainted ourselves with this technique"
• repaint 0
  v 1: paint again; "He repainted the same scenery many times during his life" 2: paint again; "He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce"
• restraint 0
  n 1: the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade" 2: discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" [syn: restraint, control] [ant: unrestraint] 3: the state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" [syn: constraint, restraint] 4: a rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" 5: lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" [syn: chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness] 6: a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint, constraint]
• saint 0
  n 1: a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization 2: person of exceptional holiness [syn: saint, holy man, holy person, angel] 3: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch] v 1: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint] 2: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" [syn: canonize, canonise, saint]
• taint 0
  n 1: the state of being contaminated [syn: contamination, taint] v 1: place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud] 2: contaminate with a disease or microorganism [syn: infect, taint] [ant: disinfect]
• unconstraint 0
  n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, wantonness, unconstraint]
• distraint 0
  n 1: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien" [syn: distress, distraint]
• geraint 0
  n 1: (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table [syn: Geraint, Sir Geraint]
• fingerpaint 0
  n 1: paint that has the consistency of jelly [syn: finger paint, fingerpaint]
• unrestraint 0
  n 1: the quality of lacking restraint [ant: control, restraint]
• ain't 0
• st 0
• jonassaint 0
• spraint 0
• bepaint 0
• depaint 0
• nonrestraint 0
• warpaint 0

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