Words that rhyme with aleatory
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conciliatory
adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory, flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising] 2: intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" [syn: conciliatory, conciliative] [ant: antagonistic] -
denunciatory
adj 1: containing warning of punishment [syn: comminatory, denunciative, denunciatory] -
depreciatory
adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices" [syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory] 2: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting] -
expiatory
adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory] -
glittery
adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly] -
initiatory
adj 1: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden] -
jittery
adj 1: characterized by jerky movements; "a jittery ride" 2: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] -
propitiatory
adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory] 2: intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture" [syn: propitiative, propitiatory] -
retaliatory
adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory] -
mediatory
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calumniatory
adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous] -
reconciliatory
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aurae
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abbreviatory
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deviatory
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littery
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skittery
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twittery
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renunciatory
See also aleatory definition and aleatory synonyms
