Words that rhyme with appressed
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arrest
n 1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" [syn: apprehension, arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody] 2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" [syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage] v 1: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop] 2: hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism" [syn: check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back] 3: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch, arrest, get] 4: cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" [syn: halt, hold, arrest] -
attest
v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence] 2: authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature" 3: give testimony in a court of law [syn: testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness] 4: establish or verify the usage of; "This word is not attested until 1993" -
behest
n 1: an authoritative command or request -
bequest
n 1: (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest, legacy] -
best
adv 1: in a most excellent way or manner; "he played best after a couple of martinis" 2: it would be sensible; "you'd best stay at home" 3: from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better." [syn: better, best] adj 1: (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit" [ant: worst] 2: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to him"; "the White House thought it best not to respond" [syn: better(p), best(p)] n 1: the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best" [ant: worst] 2: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them" [syn: best, topper] 3: Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978) [syn: Best, C. H. Best, Charles Herbert Best] v 1: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" [syn: outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop] -
blessed
adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed, curst] 2: worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity" 3: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal] 4: Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration [syn: beatified, blessed] 5: enjoying the bliss of heaven 6: characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time" -
blest
adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace); "our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed, curst] -
breast
n 1: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest] 2: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty] 3: meat carved from the breast of a fowl [syn: breast, white meat] 4: the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest v 1: meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape" 2: reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" [syn: summit, breast] 3: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast] -
chest
n 1: the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates [syn: thorax, chest, pectus] 2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy 3: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest] 4: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dresser] -
coalesced
adj 1: joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school" [syn: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused] -
compressed
adj 1: pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn: compressed, tight] 2: reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air" 3: flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: compressed, flat] -
congest
v 1: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul] [ant: unclog] -
contest
n 1: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants [syn: contest, competition] 2: a struggle between rivals v 1: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" [syn: contest, contend, repugn] -
crest
n 1: the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave 2: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit] 3: the center of a cambered road [syn: crown, crest] 4: (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet 5: a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal v 1: lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" [syn: cap, crest] 2: reach a high point; "The river crested last night" -
depressed
adj 1: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" [syn: depressed, down(p)] 2: flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces 3: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited] -
detest
v 1: dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians" [syn: hate, detest] [ant: love] -
digest
n 1: a periodical that summarizes the news 2: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) [syn: compilation, digest] v 1: convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products" 2: arrange and integrate in the mind; "I cannot digest all this information" 3: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up] 4: become assimilated into the body; "Protein digests in a few hours" 5: systematize, as by classifying and summarizing; "the government digested the entire law into a code" 6: soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture 7: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate] 8: soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture -
distressed
adj 1: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment"; "found themselves in a bad way financially" [syn: distressed, hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(p)] 2: generalized feeling of distress [syn: dysphoric, distressed, unhappy] [ant: euphoric] 3: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" [syn: stressed, distressed] 4: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried] -
divest
v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest] 2: deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: enthrone, invest, vest] 3: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: commit, invest, place, put] 4: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest] -
dressed
adj 1: dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; "crimson-robed Harvard professors" [syn: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed] 2: treated with medications and protective covering 3: (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: dressed, polished] 4: dressed in fancy or formal clothing [syn: dressed(p), dressed-up, dressed to the nines(p), dressed to kill(p), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up] -
oppressed
adj 1: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden, oppressed] -
suppressed
adj 1: kept from public knowledge by various means; [ant: publicised, publicized] 2: manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press" 3: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed] -
undressed
adj 1: of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed; "undressed granite"; "undressed hides" 2: having removed clothing [syn: unappareled, unattired, unclad, undressed, ungarbed, ungarmented] -
brest
n 1: a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France -
acquiesced
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assessed
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confessed
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digressed
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beste
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chrest
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addwest
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celeste
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