Words that rhyme with candlelight

• acolyte 0
  n 1: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
• affright 0
  n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic, terror, affright] v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn: frighten, fright, scare, affright]
• alight 0
  adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch] 2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down]
• alright 0
  adv 1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright] 2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright, all right, OK] 3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright] adj 1: nonstandard usage
• aright 0
  adv 1: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly]
• bight 0
  n 1: a loop in a rope 2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) 3: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight" 4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) v 1: fasten with a bight
• bite 0
  n 1: a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person 2: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite] 3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin [syn: sting, bite, insect bite] 4: a light informal meal [syn: bite, collation, snack] 5: (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite" 6: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency, bite] 7: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness] 8: the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws [syn: bite, chomp] 9: a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck" v 1: to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" [syn: bite, seize with teeth] 2: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn] 3: penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface" 4: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: sting, bite, prick]
• blight 0
  n 1: a state or condition being blighted 2: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting v 1: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" [syn: blight, plague]
• bright 0
  adv 1: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly, brightly, bright] adj 1: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" [ant: dull] 2: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright, brilliant, vivid] 3: characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright, smart] 4: having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights" 5: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny] 6: splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court" 7: not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed" [syn: undimmed, bright] [ant: dim, dimmed] 8: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" [syn: bright, brilliant] 9: characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay" 10: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright, hopeful, promising]
• byte 0
  n 1: a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
• cite 0
  n 1: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation] v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer] 2: commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements" [syn: mention, cite] 3: refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn: reference, cite] 4: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: quote, cite] 5: refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" [syn: quote, cite] 6: advance evidence for [syn: adduce, abduce, cite] 7: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn: summon, summons, cite]
• contrite 0
  adj 1: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses [syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful]
• coprolite 0
  n 1: fossil excrement; petrified dung
• cosmopolite 0
  n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite]
• crystallite 0
  n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
• daylight 0
  n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] 2: light during the daytime
• deadlight 0
  n 1: a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
• delight 0
  n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" [syn: delight, delectation] 2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure] v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please, delight] [ant: displease] 2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel] 3: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion]
• electrolyte 0
  n 1: a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health"
• excite 0
  v 1: arouse or elicit a feeling 2: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant: dampen, stifle] 3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite, stir] 4: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] 5: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" [syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up] 6: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir] 7: raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" [syn: excite, energize, energise] 8: produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
• fight 0
  n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: battle, conflict, fight, engagement] 2: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap] 3: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight" [syn: competitiveness, fight] 4: an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate" 5: a boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television last night" v 1: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" [syn: contend, fight, struggle] 2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend] 3: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn: fight, struggle] 4: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate]
• firelight 0
  n 1: the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
• flashlight 0
  n 1: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn: flashlight, torch]
• floodlight 0
  n 1: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood] v 1: illuminate with floodlights
• forthright 0
  adv 1: directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point" [syn: squarely, forthrightly, forthright] adj 1: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight- from-the-shoulder]
• fright 0
  n 1: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) [syn: fear, fearfulness, fright] [ant: bravery, fearlessness] v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn: frighten, fright, scare, affright]
• gaslight 0
  n 1: light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
• halite 0
  n 1: naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn: halite, rock salt]
• headlight 0
  n 1: a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive [syn: headlight, headlamp]
• height 0
  n 1: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top [syn: height, tallness] 2: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top] 3: (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot [syn: stature, height] 4: elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" [syn: altitude, height]
• highlight 0
  n 1: the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican" [syn: highlight, high spot] 2: an area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight, highlighting] v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down] 2: apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"
• ignite 0
  v 1: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" [syn: ignite, light] [ant: blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out] 2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn: erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate] 3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up]
• impolite 0
  adj 1: not polite [ant: polite]
• indict 0
  v 1: accuse formally of a crime
• invite 0
  n 1: a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party" v 1: increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" [syn: invite, ask for] 2: invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?" [syn: invite, ask over, ask round] 3: give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" [syn: tempt, invite] 4: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite, bid] 5: have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant" [syn: invite, pay for] 6: ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" [syn: invite, ask in] 7: request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn: invite, call for] 8: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" [syn: receive, take in, invite]
• kite 0
  n 1: a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value 2: a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float 3: plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string 4: any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals v 1: increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks" 2: get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars" 3: soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains" 4: fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"
• knight 0
  n 1: originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit 2: a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa) [syn: knight, horse] v 1: raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted" [syn: knight, dub]
• lamplight 0
  n 1: light from a lamp
• limelight 0
  n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] 2: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting [syn: limelight, calcium light]
• metabolite 0
  n 1: any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism)
• moonlight 0
  n 1: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight, moonshine, Moon] v 1: work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver"
• night 0
  n 1: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day, daylight, daytime] 2: a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom 3: the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night" 4: the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed" 5: darkness; "it vanished into the night" 6: a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night" 7: the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night" 8: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx [syn: Nox, Night]
• outright 0
  adv 1: without restrictions or stipulations or further payments; "buy outright" 2: without reservation or concealment; "she asked him outright for a divorce" 3: without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn: instantaneously, outright, instantly, in a flash] adj 1: without reservation or exception [syn: outright, straight-out, unlimited]
• penlight 0
  n 1: a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
• polite 0
  adj 1: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. [ant: impolite] 2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite] 3: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham [syn: civil, polite] [ant: rude, uncivil]
• proselyte 0
  n 1: a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
• quite 0
  adv 1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: quite, rather] 2: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it" 3: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon" [syn: quite, quite a, quite an] 4: actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"
• recite 0
  v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite] 2: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" 3: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell] 4: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recount, recite] 5: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [syn: enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise]
• rewrite 0
  n 1: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" [syn: rewrite, revision, rescript] v 1: write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis" 2: rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"
• right 0
  adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" 2: immediately; "she called right after dinner" 3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop] 4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: left] 5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly] 6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right, right on] 7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" 8: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" [syn: mighty, mightily, powerful, right] 9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right] 10: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly] adj 1: being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" [ant: left] 2: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: correct, right] [ant: incorrect, wrong] 3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct, right] 4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" [ant: wrong] 5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn: right, correct] [ant: wrong] 6: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" [syn: proper, right] 7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant: center, left] 8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" 9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: right(a), right-hand(a)] 10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" [syn: correct, right] 11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" 12: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" 13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good, right, ripe] 14: precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: veracious, right] n 1: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" 2: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" [ant: left] 3: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right [syn: right field, rightfield, right] 4: those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged [syn: right, right wing] 5: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" [syn: right, right hand] 6: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner" 7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn: right, rightfulness] [ant: wrong, wrongfulness] 8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights" v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate, redress, correct] [ant: wrong] 2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" 3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" 4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant: falsify]
• satellite 0
  adj 1: surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities" n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon [syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter] 2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: satellite, planet] 3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star v 1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite
• searchlight 0
  n 1: a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
• sidelight 0
  n 1: light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow [syn: sidelight, running light]
• site 0
  n 1: the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school" [syn: site, land site] 2: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" [syn: site, situation] 3: a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers" [syn: web site, website, internet site, site] v 1: assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place, site]
• skylight 0
  n 1: a window in a roof to admit daylight [syn: skylight, fanlight]
• smite 0
  v 1: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon 2: affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" 3: cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" [syn: afflict, smite]
• socialite 0
  n 1: a socially prominent person
• spite 0
  n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice, maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom] 2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty [syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness, nastiness] v 1: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" [syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]
• spotlight 0
  n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] 2: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot] v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down] 2: illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
• sprite 0
  n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
• starlight 0
  n 1: the light of the stars
• stoplight 0
  n 1: a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop [syn: stoplight, brake light] 2: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections [syn: traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight]
• streetlight 0
  n 1: a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street [syn: streetlight, street lamp]
• sunlight 0
  n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun]
• taillight 0
  n 1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle [syn: taillight, tail lamp, rear light, rear lamp]
• tantalite 0
  n 1: a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum
• tight 0
  adv 1: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight] 2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard" [syn: close, closely, tight] adj 1: closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" [ant: loose] 2: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope" [syn: taut, tight] 3: set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration; "in tight formation"; "a tight blockade" 4: pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn: compressed, tight] 5: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight] 6: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market" 7: of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight roof"; "warm in our tight little house" [ant: leaky] 8: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very tight weave" [syn: close, tight] 9: securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are tight" 10: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close, tight] 11: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet] 12: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight situation" [syn: nasty, tight] 13: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures" [syn: rigorous, stringent, tight] 14: packed closely together; "they stood in a tight little group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
• tonight 0
  adv 1: during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight" [syn: tonight, this evening, this night] n 1: the present or immediately coming night
• torchlight 0
  n 1: light from a torch or torches
• trite 0
  adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn: banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn]
• twilight 0
  adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" [syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit] n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle] 2: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth 3: a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire"
• upright 0
  adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post" [syn: upright, unsloped] 2: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good, just, upright] 3: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant: unerect] n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical] 2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: upright, upright piano]
• uptight 0
  adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
• vermiculite 0
  n 1: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
• write 0
  v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite] 2: communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" 3: have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" [syn: publish, write] 4: communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" [syn: write, drop a line] 5: communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" 6: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: compose, write] 7: mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" 8: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" [syn: write, save] 9: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write] 10: create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"
• zeolite 0
  n 1: any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks
• jacklight 0
  n 1: a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night v 1: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack]
• sodalite 0
  n 1: a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks
• aerolite 0
  n 1: a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
• carmelite 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries" n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite, White Friar]
• cellulite 0
  n 1: lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.
• chrysolite 0
  n 1: a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
• cryolite 0
  n 1: a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine [syn: cryolite, Greenland spar]
• kimberlite 0
  n 1: a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia
• lepidolite 0
  n 1: a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
• overflight 0
  n 1: a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory)
• rhyolite 0
  n 1: very acid volcanic rock
• theodolite 0
  n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit]
• amphibolite 0
  n 1: a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase
• cristobalite 0
  n 1: a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks
• spaceflight 0
  n 1: a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere [syn: spaceflight, space travel, spacefaring]
• graptolite 0
• heteroclite 0
• hoplite 0
• hyalite 0
• lowlight 0
• peine 0
• phonolite 0
• corallite 0
• featherlight 0

See also candlelight definition and candlelight synonyms