Words that rhyme with distinguish
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anguish
n 1: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment, torture] 2: extreme distress of body or mind v 1: suffer great pains or distress 2: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school" [syn: pain, anguish, hurt] -
contradistinguish
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extinguish
v 1: put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" [syn: snuff out, extinguish] 2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" [syn: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench] [ant: ignite, light] 3: extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out] 4: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" [syn: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with] 5: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off] -
languish
v 1: lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away" [syn: pine away, waste, languish] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] 3: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade] -
relinquish
v 1: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free, give up] 2: do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" [syn: waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with] 3: turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" [syn: foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish] 4: release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" [syn: let go of, let go, release, relinquish] [ant: hold, take hold] -
vanquish
v 1: come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish] -
english
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; "English history"; "the English landed aristocracy"; "English literature" 2: of or relating to the English language n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries [syn: English, English language] 2: the people of England [syn: English, English people] 3: the discipline that studies the English language and literature 4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side] -
penguins
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unwish
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