Words that rhyme with geez

v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle] 2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay, appease] 3: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease]

adv 1: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is" [syn: equally, as, every bit] n 1: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar [syn: arsenic, As, atomic number 33] 2: a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa [syn: American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS]

n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air] 2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake] v 1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" 2: to proceed quickly and easily

n 1: a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk 2: erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States [syn: tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower, Malva sylvestris] v 1: used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" 2: wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"

n 1: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, slip, teddy] 2: a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist [syn: chemise, sack, shift]

n 1: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

v 1: give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]

n 1: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness, difficulty] 2: a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" [syn: ease, comfort] 3: the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" [syn: relief, ease] 4: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" [syn: ease, informality] 5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease, repose, relaxation] v 1: move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair" 2: lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs" [syn: comfort, ease] 3: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge" [syn: facilitate, ease, alleviate] 4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, relieve, ease]

n 1: skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge [syn: expertness, expertise]

n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid [syn: freeze, freezing] 2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze, frost] 3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn: freeze, halt] 4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" v 1: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze" [syn: freeze, stop dead] 2: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: boil] 3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on" 4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food" 5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze, suspend] 6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo" 7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: freeze, freeze out, freeze down] 8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise] [ant: free, release, unblock, unfreeze] 9: anesthetize by cold 10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"

n 1: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice 2: a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap

n 1: the style in which newspapers are written

n 1: the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage

adv 1: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many years" [syn: oversea, overseas] 2: in a place across an ocean [syn: overseas, abroad] adj 1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets" [syn: abroad, overseas] 2: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade in grain arose" [syn: oversea, overseas]

adv 1: used in polite request; "please pay attention" v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please, delight] [ant: displease] 2: be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased" 3: give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"

v 1: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate]

v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch] 2: take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" 3: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer] 4: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize] 5: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate] 6: hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish" 7: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of] 8: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: grab, seize]

n 1: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation] v 1: exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"

n 1: the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze" [syn: squeeze, squeezing] 2: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high [syn: credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze] 3: a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits" 4: (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main squeeze" 5: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn: squeeze, wring] 6: an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away" [syn: power play, squeeze play, squeeze] 7: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug" [syn: hug, clinch, squeeze] 8: the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a tight squeeze" v 1: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn: squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze] 2: press firmly; "He squeezed my hand" 3: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" [syn: wedge, squeeze, force] 4: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force] 5: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring] 6: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze] 7: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch] 8: squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" [syn: embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze] 9: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press]

n 1: someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) [syn: tease, teaser, annoyer, vexer] 2: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser] 3: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing, tantalization] v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer] 2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 3: to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior" 4: tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations" 5: raise the nap of (fabrics) 6: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, tease apart, loosen] 7: separate the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, card] 8: mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman" 9: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect [syn: tease, fluff]

n 1: a swing used by circus acrobats

v 1: pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair"

n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn: malaise, unease, uneasiness] 2: the trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease, uneasiness]

n 1: breathing with a husky or whistling sound 2: (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat" v 1: breathe with difficulty

adj 1: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures; "Chinese food" 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan] n 1: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system 2: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people; "the Burmese capital"; "Burmese tonal languages" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Myanmar 2: the official language of Burma

adj 1: of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its inhabitants; "Maltese customs officers" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malta 2: the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French [syn: Maltese, Maltese language, Malti] 3: a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any short-haired bluish-grey cat [syn: Maltese, Maltese cat] 4: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat [syn: Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese]

n 1: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze]

n 1: a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade [syn: kris, creese, crease]

n 1: a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control [syn: Belize, British Honduras]

n 1: an ancient port city in southwestern Spain

n 1: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese] 2: the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese, Annamite]

n 1: the Indonesian language of the people of Bali

n 1: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China [syn: Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese dialect]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region or its people; "Congolese rulers"; "the Congolese republic" n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese, Nipponese] 2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan] 2: the Indonesian language spoken on Java

adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world"; "the different Nepali words for `rice'" [syn: Nepalese, Nepali] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nepal [syn: Nepalese, Nepali]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in the north" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] 2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai tones" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] 3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Thai, Siamese, Central Thai] 2: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese] 3: an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building [syn: siamese, siamese connection] 4: a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip [syn: Siamese cat, Siamese]

adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese] 2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese] 2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people; "the Sudanese desert" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sudan

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Taiwan 2: any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province [syn: Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its people; "Senegalese villages"; "Senegalese herdsmen" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Senegal