Words that rhyme with harass
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actress
n 1: a female actor -
adulteress
n 1: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop] -
adulterous
adj 1: characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband" [syn: adulterous, extramarital, extracurricular] 2: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a)] -
adventuress
n 1: a woman adventurer -
adventurous
adj 1: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy" [syn: adventurous, adventuresome] [ant: unadventurous] -
alas
adv 1: by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" [syn: unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas] [ant: as luck would have it, fortuitously, fortunately, luckily] -
amass
v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass] 2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard] -
ambassadress
n 1: a woman ambassador -
ambidextrous
adj 1: equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon" [syn: ambidextrous, two-handed] [ant: left- handed, right-handed] 2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued] -
amorous
adj 1: inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous" [syn: amative, amorous] 2: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous, romantic] -
ancestress
n 1: a woman ancestor -
anhydrous
adj 1: without water; especially without water of crystallization [ant: hydrated, hydrous] -
arras
n 1: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs [syn: tapestry, arras] -
ass
n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass] 2: a pompous fool 3: hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse 4: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup] -
auriferous
adj 1: containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" [syn: auriferous, gold-bearing] -
authoress
n 1: a woman author -
barbarous
adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious] 2: primitive in customs and culture -
bass
adj 1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: bass, deep] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: bass, bass part] 3: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: bass, basso] 4: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae [syn: sea bass, bass] 5: any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) [syn: freshwater bass, bass] 6: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: bass, bass voice, basso] 7: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments 8: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes -
benefactress
n 1: a woman benefactor -
blusterous
adj 1: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn: blustering(a), blusterous, blustery] -
boisterous
adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly] 2: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: boisterous, knockabout] 3: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous, fierce, rough] -
brass
n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc 2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument] 3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation] 4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek] 5: an ornament or utensil made of brass 6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments [syn: brass section, brass] 7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet, plaque] -
brontosaurus
n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur, apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus] -
buttress
n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building [syn: buttress, buttressing] v 1: reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church" 2: make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis" -
cadaverous
adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted] 2: of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end" [syn: cadaverous, cadaveric] -
cancerous
adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth" 2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children" -
cankerous
adj 1: having an ulcer or canker [syn: cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous] -
canorous
adj 1: richly melodious [syn: canorous, songful] -
cantankerous
adj 1: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn: bloody-minded, cantankerous] 2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery] -
carboniferous
adj 1: of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system" 2: relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon [syn: carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous] n 1: from 345 million to 280 million years ago [syn: Carboniferous, Carboniferous period] -
carnivorous
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion and other carnivorous animals" 2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals; "carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects" [ant: herbivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous] -
chivalrous
adj 1: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly] -
chorus
n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus of boos" 2: a group of people assembled to sing together 3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers [syn: refrain, chorus] 4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: chorus, chorus line] 5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: chorus, Greek chorus] v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused" 2: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus] -
cirrus
n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrus, cirrhus] 2: a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles) [syn: cirrus, cirrus cloud] 3: a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile -
citrus
n 1: any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions [syn: citrus, citrus fruit, citrous fruit] 2: any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds [syn: citrus, citrus tree] -
clamorous
adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous] -
class
n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category, family] 2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course] 3: people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class] 4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course of instruction, class] 5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA" [syn: class, division] 6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year] 7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders 8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate] -
cockatrice
n 1: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance -
conductress
n 1: a woman conductor -
congress
n 1: the legislature of the United States government [syn: Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US Congress] 2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives 3: a national legislative assembly 4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge] -
coniferous
adj 1: of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves [syn: coniferous, cone- bearing] -
crass
adj 1: (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility -
crevasse
n 1: a deep fissure -
cruciferous
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae -
cumbrous
adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous] -
cuprous
adj 1: of or containing divalent copper [syn: cupric, cuprous] -
cypress
n 1: wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus 2: any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones [syn: cypress, cypress tree] -
dais
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox] -
dangerous
adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe] 2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening] -
decorous
adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" [ant: indecorous, indelicate] 2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly] -
desirous
adj 1: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem" [syn: desirous, wishful] [ant: undesiring, undesirous] -
dexterous
adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft, dexterous, dextrous] -
dextrous
adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft, dexterous, dextrous] -
dipterous
adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera -
disastrous
adj 1: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous, fatal, fateful] -
disembarrass
v 1: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free, disembarrass] -
dolorous
adj 1: showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping] -
echovirus
n 1: any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders and diarrhea in newborn infants -
electrophorus
n 1: a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated charges of static electricity 2: type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels [syn: Electrophorus, genus Electrophorus] -
embarrass
v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn: embarrass, abash] 2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass] -
empress
n 1: a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor -
enchantress
n 1: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn: enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale] 2: a female sorcerer or magician [syn: enchantress, witch] -
ferrous
adj 1: of or relating to or containing iron [syn: ferric, ferrous] -
feverous
adj 1: having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish, feverous] -
fibrous
adj 1: having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute [syn: hempen, fibrous] 2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable] -
fissiparous
adj 1: reproducing by fission 2: having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn: breakaway, fissiparous, separatist] -
fortress
n 1: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort] -
gas
n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container [syn: gas, gaseous state] 2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely 3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol] 4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: flatulence, flatulency, gas] 5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun] 6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes [syn: natural gas, gas] v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes" 2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade] -
generous
adj 1: willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation" [ant: stingy, ungenerous] 2: not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his judgment of people" [ant: meanspirited, ungenerous] 3: more than adequate; "a generous portion" -
glamorous
adj 1: having an air of allure, romance and excitement; "glamorous movie stars" [syn: glamorous, glamourous] -
glass
n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure 2: a container for holding liquids while drinking [syn: glass, drinking glass] 3: the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass, glassful] 4: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass, spyglass] 5: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash] 6: a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking glass, glass] 7: glassware collectively; "She collected old glass" v 1: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass, glaze] 2: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars 3: enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass in] 4: put in a glass container 5: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over] -
grass
n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay 2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) [syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass] 3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn: supergrass, grass] 4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] 5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane] v 1: shoot down, of birds 2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their property" 3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach 4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over] 5: feed with grass 6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag] -
headmistress
n 1: a woman headmaster -
heiress
n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix] -
herbivorous
adj 1: feeding only on plants [ant: carnivorous, insectivorous, omnivorous] -
humorous
adj 1: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn: humorous, humourous] [ant: humorless, humourless, unhumorous] -
huntress
n 1: a woman hunter -
hydrous
adj 1: containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) [syn: hydrous, hydrated] [ant: anhydrous] -
idolatrous
adj 1: relating to or practicing idolatry; "idolatrous worship" 2: blindly or excessively devoted or adoring -
impasse
n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse, stalemate, standstill] 2: a street with only one way in or out [syn: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse] -
indecorous
adj 1: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct; "indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate] [ant: decorous] 2: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward] -
inheritress
n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix] -
inodorous
adj 1: having no odor; "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers" [syn: odorless, odourless, inodorous] [ant: odorous] -
insectivorous
adj 1: (of animals and plants) feeding on insects [ant: carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous] -
instructress
n 1: a woman instructor -
languorous
adj 1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" [syn: dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorous] -
lass
n 1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass, lassie, young girl, jeune fille] -
last
adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London" 2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: last, lastly, in conclusion, finally] adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel" [ant: first] 3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal] 4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job" 5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites" 6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last, net] 7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn: last, utmost] 8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last] 9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: last, last-place, lowest] n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close] 2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" 3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" 4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last] 5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds 6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels 7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end, last, final stage] 8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last, cobbler's last] v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure] 2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out] -
laundress
n 1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman, washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress] -
lecherous
adj 1: given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; "a lecherous gleam in his eye"; "a lecherous good-for- nothing" -
leprous
adj 1: relating to or resembling or having leprosy -
ludicrous
adj 1: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair" [syn: farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous] 2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous] -
lustrous
adj 1: 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] 2: brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow"; "lustrous actors of the time" 3: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining] -
madras
n 1: a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras [syn: Tamil Nadu, Madras] 2: a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras [syn: Chennai, Madras] 3: a light patterned cotton cloth -
malodorous
adj 1: having an unpleasant smell [syn: malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky] [ant: fragrant] -
mass
adj 1: formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness" [syn: aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass] n 1: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) 4: (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist 5: a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" 6: the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" [syn: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed] 7: the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" [syn: bulk, mass, volume] 8: a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven" 9: a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass" v 1: join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace" -
mattress
n 1: a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed -
mayoress
n 1: the wife of a mayor 2: a woman mayor -
millionairess
n 1: a woman millionaire -
mistress
n 1: an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man [syn: mistress, kept woman, fancy woman] 2: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) [syn: schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress] 3: a woman master who directs the work of others
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