Words that rhyme with minish

v 1: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish] 2: warn strongly; put on guard [syn: caution, admonish, monish] 3: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" [syn: admonish, reprove]

v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]

v 1: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] 2: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish, ban] 3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar] 4: drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

adj 1: of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn: brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown]

n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish] v 1: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]

adj 1: characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty" 2: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby]

adj 1: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor" [syn: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany]

v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase] 2: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" [syn: diminish, belittle]

adj 1: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects [syn: academic, donnish, pedantic]

n 1: a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly" [syn: coating, finish, finishing] 2: 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] 3: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish] 4: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal] 5: designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish" 6: the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish" 7: event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning] 8: (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish" 9: the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" [syn: finish, finishing] [ant: beginning, commencement, start] v 1: come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" [syn: complete, finish] 2: finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" [syn: finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish] 3: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start] 4: provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly" 5: finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" [syn: eat up, finish, polish off] 6: cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"

v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish] 2: provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

n 1: something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration 2: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment v 1: take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt" [syn: garnishee, garnish] 2: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods [syn: trim, garnish, dress]

v 1: give a new surface; "refinish the dining room furniture"

v 1: fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" [syn: replenish, refill, fill again]

adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn: boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal, oafish, swinish] 2: resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy; "piggish table manners"; "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"; "swinish slavering over food" [syn: hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinish]

n 1: discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation v 1: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile]

v 1: get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" [syn: disappear, vanish, go away] [ant: appear] 2: become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke" [syn: vanish, disappear, go away] 3: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish] 4: cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished" [syn: vanish, disappear] [ant: appear, come along] 5: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish, fly, vaporize]

n 1: a coating that provides a hard, lustrous, transparent finish to a surface v 1: cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal]

adj 1: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland; "Finnish architecture" n 1: the official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages [syn: Finnish, Suomi]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain; "Spanish music" n 1: the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain 2: the people of Spain [syn: Spanish, Spanish people]

adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language ; "Danish furniture" n 1: a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark 2: light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese [syn: danish, danish pastry]

adj 1: of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language n 1: a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall 2: English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters [syn: Cornish, Cornish fowl]

adj 1: of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet" n 1: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) [syn: Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock]

v 1: furnish with new or different furniture; "We refurnished the living room"