Words that rhyme with reinvite

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]

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

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

n 1: a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

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]

adj 1: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses [syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful]

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]

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]

adv 1: with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" [syn: lightly, light] adj 1: of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C" [ant: heavy] 2: (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder" [syn: light, light-colored] [ant: dark] 3: of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons" [ant: heavy] 4: not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney" [ant: heavy] 5: psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart" [ant: heavy] 6: characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" [ant: dark] 7: (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" [syn: unaccented, light, weak] 8: easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet" 9: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light soil" 10: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" [syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded] 11: moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" [syn: light, lightsome, tripping] 12: demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise" 13: of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" [ant: heavy] 14: (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water" [ant: heavy] 15: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded] 16: very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses" 17: marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" [syn: abstemious, light(a)] 18: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short] 19: having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter" 20: intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy" 21: silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter" [syn: idle, light] 22: designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck" 23: having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet" [syn: light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free] 24: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: light, wakeful] 25: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton] n 1: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" [syn: light, visible light, visible radiation] 2: any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" [syn: light, light source] 3: a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand" 4: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" [syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light] 5: an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light" 6: a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" [syn: light, illumination] 7: the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" [syn: light, lightness] 8: a person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life" 9: having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good" [syn: light, lighting] [ant: dark, darkness] 10: mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?" 11: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light] 12: public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light" 13: a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul [syn: Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within] 14: a visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner" 15: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: lighter, light, igniter, ignitor] v 1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate] 2: begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up" [syn: light up, fire up, light] 3: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch] 4: 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] 5: fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" [syn: fall, light] 6: alight from (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down]

n 1: physical strength [syn: might, mightiness, power]

n 1: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon] 2: any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

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]

n 1: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: predicament, quandary, plight] 2: a solemn pledge of fidelity [syn: plight, troth] v 1: give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance, plight] 2: promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife" [syn: pledge, plight]

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!"

v 1: have a reunion; unite again 2: unify again, as of a country; "Will Korea reunify?" [syn: reunify, reunite]

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"

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]

n 1: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" [syn: rite, religious rite] 2: any customary observance or practice [syn: ritual, rite]

n 1: an instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight" 2: anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights" 3: the ability to see; the visual faculty [syn: sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality] 4: a range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong" 5: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight, ken] 6: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" [syn: view, survey, sight] 7: (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] v 1: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy, sight] 2: take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

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]

n 1: adroitness in using the hands [syn: dexterity, manual dexterity, sleight]

adj 1: (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work" [syn: little(a), slight] [ant: much(a)] 2: lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" [syn: flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin] 3: being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" [syn: slender, slight, slim, svelte] n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) [syn: rebuff, slight] v 1: pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" [syn: slight, cold-shoulder]

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]

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]

n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]

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"

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

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]

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]

adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]

adj 1: being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress" [ant: black] 2: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population" [ant: black] 3: free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor" 4: marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter" [syn: white, snowy] 5: restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization" [syn: white, lily-white] 6: glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" [syn: white, white-hot] 7: benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you" 8: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white] 9: (of coffee) having cream or milk added 10: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age" [syn: white, whitened] 11: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white] 12: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights" n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: White, White person, Caucasian] 2: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) [syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness] 3: United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) [syn: White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.] 4: Australian writer (1912-1990) [syn: White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White] 5: United States political journalist (1915-1986) [syn: White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White] 6: United States architect (1853-1906) [syn: White, Stanford White] 7: United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) [syn: White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White] 8: United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) [syn: White, Andrew D. White, Andrew Dickson White] 9: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri [syn: White, White River] 10: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white, albumen, ovalbumin] 11: (board games) the lighter pieces [ant: black] 12: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel, gabardine, tweed, white] v 1: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten, white] [ant: black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify]

n 1: United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939) [syn: Wright, Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine] 2: United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) [syn: Wright, Richard Wright] 3: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912) [syn: Wright, Wilbur Wright] 4: United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948) [syn: Wright, Orville Wright] 5: influential United States architect (1869-1959) [syn: Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright] 6: United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852) [syn: Wright, Frances Wright, Fanny Wright] 7: someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination)

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"

n 1: an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market [syn: Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT]

n 1: a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature, wight] 2: an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel [syn: Wight, Isle of Wight]