Shame is the feeling of humiliation one gets when realizing one’s behavior is degrading, disgraceful, boorish, embarrassing or wrong in some fashion. Shame may also refer to a loss of esteem, a regrettable situation, or the person, action or situation that brings loss of esteem. Shame is used as a …
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A guyline is a rope or cable that is affixed to the ground under tension in order to hold up and add stability to a structure such as a tent, mast or pole. Guyline is sometimes spelled with a hyphen, guy-line, or as two words, guy line. Synonyms are guywire, …
Ambiguous refers to something that has more than one possible interpretation or a double meaning, a situation or language that is hard to classify or appears obscure. Related words are ambiguously, ambiguousness, ambiguity. Ambiguous comes from the Latin word ambiguus which means having double meaning, changeable. Ambivalent means to experience …
Pseudo means not authentic, false, pretend. Pseudo may also mean having a close resemblance to. The word pseudo is often used with another word, hyphenated, to refer to something that is inauthentic, such as pseudo-science or pseudo-intellectual. Pseudo- is also a prefix used in words such as pseudonym. Pseudo comes …
Sulk means to brood, to remain in bad-tempered silence, to be sullen. Sulk may also be used as a noun to describe the state of brooding, of remaining in bad-tempered silence, of being sullen. Related words are sulks, sulked, sulking, sulker, sulky. Sulk is a back-formation from sulky, added to …
Counsel is guidance or advice or a person giving guidance or advice. Counsel may also refer to a legal adviser such as lawyer or barrister. Counsel may be used as a noun or a verb, related words are counsels, counseled, counseling, counselable in American English and counsels, counselled, counselling, counsellable …
An expiration date is the date when a food product spoils and may no longer be eaten safely or when a contract or other condition becomes no longer valid. Expiration date is a North American term. The expiration date is usually labeled as the best by date, the sell by …
An award is 1.) a prize, medal, grant or other item given in recognition of an achievement, 2.) the action of giving a prize, medal, grant or other item in recognition of an achievement, 3.) compensation bestowed because of a legal judgement, 4.) the action of bestowing compensation because of …
Backward means the opposite way, behind, in reverse, away from the front. Backward may also mean shy, not socially adept, or regressing instead of progressing. While technically backwards is interchangeable with backward, the overwhelmingly preferred spelling in the United States is backward, whether it is used as an adjective or …
A podium is a slightly raised platform that a public speaker or conductor stands on so that he may be seen. A podium is also a low rise which functions as a pedestal or foundation. The plural form is podiums or podia, either is correct. Podium comes from the Greek …