Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том I. A – I.
Шрифт:
Birthday, n. 1. Natal day.
2. Anniversary of one's birth.
Bisect, v. a. Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve.
Bisection, n. Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts.
Bishop, n. 1. Prelate.
2. Bustle, tournure.
Bishopric, n. Diocese, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop.
Bison, n. [U. S.] Buffalo.
Bissextile, n. Leap-year.
Bit, n. 1. Mouth-piece of a bridle.
2. Mouthful, morsel, crumb, fragment, scrap.
3. Whit, tittle, jot, iota, particle, atom, grain, mite, ace, scintilla.
Bitch, n. Slut, female dog.
Bite, v. a. 1. Gnaw, chew, champ.
2. Blast, nip (as frost).
3. Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, diddle, impose upon, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon.
Biting, a. 1. Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.
2. Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.
3. Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing.
Bitter, a. 1. That tastes like wormwood.
2. Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless.
3. Severe, harsh, stern.
4. Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous.
Bitter-apple, n. Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter-cucumber.
Bitter-cucumber, n. Bitter-apple.
Bitterness, n. 1. Bitter taste.
2. Spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred, malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will.
3. Asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper, bad blood.
4. Distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret, despondency.
Bitter-sweet, n. Woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).
Bivalve, a. Two-valved, bivalvular.
Bivalved, a. Two-valved, bivalvular.
Bivalvular, a. Two-valved, bivalve.
Bivouac, n. and v. n. Halt for the night (without encamping).
Bizarre, a. [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical.
Blab, v. a. Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out.
Blab, v. n. Tattle, prattle, prate, blow, tell tales, tell a secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school.
Blab, n. Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale.
Black, a. 1. Dark, ebon, inky, atramentous, swarthy, murky, dusky, pitchy, dingy, Cimmerian.
2. Wicked, atrocious, villanous, heinous, flagitious, diabolic, infernal, hellish, outrageous, monstrous, horrible.
Black, n. 1. Black color.
2. Mourning, black garment.
3. Negro, blackamoor, black man.
Blackamoor, n. Negro, black.
Black art, Magic, conjuration, sorcery, necromancy, magical art.
Blackball, v. a. Exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote.
Blackcap, n. Blackcap warbler, mock-nightingale (Corucca atricapilla).
Black-coat, n. Clergyman, minister, divine, pastor, priest.
Black-cock, n. Heath-cock, black-grouse, black-game (Tetrao tetrix).
Blacken, v. a. 1. Darken, make black.
2. Vilify, defame, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign, abuse, revile, rail at, sneer at, run down, speak ill of.
Blackfish, n. Tautog (Labrus Americanus).
Blackfriar, n. Dominican, predicant, jacobin, preaching friar.
Black-game, n. Blackcock.
Black-grouse, n. Blackcock.
Blackguard, n. Scurrilous or abusive fellow, person of low character, vile fellow.
Blackguard, a. Scurrilous, abusive, contumelious, insulting, ribald, vituperative, reproachful, opprobrious.
Blackguardism, n. Ribaldry, billingsgate, scurrility, indecency, obscenity, foul or profane language.
Black hellebore, Christmas rose (Helleborus niger).
Black-jack, n. [Term used by miners.] Blende, zinc-blende, sulphuret of zinc, false galena, mock lead.
Black-lead, n. Plumbago, graphite.
Blackleg, n. Gambler, sharper, swindler.
Black-mail, n. 1. Tribute (paid for immunity from robbery).
2. [U. S.] Hush-money, bribe to keep silence.
Black man, Negro, blackamoor, black.
Black Sea, Euxine.
Black tea, Bohea.
Blackthorn, n. Sloe (Prunus spinosa).
Blade, n. 1. Leaf.
2. Flat part (as of a knife or an oar).
3. Buck, gallant, spark; gay, dashing fellow.
Blain, n. Pustule, blister, blotch, sore.
Blamable, a. Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blameworthy.
Blame, v. a. Censure, reprove, reprehend, reflect upon, lay or cast blame upon, find fault with, cry out against.
Blame, n. Censure, reprehension, animadversion, reproof, condemnation, imputation of fault.
Blameless, a. Irreproachable, unimpeachable, irreprehensible, inculpable, faultless, guiltless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied, undefiled, spotless, stainless, innocent.
Blameworthy, a. Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blamable.
Blanc-fix, n. Permanent white, sulphate of baryta (artificially made).
Blanch, v. a. Bleach, whiten, etiolate, make or render white.
Bland, a. Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh.
Blandishment, n. Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words, expression of affection, billing and cooing.