Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z.
Шрифт:
Lurk, v. n. 1. Lie hid, lie concealed, lie in wait.
2. Skulk, keep out of sight, keep out of the way.
Lurking-hole, n. Ambush, ambuscade, retreat, cover, hiding-place.
Lurking-place, n. Ambush, ambuscade, retreat, cover, hiding-place.
Luscious, a. 1. Honeyed, excessively sweet.
2. Delicious, savory, palatable, grateful.
Lusern, n. Lynx.
Lush, a. Juicy, succulent, watery, sappy, moist, full of juice.
Lust, n. 1. Cupidity, inordinate desire.
2. Concupiscence, carnality, lechery, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnal desire, animal appetite.
Lust after, 1. Long for, desire eagerly.
2. Have carnal desire for.
Lustful, a. Concupiscent, libidinous, lecherous, lascivious, prurient, lickerish, rampant, carnal.
Lustration, n. Purification, cleansing.
Lustre, n. [Written also Luster.] 1. Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, gleam, radiance, resplendence, refulgence.
2. Distinction, repute, renown, eminence, celebrity, glory, honor, eclat.
3. Chandelier, candelabrum.
Lustrous, a. Bright, shining, beaming, luminous, radiant, brilliant.
Lusty, a. Stout, vigorous, robust, stalwart, athletic, muscular, brawny, burly, sturdy.
Lusus naturae, [L.] Freak of nature.
Luthern, n. Dormer, dormer-window.
Luxate, v. a. Dislocate, disjoint, put out of joint.
Luxation, n. Displacement (of a joint), dislocation, disjointing.
Luxuriance, n. Exuberance, superabundance, profusion, rank growth.
Luxuriancy, n. Exuberance, superabundance, profusion, rank growth.
Luxuriant, a. Exuberant, profuse, superabundant, plentiful, plenteous.
Luxuriate, v. n. 1. Flourish, grow luxuriantly.
2. Revel, wanton, live luxuriously, live in clover.
Luxurious, a. Voluptuous, given to luxury.
Luxuriously, ad. Voluptuously, in luxury, in clover, on velvet, on a bed of roses, in the lap of luxury.
Luxury, n. 1. Voluptuousness, luxuriousness, sensuality, epicurism.
2. Pleasure, gratification.
3. Dainty, treat.
Lye, n. Lixivium.
Lying, a. False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue.
Lying, n. Falsehood.
Lying-in, Childbirth.
Lynch, v. a. [U. S.] Punish without trial, inflict summary punishment on.
Lynch law, [U. S.] Mob law.
Lynx, n. Lusern.
Lynx-eyed, a. Discerning, perspicacious, sharp-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-eyed, Argus-eyed.
Lyric, n. Lyric poem.
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Macaroni, n. 1. Italian paste, Genoese paste.
2. Beau, exquisite, fop, popinjay, coxcomb, jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man milliner, man of dress, vain fellow.
Macerate, v. a. 1. Mortify, make lean, wear away.
2. Soften (by steeping), steep, soak, digest.
Maceration, n. 1. Mortification.
2. Softening, steeping, soaking.
Machiavelian, a. Artful, designing, insidious, sly, shrewd, astute, subtle, diplomatic, arch, intriguing, cunning, crafty, wily, crooked, tricky, deceitful.
Machiavelism, n. Duplicity, chicane, guile, chicanery, trickery, cunning, circumvention, deceit, deception, artifice, dissimulation, double-dealing, hocus-pocus.
Machination, n. Plot, complot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, trick.
Machine, n. Engine, piece of mechanism.
Machinery, n. 1. Enginery, mechanism.
2. Supernatural agency (in poems).
Macrocosm, n. Universe, great world, wide world.
Maculate, a. Spotted.
Maculated, a. Spotted.
Mad, a. 1. Insane, crazy, crazed, distracted, lunatic, delirious, out of one's head.
2. Frantic, furious, enraged, raging, violent.
3. Angry, exasperated, provoked, incensed, in a passion.
Madcap, n. Hotspur, blood, wild fellow, hot-brained or hot-headed fellow.
Madden, v. a. Irritate, provoke, enrage, infuriate, exasperate, inflame, make mad, drive mad, turn one's head, lash into fury, make one's blood boil.
Madhouse, n. Bedlam, lunatic hospital, lunatic asylum, hospital for the insane.
Madman, n. Lunatic, maniac, bedlamite, insane person, crazy person.
Madness, n. 1. Insanity, derangement, craziness, lunacy, distraction, mania, mental aberration.
2. Frenzy, fury, rage.
Madrigal, n. Pastoral poem.
Magazine, n. 1. Warehouse, storehouse, entrepot.
2. Periodical pamphlet.
Maggot, n. 1. Grub.
2. Caprice, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, humor, fancy, whimsey, wrinkle, odd fancy.
Maggoty, a. 1. Fly-blown, full of maggots.
2. Whimsical, crotchety, capricious, fantastic, fantastical, odd, strange.
Magic, n. Sorcery, necromancy, enchantment, the black art.
Magic, a. Necromantic.
Magical, a. Necromantic.
Magician, n. Sorcerer, enchanter, necromancer, conjurer.
Magilp, n. Gumption.
Magisterial, a. Domineering, lordly, imperious, proud, arrogant, lofty.
Magistrate, n. Officer (in civil service).
Magnanimity, n. Generosity, disinterestedness, high-mindedness, greatness or nobleness of mind, elevation of soul, chivalrous spirit.
Magnanimous, a. Noble, elevated, lofty, generous, disinterested, chivalrous, liberal, high-minded, great-souled.