Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z.
Шрифт:
Mend, v. n. Improve, amend, become better.
Mendacious, a. False, lying, deceitful, fallacious.
Mendacity, n. 1. Disposition to lie, habit of lying.
2. Falsehood, deceit, duplicity, artifice, trickery.
Mendicancy, n. Beggary, mendicity.
Mendicant, n. Beggar, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.
Mendicity, n. Beggary, mendicancy.
Menhaden, n. [Sometimes written Manhaden.] Hardhead, pauhaugen, moss-bunker.
Menial, a. Servile, slavish, low, mean, base, abject, vile, sorry.
Menial, n. Servant, domestic, waiter, lackey, underling, flunkey, understrapper, valet, footman, slave, Helot, serf, bondsman.
Meniver, n. [Written also Miniver.] Ermine, stoat.
Menses, n. pl. Catamenia, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.
Menstrual, a. 1. Monthly.
2. Catamenial.
Menstruum, n. Solvent, medium.
Mensurable, a. Measurable.
Mensuration, n. 1. Measuring, measurement.
2. Surveying, survey.
Mental, a. Intellectual, spiritual, rational, ideal, subjective, psychological, metaphysical.
Mention, n. [Used chiefly in the phrase make mention of.] Cursory reference or allusion.
Mention, v. a. Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.
Mentor, n. Counsellor, adviser, monitor, guide, instructor.
Mephitic, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.
Mephitical, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.
Mephitic air, Carbonic-acid, carbonic-acid gas, choke-damp, foul air.
Mephitis, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.
Mephitism, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.
Mercantile, a. Commercial, trading, engaged in commerce.
Mercenary, a. 1. Venal, hired, hireling.
2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close, close-fisted.
Mercenary, n. Hireling.
Merchandise, n. Commodities, goods, wares.
Merchant, n. Trader (particularly a wholesale trader), tradesman.
Merchantable, a. 1. Marketable, of the ordinary quality.
2. Salable, vendible, that may be sold.
Merciful, a. Gracious, kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, lenient, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted.
Merciless, a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.
Mercurial, a. 1. Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.
2. Of mercury or quicksilver.
Mercury, n. Quicksilver.
Mercy, n. Clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness.
Mercy-seat, n. Propitiatory.
Mere, a. Bare, simple, nothing else but.
Mere, n. Pool, lake.
Merely, ad. Simply, purely, only, solely, barely.
Meretricious, a. 1. Of harlots.
2. Libidinous, lustful.
3. Deceitful (by false show), spurious, false, sham, make-believe, not genuine.
Merge, v. a. Immerse, immerge, submerge, sink, plunge, dip.
Merge, v. n. Be lost, be swallowed up.
Meridian, n. 1. Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.
2. Summit, culmination.
Meridional, a. Mid-day.
Merit, n. 1. Desert, worth, worthiness, excellence, credit.
2. Claim, right.
Merit, v. a. Deserve, have a right to, be entitled to.
Meritorious, a. Deserving, worthy, good, excellent.
Merling, n. Whiting (Gadus merlangus).
Merriment, n. Mirth, jollity, gayety, hilarity, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, liveliness.
Merry, a. Mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, debonair, wanton, light-hearted.
Merry-Andrew, n. Buffoon, zany, harlequin, scaramouch, fool, mountebank, jester, droll, punch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
Merry-making, n. Festival, convivial entertainment.
Merry-thought, n. Wish-bone.
Mesh, n. Interstice (of a net).
Meshy, a. Reticulated, decussated.
Mesmerism, n. Animal magnetism.
Mess, n. 1. Dish.
2. Set (who eat together), company.
3. Medley, mixture, miscellany, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish-mash, olio, olla podrida, confused mass, melange.
Mess, v. n. Eat in company, take meals at the same table.
Messenger, n. 1. Emissary, express, courier.
2. Harbinger, forerunner, herald.
Messieurs, n. pl. [Fr.] [Abbreviated Messrs.] Sirs, gentlemen.
Metamorphic rocks, Stratified primary rocks.
Metamorphose, v. a. Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of.
Metamorphosis, n. Transformation, transmutation, transfiguration, change of form.
Metaphor, n. Similitude (without the signs of comparison), simile (expressed in a word).
Metaphoric, a. Figurative.
Metaphorical, a. Figurative.
Metaphysical, a. Mental, intellectual, psychological.
Metaphysics, n. Psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, mental science.
Mete, v. a. Measure.
Mete, n. Measure, bound, limit, term, boundary, terminus, butt.
Meteorolite, n. Aerolite, meteoric stone.
Meter, n. [Written also Metre.] Measure (of verse), poetical measure, rhythmical arrangement (of syllables).