Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z.
Шрифт:
Mum, a. Silent, mute, speechless, dumb.
Mumble, v. n. Mutter, speak inarticulately.
Mumbler, n. Mutterer.
Mummer, n. Masker, buffoon.
Mummery, n. 1. Masking, masquerade, buffoonery, harlequinade, foolery, tomfoolery.
2. Empty show, solemn mockery, vain ceremony.
Mumpish, a. Sullen, sulky, morose, moody, spleeny, spleenish.
Munch, v. a. [Colloquial.] Eat (with the lips closed), masticate, mandicate, chew.
Mundane, a. Earthly, terrene, terrestrial, terraqueous, worldly, sublunary, under the sun.
Municipal, a. Civic, civil, not military.
Munificence, n. Liberality, generosity, bountifulness, bounty.
Munificent, a. Liberal, bountiful, generous, bounteous, beneficent, princely, free, free-hearted.
Muniment, n. 1. Fortification, stronghold, citadel, fortress, fort.
2. (Law.) Record, title deeds and papers.
Munition, n. Ammunition, military stores.
Munnion, n. (Arch.) Mullion.
Murder, n. Homicide (with malice), slaughter, massacre, assassination, butchery, manslaughter.
Murder, v. a. Kill (with malice), slay, assassinate, despatch, put to death.
Murder the king's English, Use bad grammar, commit a solecism, break Priscian's head.
Murderer, n. Slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-throat.
Murderous, a. Sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty.
Muriate, n. Hydrochlorate.
Muriatic acid, Hydrochloric acid, marine acid, spirit of sea-salt.
Murky, a. Dark, gloomy, obscure, dim, cloudy, clouded, dusky, lurid, overcast, lowering.
Murmur, n. 1. Whisper; low, continuous sound.
2. Complaint, plaint, whimper.
3. Mutter, indistinct utterance.
Murmur, v. n. 1. Make a low, continued sound.
2. Complain, mutter, repine, croak, grumble.
Murmurer, n. Censurer, complainer, repiner, objector, fault-finder.
Murrain, n. Cattle-plague.
Muscadel, n. Muscat, muscatel.
Muscadine, n. Muscat, muscatel.
Muscat, n. Muscadel, muscadine.
Muscatel, n. Muscadel, muscadine.
Muscovado, n. Unclayed sugar.
Muscovy-duck, n. Musk-duck.
Muscular, a. Brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful, sturdy, lusty, athletic, Herculean, able-bodied.
Muse, n. Revery, abstraction, musing.
Muse, v. n. 1. Ponder, meditate, contemplate, reflect, cogitate, deliberate, ruminate, think, brood.
2. Be absent-minded, be in a revery, be in a brown study.
Muse, v. a. [Poetical.] Consider, ponder, meditate on, think on.
Muses, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The tuneful Nine, the tuneful quire (Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania).
Mush, n. [U. S.] Supawn, hasty-pudding (made of Indian meal).
Mushroom, n. 1. Cryptogamous plant.
2. Upstart, parvenu.
Mushroom, a. Ephemeral, short-lived.
Music, n. 1. Melody, harmony, symphony, minstrelsy.
2. Science of harmonical sounds.
Musical, a. Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, dulcet, sweet-sounding.
Musing, n. Revery, abstraction, muse, meditation, reflection, contemplation, brown study, deep thought.
Musk-duck, n. Muscovy-duck (Anas moschata).
Musk-rat, n. 1. Musquash (Ondatra zibethicus).
2. Desman, muscovy (Mygale moschata).
Muss, n. Scramble, confused struggle.
Mussulman, n. Mahometan, Mohammedan.
Must, v. n. Be obliged to, be required to, be bound to, be necessitated to, be under the necessity of.
Must, n. 1. Grape-juice (unfermented), new wine.
2. Mould, fust, mustiness, mildew, blight, rust, smut.
Muster, v. a. Assemble, collect, gather, congregate, convene, bring together, call together, get together, muster up.
Muster, v. n. Be assembled, meet together.
Muster, n. Gathering, assemblage.
Muster up, Muster, get together.
Musty, a. Mouldy, fusty, soured, fetid, foul, spoiled, stale.
Mutability, n. 1. Changeableness, mutableness, inconstancy, variableness.
2. Instability, fickleness, vacillation.
Mutable, a. 1. Changeable, alterable, variable, ever-changing.
2. Inconstant, unsettled, vacillating, fickle, unstable.
Mutableness, n. Mutability.
Mutation, n. Change, alteration, variation.
Mute, a. 1. Dumb, unable to speak, incapable of speech.
2. Silent, speechless, taciturn, mum.
Mutilate, v. a. Disfigure, maim, cripple.
Mutilation, n. Disfigurement.
Mutinous, a. Turbulent, contumacious, seditious, insurrectionary, refractory, unruly, insubordinate, riotous, insurgent, rebellious.
Mutiny, v. n. Rebel, rise, strike, resist authority.
Mutiny, n. Sedition, revolt, rebellion, insurrection, riot, rising, uprising.
Mutter, v. n. Grumble, murmur.
Mutter, v. a. Utter indistinctly.
Mutter, n. Murmur, indistinct utterance.
Mutual, a. Reciprocal, interchanged, correlative, reciprocally given and received.
Muzzle, n. 1. Snout.
2. Mouth, nozzle.
Muzzy, a. [Colloquial.] Stupefied, bewildered, confused, bemused, half-drunk.
Myopic, a. Near-sighted, short-sighted, dim-sighted, purblind.
Myopy, n. Near-sightedness.
Myriad, n. Ten thousand.
Mysterious, a. Unknown, enigmatical, obscure, hidden, occult, inscrutable, recondite, mystic.