- discombobulate
adj: confuse - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- loquacious
adj : full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: {chatty}, {gabby}, {garrulous},
{talkative}, {talky}]
- replete
adj 1: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
[syn: {full}, {replete(p)}]
2: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with
the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with
love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: {instinct(p)}, {replete(p)}]
v : fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: {satiate}, {sate},
{fill}]
- mellifluous
adj : pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
[syn: {dulcet}, {honeyed}, {mellisonant}, {sweet}]
- truculent
adj 1: defiantly aggressive; "as truculent as a small boy who
thinks his big brother can lick anybody"
2: aggressively hostile; "a truculent speech against the new
government"
- obviate
v 1: do away with [syn: {rid of}, {eliminate}] [ant: {necessitate}]
2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert
a strike" [syn: {debar}, {deflect}, {avert}, {head off}, {stave
off}, {fend off}, {avoid}, {ward off}]
- ululate
v : emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
sorrow" [syn: {howl}, {wail}, {roar}, {yawl}]
- esurient
adj 1: extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and
sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and
ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a
predatory enemy" [syn: {famished}, {ravenous},
{sharp-set}, {starved}]
- anodyne
adj : capable of relieving pain; "the anodyne properties of
certain drugs"; "an analgesic effect" [syn: {analgesic},
{analgetic}]
n : a medicine used to relieve pain [syn: {analgesic}, {painkiller},
{pain pill}]
- denouement
n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
or dramatic work
- aver
v 1: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the
war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
[syn: {allege}, {say}]
2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: {affirm}, {verify}, {assert},
{avow}, {swan}, {swear}]
[also: {averring}, {averred}]
- mollify
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
{lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {placate},
{gentle}, {gruntle}]
2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
[syn: {temper}, {season}]
3: make less rigid or softer
[also: {mollified}]
effulgent
cromulent
celerity
lambent