Word |
Meaning |
Synonyms |
Antonyms |
Usage of Word |
Habitat
(noun) |
- Natural home of a plant or animal
- CF. Habitation
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- Home ground
- Environment
- Surroundings
- Geographical area
- Region
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- Public
- Unnatural surroundings
- Evolve
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Habitat is the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
Example:
"This park offers important amphibian habitat and breeding area".
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Habituate
(verb) |
- Accustom or familiarize
- Addict
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- Use too
- Modify
- Change
- Addict
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- Liquefy
- Disorientate
- Ignore
- Neglect
- Veto
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Habituate is to make accustomed.
Example:
"He became habituated to the background music".
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Hackles
(noun) |
- Hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
- Ex: Make someone's hackles rise
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- Hatchels
- Heckles
- Dander
- Plumes
- Anger
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- Fix
- Build
- Increase
- Put Together
- Join
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Hackles is the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals.
Example:
"When the dog got angry his hackles rose and he growled".
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Hackneyed
(adjective) |
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- Shopworn
- Threadbare
- Commonplace
- Timeworn
- Stock
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- Fresh
- New
- Original
- Uncommon
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Hackneyed is to make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
Example:
"Eventually, the phrase became so hackneyed that people stopped saying it".
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Haggard
(adjective) |
- Wasted away
- Gaunt
- Ex: Haggard faces of the rescued miners
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- Cadaverous
- Gaunt
- Pinched
- Raddled
- Wasted
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- Healthy
- Plump
- Hearty
- Un want
- Colorful
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Haggard is looking exhausted, worried or poor in condition.
Example:
"The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard".
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Haggle
(verb) |
- Argue about prices (in an attempt to bargain)
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- Bargaining
- Wrangle
- Huckster
- Chaffer
- Dicker
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Haggle is to stick at small matters.
Example:
"I haggled for a better product because the original product was damaged".
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Hail
(verb) |
- Frozen rain drop
- V: salute or greet
- Precipitate hail
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- Come down
- Downfall
- Salutation
- Physical object
- Precipitation
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Hail is the said of the weather.
Example:
"She says it’s going to hail today".
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Halcyon
(adjective) |
- Calm
- Peaceful
- Ex: Halcyon days
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- Quite
- Calm down
- Cool
- Alcyone
- Peaceful
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- Angry
- Restless
- Failing
- Stormy
- Insolvent
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Halcyon is the act of being calm, peaceful.
Example:
"After three months, the celebrity couple’s halcyon marriage transformed into a path to divorce".
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Hale
(adjective) |
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- Drag
- Healthy
- Good for you
- Intelligent
- Tidy
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- Bad
- Malnourished
- Poorly
- Delicate
- Lame
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Hale is healthy.
Example:
"My grandma is only just eighty, very hale and hearty".
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Halfhearted
(adjective) |
- Exhibiting little interest or enthusiasm
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- Enthusiastic
- Interest
- Feeling
- Pursuit
- Stake
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- Engaged
- Interested
- Warmhearted
- Eager
- Genial
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Halfhearted is not sincere or lacking full energy.
Example:
"I made a half-hearted attempt to read the article before giving up and dozing off".
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Hallowed
(adjective) |
- Blessed
- Consecrated
- Ex: Hallowed ground
- V. Hallow: set apart as holy
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- Consecrated
- Hallowed
- Blessed
- Sacred
- Pronounced
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- Profane
- Nonreligious
- Deconsecrated
- Irreverent
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Hallowed is a word used for holy or blessed.
Example:
"The temple stands on a hallowed ground".
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Hallucination
(noun) |
- Delusion
- False idea
- False perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality
- Objects so perceived
- V. Hallucinate
- Adj. Hallucinatory
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- Psychotic belief
- Misconception
- Delusion
- False idea
- Unfounded opinion
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Hallucination is a sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system.
Example:
"She could not tell if what she was seeing was real or if it was a hallucination".
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Halting
(adjective) |
- Hesitant
- Faltering
- Not fluent
- Ex: Halting steps/voice
- V. Halt: proceed or act with uncertainty
- Falter
- Hesitate
- Waver
- Stop
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- Blocking
- Holding
- Stopping
- Checking
- Preventing
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- Clever
- Graceful
- Smooth
- Continuance
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Halting means stopping often because of not being sure about what to say or do.
Example:
"Old man took a few halting steps".
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Hamper
(verb) |
- Obstruct
- Prevent the free movement of
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- Cramp
- Hinder
- Handicap
- Trammel
- throttle
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Hamper is a large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
Example:
"Last night he had noticed a few clothes in a hamper in the laundry room".
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Handsome
(adjective ) |
- Large in quantity
- Generous
- Ex. handsome reward
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- Betterlooking
- Freehanded
- Bounteous
- Bighearted
- Well-favoured
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- Ugly
- Stingy
- Dowdy
- Tasteless
- Unstylish
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Handsome is someone who is good looking or something well made.
Example:
"He looked quite handsome in his suit and tie".
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Hap
(noun) |
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- Go on
- Happen
- Occur
- Stroke
- Pass
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Hap is something that is happening, especially an unexpected.
Example:
"She recorded all the haps and mishaps of her life".
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Haphazard
(adjective) |
- Random
- By chance
- Happening in an unplanned manner
- Ex: Haphazard growth of the town
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- Haphazardly
- Slapdash
- Slipshod
- Sloopy
- Hit or miss
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- Nonrandom
- Systematic
- Particular
- Straight
- Careful
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Haphazard is used when there is no plan, order, or direction to do something.
Example:
"They follow a haphazard system of record keeping".
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Hapless
(adjective) |
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- Misfortunate
- Miserable
- Poor
- Unfortunate
- Pitiful
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Hapless means one is lacking hap.
Example:
"The hapless slaves were abused and forced to work without pay".
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Harangue
(verb) |
- Long, passionate and vehement speech
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- Ranting
- Passionate
- Declamation
- Speak
- Address
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- Acclaim
- Approval
- Ovation
- Sanction
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Harangue is an impassioned, disputatious public speech.
Example:
"She gave her daughter’s friends a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street".
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Harass
(verb) |
- Annoy by repeated attacks
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- Beset
- Harry
- Hassle
- Molest
- Provoke
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- Soothe
- Energize
- Make happy
- Activate
- Rest
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Harass means exhaust by attacking repeatedly.
Example:
"If the neighbor’s dog continues to harass my family, we will have no choice but to call animal control".
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Harbinger
(noun) |
- Forerunner
(which foreshadows
what is to come)
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- Announce
- Foretell
- Precursor
- Predecessor
- Indication
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Harbinger something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Example:
"A number of people view a black cat as a harbinger of bed luck".
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Harbor
(noun) |
- Give protection
(by giving food
and shelter)
- Provide a refuge for
- Hide
- Keep in mind
(thoughts or feelings)
- Ex: Harbor a grudge/criminal
- N: Place of shelter
- Refuge
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- Hide
- Hold on
- Sanctuary
- Refuge
- Keep
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Harbor is a sheltered area of coast where ships can dock or anchor safely.
Example:
"We walked down by the harbor, and looked at the boats for a while".
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Hardy
(adjective) |
- (of people or animals)
sturdy
- Robust
- (of plants)
able to stand
inclement(stormy)
weather
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- Doughty
- Intrepid
- Unfearing
- Sturdy
- robust
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- Tender
- Cautious
- Infirm
- Soft
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Hardy is being able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
Example:
"Camels are tough and hardy creatures".
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Harping
(verb) |
- Tiresome dwelling
on a subject
- V. Harp: dwell on
(think or speak
a lot about) tediously
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- Dwelling
- Repeating
- Restating
- Retelling
- Sounding
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Harping means repeatedly coming back to a subject; persistently complain about.
Example:
"Mother is always harping on them, and bringing them up to me".
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Harrowing
(adjective) |
- Agonizing
- Distressing
- Traumatic
- V. Harrow: break up
and level (soil) with
a harrow
- Inflict great distress on
- Agonize
- N: farming machine
to break up the earth
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- Agonizing
- Disking
- Excruciating
- Torturous
- Plowing
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- Pleasing
- Calming
- Gratifying
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Harrowing is a word used to express the extreme painful situation.
Example:
"The bike wreck was a harrowing incident for me".
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