1000 SYNONYMS

c

Cajole : flatter, wheedle, inveigle

Calamity : disaster, affliction, distress

Calling : profession, vocation, occupation

Catching : holding, seizing, grabbing, grasping

Celibacy : bachelorhood, chastity.

Change : transformation, alteration, metamorphosis

Charging : accusation, conviction, blame,

impeachment, imputation, indictment

Comprehensive : omnibus, encyclopedic, full length

Conduct : behaviour, treatment, usage, demeanour, deportment

Conformity : congruity, compliance, consistency,

congeniality

Confuse : perplex, bewilder, baffle, muddle

Consolation : comfort, soothing, solace, appeasement, placation, mitigation, conciliation

Conspiracy : plot, stratagem, intrigue, collusion

Craftiness : cunningness, astuteness, cleverness, shrewdness

Capaciousness : spaciousness, roominess,

commodiousness

Cause : source, origin, reason

Cemetery : graveyard, churchyard, necropolis,

burial ground

Chagrin : irritation, vexation, annoyance,

exasperation

Chastisement : correction, discipline

Climax : culmination, consummation, acme, top, zenith, pinnacle, peak

Commencement : beginning, start, opening, outset

Companion : partner, comrade, fellow, mate, compeer

Competitor : rival, opponent, adversary, antagonist, emulator

Cling : stick, adhere, hug

D

Damn : curse, swear, scold, denounce

Danger : peril, hazard, perish, jeopardy

Deceive : betray, defraud, delude, cheat, dupe

Defiant : proud, provocative, bellicose, militant, disobedient

Despondency : chagrin, disappointment, despair,

dejection, hopelessness dismay

Destruction : devastation, desolation, ruin, havoc, effacing, wiping out

Determination : resolution, intention, motive, volition, strong will

Device : plan scheme, artifice, expediency

Devoid : release, exempt from, immune from, empty.

Disinterested : dispassionate, impersonal impartial,

uninvolved

Disappearance : vanishing, evanescence

Disfiguring : defacing, deforming, vilification,

distortion, disfeature, malformation

Disgrace : reproach, defame, infamy, scandal,

slander, vilification, malignancy

Dowdiness : awkwardness, untidiness, shabbiness, ugliness, nastiness, filthiness, steaminess

Dress : garb, apparel, raiment, mantle, costume, garment

Darkness : darkness, obscurity, dimness, gloom

Debility : feebleness, weakness, enervation, frailty

Deceit : fraud, cheating, guide, deception, trickery

Default : failure, omission, want, lapse, neglect, lack, defect

Deficiency : lack, shortage, scarcity, want, dearth, meagerness

Delinquency : crime, offence

Demarcation : division, definition, separation, confine, limit

Density : compactness, closeness, thickness

Desire : want, wish, craving, impulse, will, passion

longing

Despondency : despair, desperation, hopelessness,

depression, gloom, dejection

Deterioration : declension, decline, degeneration,

vitiation, debasement, degradation

Devotion : devoutness, piety, holiness

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