Definition Dictionary

To leave someone thoroughly puzzled or frustrated.

So ordinary or overused that it lacks freshness or interest.

To be necessary, proper, or advantageous for someone.

To discuss or emphasize a point excessively.

To contradict an appearance or suggest that something is misleading.

To make someone or something seem less valuable or important.

Hostile and ready to argue or fight.

A reference point used to judge quality, performance, or change.

Kindly and disposed to help others.

Left without something needed or valued, often through loss.

To give or confer something, often as an honor.

Influenced by a preference or prejudice that undermines impartiality.

Unreasonably intolerant of people or opinions outside one's own group or beliefs.

Involving support or cooperation from two political parties.

Deserving criticism or blame for a fault or wrongful act.

Very obvious and conspicuous, usually in an offensive or improper way.

A damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.

Using grand, inflated language that outweighs its substance.

Genuine or made in good faith.

Strongly interested in books or learning, sometimes more than in practical experience.

A rude person who shows little consideration for others.

Rude and insensitive to others.

Shortness in duration or expression.

To introduce a subject for discussion, especially a delicate one.