Definition Dictionary

A distinctive habit or feature of an individual or thing.

Distinctive of a particular person or thing, often in an unusual way.

To communicate information or provide a particular quality to something.

Something that obstructs or makes progress difficult.

To drive or strongly urge someone or something toward action.

To suggest or communicate something indirectly.

To challenge the truth, integrity, or validity of something.

In place of something else.

Something that encourages or motivates action.

Having a tendency or willingness to think or act in a particular way.

A mismatch or lack of agreement between things that are expected to fit together.

Not agreeing with something else or not remaining the same in a reliable way.

To include something as a part of a larger whole.

Anger at something considered unjust or improper.

Something that persuades or motivates someone to act.

A difference in amount, status, treatment, or opportunity between people or things.

An arrival or inward flow of many people or things.

Existing as a natural or essential part of something.

Hostile or harmful to something.

To suggest something indirectly, often something unfavorable.

An explanation of what something means, or a particular way of presenting a work.

To make something known indirectly or discreetly.

Belonging to the essential nature of something.

A lack of the respect or seriousness conventionally shown to someone or something.