Definition Dictionary

To move apart or develop in different directions.

Able to be drawn into wire or shaped; figuratively, easily led or influenced.

Retired while retaining an honorary title.

To involve or require as a necessary part or consequence.

Very hungry or strongly eager to consume or acquire.

A mild or indirect expression substituted for one considered harsh or embarrassing.

To avoid something by maneuvering around it or refusing to address it directly.

An act of avoiding a duty, difficulty, or direct response.

Avoiding a direct answer, clear commitment, or straightforward course of action.

Based on, gained through, or involving direct experience.

Stated clearly and directly, leaving little need for interpretation.

Gained directly through personal experience or observation.

Direct and candid in expression.

Open, sincere, and direct in expressing what one thinks.

To gather or acquire through effort.

Directly relevant to the matter being discussed.

Pleasure or satisfaction from fulfilling a desire.

A person who challenges cherished beliefs or established conventions.

One word family: also includes iconoclastic.

Entirely clean or free from flaws.

To destroy, especially by fire, or offer as a sacrifice.

Essential or urgently necessary.

A possible consequence or a meaning suggested without being stated directly.

Understood or suggested without being stated directly.

To suggest or communicate something indirectly.