Synonym Dictionary

An action taken to change a situation or influence an outcome.

To make something known indirectly or discreetly.

An unwillingness to accept beliefs, behavior, or people different from one's own.

Unwilling to accept views, behavior, or people regarded as different or objectionable.

Difficult to manage, control, or resolve.

Unwilling to compromise or change a firmly held position.

Made up of many connected details or parts.

A secret or deceptive scheme; also the interest such mystery arouses.

Belonging to the essential nature of something.

Inclined to examine one's own thoughts and feelings.

An unwanted entry or interference in a place, activity, or private matter.

Entering or interfering where one's presence or attention is unwelcome.

Understood through immediate insight rather than explicit reasoning.

Long established and habitual, especially of a tendency or person.

To give energy or renewed strength.

To call upon a rule, authority, or example for support or effect.

Extremely angry or expressing strong anger.

Expressing a meaning different from the literal words, or involving a striking contrast with expectation.

A contrast between appearance and reality or expectation and outcome; in speech, meaning different from the literal words.

Beyond recovery, correction, or improvement in the relevant context.

A departure from an expected pattern, standard, or proper procedure.

Not connected with or useful to the matter being considered.

Impossible to repair or put right.

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