Synonym Dictionary

Showing a sense of superiority while appearing to be helpful or polite.

To treat something sacred or deeply respected with serious disrespect.

An extended discussion, conversation, or treatment of a subject.

Treating someone or something as unworthy of serious consideration.

To present something as less important or serious than it may be.

An explanation that adds detail, or the process of developing an idea more fully.

Treating a serious matter with deliberately inappropriate humor.

Treating pleasure as a central aim of life or conduct.

Fairness that avoids favoring a person, side, or viewpoint without reason.

To ask urgently and earnestly.

Angry because of perceived injustice or improper treatment.

Giving in to a desire or allowing oneself a pleasure.

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

Unfairness or an instance of unequal treatment.

Showing a lack of solemn respect for something usually treated seriously.

Fair treatment and action that respect what people are properly due.

A less strict or severe approach to rules or punishment.

Treating someone with an air of superiority that appears helpful or kind.

To make an earnest or formal request, especially to someone in authority.

A philosophical approach treating reason as a source of knowledge beyond what sensory experience alone provides.

To move backward or away, or gradually become smaller or less intense.

Stubbornly resistant to control or an attempted remedy.

To entertain or delight someone with stories or other pleasures.

Lasting displeasure or bitterness about a perceived wrong or unfair treatment.