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hopeless,a.despairing,disconsolate,desperate, unpromisinghops,n. pl.Associated words: lupulin, humulin, lupuline.horde,n.troop,gang, throng,crowd, multitude (nomadic and predatory).horn,n.antler; epithema; antenna.Associated words: cornification, cornute, dehorn, croche,gore, crocket.horn,n.trumpet, bugle, cornet, trombone; cornucopia; shophar (Jewish);spur.horning,n.(Slang) charivari.hornless,a.polled, mulley, mooley, dodded.horns of a dilemma.alternatives.horny,a.ceratose, corneous, cornified,callous,hard.horrible,a.dreadful,terrible,hideous,shocking, grim,ghastly,atrocious,revolting,nefarious, appalling,heinous, dire, grewsome, execrable,awful.horrid,a.offensive,detestable,horrible.horror,n.abhorrence,dread,consternation,detestation.horror-stricken,a.horror-struck, horrified, appalled.horse,n.Equus; (male) stallion, stud, sire; (female) mare,dam; (young)colt, foal, filly; (small) pony, tit, mustang; steed, charger,nag, gelding, cockhorse,cob,pad, padnag, roadster,punch, broncho, warragal, sumpter, centaur, hackney,jade, mestino, pintado, roan, bathorse, Bucephalus, Pegasus, Dobbin, Bayard, hobby-horse.Associated words: equine, equestrian, equestrianism, equestrienne, equerry,fractious,hostler,groom, hostlery, postilion,coachman, jockey, hippocampus, hippogriffe,manège, chack, hippology, hippophile, hippotomy, tandem, equitation, farriery, equitant, paddock, hippiatrics, hippiatry,neigh,whinny, nicker, hopple.horse block.montoir.horse doctor.veterinarian, veterinary,veterinary surgeon, farrier, horse leech.horseflesh,n.Associated words: hippophagy, hippophagism, hippophagist, hippophagous, equivorous.horse-fly,n.breese-fly, bot-fly.horse-laugh,n.guffaw, cachinnation.horse-louse,n.nitter.horseman,n.jockey; equestrian; cavalier; cavalryman; chasseur.horseshoer,n.farrier,blacksmith.horseshoeing,n.farriery.horse-trader,n.jockey.hose,n.hosiery; tubing.hospital,n.infirmary,asylum,retreat,sanitarium.Associated words: nosocomial, hospitalism.host,n.entertainer;landlord,hotel-keeper;multitude, throng,horde;army,legion.Associated word: xenial.host,n.Associated words: ciborium,pyx, paten, monstrance, ostensory, ostension, ostensorium.hostile,a.antagonistic, inimical,unfriendly,repugnant, adverse.hostility,n.enmity,animosity,unfriendliness,opposition,warfare, aggression.hostler,n.groom.hot,a.torrid, sultry,fiery, scalding, scorching,grilling,broiling, tropical, candent;vehement,passionate, irascible,fervid,ardent,piquant,pungent,acrid,spicy.hot-blooded,a.ardent,passionate,irritable,excitable, irascible.hotel,n.hostelry,inn, tavern, caravansary.hotel-keeper,n.hosteler,host,landlord, inn-keeper, Boniface.hot room of Roman baths.caldarium.hot springs.Thermæ.hound,v.importune,harass.house,n.dwelling,residence, domicile,abode, habitation;mansion,palace; tenement; château, pavilion, villa, manse, phalanstery, lodge; kiosk; topek; hutch; (religious house)monastery,convent;firm,company,concern; palafitte.house,v.shelter,protect,harbor;abide, dwell, lodge.household,n.family,ménage.household gods.Lares et Penates.Associated word: lararium.housewarming,n.infare (Local U.S.).hovel,n.hut,shanty,shack,cabin,den,dugout.howl,v.yowl,roar, ululate, yawl.--n.yowling, ululation, howling, wail.hub,n.nave; protuberance, hummock.hubbub,n.tumult,uproar,din,clamor,commotion,racket,hurly-burly.huckleberry,n.whortleberry.huckster,n.peddler, hawker, chapman, cadger, hucksterer.huff,n.petulance, tiff,pet.huffy,a.petulant,touchy,irritable.hug,n.embrace.--v.embrace,clasp.huge,a.mammoth,colossal,vast, stupendous,enormous.hullabaloo,n.(Colloq.)uproar, vociferation,hubbub,din,clamor,tumult.hum,n.drone,murmur,buzz, bombination; croon.hum,v.drone,murmur,buzz, bombinate; croon.humble,a.lowly,meek,modest, unassuming,unpretentious.humble,v.humiliate,debase,abase,degrade.humbug,n.imposition, hoax,deception,imposture, charlatanism,quackery,cajolery;impostor,deceiver,cheat,charlatan.humbug,v.deceive, impose on, hoax.humdrum,a.monotonous,tedious,prosy,tiresome.--n.monotony,tedium.humiliate,v.humble,mortify,abash,disgrace,degrade.humiliation,n.abasement,mortification,degradation,ignominy; humbleness, meekness.humility,n.meekness,lowliness,self-abasement,diffidence,modesty.humor,n.disposition,temper,mood; facetiousness,jocularity,waggery,pleasantry,wit,satire;pl.caprices vagaries, whims, fancies, whimsies.humor,v.indulge,please,gratify, temporize.A ntonyms:discipline,deny,curb,mortify.humorist,n.wag,droll,jester,wit.humorous,a.facetious,droll,comical,jocular,waggish.hump,n.protuberance,hunch.humpbacked,a.hunchbacked,deformed.humpy,a.protuberant, humped,uneven.hunch,n.hump, protuberance; chunk,lump.hundredfold,a.centuple.hundred years.century,centenary,centennial.Hungarian,n.Magyar.hunger cure.nestitherapy, limotherapy, limotherapia.hungry,a.voracious,ravenous, eager; starved, depleted, infertile,barren.hunky,a.(Slang)even,square, all-right,satisfactory.hunt,v.chase, pursue,follow;search,seek,ransack,rummage, ferret; poach (hunt unlawfully).hunt,n.chase, pursuit,search,hunting.hunter,n.huntsman, sportsman, Nimrod; seeker, pursuer, chaser; Diana.hunting,n.chase,hunt, field-sport.Associated words:quarry,game, poaching, poacher, mort, yoicks, hoicks.hunting horn.bugle.hurly-burly,n.tumult,bustle,turmoil,confusion,commotion.hurrah,n.cheer, huzza.hurricane,n.cyclone,tornado, typhoon.hurried,a.cursory,hasty, superficial.hurry,n.haste,speed,dispatch, expedition, precipitancy, celerity.hurry,v.hasten, impel, expedite, accelerate,speed, precipitate.hurt,v.damage,wound, impair,harm,injure,offend, harry.hurt,n.injury,wound, detriment,harm,damage.hurtful,a.Seeinjurious.husband,n.spouse, benedict.Antonyms:bachelor, celibate.Associated words: marital, monandry, polyandry cuckold, cuckoldom, henpecked.hush,v.silence,still,repress,suppress;appease,allay.husk,n.glume, hull,rind,shell,bark, kex.husky,a.dry, raucous,harsh,discordant, guttural,hoarse.hussy,n.jade,quean;jilt,flirt,jill.hustle,v.jostle.hut,n.hovel,shack,shed.hybrid,n.mongrel,crossbreed,cross.--a.mongrel,crossbred.hypocrisy,n.dissimulation, Pharisaism, sanctimoniousness.hypocrite,n.dissembler, Pharisee, formalist, dissimulator.hypocritical,a.Pharisaical, canting, dissembling, sanctimonious,insincere.Antonyms:sincere,unfeigned, undissembling, ingenuous.

hopeless,a.despairing,disconsolate,desperate, unpromising

hops,n. pl.Associated words: lupulin, humulin, lupuline.

horde,n.troop,gang, throng,crowd, multitude (nomadic and predatory).

horn,n.antler; epithema; antenna.Associated words: cornification, cornute, dehorn, croche,gore, crocket.

horn,n.trumpet, bugle, cornet, trombone; cornucopia; shophar (Jewish);spur.

horning,n.(Slang) charivari.

hornless,a.polled, mulley, mooley, dodded.

horns of a dilemma.alternatives.

horny,a.ceratose, corneous, cornified,callous,hard.

horrible,a.dreadful,terrible,hideous,shocking, grim,ghastly,atrocious,revolting,nefarious, appalling,heinous, dire, grewsome, execrable,awful.

horrid,a.offensive,detestable,horrible.

horror,n.abhorrence,dread,consternation,detestation.

horror-stricken,a.horror-struck, horrified, appalled.

horse,n.Equus; (male) stallion, stud, sire; (female) mare,dam; (young)colt, foal, filly; (small) pony, tit, mustang; steed, charger,nag, gelding, cockhorse,cob,pad, padnag, roadster,punch, broncho, warragal, sumpter, centaur, hackney,jade, mestino, pintado, roan, bathorse, Bucephalus, Pegasus, Dobbin, Bayard, hobby-horse.Associated words: equine, equestrian, equestrianism, equestrienne, equerry,fractious,hostler,groom, hostlery, postilion,coachman, jockey, hippocampus, hippogriffe,manège, chack, hippology, hippophile, hippotomy, tandem, equitation, farriery, equitant, paddock, hippiatrics, hippiatry,neigh,whinny, nicker, hopple.

horse block.montoir.

horse doctor.veterinarian, veterinary,veterinary surgeon, farrier, horse leech.

horseflesh,n.Associated words: hippophagy, hippophagism, hippophagist, hippophagous, equivorous.

horse-fly,n.breese-fly, bot-fly.

horse-laugh,n.guffaw, cachinnation.

horse-louse,n.nitter.

horseman,n.jockey; equestrian; cavalier; cavalryman; chasseur.

horseshoer,n.farrier,blacksmith.

horseshoeing,n.farriery.

horse-trader,n.jockey.

hose,n.hosiery; tubing.

hospital,n.infirmary,asylum,retreat,sanitarium.Associated words: nosocomial, hospitalism.

host,n.entertainer;landlord,hotel-keeper;multitude, throng,horde;army,legion.Associated word: xenial.

host,n.Associated words: ciborium,pyx, paten, monstrance, ostensory, ostension, ostensorium.

hostile,a.antagonistic, inimical,unfriendly,repugnant, adverse.

hostility,n.enmity,animosity,unfriendliness,opposition,warfare, aggression.

hostler,n.groom.

hot,a.torrid, sultry,fiery, scalding, scorching,grilling,broiling, tropical, candent;vehement,passionate, irascible,fervid,ardent,piquant,pungent,acrid,spicy.

hot-blooded,a.ardent,passionate,irritable,excitable, irascible.

hotel,n.hostelry,inn, tavern, caravansary.

hotel-keeper,n.hosteler,host,landlord, inn-keeper, Boniface.

hot room of Roman baths.caldarium.

hot springs.Thermæ.

hound,v.importune,harass.

house,n.dwelling,residence, domicile,abode, habitation;mansion,palace; tenement; château, pavilion, villa, manse, phalanstery, lodge; kiosk; topek; hutch; (religious house)monastery,convent;firm,company,concern; palafitte.

house,v.shelter,protect,harbor;abide, dwell, lodge.

household,n.family,ménage.

household gods.Lares et Penates.Associated word: lararium.

housewarming,n.infare (Local U.S.).

hovel,n.hut,shanty,shack,cabin,den,dugout.

howl,v.yowl,roar, ululate, yawl.--n.yowling, ululation, howling, wail.

hub,n.nave; protuberance, hummock.

hubbub,n.tumult,uproar,din,clamor,commotion,racket,hurly-burly.

huckleberry,n.whortleberry.

huckster,n.peddler, hawker, chapman, cadger, hucksterer.

huff,n.petulance, tiff,pet.

huffy,a.petulant,touchy,irritable.

hug,n.embrace.--v.embrace,clasp.

huge,a.mammoth,colossal,vast, stupendous,enormous.

hullabaloo,n.(Colloq.)uproar, vociferation,hubbub,din,clamor,tumult.

hum,n.drone,murmur,buzz, bombination; croon.

hum,v.drone,murmur,buzz, bombinate; croon.

humble,a.lowly,meek,modest, unassuming,unpretentious.

humble,v.humiliate,debase,abase,degrade.

humbug,n.imposition, hoax,deception,imposture, charlatanism,quackery,cajolery;impostor,deceiver,cheat,charlatan.

humbug,v.deceive, impose on, hoax.

humdrum,a.monotonous,tedious,prosy,tiresome.--n.monotony,tedium.

humiliate,v.humble,mortify,abash,disgrace,degrade.

humiliation,n.abasement,mortification,degradation,ignominy; humbleness, meekness.

humility,n.meekness,lowliness,self-abasement,diffidence,modesty.

humor,n.disposition,temper,mood; facetiousness,jocularity,waggery,pleasantry,wit,satire;pl.caprices vagaries, whims, fancies, whimsies.

humor,v.indulge,please,gratify, temporize.A ntonyms:discipline,deny,curb,mortify.

humorist,n.wag,droll,jester,wit.

humorous,a.facetious,droll,comical,jocular,waggish.

hump,n.protuberance,hunch.

humpbacked,a.hunchbacked,deformed.

humpy,a.protuberant, humped,uneven.

hunch,n.hump, protuberance; chunk,lump.

hundredfold,a.centuple.

hundred years.century,centenary,centennial.

Hungarian,n.Magyar.

hunger cure.nestitherapy, limotherapy, limotherapia.

hungry,a.voracious,ravenous, eager; starved, depleted, infertile,barren.

hunky,a.(Slang)even,square, all-right,satisfactory.

hunt,v.chase, pursue,follow;search,seek,ransack,rummage, ferret; poach (hunt unlawfully).

hunt,n.chase, pursuit,search,hunting.

hunter,n.huntsman, sportsman, Nimrod; seeker, pursuer, chaser; Diana.

hunting,n.chase,hunt, field-sport.Associated words:quarry,game, poaching, poacher, mort, yoicks, hoicks.

hunting horn.bugle.

hurly-burly,n.tumult,bustle,turmoil,confusion,commotion.

hurrah,n.cheer, huzza.

hurricane,n.cyclone,tornado, typhoon.

hurried,a.cursory,hasty, superficial.

hurry,n.haste,speed,dispatch, expedition, precipitancy, celerity.

hurry,v.hasten, impel, expedite, accelerate,speed, precipitate.

hurt,v.damage,wound, impair,harm,injure,offend, harry.

hurt,n.injury,wound, detriment,harm,damage.

hurtful,a.Seeinjurious.

husband,n.spouse, benedict.Antonyms:bachelor, celibate.Associated words: marital, monandry, polyandry cuckold, cuckoldom, henpecked.

hush,v.silence,still,repress,suppress;appease,allay.

husk,n.glume, hull,rind,shell,bark, kex.

husky,a.dry, raucous,harsh,discordant, guttural,hoarse.

hussy,n.jade,quean;jilt,flirt,jill.

hustle,v.jostle.

hut,n.hovel,shack,shed.

hybrid,n.mongrel,crossbreed,cross.--a.mongrel,crossbred.

hypocrisy,n.dissimulation, Pharisaism, sanctimoniousness.

hypocrite,n.dissembler, Pharisee, formalist, dissimulator.

hypocritical,a.Pharisaical, canting, dissembling, sanctimonious,insincere.Antonyms:sincere,unfeigned, undissembling, ingenuous.


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