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#841. Weariness. -- N. weariness

• defatigation|

• lassitude

• (fatigue) 68

• drowsiness

• disgust

• nausea

• loathing

• sickness

• satiety

• taedium vitae

• boredom

• ennui

• wearisomeness

• tediousness

• dull work

• tedium

• monotony

• twice-told tale

• bore

• buttonholer

• wet blanket

• pill*

• stiff*

• heavy

• hours

• "the enemy" [time]

• V. weary

• tire

• bore

• bore to death

• weary to death

• tire to death

• bore out of one's skull

• bore out of one's life

• weary out

• of one's life

• tire out of one's life

• bore out of all patience

• weary out

• of all patience

• wear out one's patience

• tire out of all patience

• set to

• sleep

• send to sleep

• buttonhole

• pall

• sicken

• nauseate

• disgust

• harp on the same string

• drag its slow length along

• drag its weary

• length along

• never hear the last of

• be tired of

• be sick of

• be tired with

• yawn

• die with ennui

• [of journalistic articles] MEGO

• my eyes glaze over

• Adj. wearying

• wearing

• wearisome

• tiresome

• irksome;

• uninteresting

• stupid

• bald

• devoid of interest

• dry

• monotonous

• dull

• arid

• tedious

• humdrum

• mortal

• flat

• prosy

• prosing

• slow

• soporific

• somniferous

• disgusting

• weary

• tired

• drowsy

• uninterested

• flagging

• used up

• worn out

• blase

• life-weary

• weary of life

• sick of

• Adv. wearily

• usque ad nauseam[Lat]

• Phr. time hanging heavily on one's hands

• crambe

#842. Wit. -- N. wit

• humor

• wittiness

• sense of humor

• attic wit

• attic salt

• salt

• esprit

• point

• fancy

• whim

• drollery

• pleasantry

• farce

• buffoonery

• fooling

• tomfoolery

• shenanigan [U.S.]

• harlequinade

• broad farce

• broad humor

• fun

• vis comica[Lat]

• jocularity

• jocosity

• facetiousness

• waggery

• waggishness

• whimsicality

• comicality

• banter

• badinage

• retort

• repartee

• smartness

• ready wit

• quid-pro-

• quo

• ridicule

• jest

• joke

• jape

• jibe

• facetiae[Lat]

• levity

• quips and cranks;

• capital joke

• canorae nugae[Lat]

• standing jest

• standing joke

• private

• joke

• conceit

• quip

• quirk

• crank

• quiddity

• brilliant idea

• merry thought

• bright thought

• happy

• thought

• sally

• flash of wit

• flash of merriment

• scintillation

• witticism

• smart saying

• bon-mot,jeu

• jest book

• dry joke

• quodlibet

• cream of the jest

• word-play

• play of words

• play upon words

• pun

• punning

• double entente

• double entendre

• quibble

• verbal quibble

• conundrum

• anagram

• acrostic

• double

• acrostic

• trifling

• idle conceit

• turlupinade|

• old joke

• tired joke

• flat joke

• Joe Miller|!

• V. joke

• jest

• crack a joke

• make a joke

• jape

• cut jokes

• perpetrate

• a joke

• pun

• perpetrate a pun

• make fun of

• make merry with

• kid

• kid

• around

• fool around

• set the table in a roar

• retort

• banter

• ridentem dicere verum[Lat]

• joke at

• one's expense

• take in jest

• [make a joke which is not funny] bomb

• fall flat

• go over like a lead

• balloon

• Adj. witty

• attic

• quick-witted

• nimble-witted

• smart

• jocular

• jocose

• humorous

• facetious

• waggish

• whimsical

• kidding

• joking

• puckish;

• playful

• merry and wise

• pleasant

• sprightly

• light

• sparkling

• epigrammatic

• full of point

• ben trovato[It];

• comic

• zany

• madcap

• funny

• amusing

• Adv. jokingly

• in joke

• in jest

• in sport

• in play

• "gentle dullness

• ever loves a joke" [Pope]

• "leave this keen encounter of our wits" [Richard

• III]

• just joking

• just kidding

• "surely you jest!"

#843. Dullness. -- N. dullness

• heaviness

• flatness

• infestivity

• stupidity

• want of originality

• dearth of ideas

• prose

• matter of fact

• heavy book

• platitude

• V. be dull

• prose

• be caught napping

• render dull

• damp

• depress

• throw cold water on

• lay a wet

• blanket on

• fall flat upon the ear

• no joke

• serious matter (importance) 642

• Adj. dull

• dull as ditch water

• unentertaining

• uninteresting

• flat

• dry as dust

• unfunny

• logy [U.S.]

• unimaginative;

• dry as dust

• prosy

• prosing

• prosaic

• matter of fact

• commonplace

• pedestrian

• pointless

• "weary stale flat and unprofitable"

• [Hamlet]

• stupid

• slow

• flat

• insipid

• vapid

• humdrum

• monotonous

• melancholic

• stolid

• plodding

• boring

• tiresome

• tedious

• deadly dull and boring

• DDB[abbr]

#844. Humorist. -- N. humorist

• wag

• wit

• epigrammatist

• punster

• bel esprit

• life of the party

• wit-snapper

• wit-

• cracker

• wit-worm

• joker

• jester

• Joe Miller|!

• spark

• practical joker

• buffoon

• merry-andrew

• mime

• tumbler

• acrobat

• mountebank

• charlatan

• harlequin

• punch

• clown

• wearer of the cap and bells

• wearer of the motley

• motley fool

• pantaloon

• gypsy

• jack-pudding

• jack in

• the green

• jack a dandy

• wiseacre

• wise guy

• smartass [coll.]

• fool

• 501

• zany

• madcap

• pickle-herring

• caricaturist

• 2. Discriminative Affections

#845. Beauty. --

#846. Ugliness. -- N. ugliness

• deformity

• inelegance;

• disfigurement

• want of symmetry

• distortion

• squalor

• forbidding countenance

• vinegar aspect

• hanging look

• wry face

• "spretae injuria formae" [Vergil]

• [person who is ugly] eyesore

• object

• witch

• hag

• figure

• sight

• fright

• monster

• dog[coll.]

• woofer[coll.]

• pig[coll.]

• octopus

• specter

• scarecrow

• harridan|!

• satyr|!

• toad

• monkey

• baboon

• Caliban

• "monstrum horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum"

• [Latin][Vergil]

• V. be ugly

• look ill

• grin horribly a ghastly smile

• make

• faces

• render ugly

• deface

• disfigure

• defigure|

• distort

• blemish

• soil

• Adj. ugly

• ugly as sin

• ugly as a toad

• ugly as a scarecrow

• ugly as a

• dead monkey

• plain

• bald (unadorned) 8

• homely

• ordinary

• inartistic

• unsightly

• unseemly

• uncomely

• unlovely;

• unshapely

• sightless

• not fit to be seen;

• unbeautiful

• semibeautiful

• shapeless

• misshapen

• monstrous

• gaunt

• dumpy

• curtailed of its fair proportions

• ill-made

• ill-

• shaped

• ill-proportioned

• crooked

• hard featured

• hard

• visaged

• ill-favored

• hard-favored

• evil-favored

• ill-looking;

• unprepossessing

• unattractive

• uninviting

• unpleasing

• graceless

• inelegant

• ungraceful

• ungainly

• uncouth

• stiff

• rugged

• rough

• gross

• rude

• awkward

• clumsy

• slouching

• rickety

• gawky

• lumping

• lumbering

• hulking

• unwieldy

• squalid

• haggard

• grim

• grim faced

• grim visaged

• grisly

• ghastly;

• ghost like

• death like

• cadaverous

• gruesome

• frightful

• hideous

• odious

• uncanny

• forbidding

• repellant

• repulsive

• repugnant

• grotesque

• bizarre

• grody [coll.]

• grody to the max [coll.];

• horrid

• horrible

• shocking

• foul

• dingy

• gaudy

• disfigured

• discolored

#847. Ornament. -- N. ornament

• ornamentation

• ornamental art;

• ornateness

• adornment

• decoration

• embellishment;

• architecture

• jewelry

• [surface coatings for wood: list] garnish

• polish

• varnish

• French

• polish

• veneer

• japanning

• lacquer

• [surface coatings for metal] gilding

• plating

• ormolu

• enamel

• cloisonn_

• [surface coatings for human skin] cosmetics[in general]

• makeup

• eye

• shadow[list]

• rouge

• face powder

• lipstick

• blush

• [ornamental surface pattern: list] pattern

• diaper

• powdering

• paneling

• graining

• detail

• repousse (convexity) 250;

• texture

• richness

• tracery

• molding

• fillet

• flourish

• arabesque

• fret

• egg and tongue

• egg and dart

• zigzag

• acanthus

• cartouche

• pilaster

• bead

• beading;

• cloisonne ware

• frost work

• Moresque[Lat]

• Morisco

• tooling

• [ornamental cloth] embroidery

• brocade

• galloon

• lace

• fringe

• trapping

• border

• edging

• trimming

• hanging

• tapestry

• arras;

• millinery

• ermine

• wreath

• festoon

• garland

• chaplet

• flower

• nosegay

• bouquet

• posy

• "daisies pied and violets blue"

• tassel[L.L.L.]

• knot

• shoulder knot

• epaulet

• frog

• star

• rosette

• bow

• feather

• plume

• panache

• aigrette

• finery

• frippery

• gewgaw

• gimcrack

• tinsel

• spangle

• pinchbeck

• paste

• excess of ornament

• gaud

• pride

• [ornamentation of text] illustration

• illumination

• vignette

• flowers of rhetoric

• work of art

• V. ornament

• embellish

• enrich

• decorate

• adorn

• bead

• beautify

• smarten

• furbish

• polish

• gild

• varnish

• whitewash

• enamel

• japan

• lacquer

• paint

• grain

• garnish

• trim

• bedizen

• prank

• trick out

• fig out

• deck

• bedeck

• array

• dress

• dress up

• spangle

• bespangle

• powder

• embroider

• work

• chase

• emboss

• fret

• emblazon

• illuminate

• illustrate

• become

• Adj. ornamented

• beautified

• ornate

• rich

• gilt

• tesselated

• festooned

• cloisonne

• topiary

• smart

• gay

• flowery

• glittering

• new gilt

• new

• spangled

• fine as a Mayday queen

• fine as a

• carrot fresh scraped

• pranked out

• well-groomed

• in full dress

• dressed to kill

• dressed to the

• nines

• dressed to advantage

• in Sunday best

• en grande

• in best bib and tucker

• showy

• flashy

• gaudy

• garish

• gairish|!

• gorgeous

• ornamental

• decorative

• becoming

#847a. Jewelry -- N. jewel[ornaments worn by people on the

• body][general]

• jewelry

• bijoutry|!

• bijou

• trinket

• fine jewelry

• costume jewelry

• junk jewelry

• gem

• gemstone

• precious stone

• [forms of jewelry: list] necklace

• bracelet

• anklet

• earring

• locket

• pendant

• charm bracelet

• ring

• pinky ring

• chain

• chatelaine

• broach

• pin

• lapel pin

• torque

• [gemstones: list] diamond

• brilliant

• rock[coll.]

• beryl

• emerald;

• chalcedony

• agate

• heliotrope

• onyx

• plasma;

• sardonyx

• garnet

• lapis lazuli

• opal

• peridot[ISA:gemstone]

• tourmaline

• chrysolite

• sapphire

• ruby

• synthetic ruby

• spinel

• spinelle;

• oriental

• oriental topaz

• turquoise

• zircon

• cubic zirconia

• jacinth

• hyacinth

• carbuncle

• amethyst

• cat's eye

• bloodstone

• hematite

• jasper

• moonstone

• [jewelry materials derived from living organisms] pearl

• cultured

• pearl

• fresh-water pearl

• mother of pearl

• coral

• [person who sells jewels] jeweler

• [person who studies gemstones] gemologist

• minerologist

• [person who cuts gemstones] lapidary

• lapidarian

• [study of gemstones] gemology

• gemmology

• minerology

• V. shine like a diamond

• Adj. bejeweled

• diamond

• gemological

#848. Blemish. -- N. blemish

• disfigurement

• deformity;

• flaw

• defect

• injury

• (deterioration) 65

• spots on the sun|!

• eyesore

• stain

• blot

• spot

• spottiness

• speck

• speckle

• blur

• tarnish

• smudge

• dirt

• [blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle

• mole

• macula[Anat]

• patch

• blotch

• birthmark

• blubber lip

• maculation

• scar

• wem|

• pustule

• whelk

• excrescence

• pimple

• V. disfigure

• speckle

• Adj. pitted

• freckled

• discolored

• imperfect

• blobber-lipped

• bloodshot

• injured

#849. Simplicity. -- N. simplicity

• plainness

• homeliness

• undress

• chastity

• V. be simple

• render simple

• simplify

• uncomplicate

• Adj. simple

• plain

• homely

• homespun

• ordinary

• household

• unaffected

• ingenuous

• sincere (artless) 70

• free from affectation

• free from ornament

• simplex munditiis [Lat][Horace]

• en

• chaste

• severe

• unadorned

• bare

• unornamented

• ungarnished

• untrimmed

• unvarnished

• bald

• flat

• dull

• Phr. veritatis simplex oratio est[Lat]

#850. [Good taste.] Taste. -- N. taste

• good taste

• refined taste

• cultivated taste

• delicacy

• refinement

• fine feeling

• gust

• gusto

• tact

• finesse

• nicety

• [Grk]

• polish

• elegance

• grace

• judgment

• discernment

• dilettantism

• dilettanteism

• virtu

• fine art

• culture

• cultivation

• [Science of taste] aesthetics

• man of taste

• connoisseur

• judge

• critic

• conoscente

• virtuoso

• amateur

• dilettante

• Corinthian

• arbiter

• elegantiarum[Lat]

• euphemist

• "caviare to the general" [Hamlet]

• V. appreciate

• judge

• criticise

• discriminate

• Adj. in good taste

• cute

• tasteful

• tasty

• unaffected

• pure

• chaste

• classical

• attic

• cultivated

• refined

• dainty

• esthetic

• aesthetic

• artistic

• elegant

• euphemistic

• to one's taste

• to one's mind

• after one's fancy

• Adv. elegantly

• Goldsmith]

• oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus

• [Lat][Cicero]