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fain

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

ue'>, impassioned passionate serious

Near Antonyms

irresponsible undependable unreliable untrustworthy

faltering hesitant vacillating wavering

dubious irresolute shaky uncertain

apathetic dispassionate uninterested

Antonyms

disloyal faithless false fickle inconstant perfidious recreant traitorous treacherous unfaithful untrue

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of devote

to keep or intend for a special purpose //I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog
Synonyms

allocated consecrated dedicated earmarked gave up (to) reserved saved set by
Related Words

blessed (also blest) hallowed sanctified
committed confided consigned entrusted (also intrusted)
applied bestowed employed used
Synonymous Phrases

set apart set aside
Near Antonyms

ignored neglected
misapplied misused
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention //planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college
Synonyms

addressed applied bent buckled gave
Related Words

readdressed reapplied
knuckled down settled (down) set (to)
busied committed concerned engaged involved
exerted exhausted put out spent strained stressed taxed troubled wore out
carried on pitched in plunged (in)
ground humped hustled pegged (away) plodded plowed plugged (away) worked (or wrought)
Synonymous Phrases

got cracking got one's act together got with it turned one's hand (or turned a hand)
Near Antonyms

dallied dawdled dillydallied fiddled (around) fooled around idled messed around monkeyed (around) played pottered (around) puttered (around) trifled

dew point

noun

Definition

the temperature at which a vapor (such as water) begins or would begin to condense

Examples

//It's 78° outside and the dew point is 63°.

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

diamond

noun, often attributive

di·a·mond

ˈdī-(ə-)mənd

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

native crystalline carbon that is the hardest known mineral, that is usually nearly colorless, that when transparent and free from flaws is highly valued as a precious stone, and that is used industrially especially as an abrasive
also a piece of this substance
crystallized carbon produced artificially
something that resembles a diamond (as in brilliance, value, or fine quality)
a square or rhombus-shaped figure usually oriented with the long diagonal vertical
ue'>, impassioned passionate serious

Near Antonyms

irresponsible undependable unreliable untrustworthy

faltering hesitant vacillating wavering

dubious irresolute shaky uncertain

apathetic dispassionate uninterested

Antonyms

disloyal faithless false fickle inconstant perfidious recreant traitorous treacherous unfaithful untrue

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of devote

to keep or intend for a special purpose //I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog
Synonyms

allocated consecrated dedicated earmarked gave up (to) reserved saved set by
Related Words

blessed (also blest) hallowed sanctified
committed confided consigned entrusted (also intrusted)
applied bestowed employed used
Synonymous Phrases

set apart set aside
Near Antonyms

ignored neglected
misapplied misused
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention //planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college
Synonyms

addressed applied bent buckled gave
Related Words

readdressed reapplied
knuckled down settled (down) set (to)
busied committed concerned engaged involved
exerted exhausted put out spent strained stressed taxed troubled wore out
carried on pitched in plunged (in)
ground humped hustled pegged (away) plodded plowed plugged (away) worked (or wrought)
Synonymous Phrases

got cracking got one's act together got with it turned one's hand (or turned a hand)
Near Antonyms

dallied dawdled dillydallied fiddled (around) fooled around idled messed around monkeyed (around) played pottered (around) puttered (around) trifled

dew point

noun

Definition

the temperature at which a vapor (such as water) begins or would begin to condense

Examples

//It's 78° outside and the dew point is 63°.

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

diamond

noun, often attributive

di·a·mond

ˈdī-(ə-)mənd

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

native crystalline carbon that is the hardest known mineral, that is usually nearly colorless, that when transparent and free from flaws is highly valued as a precious stone, and that is used industrially especially as an abrasive
also a piece of this substance
crystallized carbon produced artificially
something that resembles a diamond (as in brilliance, value, or fine quality)
a square or rhombus-shaped figure usually oriented with the long diagonal vertical
ue'>, impassioned passionate serious

Near Antonyms

irresponsible undependable unreliable untrustworthy

faltering hesitant vacillating wavering

dubious irresolute shaky uncertain

apathetic dispassionate uninterested

Antonyms

disloyal faithless false fickle inconstant perfidious recreant traitorous treacherous unfaithful untrue

verb

Synonyms & Antonyms (Entry 2 of 2)

past tense of devote

to keep or intend for a special purpose //I conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog
Synonyms

allocated consecrated dedicated earmarked gave up (to) reserved saved set by
Related Words

blessed (also blest) hallowed sanctified
committed confided consigned entrusted (also intrusted)
applied bestowed employed used
Synonymous Phrases

set apart set aside
Near Antonyms

ignored neglected
misapplied misused
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention //planning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college
Synonyms

addressed applied bent buckled gave
Related Words

readdressed reapplied
knuckled down settled (down) set (to)
busied committed concerned engaged involved
exerted exhausted put out spent strained stressed taxed troubled wore out
carried on pitched in plunged (in)
ground humped hustled pegged (away) plodded plowed plugged (away) worked (or wrought)
Synonymous Phrases

got cracking got one's act together got with it turned one's hand (or turned a hand)
Near Antonyms

dallied dawdled dillydallied fiddled (around) fooled around idled messed around monkeyed (around) played pottered (around) puttered (around) trifled

dew point

noun

Definition

the temperature at which a vapor (such as water) begins or would begin to condense

Examples

//It's 78° outside and the dew point is 63°.

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

diamond

noun, often attributive

di·a·mond

ˈdī-(ə-)mənd

Definition (Entry 1 of 3)

native crystalline carbon that is the hardest known mineral, that is usually nearly colorless, that when transparent and free from flaws is highly valued as a precious stone, and that is used industrially especially as an abrasive
also a piece of this substance
crystallized carbon produced artificially
something that resembles a diamond (as in brilliance, value, or fine quality)
a square or rhombus-shaped figure usually oriented with the long diagonal vertical