lepidote; morbid, mortified, decayed, diseased, lesbian, adj. 1. (all of women) homosexual, homoerotic, homophile, sexually inverted, Inf. gay, Inf. bent, SI. kinky; tribadistic, sapphic; mannish, SI. butch.
2. erotic, sexual, sensual, carnal; amorous, amatory.
-n. 3. sapphist, tribade, SI. butch, SI. femme, Derog. dyke or bull dyke, Archaic, fricatrice. lese majesty, n. treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision; insurrection, sedition; iconoclasm. lesion, n. 1. injury, wound, trauma, hurt, harm, impairment, sore or tender spot; disfigurement, disfiguration, defacement, mutilation; abrasion, scratch, scrape, scuff, chafe, gall, excoriation; cut, gash, slash, laceration, tear, rip, rent, run; stab, stab wound, puncture, incision; bruise, contusion, black-and-blue mark; black eye, SI. shiner, SI. mouse; break, fracture, rupture; burn, first- or second- or third-degree burn, scald, scorch.
2. disorder, abnormality, derangement; growth, tumor, swelling, tumescence, neoplasm.
3. ulcer, ulceration, abscess, noma, fester, festering, gathering, tubercle, Obs. apostem, Obs. apostemation, Archaic, impostume; gumboil, parulis, whitlow, agnail; canker, chancre, chancroid, soft chancre, simple chancre; boil, blain, furuncle, furunculus, carbuncle, pustule, pimple, papule, papilla, inflammation, pock, wen, whelk, Rare, bleb, Archaic, botch; sore, open or running sore.
4. Plant Pathology, blister, vesicle, bulla; blemish, mark, spot; scab.
less, adv. 1. to a smaller extent or amount or degree, not very, not so much; other, in any way different.
2. less than hardly, by no means, in no way, in no manner, not at all, not in the least, far short of.
-adj. 3. not so great, smaller, slighter, shorter, narrower, lower; fewer, not as much, not many, hardly any, little; lessened, abated, reduced, limited, deficient.
4. inferior, below par, imperfect, ignoble, lesser; commonplace, mediocre, second-rate; junior, secondary, minor; small, insignificant, of no consequence, of no account, unimportant, immaterial, unessential.
-n. 5. not so much, smaller amount, minimum.
-prep. 6. minus, subtracting, without, excepting, lessee, n. tenant, holder, renter; lodger, boarder, roomer; occupant, occupier, dweller, lessen, v. 1. abate, decrease, diminish, lower, mitigate, bate; subside, ebb, let up, moderate, tail off, intermit, relax, slacken, remit; approach an end, come to a close, wind down, slow down, die down.
2. decline, fall off, taper off, wane, fade away; melt away, deliquesce; dwindle, run low, grow less; weaken, attenuate; fail, languish, waste away, shrivel, wither; decay, crumble, erode.
3. reduce, retrench, cut back, minify; shrink, constrict, contract, narrow; pare, cut, prune, truncate, crop, lop, dock, clip; condense, cut down, compress, epitomize, shorten, abridge, boil down; abbreviate, curtail, cut short.
4. allay, assuage, alleviate, Rare, lenify, palliate, appease, soothe, Archaic, attemper, relieve, ease, soften, cushion, mollify, lighten; quell, slake, deaden, dull, blunt, take the edge off of; modify, moderate, temper, qualify; minimize, extenuate, make light of, soft-pedal, play down, downplay, underestimate, underrate.
5. deduct, subtract, take away, take from; deplete, thin out, decimate.