Brit, track and field events; gymnastics, acrobatics, tumbling, somersaulting.
2. calisthenics, exercise, exercising, gymnastic exercises, isometric exercises, isometrics, Brit, physical jerks or jerks; drill, workout. athwart, adv. 1. across, crosswise, crossways, cross, crisscross, from side to side, transversely.
2. awry, askant, askew, obliquely, sidelong, sideways; perversely, wrongly, contrawise, crossgrained, across the grain, against the tide or wind; at cross purposes, in conflict, at odds, at variance, at issue; in confrontation, against, versus, SI. eyeball to eyeball. -prep. 3. in opposition to, opposed to, adverse to, contrary to, counter to, dead against; in conflict with, at cross purposes with. atmosphere, n. 1. air, aerospace, aerosphere, space; sky, heaven, heavens, firmament, Chiefly Literary. welkin; biosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, ionosphere, exosphere, ozonosphere.
2. environment, medium, milieu, condition; background, setting, surroundings, sphere, element; tone, tenor, mood, aura, ambience; character, spirit, temper; feeling, SI. vibrations, SI. vibes, atmospheric, adj. 1. aerial, meteorological, climatic, pneumatic; aeriform, airy, gaseous, vaporous, ethereal, aerostatic.
2. muted, blurred, undefined, unpronounced, indistinct; hazy, cloudy, misty, foggy, smoky, shadowy, atom, n. 1. molecule, nucleus, proton, electron, neutron; monad, dyad, triad.
2. iota, jot, whit, mite, mote, Archaic, atomy; particle, corpuscle, bit, snippet; tittle, dot, point, Inf smithereen; scintilla, spark, scrap, morsel, smidgen, shred, trace, atomic, adj. 1. molecular, nuclear.
2. microscopic, minute, infinitesimal, microbic, corpuscular; tiny, puny, wee, imperceptible, inappreciable. atone, v. expiate, make amends, offset, countervail, redeem; pay, pay the penalty, make reparation, make up, recompense; conciliate, appease, propitiate; do penance, Archaic, shrive, atonement, n. amends, expiation, redemption, compensation, indemnity, satisfaction; reparation, restitution, redress, remedy, repayment, requital; propitiation, appeasement, conciliation; penance, Archaic. shrift, purgation. atrocious, adj. 1. abominable, execrable, monstrous, horrible, horrid, horrendous; grievous, outrageous, shocking, enormous, flagrant; dark, black, black-hearted, sinister, grim, dreadful, dire; hideous, grisly, gruesome, ghastly, unspeakable, unthinkable; vile, foul, base, mean, low, bad; wicked, sinful, evil, iniquitous, Archaic, facinorous, Obs. scelerous; nefarious, villainous, heinous, flagitious; infamous, notorious, odious; perfidious, treacherous, traitorous, insidious; damnable, damnatory, accursed, cursed; maleficent, malefic, malevolent, evil-minded; demonic, demoniac, devilish, fiendish, ghoulish, diabolical, satanic, hellish, infernal, unholy, ungodly, unblest.