Synonyms Dictionary
3. explain, define, interpret, explicate, expound, comment on, point out; simplify, make plain, delineate, put across, spell out, get across; decipher, decode, render intelligible, untangle, unravel; clarify, elucidate, clear up, resolve.
4. develop, grow, evolve, fill out, increase, expand, wax, become greater or larger; mature, maturate, ripen; bloom, blossom, flower, bear fruit, fructify; sprout, germinate, bud, shoot. unforeseen, adj. unexpected, unanticipated, unlooked-for, unpredicted. See unexpected. unforgivable, adj. inexcusable, unpardonable, un-condonable, irremissible, unexpiable, unatonable, in-exonerable; unwarrantable, unjustifiable, unvin-dicable, unexculpable; indefensible, undefendable, untenable; reprehensible, deplorable, contemptible, despicable, condemnable, censurable, blameworthy; outrageous, scandalous, shameful, disgraceful, ignoble, vile, abject, low; heinous, grievous, ghastly, horrible, terrible, awful, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent, odious, Brit, beastly. unfortunate, adj. 1. unlucky, luckless, out of luck, down on one's luck, hapless, Inf. jinxed, born under an evil star, cursed; unsuccessful, unprosperous, fortuneless, poor, wretched, unblessed, hopeless; unhappy, woebegone, pathetic, forlorn, pitiable, miserable.
2. untoward, unfavorable, unpromising, adverse, ill, contrary, unpropitious, inauspicious; untimely, inopportune, unseasonable, disadvantageous; ill-fated, ill-starred, star-crossed, ill-omened, doomed; ill-boding, ominous, sinister, hostile, threatening, portentous, menacing, malign, minatory.
3. deplorable, lamentable, regrettable, distressing, upsetting, disturbing, Inf too bad; afflicting, tormenting, troublesome; unforeseeable, tragic, calamitous, heinous, outrageous, grievous, disastrous; somber, solemn, grave, heavy, oppressive. unfounded, adj. unsupported, ungrounded, groundless, unsound, unbased, baseless, without basis, idle, vain; unattested, unevidenced, unproven, uncorroborated, unsubstantiated, unauthorized, unestablished; conjectural, speculative, suppositional, hypothetical, academic, academical, theoretical, imaginary, illusory; unsubstantial, tenuous, faulty, erroneous, apocryphal. unfriendly, adj. 1. aloof, distant, cool, cold, un-amicable, unamiable, uncongenial, Scot. fremd; unsociable, unneighborly, inhospitable, unaccommodating, ungracious; unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, ill-disposed, antipathetic; hostile, antagonistic, aggressive, belligerent, bellicose; mean, crabbed, peevish, snappish, disagreeable; ugly, spiteful, surly, sour, malicious, malevolent; combative, contentious, fractious, quarrelsome, disputatious; estranged, on the outs, not on speaking terms.
2. inimical, harmful, unfavorable, unpropitious, inauspicious; lowering, bleak, threatening. unfruitful, adj. unprofitable, unremunerative, ungainful, unrewarding; unyielding, unproductive, un-fructuous, fruitless, infertile, infecund, barren, sterile; exhausted, depleted, worn out, used up, poor, impoverished, fallow. ungainly, adj. 1. awkward, clumsy, ungraceful; unhandy, inept, inexpert, unskillful, maladroit, bumbling, clownish, bungling, bunglesome, blundering; ambisinister, left-handed, Inf. all thumbs, Inf. butterfingered, SI. klutzy, like a bull in a china shop; oafish, cloddish, lumbering, heavy-footed, lubberly, bovine, lumpish; stiff, wooden, stodgy, stolid, heavy, unwieldy, bulky, big, hulking.
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