Synonyms

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strew, v. 1. scatter, sprinkle, spread, diffuse, sow, disperse, distribute, bestrew.
2. broadcast, propagate, promulgate, publish; advertise, bruit, pass the word around, disseminate, stricken, adj. 1. wounded, smitten, hit, struck, hurt, injured, laid low.
2. beset, afflicted, plagued, tormented, persecuted; tortured, torn, harrowed, wracked, agonized.
3. overcome, overwhelmed, crushed, broken, undone, Inf. done in; demoralized, inconsolable, disconsolate, desolate; heartsick, sick at heart, heartbroken, broken-hearted, sorrow-stricken, grief-stricken. strict, adj. 1. narrow, rigid, rigorous, stringent, harsh, illiberal; hard, hard and fast, adamant, inflexible, inexorable, unyielding, uncompromising, hardnosed.
2. exact, exacting, precise, accurate, faithful, literal; scrupulous, meticulous, conscientious, religious, particular, fussy, fastidious, punctilious.
3. close, careful, detailed, minute, microscopic.
4. abolute, perfect, total, utter, complete.
5. orthodox, fundamentalist, purist, hidebound, creedbound.
6. stern, severe, austere, dour, grim, strait-laced, Inf. tough. stricture, n. 1. criticism, hostile or adverse criticism, bad press, Inf flak; thrust, Inf. hit, Inf. knock, Inf. slam, Inf. rap, Inf. swipe, SI. shot; animadversion, derogation, aspersion, imputation.
2. (all of a bodily duct or passage) contraction, constriction, compression, strangulation.
3. restriction, limitation, astriction; check, curb, control, constraint, restraint, hindrance. stride, v. 1. step, walk, pace, take long steps, take giant steps; pass over or across, straddle.
-n. 2. long or giant step, footstep, pace, military pace; striding gait or walk, strident, adj. stridulous, stridulant, stridulatory, harsh, raucous, rough, grating, grinding, creaking, jarring; sour, out of tune, untuneful, unmelodious, unmusical, dissonant, discordant, absonant, unhar-monious, cacophonous, clashing; shrill, acute, sharp, ear-piercing; guttural, throaty, husky, gravelly, hoarse, gruff; scratchy, scratching, raspy, rasping, croaking, SI. froggy. strife, n. 1. conflict, discord, disaccord, dissension, friction, variance, opposition; bad or hard feelings, hostility, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, ill will, hatred.
2. disagreement, difference of opinion, imbroglio, contention, controversy, altercation, embroilment; argument, Inf. words, quarrel, dispute, squabble, row, spar, wrangle, jangle, Scot. sturt, Scot. collieshangie, Obs. brabble, Scot. and North Eng. threap, Brit. Archaic. brangle; spat, tiff, Brit. Dial, fratch, Inf. run-in, Inf. hassle, Inf. barney, falling-out, SI. blow-up; fight, fisticuffs, scuffle, tussle, Inf. set-to, Inf. scrap, struggle; hand-to-hand combat, combat, battle, skirmish, fray; brannigan, broil, brawl, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee, Inf. dustup, U.S. SI. rhubarb.
3. competition, contest, rivalry; match, game, regatta, meet, joust, duel, tug of war; debate, battle of wits; tournament, tourney, bout, round, encounter, engagement, Fr. concours, athletic event; race, run, dash, sprint; trial, heat, scrimmage; run-off, sudden death, showdown; sweepstakes, derby, handicap, steeplechase; Olympics, (itt ancient Greece) agon, decathlon, pentathlon, marathon, (in ancient Greece) agonistics.