Synonyms Dictionary
3. swearing, blasphemy, ribaldry, scurrility; malediction, imprecation, invective, bad language, Billingsgate, unparliamentary language, badmouth. oatmeal, n. porridge, mush, farina, cereal, hot cereal; gruel, Scot. brose, Dial, loblolly, obdurate, n. 1. unyielding, unbending, inflexible, unmalleable; hard, obstinate, stubborn, willful, per-vicacious; recalcitrant, intractable, immovable; bullheaded, pigheaded, mulish; callous, hardened, unim-pressible, uninfluenced, case-hardened; opinionated, headstrong, bigoted.
2. cruel, fell, grim, ruthless, merciless, pitiless, hardhearted; steely, adamantine, flinty, harsh, coldblooded; relentless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, unrelenting, tough, dogged; inhuman, heartless, untouched, impervious, uncaring; unresponsive, unforgiving, unsparing, uncompassionate, unsympathetic, supercilious, unconcerned; insensible, cold-hearted, cold, unfeeling, indurate, insensitive.
3. impenitent, unregenerate, reprobate, uncontrite; shameless, unrepenting, profligate; atheistic, godless, infidel, sinful. obedience, n. 1. compliance, conformity, acquiescence, abidance, acceptance; yielding, submission, subjection, morigeration, allegiance, observance; reverence, deference, respect, respectfulness; submissiveness, adapability, malleability, tractability, ductility, pliancy; dutifulness, faithfulness; meekness, timidity, gentleness, passiveness, docility.
2. subservience, obsequiousness; servility, ingratiation, prostration, obeisance, abasement; truckling, bowing, scraping, fawning, cowering, cringing, crawling, toadying, Inf. bootlicking; self-effacement, selfsurrender, self-abasement, obedient, adj. 1. compliant, acquiescent, submissive, yielding, deferential, Rare, morigerate, moriger-ous; dutiful, duteous, law-abiding, rule-abiding, loyal, faithful; conforming, cooperative, responsive, agreeable; supple, malleable, ductile, pliant; docile, meek, timid, gentle, passive; governable, tractable, biddable, under [s.o.'s] thumb.
2. subservient, servile, obsequious, ingratiating, obeisant, prostrate, Archaic, sequacious; truckling, bowing, scraping, fawning, cowering, cringing, crawling, toadying, toadyish, Inf. bootlicking; self-effacing, self-surrendering, self-abasing, obeisance, n. 1. deference, homage, worship, adoration; respect, honor, regard; reverence, veneration, estimation, esteem.
2. obsequiousness, servility, sycophancy, fawning, toadying; submissiveness, subservience, slavishness; supineness, passivity, complaisance, resignation.
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