Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.
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Tone down
make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
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Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Alt. of Emphatical
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles,…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Full of or processing force; exerting force; mighty.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, viol…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.of Restrain
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Sleight.
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- oppos…
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The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.One who digests.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.See Izard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: less, strong, intense, soften, tone.
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