Showing posts with label contronyms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contronyms. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Contronyms Part Deux

    Some more awesome wordage :D


    Handicap: An advantage provided to ensure equality, or a disadvantage that prevents equal achievement
    Lease: To offer property for rent, or to hold such property
    Left: Remained, or departed
    Let: Allowed, or hindered
    Literally: Actually, or virtually
    Mean: Average or stingy, or excellent
    Model: An exemplar, or a copy
    Out: Visible, as with stars showing in the sky, or invisible, in reference to lights
    Out of: Outside, or inside, as in working out of a specific office
    Presently: Now, or soon
    Quantum: Significantly large, or a minuscule part
    Quiddity: Essence, or a trifling point of contention
    Quite: Rather (as a qualifying modifier), or completely
    Ravel: To entangle, or to disentangle
    Refrain: To desist from doing something, or to repeat
    Rent: To purchase use of something, or to sell use
    Rock: An immobile mass of stone or figuratively similar phenomenon, or a shaking or unsettling movement or action
    Sanction: To approve, or to boycott
    Sanguine: Confidently cheerful, or bloodthirsty
    Scan: To peruse, or to glance
    Screen: To present, or to conceal
    Seed: To sow seeds, or to shed or remove them
    Shop: To patronize a business in order to purchase something, or to sell something
    Skin: To cover, or to remove
    Splice: To join, or to separate
    Strike: To hit, or to miss in an attempt to hit
    Table: To propose (in British English), or to set aside
    Temper: To soften, or to strengthen
    Throw out: To dispose of, or to present for consideration
    Transparent: Invisible, or obvious
    Trim: To decorate, or to remove excess from
    Trip: A journey, or a stumble
    Unbending: Rigid, or relaxing
    Variety: A particular type, or many types
    Wear: To endure, or to deteriorate
    Weather: To withstand, or to wear away
    Wind up: To end, or to start up

    Can you think of any others? I LOVE these words! :D

    (The original post came from Daily Writing Tips HERE)

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Contronyms = Coolest. Words. Ever.

    My lovely friend Toni Wilson forwarded this list to me a few days ago. It's absolutely awesome :D Especially for someone who writes kids books and poetry. Because nothing is more fun than using the same word but having it mean two completely different things. And not just different things, but opposite things. The same word with contradictory meanings. Too dang cool. Gotta love the English language, huh LOL

    The list had 75 words. I'll just post a few of them today and post a few more another day :D

    1. Apology: A statement of contrition for an action, or a defense of one
    2. Aught: All, or nothing
    3. Bill: A payment, or an invoice for payment
    4. Bolt: To secure, or to flee
    5. Bound: Heading to a destination, or restrained from movement
    6. Buckle: To connect, or to break or collapse
    7. Cleave: To adhere, or to separate
    8. Clip: To fasten, or detach
    9. Consult: To offer advice, or to obtain it
    10. Custom: A common practice, or a special treatment
    11. Dust: To add fine particles, or to remove them
    12. Fast: Quick, or stuck or made stable
    13. Fine: Excellent, or acceptable or good enough
    14. Finished: Completed, or ended or destroyed
    15. Left: Remained, or departed
    16. First degree: Most severe in the case of a murder charge, or least severe in reference to a burn
    17. Flog: To promote persistently, or to criticize or beat
    18. Off: Deactivated, or activated, as an alarm
    19. Give out: To provide, or to stop because of a lack of supply
    20. Hold up: To support, or to impede
    21. Overlook: To supervise, or to neglect
    22. Oversight: Monitoring, or failing to oversee
    23. Peer: A person of the nobility, or an equal
    24. Put out: Extinguish, or generate
    25. Puzzle: A problem, or to solve one

    (The original post came from Daily Writing Tips HERE)

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