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Noun
▲
A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports
balustrade
banisterUS
barrier
fence
paling
rail
rails
bannisterUK
fencing
guardrail
palisade
bar
hurdle
parapet
pole
post
rest
siding
boundary line
handrail
wall
barricade
hedge
block
stockade
rampart
roadblock
balusters
stop
support
embankment
dam
divider
levee
separator
bank
dyke
barrage
panel
earthwork
hindrance
gate
impediment
weir
shelter
division
head
separation
causeway
restriction
breakwater
sea wall
border
room divider
check
dividing wall
curtain
ridge
jetty
mound
bastion
breastwork
verge
hill
slope
channel
watercourse
encirclement
fort
security
outwork
vallum
vallation
sluice
fireproofing
perimeter
stretch
sea cliff
windshield
purdah
wedge
sentry post
quickset
blind
ring-fence
windscreen
firewall
drain
conduit
gutter
redoubt
berm
buttress
stoppage
battlement
barbican
stronghold
shutter
arras
deterrent
precipice
cliff
scarp
scar
escarpment
barranca
barranco
crag
bluff
blockage
citadel
buffet
buffer
fortress
privet
thicket
shrubbery
bush
infarct
clog
embolus
closure
infarction
snag
defensive wall
bartizan
elevation
beleaguerment
grade
milldam
boom
millpond
investment
row of bushes
mole
defensesUS
besiegement
leaguer
septum
defencesUK
line of defense
curb
panellingUK
panelingUS
retainer
facade
surface
side
limitation
pier
siege
façade
wharf
spur
seawall
harbor wall
offshore barrier
more ❯
Noun
▲
A long, angry or violent speech
tirade
diatribe
harangue
philippic
broadside
polemic
abuse
attack
brickbats
criticism
decrying
denunciation
flak
fulmination
invective
lecture
rant
reviling
admonishment
admonition
rebuke
reprimand
reproof
reproval
upbraiding
battering
berating
castigation
censure
condemnation
denouncement
jeremiad
obloquy
outburst
stricture
tongue-lashing
verbal onslaught
vilification
vituperation
anger
blast
dispute
knocking
malediction
ranting
revilement
screed
sermon
slating
stream of abuse
calumniation
mud-slinging
stick
character assassination
aspersion
derogation
traducement
slagging off
verbal
backbiting
objurgation
detraction
disapproval
curses
slagging
slurs
lambasting
maligning
animadversion
bad press
derision
lie
scandalmongering
smearing
muckraking
sideswipe
slur
libelingUS
libellingUK
traducing
insolence
offenceUK
offenseUS
depreciation
foul language
scorn
contempt
evil-speaking
cursing
lying
aspersing
defaming
blackening
vilifying
disapprobation
jibe
panning
cattiness
smear
fault-finding
misrepresentation
malice
indignity
slights
spitefulness
spite
swearing
expletives
slamming
rubbishing
impugnment
disfavourUK
belittlement
smear campaign
disfavorUS
signifying
rudeness
swear words
put-down
sarcasm
epithet
blasphemy
backstabbing
tale
disrespect
a bad press
knock
injury
slam
pejorative
lamentation
moan
lament
keen
groan
mudslinging
plaint
wail
discredit
abasement
malicious
maliciousness
odium
hostility
recrimination
barracking
teasing
jeering
hectoring
complaints
bad language
philippics
gossip
malicious talk
reprehension
opposition
accusation
counterblast
spiteful talk
infighting
badmouthing
viciousness
innuendo
commination
chiding
remonstrance
insinuation
sullying
besmirchment
torrent of abuse
riot act
rap
sideswipes
pan
aggravation
hassle
swipe
stigma
running down
indignities
jibes
a lashing
a caning
a roasting
unkind remarks
hateful talk
diminishment
rebukes
untruths
malicious gossip
lies
smears
dressing down
slanging
besmirching
hurt
harm
disesteem
injustice
ridicule
damage
wrong
hit
minimization
quinine
knifing
hosing
a bollocking
a wigging
a rocket
a rollicking
misrepresentation of character
defamation of character
put-downs
persecution
verbal attack
rocket
malevolence
assault
ribaldry
vulgarity
name-calling
argument
false accusations
false reports
trash talk
confrontation
wigging
earful
a slanging match
kicking around
pushing around
caning
pugnacity
bollocking
defilement
carpeting
rollicking
affront
slight
coarse words
foul talk
rough language
abusive language
abusive talk
combativeness
roasting
disagreement
belligerence
snub
barb
dressing-down
dig
outrage
telling-off
ticking off
verbal assault
rap over the knuckles
chastisement
cut
slap
dis
gird
name
personality
humiliation
dart
diss
poke
backhanded compliment
abusive remark
sledge
ignominy
discourtesy
unpleasantry
mockery
impertinence
incivility
disgrace
superciliousness
impudence
shame
disdainfulness
despite
taunt
slandering
fulminations
slap in the face
kick in the teeth
black eye
cheap shot
mauling
savaging
more ❯
Noun
▲
A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
protest
objection
complaint
revolt
demurral
disapproval
challenge
dissent
outcry
exception
expostulation
fuss
protestation
demur
grievance
gripe
opposition
remonstrance
remonstration
demurrer
disagreement
dispute
stink
fulmination
inveighing
question
bellyache
blackball
campaign
clamourUK
clamorUS
declaration
flak
kick
knock
riot
tumult
turmoil
big stink
formal complaint
work-to-rule
moan
grumble
grouse
beef
grouch
whinge
whine
wail
murmur
lament
kvetch
carp
yammer
holler
bleat
plaint
whimper
miserere
quibble
groan
argument
uproar
howl
hullabaloo
commotion
beefing
bellyaching
furoreUK
whingeing
problem
roar
hubbub
row
ballyhoo
hoo-ha
rumpus
furorUS
muttering
charge
vociferation
carping
distress
noise
griping
grouching
ruckus
outburst
mutter
quarrel
hue and cry
controversy
to-do
annoyance
accusation
resentment
indignation
outrage
cry
bother
fault-finding
brouhaha
umbrage
pain
reproach
trial
affliction
grousing
ruction
jeremiad
rumble
misgiving
dissuasion
concern
debate
storm
ado
stir
ructions
squabble
pother
qualm
ferment
disturbance
kerfuffle
representation
reservation
carry-on
word
sound
squeal
peep
howling
squealer
sob
protesting
hostility
yike
lamentation
worry
whining
murmuring
moaning
grumbling
peeve
reproof
aversion
frustration
aggravation
bugbear
howl of protest
guff
CC
statement of dissatisfaction
petition
rebuke
pinching
ache
aching
pang
cramps
condemnation
sigh
keen
civil disobedience
bane
exasperation
inconvenience
colic
twinge
stomachache
nitpicking
mithering
grunt
taking exception
recalcitrance
dread
irk
irritation
hassle
nuisance
headache
uncertainty
infirmity
illness
disorder
indisposition
vexation
irritant
niggling
compunction
keening
fear
confusion
dubiousness
boggling
cavillingUK
misgivings
cavilingUS
contention
dubiety
quarrels
anxiety
contest
hate
racket
bone of contention
question mark
defiance
palaver
splash
flap
confrontation
interrogation
public outcry
public outrage
song and dance
bobsy-die
bugle call
rallying cry
scepticismUK
conflict
contradiction
grudge
statement
rebellion
questioning of
test of
resistance
stand against
score
pique
down
rancourUK
bitterness
disobedience
argument against
difficulty with
skepticismUS
exposition
account
clamouringUK
objections
protests
complaints
protestations
hard feeling
ill feeling
bad feeling
sorrow
grief
rap
blast
rigorUS
unhappiness
rigourUK
trouble
rancorUS
ill-treatment
case
hardship
violence
tribulation
yell
flack
cross
infringement
exclamation
outbursts
tantrum
bickering
hysterics
explanation
deposition
allegation
claim
hullaballoo
bone to pick
axe to grind
crow to pluck
hubba-hubba
din
convulsion
clamoringUS
upturn
howls of protest
blather
hurricane
williwaw
foofaraw
splore
shindy
moil
do
helter-skelter
coil
hurly
clatter
hoo-hah
hurry-skurry
squall
welter
stew
corroboree
hurly-burly
whirl
hoopla
hurry-scurry
fun
bustle
clutter
bluster
zoo
bobbery
hubble-bubble
pandemonium
hurry
report
cause of distress
ax to grind
chip on your shoulder
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
pain in the neck
pain in the bum
submission
chorus of disapproval
big scene
enthusiasm
free-for-all
lunacy
hype
fad
alarums and excursions
hell broke loose
excitement
craze
mania
more ❯
Noun
▲
A swaggering show of defiance or courage
bravado
bluster
boastfulness
boasting
bombast
braggadocio
fanfaronade
swagger
swaggering
swashbuckling
boast
boldness
bragging
gasconade
machismo
skite
vaunting
audacity
blowing
bluff
bold manner
bullying
crowing
daring
fuming
grandiosity
guts
pomposity
pretension
raging
rant
rodomontade
self-glorification
show
storming
swelling
talk
showing off
fancy talk
hot air
tall talk
fustian
rhetoric
braggart
ostentation
wind
verbiage
pretentiousness
turgidity
oratory
rage
rhapsody
big talk
crowing. bluster
pride
boaster
loftiness
swaggerer
pompousness
bunk
blah-blah-blah
gasconader
blowhard
boastful
ornateness
orotundity
eloquence
bragger
gascon
idle talk
cracker
blower
vaunter
vainglory
display
brashness
puffery
blather
claptrap
blether
nonsense
verbosity
conceit
showing-off
bunkum
periphrasis
euphuism
affectedness
tirade
guff
bosh
empty talk
harangue
diatribe
tympany
tumidity
rave
padded
verboseness
bombastry
stuffed
altiloquence
stuff
cotton
affectation
pad
aureation
balderdash
long-windedness
philippic
extravagant boasting
self-aggrandizement
bombard phrase
purple prose
self-glory
self-flattery
self-importance
self-promotion
jeremiad
vociferation
broadside
oration
raving
yelling
histrionics
outburst
verbal onslaught
more ❯
Noun
▲
A (physical or figurative) barrier or restriction to an action or advance
bar
obstacle
block
hurdle
obstruction
barrier
hindrance
impediment
stop
deterrent
fetter
restriction
encumbrance
handicap
hitch
inhibition
manacle
restraint
trammel
baulkUK
balkUS
barricade
check
clog
cramp
crimp
drag
holdback
interference
let
snag
blockage
chain
embarrassment
limitation
shackles
fence
traverse
wall
stumbling block
blank wall
road block
imperfection
failing
weak point
penalty
cost
weak spot
deficiency
affliction
mishap
tribulation
adversity
snafu
price
hassle
misfortune
lack
worry
disappointment
negative aspect
liability
toll
consequences
consequence
harm
debit
strike
negative
incommodity
failure
disability
quandary
expense
trial
foible
frailty
defeat
blow
upset
catch-22
reversal
downfall
kink
vice
knock
undesirable consequence
lapse
trap
bane
suffering
torment
wait
damage
prob
disfavorUS
sacrifice
tangle
bummer
snare
detainment
error
misadventure
detention
con
reverse
loss
entanglement
catastrophe
web
disfavourUK
tie-up
accident
tragedy
disaster
non-success
vicissitude
hurt
gremlin
ramification
plight
rout
holding pattern
can of worms
disputed point
dereliction
demerit
want
mess
dispute
point at issue
gap
woe
distress
sin
traffic jam
undesirable consequences
adverse effects
bad luck
hard times
Achilles heel
ill luck
bone of contention
bad
flip side
deadlock
privation
afterdeal
aggravation
result
discontinuance
other side of the coin
pinch
factor
development
forfeit
incapability
inability
incapacity
trick
forfeiture
repulse
deal-breaker
malfunction
blip
conundrum
ploy
puzzle
dodge
wile
blemish
turnabout
vanquishment
bath
conquering
tailback
anomaly
misfire
disservice
fallibility
narrowing
backup
constriction
queue
punishment
fine
grievance
bother
question
perplexity
botheration
despite
evil
ill
downer
blunder
peril
danger
something wrong
mine
limpet
worriment
habit
count
squeeze
bugbear
doubt
disagreement
unsoundness
instability
deformity
mix-up
hot potato
thorn in one's flesh
vexed question
question mark
vexation
source of difficulty
hornets' nest
source of trouble
muddle
difficult situation
adverse effect
joker in the pack
slip
hot water
Achilles' heel
chink in somebody's armor
sore point
chink in armor
chink in your armour
inefficacy
letdown
risk
box
teething trouble
miscalculation
mistake
whammy
mischance
bafflement
shame
pity
body blow
unpleasant aspect
ground mine
claymore mine
acoustic mine
pressure mine
magnetic mine
antipersonnel mine
annoyance
comedown
one in the eye
piece of bad luck
stroke of bad luck
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
kick in the teeth
knock-back
bitter pill
restricted access
breakdown
infirmity
debility
imminence
menace
threat
down
lack of success
car crash
pit
deadfall
stall
toil
setup
hook
swindle
mesh
mousetrap
quicksand
lull
lag
suspension
interval
intermission
retard
interlude
pause
bind
prorogation
surcease
break
stay
downtime
filibuster
holding
waiting period
time wasted
time lag
cooling-off period
showstopper
period of waiting
banana skin
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for complain or protest strongly and persistently about
censuring
condemning
denouncing
fulminating against
inveighing against
raging against
thundering against
challenging
criticizing severely
declaiming against
expostulating about
protesting strongly at
remonstrating about
abusing
attacking
berating
blasting
castigating
complaining
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
expressing disapproval of
fulminating
fuming
inveighing
jawing
kicking
kicking against
making a protest against
objecting
objecting to
opposing strongly
protesting
ranting
rating
reviling
scolding
speaking out against
thundering
tongue-lashing
upbraiding
vituperating
vociferating
whipping
complaining bitterly about
complaining vociferously about
disagreeing violently with
making a fuss about
raising objections to
taking issue with
bawling out
chewing out
kicking up
making a stand against
taking great exception to
taking a stand against
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
putting up a fight against
storming
expostulating
raging
cursing
railing against
taking exception to
“I challenge the members who rail against it to say that if their party were elected to Government, it would wipe out that fourth week of leave.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for express vehement protest
fulminating
raging
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
denouncing
thundering
censuring
ranting
protesting
cursing
declaiming
execrating
fuming
berating
blasting
castigating
condemning
decrying
excoriating
flaming
inveighing
storming
vilifying
vituperating
animadverting
arraigning
attacking
blustering
disparaging
dissing
huffing
lambasting
protesting against
putting down
raving
reprobating
spouting
upbraiding
denunciating
railing against
speaking out
tearing into
intimidating
making a stand
menacing
taking a stand
animadverting upon
mouthing off about
vociferating about
going on about
inveighing against
swearing at
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
ranting and raving
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to confine in a small space
cribbing
confining
limiting
caging
enclosing
fencing
imprisoning
penning
restricting
cooping
boxing up
cooping up
shutting in
protecting
defending
surrounding
securing
guarding
immuring
impounding
hedging
bounding
pounding
separating
bulwarking
screening
forfending
safeguarding
covering
corralling
circling
encompassing
encasing
blockading
environing
wrapping
jailingUS
gaolingUK
fencing off
blocking off
locking up
imbuing
inducting
implanting
inserting
including
enshrouding
veiling
enfolding
enveloping
ringing
fringing
compassing
edging
encaging
skirting
bordering
girding
wreathing
flanking
embracing
containing
closeting
housing
girdling
lining
engirding
holding
fencing in
cordoning off
sealing off
putting inside
setting apart
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
scolding
berating
admonishing
castigating
rebuking
abusing
denouncing
nagging
reprimanding
reproaching
slating
upbraiding
blasting
carpeting
lambasting
reviling
basting
cautioning
censuring
chastening
chastising
chiding
criticisingUK
criticizingUS
disparaging
monstering
rating
reprobating
reproving
threaping
vilifying
blaming
cavillingUK
cavilingUS
disciplining
hammering
keelhauling
lecturing
ragging
rapping
recriminating
reprehending
taunting
vituperating
wigging
aspersing
bollocking
flaying
jawing
reaming
rowing
scoring
expostulating
objurgating
preaching
trimming
putting down
telling off
laying into
pulling up
remonstrating with
tearing into
dressing down
railing against
railing at
ticking off
bawling out
chewing out
finding fault with
jumping on
lighting to
pitching into
ranting at
reaming out
giving someone a bollocking
lacing to
letting someone have it
slapping down
tongue-lashing
blowing up
bagging
slashing
cutting up
pulling apart
impugning
rollicking
checking
taking to pieces
coming down hard on
monishing
lessoning
faulting
pouring scorn on
arraigning
giving someone a bad press
slagging
dispraising
slurring
chewing someone out
exprobating
picking holes in
animadverting on
denunciating
mauling
skinning
talking to
picking to pieces
slapping someone on the wrist
hitting out at
ticking someone off
sledging
bringing to book
stigmatizingUS
calling over the coals
visiting
carping
throwing the book at
fustigating
nagging at
ostracisingUK
ostracizingUS
besmirching
climbing all over
strongly criticizing
rapping on knuckles
telling a thing or two
stigmatisingUK
passing strictures upon
jawboning
assaulting
giving some stick to
ripping
speaking to
giving a going over
getting after
raking
slapping on wrist
zapping
tearing apart
ragging on
drawing the line
coming down on like a ton of bricks
vituperating against
skinning alive
throwing brickbats at
tearing down
taking down
reprimanding severely
attasking
raving at
exprobrating
recompensing
giving the dickens
lowering the boom
warning
rapping across the knuckles
having words
severely reprimanding
feruling
skelping
spanking
carping on
sounding off
opposing
frying
going after
advising
counselingUS
giving someone stick
speaking
adjuring
counsellingUK
giving someone a telling off
giving someone a dressing down
tearing someone a new one
teaching someone a lesson
making an example of
criticizing strongly
meting out punishment to
picking on
getting on
taking down a peg
taking somebody to task
harassing
calling to account
giving a hard time
burning one's ears
chewing
cussing out
jumping all over
criticizing hatefully
shouting at
giving one hell
eating out
giving someone a carpeting
refuting
deriding
striking
cudgelingUS
shellacking
slapping
cudgellingUK
smothering
giving a tongue-lashing
taking apart
tearing to pieces
moralisingUK
giving piece of mind
ranking on
giving going-over
moralizingUS
giving comeuppance
giving the devil
dishonoringUS
dishonouringUK
pointing the finger at
laying on
calling to task
expressing disapproval of
sending someone away with a flea in his
taking disciplinary action against
putting on the carpet
proscribing
digging into
tucking into
rejecting
running something down
declaiming against
giving something a bad press
declaiming
indicting
charging with
showing up
impeaching
prosecuting
lashing into
having your knife in
assaulting verbally
arguing with
scorning
incriminating
backbiting
disapproving
remonstrating
judging
rebuffing
cutting down
giving flak to
slogging
nitpicking about
cutting to bits
picking at
giving a bad press to
fluffing
clobbering
complaining about
bagging on
slugging
giving bad press
nit-picking
gluingUS
dinging
glueingUK
forewarning
hoisting
noticing
disagreeing with
piling in
picking apart
looking askance
reading out
sitting on
jacking up
jumping on one's case
shooting down
starting on
snapping someone's head off
going for the jugular
starting in
biting someone's head off
taking on
letting fly at
lamming into
setting upon
letting have it
slighting
ridiculing
lampooning
libelingUS
libellingUK
speaking evil of
spreading lies about
debasing
doing down
blackening
giving a bad name
mistreating
bringing into disrepute
throwing mud at
sullying the reputation of
demonizingUS
blackening the reputation of
ripping up
giving a black eye
putting a whammy on
demonisingUK
voodooing
conducting a smear campaign against
dragging through the mud
jinxing
cussing
digging
speaking ill of
blackening the name of
taking advantage of
making fun of
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Present participle for rave
rhapsodisingUK
rhapsodizingUS
babbling
bloviating
declaiming
fuming
gabbling
haranguing
jabbering
mouthing
orating
perorating
prating
prattling
raging
ranting
roaring
spluttering
storming
thundering
wandering
carrying on
coming unglued
freaking out
going ape
going bananas
going crazy
going mad
rattling on
running amuck
talking wildly
blowing one's top
flipping one's lid
making a to-do
exploding
bristling
complaining
scolding
sounding off
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Present participle for ridicule, make fun of
lampooning
mocking
ridiculing
caricaturing
parodying
burlesquing
satirisingUK
satirizingUS
mimicking
pasquinading
guying
squibbing
ragging
taking off
teasing
japing
roasting
sending up
travestying
making fun of
poking fun at
putting on
making a fool of
taking the piss out of
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