| Main Entry: | bark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yelp |
Synonyms: |
arf, bay, cry, gnarl, growl, howl, snap, snarl, woof, yap, yip |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
Synonyms: |
bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
Synonyms: |
batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |
Antonyms: |
beautify, improve |
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
Synonyms: |
alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, shape nicely, straight |
| Main Entry: | growl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | animal-like sound |
Synonyms: |
bark, bellow, gnarl, gnarr, grumble, grunt, howl, moan, roar, roll, rumble, snarl, thunder |
| Main Entry: | grumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | murmur, rumble |
Synonyms: |
bark, croak, gnarl, gnarr, growl, grunt, gurgle, mumble, mutter, roar, roll, snap, snarl, snuffle, splutter, whine |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow, loop |
Synonyms: |
bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, vinculum, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
Antonyms: |
line |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bark, bluster, bully, complain, fulminate, gnarl, gnash teeth, growl, mumble, murmur, mutter, quarrel, show teeth, snap, threaten, thunder, yelp |
Antonyms: |
laugh |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell at |
Synonyms: |
bark, bellow, curse, declaim, denounce, fulminate, gnarl, growl, rail, roar, shout, snarl, threaten, utter threat |
| Main Entry: | misshape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform |
Synonyms: |
batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, disfigure, distort, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |