| Main Entry: | darken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become shaded, unlit |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, blacken, cloud over, cloud up, deepen, dim, eclipse, fog, gray, haze, make dim, murk, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tone down |
Antonyms: |
brighten, illuminate, lighten, whiten |
| Main Entry: | dim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken; obscure |
Synonyms: |
becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down |
Antonyms: |
brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | mist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cloud, steam up |
Synonyms: |
becloud, befog, blur, dim, drizzle, film, fog, haze, mizzle, murk, obscure, overcast, overcloud, rain, shower, sprinkle, steam |
Antonyms: |
burn off, uncloud |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceal, hide |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, bedim, befog, belie, blear, blind, block, block out, blur, camouflage, cloak, cloud, cloud the issue, con, confuse, cover, cover up, darken, dim, disguise, double-talk, eclipse, equivocate, falsify, fog, fuzz, gloom, gray, haze, mask, misrepresent, mist, muddy, muddy the waters, murk, obfuscate, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, pettifog, screen, shade, shadow, shroud, stonewall, throw up smoke screen, veil, wrap |
Antonyms: |
illuminate, loose, reveal |
| Main Entry: | overshadow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make obscure, dim, vague |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cloud, command, darken, dim, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, excel, govern, haze, leave in the shade, obfuscate, outshine, outweigh, overcast, overcloud, overweigh, preponderate, rise above, rule, shadow, steal spotlight, surpass, take precedence, tower above, veil |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
Synonyms: |
banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
Antonyms: |
flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | satirize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib, ride*, roast, spoof |
| Main Entry: | shadow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dark |
Synonyms: |
adumbrate, becloud, bedim, cast a shadow, cloud, darken, dim, gray, haze, inumbrate, obscure, overcast, overcloud, overhang, overshadow, screen, shade, shelter, shield, umbrage, veil |
Antonyms: |
brighten, lighten |
| Main Entry: | baptism of fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trying experience |
Synonyms: |
hazing, initiation, martyrdom, ordeal, rite of passage, rude introduction, test of courage, trial by fire |
| Main Entry: | twit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, scout, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, unmask |