| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride, take in, take to cleaners, trick, victimize |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take advantage of; misuse |
Synonyms: |
abuse, apply, avail oneself of, bleed, capitalize on, cash in on, employ, exercise, finesse, fleece, get mileage out of, handle, impose upon, jockey, make capital of, make use of, maneuver, manipulate, milk, mine*, play on, play*, profit by, profit from, put to use, skin*, soak*, stick*, use, utilize, work |
| Main Entry: | lumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden |
Synonyms: |
charge, cumber, encumber, impose upon, lade, land, load, saddle, tax, weigh |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
Antonyms: |
relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | put out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate; inconvenience |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, burn, confound, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disoblige, displease, dissatisfy, disturb, embarrass, exasperate, gall, get*, grate, harass, impose upon, incommode, inflame, irk, nettle, perturb, provoke, put on the spot, rile, roil, trouble, vex |
Antonyms: |
assuage, help, please |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; play joke on |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, catch*, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, disinform, double deal, dupe, fake, flimflam, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, impose upon, jive, mislead, outwit, play for a fool, pull wool over, put one over on, rook, screw*, set up*, swindle, take for a ride, take in*, throw, trap, victimize |
Antonyms: |
be serious |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, mistreat another |
Synonyms: |
abuse, aggrieve, cheat, damage, defame, discredit, dishonor, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misrepresent, mistreat, offend, oppress, outrage, persecute, take advantage of |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | deceived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheated |
Synonyms: |
defrauded, imposed upon, swindled |
| Main Entry: | taxed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | paying taxes |
Synonyms: |
assessed, demanded from, imposed upon, levied, levied upon, required from, subjected to tax |
| Concept: | Wrong. |
| Category: | 1. Moral obligations |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
wrong; what ought not to be, what should not be; malum in se; unreasonableness, grievance; shame., injustice; unfairness; iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit; undueness; unlawfulness., robbing Peter to pay Paul; the wolf and the lamb; vice., "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be wrong; cry to heaven for vengeance., do wrong; be inequitable; favor, lean towards; encroach upon, impose upon; reap where one has not sown; give an inch and take an ell; rob Peter to pay Paul.
-adjectives
wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious., objectionable; unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable; improper, unfit; unjustified; illegal; iniquitous; immoral., in the wrong, in the wrong box.
-adverbs
wrongly
-phrases
it will not do.
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Antonyms: |
right |
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