| Main Entry: | sizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hiss, fry |
Synonyms: |
broil, brown, buzz, cook, crackle, fizz, fizzle, frizzle, grill, roast, sear, sibilate, spit, sputter, swish, wheeze, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
Synonyms: |
French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
| Main Entry: | fry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook in hot oil |
Synonyms: |
brown, french fry, fricassee, frizzle, pan fry, sauté, sear, singe, sizzle |
| Main Entry: | libel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | purposefully lie about someone |
Synonyms: |
asperse, bad-mouth, blister, burlesque, calumniate, caricature, crack, defame, denigrate, derogate, drag name through mud, give a black eye, knock, malign, mark wrong, mark*, revile, roast, scandalize, scorch, sizzle, slur, smear, tear down, traduce, travesty, vilify |
| Notes: | libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement' slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |
| Main Entry: | rant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell, rave |
Synonyms: |
bellow, bloviate, blow one's top, bluster, carry on, clamor, cry, declaim, fume, harangue, mouth, objurgate, orate, perorate, rage, rail, roar, scold, shout, sizzle, soapbox, sound off, spiel*, spout, storm*, stump, take on*, vociferate |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
Synonyms: |
blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, rush |
Synonyms: |
aggress, assail, assault, beset, blow violently, bluster, breathe fire, burn up, carry on*, charge, come at, complain, drizzle, drop, fly, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, set in, sizzle, sound off, spit, squall, stalk, steam up, stomp, strike, take by storm, take on*, tear, thunder* |
| Main Entry: | sibilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hiss |
Synonyms: |
blow*, boo, catcall, condemn, damn*, decry, deride, disapprove, fizz, fizzle, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp, revile, seethe, shout down, shrill, siss, sizzle, spit, swish, wheeze, whirr, whisper, whistle, whiz, whoosh |