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Benign. Kind, gracious, amiable, gentle, friendly, benevolent, humane, obliging, good.
Ant. Hateful, harsh, brutal, churlish.
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Bequeath. Will, leave, devise; hand down, transmit, impart.
Ant. Withhold, alienate, disinherit.
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Bereavement. Deprivation, loss, destitution, affliction, forlorn condition, desolation.
Ant. Blessing, compensation, reparation, consolation, restitution, restoration, substitution.
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Bereft. Stripped, despoiled, deprived.
Ant. Endowed, blessed, enriched, compensated.
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Beseech. Beg, implore, pray, ask, solicit, entreat, petition, importune.
Ant. Grant, requite, confer; disdain, defy.
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Beset. Surround, circle, hem in, besiege, beleaguer; embarrass.
Ant. Defend, defy, repel.
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Beside. Near, close together; aside from; out of.
Ant. Far, distant.
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Besides or Beside. Except, save, distinct from; moreover, furthermore, else, beyond that.
Ant. Apart, separate from; exclusively; finally.
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Bestow. Give, present, award, grant, confer; place, stow, store.
Ant. Receive; seize, appropriate, usurp; disperse, throw away.
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Bet. Stake, wager, pledge.
Ant. Plan, calculate, dispose.
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Betide. Happen, bechance, befall, come to pass, occur, take place.
Ant. Result, be destined or doomed.
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Betimes. Seasonably, in good time or season.
Ant. Inopportune, late, tardy, unseasonable.
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Betoken. Signify, denote, indicate, represent, imply, prove, show, augur; presage, prefigure, foretell, portend.
Ant. Mask, hide, mislead, belie, misrepresent.
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Betray. Reveal, expose, divulge, deliver up, deceive; manifest, show, indicate; lure, ensnare, entrap, beguile; seduce, ruin, corrupt.
Ant. Protect, preserve, foster, cherish, conceal, suppress, guard.
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Betrothal. Engagement, plighting, affiancing.
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Better. Amend, ameliorate, improve, correct, advance, reform.
Ant. Make worse, degrade, wreck, weaken, cripple, impair, injure.
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Between. Amid, among, betwixt.
Ant. Outside, beyond, without.
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Bewail. Bemoan, lament, sorrow, grieve.
Ant. Rejoice, joy, exult.
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Beware. Take care, be cautious, be wary, look out, mind.
Ant. Be reckless, careless; neglect, ignore.
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Bewilderment. Confusion, embarrassment, daze, maze, perplexity, mystification.
Ant. Enlightenment, self-possession, calmness, discernment, perspicacity.
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Bewitch. Charm, enchant, fascinate, captivate.
Ant. Repulse, avoid, recoil, annoy, harass.
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Beyond. Over, across, remote, farther than, before; yonder, above, exceeding.
Ant. Beside, near, at hand, close; behind, back; below, less than.
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Bias. Bent, inclination, tendency, leaning, proneness, proclivity, propensity, partiality, predilection.
Ant. Repulsion, reaction, repugnance.
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Bicker. Wrangle, quarrel, dispute, squabble.
Ant. Agree, sympathize, understand, harmonize.
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Bidding. Command, order, direction, appointment, mandate; offer, bid, proposal.
Ant. Request, solicitation; refusal, rebuff.
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Bide. Dwell, stay, reside, wait, tarry, remain; endure, bear.
Ant. Depart, go, move, migrate; resist, rebel, protest.
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Big. Large, great, wide, bulky, huge, gross, fat; proud, arrogant, haughty, pompous.
Ant. Small, little, least, thin, narrow; humble, subservient, unassuming.
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Bigot. Zealot, fanatic, dogmatist, devotee.
Ant. Skeptic, liberal, apostate, proselyte, doubter, agnostic.
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Bigoted. Intolerant, opinionated, prejudiced, dogmatical, narrow-minded, one-sided.
Ant. Liberal, broad-minded, open to conviction.
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Bill. Account, charge, score, amount due, reckoning; draft of law; poster, placard, advertisement.
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Bind. Fetter, tie, fasten, shackle, restrict, restrain, secure; compel, oblige, engage.
Ant. Free, loose, set free, untie.
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Birth. Family, parentage, origin, source, lineage, nativity, descent, extraction, race; rise.
Ant. Death, extinction.
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Bit. Part, piece, fragment, morsel.
Ant. Whole, mass, aggregation.
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Biting. Gnawing, sharp, severe, sardonic, censorious, piercing, sarcastic, trenchant.
Ant. Pleasant, gentle, soothing, genial, flattering.
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Bitter. Harsh, caustic, cutting, savage, acidulous, acrimonious, irate, sharp, sour, stinging, pungent, virulent.
Ant. Sweet, honeyed, nectared, luscious, dulcet, saccharine.
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Blacken. Slander, malign, defame, daub, bespatter, befoul, asperse, traduce, vilify, decry, calumniate.
Ant. Clear, eulogize, vindicate, whiten, whitewash.
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Blackguard. Rascal, scoundrel, villain.
Ant. Gentleman.
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Blame. Censure, rebuke, chide, reprove, reproach, condemn, vituperate, reprobate, reprehend, dispraise.
Ant. Approve, praise, exonerate, acquit, exculpate.
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Blameless. Pure, innocent, irresponsible, without fault.
Ant. Guilty, implicated, blameworthy, faulty.
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Blanch. Bleach, whiten, whitewash.
Ant. Blacken, stain, dye, darken, color.
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Bland. Soft, gentle, mild, affable, gracious, tender, benign, courteous, complaisant.
Ant. Harsh, abrupt, rough, biting, savage, severe, impolite.
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Blandishment. Flattery, coaxing, fascination, wheedling, attraction, charm, fawning, cajolery.
Ant. Bluntness, unmannerliness, roughness, scolding, severity, sternness.
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Blank. Bare, drear, bleak, void, empty; utter, pure, simple, mere, unqualified, unmitigated; amazed, astonished, confused, disconcerted.
Ant. Full, replete; complex; modified, qualified; composed, controlled, self-possessed, cognizant, intelligent.
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Blasphemy. Profanity, sacrilege, impiety, swearing.
Ant. Reverence, godliness, veneration.
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Blast. Shrivel, destroy, blight, kill, ruin, wither, annihilate; explode, rend, burst.
Ant. Restore, expand, swell.
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Blazon. Exhibit, show off, blaze, blare, trumpet, proclaim, publish.
Ant. Conceal, hush, cover, hide, suppress, shroud, bury.
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Bleach. Blanch, whiten.
Ant. Blacken, darken, soil, stain.
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Bleak. Windy, exposed, bare; cold, chill, raw, desolate, comfortless, cheerless.
Ant. Sheltered, protected, warm, balmy, cheerful, comfortable.
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Blemish. Blot, spot, flaw, fault, imperfection, stain; defacement, tarnish, disfigurement, disgrace, defect, dishonor, stigma, taint.
Ant. Purity, unsulliedness, honor, integrity, wholeness.
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Blend. Mix, unite, fuse, merge, mingle, amalgamate, combine, coalesce, harmonize.
Ant. Separate, run, dissociate, divide.
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Bless. Delight, gladden, make happy, thank, glorify, exalt, praise, extol, felicitate, cheer.
Ant. Curse, anathematize, sadden, grieve.
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Blessing. Benediction, benison; good, benefit, happiness, profit, boon, gain; glory, praise, gratitude.
Ant. Malediction, curse; bereavement, impoverishment, calamity, deprivation, disaster, damage, detriment.
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Blight. Pestilence, withering, blast, destruction.
Ant. Development, maturity.
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Blind. Sightless, unseeing, eyeless, undiscerning, ignorant, unconscious, uninformed.
Ant. Clear-sighted, far-seeing, discerning, penetrating, conscious, keen, aware, sensitive.
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Blink. Wink, ignore, connive, overlook.
Ant. Notice, note, mark.
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Bliss. Blessedness, happiness, joy, ecstasy, rapture, felicity, beatitude.
Ant. Torment, woe, suffering, misery, accursedness.
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Blithe. Merry, joyous, cheerful, gay, lively, airy, sportive, blithesome, mirthful, jocund, elated, vivacious, joyful.
