English words for 'Capable of being frustrated or defeated'
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adj
- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
- (Philippines, law, of a felony or serious criminal offense) Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
- Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
- disappointingly unsuccessful
verb
noun
- The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
- The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
- Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
- A thing that frustrates.
- (law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
- a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized
- the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
noun
- a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
- a movement back from an impact
- the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- (colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- (basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
- (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
- (colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
verb
- return to a former condition
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
- To give back an echo.
- simple past and past participle of rebind
- To bound or spring back from a force.
- (basketball) To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.
- (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
noun
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (countable) That which annoys.
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
noun
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- The state of being irritated.
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- a sudden outburst of anger
- A thing or person that annoys.
- A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
- The act of irritating or annoying.
- (physiology) A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.
noun
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (uncountable) The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
- (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
- (uncountable) The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
- (law, uncountable) The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.
verb
adj
noun
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
- a special loved one
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
verb
- be agitated or irritated
- cause annoyance in
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- provide (a musical instrument) with frets
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- carve a pattern into
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- wear away or erode
- cause friction
- remove soil or rock
- be too tight; rub or press
- decorate with an interlaced design
- (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
- (transitive, music) To press down the string behind a fret.
- (transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
- (transitive, music) # To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
- (transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
- (transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- (intransitive, brewing, wine) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
- (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- (ambitransitive) To mine by agitating or eating away at (ore in the bank of a river).
- (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
noun
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
- Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
- (rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
- (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
- (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
- (music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
- A channel, a strait; a fretum.
- (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
- Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
- Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
- Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
- Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- (Canada, Northern England, figurative) Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp.
- Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
- Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
noun
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being angry and obstinate.
- (countable, rare) The result or product of being stuffy.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close.
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- dull and pompous gravity
verb
- To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience.
- (of a supply) To run short, come to an end.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance.
- (intransitive, Ireland, UK, idiomatic) To complain, sulk, chastise.
- (intransitive, slang) To pretend or act as if something is true.
- To put forth, utter (prayers).
- (transitive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing.
- (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
- (transitive) To issue; to distribute.
- (intransitive, of persons) To desist.
- (of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.) To break down, get out of order, fail.
- (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
- prove insufficient
- stop operating or functioning
- give to several people
- give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
noun
- an angry and disagreeable mood
- paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery
- any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- (countable) A painting produced with this kind of paint.
- A glue-based paint.
- (veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
verb
- paint with distemper
- To intoxicate.
- To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
- To paint using distemper.
- To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.
- To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
- To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
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adj
- Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
- Deprived of rest or sleep.
- Not allowing or affording rest.
- Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
- ceaselessly in motion
- worried and uneasy
- nervous and unable to relax
- lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
adj
- Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
- Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- directed downward
- filled with melancholy and despondency
noun
- (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
- (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
- (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
verb
- To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
- (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
- To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
- To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
adj
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
noun
- The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
- The act of frustrating, or the state, or an instance of being frustrated.
- Anger not directed at anything or anyone in particular.
- A thing that frustrates.
- (law) The state of contract that allows a party to back away from its contractual obligations due to (unforeseen) radical changes to the nature of the thing a party has been obligated to.
- a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized
- the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
noun
- a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
- a movement back from an impact
- the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
- A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
- (colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.
- The recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- An effort to recover from a setback.
- (basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
- (sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.
- (colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.
verb
- return to a former condition
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- (figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.
- To give back an echo.
- simple past and past participle of rebind
- To bound or spring back from a force.
- (basketball) To catch the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without scoring a basket for the other team.
- (transitive) To send back; to reverberate.
noun
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- (uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (countable) That which annoys.
- (countable) An act or instance of annoying.
noun
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- The state of being irritated.
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- a sudden outburst of anger
- A thing or person that annoys.
- A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
- The act of irritating or annoying.
- (physiology) A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.
noun
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- anger produced by some annoying irritation
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- (uncountable) The action of physically annoying or irritating a person or an animal; (countable) an instance of this; also, a physical discomfort or disorder.
- (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
- (uncountable) The state of being physically annoyed or irritated.
- (law, uncountable) The action of vexing or annoying someone by bringing unjustified legal proceedings against them; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) The state of being mentally distressed or troubled.
noun
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being angry and obstinate.
- (countable, rare) The result or product of being stuffy.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close.
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- dull and pompous gravity
noun
- an angry and disagreeable mood
- paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery
- any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
- a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- (countable) A painting produced with this kind of paint.
- A glue-based paint.
- (veterinary medicine, pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
verb
- paint with distemper
- To intoxicate.
- To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
- To paint using distemper.
- To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.
- To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
- To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
verb
adj
noun
- An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- Abbreviation of petition.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
- a special loved one
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
verb
- be agitated or irritated
- cause annoyance in
- worry unnecessarily or excessively
- provide (a musical instrument) with frets
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- carve a pattern into
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- wear away or erode
- cause friction
- remove soil or rock
- be too tight; rub or press
- decorate with an interlaced design
- (transitive) To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
- (transitive, music) To press down the string behind a fret.
- (transitive) To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
- (transitive, music) # To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- (intransitive) To be anxious, to worry.
- (transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- (intransitive) To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
- (transitive) To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- (transitive) In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- (ambitransitive) To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- (intransitive, brewing, wine) To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
- (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- (transitive) To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- (ambitransitive) To mine by agitating or eating away at (ore in the bank of a river).
- (intransitive) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
noun
- an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
- agitation resulting from active worry
- a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion
- a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch
- Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
- (rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
- (Northumbria) A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
- (mining, in the plural) The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
- (music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
- A channel, a strait; a fretum.
- (heraldry) A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
- Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
verb
- To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience.
- (of a supply) To run short, come to an end.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance.
- (intransitive, Ireland, UK, idiomatic) To complain, sulk, chastise.
- (intransitive, slang) To pretend or act as if something is true.
- To put forth, utter (prayers).
- (transitive) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing.
- (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
- (transitive) To issue; to distribute.
- (intransitive, of persons) To desist.
- (of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.) To break down, get out of order, fail.
- (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
- prove insufficient
- stop operating or functioning
- give to several people
- give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
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- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
- (Philippines, law, of a felony or serious criminal offense) Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
- Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
- disappointingly unsuccessful
verb
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
- (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
- Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
- Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
- Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- (Canada, Northern England, figurative) Of weather: blustery, windy; also, of wind: cold and strong; bitter, sharp.
- Constantly complaining, especially in a childish way due to insignificant matters; fretful, whiny.
- Quick to become bad-tempered or cross, especially due to insignificant matters; irritable, pettish, petulant.
adj
- easily irritated or annoyed
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- causing abrasion
- lacking consistency
- Characterized by scratches.
- (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions.
- (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
- (chiefly of a sore throat) Irritating; itchy.
- (informal) Irritable; tetchy.
adj
- Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
- Deprived of rest or sleep.
- Not allowing or affording rest.
- Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
- ceaselessly in motion
- worried and uneasy
- nervous and unable to relax
- lacking or not affording physical or mental rest
adj
- Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
- Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- directed downward
- filled with melancholy and despondency
noun
- (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
- (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
- (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
verb
- To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
- (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
- To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
- To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
adj
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure