English words for 'Synonym of wrongspeak.'
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adj
intj
noun
- A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
- (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
- (often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
- strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as ‘blatant’ to mean ‘flagrant’) or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: ‘blind mouths’)
adj
- (slang) Misconstrued or misunderstood; taken the wrong way
- (vulgar) In disarray or dishevelment (emotionally or otherwise).
- (vulgar) Drunk; wasted; incredibly intoxicated (not necessarily with alcohol).
- (vulgar) Damaged; poorly manufactured; injured.
- (vulgar) Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
- (slang) Unbelievably good; amazing.
adv
verb
verb
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To make a mistake, to go wrong.
- (used only in imperative, vulgar) Ellipsis of shut the fuck up.
- (transitive, vulgar) To botch or make a mess of.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) Synonym of destroy (“to eat food quickly, hungrily or completely”)
- (vulgar) To cause someone to become intoxicated or otherwise alter someone's mental state.
- (vulgar) To traumatise; to negatively affect the wellbeing of someone.
- (transitive, vulgar) To injure or damage badly.
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
intj
noun
verb
- (idiomatic, slang, mildly vulgar) To go wrong; to foul up; to make a mistake.
- (transitive, slang, idiomatic, mildly vulgar) To ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.
- (idiomatic, slang) To lie, mislead or give someone bullshit; to tell someone what they want to hear.
- become or cause to become obstructed
noun
- An incorrect use of a term, especially one which is misleading; a misname.
- (law) A mistake in the naming of a person or place; a misidentification.
- A term which is misleading, even if firmly established, technically correct, or both.
- (nonstandard, proscribed) Something which is asserted not to be true; a mistaken belief, a falsehood, a myth.
- an incorrect or unsuitable name
verb
intj
adj
noun
- A hairstyle popular among boys in the 1960s–70s and 2000s–10s, in which the hair goes halfway down the ears, at which point it sticks out
- A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron (a "flip dog").
- A short flight.
- (informal) The purchase of an asset (usually a house) which is then improved and sold quickly for profit.
- A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc.
- (firearms, uncountable) The tendency of a gun's barrel to jerk about at the moment of firing.
- A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
- (US, slang) A slingshot.
- a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water
- the act of flipping a coin
- hot or cold alcoholic mixed drink containing a beaten egg
- an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- a sudden, quick movement
verb
- (transitive, informal) To hand over or pass along.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To purchase and resell assets (often real estate or artworks) for immediate short-term profit.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to get extremely angry.
- (intransitive, informal) To switch to another task, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.
- (transitive, US) To induce someone to turn state's evidence; to get someone to agree to testify against their co-conspirators in exchange for concessions.
- (intransitive, US) To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
- (intransitive) To flap.
- (transitive) To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger.
- (transitive) To throw so as to turn over.
- (transitive, US politics) To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections.
- (transitive, computing) To invert a bit (binary digit), changing it from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
- (transitive, finance, slang) To refinance (a loan), accruing additional fees.
- toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air
- cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation
- look through a book or other written material
- cause to move with a flick
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- move with a flick or light motion
- react in an excited, delighted, or surprised way
- go mad, go crazy
- lightly throw to see which side comes up
- throw or toss with a light motion
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
prefix
- (no longer productive) Wrongly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally.
- (rare) Outside, out.
- (no longer productive) Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain.
- (no longer productive) Thoroughly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over.
- (no longer productive) Intensively
- (no longer productive) Very: intensifying adjectives.
- Alternative form of fore-.
- (no longer productive) Excluding: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion.
- (no longer productive) Making: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb.
- (no longer productive) Neglectfully: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting.
- (no longer productive) Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'.
- (no longer productive) Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting one's self.
- (no longer productive) Excessively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm.
noun
- A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
- (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
- (often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
- strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as ‘blatant’ to mean ‘flagrant’) or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: ‘blind mouths’)
noun
- An incorrect use of a term, especially one which is misleading; a misname.
- (law) A mistake in the naming of a person or place; a misidentification.
- A term which is misleading, even if firmly established, technically correct, or both.
- (nonstandard, proscribed) Something which is asserted not to be true; a mistaken belief, a falsehood, a myth.
- an incorrect or unsuitable name
verb
verb
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To make a mistake, to go wrong.
- (used only in imperative, vulgar) Ellipsis of shut the fuck up.
- (transitive, vulgar) To botch or make a mess of.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) Synonym of destroy (“to eat food quickly, hungrily or completely”)
- (vulgar) To cause someone to become intoxicated or otherwise alter someone's mental state.
- (vulgar) To traumatise; to negatively affect the wellbeing of someone.
- (transitive, vulgar) To injure or damage badly.
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
intj
noun
verb
- (idiomatic, slang, mildly vulgar) To go wrong; to foul up; to make a mistake.
- (transitive, slang, idiomatic, mildly vulgar) To ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.
- (idiomatic, slang) To lie, mislead or give someone bullshit; to tell someone what they want to hear.
- become or cause to become obstructed
adj
intj
adj
- (slang) Misconstrued or misunderstood; taken the wrong way
- (vulgar) In disarray or dishevelment (emotionally or otherwise).
- (vulgar) Drunk; wasted; incredibly intoxicated (not necessarily with alcohol).
- (vulgar) Damaged; poorly manufactured; injured.
- (vulgar) Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
- (slang) Unbelievably good; amazing.