argumentative – given to or characterized by argument; “an argumentative discourse”; “argumentative to the point of being cantankerous”; “an intelligent but argumentative child”
1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: “A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism”(Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
[French anachronisme, from New Latin anachronismus, from Late Greek anakhronismos, from anakhronizesthai, to be an anachronism : Greek ana-, ana- + Greek khronizein, to take time (from khronos, time).]
1. A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
2. Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium.
[Latin pangyricus, from Greek pangurikos (logos), (speech) at a public assembly, panegyric, from panguris, public assembly : pan-, pan- + aguris, assembly, marketplace; see ger- in Indo-European roots.]
redolent – serving to bring to mind; “cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note”- Wilder Hobson; “a campaign redolent of machine politics”
mindful, aware – bearing in mind; attentive to; “ever mindful of her health”; “mindful of his responsibilities”; “mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action”
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redolent – (used with `of’ or `with’) noticeably odorous; “the hall was redolent of floor wax”; “air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey”
infernal – being of the underworld; “infernal regions”
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Stygian – dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; “in the depths of an Acheronian forest”; “upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue”-Wordsworth
dark – devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; “sitting in a dark corner”; “a dark day”; “dark shadows”; “dark as the inside of a black cat”
To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.
[Latin exacerbre, exacerbt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + acerbre, to make harsh (from acerbus, harsh; see ak- in Indo-European roots).]
irritate – excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; “Aspirin irritates my stomach”
inflame – cause inflammation in; “The repetitive motion inflamed her joint”
alter, change, modify – cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; “The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city”; “The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue”
cheapen, degrade – lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
tacit – implied by or inferred from actions or statements; “gave silent consent”; “a tacit agreement”; “the understood provisos of a custody agreement”
implicit, inexplicit – implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; “an implicit agreement not to raise the subject”; “there was implicit criticism in his voice”; “anger was implicit in the argument”; “the oak is implicit in the acorn”
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, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.]
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