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Showing posts with label word. Show all posts

Friday, February 6, 2015

Cloying

"cloy
kloi/
gerund or present participle: cloying
  1. disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.

    "a romantic, rather cloying story"
    synonyms:sicklysyrupysaccharine, oversweet; 

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Awkward Burdensome

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in·trac·ta·ble

inˈtraktəbəl/
adjective
  1. 1.
    hard to control or deal with.

in·trac·ta·ble (n-trkt-bl)
adj.
1. Difficult to manage or govern; stubborn.
2. Difficult to mold or manipulate.
3. Difficult to alleviate, remedy, or cure.

Intractable is an adjective describing high complexity, which makes it difficult to change, manipulate, or resolve an issue.
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"Their faults can be as large in scale as their virtues, and an excessively negative Leonian can be one of the most unpleasant human beings imaginable, displaying extreme arrogance, autocratic pride, haughtiness, and excessive hastiness of temper. If jealously suspicious of rivals, they will not hesitate to use cunning, lies and trickery to discredit them. Self-centeredness, greed for flattery, boastfulness, and bombast, pomposity, snobbish superiority, and overbearing, and intolerant disdain of underlings; to whom they will nevertheless delegate the carrying out of minor details in their grandiose schemes, and from whom they are not above borrowing immoderately if an occasion necessitates it.
Those who are afflicted with them also have the intelligence it takes to consciously and actively overcome them. 
[They] are more disillusioned than the average if let down by those they trust. 
They are not good judges of character and are inclined to favoritism and an exaggerated faith in their followers which too often ends in disappointment."

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Liminal

"Liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold") is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of rituals, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when the ritual is complete. During a ritual's liminal stage, participants "stand at the threshold" between their previous way of structuring their identity, time, or community, and a new way, which the ritual establishes.

lim·i·nal  

/ˈlimənl/
Adjective
  1. Of or relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.
  2. Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
liminal  (ˈlɪmɪn ə l)
— adj
psychol  relating to the point (or threshold) beyond which asensation becomes too faint to be experienced
[C19: from Latin līmen  threshold]

Relating to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptiveinchoativemarginalinsignificant.

The temporal dimension of liminality can relate to moments (sudden events), periods (weeks, months, or possibly years), and epochs (decades, generations, maybe even centuries)."

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Muddler


mud·dler 

/ˈmədlər/
Noun
  1. A person who creates muddles

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Encroacher


"en·croach

 [en-krohch]
verb (used without object)
1.
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of themajority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
2.
to trespass upon the property, domain, or rights of another, especially stealthily or by gradualadvances."

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

 inertia

Friday, December 21, 2012

Burning House

I had a dream of a burning house. I got out, but I could not get away.

"Fire 
Depending on the context of your dream, to see fire in your dream can symbolize destruction, passion, desire, illumination, purification, transformation, enlightenment, or anger. It may suggest that something old is passing and something new is entering into your life. Your thoughts and views are changing. In particular, if the fire is under control or contained in one area, then it is a metaphor of your own internal fire and inner transformation. If the fire is encircling you and someone else, then it signifies your bond to that person.

To dream that a house is on fire indicates that you need to undergo some transformation.
Flame 
To see a flame in your dream symbolizes purification."


"Water 
To see water in your dream symbolizes your subconscious and your emotional state of mind. Water is the living essence of the psyche and the flow of life energy. It is also symbolic of spirituality, knowledge, healing and refreshment.

Underwater 
To dream that you are underwater suggests that you are being overcome with emotions and are in over your head regarding some situation. You need to gain greater control of your life.

Waterfall 
To see a waterfall in your dream is symbolic of letting go.

To dream that you are at the bottom of the waterfall suggests that you are feeling emotionally overwhelmed. You are experiencing difficulties in coping with your feelings."


The overwhelming fear of the water drowning me was being even more terrified of what comes after.

"be·reave (b-rv)
tr.v. be·reaved or be·reft (-rft)be·reav·ingbe·reaves
1. To leave desolate or alone, especially by death.
2. Archaic To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force."

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Sensory Details

"Ambedo (n.) A kind of melancholic trance in which you become completely absorbed in vidid sensory details-raindrops skittering down a window, tall trees leaning in the wind, clouds of cream swirling in your coffee-which leads to a dawning awareness of the haunting fragility of life."

Friday, August 24, 2012

To Stagnate

"stag·nant (stgnnt)
adj.
1. Not moving or flowing; motionless.
2. Foul or stale from standing: stagnant ponds.
3.
a. Showing little or no sign of activity or advancement; not developing or progressing; inactive: a stagnant economy.
b. Lacking vitality or briskness; sluggish or dull: a stagnant mind.
Origin: 1660–70;  < Latin stāgnant-  (stem of stāgnāns ), present participleof stāgnāre  to stagnatesee -ant


stag·nan·cy, stag·nance, noun
stag·nant·ly, adverb
un·stag·nant, adjective
un·stag·nant·ly, adverb



4.  dormant, lifeless, dead, inert, lazy."

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Fair

"ex·or·bi·tant adj \ig-ˈzȯr-bə-tənt\


Definition of EXORBITANT
1
: not coming within the scope of the law
2
: exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size


— ex·or·bi·tant·ly adverb

ex·or·bi·tant [ig-zawr-bi-tuhnt]
adjective

exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive.

Synonyms
inordinate, outrageous, extreme, extravagant, unreasonable, unconscionable.
Antonyms
fair, reasonable.

ex·or·bi·tant  (g-zôrb-tnt)
adj.

Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness.
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EXORBITANT PERSON.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Spiritual Bypassing

"spiritual bypassing
the tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks."

Thursday, February 23, 2012

With Tears

"I'm glad you got away, but I'm still stuck out here."

Will it all be forever despondent and distant from here on? Give it some time, you won't know me any more. And if I liked myself so much as a little I couldn't anyway, because it would all be on behalf of the things you brought upon and bestowed. I could never repay those who gave me that hopefulness, before it was taken away. 

un·re·spon·sive  (nr-spnsv)
adj.
Exhibiting a lack of responsiveness.

unre·sponsive·ly adv.
unre·sponsive·ness n.

Adj.1.unresponsive - not responding to some influence or stimulus
insensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"
2. unresponsive - aloof or indifferent; "was unresponsive to her passionate advances"
cool - psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes"

adjective
  1. Lacking responsiveness or alertness: benumbeddullinsensibleinsensitivenumbstuporoustorpidwoodenSee awareness/unawareness.
  2. Without emotion or interest: apatheticdetachedimpassiveincuriousindifferentinsensiblelethargiclistlessphlegmaticstolidunconcerneduninterestedSee feelings.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Delusional Expectation


Melancholia: a profoundly painful dejection,
cessation of interest in the outside world, 
loss of the capacity to love, inhibition of all activity, 
and a lowering of the self-regarding feelings to a degree
 that finds utterance in self-reproaches and self-revilings,
 and culminates in a delusional expectation of punishment.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Soften


mol·li·fy/ˈmäləˌfī/

Verb:
  1. Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone).
  2. Reduce the severity of (something); soften.

(mŏl'ə-fī'
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

  1. To calm in temper or feeling; soothe. See synonyms at pacify.
  2. To lessen in intensity; temper.

Verb1.mollify - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
calmstilltranquilizetranquillisetranquillizecalm downquietquietenlull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" 

2.mollify - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

3.mollify - make less rigid or softer 
mollify [ˈmɒlɪˌfaɪ]
vb -fies-fying-fied (tr)
1. to pacify; soothe
2. to lessen the harshness or severity of
[from Old French mollifier, via Late Latin, from Latin mollis soft + facere to make]
mollifiable  adj
mollification  n
mollifier  n

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Visceral

vis·cer·al

adj \ˈvi-sə-rəl, ˈvis-rəl\

Definition of VISCERAL

1
: felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep visceral conviction>
3
: dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy visceral novel>
visceral [ˈvɪsərəl]

adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) of, relating to, or affecting the viscera
2. characterized by intuition or instinct rather than intellect
viscerally  adv

2.visceral - obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
illogicalunlogical - lacking in correct logical relation
adjective


1.
of or pertaining to the viscera.
2.
affecting the viscera.
3.

of the nature of or resembling viscera.
4.
characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect: a visceral reaction.
5.
characterized by or dealing with coarse or base emotions;earthy; crude visceral literary style.