AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-256d huggingface dataset:
ill-favored: usually used of a face an ill-favored countenance
scrofulous: having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; - Farley Mowat our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore
unlovely: without beauty or charm
unsightly: unpleasant to look at unsightly billboards
big-bellied: having a prominent belly
bellyless: lacking a prominent belly
banded: identified with a band especially around a leg kept watch for the return of their banded birds
unbanded: not identified with a band an unbanded bird
belted: having or provided with a belt a belted dress
banded: characterized by a band of especially white around the body banded cattle
beltlike: resembling a belt around something
unbelted: lacking a belt unbelted jackets are in this season
beneficent: doing or producing good the most beneficent regime in history
benefic: exerting a favorable or beneficent influence a benefic star a benefic force
baleful: deadly or sinister the Florida eagles have a fierce baleful look
malefic: having or exerting a malignant influence malevolent stars a malefic force
malicious: having the nature of or resulting from malice; ; - Rudyard Kipling malicious gossip took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince
despiteful: showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite a despiteful fiend a truly spiteful child a vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment
leering: showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; - Amy Lowell she had run in fear of...his evil leering eye
malevolent: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from intense ill will or hatred a gossipy malevolent old woman failure made him malevolent toward those who were successful
bitchy: marked by or arising from malice a catty remark
poisonous: marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful poisonous hate venomous criticism vicious gossip
venomed: full of malice or hate venomed remarks
vixenish: shrewish and malicious a vixenish old woman
benign: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence a benign smile the benign sky the benign influence of pure air
kindly: pleasant and agreeable a kindly climate kindly breeze
malign: evil or harmful in nature or influence prompted by malign motives believed in witches and malign spirits gave him a malign look a malign lesion
cancerous: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads remorse was cancerous within him pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children
best: (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities the best film of the year the best solution the best time for planting wore his best suit
champion: holding first place in a contest a champion show dog a prizewinning wine
high-grade: surpassing in quality top-grade ore
first: ranking above all others was first in her class the foremost figure among marine artists the top graduate
go-to-meeting: used of clothing my good clothes her Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
optimum: most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied an optimum return on capital optimal concentration of a drug
record-breaking: surpassing any previously established record a record-breaking high jump record-breaking crowds
second-best: next to the best his second-best bed
superfine: (used especially of merchandise) very fine in quality made of superfine Flemish cloth
unexcelled: not capable of being improved on
unsurpassable: not to be exceeded unsurpassable skill unsurpassable standards of workmanship
worst: (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition the worst player on the team the worst weather of the year
bottom: the lowest rank bottom member of the class
last: lowest in rank or importance last prize in last place
pessimal: of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
better: (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din a better coat a better type of car a suit with a better fit a better chance of success produced a better mousetrap she's better in math than in history
amended: modified for the better his amended ways
finer: (comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence a finer wine a finer musician
improved: become or made better in quality was proud of his improved grades an improved viewfinder
worse: (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability this road is worse than the first one we took the road is in worse shape than it was she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying
worsened: made or become worse; impaired troubled by the worsened economic conditions the worsened diplomatic relations
better: (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness her health is better now I feel better
fitter: improved in health or physical condition
worse: changed for the worse in health or fitness I feel worse today her cold is worse
ameliorating: tending to ameliorate
amendatory: effecting amendment added amendatory phrases to the text
corrective: tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition corrective measures corrective lenses
remedial: tending or intended to rectify or improve a remedial reading course remedial education
worsening: changing for the worse worried by the worsening storm
biface: having two faces or fronts the Roman Janus is bifacial
duplex: allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously duplex system duplex telephony
two-way: operating or permitting operation in either of two opposite directions a two-way valve two-way traffic two-way streets
unidirectional: operating or moving or allowing movement in one direction only a unidirectional flow a unidirectional antenna a unidirectional approach to a problem
one-way: moving or permitting movement in one direction only one-way streets a one-way ticket
simplex: allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time simplex system
unifacial: having but one principal or specialized surface a primitive unifacial flint tool
faced: having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination a neatly faced terrace
featured: having facial features as specified; usually used in combination a grim-featured man
janus-faced: having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past Janus the two-faced god
moon-faced: having a round face
sad-faced: having a face with a sad expression the sad-faced clown
sweet-faced: having a pleasing face or one showing a sweet disposition a sweet-faced child
visaged: having a face or visage as specified gloomy-visaged funeral directors
faceless: without a face or identity a faceless apparition the faceless accusers of the police state
anonymous: not known or lacking marked individuality brown anonymous houses anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service
bibbed: having a bib a bibbed apron
unilateral: involving only one part or side unilateral paralysis a unilateral decision
multilateral: having many parts or sides
bilateral: having two sides or parts
bipartite: involving two parts or elements a bipartite document a two-way treaty
joint: involving both houses of a legislature a joint session of Congress
quadrilateral: having four sides
quadripartite: involving four parties
three-cornered: involving a group or set of three a three-cornered race
trilateral: having three sides a trilateral figure
tripartite: involving three parties or elements a tripartite treaty a tripartite division a three-way playoff
binaural: relating to or having or hearing with two ears binaural hearing
stereophonic: designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels
monaural: relating to or having or hearing with only one ear monaural deafness
mono: designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel
binucleate: having two nuclei
mononuclear: having only one nucleus
trinucleate: having three nuclei
bipedal: having two feet
quadrupedal: having four feet
black: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; - Martin Luther King Jr. a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization
african-american: pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry Afro-American culture many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American
colored: having skin rich in melanin pigments National Association for the Advancement of Colored People dark-skinned peoples
negroid: characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race negroid features
white: of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration voting patterns within the white population
caucasian: of or relating to Caucasian people
blond: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes blond Scandinavians a house full of light-haired children
ash-blonde: of hair color; whitish
fair: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored a fair complexion
flaxen: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown flaxen locks
brunet: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes a brunette beauty
adust: burned brown by the sun; - Sir Walter Scott of an adust complexion
bronzed: (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun a young bronzed Apollo
brown: (of skin) deeply suntanned
dark: brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes) dark eyes
dark-haired: having hair of a dark color a dark-haired beauty
dark-skinned: naturally having skin of a dark color a dark-skinned beauty gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks a smile on his swarthy face `swart' is archaic
nutbrown: of the color of nuts nutbrown hair
acned: (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
blebbed: (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign material
blotchy: marred by discolored spots or blotches blotchy skin
flyblown: especially of reputation a flyblown reputation
marred: blemished by injury or rough wear the scarred piano bench walls marred by graffiti
pocked: marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease
unblemished: free from physical or moral spots or stains an unblemished record an unblemished complexion
stainless: (of reputation) free from blemishes his unsullied name an untarnished reputation
bloody: having or covered with or accompanied by blood a bloody nose your scarf is all bloody the effects will be violent and probably bloody a bloody fight
blood-filled: containing blood the blood-filled centers of arteries and veins
bloodstained: covered with blood a bloodstained shirt a gory dagger
bloodsucking: drawing blood from the body of another a plague of bloodsucking insects
bloodthirsty: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; ; ; -G.W.Johnson bloody-minded tyrants bloodthirsty yells went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood
crimson: characterized by violence or bloodshed; - Andrea Parke; - Thomas Gray; - Hudson Strode writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing convulsed with red rage
homicidal: characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being a homicidal rage murderous thugs
gory: accompanied by bloodshed this bitter and sanguinary war
internecine: characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides internecine war
bloodless: free from blood or bloodshed bloodless surgery a bloodless coup
nonviolent: achieved without bloodshed an unbloody transfer of power
bold: fearless and daring bold settlers on some foreign shore a bold speech a bold adventure
audacious: invulnerable to fear or intimidation audacious explorers fearless reporters and photographers intrepid pioneers
daredevil: presumptuously daring a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff
foolhardy: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; ; -Macaulay foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans a reckless driver a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest
heroic: having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy heroic explorers
nervy: showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger the nervy feats of mountaineers
overreaching: revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights vaulting ambition
overvaliant: having or showing undue valor or boldness a foolish overvaliant act
bashful: self-consciously timid; - Ezra Pound I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall
coy: modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled
fearful: timid by nature or revealing timidity timorous little mouse in a timorous tone cast fearful glances at the large dog
mousy: quiet and timid and ineffectual
bound: confined by bonds bound and gagged hostages
chained: bound with chains enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones prisoners in chains
fettered: bound by chains fastened around the ankles
furled: rolled up and secured furled sails bound securely to the spar a furled flag his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm
trussed: bound or secured closely the guard was found trussed up with his arms and legs securely tied a trussed chicken
wired: tied or bound with wire wired bundles of newspapers
unchained: not bound by shackles and chains
laced: closed with a lace snugly laced shoes
unlaced: with laces not tied teenagers slopping around in unlaced sneakers
tied: fastened with strings or cords a neatly tied bundle
knotted: tied with a knot his carefully knotted necktie
untied: not tied
tangled: in a confused mass pushed back her tangled hair the tangled ropes
afoul: especially of a ship's lines etc with its sails afoul a foul anchor
enmeshed: caught as if in a mesh enmeshed in financial difficulties
entangled: twisted together in a tangled mass toiled through entangled growths of mesquite
knotty: tangled in knots or snarls a mass of knotted string snarled thread
matted: tangled in a dense mass tried to push through the matted undergrowth
rootbound: having the roots matted or densely tangled; - William Faulkner shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs
thrown: twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn
disentangled: straightened out
bound: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form bound volumes leather-bound volumes
brassbound: having trim or fittings of brass a brassbound campaign chest the heavy brassbound door
paperback: (of books) having a flexible binding
unbound: not secured within a cover an unbound book
looseleaf: being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged loose-leaf paper a looseleaf notebook
bordered: having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term black-bordered handkerchief
boxed: enclosed in or set off by a border or box boxed sections of the report boxed announcements in the newspaper
deckled: having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade
edged: having a specified kind of border or edge a black-edged card rough-edged leaves dried sweat left salt-edged patches
fringed: surrounded as with a border or fringe; sometimes used in combination a large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area a grass-fringed stream
lined: bordered by a line of things tree lined streets
lower-class: occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society
non-u: not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use
propertyless: of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; - G.B.Shaw party of the propertyless proletariat
bourgeois: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class a bourgeois mentality
quality: of high social status people of quality a quality family
propertied: owning land or securities as a principal source of revenue
wellborn: of good or upper-class lineage a rich and wellborn husband
brachycephalic: having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
broad-headed: having a brachycephalic head
dolichocephalic: having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75
brave: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; - Herman Melville; - William Wordsworth Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory
desperate: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; ; - G.C.Marshall made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war they took heroic measures to save his life
gallant: unflinching in battle or action a gallant warrior put up a gallant resistance to the attackers
game: willing to face danger
stalwart: used especially of persons a stalwart knight a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army
undaunted: resolutely courageous undaunted in the face of death
valiant: having or showing valor a valiant attempt to prevent the hijack a valiant soldier
cowardly: lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; - P.B.Shelley cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then
chicken: easily frightened
craven: lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; ; ; - Spenser the craven fellow turned and ran a craven proposal to raise the white flag this recreant knight
dastard: despicably cowardly; - F.D. Roosevelt the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th
faint: lacking conviction or boldness or courage faint heart ne'er won fair lady
pusillanimous: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
gutsy: marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; ; -Judith Crist you have to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do the gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement a gutsy red wine
gutless: lacking courage or vitality he was a yellow gutless worm a spineless craven fellow
nursed: (of an infant) breast-fed
breathing: passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs the heavy-breathing person on the telephone
breathless: not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty breathless at thought of what I had done breathless from running followed the match with breathless interest
asphyxiating: tending to deprive of oxygen asphyxiating gasses
smothering: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat the choking June dust the smothering soft voices smothering heat the room was suffocating--hot and airless
blown: breathing laboriously or convulsively
crystalline: consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals granite is crystalline
crystallized: having both internal structure and external form of a crystal quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized
polycrystalline: composed of aggregates of crystals polycrystalline metals
amorphous: without real or apparent crystalline form an amorphous mineral amorphous structure
landed: owning or consisting of land or real estate the landed gentry landed property
landless: owning no land the landless peasantry
light: characterized by or emitting light a room that is light when the shutters are open the inside of the house was airy and light
ablaze: lighted with red light as if with flames streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees the inflamed clouds at sunset reddened faces around the campfire
bioluminescent: (of living organisms) emitting light fireflies are bioluminescent
bright: having lots of light either natural or artificial the room was bright and airy a stage bright with spotlights
floodlit: illuminated by means of floodlights the floodlit courtyard
illuminated: provided with artificial light illuminated advertising looked up at the lighted windows a brightly lit room a well-lighted stairwell
incandescent: emitting light as a result of being heated an incandescent bulb
lamplit: lighted by a lamp our lamplit mountain retreat
lighting-up: turning lights on it's lighting-up time
livid: (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity; ; - E.A.Poe livid lightning streaked the sky a thousand flambeaux...turned all at once that deep gloom into a livid and preternatural day
phosphorescent: emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood
sunlit: lighted by sunlight; ; - Wallace Stegner the sunlit slopes of the canyon violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges
white: of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets white nights
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
acheronian: dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; ; -Wordsworth in the depths of an Acheronian forest upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue
aphotic: lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight the aphotic depths of the sea where no photosynthesis occurs
black: extremely dark a black moonless night through the pitch-black woods it was pitch-dark in the cellar
cimmerian: intensely dark and gloomy as with perpetual darkness; -Norman Douglas the Cimmerian gloom...a darkness that could be felt
crepuscular: like twilight; dim the evening's crepuscular charm
darkened: become or made dark by lack of light a darkened house the darkened theater
darkening: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over the darkening sky
darkling: (poetic) occurring in the dark or night a darkling journey
darkling: uncannily or threateningly dark or obscure; ; -Archibald MacLeish a darkling glance secret operatives and darkling conspiracies
dim: lacking in light; not bright or harsh a dim light beside the bed subdued lights and soft music
dusky: lighted by or as if by twilight; -Henry Fielding The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn the twilight glow of the sky a boat on a twilit river
glooming: depressingly dark the gloomy forest the glooming interior of an old inn `gloomful' is archaic
lightless: without illumination came up the lightless stairs the unilluminated side of Mars through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets
semidark: partially devoid of light or brightness semidark room
tenebrous: dark and gloomy a tenebrous cave
shaded: protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; ; - Alexander Pope shaded avenues o'er the shaded billows rushed the night
murky: dark or gloomy a murky dungeon murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps
shady: filled with shade the shady side of the street the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove cool umbrageous woodlands
unshaded: not darkened or dimmed by shade an unshaded meadow a bright and unshaded lane
unshadowed: not darkened or obscured by shadow; - Vilhjalmur Stefansson on the rough sea ice you may on an unshadowed day...fall over a chunk of ice that is kneehigh
shaded: (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow the shaded areas of the face seemed to recede
hatched: shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
unshaded: (of pictures) not having shadow represented unshaded drawings resembling cartoons
moonlit: lighted by moonlight the moonlit landscape
moonless: without a moon or a visible moon the dark moonless night a moonless planet
unbridgeable: not bridgeable a wide unbridgeable river unbridgeable generation gap
bright: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts the sun was bright and hot a bright sunlit room
agleam: bright with a steady but subdued shining from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights the gleaming brass on the altar Nereids beneath the nitid moon
aglow: softly bright or radiant a house aglow with lights glowing embers lambent tongues of flame the lucent moon a sky luminous with stars