1. Slander [slan-der]
Noun: defamation; calumny; a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report; Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
Verb: to utter slander against; defame.
Synonyms: defamatory, disparaging, malicious, calumniatory, maligning, opprobrious.
Antonym: complimentary. Example: All the three quit the board following a public spat with Mr. Murthy.
Noun: defamation; calumny; a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report; Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
Verb: to utter slander against; defame.
Synonyms: defamatory, disparaging, malicious, calumniatory, maligning, opprobrious.
Antonym: complimentary. Example: All the three quit the board following a public spat with Mr. Murthy.
2. Spat [spat]
Noun: a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Verb: to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute.
Synonyms: altercation, bickering, brouhaha, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, misunderstanding, run-in, squabble, strife.
Antonyms: agreement, concord, concurrence, harmony. Example: The government action comes in the wake of the GJM expelling interlocutors Binoy Tamang and Anit Thapa, who represented it in talks with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Noun: a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Verb: to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute.
Synonyms: altercation, bickering, brouhaha, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, misunderstanding, run-in, squabble, strife.
Antonyms: agreement, concord, concurrence, harmony. Example: The government action comes in the wake of the GJM expelling interlocutors Binoy Tamang and Anit Thapa, who represented it in talks with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
3. Interlocutor [in-ter-lok-yuh-ter]
Noun: a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue; the man in the middle of the line of performers in a minstrel troupe, who acts as the announcer and banters with the end men; a person who questions; interrogator.
Synonyms: interrogator, interviewer, questioner, speaker, talker, dialogist. Example: However, in 2015, the Dera chief and Yoga practitioner-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev had approached the government to include their names in the “no frisk” list.
Noun: a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue; the man in the middle of the line of performers in a minstrel troupe, who acts as the announcer and banters with the end men; a person who questions; interrogator.
Synonyms: interrogator, interviewer, questioner, speaker, talker, dialogist. Example: However, in 2015, the Dera chief and Yoga practitioner-turned-businessman Baba Ramdev had approached the government to include their names in the “no frisk” list.
4. Frisk [frisk]
Verb: to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic; to search (a person) for concealed weapons, contraband goods, etc., by feeling the person’s clothing.
Noun: a leap, skip, or caper; a frolic or gambol.
Synonyms: bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip.
Antonym: face. Example: The agency has invoked Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, read with provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, against the accused.
Verb: to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic; to search (a person) for concealed weapons, contraband goods, etc., by feeling the person’s clothing.
Noun: a leap, skip, or caper; a frolic or gambol.
Synonyms: bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip.
Antonym: face. Example: The agency has invoked Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, read with provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, against the accused.
5. Invoke [in-vohk]
Verb: to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for; to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication; to declare to be binding or in effect; to appeal to, as for confirmation; to petition or call on for help or aid; to call forth or upon (a spirit) by incantation.
Synonyms: appeal to, conjure, adjure, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, request, solicit, summon, supplicate, call forth, send for.
Antonyms: answer, give, reply. Example: The falling garbage crashed into a canal causing a tide of sludge over a nearby road.
Verb: to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for; to call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication; to declare to be binding or in effect; to appeal to, as for confirmation; to petition or call on for help or aid; to call forth or upon (a spirit) by incantation.
Synonyms: appeal to, conjure, adjure, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, request, solicit, summon, supplicate, call forth, send for.
Antonyms: answer, give, reply. Example: The falling garbage crashed into a canal causing a tide of sludge over a nearby road.
