1.brigand
Meaning: a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
Synonym: bandit
Sentence: Jake was a brigand who stole from his own family.
Meaning: a member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.
Synonym: bandit
Sentence: Jake was a brigand who stole from his own family.
2.inebriate
Meaning: make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.
Synonym: besotted
Antonym: teetotal; abstemious, abstinent
Sentence: “I got mildly inebriated”
Meaning: make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.
Synonym: besotted
Antonym: teetotal; abstemious, abstinent
Sentence: “I got mildly inebriated”
3.besiege
Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
Synonym: beleaguer, blockade, surround
Sentence: “the king marched north to besiege Berwick”
Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
Synonym: beleaguer, blockade, surround
Sentence: “the king marched north to besiege Berwick”
4.bête noire
Meaning: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
Synonym: anathema, abomination, bogey, bugaboo;
Sentence: “great-uncle Edward was my father’s bête noire”
Meaning: a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
Synonym: anathema, abomination, bogey, bugaboo;
Sentence: “great-uncle Edward was my father’s bête noire”
5.biennial
Meaning: taking place every other year.
Sentence: “the first of a series of biennial exhibitions”
Meaning: taking place every other year.
Sentence: “the first of a series of biennial exhibitions”
