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Bluff is a word of good meaning, as are frank and open. The bluff man talks and laughs loudly and freely, says
and does whatever he pleases with fearless good nature, and with no thought of annoying or giving pain to
others. The blunt man says things which he is perfectly aware are disagreeable, either from a defiant
indifference to others' feelings, or from the pleasure of tormenting.
Antonyms:
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bland, genial, polished, polite, refined, reserved, urbane. courteous,
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BODY.
Synonyms:
ashes, clay, dust, frame, system, carcass, corpse, form, remains, trunk.
Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a
thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system
views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body, form, frame, and system may be
either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these
words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical
word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the
more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the
body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY.
Antonyms:
intellect, intelligence, mind, soul, spirit.
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BOTH.
Synonyms:
twain, two.
Both refers to two objects previously mentioned, or had in mind, viewed or acting in connection; as, both men
fired at once; "two men fired" might mean any two, out of any number, and without reference to any previous
thought or mention. Twain is a nearly obsolete form of two. The two, or the twain, is practically equivalent to
both; both, however, expresses a closer unity. We would say both men rushed against the enemy; the two men
flew at each other. Compare EVERY.
Antonyms:
each, either, every, neither, none, no one, not any.
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BOUNDARY.
Synonyms:
barrier, confines, limit, margin, border, edge, line, term, bound, enclosure, marches, termination, bourn,
frontier, marge, verge. bourne, landmark,
The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The
bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be
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simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of
a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only.
Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds,
not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the
bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great
Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land
along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used
almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military
term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.
Antonyms:
center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territory.
Prepositions:
The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.
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BRAVE.
Synonyms:
adventurous, courageous, fearless, undaunted, bold, daring, gallant, undismayed, chivalric, dauntless, heroic,
valiant, chivalrous, doughty, intrepid, venturesome.
The adventurous man goes in quest of danger; the bold man stands out and faces danger or censure; the brave
man combines confidence with resolution in presence of danger; the chivalrous man puts himself in peril for
others' protection. The daring step out to defy danger; the dauntless will not flinch before anything that may
come to them; the doughty will give and take limitless hard knocks. The adventurous find something romantic
in dangerous enterprises; the venturesome may be simply heedless, reckless, or ignorant. All great explorers
have been adventurous; children, fools, and criminals are venturesome. The fearless and intrepid possess
unshaken nerves in any place of danger. Courageous is more than brave, adding a moral element: the
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