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What is the connotation of the word give?
Give, confer, grant, present may mean that something concrete or abstract is bestowed on one person by another. Give is the general word: to give someone a book, permission, etc. Confer usually means to give an honor or a favor; it implies courteous and gracious giving: to confer a degree.
What type of word is quench?
As detailed above, ‘quench’ can be a noun or a verb. Verb usage: The library quenched her thirst for knowledge. Verb usage: Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it.
What is the connotation of the word bad?
bad, evil, and wicked mean not doing or being what is right. bad is used of anyone or anything that a person might dislike or find fault with. He had to stay after school for bad behavior. evil is a more powerful word than bad and is used for something of bad moral character.
What does it mean to quench someone?
: to cause oneself/someone to stop feeling thirsty He quenched his thirst by drinking a bottle of water.
What’s a word that means to not give up?
Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence. dogged. staunch. perseverant. resolute.
What is another word for giving to the poor?
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity: The hands of the beggars were outstretched for alms.
What is quench in chemistry?
Quenching refers to any process which decreases the fluorescence intensity of a given substance. A variety of processes can result in quenching, such as excited state reactions, energy transfer, complex-formation and collisional quenching. Molecular oxygen, iodide ions and acrylamide are common chemical quenchers.
What are antonyms for quench?
antonyms for quench
- dry.
- encourage.
- aid.
- assist.
- bear.
- begin.
- build.
- construct.
What is the bad meaning of UwU?
Apparently in some deranged groups, UwU means “rape me” or something of the like. The similar term OwO is also usually used by furries to say the user is noticing a male’s genitals.
What quench our thirst?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English quench your thirst formalto stop yourself feeling thirsty, by drinking something We stopped at a small bar to quench our thirst. → quenchExamples from the Corpusquench your thirst• After exercising, fruit juices are excellent because they quench your thirst.
What’s a word for losing hope?
1. Despair, desperation, despondency, discouragement, hopelessness refer to a state of mind caused by circumstances that seem too much to cope with. Despair suggests total loss of hope, which may be passive or may drive one to furious efforts, even if at random: in the depths of despair; courage born of despair.