Word of the day: Swerve

Swerve: desvio, virada, guinada, desviar, virar repentinamente, guinar

Synonyms: break, cut, sheer, veer, yaw, zag, zig

“He lost control of the car and swerved toward a tree.”

“The car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road.”

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Word of the day: Cleave

Cleave: rachar-(se), fender(-se), partir(-se), dividir(-se),transpassar, perfurar, penetrar, abrir caminho, aderir, ser fiel

Synonyms: slice, cut, slash, smite, hew, chop, sever, split,

stick, hold on, cling, link, embrace

“ A phenomenon in which winds and currents cleave cavities big enough to swallow tankers.”

Obs.; (Pret e part: cleft, cleaved or clove, cleft, cleaved or cloven)

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Word of the day: Snub

Snub: trato frio ou desdenhoso, parada repentina, censura, crítica, repreensão, desprezar, tratar friamente, receber mal, parar,  nariz pequeno e arrebitado, arrebitado

Synonyms: cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, stiff, stiff-arm

“She snubbed me in the hallway.”

“He snubbed their job offer.”

“They deliberately snubbed the meeting.”     (www.merriam-webster.com)

Obs.: snob:  esnobe.

Word of the day: Swerve

Swerve: desvio, virada, guinada, desviar, virar repentinamente, guinar

Synonyms: break, cut, sheer, veer, yaw, zag, zig

“He lost control of the car and swerved toward a tree.”

“The car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Swerve

Swerve: desvio, virada, guinada, desviar, virar repentinamente, guinar

Synonyms: break, cut, sheer, veer, yaw, zag, zig

“He lost control of the car and swerved toward a tree.”

“The car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Outrage

Outrage:  ultraje, afronta, injúria, indignidade, ofensa,  excesso, abuso, ultrajar, insultar, injuriar,  exceder-se,  abuser,  violar, estuprar

Synonyms: affront, barb, brickbat, cut, dart, dig, dis, epithet, gird, indignity, name, offense, insult, personality, poke, put-down, sarcasm, slap,slight, slur/ an act of violence or brutality

“Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims. He was 60.” www.washingtonpost.com)

“Many people expressed outrage at the court's decision.”(www.merriam-webster.com)