All neb synonyms
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N n adj neb
- lethargic β of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- apathetic β If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- blah β You use blah, blah, blah to refer to something that is said or written without giving the actual words, because you think that they are boring or unimportant.
- comatose β A person who is comatose is in a coma.
- debilitated β in a severely weakened state
- dilatory β tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dopey β stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
- dormant β lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- drowsy β half-asleep; sleepy.
noun neb
- snout β the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- top β Technical/Office Protocol
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- deadline β A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- term β a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- point β a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- muzzle β the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- proboscis β the trunk of an elephant.
- projection β a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- nozzle β a projecting spout, terminal discharging pipe, or the like, as of a hose or bellows.
- bill β A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
- prow β the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
- nib β his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical: His nibs wants fresh strawberries in December.
- mandible β the bone of the lower jaw.
- pecker β a person or thing that pecks.
- stump β the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- bound β Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- stub β a short projecting part.
- borderline β The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- spire β a coil or spiral.
- terminal β situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- tail β the limitation of an estate to a person and the personβs heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- boundary β The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- prong β one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- cusp β any of the small elevations on the grinding or chewing surface of a tooth
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- foot β (in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- limitation β a limiting condition; restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap: He knows his limitations as a writer.
- terminus β the end or extremity of anything.
- ultimate β last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
- termination β the act of terminating.
- heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- extreme β Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- extent β The area covered by something.
- extremity β The furthest point or limit of something.
- tail end β the hinder or rear part of anything.
- butt end β butt1 (defs 1, 2).
adjective neb
- enervated β Cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.