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101head — n 1. skull, cranium, cephalon, brainpan, poll, pate, Inf. sconce, Archaic. mazard, Archaic. costard; All Inf. upstairs, upper story, belfry, noggin, dome; All Sl. bean, nut, nob, noodle, noddle, crumpet, gourd, conk. 2. intellect, mind,… …
102disappoint — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fail, let down, delude, deceive, dissatisfy, disgruntle, disillusion, dishearten, tantalize, embitter, disconcert, chagrin, sadden, put out, fall short, cast down, ruin one s prospects, dash one s hopes, frustrate, torment …
103let someone down — FAIL (TO SUPPORT), fall short of expectation, disappoint, disillusion; abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch. → let * * * fail to support or help someone as they had hoped or expected ■ let someone/something down have a detrimental… …
104desert — I. a. Uninhabited, desolate, forsaken, wild, waste, barren, untilled. II. n. Wilderness, waste, solitude, deserted region. III. n. Deserving, due, merit or demerit. IV. v. a. 1. Forsake, leave, quit, abandon, renounce, leave in the lurch, turn… …
105let someone down — I m afraid I ve let the team down Syn: fail, fail to support, disappoint, disillusion; abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch …
106desolate — adj 1. devastated, laid waste, desolated, barren; ravaged, gutted, wrecked, ruined, destroyed. 2. deserted, uninhabited, unpeopled, depopulated, untenanted, unoccupied; desert, waste, wild, bare, empty, destitute; unvisited, unfrequented,… …
107forsake — v 1. desert, abandon, quit, leave in the lurch, Inf. leave flat, jilt, throw over, Inf. give [s.o.] the air; flee, depart, vacate; reject, cast off, discard, dispose of, jettison, fling away; isolate, maroon. 2. renounce, repudiate, disown;… …
108run out on — phrasal : to fail to support : leave in the lurch : desert his former allies ran out on him : forsake if the boy senses that his girl is running out on him he too is hurt Evelyn M. Duvall * * * run out on (informal) To abandon, desert …
109deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …
110Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …
