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defamer, traducer, calumniator, libeller.
Backbiting, n. Detraction, defamation, aspersion, slander, calumny, contumely, obloquy.
Backbone, n.
1. Spine, spinal column, vertebral column.
2. Firmness, nerve, resolution, courage, pluck, hardihood, manhood.
Backhanded, a.
1. Inclining to the left hand (as writing).
2. Outward and backward.
3. Indirect, unfair.
Back-house, n. Privy, necessary, jakes, water-closet.
Back out, [Colloquial.] Withdraw from a bargain, not keep a promise, not stand to an engagement.
Backslide, v. n. Apostatize, fall off, fall away, break faith.
Backslider, n. Apostate, deserter, renegade.
Backsliding, n. Apostasy.
Back up, Support, sustain, assist, aid, help, BACK.
Backward, a.
1. Averse, unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating.
2. Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid.
3. Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time.
Backward, ad. Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.
Backwards, ad. Regressively, rearwards, aback, behind, ABAFT.
Bad, a.
1. Evil, ill, baneful, deleterious, pernicious, mischievous, noxious, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, unwholesome.
2. Wicked, depraved, abandoned, dishonest, unfair, disingenuous, rascally, villanous.
3. Untoward, unlucky, unfortunate, unwelcome.
4. Vile, wretched, sorry, mean, shabby, scurvy, abominable.
5. Poor, inferior.
Bad blood, Rancor, venom, bitterness, acrimony, harshness, sternness, asperity, crabbedness, churlishness, moroseness, sullenness, ill temper.
Bad faith, Perfidy, dishonesty, unfairness, faithlessness, want of faith, breach of faith.
Badge, n. Mark of distinction, token of office, sign of authority.
Badger, v. a. Persecute, tease, worry, harry, annoy, vex, plague, harass, torment, pester, trouble, bother, hector.
Badinage, n. [Fr.] Raillery, banter, ASTEISM, light talk, small talk, trifling or playful discourse.
Baffle, v. a.
1. Disconcert, frustrate, foil, elude, balk, circumvent.
2. Confound, bewilder, perplex, out-general, out-manœuvre.
Bag, n. Sack, pouch.
Bagatelle, n. [Fr.] Trifle, small matter, thing of no consequence or importance.
Baggage, n. Luggage, bag and baggage.
Bagnio, n.
1. Bath, bathing-house.
2. Brothel, stew, bawdy-house, whore-house, house of prostitution, house of ill-fame.
Bail, n.
1. Security, surety.
2. Handle (of a pail, &c.).
Bail, v. a. Admit to bail.
Bairn, n. [Scottish.] Child, BABE.
Bait, v. a.
1. Put bait upon.
2. Furnish with a meal.
Bait, v. n. Take refreshment (on a journey).
Bait, n.
1. Lure, decoy, allurement, enticement, temptation.
2. Refreshment (on a journey).
Bake, v. a.
1. Harden (by heat).
2. Cook (by direct heat).
Balance, n.
1. Pair of scales.
2. Equipoise, equilibrium, equality of weight.
3. Excess, overplus, surplus.
4. [Low, U. S.] Rest, residue, remainder.
Balance, v. a.
1. Poise, keep in equipoise, hold in equilibrium.
2. Counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, compensate, make up for.
3. (Com.) Equalize, make equal.
Balance-fish, n. Hammer-fish, hammer-headed shark (Zygœna vulgaris).
Bald, a.
1. Without hair (on the head).
2. Unadorned, inelegant, prosaic, dull, meagre, vapid, tame.
Balderdash, n. Verbiage, palaver, twaddle, chatter, trash, stuff, moonshine, platitude, flummery, fudge, wish-wash, jargon, nonsense, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.
Baldric, n. Shoulder belt.
Bale, n. Bundle, package.
Baleen, n. Whalebone.
Bale-fire, n. Beacon-fire.
Baleful, a. Hurtful, injurious, noxious, mischievous, pernicious, baneful, ruinous, deadly, fraught with evil.
Balk, v. a. Disappoint, frustrate, defeat, foil, baffle, disconcert, thwart.
Balky, a. [U. S.] Perverse (said of a horse), unruly, refractory, wayward, contrary, stubborn, obstinate.
Ball, n.
1. Globe, sphere.
2. Dance, entertainment of dancing.
3. Game of ball.
Ballad, n. Light poem, sentimental song.
Ballast, n.
1. Weight (for steadiness), ballasting.
2. Prudence, discretion, judgment, sense, wisdom, TACT, GUMPTION, common sense.
Ballast, v. a. Put ballast into.
Ballasting, n. Ballast.
Ballooning, n. Aëronautics, aërostation.
Balloonist, n. Aëronaut, aërial navigator.
Balmy, a.
1. Soothing, refreshing, easing, assuaging, lenitive, sedative.
2. Fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, aromatic, aromatous, ambrosial, spicy, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.
Baltimore oriole, Golden robin, hang-bird, fiery hang-bird (Icterus Baltimore or Oriolus Baltimore).
Bam, n. [Low.] Cheat, imposition, imposture, fraud, circumvention, trick.
Bam, v. a. [Low.] Cheat, BAMBOOZLE.
Bamboozle, v. a. Deceive, cheat, dupe, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gull, trick, chouse, overreach, circumvent, defraud, diddle, BAM.
Ban, n.
1. Proclamation, edict.
2. Curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema.
Band, n.
1. Tie, ligature, ligament.
2. Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.
3. Bandage, fillet, binding.
4. Company (especially of instrumental musicians), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, COTERIE, CLIQUE, society, sodality, association.
Bandage, n. Fillet, band, binding.
Bandit, n. Outlaw, robber, brigand, freebooter, footpad, highwayman, marauder.
Banditti, n. pl. Band of outlaws or robbers.
Bandy, v. a.
1. Toss, toss about, toss to and fro.
2. Exchange, interchange, give and take.
Bane, n.
1. Poison, venom.
2. Pest, scourge, curse, ruin.
Baneful, a.
1. Poisonous, venomous.
2. Destructive, noxious, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, mischievous, baleful, deadly, ruinous, fraught with evil.
Banewort, n. Belladonna, dwale, deadly-nightshade (Atropa Belladonna).
Banging, a. [Low.] Huge, large, great.
Banian, n. (Bot.) Indian fig-tree (Ficus Indicus).
Banish, v. a.
1. Exile, expatriate, ostracize, expel from the country.
2. Exclude, shut out, drive away, put out of mind.
Banishment, n. Exile, expatriation, ostracism, expulsion, proscription.
Bang, v. a. Beat, thump, pound, strike, knock, maul, pommel, thwack, WALLOP, deal roughly with.
Bankrupt, a. Insolvent.
Bankrupt, n. Insolvent debtor.
Bankruptcy, n. Insolvency.
Banner, n. Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors.
Banquet, n. Feast, entertainment, treat.
Banquet, v. n. Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking.
Banquet, v. a. Treat with a banquet or feast.
Banter, v. a. Jeer, joke, rally, quiz, ridicule, taunt, twit, deride, mock, make fun of, make sport of, make merry with, play upon, make a butt of.
Banter, n. Raillery, ridicule, mockery, derision, persiflage, pleasantry, BADINAGE, ASTEISM, joking, jesting, quizzing, frivolous talk, small talk.
Bantling, n. Infant, babe, baby, chit, brat, nursling, suckling, BAIRN, little child, little one, young one.
Baptize, v. a.
1. Administer baptism to.
2. Christen.
Bar, n.
1. Obstacle, hinderance, obstruction, barrier, BARRICADE, stop, impediment.
2. Rail, railing.
3. Tribunal, judgment-seat.
4. Body of lawyers.
Bar, v. a.
1. Fasten with a bar.
2. Hinder, obstruct, stop, prevent.
3. Exclude, shut out.
Barb, n.
1. Beard (or excrescences like a beard), wattles.
2. Horse (of the Barbary breed).
Barbadoes tar, Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil.
Barbarian, n.
1. Savage.
2. Brute, ruffian, brutal monster.
Barbarian, a.
1. Uncivilized, rude, savage, BARBAROUS, barbaric.
2. Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish.
Barbaric, a.
1. Foreign, outlandish, exotic, not native.
2. Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage.
Barbarism,
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