adjective forcing rigid conformity synonyms: unyielding, inflexible, unbending, drastically rigid,...
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adjective forcing rigid conformity Synonyms: unyielding, inflexible,
unbending, drastically rigid, ruthlessly rigid, stringent (STRIN junt)
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from Procrustes, mythical robber of Attica who seized travelers, tied them to his bed, and either stretched their limbs or lopped of their legs to make them fit it.
The name is Greek prokrouein "to beat out, stretch out," from pro- "before" + krouein "to strike."
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Verb defame, speak ill of, attack the reputation
of Synonyms: belittle, discredit, slander,
disparage (dis PAR ij)
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Latin denigrare "to blacken, defame," from de- "completely" + nigr-, stem of
niger "black"
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adjective commonplace, dull, uninspired Synonyms: humdrum, uninteresting,
ordinary, monotonous, mundane (mun DANE)
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Latin prosa "prose.” Meaning "having the character of prose
(in contrast to the feeling of poetry)" is 1746; extended sense of "ordinary" is 1813
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adjective easily managed, controlled, or taught;
gentle; submissive Synonyms: obedient, manageable,
amendable (uh MEN duh bul)
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Italian or French docile, from Latin docilis "easily taught," from docere “teach”
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Verb* refuse to deal with as a means of protest
and persuasion Synonyms: reject, ban, exclude, ostracize
(OS truh size)
*can also be a noun, as in we are organizing a boycott.
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Irish Land League ostracism of Capt. Charles C. Boycott (1832-1897), land agent of Lough-Mask in County Mayo, who refused to lower rents for his tenant farmers when their crops failed.
Quickly adopted by newspapers in languages as far afield as Japanese (boikotto). The family name is from a place in England.
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Aster – Staro Asteroid
Fer – To Carryo transfer
Fug – to flee/run awayo Fugitive
Terr – to frighteno terrorize
Contra – againsto Contradict