Abrupt in manner or speech; gruff

Short and to the point

To cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character.

deserving contempt or scorn

To try to equal; to imitate

to call forth; to produce.

To bring to mind, often by suggestion.

very painful

To install in office with a formal ceremony.

To begin officially or mark the opening of.

To spread throughout.

The owner of a store or other business.

a fictitious name used by an author; a pen name.

To reject bluntly.

To drive back.

A blunt rejection.

An abrupt setback in progress.

Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune.

Returning quickly to an original shape or condition.

The ability to spring back.

chaotic, unruly.

stormy, tempestuous.

rapid changes in wind speed and direction in the atmosphere

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A word that has the opposite meaning of another given word.