1.Ominous
Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
Synonym: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister,
Antonym: promising, auspicious, propitious
Sentence: “there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead”
Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
Synonym: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding, sinister,
Antonym: promising, auspicious, propitious
Sentence: “there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead”
2.Repertoire
Meaning: a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
Synonym: collection, stock, range, repertory
Sentence: “the mainstream concert repertoire”
Meaning: a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
Synonym: collection, stock, range, repertory
Sentence: “the mainstream concert repertoire”
3.Badinage
Meaning: humorous or witty conversation
Synonym: repartee
Sentence: “he developed a nice line in badinage with the Labour leader”
Meaning: humorous or witty conversation
Synonym: repartee
Sentence: “he developed a nice line in badinage with the Labour leader”
4.Pugnacious
Meaning: eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.
Synonym: combative, aggressive, antagonistic,
Antonym: peaceable, friendly
Sentence: “the increasingly pugnacious demeanour of right-wing politicians”
Meaning: eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight.
Synonym: combative, aggressive, antagonistic,
Antonym: peaceable, friendly
Sentence: “the increasingly pugnacious demeanour of right-wing politicians”
5.Pejorative
Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.
Synonym: disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory,
Antonym: complimentary, approbatory
Sentence: “permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term”
Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.
Synonym: disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory,
Antonym: complimentary, approbatory
Sentence: “permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term”