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Collins Primary Thesaurus

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2019
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shadowy

A sinister figure appeared from a shadowy side street.

ANTONYM: light

dark (2) NOUN

The dark is the lack of light in a place.

dusk

Street lights began to twinkle in the dusk.

gloom

In the gloom of the attic, Nathan made out two staring eyes.

murk

Zora wished she was on the beach, not in the murk of a Manchester night.

ANTONYM: light

dawn NOUN

Dawn is the time in the morning when light first appears in the sky.

break of day

A chorus of hungry birds started up at the break of day.

daybreak

The search for the missing girl resumed at daybreak.

sunrise

By sunrise, the diver and his team were already at the pier.

ANTONYM: dusk

dazed ADJECTIVE

If you are dazed, you are confused and bewildered.

bewildered

Mum was bewildered by the huge range of mobile phones on offer.

confused

Granny sometimes gets confused and says odd things.

light-headed

The paint smell was so strong that I began to feel light-headed.

shocked

After the bomb, shocked, dusty people wandered hopelessly around.

stunned

I felt stunned by the unexpected news about James’s accident.

dead ADJECTIVE

A person, animal or plant that is dead is no longer alive.

deceased

It was thought that the deceased man came originally from Ireland.

extinct

The extinct moa of New Zealand was a flightless bird like an ostrich.

late

Many people paid tribute to Mrs Suleiman’s late husband.

ANTONYM: alive

A dead body is called a corpse or the remains. A person who has recently died is often referred to as the deceased.

deadly ADJECTIVE

Something deadly is likely or able to cause death.

lethal

The machine guns dispensed a lethal curtain of fire across the muddy wilderness.

mortal

Frodo suddenly came face to face with his mortal enemy.

deal NOUN
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