Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том I. A – I.

2. [Rare.] Continuance (in a place), stay, residence.

Abolish, v. a. 1. Abrogate, annul, disannul, repeal, rescind, revoke, cancel, nullify, quash, vacate, invalidate, set aside, make void.

2. Destroy, overthrow, subvert, obliterate, extirpate, eradicate, annihilate, extinguish, suppress, disestablish, do away, put an end to.

Abolition, n. 1. Abrogation, annulment, annulling, nullification, rescinding, revocation, cancelling, repeal, rescission.

2. Destruction, overthrow, subversion, obliteration, extirpation, eradication, annihilation, extinction, extinguishment, suppression, disestablishment.

Abominable, a. 1. Hateful, odious, detestable, horrid, horrible, execrable, nefarious, damnable, cursed, accursed, hellish.

2. Loathsome, offensive, obnoxious, foul, nauseous, nauseating, disgusting, sickening, repulsive, revolting, shocking.

3. Vile, wretched, sorry, scurvy, shabby, bad.

Abominate, v. a. Abhor, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, nauseate, shrink from, recoil from, shudder at, view with horror.

Abomination, n. 1. Abhorrence, detestation, execration, hatred, loathing, disgust, antipathy.

2. Contamination, pollution, defilement, taint, uncleanness, impurity, foulness.

3. Nuisance, annoyance, plague, infliction, torment, curse, great evil, hateful thing.

Aboriginal, a. Primitive, primeval, primordial, pristine, primary, prime, original, first, native, indigenous, autochthonal.

Abortion, n. 1. Miscarriage.

2. Failure, disappointment, want of success, vain effort or attempt.

Abortive, a. 1. Miscarrying, failing, untimely, immature.

2. Unavailing, vain, fruitless, useless, bootless, ineffectual, ineffective, inoperative, unsuccessful, profitless, futile, unprofitable, idle, nugatory, in vain, of no account.

Abound, v. n. 1. Teem, swarm, superabound, swell, flow, increase, multiply, be in great plenty, be numerous, be very prevalent.

2. Exuberate, luxuriate, revel, wanton, be well furnished, be well supplied.

About, prep. 1. Around, round, encircling, surrounding.

2. Near, near to, not far from.

3. Concerning, touching, respecting, relating to, relative to, with respect to, with reference to, in regard to, with regard to.

4. Through, over.

About, ad. 1. Around, here and there.

2. Nearly, near, approximately, not far from.

3. Ready, in a state of readiness, on the point.

Above, prep. 1. Higher than.

2. Over, exceeding, more than, greater than.

3. Beyond, superior to.

4. Too high for, too proud for.

Above, ad. 1. Overhead, aloft, on high, in a high place.

2. Before, in a former part.

3. Of a higher rank or order.

Above all. Chiefly, in the first place, before all other considerations.

Above-board, ad. Openly, candidly, ingenuously, frankly, sincerely, fairly, in open sight, without artifice, without equivocation, without guile, without disguise.

Abrade, v. a. Scrape, wear away, wear off, rub off.

Abrasion, n. Friction, attrition, rubbing, disintegration, confrication, wearing away, wearing off, rubbing off.

Abreast, ad. 1. Alongside, side by side.

2. Against, off, on a line with, opposite to.

Abridge, v. a. 1. Shorten (by compression), epitomize, condense, compress, make an abstract of.

2. Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, abbreviate, retrench, cut down.

3. Deprive, dispossess, divest.

Abridger, n. Epitomizer, writer of an epitome.

Abridgment, n. 1. Shortening (by compression), contraction, diminution, reduction, abbreviation, curtailment, retrenchment.

2. Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest, synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance.

3. Deprivation, dispossession.

Abroach, ad. 1. Broached, tapped, on tap.

2. A-going.

Abroad, ad. 1. Widely, at large.

2. Forth, out of the house, out of doors, in the open air.