Vocabolario

deliberate

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His deliberate silence made everyone uncomfortable.”

Sinonimi: intentional, calculated

Antonimi: accidental, impulsive

perversity

Sostantivo

Esempio: “Out of sheer perversity, he chose the worst option.”

Sinonimi: contrariness, depravity

Antonimi: reasonableness, decency

ingratiate

Verbo

Esempio: “He tried to ingratiate himself with the boss.”

Sinonimi: charm, curry favor

Antonimi: alienate, offend

provocation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The statement was seen as a deliberate provocation.”

Sinonimi: incitement, taunt

Antonimi: appeasement, calm

fabrication

Sostantivo

Esempio: “The story turned out to be a complete fabrication.”

Sinonimi: invention, falsehood

Antonimi: truth, fact

affectation

Sostantivo

Esempio: “His accent sounded more like affectation than authenticity.”

Sinonimi: pretension, artifice

Antonimi: naturalness, sincerity

intuitively

Avverbio

Esempio: “The interface is designed so users can navigate it intuitively.”

Sinonimi: naturally, instinctively

Antonimi: deliberately, awkwardly

instinctive

Aggettivo

Esempio: “Her reaction was immediate and instinctive.”

Sinonimi: innate, natural

Antonimi: deliberate, calculated

spontaneously

Avverbio

Esempio: “They spontaneously changed the plan at the last minute.”

Sinonimi: impulsively

Antonimi: deliberately

instinctively

Avverbio

Esempio: “She instinctively stepped back when she heard the noise.”

Sinonimi: naturally

Antonimi: deliberately

equivocal

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was deliberately equivocal.”

Sinonimi: ambiguous, unclear

Antonimi: explicit

prevaricate

/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

Esempio: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”

Sinonimi: palter, equivocate, tergiversate

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Esempio: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Sinonimi: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

ambiguous

Aggettivo

Esempio: “His response was deliberately ambiguous.”

Sinonimi: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal

Antonimi: unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous