|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| cheap |
ashamed; embarrassed. [1/8 definitions] |
| dirty linen |
private matters that one would be embarrassed or ashamed to have made public. |
| embarrassment |
the condition of being made uncomfortable or ashamed. [1/2 definitions] |
| humiliate |
to cause to lose pride or feel ashamed; embarrass. |
| put to shame |
to cause to feel ashamed. [1/2 definitions] |
| shame |
to make someone feel ashamed. [1/7 definitions] |
| slink |
to move as if afraid or ashamed; go quietly so as to avoid attention. |
| sneak |
to behave as though one has something to hide or be ashamed of. [1/4 definitions] |
| unflattering |
making one feel ashamed or unhappy about oneself, or intended to make one feel so. [1/2 definitions] |
|
|