A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SYNONYMES.
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Jabber, v. n. Prate, chatter, prattle, gabble, talk rapidly, talk idly.
Jabber, v. a. Speak rapidly.
Jabber, n. Prate, prattle, gab, chatter, idle talk.
Jabberer, n. Prattler, chatterer, babbler, chatterbox.
Jack-a-lantern, n. Jack-with-a-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, will-with-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.
Jack at all trades, Factotum, doer of all work.
Jack of all trades, Factotum, doer of all work.
Jack-a-dandy, n. Beau, fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni, jackanapes, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.
Jackanapes, n. [Written also Jackanape.] 1. Monkey, ape.
2. Beau, fop, dandy, jack-a-dandy.
Jackass, n. 1. Male ass.
2. Blockhead, simpleton, dunce.
Jackdaw, n. Daw (Corvus monedula).
Jacket, n. Jerkin, short coat.
Jack-ketch, n. Hangman, public executioner.
Jack-pudding, n. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, jester, droll, zany, clown, punch, scaramouch, merry-Andrew.
Jack-snipe, n. Judcock.
Jacobin, n. 1. Dominican, predicant, blackfriar, preaching friar.
2. Anarchist, turbulent demagogue.
Jacobinic, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.
Jacobinical, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.
Jaculate, v. a. Dart, throw, launch, hurl, let fly.
Jaculation, n. Darting, throwing, hurling, launching.
Jade, n. 1. Hack, tired horse, worthless horse.
2. Hussy, quean, base woman, sorry wench.
3. Young woman (in irony or slight contempt).
Jade, v. a. Tire, weary, fatigue, fag, exhaust, tire out, knock up.
Jag, n. Notch, denticulation, protuberant point.
Jagged, a. Notched, serrated, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).
Jaggedness, n. Unevenness (on the edges).
Jaguar, n. American tiger (Felis onca).
Jail, n. [Written also, but not commonly, Gaol.] Prison, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, tollbooth, jug, house of correction.
Jakes, n. Privy, necessary, back-house, water-closet.
Jam, v. a. Press, crowd, squeeze tight.
Jam, n. 1. Conserve (boiled in mass), thick preserve.
2. Pressure (from a crowd), crowding.
3. Crowd, throng, mass of people (crowded together).
Jamb, n. Side-piece (of a fireplace, a door, a window, &c.).
Jamestown weed, Thorn-apple, stramonium, stramony, Apple Peru (Datura stramonium).
Jangle, v. n. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
Jangle, v. a. Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously.
Jangle, n. 1. Discord, discordant sound.
2. Wrangling, jangling.
Jangled, a. Discordant, inharmonious, out of tune.
Jangler, n. Wrangler, quarrelsome fellow.
Jangling, n. Wrangling, bickering, quarrelling, altercation, jangle, jar.
Janitor, n. Porter, concièrge, door-keeper.
Janty, a. [Written also Jaunty.] Showy, finical, airy, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, dressy, gay, fine, pranked out.
Japan, v. a. Varnish, lacquer.
Japan earth, Catechu, terra japonica, gambier, cutch.
Japanese, a. Of Japan.
Japanese, n. 1. Native of Japan.
2. Language of Japan.
Jar, v. n. 1. Vibrate harshly.
2. Clash, interfere, wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
Jar, v. a. Shake, agitate, jolt.
Jar, n. 1. Shake, agitation, jolt.
2. Discord, disagreement, quarrel, altercation, jarring, wrangling, bickering.
Jargon, n. 1. Gabble, gibberish, rigmarole, nonsense, balderdash, twaddle, palaver, flummery, moonshine, wish-wash, trash, stuff, unintelligible talk.
2. Slang, cant.
Jarring, a. 1. Discordant, harsh.
2. Wrangling, disagreeing, at variance.
3. Conflicting, incompatible, inconsistent.
Jarring, n. 1. Clashing, collision.
2. Shaking, agitation, jar.
3. Quarrel, dispute, altercation, bickering, wrangling.
Jaundice, n. (Med.) Icterus.
Jaundiced, a. 1. Bilious.
2. Biassed, narrow-minded, prejudiced.
Jaunt, n. Ramble, excursion, trip, tour, stroll, short journey.
Jaunty, a. [Written also Janty.] Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, gay, fine.
Jaw, n. 1. Maxillary bone, jaw-bone.
2. [Low.] Scolding, abuse, railing, vituperation, abusive talk.
Jaw-bone, n. Jaw, maxillary bone.
Jaws, n. pl. Chaps, mouth.
Jaw-tooth, n. Grinder, molar.
Jealous, a. 1. Suspicious (especially of being supplanted in the affections of another).
2. Anxious, apprehensive, solicitous.
Jealousy, n. Suspicion (especially in matters of love).
Jeer, v. n. Sneer, scoff, flout, mock, gibe, fleer, rail, turn up the nose.
Jeer, v. a. Flout, taunt, deride, ridicule, mock, scoff, spurn, despise, contemn, chaff at, sneer at, jeer at, rail at, poke fun at, turn up the nose at.
Jeer, n. Sneer, scoff, taunt, gibe, biting jest, flout.
Jeerer, n. Scoffer, scorner, mocker, railer, ridiculer, derider, despiser.
Jeering, n. Mockery, derision.
Jehovah, n. God, Lord, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Providence, The Creator, Heaven, The Maker, The Deity, The Lord, The Godhead, The Infinite, The Eternal, The Omnipotent, The Preserver, The Trinity, the Holy Trinity, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, The Author of all things, God the Father.
Jejune, a. Barren, meagre, sterile, dry, bare, lean, uninteresting.
Jemmy, a. [Colloquial.] Spruce, finical, over-nice, over-neat, affectedly elegant, nice over-much.
