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More on obligate/oblige: According to this US source, they are synonyms only in the meaning 3b: ------- obligate Function:transitive verb Etymology:Latin obligatus, past participle of obligare to oblige -- more at OBLIGE 1 obsolete : BIND, FASTEN 2 a : to pledge as...

A situation isn't generally ironic, a person could be. Only something using meaning 3 here could make a situation/state "ironic, in the way/fact that it happened": ------- ironic adj. 1. Characterized by or constituting irony. 2. Given to the use of irony. See synonyms at...

Van Khanh wrote:Hi all, keen to do sg = champing at the bits to start doing something champing at the bit (= chomping at the bit =to be eager to do sth), not champing at the bitsThey're synonyms in this case: ----------- chomp Pronunciation:chämp,...

My mistake, however we should keep in mind that synonyms have their shades of meaning, and, say, self-anointed sounds more negative than positive. At least I've seen this word in negative context. The word has retained its original powerful meaning otherwise it wouldn't have survived through...

Very close. Check the synonyms area here: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/special This is a good dictionary for such comparisons, try to use it. Still, you get better details from the paid version of the dictionary: ------ synonyms ESPECIAL, SPECIFIC, PARTICULAR,...

synonyms CHANCE, OCCUR, TRANSPIRE, BEFALL, BETIDE: happen is a general term without special connotation and signifies to take place either with or without plan, motivation, or apparent or assignable cause. OCCUR, often interchangeable with HAPPEN, has the...

Opportunity vs. chance You may want to buy this dictionary: Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms: A Dictionary of Discriminated Synonyms With Antonyms and Analogous and Contrasted Words very good for such comparisons, which says: ----------- Chance...

Kanonathena wrote:Hi, Marius Hancu, what's the difference between ineffectual and ineffective? When to use ineffectual? Not an easy one. As you can see from the following, for persons ineffectual has connotations of lack of decisivenes and forcefulness, weakness, while ineffective is...

Agony is a bit more general, it means distress, anguish (which indicate mostly mental sufferance) also: ----- ag·o·ny Function:noun Inflected Form(s):-es Etymology:Middle English agonie, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French agonie, from Late Latin agonia, from...

Nef wrote: what is "ridicolous" and please help me to use the word ridicolous in a sentence ------------- ridiculous from www.dictionary.com ri‧dic‧u‧lous  –adjective causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan. —Synonyms...