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All- encompassing (adjective)

Including everything. व्यापक

Synonyms: Comprehensive, Wide, Extensive, All-Embracing

Antonyms: Limited, Restricted, Confined, Bounded

Example: The risks detailed here are not all-encompassing. <br><br> An all-encompassing package to combat global warming. <br><br> It's up to you to not let minor annoyances become all-encompassing drama.

Sheer (adjective)

Complete and not mixed with anything else. पूर्णतया

Synonyms: Utter, Complete, Absolute, Total, Downright, Thorough

Antonyms: Incomplete, Partial, Limited, Fractional

Example: It is difficult to convey the sheer complexity of the situation. <br><br> He had risen in the ranks of the party by the sheer dint of his hard work and forthrightness. <br><br> She went sheer forward when the door was open.

Deliberate (verb)

To consider something very carefully, usually before making a decision. विचारना

Synonyms: Ponder, Think over, Contemplate

Antonyms: Ignore, Neglect

Example: The jury deliberated for five days before finding him guilty. <br><br> Customers sometimes deliberate over a purchase for weeks. <br><br> The sergeant deliberated for a moment and then agreed to unlock the door.

Spawn (verb)

Produce or generate a large number of. उत्पादन करना

Synonyms: Occasion, Generate, Give rise to, Engender

Antonyms: Destroy, Kill, End

Example: The decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces.

Turbulent (adjective)

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion. अशांत

Synonyms: Unstable, Unsettled, Chaotic, Stormy

Antonyms: Calm, Peaceful, Quiet

Example: He's observed the turbulent history of the humble stage direction and has decided to take action. <br><br> The town had remained calm since the turbulent times seven months ago. <br><br> The paper has had a somewhat turbulent history.

Homage (noun)

Special honour or respect shown publicly. सम्मान

Synonyms: Respect, Acclamation, Reverence

Antonyms: Scorn, Condemnation, Censure

Example: There are plenty of homages to other epic films too. <br><br> There are a actually a few specific things in the novel that are homages to his books. <br><br> The tone was modern, and the films were tongue-in-cheek homages to the zombie greats.

Inception (noun)

The establishment or starting point of an institution or activity. आरंभ

Synonyms: Foundation, Initiation, Origination, Setting up

Antonyms: End, Termination, Finish

Example: She has been on the board since its inception two years ago. <br><br> Sometimes the comparison will reveal a loss from the inception of the loan transaction. <br><br> The Board since its inception has taken up every issue that confronts the community.

Errant (adjective)

Straying from the accepted course or standards. पथभ्रष्ट

Synonyms: Offending, Culpable, Deviant

Example: Lesser women would have cut their errant husband adrift. <br><br> That explains, in part, his decision last week to pardon the errant scientist.

Pontificate (verb)

To give your opinions about something in a way that shows that you think you are right. सिद्धांतवादी बात करना

Synonyms: Dogmatize, Declaim, Lecture, Hold forth

Example: He was pontificating about art and history. <br><br> It takes a heck of a lot more effort than pontificating about the evils of livestock. <br><br> I think it should be illegal for non-parents to pontificate about parenting.

Grandiloquently (adverb)

In a pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress. आडम्बर से

Synonyms: Pompously, Bombastically, Extravagantly

Antonyms: Plainly, Clearly

Example: She attacked her colleagues for indulging grandiloquently. <br><br> She attacked her colleagues for indulging in the matter grandiloquently.