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Disarray (noun)

A state of disorganization or untidiness. अव्यवस्था

Synonyms: Disorder, Confusion, Chaos

Antonyms: Orderliness, Tidiness

Example: Furniture and papers were all jumbled together in disarray.

Snub (verb)

To show a lack of respect for somebody, especially by ignoring them when you meet. अनादर करना

Synonyms: Insult, Rebuff, Disregard, Humiliate

Antonyms: Respect, Approve Praise

Example: The Government has consistently snubbed his requests for an official inquiry into the affair.

Calibrate (verb)

Adjust (experimental results) to take external factors into account or to allow comparison with other data. ठीककरना

Synonyms: Modify, Alter, Regulate

Antonyms: Disorganize, Disorder, Mismanage

Example: The system is calibrated to account for different camera locations.

Bleak (adjective)

Not hopeful or encouraging. निराशाजनक

Synonyms: Unpromising, Unfavourable, Portentous

Antonyms: Encouraging, Hopeful, Promising, Propitious

Example: Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak.

Pyrrhic (adjective)

(of a victory) won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor. नाशकारी विजय

Synonyms: Meaningless, Empty, Valueless, Fruitless

Example: No doubt, Sunday's win could turn out to be a pyrrhic victory.

Loom (verb)

(of an event regarded as threatening) seem about to happen. पास ही मंडराना

Synonyms: Brew, Be imminent, Be impending, Be close

Antonyms: Wane, Fall back, Vanish

Example: With the elections looming large, his government is fighting to keep energy prices under control.

Rhetoric (noun)

Speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere. वक्रपटुता

Synonyms: Loftiness, Turgidity, Magniloquence

Example: His speech was dismissed as mere rhetoric by the opposition.

Confound (verb)

To prove somebody/something wrong. गलत साबित करना

Synonyms: Invalidate, Negate, Contradict, Counter, Go against

Antonyms: Support, Agree, Accept, Corroborate

Example: The rise in share prices confounded expectations.

Behest (noun)

A person’s orders or command. आदेश

Synonyms: Command, Order, Instruction, Control

Antonyms: Suggestion, Recommendation, Proposition

Example: He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.

Amenable (adjective)

Open and responsive to suggestion. सहज अनुगामी

Synonyms: Compliant, Tractable, Acquiescent, Controllable

Antonyms: Intractable, Unsusceptible, Unwilling

Example: He has several ideas on making the city more amenable for pedal pushers.