Daily Vocabulary – 10 May 2020

Synonyms: Threatening, Foreboding, Inauspicious, Sinister, Unfavourable, unpromising

Antonyms: Unthreatening, Promising, Propitious, Encouraging

Example: There were <strong>ominous</strong> dark clouds gathering overhead.

Synonyms: Hopeful, Optimistic, Assured, Positive, Buoyant

Antonyms: Pessimistic, Gloomy, Desperate, Hopeless

Example: Even though the company was closing stores, shareholders were <strong>sanguine</strong> about their future earnings.

Synonyms: Uninteresting, Zestless, Vapid, Dull, Spiritless, Boring

Antonyms: Interesting, Exciting, Riveting, Fascinating

Example: The pictures are good but the text is mostly <strong>insipid</strong>.

Synonyms: Fail, Go wrong, Founder, Fall flat, Fall through

Antonyms: Succeed, prosper, flourish

Example: The company <strong>collapsed</strong> when it failed to change with the times.

Synonyms: Prompt, Encourage, Coax, Stimulate, Jog

Antonyms: Discourage, Hold back, Restrain, Repress

Example: We have to <strong>nudge</strong> the politicians in the right direction.