Opposites without (commonly used) opposites

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• over 2 years ago reesetee said:
  Asativum, you might enjoy this. :-)
• over 2 years ago asativum said:
  Likewise. And just because these aren't (commonly used) words doesn't mean they shouldn't be!
• over 2 years ago uselessness said:
  I vote yes on all accounts. :-)
• over 2 years ago cathari said:
  You could fenestrate a computer by installing Microsoft Windows on it, perhaps. Or by throwing it in the window, though that would be bad for a computer.
  
  When a kid hits a baseball out of the park and it goes through someone's window, is it being fenestrated?
• over 3 years ago asativum said:
  That's a great article. Thanks!
• over 3 years ago pedalinfaith said:
  You may enjoy this article.
• over 3 years ago asativum said:
  So it goes. Thanks for the heads-up! I'll have to think about including controvertible, I think.
• over 3 years ago nkocharh said:
  I fear I may have led you astray! Unbeknownst to me, controvertible is apparently a perfectly serviceable word. In fact, I've decided to go whole hog and change it to vertible on my list. Cuz that's how I roll.
• over 3 years ago asativum said:
  A real debt owed to Nkocharh's list, sans prefix.
• over 3 years ago asativum said:
  Gormless is a beaut! Not sure what I'll do about defenstrate (which is a great word on its own merits) or decapitate. Both capitate and fenestrated have meanings (health insurance, at least in the USA, and architecture respecively), if not quite the opposite of their de- counterparts.
• over 3 years ago andrew.simone said:
  gormless
• over 3 years ago seanahan said:
  decapitate, defenestrate
• over 3 years ago asativum said:
  Wonderful. I'll add them. Lately I've actually heard people say they were gruntled, more as a joke than anything.
• over 3 years ago sarahcn said:
  how about uncouth and disgruntled? those are two of my favorites