Wordnik.com: Opposites without (commonly used) opposites: Comments

Comment by reesetee, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:24:47 +0000

Asativum, you might enjoy this. :-)

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:35:35 +0000

Likewise. And just because these aren't (commonly used) words doesn't mean they shouldn't be!

Comment by uselessness, over 2 years ago

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:31:02 +0000

I vote yes on all accounts. :-)

Comment by cathari, over 2 years ago

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:08:53 +0000

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?

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:32:03 +0000

That's a great article. Thanks!

Comment by pedalinfaith, over 2 years ago

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:59:15 +0000

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:07:57 +0000

So it goes. Thanks for the heads-up! I'll have to think about including controvertible, I think.

Comment by nkocharh, over 2 years ago

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:48:30 +0000

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.

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:52:23 +0000

A real debt owed to Nkocharh's list, sans prefix.

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:01:10 +0000

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.

Comment by andrew.simone, over 2 years ago

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:53:00 +0000

gormless

Comment by seanahan, over 2 years ago

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:26:57 +0000

decapitate, defenestrate

Comment by asativum, over 2 years ago

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:44:38 +0000

Wonderful. I'll add them. Lately I've actually heard people say they were gruntled, more as a joke than anything.

Comment by sarahcn, over 2 years ago

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:15:46 +0000

how about uncouth and disgruntled? those are two of my favorites