pyrrhic victory

These user-created lists contain the word ‘pyrrhic victory’.

• collection o' collocations

  Words that are generally seen in each other's company; words that, when mentioned, bring their partners to mind.

  innocent bystander, categorically deny, kung-fu grip, picky eater, natural habitat, deep sleep, horse-drawn carriage, ample bosom, perp walk, tea break, wreak havoc, strictly forbidden and 63 more...

• favourite phrases

  light pollution, poop deck, inclement weather, pole star, wax poetic, grandfather clock, tea cozy, lunar maria, shotgun wedding, gathering my wits..., pyrrhic victory, scorched earth and 108 more...

• elvesoncrack's Words

  lachrymose, blustering, fjord, chihuahua, chiffon, catalytic, stile, gefilte, prosh, thwart, ralph, ickle and 379 more...

• The Collection

  A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.

  ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...

• my words

  interminable, effete, convocation, philistines, malaise, foibles, deputation, anathematized, morass, stalwart, proselytize, abet and 405 more...

• Dictionary.com Words of the Days of 2003

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  subaltern, itinerant, scuttlebutt, pule, placate, waylay, sub rosa, upbraid, gaucherie, mores, sough, spoony and 43 more...

• Sabrina's Words

  oxalic, persona non grata, voyeur, coalesce, sartorial, gloaming, sublimate, susurrus, weltschmerz, ennui, minaret, mosque and 44 more...

• Phraseology

  vagina dentata, pyrrhic victory, primordial soup, tilting at windmills, indian giver, potemkin village, put the kibosh on, molotov cocktail, penny dreadful, stockholm syndrome, devil's advocate, dog days and 6 more...

• seanmeade's Words

  ubiquitous, defenestrate, schadenfreude, mellifluous, doppelganger, penultimate, antepenultimate, avuncular, apotheosis, apogee, cygnet, eponymous and 52 more...

• jugglinggeese's Words

  chautauqua, illumination, small beer, olla podrida, argus-eyed, neologism, vade mecum, tchotchke, palanquin, dirigible, incalculable, pop and 31 more...

• MisterC's list

  schadefreude, perspicacious, indefatigable, lycanthropy, palindrome, tumescence, triskaidekaphobia, anachronism, antiestablishment..., abecedarian, sword of damocles, pyrrhic victory and 41 more...