Word of the Day is a free service of TheFreeDictionary.com http://www.thefreedictionary.com en-us Farlex, Inc. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT 360 http://www.thefreedictionary.com http://img.tfd.com/modules/thm_wod.png 120 60 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prissy http://www.thefreedictionary.com/prissy SYNONYMS: priggish, prudish, square-toed, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian, puritanical, prim.
USAGE: A free-spirited party girl, I am the complete opposite of my prissy and well-mannered sister.
Discuss ]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stifle http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stifle SYNONYMS: muffle, repress, strangle, smother.
USAGE: And then the cry which he had tried so hard to stifle broke from his lips. ]]> Tue, 9 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.thefreedictionary.com/succor http://www.thefreedictionary.com/succor SYNONYMS: ministration, relief.
USAGE: The dying man's eyes were all the time riveted on the door, through which he hoped succor would arrive. ]]>