fy: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of fy
- identify«Word Popularity Bar5/5
identify
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
place.
- She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
- verb give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
name.
- Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
- The almanac identifies the auspicious months
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- specify5/5
specify
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; condition; stipulate.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- verb decide upon or fix definitely
set; fix; limit; determine; define.
- fix the variables
- specify the parameters
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- satisfy5/5
satisfy
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
fulfill; fulfil; live up to.
- verb make happy or satisfied
gratify.
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
- justify5/5
justify
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
warrant.
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
vindicate.
- vindicate a claim
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- modify5/5
modify
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
- verb add a modifier to a constituent
qualify.
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- verify5/5
verify
- verb confirm the truth of
- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim
- verb check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
control.
- Are you controlling for the temperature?
- verb confirm the truth of
- qualify5/5
qualify
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
measure up.
- verb pronounce fit or able
- She was qualified to run the marathon
- They nurses were qualified to administer the injections
- verb prove capable or fit; meet requirements
- clarify5/5
clarify
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
elucidate; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- verb make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- clarify the butter
- clarify beer
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
- testify4/5
testify
- verb give testimony in a court of law
bear witness; attest; take the stand.
- verb provide evidence for
show; evidence; bear witness; prove.
- The blood test showed that he was the father
- Her behavior testified to her incompetence
- verb give testimony in a court of law
- classify4/5
classify
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; assort; sort out; class.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb declare unavailable, as for security reasons
- Classify these documents
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
- simplify4/5
simplify
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- We had to simplify the instructions
- this move will simplify our lives
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- notify4/5
notify
- verb inform (somebody) of something
apprize; send word; apprise; give notice; advise.
- I advised him that the rent was due
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- signify4/5
signify
- verb denote or connote
intend; stand for; mean.
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- verb convey or express a meaning
- These words mean nothing to me!
- What does his strange behavior signify?
- verb denote or connote
- quantify4/5
quantify
- verb use as a quantifier
- verb express as a number or measure or quantity
measure.
- Can you quantify your results?
- verb use as a quantifier
- defy4/5
defy
- verb resist or confront with resistance
withstand; hold; hold up.
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
resist; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb resist or confront with resistance
- intensify3/5
intensify
- verb increase in extent or intensity
escalate; step up.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten; deepen; compound.
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
- verb increase in extent or intensity
- duffy3/5
duffy
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- leafy3/5
leafy
- adjective having or covered with leaves
- leafy trees
- leafy vegetables
- adjective having or covered with leaves
- purify3/5
purify
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; sublimate; distill.
- purify the water
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; sanctify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- exemplify3/5
exemplify
- verb be characteristic of
represent.
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
- verb clarify by giving an example of
instance; illustrate.
- verb be characteristic of
- certify3/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- rectify3/5
rectify
- verb math: determine the length of
- rectify a curve
- verb reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
refine.
- refine sugar
- verb math: determine the length of
- glorify3/5
glorify
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- verb bestow glory upon
- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
- amplify3/5
amplify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- unify3/5
unify
- verb become one
merge; unite.
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- verb to bring or combine together or with something else
amalgamate; mix; mingle; commix.
- resourcefully he mingled music and dance
- verb become one
- fluffy3/5
fluffy
- adjective satellite like down or as soft as down
downy; flossy; downlike.
- adjective satellite like down or as soft as down
- diversify3/5
diversify
- verb make (more) diverse
- diversify a course of study
- verb spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
radiate.
- The plants on this island diversified
- verb make (more) diverse
- ratify3/5
ratify
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
sign.
- All parties ratified the peace treaty
- Have you signed your contract yet?
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- gratify3/5
gratify
- verb make happy or satisfied
satisfy.
- verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
pander; indulge.
- verb make happy or satisfied
- buffy3/5
buffy
(Med.) Resembling, or characterized by, buff. Huxley.
- puffy3/5
puffy
- adjective satellite being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
bouffant.
- a bouffant skirt
- adjective satellite abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
tumid; tumescent; intumescent; turgid.
- hungry children with bloated stomachs
- he had a grossly distended stomach
- eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
- swollen hands
- tumescent tissue
- puffy tumid flesh
- adjective satellite being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
- magnify3/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- stuffy3/5
stuffy
- adjective satellite lacking fresh air
airless; close; unaired.
- a dusty airless attic
- the dreadfully close atmosphere
- hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
- adjective satellite excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
stodgy.
- why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
- a stodgy dinner party
- adjective satellite lacking fresh air
- solidify3/5
solidify
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- verb become solid
- The metal solidified when it cooled
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
- fortify3/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- pacify3/5
pacify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- disqualify3/5
disqualify
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- verb declare unfit
- She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
- sanctify3/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- nullify3/5
nullify
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- verb show to be invalid
invalidate.
- verb declare invalid
- goofy3/5
goofy
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
cockamamie; wacky; sappy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
- gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
- wore a goofy hat
- a silly idea
- some wacky plan for selling more books
- noun a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
- indemnify3/5
indemnify
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; compensate; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- scruffy3/5
scruffy
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
seedy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
- codify3/5
codify
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- Hammurabi codified the laws
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- falsify2/5
falsify
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; distort; garble.
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; fudge; manipulate.
- Fudge the figures
- cook the books
- falsify the data
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
- typify2/5
typify
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
epitomise; epitomize.
- The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- terrify2/5
terrify
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorise; terrorize.
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
- crucify2/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- taffy2/5
taffy
- noun chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
- noun chewy candy of sugar or syrup boiled until thick and pulled until glossy
- comfy2/5
comfy
- adjective providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
comfortable.
- comfortable clothes
- comfortable suburban houses
- made himself comfortable in an armchair
- the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable
- are you comfortable?
- feeling comfy now?
- adjective providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)
- beefy2/5
beefy
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
buirdly; husky; burly; strapping.
- a beefy wrestler
- had a tall burly frame
- clothing sizes for husky boys
- a strapping boy of eighteen
- `buirdly' is a Scottish term
- adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
- beautify2/5
beautify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; embellish; prettify.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more beautiful
- personify2/5
personify
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body.
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
embody; be.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
- objectify2/5
objectify
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
exteriorise; externalise; externalize; exteriorize.
- language externalizes our thoughts
- verb make impersonal or present as an object
depersonalize; depersonalise.
- Will computers depersonalize human interactions?
- Pornography objectifies women
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
- mollify2/5
mollify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
season; temper.
- she tempered her criticism
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- reify2/5
reify
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- demystify2/5
demystify
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- dignify2/5
dignify
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
ennoble.
- He was dignified with a title
- verb raise the status of
- I shall not dignify this insensitive remark with an answer
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
- jiffy2/5
jiffy
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; New York minute; twinkling; heartbeat; split second; trice.
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
- noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- detoxify2/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- oversimplify2/5
oversimplify
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- Don't oversimplify the problem
- verb make too simple
- Don't oversimplify the instructions
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- edify2/5
edify
- verb make understand
enlighten.
- Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
- verb make understand
- mortify2/5
mortify
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- verb hold within limits and control
crucify; subdue.
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- mystify2/5
mystify
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb make mysterious
- mystify the story
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
- vilify2/5
vilify
- verb spread negative information about
vituperate; rail; revile.
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
- verb spread negative information about
- daffy2/5
daffy
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stratify2/5
stratify
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- Income distribution often stratifies a society
- verb form layers or strata
- The rock stratifies
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- liquefy2/5
liquefy
- verb become liquid
- The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify; liquidise; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- verb become liquid
- iffy2/5
iffy
- adjective satellite subject to accident or chance or change
flukey; fluky; chancy.
- a chancy appeal at best
- getting that job was definitely fluky
- a fluky wind
- an iffy proposition
- adjective satellite subject to accident or chance or change
- cavafy2/5
- reclassify2/5
reclassify
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- huffy2/5
huffy
- adjective satellite quick to take offense
touchy; thin-skinned; feisty.
- adjective satellite roused to anger
sore; mad.
- stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
- sore over a remark
- adjective satellite quick to take offense
- spiffy2/5
spiffy
- adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
rakish; natty; snappy; raffish; dashing; spruce; dapper; jaunty.
- a dapper young man
- a jaunty red hat
- adjective satellite marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
- deify2/5
deify
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- These young men deify financial success
- verb exalt to the position of a God
- the people deified their King
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- liquify2/5
liquify
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquidise; liquefy; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- verb become liquid or fluid when heated
flux; liquefy.
- the frozen fat liquefied
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
- muffy2/5
- electrify2/5
electrify
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- The news electrified us
- verb charge (a conductor) with electricity
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
- horrify2/5
horrify
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- snuffy1/5
- ossify1/5
ossify
- verb become bony
- The tissue ossified
- verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
rigidify; petrify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
- verb become bony
- reunify1/5
reunify
- verb unify again, as of a country
reunite.
- Will Korea reunify?
- verb unify again, as of a country
- ramify1/5
ramify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
complexify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- acidify1/5
acidify
- verb make sour or more sour
sour; acetify; acidulate.
- verb turn acidic
acetify.
- the solution acetified
- verb make sour or more sour
- commodify1/5
commodify
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- vivify1/5
vivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb make more striking or animated
- his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story
- verb give new life or energy to
- stultify1/5
stultify
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
- verb cause to appear foolish
- He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- revivify1/5
revivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- calcify1/5
calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- verb become inflexible and unchanging
- Old folks can calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- fructify1/5
fructify
- verb become productive or fruitful
- The seeds fructified
- verb make productive or fruitful
- The earth that he fructified
- verb become productive or fruitful
- emulsify1/5
emulsify
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- verb form into or become an emulsion
- The solution emulsified
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- stupefy1/5
stupefy
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
besot.
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- putrefy1/5
putrefy
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- organic matter putrefies
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- tonify1/5
tonify
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- petrify1/5
petrify
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- The horror petrified his feelings
- Fear petrified her thinking
- verb change into stone
lapidify.
- the wood petrified with time
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- salsify1/5
salsify
- noun edible root of the salsify plant
oyster plant.
- noun Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
Tragopogon porrifolius; oyster plant; vegetable oyster.
- noun edible root of the salsify plant
- dufy1/5
dufy
- noun French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953)
Raoul Dufy.
- noun French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953)
- cuffy1/5
- sniffy1/5
sniffy
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- misidentify1/5
misidentify
- verb identify incorrectly
mistake.
- Don't mistake her for her twin sister
- verb identify incorrectly
- declassify1/5
declassify
- verb lift the restriction on and make available again
- reclassify the documents
- verb lift the restriction on and make available again
- humidify1/5
humidify
- verb make (more) humid
moisturise; moisturize.
- We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
- verb make (more) humid
- cliffy1/5
cliffy
Having cliffs; broken; craggy.
- turfy1/5
turfy
Abounding with turf; made of, or covered with, turf. "The turfy mountains." Shak.
- disidentify1/5
disidentify
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- versify1/5
versify
- verb compose verses or put into verse
verse; poetize; poetise.
- He versified the ancient saga
- verb compose verses or put into verse
- transmogrify1/5
transmogrify
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transfigure; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
- decertify1/5
decertify
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
derecognise; derecognize.
- Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People's Republic of China
- verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted
- prequalify1/5
prequalify
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- scarify1/5
scarify
- verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- The men in some African tribes scarify their faces
- verb scratch the surface of
- scarify seeds
- verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- opacify1/5
opacify
- verb make opaque
- The glass was opacified more greater privacy
- verb become opaque
- the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind
- verb make opaque
- mummify1/5
mummify
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
- verb remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- densify1/5
densify
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- misclassify1/5
misclassify
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- complexify1/5
complexify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
ramify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb make complex
- he unnecessarily complexified every problem
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- scurfy1/5
scurfy
- adjective having or producing or covered with scurf
- adjective satellite rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
leprose; lepidote; scabrous; scaly.
- adjective having or producing or covered with scurf
- rarefy1/5
rarefy
- verb lessen the density or solidity of
- The bones are rarefied
- verb make more subtle or refined
subtilize; sublimate.
- verb lessen the density or solidity of
- recertify1/5
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- dissatisfy1/5
dissatisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- reidentify1/5
reidentify
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- rigidify1/5
rigidify
- verb become rigid
- The body rigidified
- verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
petrify; ossify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
- verb become rigid
- prettify1/5
prettify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; beautify; embellish.
- verb make more beautiful
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- chaffy1/5
chaffy
- adjective abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
chafflike.
- adjective satellite value
- an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow
- adjective abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff
- gentrify1/5
gentrify
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- gentrify a row of old houses
- gentrify the old center of town
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- overidentify1/5
overidentify
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requalify
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- vitrify1/5
vitrify
- verb change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
- verb undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
- verb change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
- reverify1/5
reverify
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- beatify1/5
beatify
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- verb make blessedly happy
- verb fill with sublime emotion
- squiffy1/5
squiffy
- adjective satellite very drunk
pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; soused; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; crocked; besotted; cockeyed; wet; pie-eyed; fuddled; smashed; blind drunk; stiff; loaded; pissed.
- adjective satellite very drunk
- guffy1/5
guffy
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- toffy1/5
toffy
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
brittle; toffee.
- noun caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- tiffy1/5
tiffy
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- russify1/5
russify
To Russianize; as, to .Russify conquered tribesRussky Pl. Russkies, a Russian [Colloq.]
- reefy1/5
reefy
- adjective satellite full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
shelvy; shelfy; shoaly.
- reefy shallows
- shoaly waters
- adjective satellite full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
- affy1/5
affy
To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust. Obs.
- saponify1/5
saponify
- verb become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali
- the oil saponified
- verb convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali
- saponify oils and fats
- verb become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali
- biffy1/5
biffy
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- speechify1/5
speechify
- verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
- These ministers speechify on every occasion
- verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
- subclassify1/5
subclassify
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- stupify1/5
stupify
See Stupefy .
- dehumidify1/5
dehumidify
- verb make less humid
- The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer
- verb make less humid
Suffixes of fy
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fyi
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fyodorovich
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- fyke1/5
fyke
A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also Cozzens.fyke net .
- fys1/5
fy
A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie .
- fyrd1/5
fyrd
(Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms. The national fyrd or militia. J. R. Green.
- fyle1/5
file
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
data file.
- noun a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Indian file; single file.
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- fyles1/5
file
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
data file.
- noun a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
Indian file; single file.
- noun a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
Derived words of fy
- identifying«Word Popularity Bar5/5
identify
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
place.
- She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster
- verb give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
name.
- Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
- The almanac identifies the auspicious months
- verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
- satisfying5/5
satisfying
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
solid; substantial; hearty; square.
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
- verb meet the requirements or expectations of
satisfy; fulfill; fulfil; live up to.
- adjective satellite providing abundant nourishment
- specifying4/5
specify
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
qualify; condition; stipulate.
- The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
- The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
- verb decide upon or fix definitely
set; fix; limit; determine; define.
- fix the variables
- specify the parameters
- verb specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- modifying4/5
modify
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
- please modify this letter to make it more polite
- he modified his views on same-gender marriage
- verb add a modifier to a constituent
qualify.
- verb make less severe or harsh or extreme
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qualifying
- noun the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
modification; limiting.
- noun success in satisfying a test or requirement
passing; pass.
- his future depended on his passing that test
- he got a pass in introductory chemistry
- noun the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase
- terrifying4/5
terrifying
- adjective satellite causing extreme terror
terrific.
- a terrifying wail
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorise; terrorize; terrify.
- adjective satellite causing extreme terror
- unifying4/5
unifying
- adjective satellite combining into a single unit
consolidative.
- verb become one
merge; unify; unite.
- Germany unified officially in 1990
- the cells merge
- adjective satellite combining into a single unit
- justifying4/5
justify
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
warrant.
- The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns
- The end justifies the means
- verb show to be right by providing justification or proof
vindicate.
- vindicate a claim
- verb show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
- signifying4/5
signify
- verb denote or connote
intend; stand for; mean.
- `maison' means `house' in French
- An example sentence would show what this word means
- verb convey or express a meaning
- These words mean nothing to me!
- What does his strange behavior signify?
- verb denote or connote
- classifying4/5
classify
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
sort; separate; assort; sort out; class.
- How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?
- verb declare unavailable, as for security reasons
- Classify these documents
- verb arrange or order by classes or categories
- clarifying4/5
clarifying
- adjective satellite that makes clear
elucidative.
- a clarifying example
- verb make clear and (more) comprehensible
clarify; elucidate; clear up.
- clarify the mystery surrounding her death
- adjective satellite that makes clear
- verifying4/5
verifying
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
collateral; verificatory; validating; substantiative; confirming; confirmatory; corroboratory; corroborative; substantiating; validatory; confirmative.
- collateral evidence
- verb confirm the truth of
verify.
- Please verify that the doors are closed
- verify a claim
- adjective satellite serving to support or corroborate
- simplifying3/5
simplify
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- We had to simplify the instructions
- this move will simplify our lives
- verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
- gratifying3/5
gratifying
- adjective satellite pleasing to the mind or feeling
sweet.
- sweet revenge
- verb make happy or satisfied
satisfy; gratify.
- adjective satellite pleasing to the mind or feeling
- testifying3/5
testify
- verb give testimony in a court of law
bear witness; attest; take the stand.
- verb provide evidence for
show; evidence; bear witness; prove.
- The blood test showed that he was the father
- Her behavior testified to her incompetence
- verb give testimony in a court of law
- magnifying3/5
magnify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
amplify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- defying3/5
defy
- verb resist or confront with resistance
withstand; hold; hold up.
- The politician defied public opinion
- The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
- The bridge held
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
resist; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb resist or confront with resistance
- quantifying3/5
quantify
- verb use as a quantifier
- verb express as a number or measure or quantity
measure.
- Can you quantify your results?
- verb use as a quantifier
- intensifying3/5
intensifying
- adjective increasing in strength or intensity
- verb increase in extent or intensity
escalate; step up; intensify.
- The Allies escalated the bombing
- adjective increasing in strength or intensity
- purifying3/5
purifying
- adjective serving to purge or rid of sin
purgatorial; purging.
- purgatorial rites
- verb remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
make pure; purify; sublimate; distill.
- purify the water
- adjective serving to purge or rid of sin
- horrifying3/5
horrifying
- adjective satellite provoking horror
frightful; ugly; atrocious; horrible.
- an atrocious automobile accident
- a frightful crime of decapitation
- an alarming, even horrifying, picture
- war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill
- an ugly wound
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
horrify; dismay; alarm; appall; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
- adjective satellite provoking horror
- certifying3/5
certify
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
attest; demonstrate; evidence; manifest.
- His high fever attested to his illness
- The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
- This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness
- verb guarantee payment on; of checks
- verb provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- notifying3/5
notify
- verb inform (somebody) of something
apprize; send word; apprise; give notice; advise.
- I advised him that the rent was due
- verb inform (somebody) of something
- edifying3/5
edifying
- adjective enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
enlightening.
- the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read
- verb make understand
edify; enlighten.
- Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
- adjective enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
- amplifying3/5
amplify
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
magnify.
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
- verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise.
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- verb increase in size, volume or significance
- diversifying3/5
diversify
- verb make (more) diverse
- diversify a course of study
- verb spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
radiate.
- The plants on this island diversified
- verb make (more) diverse
- ratifying3/5
ratify
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
sign.
- All parties ratified the peace treaty
- Have you signed your contract yet?
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- glorifying3/5
glorify
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
exalt; extol; laud; proclaim.
- extol the virtues of one's children
- glorify one's spouse's cooking
- verb bestow glory upon
- The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
- verb praise, glorify, or honor
- exemplifying2/5
exemplifying
- adjective satellite clarifying by use of examples
illustrative.
- verb be characteristic of
exemplify; represent.
- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
- adjective satellite clarifying by use of examples
- rectifying2/5
rectify
- verb math: determine the length of
- rectify a curve
- verb reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
refine.
- refine sugar
- verb math: determine the length of
- unsatisfying2/5
unsatisfying
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
disappointing; dissatisfactory.
- a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising
- adjective satellite not up to expectations
- fortifying2/5
fortify
- verb make strong or stronger
strengthen; beef up.
- This exercise will strengthen your upper body
- strengthen the relations between the two countries
- verb enclose by or as if by a fortification
fort.
- verb make strong or stronger
- sanctifying2/5
sanctify
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
bless; consecrate; hallow.
- verb make pure or free from sin or guilt
purge; purify.
- he left the monastery purified
- verb render holy by means of religious rites
- electrifying2/5
electrifying
- adjective satellite causing a surge of emotion or excitement
thrilling.
- she gave an electrifying performance
- a thrilling performer to watch
- verb excite suddenly and intensely
electrify.
- The news electrified us
- adjective satellite causing a surge of emotion or excitement
- objectifying2/5
objectify
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
exteriorise; externalise; externalize; exteriorize.
- language externalizes our thoughts
- verb make impersonal or present as an object
depersonalize; depersonalise.
- Will computers depersonalize human interactions?
- Pornography objectifies women
- verb make external or objective, or give reality to
- solidifying2/5
solidifying
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
curing; hardening; set; solidification.
- the hardening of concrete
- he tested the set of the glue
- verb make solid or more solid; cause to solidify
solidify.
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- mystifying2/5
mystifying
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
cryptical; cryptic; deep; inscrutable; mysterious.
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
- a deep dark secret
- the inscrutable workings of Providence
- in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
- mortifying2/5
mortifying
- adjective satellite causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
embarrassing.
- the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
- it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
mortify.
- adjective satellite causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
- falsifying2/5
falsifying
- noun the act of determining that something is false
refutal; falsification; disproof; refutation.
- verb make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
warp; falsify; distort; garble.
- noun the act of determining that something is false
- disqualifying2/5
disqualifying
- adjective depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
disabling.
- certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify; unfit.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
- codifying2/5
codify
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- Hammurabi codified the laws
- verb organize into a code or system, such as a body of law
- pacifying2/5
pacify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; mollify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location)
- The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- stultifying2/5
stultify
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
- verb cause to appear foolish
- He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
- verb prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- demystifying2/5
demystify
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about
- verb make less mysterious or remove the mystery from
- nullifying2/5
nullify
- verb declare invalid
invalidate; annul; void; quash; avoid.
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
- verb show to be invalid
invalidate.
- verb declare invalid
- beautifying2/5
beautify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; embellish; prettify.
- verb be beautiful to look at
deck; embellish; decorate; grace; adorn.
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
- verb make more beautiful
- reifying2/5
reify
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- verb consider an abstract concept to be real
- detoxifying2/5
detoxify
- verb remove poison from
detoxicate.
- detoxify the soil
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
detox.
- He was detoxified in the clinic
- verb remove poison from
- stupefying2/5
stupefying
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
astonishing; staggering; astounding.
- such an enormous response was astonishing
- an astounding achievement
- the amount of money required was staggering
- suffered a staggering defeat
- the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
besot; stupefy.
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
- personifying2/5
personify
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body.
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
embody; be.
- Derek Jacobi was Hamlet
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
- emulsifying2/5
emulsify
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- verb form into or become an emulsion
- The solution emulsified
- verb cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
- terrifyingly2/5
terrifying
- adjective satellite causing extreme terror
terrific.
- a terrifying wail
- verb fill with terror; frighten greatly
terrorise; terrorize; terrify.
- adjective satellite causing extreme terror
- typifying2/5
typify
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
epitomise; epitomize.
- The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition
- verb express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
symbolise; symbolize; represent; stand for.
- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
- verb embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of
- vivifying2/5
vivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb make more striking or animated
- his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story
- verb give new life or energy to
- oversimplifying2/5
oversimplify
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- Don't oversimplify the problem
- verb make too simple
- Don't oversimplify the instructions
- verb simplify to an excessive degree
- nitrifying2/5
nitrify
- verb convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- verb treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound
nitrogenise; nitrogenize.
- verb convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria
- indemnifying2/5
indemnify
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- This plan indemnifies workers against wages lost through illness
- verb make amends for; pay compensation for
repair; compensate; recompense.
- One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich
- She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident
- verb secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- crucifying2/5
crucify
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- Jesus Christ was crucified
- verb treat cruelly
bedevil; rag; dun; frustrate; torment.
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- putrefying2/5
putrefy
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- organic matter putrefies
- verb become putrid; decay with an offensive smell
- stratifying2/5
stratify
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- Income distribution often stratifies a society
- verb form layers or strata
- The rock stratifies
- verb divide society into social classes or castes
- satisfyingly2/5
satisfyingly
- adverb in a gratifying manner
gratifyingly.
- the performance was at a gratifyingly high level
- adverb in a gratifying manner
- acidifying2/5
acidify
- verb make sour or more sour
sour; acetify; acidulate.
- verb turn acidic
acetify.
- the solution acetified
- verb make sour or more sour
- pentoxifylline2/5
pentoxifylline
- noun a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet
Trental.
- noun a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet
- vilifying2/5
vilify
- verb spread negative information about
vituperate; rail; revile.
- The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
- verb spread negative information about
- calcifying2/5
calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- verb become inflexible and unchanging
- Old folks can calcify
- verb become impregnated with calcium salts
- ossifying2/5
ossify
- verb become bony
- The tissue ossified
- verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
rigidify; petrify.
- rigidify the training schedule
- ossified teaching methods
- slogans petrify our thinking
- verb become bony
- denitrifying2/5
denitrify
- verb remove nitrogen from
- Denitrify the soil
- verb remove nitrogen from
- commodifying2/5
- dissatisfying1/5
dissatisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- verb fail to satisfy
- petrifying1/5
petrifying
- adjective satellite paralyzing with terror
- verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
petrify.
- The horror petrified his feelings
- Fear petrified her thinking
- adjective satellite paralyzing with terror
- ramifying1/5
ramify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
complexify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
branch.
- these plants ramify early and get to be very large
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- liquefying1/5
liquefy
- verb become liquid
- The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew
- verb make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating
liquify; liquidise; liquidize.
- liquefy the silver
- verb become liquid
- unedifying1/5
unedifying
- adjective not edifying
unenlightening.
- adjective not edifying
- mollifying1/5
mollify
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; assuage; gentle; pacify; lenify.
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
- verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
season; temper.
- she tempered her criticism
- verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- deifying1/5
deify
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- These young men deify financial success
- verb exalt to the position of a God
- the people deified their King
- verb consider as a god or godlike
- dignifying1/5
dignifying
- adjective satellite investing with dignity or honor
ennobling.
- the dignifying effect of his presence
- the ennobling influence of cultural surroundings
- verb confer dignity or honor upon
dignify; ennoble.
- He was dignified with a title
- adjective satellite investing with dignity or honor
- gratifyingly1/5
gratifyingly
- adverb in a gratifying manner
satisfyingly.
- the performance was at a gratifyingly high level
- adverb in a gratifying manner
- reclassifying1/5
reclassify
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species
- verb classify anew, change the previous classification
- revivifying1/5
revivify
- verb give new life or energy to
repair; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
- A hot soup will revive me
- This will renovate my spirits
- This treatment repaired my health
- verb give new life or energy to
- horrifyingly1/5
horrifyingly
- adverb in a horrifying manner
- he laughed horrifyingly
- adverb in a horrifying manner
- speechifying1/5
speechify
- verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
- These ministers speechify on every occasion
- verb make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality
- fructifying1/5
fructify
- verb become productive or fruitful
- The seeds fructified
- verb make productive or fruitful
- The earth that he fructified
- verb become productive or fruitful
- versifying1/5
versify
- verb compose verses or put into verse
verse; poetize; poetise.
- He versified the ancient saga
- verb compose verses or put into verse
- nonqualifying1/5
- gentrifying1/5
gentrify
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- gentrify a row of old houses
- gentrify the old center of town
- verb renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations
- overidentifying1/5
- scarifying1/5
scarify
- verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- The men in some African tribes scarify their faces
- verb scratch the surface of
- scarify seeds
- verb puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals
- humidifying1/5
humidify
- verb make (more) humid
moisturise; moisturize.
- We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house
- verb make (more) humid
- reunifying1/5
reunify
- verb unify again, as of a country
reunite.
- Will Korea reunify?
- verb unify again, as of a country
- misclassifying1/5
misclassifying
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- misidentifying1/5
misidentify
- verb identify incorrectly
mistake.
- Don't mistake her for her twin sister
- verb identify incorrectly
- subjectifying1/5
- mummifying1/5
mummify
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of
- verb remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
- Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs
- verb preserve while making lifeless
- dehumidifying1/5
dehumidify
- verb make less humid
- The air conditioner dehumidifies the air in the summer
- verb make less humid
- prequalifying1/5
- declassifying1/5
declassify
- verb lift the restriction on and make available again
- reclassify the documents
- verb lift the restriction on and make available again
- transmogrifying1/5
transmogrify
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
transfigure; metamorphose.
- In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
- The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
- Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
- verb change completely the nature or appearance of
- rigidifying1/5
rigidifying
- noun the process of becoming stiff or rigid
rigidification; stiffening.
- verb become rigid
rigidify.
- The body rigidified
- noun the process of becoming stiff or rigid
- complexifying1/5
complexify
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
ramify.
- These actions will ramify
- verb make complex
- he unnecessarily complexified every problem
- verb have or develop complicating consequences
- densifying1/5
densifying
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stupefyingly1/5
stupefying
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
astonishing; staggering; astounding.
- such an enormous response was astonishing
- an astounding achievement
- the amount of money required was staggering
- suffered a staggering defeat
- the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
- verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
besot; stupefy.
- adjective satellite so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
- mystifyingly1/5
mystifying
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
cryptical; cryptic; deep; inscrutable; mysterious.
- the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
- a deep dark secret
- the inscrutable workings of Providence
- in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
- verb be a mystery or bewildering to
mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
- adjective satellite of an obscure nature
- rarefying1/5
rarefy
- verb lessen the density or solidity of
- The bones are rarefied
- verb make more subtle or refined
subtilize; sublimate.
- verb lessen the density or solidity of
- opacifying1/5
opacify
- verb make opaque
- The glass was opacified more greater privacy
- verb become opaque
- the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind
- verb make opaque
- prettifying1/5
prettify
- verb make more beautiful
fancify; beautify; embellish.
- verb make more beautiful
- beatifying1/5
beatify
- verb fill with sublime emotion
thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; exhilarate.
- The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
- He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
- verb make blessedly happy
- verb fill with sublime emotion
- tackifying1/5
tackifying
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- gasifying1/5
gasify
- verb turn into gas
aerify; vaporise; vaporize.
- The substance gasified
- verb turn into gas
- premodifying1/5
- reidentifying1/5
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