Word Meanings - EXCEPTIONABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.

Related words: (words related to EXCEPTIONABLE)

• EXCEPTIONER
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
• WHOLENESS
  The quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
• WHOLE-HOOFED
  Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
• EXCEPTIONAL
  Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv.
• PASSAGEWAY
  A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.
• WHOLESALE
  1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter. "A time for
• PASSAGE
  1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of
• WHOLE-SOULED
  Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.
• EXCEPTIONABLE
  Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.
• OBJECTION
  1. The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection. Johnson. 2. That which is, or may be, presented in opposition; an adverse reason or argument; a reason for objecting; obstacle; impediment; as, I have no objection
• ADDISON'S DISEASE
  A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not
• EXCEPTIONLESS
  Without exception. A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.
• EXCEPTION
  An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency
• WHOLESOME
  1. Tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary. Wholesome thirst and appetite. Milton. From which the industrious poor derive an agreeable and wholesome variety of food. A Smith. 2. Contributing to the health of the
• PASSAGER
  A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. Ld. Berners.
• OBJECTIONABLE
  Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words. -- Ob*jec"tion*a*bly, adv.
• WHOLE
  healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c augury. Cf. 1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire;
• LIABLE
  1. Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal. 2. Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip;
• LIABLENESS
  Quality of being liable; liability.
• WHOLE-LENGTH
  Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue. -- n.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• PLIABLE
  1. Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; flexible; pliant; supple; limber; yielding; as, willow is a pliable plant. 2. Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be
• COMPLIABLE
  Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. Another compliable mind. Milton. The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accemodated to their passions. Jortin.
• CONCILIABLE
  A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. Bacon.
• UNWHOLE
  Not whole; unsound.
• RELIABLE
  Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy. "A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles." A. Norton. The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. Coleridge. According to General Livingston's
• APPLIABLE
  Applicable; also, compliant. Howell.
• MULTIPLIABLE
  Capable of being multiplied. -- Mul"ti*pli`a*ble*ness, n.
• BY-PASSAGE
  A passage different from the usual one; a byway.