Word Meanings - FLAW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag 1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak. 2. A

Additional info about word: FLAW

breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag 1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak. 2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute. Has not this also its flaws and its dark side South. 3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden. 4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson. Syn. -- Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FLAW)

• Blemish
• Spot
• blur
• blot
• flaw
• speck
• fault
• imperfection
• stain
• daub
• tarnish
• defacement
• discoloration
• disfigurement
• disgrace
• dishonor
• defect
• Defect
• Shortcoming
• omission
• blemish
• want
• Fault
• error
• misdeed
• failure
• drawback
• Indiscretion
• Misconduct
• misbehavior
• misdoing
• dereliction
• delinquency
• lapse
• trip
• slip
• trespass
• peccadillo

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FLAW)

• Purify
• wash
• cleanse
• absolve
• ornament
• decorate
• emblazon
• signalize
• honor

Related words: (words related to FLAW)

• MISDEMEAN
  To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
• DECORATE
  To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• SPECK
  The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel.
• FAULTINESS
  Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.
• PURIFY
  1. To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air. 2. Hence, in figurative uses: To free from guilt
• SIGNALIZE
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
• MISDESERT
  Ill desert. Spenser.
• DEFECTIONIST
  One who advocates or encourages defection.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• SPECKLED-BILL
  The American white-fronted goose .
• DEFECTUOSITY
  Great imperfection. W. Montagu.
• SPECKLEDNESS
  The quality of being speckled.
• DEFECTIBILITY
  Deficiency; imperfection. Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.
• PECCADILLO
  A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault. Sir W. Scott.
• MISDERIVE
  1. To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect. Bp. Hall. 2. To derive erroneously.
• EMBLAZONING
  The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
• DERELICTION
  A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained. (more info) 1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment. Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other
• DEFECTIVE
  Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n. (more info) 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• PICK-FAULT
  One who seeks out faults.
• INDEFECTIBLE
  Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay. An indefectible treasure in the heavens. Barrow. A state of indefectible virtue and happiness. S. Clarke.
• PROLAPSE
  The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum. Dunglison.
• DELAPSE
  To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.
• SUSTAINABLE
  Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
• TERRORLESS
  Free from terror. Poe.