N. discontinuity, disjunction,
anacoluthon,
interruption, break, fracture,
flaw, fault,
crack, cut,
gap, solution of continuity,
caesura, broken thread,
parenthesis,
episode,
rhapsody,
patchwork,
intermission,
alternation, dropping fire
V. be discontinuous, alternate,
intermit,
sputter, stop and start,
hesitate, discontinue,
pause,
interrupt,
intervene, break, break in upon, break off,
interpose, break the thread, snap the thread, disconnect,
dissever Adj. discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected,
discrete,
disjunctive, fitful,
spasmodic,
desultory,
intermitting, occasional,
intermittent, alternate, recurrent
Adv. at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts,
skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo
Phr. like "angel visits few and far between"
N. interval,
interspace, separation, break,
gap, opening, hole,
chasm,
hiatus,
caesura,
interruption,
interregnum,
interstice,
lacuna,
cleft,
mesh,
crevice,
chink,
rime,
creek,
cranny,
crack, chap,
slit,
fissure,
scissure,
rift,
flaw, breach, rent,
gash, cut,
leak,
dike,
ha-ha,
gorge,
defile,
ravine, canon,
crevasse,
abyss,
abysm, gulf, inlet,
frith, strait,
gully, pass,
furrow, abra,
barranca, barranco,
clove,
gulch,
notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus,
parenthesis, void 7c, (absence) 187, incompleteness, period, interim (time) 106
Adv. at intervals, longo intervallo
Error Roget’s Thesaurus §495 N. error,
fallacy, misconception,
misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding, inexactness,
laxity, misconstruction,
miscomputation,
non sequitur, mis-statement, mis-report, mumpsimus, mistake, miss, fault,
blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint,
erratum,
corrigendum, slip,
blot,
flaw, loose thread,
trip,
stumble,
botchery, slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, freudian slip, slip of the pen, lapsus linguae, clerical error, bull, haplography,
illusion,
delusion,
snare, false impression, false idea,
bubble, self- decit,
self-deception, mists of error, heresy,
hallucination, false light, dream,
fable,
bias, misleading
V. be erroneous, cause error, mislead, misguide, lead astray, lead into error,
beguile,
misinform,
delude, give a false impression, give a false idea,
falsify, misstate,
deceive, lie,
err, be -in error, be mistaken, be deceived, mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself, fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error, be in the wrong,
blunder,
misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand,
misreckon, miscount,
miscalculate, play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes,
trip,
stumble, lose oneself, go astray, fail, be in the wrong box, take the wrong sow by the ear, put the saddle on the wrong horse, reckon without one's host, take the shadow for the substance, dream
Adj. erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth,
fallacious,
apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless, unsubstantial,
heretical, unsound,
illogical, inexact, unexact inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite,
illusive,
illusory,
delusive,
mock, ideal,
spurious,
deceitful,
perverted,
controvertible,
unsustainable,
unauthenticated, untrustworthy,
exploded,
refuted, discarded, in error, under an error, mistaken,
tripping, out, out in one's reckoning,
aberrant, beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off,
astray, on a false scent, on the wrong scent, in the wrong box, outside the ballpark, at cross purposes, all in the wrong, all out
Adv. more or less
Phr. errare est humanum, mentis gratissimus error, "on the dubious waves of error tost", "to err is human, to forgive divine", "you lie—under a mistake"
N. imperfection, imperfectness,
deficiency,
inadequacy,
peccancy,
immaturity, fault, defect, weak point, screw loose,
flaw,
gap, twist,
taint,
attainder, bar sinister, hole in one's coat,
blemish, weakness,
half blood,
shortcoming,
drawback, seamy side,
mediocrity, no great shakes, no great catch, not much to boast of, one-horse shay
V. be imperfect, have a defect, lie under a disadvantage, spring a leak, not pass muster, barely pass muster, fall short
Adj. imperfect, not perfect, deficient, defective,
faulty, unsound,
tainted, out of order, out of tune,
cracked,
leaky, sprung,
warped,
lame, injured,
peccant,
frail, inadequate, crude, incomplete, found wanting, below par, short- handed, below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement, indifferent, middling, ordinary,
mediocre, average,
so-so, coucicouci, milk and water,
tolerable, fair, passable, pretty well, pretty good, rather good, moderately good, good, good enough, well enough, adequate,
decent, not bad, not amiss, inobjectionable, unobjectionable,
admissible, bearable, only better than nothing, secondary, inferior,
second-rate, second-best,
one-horse Adv. almost &c, to a limited extent, rather, pretty, moderately, passing, only, considering, all things considered, enough
Phr. surgit amari aliquid
N. blemish, disfigurement,
deformity, # adactylism,
flaw, defect, injury, spots on the sun|,
eyesore,
stain,
blot, spot,
spottiness,
speck,
speckle,
blur,
tarnish,
smudge,
dirt,
freckle,
mole,
macula,
patch,
blotch,
birthmark, blobber lip, blubber lip,
blain,
maculation,
scar, wem|,
pustule,
whelk,
excrescence,
pimple Guilt Roget’s Thesaurus §947 N. guilt,
guiltiness,
culpability,
criminality,
criminousness, deviation from rectitude,
sinfulness, misconduct,
misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed,
malpractice, fault, sin, error,
transgression,
dereliction,
delinquency,
indiscretion,
lapse, slip,
trip,
faux pas,
peccadillo,
flaw,
blot,
omission, failing, failure, break, bad break |,
[U.S.], capital crime, delictum,
offense,
trespass,
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision,
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation, crime,
felony,
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage, deadly sin, mortal sin, "deed without a name", corpus delicti
Adj. guilty, to blame,
culpable,
peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable,
reprehensible,
blameworthy,
uncommendable,
illaudable, weighed in the balance and found wanting, exceptionable
Adv. in flagrante delicto,
red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar
Phr. cui prodest scelus in fecit, culpam paena premit comes, "o would the deed were good!", "responsibility prevents crimes" se judice nemo nocens absolvitur, "so many laws argues so many sins"
