N. horizontality, flatness, level, # plane, stratum, dead level, dead flat, level plane,
recumbency, lying down,
reclination,
decumbence,
decumbency, discumbency|,
proneness,
accubation,
supination,
resupination,
prostration,
azimuth, plain, floor, platform, bowling green, cricket ground, croquet ground, croquet lawn, billiard table,
terrace,
estrade,
esplanade,
parterre, table land, plateau,
ledge,
butte, mesa (plain) 344, level, spirit level
V. be horizontal, lie,
recline,
couch, lie down, lie flat, lie prostrate,
sprawl,
loll, sit down, render horizontal, lay down, lay out, level,
flatten,
prostrate, knock down, floor, fell
Adj. horizontal, level, even, plane, flat, flat as a billiard table, flat as a bowling green, alluvial, calm, calm as a mill pond, smooth, smooth as glass,
recumbent,
decumbent,
procumbent,
accumbent, lying,
prone,
supine,
couchant,
jacent,
prostrate, recubant
Adv. horizontally, on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends
N. inversion,
eversion,
subversion, reversion,
retroversion,
introversion,
contraposition,
contrariety,
reversal, turn of the tide, overturn,
somersault,
somerset,
summerset, culbute,
revulsion,
pirouette,
transposition,
transposal, anastrophy,
metastasis,
hyperbaton,
anastrophe,
hysteron proteron,
hypallage,
synchysis,
tmesis,
parenthesis,
metathesis,
palindrome, pronation and supination
V. be inverted &c, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over,
capsize, turn turtle,
invert,
subvert,
retrovert,
introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter,
transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables
Adj. inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards,
supine, on one's head, topsy- turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy
Adv. inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels
N. neglect,
carelessness, trifling,
negligence,
omission, oversight,
laches,
default,
supineness, inattention,
nonchalance,
imprudence,
recklessness,
slovenliness, (dirt) 653, improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness,
paralipsis,
paralepsis,
paraleipsis,
trifler, waiter on providence, micawber
V. be negligent, take no care of &c. (take care of ), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cast aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass,
blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller,
scamp,
trifle,
fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with,
slur,
skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over,
pretermit, miss,
skip,
jump,
omit, give the go-by to, push aside,
pigeonhole,
shelve, sink, table,
ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with,
forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract,
divert Adj. neglecting, unmindful,
negligent, neglectful,
heedless, careless, thoughtless,
perfunctory, remiss, feebleness,
inconsiderate,
uncircumspect,
incircumspect, off one's guard,
unwary, unwatchful, unguarded,
offhand,
supine,
inattentive,
insouciant,
imprudent,
reckless,
slovenly, (dirty) 653, inexact,
improvident, neglected,
unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed,
shunted,
shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched,
unscanned,
unweighed,
unsifted,
unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel
Phr. out of sight, out of mind
Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass
N. inactivity, inaction,
inertness,
obstinacy,
lull,
quiescence,
rust,
rustiness, idleness, remissness,
sloth,
indolence,
indiligence,
dawdling, ergophobia,
otiosity, dullness,
languor, segnity|, segnitude|,
lentor,
sluggishness,
procrastination,
torpor,
torpidity,
torpescence,
stupor,
somnolence,
drowsiness,
nodding,
oscitation,
oscitancy,
pandiculation,
hypnotism,
lethargy, statuvolence heaviness, heavy eyelids, sleep,
slumber, sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep,
morpheus, somnus,
coma,
trance, ecstasis, dream,
hibernation,
nap,
doze,
snooze,
siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks,
snore,
hypnology, dull work,
pottering,
relaxation, castle of indolence,
lullaby,
sedative,
tranquilizer,
hypnotic, sleeping pill,
relaxant,
anaesthetic, general anaesthetic,
torpedo, idler,
drone,
droil,
dawdle,
mopus, do-little faineant,
dummy, sleeping partner, afternoon farmer, truant : bummer|,
loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker,
lounger, lazzarone,
lubber,
lubbard, slow coach, opium eater, lotus eater,
slug, lag|,
sluggard,
slugabed,
slumberer,
dormouse,
marmot, waiter on providence, fruges consumere natus
V. be inactive, do nothing, move slowly, let the grass grow under one's feet, take one's time,
dawdle,
drawl,
droil,
lag, hang back,
slouch,
loll,
lollop,
lounge,
poke,
loaf,
loiter, go to sleep over, sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile, take it easy, take things as they come, lead an easy life,
vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness, loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence, waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time, burn daylight, waste the precious hours, idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time, spend time in, take time in,
peddle,
piddle,
potter,
pudder,
dabble, faddle fribble,
fiddle-faddle,
dally,
dilly-dally, sleep,
slumber, be asleep,
hibernate, oversleep, sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse, sleep soundly,
heavily,
doze, drowze,
snooze,
nap, take a nap, dream, snore one's best, settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep, doze off, drop off, fall asleep, drop asleep, close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids, weigh down the eyelids, get sleep,
nod,
yawn, go to bed, turn, get some z's, stack z's,
languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire,
relax, render idle,
sluggardize,
mitigate Adj. inactive, motionless, unoccupied unbusied,
indolent,
lazy,
slothful, idle,
lusk, remiss,
slack,
inert,
torpid,
sluggish,
otiose,
languid,
supine, heavy, dull,
leaden,
lumpish,
exanimate, soulless, listless,
drony,
dronish, lazy as ludlam's dog,
dilatory,
laggard,
lagging, slow,
rusty,
flagging,
lackadaisical,
maudlin,
fiddle-faddle,
pottering,
shilly-shally, sleeping,
&c. v,
asleep, fast asleep, dead asleep, sound asleep, in a sound sleep, sound as a top,
dormant,
comatose, in the arms of morpheus, in the lap of morpheus,
sleepy, sleepful,
dozy,
drowsy,
somnolent,
torpescent,
lethargic,
lethargical, somnifacient, statuvolent, statuvolic, heavy, heavy with sleep,
napping,
somnific,
somniferous,
soporous,
soporific,
soporiferous,
hypnotic,
balmy,
dreamy, unawakened, unawakened,
sedative Adv. inactively, at leisure
Phr. the eyes begin to draw straws, "bankrupt of life yet prodigal of ease", "better 50 years of europe than a cycle of cathay", "idly busy rolls their world away", "the mystery of folded sleep", "the timely dew of sleep", "thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep", "tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep"
N. insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility,
inertness,
inertia, vis inertiae,
impassibility,
impassibleness,
inappetency,
apathy,
phlegm, dullness,
hebetude,
supineness,
lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness,
frigidity, sang froid,
stoicism,
imperturbation,
nonchalance,
unconcern, dry eyes,
insouciance,
recklessness,
callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness,
torpor,
torpidity, obstupefaction|,
lethargy,
coma,
trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation,
stupor,
stupefaction,
paralysis,
palsy,
numbness,
neutrality,
quietism, vegetation
V. be insensible, have a rhinoceros hide, show insensibility, not mind, not care, not be affected by, have no desire for, have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in, nil admirari, not care a straw for, disregard, set at naught, turn a deaf ear to,
vegetate, render insensible, render callous,
blunt,
obtund,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate,
stun,
stupefy,
brutify,
brutalize,
chloroform,
anaesthetize, put under, assify,
inure, harden the heart, steel,
caseharden,
sear Adj. insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to,
unsusceptible,
insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral,
apathetic, leuco-|,
phlegmatic, dull,
frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous,
torporific,
sleepy,
languid,
half-hearted,
tame,
numbed,
comatose,
anaesthetic,
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent,
lukewarm, careless, mindless, regardless,
inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante,
insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected,
unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved,
unstirred, untouched,
unshocked, unstruck,
unblushing,
unanimated,
vegetative,
callous,
thick-skinned, hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious,
hardened,
inured,
casehardened, steeled against, proof against,
imperturbable, unfelt
Adv. insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung
Phr. never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to
