- 2. Odious, offensive, shocking, repugnant, hateful, loathsome, revolting, nauseating, horrifying, horrible,
repellent, repulsive.
Abide, v. n.
- 1. Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one’s quarters, pitch one’s tent.
- 2. Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one’s self, get a footing, get a foothold.
- 3. Remain, continue, persist, persevere, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constant. See subsist.
- 4. Endure, last, be enduring, be indestructible, be permanent, be immutable.
Abide, v. a.
- 1. Await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be in store for.
- 2. Endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with, sustain.
Abide by. Act up to, conform to, persist in, keep, fulfil, discharge (of promises, and the like).
Abiding, a. Permanent, lasting, durable, constant, continuing, stable, changeless, unchangeable, immutable.
Ability, n.
- 1. Power (to execute anything), ableness, force, potency, might, vigor, efficiency, efficacy, strength, energy,
skill, skilfulness, dexterity, address, adroitness, cleverness, ingenuity, talent, aptitude, aptness, knack,
expertness, facility, quickness, readiness.
- 2. Qualification, competency, sufficiency.
- 3. Capability, capableness, faculty, gift, parts, genius, endowment, calibre, forte, turn. See capacity.
Abject, a. Base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, dirty, squalid, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, degraded, worthless, poor, servile, slavish, menial, cringing, sneaking, sordid, shabby, scurvy, miserable, wretched, low-minded, base-minded, earth-born, earth-bred.
Abjection, n.
- 1. (Rare.) Humbling, humiliation.
- 2. Abasement. See abjectness.