LovelyWords

nicolaw 13th August 2024 at 11:35pm
nicolaw

Words, language and human communication are beautiful.

In no particular order, here are some lovely words:

  1. Abnegation - The action of renouncing or rejecting something.
  2. Adroit - Clever or skilful.
  3. Ameliorate - Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
  4. Aureate - Golden or gilded; brilliant, splendid.
  5. Boondoggle - An unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project.
  6. Bucolic - Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
  7. Capricious - Changing often and quickly, or often changing suddenly in mood or behavior.
  8. Churlish - Marked by a lack of civility or graciousness.
  9. Copasetic - In excellent order.
  10. Coruscating - flashing; sparkling.
  11. Crepuscular - Relating to or resembling twilight; active during twilight.
  12. Curmudgeon - A person who is easily annoyed or angered, and often complains.
  13. Cynosure - A person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.
  14. Denouement - The final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
  15. Diaphanous - Light, delicate, and translucent.
  16. Dichotomy - A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
  17. Distal - Situated away from the centre of the body or the point of attachment.
  18. Ebullient - Cheerful and full of energy.
  19. Ebullition - A sudden, violent outpouring, as of emotion.
  20. Echolalia - The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person.
  21. Effervescent - Vivacious and enthusiastic.
  22. Effulgent - Shining brightly; radiant.
  23. Elysian - Relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise.
  24. Enervating - Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality; weakening.
  25. Ennui - A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
  26. Ephemeral - Lasting for a very short time.
  27. Epiphany - A moment of sudden revelation or insight.
  28. Equanimity - Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.
  29. Erudite - Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
  30. Esoteric - Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
  31. Ethereal - Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
  32. Evanescent - Quickly fading or disappearing.
  33. Garrulous - Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
  34. Halcyon - Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
  35. Harangue - A lengthy and aggressive speech.
  36. Homunculus - A very small human or humanoid creature.
  37. Hypnagogic - Relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.
  38. Idiopathic - Relating to or denoting any disease or condition that arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.
  39. Indolent - Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
  40. Ineffable - Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
  41. Insouciant - Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
  42. Intransigence - Refusing to compromise or agree.
  43. Iridescent - Showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles.
  44. Juxtaposition - The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
  45. Labyrinthine - Like a labyrinth; intricate and confusing.
  46. Lachrymose - Tearful or given to weeping.
  47. Lexicological - A branch of linguistics concerned with the signification and application of words.
  48. Limerence - The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person.
  49. Liminal - Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
  50. Lissome - Thin, supple, and graceful.
  51. Loquacious - Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
  52. Lugubrious - Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
  53. Maladroit - Iefficient or inept; clumsy.
  54. Maudlin - Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.
  55. Mellifluous - Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear.
  56. Moribund - (of a person) at the point of death, (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
  57. Myoclonic - Relating to or characterized by sudden, involuntary muscle jerks.
  58. Obfuscate - Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
  59. Obsequious - Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
  60. Obstreperous - Noisy and difficult to control.
  61. Olfactory - Relating to the sense of smell.
  62. Oracular - Nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle.
  63. Penumbra - The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
  64. Peregrinate - Travel or wander around from place to place.
  65. Peregrination - A journey, especially a long or meandering one.
  66. Perfunctory - Without real interest, feeling, or effort.
  67. Perspicacious - Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
  68. Phantasmagoria - A sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.
  69. Plenipotentiary - Having full power to take independent action.
  70. Prolix - Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
  71. Proximal - Situated nearer to the centre of the body or the point of attachment.
  72. Pulchritude - Physical beauty.
  73. Pulchritudinous - Beautiful.
  74. Quixotic - Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
  75. Recalcitrant - Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
  76. Recondite - (Of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.
  77. Reverential - Showing deep respect or admiration.
  78. Sagacious - Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise or shrewd.
  79. Seraphic - Characteristic of or resembling a seraph or seraphim; angelic.
  80. Serendipitous - Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
  81. Sesquipedalian - (Of a word) polysyllabic; long. Often used to describe someone who uses long words.
  82. Soliloquy - An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
  83. Sonder - The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
  84. Sonorous - Capable of producing a deep or ringing sound.
  85. Soporific - Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
  86. Susurrus - Whispering, murmuring, or rustling.
  87. Sycophant - A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
  88. Synesthesia - A condition in which one sense is experienced through another, such as seeing colours when hearing sounds.
  89. Taciturn - Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
  90. Tangential - Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic; hardly touching a matter; peripheral.
  91. Tautology - A statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form.
  92. Tenebrous - Dark; shadowy or obscure.
  93. Torpor - A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.
  94. Truculent - Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
  95. Tumescent - Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal.
  96. Turpitude - Depraved or immoral behavior, or a corrupt or degenerate act or practice.
  97. Ubiquitous - Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
  98. Verisimilitude - The appearance of being true or real.
  99. Winsome - Attractive or appealing in appearance or character.
  100. Zephyr - A soft, gentle breeze.

Honourable mentions

  1. Ablution - The act of washing oneself, often used for ritual purification.
  2. Adequate - Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
  3. Autodidact - A self-taught person.
  4. Avid - Having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something.
  5. Cacophony - A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
  6. Celerity - Swiftness of movement.
  7. Conducive - Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
  8. Cynosure - A person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.
  9. Disdain - Feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.
  10. Fervour - Intense and passionate feeling.
  11. Forlorn - Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
  12. Fortitude - Courage in pain or adversity.
  13. Inconsequentiality - The quality or state of being of little or no importance; triviality.
  14. Micturate - To urinate.
  15. Negate - Nullify; make ineffective.
  16. Palindromic - Relating to or being a palindrome; a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same forward and backward.
  17. Parabola - A symmetrical open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side.
  18. Turgid - Excessively embellished in style or language; bombastic, pompous. Being in a state of distension; swollen, tumid.

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