LovelyWords

nicolaw 8th November 2024 at 11:41pm
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. Absquatulate – To leave abruptly or decamp.
  3. Adroit - Clever or skilful.
  4. Ameliorate - Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
  5. Antipathy - Strong feeling of dislike, aversion or habitual repugnance.
  6. Approbation and Disapprobation - Approval or praise/disapproval or condemnation.
  7. Apocryphal – Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as true.
  8. Aureate - Golden or gilded; brilliant, splendid.
  9. Boondoggle - An unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent project.
  10. Borborygmus – A rumbling or gurgling noise in the intestines.
  11. Bucolic - Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
  12. Callipygian – Having shapely or beautiful buttocks.
  13. Capricious - Changing often and quickly, or often changing suddenly in mood or behavior.
  14. Churlish - Marked by a lack of civility or graciousness.
  15. Copasetic - In excellent order.
  16. Coruscating - flashing; sparkling.
  17. Crepuscular - Relating to or resembling twilight; active during twilight.
  18. Curmudgeon - A person who is easily annoyed or angered, and often complains.
  19. Cynosure - A person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.
  20. 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.
  21. Desideratum – Something that is needed or wanted.
  22. Diaphanous - Light, delicate, and translucent.
  23. Dichotomy - A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
  24. Distal - Situated away from the centre of the body or the point of attachment.
  25. Ebullient - Cheerful and full of energy.
  26. Ebullition - A sudden, violent outpouring, as of emotion.
  27. Echolalia - The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person.
  28. Effervescent - Vivacious and enthusiastic.
  29. Effulgent - Shining brightly; radiant.
  30. Elysian - Relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise.
  31. Enervating - Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality; weakening.
  32. Ennui - A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
  33. Ephemeral - Lasting for a very short time.
  34. Epiphany - A moment of sudden revelation or insight.
  35. Equanimity - Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation.
  36. Erubescent – Becoming red or blushing.
  37. Erudite - Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
  38. Esoteric - Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.
  39. Ethereal - Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
  40. Evanescent - Quickly fading or disappearing.
  41. Expatiate - To speak or write in detail, elaborating on a topic extensively.
  42. Froward – Difficult to deal with; contrary.
  43. Garrulous - Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
  44. Halcyon - Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
  45. Harangue - A lengthy and aggressive speech.
  46. Homunculus - A very small human or humanoid creature.
  47. Hypnagogic - Relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.
  48. Idiopathic - Relating to or denoting any disease or condition that arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown.
  49. Indolent - Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
  50. Ineffable - Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
  51. Insouciant - Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
  52. Intransigence - Refusing to compromise or agree.
  53. Iridescent - Showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles.
  54. Juxtaposition - The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
  55. Labyrinthine - Like a labyrinth; intricate and confusing.
  56. Lachrymose - Tearful or given to weeping.
  57. Lexicological - A branch of linguistics concerned with the signification and application of words.
  58. Limerence - The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person.
  59. Liminal - Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.
  60. Lissome - Thin, supple, and graceful.
  61. Loquacious - Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
  62. Lugubrious - Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
  63. Maladroit - Iefficient or inept; clumsy.
  64. Maudlin - Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.
  65. Mellifluous - Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear.
  66. Moribund - (of a person) at the point of death, (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
  67. Myoclonic - Relating to or characterized by sudden, involuntary muscle jerks.
  68. Nidus – A place where something originates or develops.
  69. Obfuscate - Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.
  70. Obsequious - Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
  71. Obstreperous - Noisy and difficult to control.
  72. Olfactory - Relating to the sense of smell.
  73. Oracular - Nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle.
  74. Penumbra - The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.
  75. Peregrinate - Travel or wander around from place to place.
  76. Peregrination - A journey, especially a long or meandering one.
  77. Perendinate – To postpone until the day after tomorrow.
  78. Perfunctory - Without real interest, feeling, or effort.
  79. Perspicacious - Having a ready insight into and understanding of things.
  80. Phantasmagoria - A sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.
  81. Plenipotentiary - Having full power to take independent action.
  82. Prolix - Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
  83. Proximal - Situated nearer to the centre of the body or the point of attachment.
  84. Pulchritude - Physical beauty.
  85. Pulchritudinous - Beautiful.
  86. Quixotic - Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
  87. Recalcitrant - Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
  88. Recondite - (Of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.
  89. Reverential - Showing deep respect or admiration.
  90. Risible – Capable of laughing or likely to provoke laughter.
  91. Sagacious - Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise or shrewd.
  92. Scripturient – Having a strong urge to write.
  93. Seraphic - Characteristic of or resembling a seraph or seraphim; angelic.
  94. Serendipitous - Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
  95. Sesquipedalian - (Of a word) polysyllabic; long. Often used to describe someone who uses long words.
  96. Soliloquy - An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
  97. Sonder - The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
  98. Sonorous - Capable of producing a deep or ringing sound.
  99. Soporific - Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
  100. Susurrate – To whisper or murmur softly.
  101. Susurrus - Whispering, murmuring, or rustling.
  102. Sycophant - A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
  103. Synesthesia - A condition in which one sense is experienced through another, such as seeing colours when hearing sounds.
  104. Taciturn - Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
  105. Tangential - Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic; hardly touching a matter; peripheral.
  106. Tautology - A statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form.
  107. Tenebrous - Dark; shadowy or obscure.
  108. Torpor - A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.
  109. Truculent - Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
  110. Tumescent - Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal.
  111. Turpitude - Depraved or immoral behavior, or a corrupt or degenerate act or practice.
  112. Ubiquitous - Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
  113. Uxorious – Excessively devoted or submissive to one's wife.
  114. Verisimilitude - The appearance of being true or real.
  115. Winsome - Attractive or appealing in appearance or character.
  116. 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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