List of synonyms from "stuffed shirt" to synonyms from "stupefied"


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Definition of the day : « stump »

  • noun end piece
  • verb confuse, bewilder
  • verb walk with deliberation
Example sentences :
  • Many a rod, I grieve to say, was worn to the stump on that unlucky night.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Then she wagged the stump of her tail, and they considered themselves acquainted.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • He looked at the stump, then at the sign, with his little pig-like eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
  • "You're just about as satisfying to talk to as a stump," she paid tribute to his unassailable calm.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Mr. Halloway had learned a certain perceptiveness on the stump.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • He sat down on a stump half-way, and beckoned them to come to him.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • He sank upon a stump, whispering "That was worse than ten fights."
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • To this Cherokee responded by vigorous wagging of the stump of his tail.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The temper of the stump speaker is not appropriate for dealing with taxation problems.
  • Extract from : « War Taxation » by Otto H. Kahn
  • He had only a stump of a tail, but he will wag it—when next his master sees him!
  • Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton