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Gruntled
This came up on another thread, but I thought to start a thread of certain categories or collections of words. It'll probably die off through a lack of input, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.
The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.
So the list so far is...
Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable
Are there any more?
The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.
So the list so far is...
Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable
Are there any more?
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Re: Gruntled
Lost Leopard Spot wrote:This came up on another thread, but I thought to start a thread of certain categories or collections of words. It'll probably die off through a lack of input, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.
The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.
So the list so far is...
Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable
Are there any more?
Slight segue to enquire what the difference between Flammable and Inflammable is?
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Nice one. That's the start of list 2.Gary the Enfield wrote:Lost Leopard Spot wrote:This came up on another thread, but I thought to start a thread of certain categories or collections of words. It'll probably die off through a lack of input, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.
The seed being disgruntled and whether gruntled was more or less disgruntlement. And this morning I thought of another similar word. Inscrutable: is scrutability a measure or more or a measure of less inscrutement.
So the list so far is...
Disgruntle : Gruntle
Inscrutable: Scrutable
Are there any more?
Slight segue to enquire what the difference between Flammable and Inflammable is?
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(In)corrigible
(In)congruous
(Dis)lexic
(Dis)turb
(Dis)tant
(In)congruous
(Dis)lexic
(Dis)turb
(Dis)tant
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(epi)logue
(pro)logue
(dis)cipline
(pro)logue
(dis)cipline
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(Un)iform
(Un)icorn
(Un)icorn
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I think they should be unis and not uns. I'm disqualifying them. I'm disqualifying disqualify too, because obviously you can qualify something and it's the opposite of disqualifying it.Gary the Enfield wrote:(Un)iform
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Hmmm.....
(Dis)co
(Dis)c
(Dis) ole house
(Dem)bones
Erm.........
(Dis)co
(Dis)c
(Dis) ole house
(Dem)bones
Erm.........
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You are getting giddy now. But what you have done there is to veal to me that you have nothing left to reveal.Gary the Enfield wrote:Hmmm.....
(Dis)co
(Dis)c
(Dis) ole house
(Dem)bones
Erm.........
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Au contraire my (ir)ascible friend........
(Mis)ery
(Mis)anthrope
(Ante)lope
(Anti)podean
(Mis)ery
(Mis)anthrope
(Ante)lope
(Anti)podean
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Isn't the opposite of misanthrope a philanthrope? Or rather, a philanthropist?
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(in)supportable
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable
etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable
etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?
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Beefheart wrote:Isn't the opposite of misanthrope a philanthrope? Or rather, a philanthropist?
There is no such thing as an 'anthrope' though. And I am being tongue-in-cheek for a number of mine.
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TANGODANCER wrote:(in)supportable
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable
etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?
Yes TD. I think the point is if you remove the prefix the remaining word is nonsensical and doesn't exist. I'm afraid all yours do.
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Ah, okay.....got a bit discumbobulated...Gary the Enfield wrote:TANGODANCER wrote:(in)supportable
(in)tolerable
(un)usable
(dis)credit
(dis)illusion)
(un)favourable
etc.etc....or an I on the wrong track?
Yes TD. I think the point is if you remove the prefix the remaining word is nonsensical and doesn't exist. I'm afraid all yours do.
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"Am I disfigured?"
"No, you were never figured in the first place."
That kind of thing?
"No, you were never figured in the first place."
That kind of thing?
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clapton is god wrote:"Am I disfigured?"
"No, you were never figured in the first place."
That kind of thing?
Almost (ex)actly that kind of thing.
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Kind of...albeit the opening two were chosen precisely because without the prefix we are unsure whether it decreases or increases the value that the word with the prefix embodies.clapton is god wrote:"Am I disfigured?"
"No, you were never figured in the first place."
That kind of thing?
Thus when somebody is gruntled does this mean they are less then disgruntledor does it mean being opposite to being disgruntled, i.e if gruntled is to disgruntled is it like ecstatic is to happy or is it like happy is to sad?
We were looking for words that fit that formula.
So far I like Disturb and Turb, Discombobulate and Combobulate.
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Add that^ to the list...Gary the Enfield wrote:clapton is god wrote:"Am I disfigured?"
"No, you were never figured in the first place."
That kind of thing?
Almost (ex)actly that kind of thing.
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