blear (Also blearest, blearer, bleared, blears, blearing) : Related Words Words similar in meaning to blear

faint, externalize, externalise, exteriorize, exteriorise, extend, expand, exhaust, excite, exchange, exasperate, exacerbate, even out, even, evaporate, etiolate, etherialise, etherealize, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise, estrange, eroticize, equate, equalize, equalise, equal, envenom, energize, energise, end, enable, emulsify, empty, embrittle, embellish, elevate, elaborate, effeminize, effeminise, edit out, edit, ease up, ease off, dynamize, dynamise, dull, dry out, dry, drop, draw, dope, domesticize, domesticise, domesticate, dizzy, diversify, disturb, dissonate, dissolve, dissimilate, disqualify, disorder, dismiss, disintegrate, disharmonize, disenable, discolor, disarray, disaffect, disable, dirty, dinge, digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise, diabolize, diabolise, devilize, devilise, develop, devalue, detransitivize, detransitivise, destress, destabilize, destabilise, desensitize, desensitise, depress, deprave, depolarize, depolarise, depersonalize, depersonalise, deodourise, deodorize, deodorise, denature, denaturalize, denaturalise, denationalize, denationalise, demythologize, demythologise, demulsify, demoralize, demoralise, demonize, demonise, democratize, democratise, demist, demagnetize, demagnetise, delay, dehydrogenate, degauss, deform, defog, deflate, decrepitate, decrease, decorate, deconcentrate, decimalize, decimalise, decentralize, decentralise, decelerate, decarboxylate, debauch, debase, deaminize, deaminate, deaden, deactivate, de-emphasize, de-emphasise, dazzle, dazed, darken, damage, cut, customize, customise, cry, crush, crack, counterchange, corrupt, correct, cool down, cool, cook, convert, conventionalize, conventionalise, contribute, contract, contaminate, constitutionalize, constitutionalise, confuse, condense, concentrate, complicate, compensate, commute, communize, communise, commix, commercialize, commercialise, colourize, colourise, colour in, colour, colorize, colorise, color in, color, colly, collimate, cohere, coarsen, coagulate, cloudy, cloud, clot, clear, clean, classicize, classicise, clarify, civilize, civilise, circularize, chord, chill, check, chasten, charge, change taste, change over, change intensity, centralize, centralise, cause to sleep, capture, camp, calcify, bubble, brutalize, brutalise, bring, brighten, break up, break down, break, bolshevize, bolshevise, boil, blunt, blot out, blister, blind, better, bestow, bestialize, bestialise, bemire, begrime, befog, beef up, bedimmed, bedim, bedazzle, becloud, beautify, bear upon, bear on, barbarize, barbarise, barb, awaken, automatize, automatise, automate, assimilate, ash, arterialize, arterialise, arouse, archaize, archaise, antique, antiquate, animize, animise, animate, animalize, animalise, angulate, amend, ameliorate, amalgamate, alterable, allegorize, allegorise, alkalinize, alkalinise, alienate, alien, alcoholize, alcoholise, alchemize, alchemise, aggravate, age, affect, aerate, adorn, adjust, add, activate, achromatize, achromatise, acetylize, acetylise, acetylate, acerbate, accustom, accelerate, world-weariness, softness, loginess, logginess, jet lag, indistinctness, haziness, grogginess, fuzziness, fogginess, eyestrain, exhaustion, blurriness, asthenopia, vagueness, obliteration, modifier, modification, mental exhaustion, inanition, faintness, eradication, dimness, changer, brain-fag, annihilation, alteration, adjustment, zip, zero in, zero, wreathe, worsening, work up, work out, work on, work, wooly, woolly, wipe out, winterize, winterise, wind up, wind, widening, whole, whittle down, whittle away, whiteness, white out, whet, wetting, wetter, western, weld, weight down, weight, weeping, weatherstrip, wear thin, wear off, wear away, wean, weakening, weak, water, wash out, wash, warmer, wallop, wakening, wait, vulgar, volatilizable, volatilisable, volatile, voidable, vital, violate, vermiculate, verdigris, verbalize, verbalise, ventilatory, vendible, vendable, venal, veer, vascular, vary, vapourisable, vapourific, vaporizable, vaporific, vacuum-clean, vacuum, urban, upset, uproot, upgrade, upending, updating, up, unwind, unweave, untying, untwist, untwine, unsubstantial, unstrain, unscrew, unresolved, unreal, unlax, uniting, uniform, unfastening, unenrgetic, undoing, undifferentiated, underscore, underline, undergird, underdevelop, uncouth, unclear, unbrace, unbend, ulcerate, two-sided, twist, twinkle, turning, turn down, turn around, tune up, tune, tumble dry, truncate, trouble, trim down, trim back, trim, treat, transplant, transitive, transition, transfuse, transfer, transduce, transcribe, tranquillize, tranquillise, tranquilize, train, trace, toxicant, total, top off, top, tone, toast, tiptop, tip, tint, tinsel, tinge, tincture, tinct, time, tightening, tie, throw together, throw out of kilter, throw in, throttle, thin out, thin, thickening, terrace, terminative, tense up, tell on, tears, teach, tauten, tart up, tan, tamer, tameable, tamable, taint, tabulate, synchronizing, sync, switching, sweetening, sweep, swamp, surprise, surcharge, suppress, superlative, summit, summerize, summerise, sulfate, suburban, substantiate, subrogate, suborn, subject, subedit, stupefy, stun, stultify, stuff, stucco, stub out, strop, stripe, strike a blow, strike, striate, stretch, strengthening, streak, stratify, strap, strain, stop, stimulate, stigmatize, stigmatise, stiffening, stick, step up, step down, steam clean, steam, steady, stay, starch, star, stamp out, stalinize, stalinise, stake, squirt, square up, square, sprinkle, spray-dry, spot, sporulate, spoil, splash, spiritualise, spin-dry, speeding, speck, sparkling, sparge, spangle, souse, sour, soundproof, sorcerize, sorcerise, sophisticate, sop, solvent, solarize, solarise, soiling, softening, soap, soak, snarl up, snarl, smock, smite, smear, smash up, smash, slowing, sliver, slime, slam-dunk, slake, slag, slackening, slacken, slack up, slack, silver, shrink, shortening, shimmer, shatter, shaping, shadow, shade off, settle, sensualize, sensualise, sensitizing, sensitising, sense, semi-automatize, semi-automatise, sellable, seed, sedate, secure, season, sear, scupper, screw, scrap, scorch, scollop, scheme, scavenge, scarify, scallop, scald, salt, sallow, saint, rust, ruggedize, ruggedise, ruffle, rounder, rough-dry, rough-cut, root out, roll, robotlike, robotic, rise, ripening, riot, rigidifying, rigidify, ridge, revitalize, reversible, rev up, rev, retouch, retool, resuspend, restrengthen, restrain, resolve, reset, rescindable, replenish, replacing, repercuss, repair, render, removable, remit, remilitarize, remilitarise, remedy, relieve, reinforce, reheat, regulate, register, refrigerate, reformist, reformatory, reformative, refill, reenforce, reduce, redound, redevelop, redeem, redecorate, redden, red, reconvert, reconcile, recompense, receive, reawaken, readying, readjust, reactivate, rasterize, ramp up, raddle, racket, quieten, quiet down, quiet, quiesce, quickening, quick-freeze, quench, queer, put to sleep, put right, put out, purpurate, purple, purging, purchasable, provide, proselytize, proselytise, proportion, propaedeutic, process, privatize, privatise, print, prime, prettify, pressure, press out, preparatory, preparative, preheat, preen, precondition, prank, prang up, post, populate, polychromize, polychromise, polychrome, pollute, pollinate, pollenate, polish, poisoning, poise, plume, plumb, play, pitch, pique, pipe-clay, pipe down, pipe, pinnacle, pinkify, pinion, pigment, phase out, petrify, pestiferous, perversive, pervaporate, perturb, perk up, peril, perfect, peg, peer, peak, pattern, parti-color, pare down, pare, parch, paralyze, paralyse, par, panel, palliate, paint the lily, pagan, pad, pack, ozonize, ozonise, oxidative, oversimplify, overshadow, overload, overheat, overfill, overcompensate, overcast, over-correct, ornamental, ordinate, ordered, open, opaque, obtund, obliterable, object, numb, nullify, novelize, novelise, nonpareil, noise, nobble, nitrify, neutral, negate, nail down, mystify, mutilate, murk, multiply, muddy up, mud, muck up, muck, move, mount, mottle, motley, motion, mortal, moralize, moralise, mollify, moisten, modulate, mobilize, mobilise, mixing, mitigate, mire, minimize, minimise, mineralize, military, metrify, metricize, metricise, metricate, mess up, mess, meridian, merchantable, mend, mellow, meliorative, maximize, maximise, marking, marketing, marketable, mar, manifold, mangle, malt, make relaxed, make pure, magnify, machinelike, macerate, lustrate, lure, lull, lube, lowering, lour, loosening, loosen up, logical, load up, load, liquifiable, liquid, liquefiable, linearize, linearise, line, limit, lignify, libertine, leveling, lethargic, let, lessening, lengthen, leave, lead off, lead astray, lay up, lay out, launder, latinize, latinise, last, landscape, lag, laden, lade, lacquer, lacing, knock up, knock out, kite, kill, keynote, key, keratinize, keratinise, justify, jumble, jewel, jaundice, irritate, irrigate, iron out, involve, invest, inure, inundate, introvertive, introversive, intoxicate, intoxicant, interrupt, interpolate, intermix, intermingle, insubstantial, instill, inlay, ink, injure, infuse, infuscate, influence, inflame, infect, inebriate, indurate, indue, individuate, individual, indefinite, incrust, inconvenience, incommode, incarnadine, impregnate, impair, immingle, imbue, imbecile, illustrate, illuminate, ideal, ice, hygienize, hygienise, hydrolize, hydrolise, hush, hurt, hurrying, humify, humanitarian, hoover, hook, hone, homologize, homologise, homogenize, homogenise, hollow out, hollow, hold, hit, hiding, help, heighten, heathen, heatable, heap, hay, have, harm, harden, hanging, hang, handicap, handcolour, handcolor, habit, gut, gun, grow, grey, grease, gray, graduate, glow, glory, glamour, gild the lily, gild, gift, gentile, gas, garnish, garland, gain, furbish up, fructify, frost, fringe, fret, freight, freezing, frap, foul, fossilize, fossilise, fork, foreshorten, foliate, focus, focalize, focalise, flux, fluff, flour, flood, flocculent, float, flight, fledge, flaw, flash-freeze, flag, fit, fissure, fishtail, firm, finish, fine-tune, finalize, finalise, filling, fillet, fill again, filet, figure, fictionalize, fictionalise, feudalize, festoon, ferment, federalize, federalise, farce, fancify, falsify, fall apart, factor, extirpate, extinguish, exterminate, exsiccate, expose, expiate, expansive, expansible, expandible, expandable, excitatory, excitative, excitant, exalt, eviscerate, everting, evaporative, evaporable, evangelize, evangelise, evacuate, etch, escalate, erode, eradicate, equip, entail, enrich, enlarge, enhance, engild, enfeeble, enervate, energizing, endue, endow, ending, endanger, encrust, encode, encircle, enamel, empurple, emptying, empower, emend, embrown, embroider, embrangle, emblazon, emasculate, eliminate, electrify, ejaculate, edulcorate, educate, editing, edge, eat away, eat, easing, dust, duplex, dun, dulcorate, dulcify, dub, dryer, dry up, dry clean, drip-dry, drift away, drift apart, drier, dressing, dress up, dress ship, dress, drench, draw together, drain, dowse, down, douse, dot, doctor, do the dishes, distort, distill, dissonant, disoblige, disintegrative, disinfect, disincarnate, dishonest, dish, discontinue, discommode, discolourise, discolorize, discolorise, discipline, disarrange, dirtying, dirt, dip, dimple, diminish, dimension, dilute, dignify, diazotize, diagonalize, diagonalise, devitrify, devitalize, devitalise, devil, deviate, deviant, developing, detain, destalinize, destalinise, desiccate, describe, derange, depressurize, depressurise, depreciate, deluge, delineate, dehydrate, dehumidify, dehumanize, dehumanise, degrade, degenerate, degaussing, defusing, deflower, deep freeze, decorative, decontrol, decompress, decolourize, decolourise, decolour, decolorize, decolorise, decolor, decoct, deck, decimate, decimal, decide, decease, decay, debilitate, deafen, deaf, deadening, de-escalate, de-energize, de-energise, darkening, dangling, dampen, damp, damages, cutting, cutinize, cut up, cut down, cut back, curdling, cup, cultivate, culminate, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, crying, crush out, cross-pollinate, cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise, crop, crock, crisscross, crispen, crisp, cripple, cramp, cram, counterweight, counterpoise, counterbalance, cosmetic, corruptive, corruptible, corrode, corrective, correctable, core out, copyread, copyedit, coordinate, cooling, cooler, convertible, contour, contaminative, consubstantiate, constipate, consolidate, consistent, confirm, confine, condition, concoct, conclude, concealing, conceal, compound, compost, complexify, complete, commune, common, come, combine, comb, colouring, coloring, cohesive, coherent, coarse, co-opt, clutter up, clutter, cloture, clotting, closure, close out, close, clog, clearing, clear out, cleansing, cleaning, cleaner, clean out, citify, circumscribe, circular, circle, chink, chilling, cheapen, channelize, channelise, chafe, catholicize, catholicise, catabolize, catabolise, castrate, cast, carry off, carnalize, carnalise, caramelize, caramelise, caparison, calm, call, calibrate, calcine, buttress, bust, bushel, burthen, burn, burden, build up, build, buckram, brutish, brute, brutal, brush, bruise, brown, broil, broider, broadening, broaden, bring together, bring to, bring round, bring down, bring back, bring around, brim, bribable, breathe, bream, breakable, break off, break in, brand, braid, bracket out, bracket, brace up, brace, bother, boost, bond, bolster, bolshy, boil down, blubber, blow-dry, blow up, blow, blotch, block, blistering, blend, blemish, bleed, bleach out, bleach, blazon, blank out, blackwash, blackening, black out, bitter, birth, bind, bilge, bestial, besprinkle, bespot, bespangle, besot, beset, benumb, benight, belittle, bejewel, begild, bedizen, bedight, bedew, bedeck, bedaze, beastly, bead, batten down, batten, bastardize, bastardise, barde, bard, bang up, balance, bake, bait, bail, back, bacchanal, azure, axe, ax, awakening, automatonlike, automatic, aurify, augment, attune, attenuate, attack, atone, asterisk, assuage, arm, applique, annihilate, angle, amplify, amends, amendable, amelioratory, ameliorative, ameliorating, amalgamative, alloy, alleviate, align, airing, air, aid, aggregate, afflict, advance, adjustive, adjustable, adjudicate, addict, activating, act upon, acidulate, acidify, achromatic, acetify, acceleratory, accelerative, abye, aby, abridge, about-face, abort, abbreviate, abate, abacinate, zippy, zesty, zest, zap, yield, yellowish-white, yellowish-grey, yellowish-gray, yellow-white, yellow-grey, yellow-gray, year-end, write off, write in code, write down, write, wring, wriggle, wrap up, wraithlike, wounding, wound, workable, womanly, womanise, witness, withering, withdraw, witch, winter, winkle, wink, wing, wine, windup, window-dress, winding, wilting, wilt, willowy, wiggle, widow, whore, whitish, white-flowered, white, wheel-like, welter, welcomer, weep, web, wearing, weaning, waxing, waver, wave, watering, water-wash, water down, waste, washing, washable, warm up, ward, waning, wall, walk-in, wailing, wad, vulcanize, vulcanise, volute, voider, voicing, vivid, vitriolic, vitriol, visit, visionary, virtuous, virginal, virgin, violet-black, vinify, vigorous, viable, vex, vestal, vesicate, vermilion, verbal, vent, vend, vegetate, varying, various, variant, variable, vapourous, vapourish, vaporous, vaporize, vaporish, vamp, vagabond, vacillate, uttermost, utmost, use up, urbanized, urbanised, upend, update, unwrap, unsuccessful, unrefined, unmistakable, unlace, unitize, unitise, united, unifying, unholy, unharmonious, unfortunate, unfixed, unfasten, undulate, undervalue, undermine, undergo, unclean, unanimous, ulcerative, ugly, typify, typic, two, tweak, turn on, turbid, tuning, tune in, tumble, truss, troubleshoot, trouble-shoot, triple, trip, trimming, trigger off, trigger, trifling, trifle, trench, treble, travelling, traveling, travel rapidly, travel, trapping, transvestite, transsexual, transport, transplanting, transpire, transcend, tranquillizing, tranquillising, tranquilizing, tranquilising, tramp, trademark, trade, tractable, tracing, tough, touch up, touch off, toss, tortuous, topsy-turvy, top out, tool, tomahawk, token, toasting, tittivate, title, titivate, tinting, tinker, tin, times, tilt, tiller, till, tie up, tie down, tide, throw, thrive, three, thread, thoriate, thinning, thinner, thaw, tetchy, testy, testate, ternary, tending, tenderized, tenderised, tempt, temperate, techy, tease, teaching, teachable, tattoo, tart, tarnish, tapering, tanning, tanner, tank, tangy, tangled, tangle, tampering, take up, take on, take in, take down, take away, take, tailor-make, tailor, tail, tag, tack, synthesize, syncopate, synchronous, synchronising, synchronic, synchronal, symmetrical, symmetric, symbolize, symbolise, symbolical, symbolic, swop, swoon, switch over, swinging, swing over, swing around, swing about, swing, swimming, swift, swell, sweetheart, sweet, sweeping, sweep under the rug, sway, swap, suspect, surly, surge, support, supplement, supplanting, supplant, supervene upon, supersede, supernumerary, supercede, superannuate, summon, summer, sum, sulphurette, sulphur, sully, sulfurette, sulfur, suit, sugarcoat, sugar, suffuse, suffering, suds, suction, suck in, subversive, subtract, subordinate, subnormal, sublime, sub, stylize, stylise, stuffing, stud, strung-out, stroke, striping, stringy, strickle, stream, stranger, strand, straiten, straight, straddle, stove, storm, stonewash, stone-wash, stone-grey, stone-gray, stir up, stir, stimulative, stimulating, stimulant, stillborn, stigmatic, sterling, sterilize, sterilise, stereotype, step on it, step, steel onself for, steel oneself against, steel, steamroller, steamroll, stealing, start, standing, standardize, standardise, stand in, stand for, staining, stagnate, stack, squish, squirm, squinter, squeeze, squatting, squat, spurt, spruce up, spruce, sprinkling, spring-cleaning, spread out, spotting, sport, spoiling, splotch, split up, split, splintery, splinter, splendiferous, splendid, splattering, splat, splashing, spirt, spirits, spirited, spirit, spiral, spill, spiff up, spicy, spherical, spheric, spellbind, speedy, speckle, specify, specialize, specialise, spear, spattering, spatter, sparkle, spark off, spark, spanking, span, sousing, sourish, source, soup up, sort, sore, sooty-black, sooty, soothe, soot-black, soot, solid, sole, soiled, soft, sod, sobbing, sob, soapy, soaking, snuff it, snowy, snow-white, snow-blind, sniveling, snivel, snare, snappy, snappish, snap off, snap, snake, snafu, smutty, smudge, smother, smoothen, smooth, smoking, smoke, smocking, smirch, smell out, smell, smarten up, smart, slump, slumber, sluice, slug, slow-witted, slow up, slow, sling, slide, slick up, slew, sleep, slave, slaty-grey, slaty-gray, slaty, slatey, slate-grey, slate-gray, slate-black, slash, slant, slack off, sky-blue, skulk, sizzle, sixer, six, sitting, sinless, sinking, sink in, single, singe, simple, silvery-white, silvery-grey, silvery-gray, silvery, silverish, silver-white, silver-grey, silver-gray, silence, sight, shutting, shut-in, shuffle, shrinking, show, short, shock, shipwreck, shine, shimmery, shillyshally, shifting, shield, shear, shaving, shave, shapely, shampoo, shambles, shaft, shackle, sew, sevener, seven, setting, set off, set apart, set ahead, service, seraphic, sequester, septic, separate out, separate, sentient, sensuous, sensual, sensory, sensorial, senesce, semiautomatic, self-winding, self-regulating, self-moving, self-locking, self-loading, self-activating, self-acting, self, segregate, seel, see through, see the light, sedative, secularize, secularise, secrete, secret, seasoning, seamless, scuffle, scudding, scud, scrubbing, scrub, scroll, scrimmage, screening, scratchy, scratch, scrag, scouring, scourge, score, scoop out, scintillate, school, schematic, scale up, scale down, savoury, savory, satisfy, satanic, sapphire, saponaceous, sap, salve, salinate, saleable, salable, saintly, saintlike, sainted, saddle, sacking, sack, saccharify, sable, rusting, rushing, rush along, rush, rupture, runaway, run through, run out, run down, run, rumpus, rummy, ruddle, rubricate, rubify, rub, rout, rousing, roundish, rotate, root, romanticist, roll up, roll over, roll out, roister, roach, rivet, rival, risk, rip, riotous, rinse off, rinse, ringlike, rim, rile, rigging, rig, rifling, rewriting, rewrite, rework, revolutionary, revokable, revocable, revivify, revive, revising, revise, reverberate, revenant, revamp, return, retrench, retread, retire, reticulate, ret, resuscitate, resume, result, restrict, restrained, resplendent, resplend, resound, resole, reserve, reprobate, repress, represent, repoint, reorient, renovate, remunerate, remediate, remedial, remains, relocate, reload, relinquishing, relegate, release, relaxant, relative, rejuvenate, reinvigorate, reheel, regulatory, regulative, regress, refrigerating, refrigerant, refract, reform-minded, refocus, refining, refilling, reef, reductive, reducible, redouble, reddish-grey, reddish-gray, red-ink, red-grey, red-gray, recrudesce, recreate, record, recondition, reclining, recharge, recede, rebuilding, rebuild, rebel, rear, reanimate, ream, reading, read, reaching, reach, ray, ravish, ravel, raunchy, rattling, ration, rapid, rape, randomize, randomise, rampage, ramify, rally, rake, rag, raft, radical, radiate, rack, race, quivering, quiver, quintuple, quiescent, quicken, quick, quenching, quaternary, quash, quarter, qualify, quadruple, puzzling, puzzle, put up, put under, put through, put off, put down, put away, push, purse, purplish-white, purplish-black, purple-white, purple-black, purl, pure, puncture, pulverize, pulverise, pull wires, pull up stakes, pull strings, puff up, puff, publish, provident, protract, prostitute, prospect, propitiatory, propagate, prop, promote, prolong, proliferate, prolapse, projectile, progressive, progress, profligate, produce, proclaim, processing, problematical, problematic, privilege, primitive, priming, prim, pressure-wash, press, present, prepossess, prepared, prepare for, prejudice, preceding, practicable, powerwash, pound up, pound, pot, postmark, posing, pose, portion, pornographic, pop off, poop out, pommel, polyglot, polish up, polish off, polar, poisonous, point, plummet, play out, plant, planning, plait, plain, plague, pitchy, pitching, piquant, piping, pip, pinwheel-shaped, pinpoint, pinkish-white, pink, pin, pile, piece, picture, philander, phase, petulant, pettish, peter out, perverted, perverse, persuade, personify, personate, perplexing, peroxide, perorate, permute, permeate, perish, perfectible, perfecter, percolate, percipient, peppy, people, pen up, pelt along, peevish, peddle, peckish, peck, pearly-white, pearly, pearl grey, pearl gray, pear-shaped, peach, pay off, pay, patch up, patch, passing, pass away, pass, party, partner, participial, part, parky, paring, parent, parabolical, parabolic, panelling, paneling, pancake-like, palliative, painful, pain, padding, oxygenate, oxford-grey, oxford-gray, overwork, overthrow, overstep, override, overrefine, overlay, overlap, overheating, overhaul, overcultivate, overcrop, overcharge, overburden, over-refine, outrage, outline, outcaste, orphan, orgiastic, organize, organise, organic, orbicular, optimize, optimise, oppose, opponent, opening, open up, ooze, one, olive-grey, olive-gray, offset, offend, off-white, occult, occidental, obvious, obtuse, obtrusive, obtain, obstruct, obstipate, obsolesce, nymphomaniac, nutlike, nut, nurture, nurse, number, null, nuke, nude, noticeable, nonsense, nonresident, nonplus, nonpartizan, nonpartisan, nonfunctional, nondescript, noncompliant, noncommittal, nock, nix, nitrogenize, nitrogenise, nitrate, nip, niner, nine, nettlesome, nettle, nerve, neighbour, neighbor, neaten, native, national, nasty, nascent, narrowing, narrow down, narrow, nark, mythological, mythologic, mythical, mythic, mute, mutational, mutate, muster, muss, murky, multiplicative, multifarious,