Word of the Day

Word of the Day

There is no winner today! No one posted a sentence using egregious, so there can be no winner.
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Today's Word: Vociferous (Vo - siff- er- us)

The Challenge: Use five times today. Oh. and post a sentence using it as a comment on this blog.
The Reward: Your friends will think you more intelligent and (more importantly) you will feel more intelligent. After all what greater reward is there than internal reward?! And. the best sentence will be posted and commemorated tomorrow morning with the next word of the day.
Definition from thefreedictionary.com
Vociferous

adj.

Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.

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Vociferously adv.

Vociferousness n.

Synonyms: vociferous, blatant, boisterous, strident, clamorous

These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints.
Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "Up rose a blatant Radical" (Walter Bagehot).
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths.

Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice.
Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

And now... my sentence! The baby gave a vociferous complaint as his parents laid him down for a nap.

Remember: Post a sentence using the word vociferous as a comment. We will pick the best sentence and commemorate on this blog forever the person with the best. The winner will be posted tomorrow morning along with the new word of the day. There haven't been winners for the past two words. Make sure you post a sentence for a chance to win a gold star.

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

There is no winner today! No one posted a sentence using foible, so there can be no winner.

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Today's Word: e·gre·gious (Eee Gree Jus)
The Challenge: Use five times today. Oh. and post a sentence using it as a comment on this blog.



The Reward: Your friends will think you more intelligent and (more importantly) you will feel more intelligent. After all what greater reward is there than internal reward?! And. the best sentence will be posted and commemorated tomorrow morning with the next word of the day.



Definition from thefreedictionary.com

Egregious: adj.
Conspicuously bad or offensive. See Synonyms at flagrant.
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e·gregious·ly adv.

e·gregious·ness n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

And now... my sentence! His cheating on her with her best friend was SO egregious.
Remember: Post a sentence using the word egregious as a comment. We will pick the best sentence and commemorate on this blog forever the person with the best. The winner will be posted tomorrow morning along with the new word of the day. There haven't been winners for the past two words. Make sure you post a sentence for a chance to win a gold star.

Word of the Day

There is no winner today! No one posted a sentence using deify, so there can be no winner.

Thumbs up to 'Asian Sensation' for his blurb using yesterday's writing prompt 'yo  yo yo':

'Really? Is she back for more? Sigh, I can't believe she told her friends about her New Year's goal. She said that the count down would start today, and it hasn't even been an hour... Poor girl's going to suffer.'

 

Word of the Day

The word: Foible (foy-bull)

The Challenge: Use five times today. Oh. and post a sentence using it as a comment on this blog.

The reward: Your friends will think you more intelligent and (more importantly) you will feel more intelligent. After all what greater reward is there than internal reward?! And. the best sentence will be posted and commemorated tomorrow morning with the next word of the day.


Foible: (definition from thefreedictionary.com)

n.

1. A minor weakness or failing of character.

2. The weaker section of a sword blade, from the middle to the tip.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights

And now... my sentence! The man had too many foibles for me to take him seriously.

Remember: Post a sentence using the word foible as a comment. We will pick the best sentence and commemorate on this blog forever the person with the best. The winner will be posted tomorrow morning along with the new word of the day.

Happy writing!

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

Yesterday's winner for their use of writhe in a sentence:

ShelliRae:
Listening to my boys fight at the kitchen table makes me writhe in irritation! (really- it does!)

Congratulations, Shelli! (And thanks for posting a sentence!) I think we can all understand!

The word: Deify (D-if-eye)

The challenge: Use five times today. Oh. and post a sentence using it as a comment on this blog.

The reward: Your friends will think you more intelligent and (more importantly) you will feel more intelligent. After all what greater reward is there than internal reward?! And. the best sentence will be posted and commemorated tomorrow morning with the next word of the day.


Deify: (definition from thefreedictionary.com)
tr.v. dei·fied, dei·fy·ing, dei·fies

1. To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.
2. To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader.
3. To idealize; exalt: deifying success.

dei·fier n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights

And now... my sentence! I practically deify any man that does not see spending time with his children as 'babysitting'.

Remember: Post a sentence using the word deify as a comment. We will pick the best sentence and commemorate on this blog forever the person with the best. The winner will be posted tomorrow morning along with the new word of the day.

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

The word: Writhe (rye - th)
The challenge: Use five times today. Oh. and post as a comment on this blog.
The reward: Your friends will think you more intelligent and (more importantly) you will feel more intelligent. After all what greater reward is there than internal reward?! And. the best sentence will be posted and commemorated tomorrow morning with the next word of the day.

Writhe: (definition from thefreedictionary.com)

1. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.
2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion.
3. To suffer acutely.

v.tr.
To cause to twist or squirm; contort.
n.
The act or an instance of writhing; a contortion.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

And now... my sentence! After the teacher watched me launch a spitball at him, I could do nothing but writhe under his awful, bitter gaze as it hit him square in the forehead.

Remember: Post a sentence using the word writhe as a comment. We will pick the best sentence and commemorate on this blog forever the person with the best. The winner will be posted tomorrow morning along with the new word of the day.