Word Of The Day

Triumphant

1: resulting in victory or success

  • The boxer made a triumphant return to the ring. 

2: celebrating victory or success

  • a triumphant shout

— triumphantly adverb

  • The fans cheered triumphantly.



Selcouth

strange; uncommon.



Churlish

Churlish is a formal word that means “irritable and rude.”

// It would be churlish not to congratulate the winning team because we lost the match.



Debuff

(in a video game) to decrease a character’s or characters’ attributes or abilities with a spell, skill, or item.



Zenith

Zenith refers to the strongest or most successful period of time for a person or thing



Eggcorn

a word or phrase that is a seemingly logical alteration of another word or phrase that sounds similar and has been misheard or misinterpreted.



Mellifluous

Mellifluous is an adjective used in formal speech and writing to describe things with a smooth, flowing sound. It can also be used to mean “filled with something (such as honey) that sweetens,” as in “mellifluous confections.”



Rejoinder

A rejoinder usually means a witty comeback. If someone asks you a silly question like, "Are you painting?" when you are holding a paint can and a brush, your rejoinder could be, "No, I'm just doing my nails."



Tantamount

being equivalent or equal to something



Unwieldy

1. difficult to use, handle or manage because of size or weight or shape

2. lacking grace in movement or posture

3. difficult to work or manipulate