Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z. - страница 52

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Menial, a. Servile, slavish, low, mean, base, abject, vile, sorry.

Menial, n. Servant, domestic, waiter, lackey, underling, flunkey, understrapper, valet, footman, slave, Helot, serf, bondsman.

Meniver, n. [Written also Miniver.] Ermine, stoat.

Menses, n. pl. Catamenia, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.

Menstrual, a. 1. Monthly.

2. Catamenial.

Menstruum, n. Solvent, medium.

Mensurable, a. Measurable.

Mensuration, n. 1. Measuring, measurement.

2. Surveying, survey.

Mental, a. Intellectual, spiritual, rational, ideal, subjective, psychological, metaphysical.

Mention, n. [Used chiefly in the phrase make mention of.] Cursory reference or allusion.

Mention, v. a. Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.

Mentor, n. Counsellor, adviser, monitor, guide, instructor.

Mephitic, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.

Mephitical, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.

Mephitic air, Carbonic-acid, carbonic-acid gas, choke-damp, foul air.

Mephitis, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.

Mephitism, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.

Mercantile, a. Commercial, trading, engaged in commerce.

Mercenary, a. 1. Venal, hired, hireling.

2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close, close-fisted.

Mercenary, n. Hireling.

Merchandise, n. Commodities, goods, wares.

Merchant, n. Trader (particularly a wholesale trader), tradesman.

Merchantable, a. 1. Marketable, of the ordinary quality.

2. Salable, vendible, that may be sold.

Merciful, a. Gracious, kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, lenient, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted.

Merciless, a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.

Mercurial, a. 1. Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.

2. Of mercury or quicksilver.

Mercury, n. Quicksilver.

Mercy, n. Clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness.

Mercy-seat, n. Propitiatory.

Mere, a. Bare, simple, nothing else but.

Mere, n. Pool, lake.

Merely, ad. Simply, purely, only, solely, barely.

Meretricious, a. 1. Of harlots.

2. Libidinous, lustful.