Ant. Soothe, stroke, caress, pat, shield, protect, mollify, heal.

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Beatific. Ravishing, enrapturing, enchanting, transporting, ecstatic.

Ant. Tormenting, disgusting, obnoxious.

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Beatitude. Bliss, felicity, blessedness.

Ant. Suffering, tribulation, pain, dolor.

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Beautiful. Handsome, lovely, charming, fair, pretty, graceful, exquisite, beauteous, bewitching, attractive, picturesque, comely.

Ant. Hideous, repulsive, ugly, deformed, frightful, ghastly, grim.

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Because. Since, inasmuch as, for, as.

Ant. Yet, notwithstanding, however, although, nevertheless.

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Beckon. Signal, sign, call by gesture, nod.

Ant. Ignore, repulse.

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Become. Suit, adorn, fit, set off, be appropriate to; get or grow to, turn to, change into; befall, bechance, happen to.

Ant. Disagree, clash, mismatch.

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Becoming. Befitting, beseeming, fit, graceful, proper, neat, suitable, congruous, worthy.

Ant. Unseemly, indecent, derogatory, unsuitable.

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Befall. Happen, occur, chance, betide.

Ant. Impend, threaten, loom.

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Befitting. Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, appropriate, expedient.

Ant. Compulsory, obligatory; improper, inexpedient.

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Before. Preceding, in front of; prior to, previous; in advance of, ahead of; hitherto; above, in a former place or previous passage; formerly, of old, already; under the judgment or control of.

Ant. Behind, after, subsequently, later.

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Beg. Beseech, pray, ask, request, supplicate, solicit, sue, implore, importune.

Ant. Require, demand, extort, exact, insist; refuse.

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Beggar. Mendicant, supplicant, pauper, suitor, applicant.

Ant. Bestower, giver, benefactor.

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Beggary. Want, penury, indigence, destitution.

Ant. Riches, wealth, affluence, abundance, plenty.

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Beginning. Origin, commencement, fountain, source, spring, start, opening, initiation, arising, outset, rise, inception, inauguration.

Ant. End, finish, fulfilment, outcome, conclusion, termination, result, effect, expiration, completion.

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Beguile. Cheat, deceive, befool; amuse, entertain, cheer, solace.

Ant. Enlighten, advise; weary, bore.

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Behavior. Conduct, deportment, manners, breeding, carriage, bearing, action, demeanor, life.

Ant. Misconduct, misdemeanor.

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Behest. Command, injunction, charge, precept.

Ant. Option, liberty.

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Behind. Back, astern, rearward.

Ant. Before, in front of.

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Behold. See, look, discern, gaze, scan, observe, contemplate.

Ant. Ignore, miss, wink, overlook, disregard, connive.

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Behoof. Advantage, profit.

Ant. Loss, detriment, disadvantage.

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Being. Reality, existence, actuality; essence, inmost nature, substance, life, vital principle, root, heart.

Ant. Nonentity, nullity, non-existence.

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Beleaguer. Besiege, beset, blockade, invest; compass, block up, surround, obstruct, environ.

Ant. Abandon; conquer, subdue.

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Belief. Trust, confidence, conviction, credence, persuasion, reliance, assurance; dogma, creed, tenets, opinion, view; credit, acceptance, assent, currency.

Ant. Distrust, denial, discredit, dissent, rejection, disavowal.

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Belligerent. Warlike, contending, conflicting, hostile, rival, opposed, adverse, antagonistic, pugnacious, contentious, quarrelsome.

Ant. Peaceful, friendly, forbearing, pacific, neutral.

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Belonging, n. Quality, gift, endowment, attribute; property, goods, estate, chattel, possession; appendage, appurtenance, accessory.

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Belonging, a. Related, connected, appertaining, congenial, cognate, accompanying.

Ant. Alien, optional, independent, irrelevant.

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Below. Under, beneath, underneath, hereinafter.

Ant. Above, beforementioned, previously.

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Bend. Curve, twist, crook, bow, deflect, deviate, diverge, twine; influence, persuade, incline, submit.