Ant. Diffidence, reserve, concealment, modesty.

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Brave. Fearless, heroic, undaunted, undismayed, adventurous, bold, courageous, daring, dauntless, gallant, intrepid, valiant, venturesome, doughty, chivalrous, chivalric, splendid, courteous.

Ant. Afraid, cringing, fearful, shrinking, timid, timorous, frightened, cowardly, faint-hearted, pusillanimous, churlish, discourteous, fearsome.

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Brawny. Muscular, strong, powerful, athletic, sinewy, herculean, robust, stout.

Ant. Weak, fragile, delicate, feeble, effeminate, lean.

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Breach. Break, rupture, opening, fracture, flaw, fissure, rent; violation, infringement, non-observance; quarrel, difference, variance, dissension, schism, alienation.

Ant. Integrity, wholeness, flawlessness, completeness; reconciliation, healing; conservation, observance; inviolateness; union, fidelity, amalgamation.

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Break. Fracture, rend, part, sever, shatter, smash, shiver; weaken, impair, enfeeble, enervate; tame; make bankrupt; dismiss, discard, degrade, cashier; mitigate, assuage; interrupt, stop, cut short; open, unfold; destroy, sunder, burst, rive, crack, crush, demolish, rupture, split, transgress.

Ant. Fasten, join, mend, secure, unite, weld, attach, bind, solder, heal, piece, conjoin, rejoin; protect, conserve; encourage, strengthen, preserve; observe, obey.

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Breast. Bosom, heart, affection, conscience.

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Breathless. Out of breath; lifeless, dead; exhausted, eager, absorbed, attentive, fascinated; astonished, astounded, bewildered.

Ant. Calm, collected, cool, composed; indifferent, uninterested.

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Breed, n. Lineage, race, pedigree, progeny, stock, line, family, extraction, strain.

Ant. Ancestor, source, original, origin.

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Breed, v. Bring forth, bear, beget, produce; nurture, foster, nourish; discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school; occasion, originate, generate, procreate, propagate, cause, evolve.

Ant. Destroy, extirpate, stifle, extinguish.

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Breeding. Discipline, instruction, education, nurture, training, schooling; manners, deportment.

Ant. Ill manners, misbehavior; ignorance, illiteracy.

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Brevity. Shortness, terseness, conciseness, compression, pithiness, succinctness, pointedness; abbreviation, abridgment.

Ant. Prolixity, diffuseness, verbosity, length, protraction, elongation, extension, tediousness.

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Brew. Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, foment, excite; prepare, collect, gather, grow; threaten, impend; form.

Ant. Disperse, break, spoil, mar, miscompound.

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Bridle, v. Restrain, curb, control, govern, check; bristle, ruffle; master, moderate, compress, repress.

Ant. Relax, loosen, give vent, liberate, discharge; soothe, calm.

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Brief. Short, concise, succinct.

Ant. Long, tedious, diffuse.

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Bright. Shining, resplendent, luminous, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glistening, blazing, flaming, flashing, radiant, ruddy, refulgent, brilliant, dazzling, sparkling, scintillating, burnished; lucid, clear, transparent, pellucid, lambent, cloudless, limpid; glorious, famous, illustrious; intelligent, acute, discerning, keen, ingenious; auspicious, promising, propitious, favorable, inspiring; cheerful, merry, lively, happy, animated.

Ant. Opaque, dull, dark, gloomy, black, ebon, shadowy, rayless, sunless, murky, cloudy, overcast, pitchy, lurid; obscure, mysterious, enigmatical, mystic, unintelligible, occult, recondite, abstruse, cabalistic, transcendental; disheartening, discouraging, dismal, cheerless; ignorant, unlettered, untaught, imbecile, rude, benighted; foul, infamous, horrible, damnable, vile, infernal, wicked, sullen, atrocious, dejected.

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Brilliant. Bright, radiant, flashing, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling; illustrious, distinguished, celebrated, famous, renowned, eminent.

Ant. Dark, dull, stupid, gloomy; notorious, infamous; obscure, insignificant.

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Bring. Bear, fetch, convey; conduct, guide, lead, attend, accompany, convoy; obtain, gain, procure, produce; induce, prevail upon.

Ant. Remove, export, send, exclude, debar, transport, abstract, subtract.

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Brisk. Lively, quick, vivacious, active, alert, animated, prompt, sprightly, nimble, spry, agile.

Ant. Slow, heavy, dull, sluggish, indolent, inactive, unenergetic, stagnant.

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Bristling. Full, crowded, swarming, stocked, multifarious, multitudinous; bristly, standing on end like bristles; ruffled, roughened, corrugated, bespined; bridled, angered, offended.

Ant. Smooth, soothed, allayed; prone; bare, nude, scant, devoid, vacant.

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Brittle. Fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, easily broken.