"She has an awful boss"

Synonyms:abysmal, dreadful, terrible, appalling, ghastly, grave

Synonyms:wonder, surprise, impressive

out of the normal or correct position

"The picture on the wall hung awry after the earthquake"

Synonyms:amiss, askew, crooked, uneven, agley, haywire

the confusing sound of many people talking at the same time

"The babel of voices on the road"

Synonyms:clamour, din, tumult

lie behind or beyond; serve as a background to

"The mountains provided a beautiful backdrop for their picnic"

Synonyms:confuse, bemuse, flummox, befuddle, muddle, bewilder, confound

Antonyms:assure

nonsense or foolish talk

"His explanation was a load of balderdash"

Synonyms:nonsense, gibberish, claptrap, blather, blether, tripe

hesitant or unwilling to accept something

"The teacher balked at the new solution given by the student"

Synonyms:eschew, resist

pleasant warm weather

"The late summer days are balmy"

Synonyms:mild, gentle, temperate

Synonyms:repartee, raillery, mockery, jest, persiflage, badinage

(of a remark or joke) deliberately hurtful

"She made some rather barbed comments about my lifestyle"

Synonyms:sharp, acerbic, mordant, acrid

heavily decoratred style in building, art, or music

Synonyms:extravagant, fancy

Antonyms:plain

strike repeatedly with hard blows

"A prisoner was battered to death with a stick"

Synonyms:attack, assault, assail

to summon with a gesture of the hand or head

"He beckoned to me, as if he wanted to speak to me"

Synonyms:gesture, wave, signal

make confused

"Her brain was befogged with lack of sleep"

Synonyms:confused, addled, muddle, befuddle

Synonyms:baffle, bemuse, mislead, perplex, puzzle, muddle, flummox

Synonyms:massive, gigantic, colossal, immense, enormous

a person's orders or command

"They had assembled at his behest"

Synonyms:instruction, command

to see or look at someone or something

"The new bridge is an incredible sight to behold"

Synonyms:gaze, view, witness, conceive

appropriate or suitable; befit

"It behoves us to criticize politicians when they're wrong"

Synonyms:befit, appropriate, desirable, favourable

to cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone

"We have issues in our community that continue to beleaguer us"

lay siege to (a place); besiege

Synonyms:besiege