arma; kismet;
predestination.
fated, a. destined, doomed, predestined, foredoomed.
fateful, a. ominous.
Fates, n. pl. Destinies, Parcae (Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos).
father, n. pater familias, procreator, sire, patriarch; founder,
originator, author. Associated Words: affiliate, affiliation, filiation,
patricide, patricidal, paternalism, parricide, agnate, agnation,
patrimony.
father, v. beget, engender, procreate.
fatherhood n. paternity.
fatherly, a. paternal.
fatigue, n. weariness, lassitude, languor, exhaustion.
fatigue, v. weary, tire, jade, exhaust, fag, bore.
fatness, n. corpulency, obesity, _embonpoint_, plumpness, fleshiness,
stoutness, portliness, pudginess; adiposity; fertility, richness.
fatten, v. batten.
fatty, a. adipose, greasy, unctuous, oleaginous, sebaceous.
fatty tumor. lipoma.
fault, n. defect, imperfection, failing, foible, shortcoming,
blemish, flaw; demerit, dereliction, offense, indiscretion, lapse,
delinquency. Antonyms: merit, perfection, beauty, impeccability.
fault-finder, n. caviler, critic, grumbler, carper, repiner,
censurer, censor, complainer.
fault-finding, a. captious, caviling, critical, derogatory,
dissatisfied, grumbling, censorious, discontented, querulous, carping.
fault-finding, n. carping, criticism, grumbling, murmuring,
captiousness, cavil, reprehension, dissatisfaction, animadversion,
stricture, repining.
faultiness, n. defectiveness, imperfection, culpability, peccability.
faultless, a. perfect, blameless, impeccable, inerrable, unblemished.
faulty, a. imperfect, defective; blamable, culpable, peccable,
erring.
faun, n. satyr, sylvan.
favor, n. countenance, regard, good-will, kindness; support,
promotion, befriending, championship, espousal, countenancing. Antonyms:
disfavor, opposition.
favor, v. support, countenance, encourage; resemble.
favorable, a. propitious, auspicious, conducive, beneficial, partial,
helpful. Antonyms: unfavorable, unpropitious, inauspicious.
favoring, a. partial, approving, helpful.
favoritism, n. partiality; nepotism. Antonym: impartiality
fawn, v. truckle, curry favor, court.
fawner, n. sycophant, bootlicker, footlicker.
fawning, a. sycophantic, obsequious, servile, truckling.
fear, n. apprehension, anxiety, solicitude, alarm, dread,
trepidation, consternation, panic, dismay, terror, fright, cowardliness,
timidity, pusillanimity; reverence, awe, veneration.
fear, v. apprehend
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