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Antonyms for extremities
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ik-strem-i-tee |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstrɛm ɪ ti |
Definition of extremities
Origin :- "hands and feet," uttermost parts of the body, early 15c., plural of extremity. Meaning "a person's last moments" is from c.1600.
- noun ultimate; limit
- noun animate being's appendage
- At the two extremities of European thought the lyre has raised two vast cities.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- Then she burst forth, with the growl of a slave driven to extremities.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- If the head and neck are enlarged, the trunk and extremities are cut short.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- They may be very serious if they push the city to extremities.
- Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
- Yet here, too, there was an evident shrinking from extremities.
- Extract from : « History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. » by James Anthony Froude
- This was all the old hen needed to drive her to extremities.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- A most condemnatory glance at my extremities accompanied this speech.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- This can only be done in the extremities, but nearly all bites are received on the arms or legs.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- Her extremities were already beginning to get stiff and cold.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- Wade will rally when worst comes to worst, and be the head man in extremities.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
Synonyms for extremities
- acme
- acuteness
- adversity
- apex
- apogee
- backside
- border
- bound
- boundary
- brim
- brink
- butt
- climax
- consummation
- crisis
- depth
- dire straits
- disaster
- edge
- end
- excess
- extreme
- extremes
- finger
- flipper
- foot
- frontier
- hand
- height
- last
- leg
- limb
- margin
- maximum
- nadir
- outside
- paw
- pinnacle
- plight
- pole
- posterior
- remote
- rim
- setback
- terminal
- termination
- terminus
- tip
- TOE
- top
- trouble
- verge
- vertex
- zenith
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