Word Meanings - NUGATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant. 2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NUGATORY)
- Futile
- Weak
- ineffective
- useless
- nugatory
- unavailing
- vain
- trifling
- Puerile
- Childish
- boyish
- infantile
- youthful
- nonsensical
- futile
- weak
- silly
- Resistible
- refutable
- childish
- worthless
- Trivial
- Trifling
- trite
- common
- unimportant
- paltry
- inconsiderable
- Void
- Wanting
- empty
- vacant
- destitute
- bereft
- unoccupied
- unfilled
- unsubstantial
- lacking
- invalid
- null
Related words: (words related to NUGATORY)
- WANTLESS
Having no want; abundant; fruitful. - WANTON
wanting , hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, 1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." - CHILDISHNESS
The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. - FUTILELY
In a futile manner. - TRIFLE
trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong - COMMONER
1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground. - SILLYHOW
A caul. See Caul, n., 3. - VACANTLY
In a vacant manner; inanely. - CHILDISH
1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay. 2. Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison. Note: Childish, as applied tc persons who - WANTWIT
One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. Shak. - NUGATORY
1. Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant. 2. Of no force; inoperative; ineffectual. If all are pardoned, and pardoned as a mere act of clemency, the very substance of government is made nugatory. I. Taylor. - NONSENSICAL
Without sense; unmeaning; absurb; foolish; irrational; preposterous. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ly, adv. -- Non*sen"si*cal*ness, n. - COMMONISH
Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar. - BEREFT
of Bereave. - INEFFECTIVENESS
Quality of being ineffective. - COMMONLY
1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser. - LACKLUSTER; LACKLUSTRE
A want of luster. -- a. - WANTONNESS
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower. The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. Eikon Basilike. Young gentlemen would be as sad as - INVALIDE
See N - COMMONWEALTH
Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659. Syn. -- State; realm; republic. (more info) 1. A state; - UNCOMMON
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n. - FRANKFORT BLACK
. A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath. - CLACK
MHG. klac crack, Ir. clagaim I make a noise, ring. Cf. Clack, n., 1. To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the - BLACK LETTER
The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. - FELLOW-COMMONER
A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. - FORSLACK
To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. Spenser. - INTERCOMMON
To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc. (more info) 1. To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. Bacon. - BLACKEN
Etym: 1. To make or render black. While the long funerals blacken all the way. Pope 2. To make dark; to darken; to cloud. "Blackened the whole heavens." South. 3. To defame; to sully, as reputation; to make infamous; as, vice blackens - BLACKWATER STATE
Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil. - ANGWANTIBO
A small lemuroid mammal of Africa. It has only a rudimentary tail. - MAGNASE BLACK
A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body. Fairholt. - BLACK FLAGS
An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their - AIR-SLACKED
Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.