Part 32

~Ill-temper~, _n._ Moroseness, sullenness, sulkiness, crabbedness, crossness, perverseness, ill-nature, bad temper.

~Ill-judged~, _a._ Unwise, injudicious, imprudent, ridiculous, absurd, foolish, ill-advised.

~Ill-looking~, _a._ Ugly, homely, plain, ill-favored.

~Ill-mannered~, _a._ Impolite, uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, uncourtly, unpolished, uncouth, rude, ill-behaved, ill-bred.

~Ill-nature~, _n._ ~1.~ Malevolence, unkindness, hatred, enmity, ill- will.

~2.~ Moroseness, sullenness, ill-temper, bad temper.

~Ill-natured~, _a._ ~1.~ Malevolent, unkind, disobliging, unfriendly, unamiable.

~2.~ Morose, sullen, sulky, cross, churlish, crabbed, sour, perverse, wayward, crusty, petulant, cross-grained, ill-tempered.

~Illness~, _n._ Disease, sickness, indisposition, ailing, ailment, complaint, disorder, distemper.

~Illogical~, _a._ Sophistical, inconclusive, inconsequent, fallacious, incorrect, unsound.

~Illogicalness~, _n._ Inconsequence, inconclusiveness.

~Ill-proportioned~, _a._ Misshapen, misproportioned, shapeless, ill- shaped, ill-made.

~Ill-provided~, _a._ Ill-furnished, scantily supplied.

~Ill-spent~, _a._ Wasted.

~Ill-starred~, _a._ Unlucky, luckless, unfortunate, ill-fated.

~Ill-temper~, _n._ Moroseness, ILL-NATURE.

~Ill-tempered~, _a._ Morose, ILL-NATURED.

~Ill-timed~, _a._ Unseasonable, untimely, inopportune, inapposite, irrelevant, out of place.

~Ill-treat~, _v. a._ Maltreat, injure, abuse, ill-use.

~Ill-turn~, _n._ ~1.~ Unkind act.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Slight illness.

~Illude~, _v. a._ Mock, deceive, disappoint, cheat, balk, dupe.

~Illume~, _v. a._ [_Poetical._] Illuminate.

~Illuminate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enlighten, illumine, illume, supply with light.

~2.~ Adorn with lights (_as a building_), light up.

~3.~ Adorn with colored letters.

~Illumine~, _v. a._ Enlighten, illuminate, illume, supply with light.

~Illusion~, _n._ Delusion, hallucination, deception, error, fallacy, mockery, fantasy, phantasm, chimera, false show.

~Illusive~, _a._ Deceptive, deceitful, delusive, fallacious.

~Illusory~, _a._ Deceptive, deceitful, delusive, fallacious.

~Illustrate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Elucidate, explain, exemplify, make clear, make plain, throw light upon.

~2.~ Adorn with pictures.

~Illustration~, _n._ ~1.~ Elucidation, explanation, exemplification.

~2.~ Illustrative picture.

~Illustrative~, _a._ Explanatory.

~Illustrious~, _a._ ~1.~ Glorious, splendid, brilliant, bright, radiant.

~2.~ Famous, famed, noted, distinguished, renowned, celebrated, conspicuous, eminent, signal, remarkable.

~Ill-will~, _n._ Malevolence, unkindness, enmity, hatred, rancor, uncharitableness, ill-nature.

~Image~, _n._ ~1.~ Statue.

~2.~ Idol, object of worship.

~3.~ Likeness, effigy, figure, similitude, resemblance, picture, representation of an object (_real or fancied_).

~4.~ Trope, figurative expression.

~Image~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Form an image of.

~2.~ IMAGINE, fancy, picture.

~Imagery~, _n._ ~1.~ Phantasm, phantom, vision, dream, fanciful forms.

~2.~ Tropes, figures of speech, figurative language.

~Imaginable~, _a._ Conceivable.

~Imaginary~, _a._ Visionary, ideal, fancied, fanciful, chimerical, dreamy, unreal, shadowy, wild, Quixotic, Utopian.

~Imagination~, _n._ Conception (_united with the faculty of recombining ideas so as to form a new creation_), invention, ideality, FANCY, creative power, plastic power.

~Imaginative~, _a._ Inventive, creative, poetical.

~Imagine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Conceive, image, fancy, picture, picture to one's self, figure to one's self.

~2.~ Think, apprehend, suppose, believe, deem.

~3.~ Devise, contrive, plot, scheme, project, frame.

~Imagine~, _v. n._ Suppose, think, opine, fancy, dream, take it into one's head, have a notion.

~Imbecile~, _a._ ~1.~ Weak, feeble, infirm, helpless, decrepit.

~2.~ Foolish, witless, drivelling, idiotic, fatuous.

~Imbecile~, _n._ Dotard, feeble person.

~Imbecility~, _n._ ~1.~ Weakness, feebleness, debility, infirmity, helplessness.

~2.~ Foolishness, childishness, idiocy, fatuity.

~Imbibe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Absorb, take in, suck in, suck up, swallow up.

~2.~ Receive, gather, acquire, gain, get, pick up.

~Imbitter~, _v. a._ [Written also _Embitter_.] ~1.~ Make bitter.

~2.~ Make unhappy or grievous.

~3.~ Exasperate, madden, enrage.

~Imbosom~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hold in the bosom.

~2.~ Enclose, surround.

~Imbricate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Overlapping.

~Imbricated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Overlapping.

~Imbroglio~, _n._ [It.] ~1.~ Intricate plot.

~2.~ Complication, complexity, entanglement, embarrassing situation.

~Imbrue~, _v. a._ Wet, moisten, steep, soak, drench.

~Imbrute~, _v. a._ Brutify.

~Imbue~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tinge, dye, stain, tint, tincture, color.

~2.~ Impregnate, inoculate, infuse.

~Imitate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Copy, follow, pattern after.

~2.~ Mimic, ape, mock, personate, impersonate, take off.

~3.~ Parody, travesty, turn into burlesque.

~Imitation~, _n._ ~1.~ Copying, imitating.

~2.~ Copy, resemblance, likeness.

~3.~ Mimicry, mocking.

~4.~ Parody, travesty.

~Imitative~, _a._ ~1.~ Imitating, copying.

~2.~ Mimicking, aping, apish.

~Imitator~, _n._ Copyist.

~Immaculate~, _a._ ~1.~ Spotless, unspotted, stainless, unsullied, unsoiled, untainted, unblemished, untarnished, undefiled, clean, pure.

~2.~ Innocent, guiltless, sinless, faultless.

~Immanence~, _n._ Inherence, indwelling.

~Immanent~, _a._ Intrinsic, inherent, internal, subjective, indwelling.

~Immaterial~, _a._ ~1.~ Incorporeal, unbodied, spiritual.

~2.~ Unimportant, insignificant, unessential, non-essential, of no importance, of no consequence.

~Immateriality~, _n._ Spirituality, incorporsity.

~Immaterialness~, _n._ Spirituality, incorporsity.

~Immature~, _a._ ~1.~ Unripe, crude, green, raw, unformed, unprepared, rudimental, imperfect, unfinished.

~2.~ Premature, untimely, unseasonable, out of season.

~Immatureness~, _a._ Unripeness, crudeness, crudity, incompleteness, greenness, rawness.

~Immaturity~, _a._ Unripeness, crudeness, crudity, incompleteness, greenness, rawness.

~Immeasurable~, _a._ Illimitable, limitless, boundless, unbounded, measureless, immense, infinite.

~Immediate~, _a._ ~1.~ Proximate, close.

~2.~ Direct, without other agency.

~3.~ Instantaneous, instant, present.

~Immediately~, _ad._ ~1.~ Closely, proximately.

~2.~ Directly, without any intervention.

~3.~ Instantly, INSTANTER, forthwith, just now, without delay, this moment.

~Immemorial~, _a._ Beyond memory, that cannot be remembered.

~Immense~, _a._ ~1.~ Illimitable, boundless, unbounded, unlimited, measureless, infinite.

~2.~ Vast, enormous, prodigious, huge, gigantic, colossal, Cyclopean, Herculean, very great.

~Immensity~, _n._ ~1.~ Infinity, infinitude, boundlessness.

~2.~ Vastness, hugeness.

~Immerge~, _v. a._ IMMERSE.

~Immerse~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dip, plunge, immerge, submerge, overwhelm, douse, souse, duck.

~2.~ Involve, engage, absorb.

~Immersion~, _n._ ~1.~ Dipping, plunging.

~2.~ Engagement, absorption.

~3.~ (_Astron._) Disappearance, occultation.

~Immesh~, _v. a._ Entangle (_as in the meshes of a net_), ensnare.

~Immethodical~, _a._ Unsystematic, irregular, unmethodical, confused, desultory, disorderly.

~Immethodically~, _ad._ Irregularly, confusedly, pellmell, helter- skelter.

~Imminent~, _a._ Impending, threatening, impendent, near at hand.

~Immitigable~, _a._ Not to be mitigated, that cannot be mitigated.

~Immobility~, _n._ Unmovableness, immovableness, immovability.

~Immoderate~, _a._ Inordinate, excessive, unreasonable, extravagant, exorbitant, intemperate.

~Immodest~, _a._ ~1.~ Indelicate, indecent, shameless, indecorous, gross, coarse.

~2.~ Impure, obscene, smutty, lewd, unchaste, filthy.

~Immodesty~, _n._ ~1.~ Indecency, indecorum, grossness, coarseness.

~2.~ Impurity, obscenity, lewdness, unchastity, smuttiness.

~Immolate~, _v. a._ Sacrifice, offer up, offer in sacrifice, kill as a victim.

~Immolation~, _n._ ~1.~ Sacrifice.

~2.~ Sacrificial victim.

~Immoral~, _a._ Wicked, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, dishonest, unjust, depraved, corrupt, profligate, dissolute.

~Immorality~, _n._ Wickedness, vice, sin, dishonesty, depravity, corruption, demoralization, sinfulness, criminality, profligacy, want of principle.

~Immortal~, _a._ ~1.~ Undying, deathless, ever-living, imperishable, incorruptible, unfading, indestructible, enduring, never-dying.

~2.~ Eternal, everlasting, endless, perpetual, ceaseless, never-ending.

~Immortality~, _n._ ~1.~ Exemption from death, endless life.

~2.~ Perpetuity, unlimited existence.

~3.~ Perpetual fame, exemption from oblivion.

~Immortalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exempt from death, make immortal.

~2.~ Perpetuate, make everlasting.

~3.~ Perpetuate in memory, exempt from oblivion, make ever famous.

~Immortelle~, _n._ [Fr.] Cudweed, everlasting, goldylocks.

~Immovable~, _a._ ~1.~ Fixed, firm, stable, not to be moved.

~2.~ Steadfast, unshaken, unalterable, unchangeable.

~3.~ (_Law._) Real.

~Immunity~, _n._ ~1.~ Freedom, exemption, release, exoneration.

~2.~ Privilege, prerogative, right, liberty, charter, franchise.

~Immure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, shut up.

~2.~ Imprison, incarcerate.

~Immutability~, _n._ Unchangeableness, invariableness, invariability, constancy, permanence, stability.

~Immutable~, _a._ Unchangeable, invariable, unalterable, undeviating, constant, permanent, stable.

~Imp~, _n._ Sprite, hobgoblin, FLIBBERTIGIBBET, little demon or devil, malignant spirit.

~Impact~, _n._ Impulse, collision, shock.

~Impair~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deteriorate, injure, vitiate, make worse.

~2.~ Lessen, diminish, decrease, make less.

~3.~ Weaken, enfeeble, enervate.

~Impalpable~, _a._ ~1.~ Intangible, very fine, not palpable, not to be felt, not perceptible by the touch.

~2.~ Imperceptible, shadowy, unsubstantial.

~Impart~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give, grant, bestow, CONFER, share.

~2.~ Communicate, divulge, disclose, reveal, tell, make known.

~Impartial~, _a._ Unbiassed, unprejudiced, disinterested, equitable, just, fair, honorable, even-handed.

~Impartiality~, _n._ Disinterestedness, equitableness, justice, fairness, honor, honorableness, fair play.

~Impassable~, _a._ Impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, pathless.

~Impassibility~, _n._ Impassiveness, insensibility.

~Impassible~, _a._ Impassive, insensible, incapable of suffering.

~Impassioned~, _a._ Passionate, vehement, impetuous, glowing, intense, excited, animated, fervid, fervent, zealous, warm, ardent.

~Impassive~, _a._ Impassible, insensible.

~Impatience~, _n._ ~1.~ Disquietude, restlessness, uneasiness.

~2.~ Vehemence, impetuosity, haste, eagerness, precipitation.

~Impatient~, _a._ ~1.~ Unquiet, uneasy, restless.

~2.~ Hasty, precipitate, vehement, impetuous, eager.

~Impecunious~, _a._ [_Rare._] Moneyless, penniless, out of money, short of money.

~Impecuniosity~, _n._ [_Rare._] Want of money.

~Impawn~, _v. a._ Pledge, pawn.

~Impeach~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Accuse, charge, indict, arraign, criminate.

~2.~ Censure, denounce, call in question.

~Impeachment~, _n._ ~1.~ Accusation, indictment, charge, arraignment, crimination.

~2.~ Censure, blame, reproach, imputation.

~Impeccability~, _n._ Sinlessness, faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity.

~Impeccable~, _a._ Sinless, faultless, immaculate.

~Impede~, _v. a._ Hinder, obstruct, stop, clog, check, retard, delay, interrupt, thwart, restrain, block.

~Impediment~, _n._ Hinderance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, difficulty, stumbling-block.

~Impel~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Drive, push, urge, put in motion, press on, urge forward.

~2.~ Induce, move, persuade, influence, instigate, incite, actuate, set on, stir up.

~Impend~, _v. n._ Threaten, hang over, be imminent, be at hand, be in store, stare one in the face.

~Impendent~, _a._ Impending, threatening, imminent, near at hand.

~Impenetrable~, _a._ Not to be penetrated, not to be pierced.

~Impenitence~, _n._ Obduracy, hardness of heart, seared conscience.

~Impenitency~, _n._ Obduracy, hardness of heart, seared conscience.

~Impenitent~, _a._ Uncontrite, unrepentant, obdurate, hardened, seared, lost, recusant, relentless, graceless, shameless, incorrigible, irreclaimable.

~Imperative~, _a._ ~1.~ Commanding, authoritative, peremptory.

~2.~ Binding, obligatory.

~Imperceptible~, _a._ ~1.~ Invisible, undiscernible, not to be perceived.

~2.~ Fine, minute, very small.

~Imperfect~, _a._ ~1.~ Defective, incomplete, faulty, not entire.

~2.~ Weak, frail, erring.

~Imperfection~, _n._ ~1.~ Defect, fault, blemish, stain.

~2.~ Weakness, frailty, foible, failing, vice.

~Imperial~, _a._ Kingly, regal, royal, sovereign.

~Imperious~, _a._ Dictatorial, magisterial, domineering, tyrannical, despotic, overbearing, lordly, haughty, arrogant.

~Imperishable~, _a._ Indestructible, everlasting, unfading, eternal, perennial, immortal, never-ending.

~Impermeable~, _a._ Impervious, impenetrable, impassable.

~Impersonate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Personate, imitate, ape, mimic, mock, take off.

~2.~ Incarnate, invest with personality.

~Impersonation~, _n._ Incarnation, bodily manifestation, investment with personality.

~Impertinence~, _n._ ~1.~ Irrelevance, irrelevancy.

~2.~ Rudeness, intrusiveness, impudence, insolence, incivility, sauciness, forwardness, boldness, presumption, effrontery, pertness, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK, brazen face.

~Impertinency~, _n._ ~1.~ Irrelevance, irrelevancy.

~2.~ Rudeness, intrusiveness, impudence, insolence, incivility, sauciness, forwardness, boldness, presumption, effrontery, pertness, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK, brazen face.

~Impertinent~, _a._ ~1.~ Irrelevant, inapposite, not applicable, not to the point, not pertaining to the matter in hand, not pertinent.

~2.~ Intrusive, meddling, officious, insolent, rude, impudent, saucy, forward, pert, bold, malapert, unmannerly.

~Imperturbability~, _n._ Calmness, coolness, composure, collectedness, equanimity, placidity.

~Imperturbable~, _a._ Calm, cool, composed, unmoved, undisturbed, tranquil, unruffled, collected, placid, inexcitable, sedate, not to be disturbed.

~Impervious~, _a._ Impermeable, impenetrable, impassable.

~Impetuosity~, _n._ Vehemence, violence, fury, precipitancy, precipitation, haste.

~Impetuous~, _a._ Vehement, violent, furious, fierce, passionate, precipitate, hasty, hot, over-zealous.

~Impetus~, _n._ Momentum.

~Impiety~, _n._ Irreverence, ungodliness, irreligion, wickedness, unrighteousness, sinfulness, iniquity, unholiness, profanity.

~Impinge~, _v. n._ Strike, hit, fall against, strike against, dash against, clash upon, collide with.

~Impious~, _a._ Irreverent, ungodly, irreligious, blasphemous, wicked, sinful, unrighteous, unholy, iniquitous, profane.

~Implacability~, _n._ Malice, vindictiveness, rancor, inexorableness, relentlessness, cruelty.

~Implacable~, _a._ Malicious, vindictive, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, rancorous, unappeasable, cruel.

~Implacableness~, _n._ IMPLACABILITY.

~Implant~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Engraft, infix, set, put, place.

~2.~ Instil, infuse, inculcate.

~Implement~, _n._ Instrument, tool, utensil.

~Implicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Infold, entangle.

~2.~ Involve, make participator, prove to be concerned, bring into connection with.

~Implication~, _n._ ~1.~ Involution, entanglement.

~2.~ Tacit inference, necessary conclusion.

~Implicit~, _a._ ~1.~ Implied, inferred, understood, tacit.

~2.~ Unreserved, unhesitating, firm, undoubting, steadfast, unshaken.

~Implicitly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Impliedly, virtually, by inference, by implication.

~2.~ Unreservedly, with unshaken confidence, without hesitation.

~Implore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, supplicate, beseech, pray, pray to.

~2.~ Crave, solicit, beg, pray for, petition for.

~Imply~, _v. a._ Involve (_as a consequence_), include (_by implication_), import, signify, mean.

~Impolicy~, _n._ Imprudence, indiscretion, folly, bad policy.

~Impolite~, _a._ Uncivil, uncourteous, discourteous, unpolished, rude, ungentlemanly, rough, boorish, savage, bearish.

~Impolitic~, _a._ Imprudent, injudicious, indiscreet, ill-advised, ill- judged.

~Imporous~, _a._ Close, compact, dense, solid, without pores.

~Import~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bring into (_a country from abroad_).

~2.~ Imply, denote, purport, signify, betoken, mean.

~3.~ Concern, be of importance to, be of consequence to, be of interest to.

~Import~, _n._ ~1.~ Signification, meaning, purport, import, sense, drift, gist, spirit, bearing, tenor, intention.

~2.~ Imported merchandise.

~3.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment, significance.

~Importance~, _n._ Consequence, weight, moment, significance, import, concern.

~Important~, _a._ Weighty, momentous, grave, serious, material, significant, of importance, of moment, of great weight.

~Importation~, _n._ ~1.~ Importing.

~2.~ Import, merchandise imported.

~Importunate~, _a._ Urgent, pertinacious, pressing, teasing, busy, earnestly solicitous.

~Importune~, _v. a._ Press (_by entreaty_), urge (_by repeated requests_), beset, entreat, dun, solicit earnestly.

~Importunity~, _n._ Entreaty, urgency, insistence, pressing solicitation.

~Impose~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, lay, set, place.

~2.~ Prescribe, enjoin, appoint.

~3.~ Obtrude, palm, pass off.

~Impose on~, Deceive, cheat, chouse, trick, befool, hoax, dupe, delude, circumvent, diddle, play upon, put upon.

~Impose upon~, Deceive, cheat, chouse, trick, befool, hoax, dupe, delude, circumvent, diddle, play upon, put upon.

~Imposing~, _a._ Grand, stately, august, majestic, impressive, noble, commanding.

~Imposition~, _n._ ~1.~ Imposing.

~2.~ Constraint, oppression, burden, charge, injunction, levy, tax.

~3.~ Deception, fraud, trickery, artifice, IMPOSTURE, cheating.

~Impossibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Impracticability.

~2.~ What cannot be, thing impossible.

~Impossible~, _a._ Impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, not possible, out of the question.

~Impost~, _n._ Tax, duty, custom, excise, toll, tribute, rate.

~Imposthume~, _n._ Abscess, gathering, ulcer, fester, sore, pustule.

~Impostor~, _n._ Deceiver, pretender, cheat, rogue, trickster, tricker, knave, hypocrite, Pharisee, quack, charlatan, mountebank, double-dealer.

~Imposture~, _n._ Cheat, trick, deception, imposition, hoax, fraud, delusion, artifice, ruse, dodge, wile, deceit, stratagem, BAM, chouse, clap-trap, crafty device.

~Impotence~, _n._ Inability, disability, incapacity, incapability, incompetence, inefficiency, weakness, feebleness, imbecility, infirmity, frailty.

~Impotent~, _a._ Powerless, unable, incapable, incompetent, disabled, incapacitated, imbecile, weak, feeble, infirm, frail, inefficient.

~Impound~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put into a pound.

~2.~ Confine, incage, imprison, shut up, coop up.

~Impoverish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make poor, bring to want, reduce to poverty, reduce to indigence.

~2.~ Exhaust the fertility of, make sterile.

~Impracticability~, _n._ Impossibility, infeasibility, impracticableness.

~Impracticable~, _a._ ~1.~ Impossible, unfeasible, not practicable.

~2.~ Hard to deal with, hard to get along with.

~3.~ Impassable (_as a road_).

~Impracticableness~, _n._ Impracticability.

~Imprecate~, _v. a._ Invoke (_a curse or some evil_).

~Imprecation~, _n._ ~1.~ Invocation (_of evil_).

~2.~ Curse, malediction, execration, denunciation, anathema.

~Impregnable~, _a._ Unassailable, inexpugnable, not to be taken by assault, not to be stormed, secure from capture, tenable against all odds.

~Impregnate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fecundate, make pregnant, get with child.

~2.~ Imbue, infuse, saturate, fill, tincture.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Fertilize, make prolific.

~Impregnation~, _n._ ~1.~ Fecundation.

~2.~ Infusion, saturation, tincture.

~Impress~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stamp, print, imprint, mark by pressure.

~2.~ Inculcate, fix deeply.

~3.~ Press, force into public service.

~Impress~, _n._ ~1.~ Print, imprint, stamp, impression, mark, seal.

~2.~ Device (_as upon a seal_), motto, cognizance, symbol, emblem.

~Impressibility~, _n._ ~1.~ Susceptibility to impression.

~2.~ Sensitiveness, sensibility.

~Impressible~, _a._ ~1.~ Susceptible of impression.

~2.~ Sensitive, easily affected.

~Impression~, _n._ ~1.~ Printing, imprinting, stamping.

~2.~ Mark, stamp, impress, brand.

~3.~ Sensation, influence, effect.

~4.~ Notion, opinion, idea, fancy, indistinct recollection.

~5.~ Edition (_of a book_), number (_of copies_) printed at once.

~Impressive~, _a._ Affecting, touching, moving, stirring, powerful.

~Imprimatur~, _n._ [L.] License to print.

~Imprimis~, _ad._ [L.] In the first place, first of all, first in order.

~Imprint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Print, stamp, mark by pressure.

~2.~ Impress, inculcate, fix deeply.

~Imprison~, _v. a._ Incarcerate, immure, impound, confine, commit, shut up.

~Imprisonment~, _n._ Incarceration, confinement, commitment, restraint, constraint, duress, durance.

~Improbability~, _n._ Unlikelihood.

~Improbable~, _a._ Unlikely, not probable.

~Improbity~, _n._ Dishonesty, disingenuousness, unfairness, baseness, knavery, faithlessness, bad faith.

~Impromptu~, _a._ Extempore, unpremeditated, off-hand.

~Impromptu~, _ad._ Extempore, off-hand, without premeditation.

~Impromptu~, _n._ Improvisation, extemporaneous effusion.

~Improper~, _a._ ~1.~ Unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, unapt, inapposite, inappropriate, unadapted, not proper.

~2.~ Unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, indecorous.

~3.~ Inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, wrong.

~Impropriety~, _n._ ~1.~ Unsuitableness, unfitness.

~2.~ Unseemliness, indecency, indecorum.

~3.~ Inaccuracy, incorrectness.

~Improve~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Amend, mend, better, meliorate, ameliorate, make better.

~2.~ Use, make use of, turn to account, avail one's self of.

~3.~ Make a good use of, turn to good account, employ advantageously, make productive.

~4.~ Apply practically (_as the doctrines of a discourse_).

~Improve~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Mend, become better, get better, get on, gain ground, pick up.

~2.~ Make progress, take a step forward.

~3.~ (_Com._) Increase, rise, be enhanced.

~Improve on~, Make better, make improvement in, bring nearer to perfection.

~Improvement~, _n._ ~1.~ Amendment, melioration, amelioration, betterment, progress, proficiency, advancement.

~2.~ Good use, beneficial employment.

~3.~ Practical application (_as of a doctrine_). ~Improvidence~, _n._ Shiftlessness, imprudence, want of forethought, carelessness of the future, neglect of preparation.

~Improvident~, _a._ Shiftless, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful, without forecast, without foresight, careless of the future.

~Improvisate~, _v. a. & n._ Improvise, speak extempore (_in verse_).

~Improvisation~, _n._ ~1.~ Improvising.

~2.~ Impromptu.

~Improvise~, _v. a. & n._ Improvisate, speak extempore.

~Imprudence~, _n._ Indiscretion, heedlessness, carelessness, rashness, inconsiderateness, improvidence, want of forethought.

~Imprudent~, _a._ Indiscreet, inconsiderate, incautious, injudicious, improvident, careless, rash, unadvised.

~Impudence~, _n._ Insolence, assurance, presumption, boldness, shamelessness, effrontery, rudeness, impertinence, sauciness, pertness, flippancy, brass, front, face, CHEEK.

~Impudent~, _a._ Insolent, insulting, presumptuous, bold, shameless, impertinent, rude, saucy, pert, flippant, cool, brazen, forward, bold- faced, brazen-faced.

~Impugn~, _v. a._ Attack, assail, oppose, resist, contradict, gainsay, call in question.

~Impulse~, _n._ ~1.~ Thrust, push, impelling force.

~2.~ Passion, instinct, sudden thought.

~3.~ Incitement, instigation, motive, influence.

~Impulsive~, _a._ ~1.~ Impelling, moving.

~2.~ Passionate, rash, quick, hot, hasty.

~Impunity~, _n._ ~1.~ Exemption from punishment.

~2.~ Exemption from injury.

~Impure~, _a._ ~1.~ Foul, unclean, dirty, filthy, feculent.

~2.~ Obscene, indecent, lewd, smutty, ribald, bawdy, coarse, immodest, gross, vulgar, indelicate, loose.

~Impurity~, _n._ ~1.~ Foulness, uncleanness, feculence.

~2.~ Obscenity, indecency, immodesty, ribaldry, smuttiness, smut, bawdiness.

~3.~ Coarseness, grossness, lowness, vulgarity.

~Imputable~, _a._ Attributable, referrible, chargeable, traceable, owing, to be imputed, to be charged, to be attributed.

~Imputation~, _n._ ~1.~ Imputing, attributing.

~2.~ Charge, accusation, censure, reproach, blame.

~Impute~, _v. a._ Ascribe (_especially to some evil cause_), attribute, refer, charge, consider as due.

~Inability~, _n._ ~1.~ Incapacity, incapability, impotence, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, want of power, want of capacity.

~2.~ Disability, disqualification.

~In a box~, In a perplexity, in a difficulty, in a dilemma, in an embarrassing position.

~Inaccessible~, _a._ ~1.~ Unapproachable, not to be reached.

~2.~ Unattainable.

~Inaccuracy~, _n._ Incorrectness, mistake, blunder, error, inadvertence.

~Inaccurate~, _a._ Incorrect, inexact, erroneous.

~Inaction~, _n._ INACTIVITY, inertness.

~Inactive~, _a._ Inert, lazy, indolent, idle, slothful, supine, torpid, sluggish, dronish, lumpish, passive, Fabian.

~Inactivity~, _n._ Inaction, inertness, laziness, indolence, idleness, sloth, supineness, torpor, torpidity, sluggishness, Fabian policy.

~Inadequacy~, _n._ ~1.~ Insufficiency, inadequateness.

~2.~ Incompleteness, defectiveness.

~Inadequate~, _a._ ~1.~ Insufficient, unequal, disproportionate.

~2.~ Incomplete, defective.

~Inadequateness~, _n._ Inadequacy.

~Inadmissible~, _a._ Not to be admitted, not to be allowed.

~In advance~, ~1.~ Before, in front.

~2.~ Beforehand.

~3.~ To be credited for money advanced.

~Inadvertence~, _n._ ~1.~ Inattention, inconsiderateness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence.

~2.~ Error, mistake, blunder, oversight, inaccuracy.

~Inadvertency~, _n._ ~1.~ Inattention, inconsiderateness, carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence.

~2.~ Error, mistake, blunder, oversight, inaccuracy.

~Inadvertent~, _a._ Inattentive, thoughtless, careless, heedless, inconsiderate, unobservant, negligent.

~Inadvertently~, _ad._ Thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly, heedlessly, negligently, in an unguarded moment.

~Inalienable~, _a._ Not to be alienated, not transferable.

~Inane~, _a._ ~1.~ Empty, void.

~2.~ Vain, frivolous, trifling, puerile.

~Inane~, _n._ [_Rare._] Void, vacuity, vacuum, empty space.

~Inanimate~, _a._ Lifeless, dead, inert, soulless, spiritless.

~Inanition~, _n._ Emptiness, vacuity, inanity.

~Inanity~, _n._ ~1.~ Emptiness, vacuity, inanition.

~2.~ Vanity, frivolousness, puerility.

~In an under tone~, Softly, with bated breath, in a low voice, in a low tone, _sotto voce_.

~In a nut shell~, In a small compass, IN NUCE.

~Inapplicability~, _n._ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inaptness, inaptitude.

~Inapplicable~, _a._ Unfit, unsuitable, irrelevant, inapt, INAPPOSITE.

~Inapposite~, _a._ Unfit, unsuitable, irrelevant, inapplicable, inapt, impertinent, not pertinent, out of place, not in keeping, not to the purpose.

~Inappreciable~, _a._ Not appreciable, not to be appreciated.

~Inappropriate~, _a._ Unfit, unsuited, unsuitable, unadapted, unbecoming, out of character, out of keeping, out of place, in bad taste.

~Inapt~, _a._ Unfit, unsuitable, INAPPOSITE.

~Inaptitude~, _n._ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inappropriateness, inapplicability.

~Inaptness~, _n._ Unfitness, unsuitableness, inappropriateness, inapplicability.

~Inarticulate~, _a._ ~1.~ Indistinct.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Inarticulated, not jointed.

~Inarticulated~, _a._ (_Zoöl._) INARTICULATE.

~Inartificial~, _a._ ~1.~ Natural, not made by art.

~2.~ Artless, ingenuous, NAÏVE, guileless, sincere, simple-minded, single-minded.

~Inasmuch as~, Since, seeing that, considering that.

~Inattention~, _n._ Inadvertence, heedlessness, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, carelessness, neglect, absence of mind.

~Inattentive~, _a._ Unobservant, unobserving, unmindful, inadvertent, heedless, thoughtless, regardless, careless, negligent, remiss, unwatchful, inconsiderate, absent, absent-minded, caught napping.

~Inaudible~, _a._ ~1.~ Not audible, not to be heard.

~2.~ Still, silent, mute, noiseless.

~Inaugurate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Install, invest with an office, introduce into an office, induct into office.

~2.~ Celebrate the institution of, introduce with fitting ceremonies.

~3.~ Commence, begin.

~Inauguration~, _n._ ~1.~ Investiture, installation, ceremony of induction or of consecration.

~2.~ Ceremony of institution, ceremony of initiation.

~3.~ Commencement, beginning, inauguration.

~Inauspicious~, _a._ Unpropitious, unfavorable, unlucky, unfortunate, untoward, unpromising, ill-omened.

~In bad odor~, In disgrace, out of favor, in disrepute.

~In black and white~, In writing (or in print), set down distinctly.

~Inborn~, _a._ Innate, inherent, inbred, natural, instinctive, congenital, ingrained, in the grain, bred in the bone.

~In brief~, Concisely, briefly, in short, in a few words.

~In bulk~, ~1.~ In a mass, in an entire state.

~2.~ Loose in the hold, not in packages.

~Incage~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put into a cage.

~2.~ Confine, impound, imprison, shut up, coop up.

~Incalculable~, _a._ Not to be calculated, not to be reckoned, beyond calculation.

~Incalescence~, _n._ Calefaction, warmth, incipient heat.

~Incalescency~, _n._ Calefaction, warmth, incipient heat.

~Incandescence~, _n._ White heat.

~Incandescent~, _a._ White-hot.

~Incantation~, _n._ Conjuration, sorcery, charm, spell, enchantment, magic, necromancy, witchery, witchcraft.

~Incapability~, _n._ Incapacity, inability, disability, incompetence.

~Incapable of~, ~1.~ Without capacity for, unable to, incompetent for, not capable of.

~2.~ Not susceptible of, not admitting of.

~Incapacious~, _a._ Narrow, scant, of small capacity, not ample, not capacious.

~Incapacitate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Disable, make incapable.

~2.~ Disqualify, unfit, make unfit.

~Incapacity~, _n._ ~1.~ Inability, incapability, disability, incompetency.

~2.~ Disqualification, unfitness.

~Incarcerate~, _v. a._ IMPRISON, commit, put in prison.

~Incarceration~, _n._ IMPRISONMENT, confinement, commitment.

~Incarnate~, _v. a._ Clothe with flesh, embody in flesh.

~Incarnation~, _n._ ~1.~ Incarnating.

~2.~ Hypostatic union.

~3.~ Impersonation, personification, exemplification, bodily manifestation.

~Incautious~, _a._ Unwary, heedless, careless, reckless, headlong, neglectful, negligent, uncircumspect, imprudent, inconsiderate.

~Incendiary~, _a._ Inflammatory, seditious, factious.

~Incendiary~, _n._ ~1.~ Burner of buildings.

~2.~ Firebrand, political agitator.

~Incense~, _v. a._ Enrage, exasperate, inflame, irritate, provoke, anger, chafe, make angry.

~Incense~, _n._ Perfume (_exhaled by a burning substance_).

~Incentive~, _n._ Incitement, inducement, stimulus, impulse, spur, provocative, goad, motive, cause, encouragement.

~Inception~, _n._ Beginning, commencement, inauguration.

~Inceptive~, _a._ Inchoative, that denotes a beginning.

~Incertitude~, _n._ Uncertainty, doubtfulness, ambiguity.

~Incessant~, _a._ Ceaseless, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting, continual, perpetual, constant.

~Inch~, _n._ Twelfth part of a foot.

~Inchoate~, _a._ Beginning, commencing, incipient.

~Inchoative~, _a._ Inceptive, that denotes a beginning.

~Incident~, _a._ ~1.~ Happening, liable to happen.

~2.~ Belonging, pertaining, appertaining, relating.

~3.~ (_Optics._) Falling, impinging.

~Incident~, _n._ Event, occurrence, circumstance.

~Incidental~, _a._ ~1.~ Accidental, casual, fortuitous, contingent.

~2.~ Occasional, adventitious, extraneous, non-essential.

~Incinerate~, _v. a._ Burn to ashes.

~Incipience~, _n._ Beginning, commencement.

~Incipiency~, _n._ Beginning, commencement.

~Incipient~, _a._ Beginning, commencing, inchoate.

~Incised~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cut.

~Incision~, _n._ Cut, gash.

~Incisive~, _a._ ~1.~ Cutting.

~2.~ Sharp, acute, sarcastic, satirical, severe, biting.

~Incisor~, _n._ Cutting tooth.

~Incite~, _v. a._ Rouse (_to action_), arouse, animate, provoke, stimulate, impel, prompt, urge, encourage, spur, goad, excite, set on, spur on, stir up, work up.

~Incitement~, _n._ Inducement, stimulus, impulse, spur, provocative, incentive, motive, encouragement, goad.

~Incivility~, _n._ Discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, uncourteousness, uncourtliness, inurbanity, unmannerliness, disrespect, ill-breeding.

~Inclemency~, _n._ Severity, rigor, harshness, boisterousness, storminess, tempestuousness, roughness.

~Inclement~, _a._ Severe, rigorous, harsh, boisterous, stormy, rough, not mild.

~Inclination~, _n._ ~1.~ Inclining, leaning, slope, slant, bend.

~2.~ Trending, verging, oblique direction.

~3.~ Disposition, predilection, predisposition, bent, bias, proneness, proclivity, tendency, leaning, aptitude, propensity, PENCHANT.

~4.~ Desire, wish, partiality, fondness, liking.

~Incline~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lean, slope, slant.

~2.~ Trend, verge, tend obliquely.

~3.~ Be disposed, have a disposition, have a desire, feel a propensity.

~Incline~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Give a direction towards.

~2.~ Dispose, predispose, turn, bias.

~3.~ Bend, bow.

~Inclose~, _v. a._ [Written also _Enclose_.] ~1.~ Encircle, surround, encompass, imbosom, circumscribe, shut in, fence in.

~2.~ Cover, envelop, wrap.

~Include~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hold, contain.

~2.~ Comprise, comprehend, contain, embrace, embody, take in.

~Inclusive~, _a._ ~1.~ Inclosing, encircling.

~2.~ Including both, both being included.

~Incog~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] INCOGNITO.

~Incognito~, _a._ [L.] Unknown (_in one's true character_), disguised, in disguise, in an assumed character.

~Incoherence~, _n._ ~1.~ Looseness (_of parts_), want of cohesion.

~Incoherency~, _n._ ~1.~ Looseness (_of parts_), want of cohesion.

~2.~ Incongruity, inconsistency, inconsequence, want of connection, want of agreement.

~Incoherent~, _a._ ~1.~ Loose, detached, non-adhesive.

~2.~ Incongruous, inconsistent, inconsequential, without connection.

~Incombustible~, _a._ Not to be burned, that will not burn.

~Income~, _n._ Revenue, profits, gains.

~Incommensurable~, _a._ Without a common measure.

~Incommensurate~, _a._ ~1.~ Disproportionate.

~2.~ Inadequate, insufficient, unequal.

~Incommode~, _v. a._ Disturb, annoy, molest, trouble, disquiet, plague, worry, vex, tease, harry, fret, gall, chafe, bore, discommode, inconvenience, put to inconvenience.