thing | a separate and selfontained entity |
living thing animate thing | a living (or once living) entity |
thing | an action, how could you do such a thing? |
near thing | something that barely avoids failure or disaster |
thing | an artifact, how does this thing work? |
thing | an entity that is not named specifically, I couldn't tell what the thing was |
thing | any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence, the thing I like about her is ... |
certainty sure thing foregone conclusion | something that is certain, his victory is a certainty |
real McCoy real thing real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
matter affair thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
noumenon thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception |
thing | a special abstraction, a thing of the spirit, things of the heart |
thing | a special objective, the thing is to stay in bounds |
thing | a statement regarded as an object, to say the same thing in other terms, how can you say such a thing? |
thing | an event, a funny thing happened on the way to the... |
thing | a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion, he has a thing about seafood, she has a thing about him |
thing | a special situation, this thing has got to end, it is a remarkable thing |
d annoying bothersome galling irritating nettlesome pesky pestering pestiferous plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing | causing irritation or annoyance, tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork, aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport, found it galling to have to ask permission, an irritating delay, nettlesome paperwork, a pesky mosquito, swarms of pestering gnats, a plaguey newfangled safety catch, a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him, a vexatious child, it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong |
irritating painful | causing physical discomfort, bites of black flies are more than irritating, they can be very painful |
irritating irritative | (used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite, an irritative agent |