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Dec 2021 02 18:05

Do you know any more Contranyms?

I'm trying to explain to my mother what Contranyms are. I found a few examples on the internet. I wondered if you know any more I can add to the list. Just for a bit of fun!

A Contranyms is a word (the same word) that has 2 meanings, one completely the opposite to the other.
E.g. sanction (which can mean both ‘a penalty for disobeying a law’ and ‘official permission or approval for an action’)


To dust

a) To dust: To sprinkle with
Eg, I watched him dust my Birthday cake with Icing sugar.

b) To dust: To remove particles
Eg, She used a cloth to dust the table.

Transparent

a) Transparent: Obvious
Eg, His lies were so transparent.

b) Transparent: Invisible
Eg, She brought a transparent water bottle to school every day.

Put out

a) Put out: Extinguish
Eg, The tutorial taught 5 new ways to put out fire.

b) Put out: Generate
Eg, Arthur Miller put out many books.

Left

a) Left: Departed
Eg, He left her sobbing at the airport.

b) Left: What remains
Eg, There is still a lot of food left in the kitchen.

To buckle

a) To buckle: To bend
Eg, The grandmother felt her knee buckle while climbing the stairs.

b) To buckle: To secure with a buckle
Eg, The air hostess requested the passengers to buckle their seat belts.

To screen

a) To screen: To hide
Eg, The nurse put a screen around my bed.

b) To screen: To show
Eg, The director was about to screen his first film.

To execute

a) To execute: To start or begin
Eg, The need of the hour is to execute the plan.

b) To execute: To bring to an end
Eg, The juvenile is expected to be executed, next month.

To clip

a) To clip: To fasten
Eg, Akshay Kumar clipped on to the rope to perform a stunt.

b) To clip: To detach
Eg, The hair dresser used scissors to clip her hair.

Out

a) Out: Visible
Eg, The moon was hidden behind the clouds, it took a long time to come out.

b) Out: Invisible
Eg, In order to create complete darkness, he decided to put out the candles too



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Re: Do you know any more Contranyms?

Rock - can mean something is being shaken or unsteady or can be something that is immovable, e.g. solid as a rock.
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Cleave - To stick together or split apart
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To Wind Up - To START something mechanical, or END a meeting or telephone call…
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The backside of a person.
(American Language) A homeless tramp.

P.S. help me out for this one TC please.
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END- stop something, end of a road
Orange- colour and fruit
Tight- good with money, difficult to undo
Tan- colour and work on leather
Apple- a fruit and a phone
Bob- a name and what a floating object does
Hit- a good record, punch someone
Electric- a car, and a feeling
Bogey- picked one and scored one in golf
Stop- end something, put something in a hole
Star- a terrestrial body, a famous person
Ball- round item, a party/dance
Mess- a place to eat, untidy

Don't know if any of those above count?
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I hate the use of the word "sick" by the younger generation to describe something that is amazing when I still think of it in the frail or ailing sense.
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same spelling opposite meaning.

fast

weather
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Dexter wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 7:49am I hate the use of the word "sick" by the younger generation to describe something that is amazing when I still think of it in the frail or ailing sense.
yeah makes me recall being on my knees in a bus station after a night out.
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twiglets wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 7:34am END- stop something, end of a road
Orange- colour and fruit
Tight- good with money, difficult to undo
Tan- colour and work on leather
Apple- a fruit and a phone
Bob- a name and what a floating object does
Hit- a good record, punch someone
Electric- a car, and a feeling
Bogey- picked one and scored one in golf
Stop- end something, put something in a hole
Star- a terrestrial body, a famous person
Ball- round item, a party/dance
Mess- a place to eat, untidy

Don't know if any of those above count?
A good try m8, but it has to be the same word with the opposite meanings. As in...

Fast
Something can be stuck fast with superglue (meaning it is immovable)
or
A train can travel extremely fast (meaning it moves - movable).

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