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plain::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off |
| Has types | murmur, mutter, nag, peck, protest, rail, repine, report, scold, yawp, holler, lament, grouch, grouse, grumble, hen-peck, inveigh, yammer, whine, squawk, backbite, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, bleat, crab, croak, deplore, gnarl, gripe, grizzle |
My mother complains all day.
plain::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unvarnished |
the plain and unvarnished truth.
plain::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented |
| Derivation | plainness |
a plain hair style.
plain::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly |
You are plainly wrong.
he is plain stubborn.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | champaign, field |
| Type of | ground, land, dry land, terra firma, earth, solid ground |
| Has types | tundra, flat, flood plain, floodplain, llano, moor, moorland, peneplain, peneplane, snowfield, steppe |
they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain.
plain::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unpatterned |
plain::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | homely |
| Derivation | plainness |
a plain girl with a freckled face.
plain::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | knit, knit stitch, plain stitch |
| Type of | knitting stitch |
plain::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|
plain food.
stuck to the plain facts.
a plain blue suit.
a plain rectangular brick building.
Examples of plain
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Lawmakers have made plain they don't intend to give up their rate-setting power.
From the newsday.com
The bill would designate the refuge's oil-rich coastal plain as wilderness area.
From the thenewstribune.com
However, vouching for this dimwit by expressing confidence is just plain unwise.
From the orlandosentinel.com
People you reap what you sow, in plain English you get exactly what you deserve.
From the washingtontimes.com
Build it in a flood plain and you've got a good chance of having a wet basement.
From the dispatch.com
Eat it plain or replace sausage and pepperoni with vegetables or Canadian bacon.
From the stltoday.com
They can update an old dress or turn something plain into something spectacular.
From the freep.com
That new reality was as plain as the nose on his face, which became more narrow.
From the newsweek.com
Beyond the numbers, Kollack's stuff can be just plain nasty for hitters to face.
From the stltoday.com
- Obviously: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some ...
- Apparent: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
- Complain: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
- Extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
- Knit: a basic knitting stitch
- Not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
- In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or ...
- The Plain (La Plaine) was the name given to the Girondists or Moderate party in the French National Convention, in contrast with The Mountain or Jacobin party.
- The Plain were a rock band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
