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My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts) Thu May 5, 2016, 06:07 AM May 2016

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Can you think of any others?

A contranym is a word with two contrary meanings, like cleave, or sanction.

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Can you think of any others? (Original Post) My Good Babushka May 2016 OP

oxymoron rug May 2016 #1

temper My Good Babushka May 2016 #2

Sanction? It can mean both a punishment and an approval Glorfindel May 2016 #3

Sick? intrepidity May 2016 #4

Buckle, bolt, finished n/t ailsagirl May 2016 #5

rug

(82,333 posts)

1. oxymoron

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 07:11 AM

May 2016

sharp, dull

My Good Babushka

(2,710 posts)

2. temper

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 07:26 AM

May 2016

to temper one's words is to soften them, but to temper steel is to harden it.

and

ravel- can mean entangled together, or also frayed apart.

Glorfindel

(9,725 posts)

3. Sanction? It can mean both a punishment and an approval

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 07:51 AM

May 2016

n/t

intrepidity

(7,288 posts)

4. Sick?

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 04:21 PM

May 2016

That's sick! The way kids say it today.

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)

5. Buckle, bolt, finished n/t

Reply to My Good Babushka (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2016, 05:18 PM

May 2016

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