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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | High Words Angry words. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Controversy, polemics; debate; (discussion); war of words, logomachy, litigation; paper war; high words; (quarrel); sparring; Verb: |
Discord | Quarrel, dispute, tiff, tracasserie, squabble, altercation, barney, demel_, snarl, spat, towrow, words, high words; wrangling; Verb: jangle, brabble, cross questions and crooked answers, snip-snap; family jars. |
At odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words; up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water, embroiled. | |
Resentment | Burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
first frequency grade high words | 3 |
100 frequency high words | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HIGH WORDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сърдити думи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vysoký příliv (high water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | haragos beszéd (hard words), indulatos szavak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ighhay ordsway mânioase, cuvinte violente. (various references) перебранка (altercation, dustup, dust-up, hassle, slanging match, squabble). (various references) uzvišene reči. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 16, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hkousamen thn ubrin mwab ubristhV sfodra thn uperhfanian exhraV ouc outwV h manteia sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Audivimus superbiam Moab superbus est valde superbia eius et arrogantia eius et indignatio eius plus quam fortitudo eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Wee han herd the pride of Moab, proud he is gretli; his pride, and the proude enhauncing of hym, and also his indignacioun more than his strengthe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 16, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kami nakabati sa pagpagarbo sa Moab, nga siya palabilabihon gayud; bisan pa sa iyang pagkamapahitas-on, ug sa iyang pagpagarbo ug sa iyang kaligutgut; ang iyang mga pagpangandak makawang lamang. |
| Croatian | Èuli smo za nadutost Moaba, nadutost preveliku, za ponos, oholost i uznositost; isprazno je njegovo hvastanje. |
| Danish | "Vi har hørt om Moabs Hovmod, det såre store, dets Overmod, Hovmod og Frækhed, dets tomme Snak." |
| Dutch | Wij hebben gehoord de hovaardij van Moab, hij is zeer hovaardig; zijn hoogmoed, en zijn hovaardij, en zijn verbolgenheid, zijn alzo zijn grendelen niet. |
| Finnish | "Me olemme kuulleet Mooabin ylpeilyn, tuon ylen korskean, hänen kopeilunsa, ylpeilynsä ja vihansa, hänen väärät puheensa." |
| French | Nous entendons l`orgueil du superbe Moab, Sa fierté et sa hauteur, son arrogance et ses vains discours. |
| German | Wir hören aber von dem Hochmut Moabs, daß er gar groß ist, daß auch ihr Hochmut, Stolz und Zorn größer ist denn ihre Macht. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Bangsa Yehuda berkata, "Kami sudah mendengar tentang kesombongan bangsa Moab. Kami tahu bahwa mereka angkuh dan congkak. Omongan mereka hanya bualan yang tidak berisi." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kami ketahui akan jemawa orang Moab, amat sombong ia, dan akan congkaknya dan kebesaran hatinya dan geramnya dan culas hati segala nabi dustanya. |
| Italian | Abbiamo udito l'orgoglio di Moab, l'orgogliosissimo, la sua alterigia, la sua superbia, la sua tracotanza, la vanit delle sue chiacchiere. |
| Maori | ¶ Kua rongo tatou ki te whakakake o Moapa; nui atu tona whakakake; ki tona whakapehapeha, ki tona whakakake, ki tona pukuriri; kahore he tikanga o ana whakamanamana. |
| Norwegian | Vi har hørt om Moabs veldige overmot, om dets stolthet, dets overmot og dets storaktighet, dets tomme skryt. |
| Portuguese | Ouvimos da soberba de Moabe, a soberbíssima; da sua arrogância, da sua soberba, e da sua insolência; de nada valem as suas jactâncias. |
| Rumanian | ,Auzim kngkmfarea mkndrului Moab, fudulia wi fala lui, trufia wi lqudqrowia lui.`` |
| Russian | `уМЩИБМЙ НЩ П ЗПТ"ПУФЙ нПБЧБ, ЗПТ"ПУФЙ ЮТЕЪНЕТОПК, П ОБ"НЕООПУФЙ ЕЗП Й ЧЩУПЛПНЕТЙЙ Й ОЕЙУФПЧУФЧЕ ЕЗП: ОЕЙУЛТЕООБ ТЕЮШ ЕЗП`. |
| Spanish | Hemos oído de la soberbia de Moab, que es muy soberbio; de su arrogancia, de su soberbia y de su insolencia. Pero vano es aquello de que se jacta. |
| Swedish | Vi hava hört om Moabs högmod, det övermåttan höga, om hans högfärd, högmod och övermod och opålitligheten i hans lösa tal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-h-h-i-o-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: whorish. | |
-3 letters: ogrish. | |
-4 letters: dhows, girds, giros, girsh, gowds, grids, grows, highs, sword, whids, whigs, whirs, whish, words. | |
-5 letters: dhow, digs, dish, dogs, dors, dows, ghis, gids, gird, giro, gods, gosh, gowd, grid, grow, high, hods, hogs, hows, rhos, rids, rigs, rods, rows, shod, shog, show, shri, sigh, sord, sori, swig, whid, whig, whir. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-h-h-i-o-r-s-w" | |
+5 letters: shadowgraphies. | |
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