RIDGES Antonyms

• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

• a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

• a sunken or depressed geological formation

• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• pushing down

• a depression in an otherwise level surface

• (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon

• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places

• tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped

• a brief immersion

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow

• a brief swim in water

• a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• dip into a liquid while eating

• go down momentarily

• stain an object by immersing it in a liquid

• take a small amount from

• switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

• lower briefly

• appear to move downward

• slope downwards

• dip into a liquid

• place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax

• immerse in a disinfectant solution

• plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container

• scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface

• A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.

• A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.

• A place where competitive matches are carried out.

• Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.

• An urban region with many flats or apartments to rent.

• A terrain that varies little in elevation.

• A lamentation.

• An expanse of land with relatively low relief, usually exclusive of forests, deserts, and wastelands.

• A level or flat surface.

• A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).

• A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane)

• A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.

• (Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

• An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.

• A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

• An airplane; an aeroplane.

• Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called aeroplanes.

• The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.

• A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.

• (Northern UK) A sycamore.

• a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it)

• a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

• not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

• a cavity or space in something

• a small valley between mountains

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

• as if echoing in a hollow space

• devoid of significance or force

• lacking in substance or character

• remove the inner part or the core of

• remove the interior of

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• any long ditch cut in the ground

• impinge or infringe upon

• fortify by surrounding with trenches

• cut or carve deeply into

• set, plant, or bury in a trench

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• dig a trench or trenches

• a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed