TARTIEST Antonyms

• lacking in liveliness or animation

• emitting or reflecting very little light

• not keenly felt

• not having a sharp edge or point

• being or made softer or less loud or clear

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• (of business) not active or brisk

• blunted in responsiveness or sensibility

• not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft

• darkened with overcast

• make dull in appearance

• become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• make numb or insensitive

• make dull or blunt

• become less interesting or attractive

• make less lively or vigorous

• Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.

• Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.

• Docile and easily managed.

• Gradual rather than steep or sudden.

• Polite and respectful rather than rude.

• Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• very docile

• evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant

• moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• mild and pleasant

• 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

• having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

• (used of wines) having a high residual sugar content

• not containing or composed of salt water

• a dish served as the last course of a meal

• English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

• a food rich in sugar

• the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

• the property of tasting as if it contains sugar

• in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly')

• having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub

• pleasing to the ear

• pleasing to the senses

• pleasing to the mind or feeling

• having a natural fragrance

• not soured or preserved

• with sweetening added