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Synonyreeable, grateful, pleasing, satisfying, congenial, gratifying, pleasurable, welcoree of pleasure; as, an _agreeable_ perfu to be worthy of acceptance; as, an _acceptable_ offering _Grateful_ is stronger than _agreeable_ or _gratifying_, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude A _pleasant_ face and _pleasing_ manners arouse _pleasurable_ sensations, and reeable_ cooodness, such a person's society will be _delightful_ Crienial_, but scarcely _delightful_ _Satisfying_ denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth That is _welcome_ which is received with joyful heartiness; as, _welcos Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS

Antony, hateful, , horrible, , melancholy,

DELUSION

Synonyms:

error, fallacy, hallucination, illusion, phantasm

A _delusion_ is a mistaken conviction, an _illusion_ a mistaken perception or inference An _illusion_ may be wholly of the senses; a _delusion_ always involves some mental error In an optical _illusion_ the observer sees either what does not exist, or what exists otherwise than as he sees it, as when in a s and trees appear close at hand We speak of the _illusions_ of fancy or of hope, but of the _delusions_ of the insane A _hallucination_ is a false i, outside of the disordered est it; as, the _hallucinations_ of delirium tremens Compare DECEPTION; INSANITY

Antonyms:

actuality, certainty, fact, reality, truth, verity

DEMOLISH

Synonyms:

destroy, overthrow, overturn, raze, ruin

A building, monument, or other structure is _demolished_ when reduced to a shapeless round; it is _destroyed_ when its structural unity is gone, whether or not its component parts remain An edifice is _destroyed_ by fire or earthquake; it is _demolished_ by bolect, it has become unfit for human habitation Compare ABOLISH; BREAK

Antonyms:

build, construct, create, make, repair, restore

DEMONSTRATION

Synonyms:

certainty, consequence, evidence, inference, conclusion, deduction, induction, proof