Today’s “Word of the Day” is “damp squib” and it is a noun meaning “something that doesn’t work properly, or fails to be as good as wanted or expected; fiasco, failure/blunder, catastrophe/disaster (‘damp squib’ literally means ‘wet firework’)“. […….]
Today’s “Word of the Day” is “paper tiger” and it is a noun meaning “something that appears strong and dangerous externally, but is weak and harmless internally“. […….]
Today’s “Word of the Day” is “schadenfreude” and it is a noun meaning “delight, pleasure, happiness, joy, gladness, elation (in someone else’s misfortune/pain) (This German word is derived from Schaden ‘harm/damage’ and Freude ‘joy’)“. […….]
Today’s “Word of the Day” is “give in” and it is a phrasal verb meaning “surrender, yield, submit, give up, give way, succumb, cave in, capitulate, knuckle under, back down, comply”. […….]
Today’s “Word of the Day” is “cantankerous” and it is an adjective meaning “angry and always complaining; bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured, irritable, prickly, short-tempered, cranky, bilious, argumentative, quarrelsome, uncooperative, impatient”. […….]
Today’s “Word of the Day” is “emphatic” and it is an adjective meaning “certain, clear, decided, firm, determined, assertive, insistent, outright, one hundred per cent, categorical, unequivocal, unambiguous”. […….]
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