Contronym
4A word with contradictory meanings. (AKA Antagonym)
For example,
Clip - To fasten together, to cut apart.
Reservation – Uncertainty, confirmation.
Add your own, if you’re inclined. You can find them online of course, but it’s more fun to think of them yourself.
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Cleave
This involves thinking…
@Barney -
@KDemo Haha.
I’m ready.
@Barney - Beware of a false sense of security . . .
@KDemo
The outtakes are clearly the best.
@KDemo
I may post this all night.
I’m a liking this gif.
@Barney - Sometimes even thinking is not enough.
Dust.
Oversight
Bolt.
Bound
@conandlibrarian
Wicked ( only as said by someone from Massachusetts)
@CaptAmehrican
(Late 90s and early 2000s lower NY region would agree with that.)
Peer
Off
To set something off, or turn something off
Strike.
Overlook.
Bad.
/image Michael Jackson Bad
@UncleVinny - Back when he was bad.
Moot!
It can mean “to be discussed” or “already discussed”. (I had to check cuz I wasn’t sure, but the internet agrees with me that it’s a contronym.)
@UncleVinny - I only knew of the "already settled or decided’ meaning. I learned something, thanks!
I feel like “realize” is almost a contronym. You can realize your potential without actually realizing it, for example. Maybe this is a gray area…
Trying.
I’m still thinking.
@Barney
@KDemo Okay, okay, I get it. I think.
@Barney - You do deserve credit for not resorting to Google.
@KDemo Yay me!