#antonyms. :(

[chimerical-daydreams]

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

(Antonym from the King Loop au by @deadlyeyez <3)

[aleksikesa]

Wake up babe, Remedy Entertainment has an evil doppelgänger now

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Writing Basics: Antonyms

Antonym - a word that has an opposite meaning to another word.

Also known as a counterterm, the word “antonym” comes from a combination of two Greek terms: “anti,” which means “opposite,” and “-onym,” which comes from “onoma,” meaning “name.”

The word “antonym” is, in and of itself, an antonym: it is the opposite of a synonym, which is a word that has the same meaning as another word.

Antonyms are frequently adjectives like “hot” and “cold,” but they can also be nouns, adverbs, and prepositions. You can use a thesaurus or American English dictionary to find the counterterms for certain words.

Types of Antonyms

The main types of antonyms in the English language are:

Auto-antonym: An auto-antonym is a word that has two meanings, including one with an opposite meaning. It has several different names, including “contronym” and “Janus word.” Examples of auto-antonyms include “bound,” “dust,” “consult,” and “fast.”

Complementary antonyms: Also known as direct antonyms or contradictory antonyms, complementary antonyms are related words that are absolute opposites. They exist independently from one another and do not need the other term to exist. Examples of complementary antonyms include “night and day” and “inhale and exhale.”

Converse antonyms: Converse antonyms, or relational antonyms, are closely related words that can’t exist without each other. For example, “near” and “far” are converse antonyms because an object can’t be near without measuring it with something far away.

Graded: Graded antonyms show variations or grades between words with similar meanings. While “pleased,” “gratified,” “overjoyed,” and “content” all have a relational connection to “happy,” each has a different definition.

Antonym Examples

There are countless examples of the different types of antonyms.

Auto-antonym: “Dust,” when used as a verb, is an example of an auto-antonym. One definition means “to lightly cover with fine particles,” while the other means “to clean away light debris.” Here are two sentences that illustrate this difference: “He dusted the cookie with a fine layer of powdered sugar,” and “She dusted the fireplace mantle.”

Complementary antonyms: “The boy crossed the street” and “The girl walked to the curb” are examples of sentences with complementary antonyms. The subjects of both sentences are independent: The boy doesn’t exist as a condition of the girl.

Converse antonyms: “The pan was warm” and “The pan was cool to the touch” show how converse antonyms are relational opposites. The pan can’t be cool unless it’s first hot and then warm.

Graded antonyms: Graded antonyms are variations of a word with different meanings. An example is, “The results varied from pleasant and upbeat to joyous and remarkable.” These terms mean “good” but differ in scale: “pleasant” is not the same as “remarkable,” though both are positive words.

Using Prefixes to Create Antonyms

Adding certain prefixes can also reveal antonymous relationships between words:

Dis-: Examples of antonyms that use the prefix “dis-” include “dislike (like),” “disappear (appear),” “disobedient (obedient),” and “discomfort (comfort).”

Im- and In-: Adding the prefixes “im-” or “in-” will create new words that are antonyms. Examples include “injustice (justice),” “intolerance (tolerance),” “impossible (possible),” and “impatient (patient).”

Mis-: By adding the prefix “mis-,” you can create such antonyms as “misinformation (information),” “misconduct (conduct),” “mislead (lead),” and “misunderstand (understand).”

Non- and un-: The prefixes “non-” and “un-” will create antonymy with certain words. Examples include “uncertain (certain),” “non-compliant (compliant),” “unease (ease),” and “nonverbal (verbal).”

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[lugosis]

lechery (noun): excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness

[captain-h0pe]

Made some traditional ink art of antonym (from loop king au by @deadlyeyez) and odile as practice

As well as digital anyway feast

[perseruna]

“She didn’t have a sword any more; Yennefer had taken it from her, giving it to Dandelion for safekeeping.”

[king-crawler]

Ralph's incompetence when he pretends to be someone he's not, and has a self-centered purpose.

VS Ralph's prowess once he accepts himself, embraces his strengths, and fights for the people he cares about.

I LOVE ON-SCREEN CHARACTER GROWTH!!!! GRAAAGHHHHHHHHH

[lily-valley-hyperfixates]

In light of recent events (crowdstrike), I will be printing out literally every download on my computer, burning all my favorite songs to cds, and getting hard copies of all my photos. Good god.

[thesmollestsnek]

Today in the snek rambles about random fandom things, we have: Danny’s age! Specifically, how he ages long-term, seeing as he half-died at fourteen.

Now, a lot of the fics I see that age Danny up in some way have his human body aging, either normally or occasionally at a slower rate, and his ghost form naturally changing to mimic that. Almost as common are the fics where Danny’s human form ages while his ghost form stays at the age he died. And don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of fun to be had with both those options. I’ve seen some great fics playing with both those concepts.

…But yknow what I haven’t seen?

A fic where Danny’s ghost form is the one that ages, while his human form stays the same. Think about it, a ghost’s form is malleable, and doesn’t necessarily reflect what a person originally looked like so much as what they think they should be. This is almost alway the explanation given for Danny’s ghost form aging with him, when a fic writer decides to go that route. Ghost forms are malleable, it makes perfect sense for Danny’s Phantom form to be capable of aging, so long as Danny believes that it should be.

…but you wanna know what isn’t so malleable? A human body. And for all that Danny’s still alive, he’s also dead, and while the show seems to portray Danny and Phantom as two separate halves with little to no bleedover, fanon seems to prefer having the boundaries between death and life in one Danny Phantom be much blurrier. As do I. Danny is a human who is dead, just as Phantom is a ghost who is alive. Both and neither at the same time. And while living humans age, dead ones don’t.

So. When Danny walked into the portal, he died. And regardless of how you want to argue semantics of resurrection and was there a brief period of time when he was only dead and he was also alive when he left the portal, he did die and a part of him stayed dead. Meaning that, by some definitions, his human body can be considered a corpse. And corpses don’t age.

Just, imagine the potential angst there, of Danny realizing, a year or two or three after the accident that no, he’s not just a late bloomer. He’s just. Not. Aging. And never will again, at least as a human. How long did it take him to recognize that fact? …how long did it take for him to realize that he can never seamlessly blend into human society again? His Phantom form is obviously not human, and his human one will never make it past fourteen.

…But then, his ghost form is still aging, it never stopped even after he noticed that the two forms no longer look the same. Even after he accepts that Danny Fenton will never make it past fourteen. There’s a part of him that recognizes that he’s still alive and that he should be aging, so Phantom grows up even though Fenton never will.

Which, if you’re inclined to keep piling on the angst, can also serve to isolate him from ghost society. A being of change trying to fit into a community of people who will forever stay the same. Preserved exactly as they were at their time of death. Except for Danny. Who’s still the odd one out, even in death. A ghost who’s growing up and a human who’ll forever remain a child.

…

Orrrr if you’re not in the mood for soul-crushing angst, you can also use this concept for fun and hijinks. Age Danny up a couple decades, plop him into any world with other superheroes, and watch the identity shenanigans take over. I’m especially fond of this being done with the Justice League, because he’s basically a reverse Captain Marvel. Imagine, the League finds out that their adult coworker is actually a small child masquerading as a grownass man through the power of a magically aged-up superhero form and a lot of bullshit. They see that when Billy Batson is in his civilian/human form he returns to his actual age. And then they see phantom, another coworker who, when not in the form they use for heroics, physically turns into a child. And so they go “we got this, no further clarification needed.” (Spoiler alert: they do not, in fact, got this).

[catilinas]

you know. i don't think i will

[kanguin]

Mario when Wario shows up:

"Ah yes, this'a confirms'a my perception of'a myself as a hero."

Mario when Yorio shows up:

"a'Wait, what'a does this'a say about'a me?"

[sad0nion]

So the rat grinders for sure beat up snitches and loophole finders and double crossers and stuff right? They are the cogs that grind up the “rats” of society and the school right??? And they’re for sure working for and/or have hacked the warforged emergency backup principal grix, RIGHT??????

[itsawritblr]

When an author has obviously never used a thesaurus in her life.

[shieldfoss]

Kind of annoyed that there is no good antonym for cynical

[warframestuff]

wanted to do some angel aesthetic fashionframe ever since jade was revealed

arsenal shots under read more