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Antonyms for dwell
dwɛldwell
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dwell
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Antonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunSynonyms:
abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
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Princeton's WordNet
brood, dwellverb
think moodily or anxiously about something
Synonyms:
harp, live, stew, populate, pout, brood, bulk large, hatch, sulk, hover, lie, lie in, loom, cover, consist, grizzle, incubate, inhabitdwell, consist, lie, lie inverb
originate (in)
"The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
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lie in, comprise, populate, harp, lie down, brood, live, lie, consist, rest, inhabitpopulate, dwell, live, inhabitverb
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
"People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
Synonyms:
go, exist, harp, live, hold out, populate, lie in, brood, be, experience, hold up, subsist, live on, lie, consist, endure, inhabit, survive, know, lastdwell, inhabitverb
exist or be situated within
"Strange notions inhabited her mind"
Synonyms:
lie in, populate, harp, brood, live, lie, consist, inhabitharp, dwellverb
come back to
"Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
Synonyms:
lie in, populate, harp, brood, live, lie, consist, inhabit
How to use dwell in a sentence?
God is great because no one else could create the planet we live in. All living beings dwell in the same Earth which God created. Whether they believe in Him or not.
Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.
We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them.
I'd like to say don't go. We know it's just not smart, especially if you [ are older ] and have any of these health risks. I don't care about your political affiliation -- it's just that if you've got those risks, you should be doing things that help protect your health, if you're going to go, your job is to minimize interactions ; the more handshakes that you have, the more groups that you mix with, each one of those interactions increases your chance of actually being exposed to the virus. I wouldn't dwell in spaces for longer than I need to. Masks would be great. They will protect the others around you and provide some protection for you if you're wearing a good quality one.
I would rather have accuracy and clarity than dwell in self-delusion.
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