Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases | Page 7

cardinal merit
careless parrying
caressing grasp
carping critic
castellated towers [castellated = with turrets and battlements like a castle]
casual violation
cataclysmic elements
causelessly frightened
caustic remark
cautious skepticism
cavernous gloom
ceaseless vigilance
celebrated instance
celestial joy

censorious critic
centralized wealth
ceremonious courtesy
cerulean blue [cerulean = azure; sky-blue]
challenge admiration
chance reflections
changing exigencies [exigencies = pressing or urgent situation]
chaotic plans
characteristic audacity
charitable allowance
charming radiance
chary instincts [chary = cautious; wary]
chastened hope
chatty familiarity
cheap resentment
cheery response
chequered career
cherished objects
childlike ingenuousness [ingenuous = frank; candid.]
chilled cynicism
chirpy familiarities
chivalrous spirit
choicest refinements
choleric temperament [choleric = easily angered; bad-tempered]
choral chant

chronic frailties
churlish temper [churlish = boorish; vulgar; rude]
circling eddyings
circuitous information
circumscribed purpose
civic consciousness
civilizing influence
clammy death
clamorous vibration
clangorous industry
clarion tone
class demarcations
classical objurgation [objurgation = harsh rebuke]
clattering accents
clear insight
climactic revelation
clinching proof
cloaked nature
cloistered virtue
close condensation
cloudy magnificence
clownishly insensible
cloying sweetness [cloying = too filling, rich, or sweet]
clumsy talk
clustering trees

coarse necessity
coaxing eloquence
coercive enactment
cogent statement
coherent thinking
coined metaphor
cold formalities
collateral duties
collective wisdom
colloquial display
colonial character
colossal failure
comatose state
combative tone
comforting reassurance
comic infelicity
commanding attitude
commendable purpose
commercial opulence
commingled emotion
commodiously arranged
common substratum
commonplace allusions
compact fitness
comparative scantiness

compassionate love
compelling force
compendious abstract
compensatory character
competent authority
competitive enterprise
complacent platitudes
complaining sea
complaisant observation
complete aloofness
complex notions
complicated maze
complimentary glance
component aspects
composed zeal
composite growth
compound idea
comprehensive design
compressed view
compromising rashness
compulsory repetition
compunctious visitings [compunctious = feeling guilt]
concatenated pedantries [pedantries = attention to detail or rules]
concealed advantage
conceivable comparison

concentrated vigor
concerted action
conciliating air
concomitant events
concrete realities
concurrent testimony
condemnable rashness
condescending badinage [badinage = frivolous banter]
conditional approval
confessed ardor
confidently anticipated
confirmed misanthrope [misanthrope = one who dislikes people in general]
conflicting influences
confused mingling
conjectural estimate
conjugal felicity
connected series
connotative damage
connubial love
conquering intelligence
conscientious objection
conscious repugnance
consecrated endeavor
consequent retribution
conservative distrust

considerate hint
consistent friendliness
consoling consciousness
conspicuous ascendency
constant reiteration
constitutional reserve
constrained politeness
constructive idealists
consuming zeal
consummate mastery
contagious wit
contaminating influence
contemplative nature
contemporary fame
contemptuous disrespect
contented indolence
contingent reasons
continuous endeavor
contorted expression
contracted view
contradictory theories
contrary tendencies
contrasted types
controversial disputant
contumelious epithet [contumelious = Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance]

convenient footing
conventional verbiage
conversational decorum
convincing forcefulness
convivial habits
convulsive agony
cool confidence
copious materials
coquettish advances
cordial approval
corporate selfishness
corporeal constituent
correct forecast
corresponding variation
corroborated truth
corrosive effect
corrupting tendency
cosmical changes
cosmopolitan position
costly advantages
counterbalancing power
countless barriers
courageous eagerness
courteous solicitude
courtly bearing

covert curiosity
coveted honors
cowardly concession
cowering agitation
coy reluctance
crackling laughter
crafty deception
craggy eminence
cramped energies
crass stolidity
craven determination
creative faculty
credibly informed
creditable performance
credulous superstition
creeping progress
criminal negligence
cringing smile
crisp dialogue
critical judgment
crouching culprit
crowning indiscretion
crucial instance
crucifying irony
crude affectation

cruel handicap
crumbling precipice
crunching jangle
crushing sorrow
cryptic saying
crystalline sky
crystallized conclusions
culinary myrmidons [myrmidon = one who carries out orders without question]
culminating fascination
culpable behavior
cultivated ferocity
cultured idleness
cumbrous fragments [cumbrous = cumbersome; difficult to handle or use]
cumulative tendency
cunningly contrived
curbed profligacy
curious coincidence
current gossip
curry favor
cursed inactivity
cursory acquaintance
curt formality
curtained embrasure
cutting directness
cycloramic sweep

cynical disregard
D
damaging admission
damask cheek [damask = rich patterned fabric; wavy pattern on Damascus steel]
dampened ardor
dancing sunshine
dangerous temerity
dappled shadows
daring candor
dark superstition
dashing gallantry
dastardly injustice
dauntless courage
dawning instinct
dazed brain
dazzling triumph
deadly virulence
deaf tribunal
deathless structure
debasing tendency
debatable point
debilitating features
decadent poets
deceiving mists
decided superiority

decisive manner
declamatory treatment [declamatory = pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic]
declared brotherhood
decorously adorned
deepening dusk
deep-seated curiosity
deep-toned lamentations
defective construction
defenseless innocence
defensive alliance
deferential regard
defiant coldness
deficient vitality
definite conception
deformed visage
deft evasion
degrading tendencies
delectable speculations
delegated power
deliberate abnegation [abnegation = self-denial]
delicate discrimination
delicious vagueness
delightful variation
delirious ecstasies
delusive charm

demagogic style
democratic institutions
demoniacal force
demonstrable conclusion
demoralizing luxury
demure composure
denunciatory terms
departed glories
deplorable decay
deprecatory shrug
depressing concomitants
depthless forest
derisive voice
derogatory denial
descriptive power
desecrated ideals
deserted desert
deserved approbation [approbation = warm approval; praise]
desirable distinction
desolating dread
despairing austerity
desperate defiance
despicable vices
despondent exaggeration
despotic rulers

destructive radicalism
desultory vacillation [desultory = disconnected; haphazard; random]
detailed portraiture
detected hypocrisies
determinate swing
detestable purpose
dethroned princes
detrimental result
devastating effect
devilish sophistries
deviously subtle
devitalized personality
devoted attachment
devouring ambition
devout thanksgiving
dewy coolness
dexterous impudence
diabolical passion
dialectic power
diametrically opposite
dictatorial manner
dictionary significance
didactic exposition [didactic = intended to be morally instructive]
different distortion
difficult portraiture

diffident civility [diffident = lacking self-confidence;