Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
exceptionable — *exceptional Analogous words: Offensive, repugnant, loathsome, repulsive, revolting: repellent, distasteful, obnoxious, invidious, *repugnant Antonyms: unexceptionable: exemplary Contrasted words: pleasing, agreeable, gratifying, *pleasant,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
exceptionable — See exceptionable, exceptional … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
exceptional — See exceptionable, exceptional … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
exceptionable — exceptional, exceptionable These adjectives relate to different meanings of exception. Exceptional means ‘unusual, not typical’, i.e. ‘forming an exception’ in a favourable sense: • Schizophrenes are often held to be people of exceptional charm D … Modern English usage
exceptional — exceptional, exceptionable These adjectives relate to different meanings of exception. Exceptional means ‘unusual, not typical’, i.e. ‘forming an exception’ in a favourable sense: • Schizophrenes are often held to be people of exceptional charm D … Modern English usage
exceptional — exceptional, exceptionable, although not synonyms, are liable to confusion. Something is exceptional which is itself an exception, and so is out of the ordinary, being either extraordinary or unusual {this is an exceptional opportunity} {the bath … New Dictionary of Synonyms
unexceptional, unexceptionable — See exceptionable, exceptional, to which the meanings of unexceptionable and unexceptional are directly opposite. Tom is an adequate worker but only that; his record is fair but unexceptional. Will has always worked hard; he has an… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
eccentric — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, absurd, adrift, afloat, alien, alternating, amorphous, amusing, anomalistic, anomalous, beezer, bizarre, bohemian, broken, capricious, careening, case, catchy, caution, changeable, changeful,… … Moby Thesaurus
inadmissible — Synonyms and related words: adrift, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the question, ethnocentric, exceptionable, exceptional, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, extraneous, extrinsic, ill adapted, ill assorted, ill chosen, ill favored, ill… … Moby Thesaurus
unexceptionable — unexceptionable, unexceptional These two words correspond to the meanings of the positive forms exceptionable and exceptional. Unexceptionable means ‘with which no fault can be found, entirely satisfactory’ (The idea is unexceptionable, indeed… … Modern English usage
