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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • huff/hʌf/nounB23 meaningsA fit of offence and bad temper that does not last long.
  • hug/hʌɡ/verbA23 meaningsTo put your arms around someone and hold them close.
  • hull/hʌl/nounB22 meaningsThe main body of a boat that sits in the water.
  • hull cleaningnounB2Scraping growth off the underside of a boat.
  • hum/ˈhʌm/verbB14 meaningsTo sing a tune with your lips closed, making no words.
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A performer fired from a great tube.
  • humanity/hjuˈmænɪti/nounB2People as a whole, or kindness towards them.
  • humankind/ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/nounB2All the people of the earth taken together.
  • humble/ˈhʌmbəl/adjectiveB23 meaningsNot proud; not boasting about what you have done.
  • humbly/ˈhʌmbli/adverbB2In a modest way, without claiming importance.
  • humiliate/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/verbB2To make someone feel ashamed and foolish in front of others.
  • humiliatedadjectiveB2Made to feel ashamed in front of everyone.
  • humiliating/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/adjectiveB2Making somebody lose their dignity in front of others.
  • humiliation/hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe feeling of shame that comes from being made to look foolish or weak in front of others.
  • humility/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/nounB2A modest view of your own importance.
  • humorous/ˈhjuːməɹəs/adjectiveB2Meant to be funny.
  • humpback/ˈhʌmpbæk/nounB2A hunched back, or the whale that has one.
  • hunch/hʌnt͡ʃ/nounB22 meaningsA feeling that something is true, formed without proof or reasoning.
  • hunger/ˈhʌŋɡə/nounB22 meaningsThe feeling or condition of needing food.
  • hungry/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/adjectiveA12 meaningsNeeding or wanting food.
  • hunk/hʌŋk/nounB2A thick clumsy piece broken off something.
  • hurl/hɜːl/verbB23 meaningsTo throw something with great force.
  • hurt/hɜːt/adjectiveA15 meaningsSuffering pain or damage in the body.
  • hurtful/ˈhɜːtfʊl/adjectiveB2Causing emotional pain.
  • hushed/hʌʃt/adjectiveB2Quiet, as when people lower their voices.
  • husky/ˈhʌs.ki/adjectiveB22 meaningsLow and slightly hoarse in voice.
  • hybrid/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/nounB24 meaningsSomething made by combining two different things.
  • hybrid workingnounB2Splitting the week between home and workplace.
  • hydrant/ˈhaɪdɹənt/nounB2The street pipe firefighters connect hoses to.
  • hygiene/ˈhʌɪˌd͡ʒiːn/nounB2Keeping clean in order to stay healthy.
  • hygiene ratingnounB2The official score for how cleanly a kitchen is run.
  • hype/haɪp/nounB2+3 meaningsExaggerated publicity and excitement built up around something.
  • hyperactivitynounB2A condition of constant restless movement and difficulty staying still.
  • hyperlink/ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/nounB2Clickable text that jumps you to another page.
  • hypnosis/hɪpˈnəʊ.sɪs/nounB2A sleeplike state in which somebody is open to suggestion.
  • hypnotizedadjectiveB2Put into a sleeplike trance by a swinging watch and a soothing voice, so as to obey suggestions.
  • hypotheticallyadverbB2Supposing it were so, for the sake of argument.
  • hysterical/hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl/adjectiveB23 meaningsUnable to control your emotions, especially through panic, fear or grief.
  • i know the feelingphraseB2A sympathetic way of saying you have been there.
  • i'd better be offphraseB2A gentle way of saying you must leave.
  • icon/ˈaɪ.kɒn/nounB2A sacred image, or somebody widely admired as a symbol.
  • icy/ˈaɪsi/adjectiveB22 meaningsFrozen and dangerously slippery, or extremely cold.
  • ideal/aɪˈdɪəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsThe best possible for a purpose.
  • identical/ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/adjectiveB23 meaningsExactly the same in every detail.
  • identify/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/verbA2+4 meaningsTo recognise someone or something and say exactly who or what they are.
  • identity theftnounB2Using somebody else's details to borrow or buy.
  • idle/ˈaɪd(ə)l/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot working, not running, not being used.
  • if you ask mephraseB2Introducing an opinion nobody actually asked for.
  • if you insistphraseB2A soft agreement given after being pressed.
  • ignite/ɪɡˈnaɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo set on fire.
  • ignition/ɪɡˈnɪʃən/nounB1+2 meaningsThe switch or system in a vehicle that starts the engine.
  • ignorant/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/adjectiveB2Knowing nothing about something.
  • ill/ɪl/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot healthy; suffering from a disease.
  • ill-fittingadjectiveB2Not the right size or shape for what it covers.
  • ill-temperedadjectiveB22 meaningsEasily annoyed and often angry.
  • illusion/ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/nounB2Something that seems real but is not.
  • illustrate/ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo make something clear by giving an example.
  • illustration/ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/nounB2A picture in a book, or an example that makes a point clear.
  • imitation/ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/nounB2A copy of something, usually less good than the original.
  • immeasurable/ɪˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/adjectiveB2Too great to be measured or counted.