showing that you think someone has done something wrong
- Similar:
- blaming
- Opposite:
- admiring
Advanced level · 11+ exam standard
affirmation
noun
a statement that something is true, or a confident positive statement
Her affirmation of the plan cheered the team.
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More speaking & sounds words
to speak up in support of an idea or cause
- Similar:
- supporter
- Opposite:
- adversary
unclear because it could mean more than one thing
- Similar:
- unclear
- Opposite:
- certain
a short, interesting story about something that happened
- Similar:
- story
- Opposite:
- chronicle
to complain about something with sadness
- Similar:
- lament
- Opposite:
- applaud
noisy, lively and full of rough energy
- Similar:
- noisy
- Opposite:
- calm
to make a loud, harsh sound like a donkey
- Similar:
- call
- Opposite:
- hum
abrupt and rather rude in the way you speak
- Similar:
- curt
- Opposite:
- courteous