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inadvertent, inattentive: How thoughtless of me to forget your
birthday!
thrashing n. 1 beating, drubbing, whipping, flogging, assault, caning,
belting, mauling, lashing, trouncing, basting, battering,
pounding, Colloq hiding, tanning, lambasting, hammering,
pasting: Every time he stepped into the ring he got a
thrashing. 2 punishment, chastisement, disciplining,
discipline, castigation: He dreaded the thrashing his father
administered at any sign of disobedience.
thread n. 1 fibre, filament, strand, (piece of) yarn; string, line,
cord, twine: Threads from his jacket were found clutched in the
victim's hand. The glass is spun out into fine threads. 2
theme, plot, story-line, subject, motif, thesis, course, drift,
direction, tenor, train (of thought), sequence or train or chain
of events: It is difficult to follow the thread of the story
when it has so many digressions.
--v. 3 string: Carefully thread the beads onto the wire. 4
file, wind, pass, squeeze (through), pick or make (one's) way
(through), inch, ease: He threaded his way through the crowd to
reach the dais.
threadbare
adj. 1 frayed, worn (out), worn to a frazzle, ragged,
moth-eaten, tattered, tatty, scruffy, shabby, seedy, torn,
wretched, sorry, slovenly: My old winter coat is looking a bit
threadbare. 2 trite, hackneyed, overused, overworked, reworked,
stale, tired, stereotyped, commonplace, clich‚d, clich‚-ridden,
banal, prosaic, dull, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, boring,
played out, Colloq old hat: You'll never make it as a comedian
by relying on that threadbare material of yours.
threat n. 1 intimidation, menace, commination, warning, peril, risk,
danger, Damoclean sword: It is not honesty but the threat of
punishment that deters many from crime. 2 omen, presage,
portent, foreboding, forewarning, intimation: The villagers
lived under a constant threat from the smoking volcano.
threaten v. 1 intimidate, menace, terrorize, daunt, cow, bully,
browbeat, warn, caution: The headmaster threatened those who
misbehaved with the most dire punishment. 2 imperil, put at