1 For the purposes of this report, a clothes dryer is defined as a cabinet-like appliance designed. to dry fabrics in a tumble-type drum with forced air circulation, with blower(s) driven by an. electric motor(s) and either gas or electricity as the heat source. The U.S. Department of Energy.
2 filled with amazement or wonder grandparents astonished at how much their grandchildren had grown in the past year Synonyms amazed, openmouthed, astounded, awed, awestruck (also awestricken), dumbfounded (also dumfounded), flabbergasted, marveling (or marvelling), wonderingRelated Words startled, surprised (also surprized); bemused, bewildered, ...
Word Origin & History. insult c.1570, triumph over in an arrogant way, from L. insultare to assail, to leap upon (already used by Cicero in sense of insult, scoff at, revile), freq. of insilire leap at or upon, from in- on, at + salire to leap (see salient). Sense of to verbally abuse, affront, assail with disrespect is from 1620. The noun is recorded 1603 in the sense of attack; 1671 as an act of insulting.. To add insult to injury translates L. injuriÃ¦ contumeliam addere.