💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dangling modifier"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| misplaced modifiernoun | a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us' |
| dangling participlenoun | (grammar) Any participle used as a dangling modifier. |
| danglernoun | (slang) Any body part that dangles, such as the penis, testicles, uvula, and sometimes tongue. |
| danglenoun | A dangling ornament or decoration. |
| hanging participlenoun | A dangling participle. |
| angles and danglesnoun | (naval, slang) A random series of loops, turns, and depth changes in a submarine, intended to eliminate the self-noise which could occur during a baffle-clearing event. |
| disjunctive | Not connected; separated. |
| ditheringnoun | The act of one who dithers. |
| diffnoun | (computing) Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them. |
| d-wordnoun | (euphemistic) The word damn. |
| dingesnoun | Alternative spelling of dingus (“thingamajig; fool”). [(Canada, South Africa, US, informal) A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.] |
| danglishnoun | An informal variety of language that mixes elements of Danish and English languages. |
| description wordnoun | (grammar) An adjective. |
| dallyingnoun | dalliance |
| addubitationnoun | (rhetoric) aporia |
| dubitationnoun | (countable) A pang or expression of doubt. |
| dialecticismnoun | The quality of being dialectic. |
| dimblenoun | (obsolete) A bower; a dingle. |
| double-entendrenoun | Alternative spelling of double entendre. [A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.] |
| danglebahnnoun | (informal) The Wuppertal Schwebebahn suspended monorail system. |
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