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Sheer vs. Unmitigated — What's the Difference?

Sheer vs. Unmitigated — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Sheer and Unmitigated

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Sheer

Nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis)
She giggled with sheer delight
It's been sheer hard work

Unmitigated

Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved
Unmitigated suffering.

Sheer

(especially of a cliff or wall) perpendicular or nearly so
The sheer ice walls

Unmitigated

Without qualification or exception; absolute
An unmitigated lie.

Sheer

(of a fabric) very thin; diaphanous
Sheer white silk chiffon
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Unmitigated

Not mitigated.

Sheer

Perpendicularly
The ridge fell sheer, in steep crags

Unmitigated

(intensifier) Total, complete, utter.
Their handling of the recent diplomatic crisis was an unmitigated disaster.

Sheer

Completely; right
She went sheer forward when the door was open

Unmitigated

Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier;
Unmitigated suffering
An unmitigated horror
An unmitigated lie

Sheer

A very fine or diaphanous fabric or article
She ditched her glossy sheers while pregnant
I put up the new curtains and sheers

Sheer

A sudden deviation from a course, especially by a boat.

Sheer

The upward slope of a ship's lines towards the bow and stern.

Sheer

(typically of a boat) swerve or change course quickly
The boat sheered off to beach further up the coast

Sheer

To swerve or cause to swerve from a course.

Sheer

A swerving or deviating course.

Sheer

The upward curve or amount of upward curve of the longitudinal lines of a ship's hull as viewed from the side.

Sheer

The position in which a ship at anchor is maintained in order to keep it clear of the anchor.

Sheer

One that is sheer, such as a curtain.

Sheer

Thin, fine, and translucent
Sheer curtains.
Sheer chiffon.

Sheer

Completely such, without qualification or exception
Sheer stupidity.
Sheer happiness.

Sheer

Free from admixture or adulterants; unmixed
Sheer alcohol.

Sheer

Considered or operating apart from anything else
Got the job through sheer persistence.

Sheer

Almost perpendicular; steep
Sheer rock cliffs. See Synonyms at steep1.

Sheer

Almost perpendicularly.

Sheer

Completely; altogether.

Sheer

(textiles) Very thin or transparent.
Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.

Sheer

(obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

Sheer

(by extension) Downright; complete; pure.
I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.
This poem is sheer nonsense.
Through technological wizardry and sheer audacity, Google has shown how we can transform the intellectual riches of our libraries....

Sheer

Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
The army's sheer size made it impossible to resist.

Sheer

Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
It was a sheer drop of 180 feet.

Sheer

(archaic) Clean; quite; at once.

Sheer

A sheer curtain or fabric.

Sheer

(nautical) The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.

Sheer

(nautical) An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.

Sheer

To swerve from a course.
A horse sheers at a bicycle.

Sheer

(obsolete) To shear.

Sheer

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain.

Sheer

Very thin or transparent; - applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

Sheer

Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings to one's bow.

Sheer

Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
A sheer precipice of a thousand feet.
It was at leastNine roods of sheer ascent.

Sheer

Clean; quite; at once.

Sheer

To shear.

Sheer

To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.

Sheer

The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

Sheer

A turn or change in a course.
Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.

Sheer

Shears See Shear.

Sheer

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly;
The car cut to the left at the intersection
The motorbike veered to the right

Sheer

Cause to sheer;
She sheered her car around the obstacle

Sheer

Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
Absolute freedom
An absolute dimwit
A downright lie
Out-and-out mayhem
An out-and-out lie
A rank outsider
Many right-down vices
Got the job through sheer persistence
Sheer stupidity

Sheer

Not mixed with extraneous elements;
Plain water
Sheer wine
Not an unmixed blessing

Sheer

Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
A bluff headland
Where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
A sheer descent of rock

Sheer

So thin as to transmit light;
A hat with a diaphanous veil
Filmy wings of a moth
Gauzy clouds of dandelion down
Gossamer cobwebs
Sheer silk stockings
Transparent chiffon
Vaporous silks

Sheer

Straight up or down without a break

Sheer

Directly;
He fell sheer into the water

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