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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