stick out
v 1: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out";
"A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: protrude,
jut out, jut, project]
2: be highly noticeable [syn: leap out, jump out, jump, stand
out]
3: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure
a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate
the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable
marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stomach, bear, stand,
tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put
up]
WordNet (r) 2.0
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "stick out":
abide, aller sans dire, be conspicuous, be exposed, be manifest,
be no secret, bear, bear up, beetle, bristle up, brook, cock up,
come across, come up fighting, crop out, endure, extrude, glare,
go, go without saying, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang out,
hang over, hang tough, have high visibility, hold fast, hold on,
hold out, hold up, impend, impend over, jut, jut out,
live through it, live with it, need no explanation, never say die,
not give up, outstretch, overhang, poke, poke out, pouch, pout,
project, project over, protrude, protuberate, push,
sauter aux yeux, shoot out, shoot up, shout, speak for itself,
stand, stand out, stand up, start up, stay it out,
stay the distance, stay with it, stick, stick it, stick it out,
stick to it, stick up, stick with it, stomach, strike the eye,
support, take, thrust over, tolerate, tough it out, walk out
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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