5 Letter Words That Start With S

scowl

Noun : The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.

Noun : (by extension) Gloom; dark or threatening aspect.

Verb : (intransitive) To wrinkle the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look sour, sullen, severe, or angry.

sough

Verb : To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.

Noun : A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.

Noun : A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.

sneer

Verb : (intransitive) To raise a corner of the upper lip slightly, especially in scorn.

Verb : (transitive) To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to say sneeringly.

Noun : A facial expression where one slightly raises one corner of the upper lip, generally indicating scorn.

snarl

Verb : (transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.

Verb : (intransitive) To become entangled.

Verb : (transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.

smirk

Noun : An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.

Noun : A forced or affected smile.

Verb : To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.

scorn

Verb : (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

Verb : (transitive) To reject, turn down.

Verb : (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.

stoic

Noun : (philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

Noun : A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Adjective : Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

sharp

Adjective : Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

Adjective : (colloquial) Intelligent.

Adjective : (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

snort

Noun : The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

Noun : (slang) A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.

Noun : (slang) A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.

stark

Adjective : (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.

Adjective : Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).

Adjective : (poetic, literary or archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.

state

Noun : A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.

Noun : (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.

Noun : (colloquial, in the singular) A mess; disorder; a bad condition or set of circumstances.

sweet

Adjective : Tasting of sugars.

Adjective : (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.

Adjective : Not of a salty taste.

shift

Noun : A movement to do something, a beginning.

Noun : An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.

Noun : (obsolete) A share, a portion assigned on division.

scoff

Noun : A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

Noun : An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

Verb : (intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.

surge

Noun : A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

Noun : The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.

Noun : (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.

shade

Noun : (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.

Noun : (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.

Noun : (countable) A variety of a color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).

spire

Noun : (now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.

Noun : A young shoot of a plant; a spear.

Noun : Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.

stern

Adjective : Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

Adjective : Grim and forbidding in appearance.

Noun : (nautical) The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.

snide

Adjective : Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.

Adjective : Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.

Noun : (countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practice; a sharper; a cheat.

seize

Verb : (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

Verb : (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

Verb : (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).

stout

Adjective : (of a person) Large; bulky.

Adjective : (obsolete) Bold, strong-minded.

Adjective : (obsolete) Proud; haughty.

slack

Noun : (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

Noun : (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

Noun : (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.

surly

Adjective : Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Adjective : Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

Adjective : (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

sober

Adjective : Not drunk; not intoxicated.

Adjective : Not under the influence of any recreational drug.

Adjective : Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.

stiff

Adjective : (of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

Adjective : (figurative, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.

Adjective : (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

spurn

Verb : (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

Verb : (transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.

Verb : (transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)

sleek

Adjective : Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

Adjective : Glossy.

Adjective : Not rough or harsh.

sudor

Noun : (physiology) Sweat; the salty fluid excreted by the sweat glands.

snark

Noun : Snide remarks or attitude.

Verb : To express oneself in a snarky fashion.

Verb : (obsolete) To snort.

suave

Adjective : (of a person) Charming though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.

Adjective : Displaying smoothness and sophistication.

Adjective : Gracious, kind.

still

Adjective : Not moving; calm.

Adjective : Not effervescing; not sparkling.

Adjective : Uttering no sound; silent.

spite

Noun : Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

Noun : (obsolete) Vexation; chagrin; mortification.

Verb : (transitive) To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart.

scope

Noun : The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.

Noun : (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

Noun : Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

shape

Noun : The status or condition of something

Noun : Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.

Noun : A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.

sorry

Adjective : (of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.

Adjective : (of a person) Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.

Adjective : Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

spurt

Verb : (transitive) To cause to gush out suddenly or violently in a stream or jet.

Verb : (intransitive) To rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet.

Noun : A brief gush, as of liquid spurting from an orifice or a cut/wound.

scold

Noun : A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

Verb : (ornithology) Of birds, to make harsh vocalisations in aggression.

sense

Noun : Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

Noun : Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

Noun : Sound practical or moral judgment.

short

Adjective : Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Adjective : (of a person) Of comparatively small height.

Adjective : Having little duration.

shaft

Noun : (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

Noun : The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

Noun : (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

swell

Verb : (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to become bigger.

Verb : (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.

savor

Noun : Alternative spelling of savour [(countable) An aroma or smell.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of savour [(transitive)]

sheer

Adjective : (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

Adjective : (obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated.

Adjective : (by extension) Downright; complete; pure.

silly

Adjective : Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

Adjective : (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.

Adjective : (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly:

scant

Adjective : Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

Adjective : Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Adjective : (cooking, of a measurement) Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

sweep

Verb : (transitive) To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.

Verb : (intransitive) To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.

Verb : (transitive) To search (a place) methodically.

spark

Noun : A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.

Noun : A short or small burst of electrical discharge.

Noun : A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.

slant

Noun : A slope; an incline, inclination.

Noun : A sloped surface or line.

Noun : (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.

squib

Noun : (military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

Noun : A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

Noun : (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

skulk

Noun : A group of foxes.

Noun : (figurative) A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).

Noun : The act of skulking.

stock

Noun : A store or supply.

Noun : (operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.

Noun : A supply of anything, stored until used; especially, such a supply that is ready for use.

salve

Noun : An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.

Noun : Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.

Verb : (transitive) To calm or assuage.

staid

Adjective : Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

Adjective : (rare) Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

Verb : Obsolete spelling of stayed.

sissy

Noun : (sometimes derogatory, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.

Noun : (sometimes derogatory, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.

Noun : (BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.

space

Noun : (heading) Unlimited or generalized extent, physical or otherwise.

Noun : The Distance between objects.

Noun : A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).

shoal

Adjective : (now rare) Shallow.

Noun : A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.

Noun : A shallow in a body of water.

stale

Adjective : (alcoholic beverages, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.

Adjective : No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.

Adjective : No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

stare

Verb : (intransitive, followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).

Verb : (transitive) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.

Verb : (intransitive) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.

sated

Adjective : In a state of complete and thorough satisfaction; having one’s appetite fully satisfied, by having enough of something.

Adjective : Quelled of thirst or hunger.

score

Noun : The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

Noun : The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

Noun : The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

sound

Adjective : Healthy.

Adjective : Complete, solid, or secure.

Adjective : (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.

smack

Noun : A distinct flavor, especially if slight.

Noun : A slight trace of something; a smattering.

Noun : (slang, uncountable) Heroin.

scion

Noun : A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

Noun : The heir to a throne.

Noun : A guardian.

stoop

Noun : A stooping, bent position of the body.

Noun : An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.

Verb : To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

scree

Noun : (uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope.

Noun : (uncountable, by extension) Similar debris made up of broken building material such as bricks, concrete, etc.

Noun : (countable) A slope made up of loose stony debris at the base of a cliff, mountain, etc.

swain

Noun : (obsolete) A young man or boy in service; a servant.

Noun : (obsolete) A knight's servant; an attendant.

Noun : (archaic) A country labourer; a countryman, a rustic.

stall

Noun : (countable) A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

Noun : A stable; a place for cattle.

Noun : A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

sable

Noun : (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

Noun : (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).

Noun : (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.

slake

Verb : (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).

Verb : (transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid.

Verb : (intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.

sneak

Noun : One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.

Noun : The act of sneaking

Noun : A cheat; a con artist.

strut

Verb : (intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

Verb : (intransitive, by extension, also figuratively) To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.

Verb : (transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.

study

Verb : (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

Verb : (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.

Verb : (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.

spout

Noun : A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

Noun : A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).

Noun : A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.

stave

Noun : One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.

Noun : One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel

Noun : (poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

snipe

Noun : Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

Noun : A fool; a blockhead.

Noun : A shot fired from a concealed place.

scour

Verb : (transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

Verb : (transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.

Verb : (transitive, veterinary medicine) To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

shame

Noun : An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

Noun : Something to regret.

Noun : Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.

saucy

Adjective : Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

Adjective : (figurative) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.

Adjective : Impudently bold; pert.

savvy

Adjective : (informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

Verb : (informal) To understand.

Noun : (informal) Shrewdness.

swash

Noun : The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.

Noun : A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.

Noun : A wet splashing sound.

stour

Adjective : (now rare outside dialects) Tall; large; stout.

Adjective : (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.

Adjective : (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.

split

Verb : (transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Verb : (intransitive, of something solid, particularly wood) To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

Verb : (transitive) To share; to divide.

shell

Noun : A hard external covering of an animal.

Noun : The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

Noun : (by extension) Any mollusk having such a covering.

solid

Adjective : (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

Adjective : Large in size, quantity, or value.

Adjective : Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

storm

Noun : Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.

Noun : (by extension) A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.

Noun : (by extension) Synonym of cyclone (“a weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure”)

stalk

Noun : The stem or main axis of a plant.

Noun : The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

Noun : Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

shank

Noun : The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Noun : Meat from that part of an animal.

Noun : (ornithology, colloquial) A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.

scrap

Noun : A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Noun : The smallest amount.

Noun : (usually in the plural) Leftover food.

spate

Noun : (countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.

Noun : (countable) A sudden heavy downpour of rain.

Noun : (countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.

spunk

Noun : (countable, obsolete) A spark.

Noun : (uncountable) Touchwood; tinder.

Noun : (countable, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.

synod

Noun : (Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

Noun : (Christianity) An administrative division of churches, either the entire denomination, as in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, or a mid-level division (middle judicatory, district) as in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Noun : An assembly or council having civil authority (formal); a legislative body.

shock

Noun : A sudden, heavy impact.

Noun : (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.

Noun : (psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

stage

Noun : A phase.

Noun : (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.

Noun : (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.

slope

Noun : An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

Noun : The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

Noun : (mathematics, of a line, with respect to a fixed coordinate system) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.

set up

Verb : (transitive) To ready for use.

Verb : (transitive) To arrange logically.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to happen.

sinew

Noun : (anatomy) A cord or tendon of the body.

Noun : A cord or string, particularly (music) as of a musical instrument.

Noun : (figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

skank

Noun : (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.

Noun : Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.

Adjective : (derogatory, slang) Lewd, vulgar, skanky.

slide

Verb : (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.

Verb : (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.

Verb : (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.

steer

Verb : (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (transitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).

Verb : (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.

snuff

Noun : Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.

Noun : Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.

Noun : A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.

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