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Antonyms for boon
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boon
A gift is in the popular, and also in the legal sense that which is voluntarily bestowed without expectation of return or compensation. Gift is now almost always used in the good sense, bribe always in the evil sense to signify payment for a dishonorable service under the semblance of a gift. In Scriptural language gift is often used for bribe. "The king by judgment establisheth the land; but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it." Prov. xxix, 4. A benefaction is a charitable gift, generally of large amount, and viewed as of enduring value, as an endowment for a college. A donation is something, perhaps of great, never of trivial value, given usually on some public ground, as to a cause or to a person representing a cause, but not necessarily of value beyond the immediate present; as, a donation to a pastor. A gratuity is usually something of moderate value and is always given as to an inferior, and as of favor, not of right; as, a gratuity to a waiter. Largess is archaic for a bountiful gratuity, usually to be distributed among many, as among the heralds at ancient tournaments. A present is a gift of friendship, or conciliation, and given as to an equal or a superior; no one's pride is hurt by accepting what is viewed as strictly a present. A boon is a gift that has been desired or craved or perhaps asked, or something freely given that meets some great desire. A grant is commonly considerable in amount and given by public authority; as, a grant of public lands for a college.
Antonyms:
compensation, earnings, guerdon, penalty, remuneration, wagesSynonyms:
benefaction, bequest, bounty, bribe, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, present
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Princeton's WordNet
blessing, boonnoun
a desirable state
"enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"
Synonyms:
benediction, grace, thanksgiving, approval, blessing, approvingboonadjective
very close and convivial
"boon companions"
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Editors Contribution
curse
a big scolding by someone
i think "i am cursed by someone, so i am ill"
How to use boon in a sentence?
Counterpoint Research analyst Neil Shah:
It is both a boon and a bane to have Apple as a customer https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-03/apple-supplier-learns-downside-of-living-at-juggernaut-s-mercy
Market participants are fairly optimistic with how things are progressing, whether it’s in the political landscape, particularly of course in the United States the potential for more stimulus certainly is a boon to the economy, you’ve got the vaccines now coming through, getting the approvals - it’s all happening pretty quickly.
North Korea have conducted all these tests here, every single weapons test, so if they let experts in to look at these tunnels before they let anyone else in North Korea would be potentially for us an intelligence boon.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.
The proclamation and repetition of first principles is a constant feature of life in our democracy. Active adherence to these principles, however, has always been considered un-American. We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and, further, to indict those who do not freely join with us in happily arrogating those principles.
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