5 Letter Words That Start With S

scowl

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.

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

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

Noun : A display of contempt; scorn.

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

snarl

Verb : (intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.

Verb : (transitive) To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.

Verb : (intransitive) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

smirk

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

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

Noun : A forced or affected smile.

scorn

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

Noun : (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.

Noun : (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.

stoic

Noun : A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Adjective : Not affected by pain or distress.

Adjective : Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

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.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

Verb : (intransitive) To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.

stark

Adjective : Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.

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

Adjective : Complete, absolute, full.

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 : Not of a salty taste.

Noun : (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

shift

Noun : A movement to do something, a beginning.

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

Noun : A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.

scoff

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

Verb : (transitive) To mock; to treat with scorn.

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

surge

Noun : A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

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

Verb : (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

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 : (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.

Noun : The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

Noun : A sharp or tapering point.

stern

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

Adjective : Grim and forbidding in appearance.

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

Noun : (beer) A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.

Adjective : Materially strong, enduring.

slack

Adjective : Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

Adjective : Not active or busy, successful, or violent.

Adjective : (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.

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.

Noun : An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.

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

sleek

Adjective : Having an even, smooth surface; smooth

Adjective : Glossy.

Adjective : Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.

sudor

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

snark

Noun : an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.

Verb : To express oneself in a snarky fashion.

Noun : (literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.

scope

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

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

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

shape

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

Noun : Form; formation.

Noun : (geometry) A geometric figure defined by its surfaces, lines, and angles, existing in 2D or 3D

sorry

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

Noun : The act of saying sorry; an apology.

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

spurt

Noun : A sudden brief burst of, or increase in, speed, effort, activity, emotion or development.

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

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

scold

Verb : (ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

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

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

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

Noun : Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.

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

Verb : Alternative spelling of savour. [(transitive) To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.]

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

sheer

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

Adjective : Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.

Adjective : (textiles) Very thin or transparent.

silly

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

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

Adjective : Good; pious.

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 : An oblique movement or course.

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

Verb : To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.

Noun : The act of moving in a stealthy or furtive way.

Verb : To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).

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.

Adjective : (derogatory) Effeminate.

space

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

Noun : The distance between objects.

Noun : The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.

shoal

Noun : Any large number of persons or things.

Noun : (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.

Noun : A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.

stale

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.

Adjective : (in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.

stare

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

Noun : A persistent gaze.

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

Noun : A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.

Noun : A vibration capable of causing such sensations.

Noun : (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.

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 : (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

stoop

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

Noun : A stooping, bent position of the body.

Verb : To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.

scree

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

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

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

swain

Noun : (poetic) A rural lover; a male sweetheart in a pastoral setting.

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

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

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

Noun : (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

slake

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To mix 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, 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.

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

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

Verb : (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream

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) To search an area thoroughly.

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

Noun : Something to regret.

saucy

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

Adjective : Impudently bold; pert.

Adjective : Mildly erotic.

savvy

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

Noun : (informal) Shrewdness.

Verb : (informal) To understand.

swash

Noun : (technical) 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

Noun : (UK dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Noun : (now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.

Verb : (now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly.

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.

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 : (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

Verb : (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.

Verb : (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.

spate

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

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

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.

spunk

Noun : (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.

Noun : (countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person; a good-looker.

Noun : (uncountable, chiefly UK, vulgar, slang) Semen.

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 make ready for use.

Verb : (transitive) To arrange logically.

Verb : (transitive) To cause to happen.

sinew

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

Noun : (figuratively, often in the plural) That which gives strength or in which strength consists; a supporting factor or member; mainstay.

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

skank

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

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

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

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 (or other plant derivative) 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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