stumping

ADJECTIVE

enigmatic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous cryptic obscure

WEAK

Delphian dark doubtful enigmatical equivocal incomprehensible indecipherable inexplicable inscrutable occult oracular perplexing puzzling recondite secret sphinxlike stickling teasing uncertain unfathomable unintelligible

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear explicit obvious

WEAK

known plain

ADJECTIVE

enigmatic/enigmatical

Synonyms

WEAK

Delphian ambiguous cryptic dark doubtful equivocal incomprehensible indecipherable inexplicable inscrutable obscure occult oracular perplexing puzzling recondite secret sibylline sphinxlike stickling teasing uncertain unfathomable unintelligible

Antonyms

WEAK

clear obvious unmysterious

NOUN

whistle-stop tour

Synonyms

WEAK

campaign trail campaigning candidature canvassing door-to-door politicking stump stump excursion stumping tour

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Stumping for his friend at the RNC in 2016, he praised him in a short but fiery speech as "a hard worker" with "great business instincts".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

Stumping on Queen Anne, Pugel described homeless people as “have nots, can nots and will nots” who need housing, treatment or police intervention.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2019

Stumping for Hillary Clinton in 2016, Obama frequently criticized Trump without deigning to utter his name.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2018

Stumping for him in 2010, Palin was back at it, reportedly calling McCain a maverick 15 times in a single speech in Tucson, just about when McCain told me he wasn’t one.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2018

Stumping up on his crutches, Dan took the chance of a lifetime to vent his hatred of Job.

From The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Fisher, Frederick Vining

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