descriptor
Example Sentences
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But the common descriptors “scorched,” “blackened” and “destroyed” did not apply.
From Los Angeles Times
They’re calling it “mysterious” and underscoring the name “radiation” fog, which is the scientific descriptor for such natural fog events — not an indication that they carry radioactive material.
From Los Angeles Times
But these potentially ageist descriptors are problematic at best — and illegal at worst.
From MarketWatch
But now, we have really refined down the descriptors—we haven’t taken the poetry out of it entirely; we’ve simplified it.
“Dissociative” is a decent descriptor for Isella’s music, too — disorienting, unnerving, drawing out emotions you might not understand.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
