The aggression was provoked by all those gratuitous insults.
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Gratuitous
//ɡɹəˈtu.ɪt.əs//
Synonyms for "gratuitous" (202 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
electiveeleemosynaryerraticexcessexpendableexpenselessexpletivefacyfitfulflipflippantfor freefor lovefor nothingformlessfree as airfree for nothingfree gratisfree of chargefree of cost
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free willfreebiefreshfrivolousgallygiftlikegivengod-givengrantedgroundlesshaphazardhit-or-missimmethodicalimpertinentimpudentin excessinchoateincoherentindefensibleindependentindiscriminateinordinateirrationalirregularirrelevantmalapertmeaninglessmisshapenneedlessnervynonessentialnonmandatorynonsymmetricalnonsystematic
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (101)
nonuniformofferedon the houseoptionalorderlesspertplanlesspleonasticprofferedprolixpromiscuousprovidentialrandomreasonlessredundantrudesassysaucyself-actingself-active
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self-determinedself-determiningsenselessshapelesssmartsmart aleckysmart asssmart-aleckysmart-asssparespasmodicspontaneoussporadicstragglingstragglysupererogatorysystemlesstautologictautologousto spareunarrangedunaskedunbesoughtunbiddenunboughtuncalled foruncalled-forunclassifieduncoerceduncompelledundirectedunessentialunforcedunfoundedungradedungroundeduninfluenceduninvitedunjoinedunjustifiableunjustifiedunlooked-forunmeritedunmethodicalunnecessaryunneededunorderedunorganizedunpaidunpaid-forunpressuredunpromptedunrequestedunrequiredunsolicitedunsortedunsoughtunsupportableunsymmetricalunsystematicuntaxedununiformunwarrantedunwelcomevagueverbosevoluntaryvolunteervouchsafedwanderingwantonwillfulwillingwise asswise-asswithout charge
Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 19 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fal adj (given freely)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀδάπανος adj (given freely)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безкористен adj (given freely)
- безплатен adj (given freely)
- безпричинен adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- ненужен adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Danish
1 entries- unødvendig adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Dutch
4 entries- gratis adj (given freely)
- gratuit adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- kosteloos adj (given freely)
- ongegrond adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Finnish
4 entries- aiheeton adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- ilmainen adj (given freely)
- perusteeton adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- tarpeeton adj (not called for by the circumstances)
French
2 entries- gratuit adj (given freely)
- gratuit adj (not called for by the circumstances)
German
4 entries- beliebig adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- frei adj (given freely)
- geschenkt adj (given freely)
- gratis adj (given freely)
Hebrew
2 entries- חִנָּם adj (given freely)
- חִנָּם adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Hungarian
2 entries- fölösleges adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- indokolatlan adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Māori
1 entries- pokerehū adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Persian
3 entries- الکی adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- بیجا adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- بیخودی adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Polish
4 entries- bezpodstawny adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- bezpłatny adj (given freely)
- nieodpłatny adj (given freely)
- niepotrzebny adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Portuguese
1 entries- gratuito adj (given freely)
Romanian
4 entries- arbitrar adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- gratis adj (given freely)
- gratis adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- gratuit adj (given freely)
Russian
4 entries- безвозмездный adj (given freely)
- беспла́тный adj (given freely)
- беспричинный adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- незаслуженный adj (given freely)
Spanish
4 entries- arbitrario adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- de balde adj (given freely)
- de balde adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- de momio adj (given freely)
Swedish
4 entries- meningslös adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- oberättigad adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- oförtjänt adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- ogrundad adj (not called for by the circumstances)
Turkish
4 entries- fuzuli adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- gereksiz adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- lüzumsuz adj (not called for by the circumstances)
- ücretsiz adj (given freely)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
As Paul says, it is really perfectly gratuitous ("es ist im grunde reine willkur") to call the case we have in German (and Old English) a dative, for besides the functions of the dative it fulfils the functions of the old locative, ablative, and instrumental.
Source: tatoeba (9940602)
Also mentioned is the Rev. T. Stock, who has a tablet in St John's church [Gloucester] and "who with Raikes established the four original Sunday schools in this parish ... in 1780. From this small beginning sprung that gratuitous system of Christian instruction which has covered the face of England and Wales with schools."
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gratuitous violence
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