HURLER Antonyms

• (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

• the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws

• restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds

• a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat

• a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting

• soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe

• having or showing a kindly or tender nature

• quiet and soothing

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• easily handled or managed

• having little impact

• marked by moderate steepness

• cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

• give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility

• stroke soothingly

• (baseball) the person who does the pitching

• an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

• the quantity contained in a pitcher

• (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer

• the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

• not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time

• at a slow tempo

• (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time

• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

• showing a time that is earlier than the actual time

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness

• (of business) not active or brisk

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• become slow or slower

• cause to proceed more slowly

• a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn

• someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)

• a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them in a kiln

• with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level

• slyly and secretly

• with the hand swung below shoulder level

• marked by deception