ass-backwards



against the grain, anarchic, astern, away, back, backward, balled up, chaotic, clumsily, confused, counter-clockwise, fro, gummed up, jumbled, messed up,

   meteoroid - fireball, meteor, radiant, shooting star ,

   irksome - aggravating, annoying, backbreaking, besetting, boring, bothering, bothersome, burdensome, chafing, crushing, disturbing, drudging, dull, exasperating, exhausting,

   marimba - battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, glockenspiel, gong, maraca, orchestral bells,

   snuffbox - carton, case, compact, file, snuff ,

   overly - damned, disproportionately, exceedingly, excessively, exorbitantly, extraordinarily, extremely, immensely, immoderately, inordinately, intemperately, outrageously, over, over-much, overfull,

   head the table - front, go ahead, go before, head, head up, kick off, lead, lead off, outrank, precede, rank, rate, usher in ,

   card ledger - balance sheet, bankbook, books, cash-book, inventory, journal, ledger, log, passbook, record book, register, registry ,

   passed by - abandoned, deserted, disregarded, ignored, missed, neglected, overlooked, pigeon-holed, shunted, sidetracked, slighted, unasked, unattended, unconsidered, undone,

   apposite - ad rem, adapted, admissible, appertaining, applicable, applying, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, belonging, dovetailing, felicitous, fit,

   bulwark - abutment, advanced work, aegis, arch dam, arm guard, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed-wire entanglement, barrage, barricade, barrier, bastion,