Autoantonyms
An autoantonym is a word which has two meanings which are opposites of each other.
It may have several other meanings - only the two contradictory meanings are significant and give an autoantonym its curious "Humpty-Dumpty" quality.
The word CLEAVE - meaning either 'to split asunder' or 'to join together' - is a perfect example of an autoantonym.
Other autoantonymous words are:
| CHUFFED | pleased, delighted | displeased, disgruntled |
| DUST | remove dust | sprinkle with dust |
| INFLAMMABLE | flammable | not flammable |
| INHABITABLE | habitable | not habitable |
| INSCIENT | ignorant | having secret or inward knowledge |
| LEFT | remaining | gone away |
| LET | to permit | to hinder, to prevent |
| OVERLOOK | ignore | inspect |
| PINK | a light red color | a greenish-yellow pigment |
| PRESENTLY | now | later |
| QUITE | completely, absolutely | to a partial extent, somewhat |
| ROCK | a sure foundation, anything immovable | a swaying or tilting movement |
| SANCTION | authorization, aid or encouragement | coercive measure intended to discourage |
| SCREEN | to conceal from view | to display ( a film etc.) |
| TRIP | to move lightly and nimbly | to stumble |
| VAPULATE | to flog | to be flogged |
