Synonym: clear, diaphanous, plain, pure, simple, thin, translucent, transparent. Similar words: cheer, cheer up, peer, deer, steer, sheet, heel, pioneer. Meaning: [ʃɪr /ʃɪə] 
v. 1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly 2. cause to sheer. adj. 1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers 2. not mixed with extraneous elements 3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front 4. so thin as to transmit light. adv. 1. straight up or down without a break 2. directly.
v. 1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly 2. cause to sheer. adj. 1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers 2. not mixed with extraneous elements 3. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front 4. so thin as to transmit light. adv. 1. straight up or down without a break 2. directly. 
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121. I was shocked by the sheer scale of the destruction.
122. His claim to be an important and unjustly neglected painter is sheer self-deception - he's no good at all.
123. Although he's less talented, he won by sheer dogged persistence.
124. The sheer cost of the scheme puts it right out of court.
125. The waterfall makes a sheer drop of one thousand feet.
126. They are impressed by the sheer professionalism of the performance.
127. 10000 men died in one battle: it was sheer murder.
128. It would be sheer folly to reduce spending on health education.
129. It is difficult to comprehend the sheer scale of the suffering caused by the war.
130. It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
131. I'll never forget the look of sheer joy on her face.
132. She tends to sheer away from any discussion of her divorce.
133. For sheer scale and grandeur[sentencedict.com], Leeds Castle in Kent takes some beating.
134. By sheer ability and force of character he has acquired the present position.
135. We were overwhelmed by the sheer size of the place.
136. It would be sheer madness to trust a man like that.
137. Through sheer force of personality Hugh Trenchard had got his way.
138. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.
139. Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheer doggedness.
140. By sheer fluke, one of the shipowner's employees was in the city.
141. It would be sheer lunacy to turn down a job offer like that.
142. They kicked the door down using sheer brute force .
143. It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather.
144. There was sheer/abject terror in her eyes when he came back into the room.
145. It's sheer idiocy to go climbing in such bad weather.
146. Waiting for the result of the medical tests was sheer torment.
147. The sheer size of these dinosaurs was their main defence.
148. I guess it sheer waste of time arguing about it.
149. The sheer novelty of the band's performance won them many fans.
150. She managed to finish the race by sheer will power.
More similar words: cheer, cheer up, peer, deer, steer, sheet, heel, pioneer, cheek, cheese, engineer, in the end, volunteer, pioneering, at the end of, by the end of, engineering, wheelchair, in the event of, at the expense of.