pervert
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
deviate; deviant; degenerate.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
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skeleton
- noun something reduced to its minimal form
- the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self
- the bare skeleton of a novel
- noun a scandal that is kept secret
skeleton in the cupboard; skeleton in the closet.
- there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
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vile
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
worthless; unworthy; slimy; wretched; ugly; despicable.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
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liverish
- adjective satellite suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
bilious; livery.
- adjective satellite irritable as if suffering from indigestion
dyspeptic; bilious; atrabilious.
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debauch
- noun a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
bacchanalia; saturnalia; bacchanal; riot; drunken revelry; debauchery; orgy.
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
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relieve
- verb provide physical relief, as from pain
assuage; palliate; alleviate.
- This pill will relieve your headaches
- verb free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
take over.
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gag
- noun a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
joke; jest; laugh; jape.
- he told a very funny joke
- he knows a million gags
- thanks for the laugh
- he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
- noun restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
muzzle.
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dainty
- noun something considered choice to eat
goody; kickshaw; delicacy; treat.
- adjective satellite affectedly dainty or refined
twee; prim; niminy-piminy; mincing.
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dish
- noun a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
- we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present
- noun a particular item of prepared food
- she prepared a special dish for dinner
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gossip
- noun light informal conversation for social occasions
chin wag; chit-chat; chitchat; chin-wagging; causerie; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gab.
- noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
comment; scuttlebutt.
- the divorce caused much gossip
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hate
- noun the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
hatred.
- verb dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
detest.
- I hate Mexican food
- She detests politicians
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milk
- noun a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
- noun produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
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poorly
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; unwell; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- adverb (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
badly; ill.
- he was ill prepared
- it ill befits a man to betray old friends
- the car runs badly
- he performed badly on the exam
- the team played poorly
- ill-fitting clothes
- an ill-conceived plan
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upchuck
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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ram
- noun the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible
read/write memory; random memory; random access memory; random-access memory.
- noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
Aries.
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violate
- verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
go against; break.
- This sentence violates the rules of syntax
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; infract; break; offend; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
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sallow
- noun any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
- verb cause to become sallow
- The illness has sallowed her face
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stinky
- adjective having an unpleasant smell
malodorous; unpleasant-smelling; ill-smelling; malodourous.
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; crappy; lousy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
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swoon
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
faint; deliquium; syncope.
- verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
pass out; faint; conk.
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disgusting
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt; disgust.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
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abhorrent
- adjective satellite offensive to the mind
detestable; repulsive; repugnant; obscene.
- an abhorrent deed
- the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
- morally repugnant customs
- repulsive behavior
- the most repulsive character in recent novels
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to
The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from. "
To Canterbury they wend."
Chaucer. Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. Shak.
So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled. Milton.
I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his purpose. She stretched her arms to heaven. Dryden.
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unpleasant
- adjective disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
- an unpleasant personality
- unpleasant repercussions
- unpleasant odors
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daze
- noun the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
shock; stupor.
- his mother's death left him in a daze
- he was numb with shock
- noun confusion characterized by lack of clarity
haze; fog.
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overnice
- adjective satellite excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
squeamish; nice; prissy; dainty.
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
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breach
- noun a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- noun an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
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dislike
- noun an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group
disfavor; disapproval; disfavour.
- noun a feeling of aversion or antipathy
- my dislike of him was instinctive
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hideous
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
outrageous; horrific; horrid.
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
- adjective satellite so extremely ugly as to be terrifying
repulsive.
- a hideous scar
- a repulsive mask
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blistering
- noun the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
vesiculation; vesication.
- verb get blistered
blister; vesicate.
- Her feet blistered during the long hike
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advantage
- noun the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
vantage.
- the experience gave him the advantage over me
- noun (tennis) first point scored after deuce
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appal
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
scandalize; shock; appall; scandalise; outrage; offend.
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
horrify; dismay; alarm; appall.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
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infringement
- noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
violation.
- he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment
- noun a crime less serious than a felony
violation; infraction; misdemeanor; misdemeanour.
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horror
- noun intense and profound fear
- noun something that inspires dislike; something horrible
- the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
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worst
- noun the least favorable outcome
- the worst that could happen
- noun the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
- the invaders did their worst
- so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best
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yellow
- noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
yellowness.
- verb turn yellow
- The pages of the book began to yellow
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accuse
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
incriminate; impeach; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
- verb blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
charge.
- he charged the director with indifference
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fall
- noun the season when the leaves fall from the trees
autumn.
- noun a sudden drop from an upright position
tumble; spill.
- he had a nasty spill on the ice
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trouble
- noun a source of difficulty
problem.
- one trouble after another delayed the job
- what's the problem?
- noun an angry disturbance
bother; hassle; fuss.
- he didn't want to make a fuss
- they had labor trouble
- a spot of bother
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condition
- noun a state at a particular time
status.
- a condition (or state) of disrepair
- the current status of the arms negotiations
- noun an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
precondition; stipulation.
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nausea
- noun the state that precedes vomiting
sickness.
- noun disgust so strong it makes you feel sick
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sickish
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
queasy; nauseous; nauseated; sick.
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dupe
- noun a person who is tricked or swindled
victim.
- verb fool or hoax
fool; put on; gull; take in; befool; put one over; cod; put one across; slang.
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
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unhinged
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
crazy; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
- verb disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
perturb; disquiet; distract; cark; trouble; disorder; unhinge.
- She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
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pique
- noun tightly woven fabric with raised cords
- noun a sudden outburst of anger
temper; irritation.
- his temper sparked like damp firewood
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pinch
- noun a painful or straitened circumstance
- the pinch of the recession
- noun an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
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shock
- noun the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
daze; stupor.
- his mother's death left him in a daze
- he was numb with shock
- noun the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
impact.
- the armies met in the shock of battle
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swingeing
- adjective satellite severe; punishingly bad
- swingeing taxation
- swingeing damages awarded by the judge
- verb burn superficially or lightly
swinge; singe.
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stabbing
- adjective satellite causing physical or especially psychological injury
wounding.
- a stabbing remark
- wounding and false charges of disloyalty
- verb use a knife on
stab; knife.
- The victim was knifed to death
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distasteful
- adjective satellite not pleasing in odor or taste
unsavoury; unsavory.
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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hardening
- noun abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
- noun the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
solidifying; curing; set; solidification.
- the hardening of concrete
- he tested the set of the glue
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bleeding
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
haemorrhage; hemorrhage.
- verb lose blood from one's body
shed blood; hemorrhage; bleed.
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skin
- noun a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
tegument; cutis.
- your skin is the largest organ of your body
- noun an outer surface (usually thin)
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go
- noun a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
turn; tour; spell.
- it's my go
- a spell of work
- noun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
cristal; ecstasy; XTC; Adam; X; hug drug; disco biscuit.
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imply
- verb express or state indirectly
connote.
- verb suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
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inflamed
- adjective satellite resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened
- eyes inflamed with crying
- verb cause inflammation in
inflame.
- The repetitive motion inflamed her joint
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pass
- noun (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
base on balls; walk.
- he worked the pitcher for a base on balls
- noun (military) a written leave of absence
- he had a pass for three days
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abominable
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
detestable; execrable; odious.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
- adjective satellite exceptionally bad or displeasing
dreadful; atrocious; terrible; unspeakable; awful; painful.
- atrocious taste
- abominable workmanship
- an awful voice
- dreadful manners
- a painful performance
- terrible handwriting
- an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
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air
- noun a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- air pollution
- a smell of chemicals in the air
- open a window and let in some air
- I need some fresh air
- noun the region above the ground
- her hand stopped in mid air
- he threw the ball into the air
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loathing
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; execration; abhorrence; abomination; detestation.
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
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rough
- noun the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- verb prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
rough in; rough out.
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pander
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
procurer; pimp; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- verb yield (to); give satisfaction to
gratify; indulge.
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disgustingness
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
distastefulness; nauseatingness; unsavoriness; sickeningness.
- noun the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind
unsavoriness.
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turn
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; crook; bend.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
- noun the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
turning.
- he took a turn to the right
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retch
- noun an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting
heave.
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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ugly
- adjective displeasing to the senses
- an ugly face
- ugly furniture
- adjective satellite inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace
surly.
- a surly waiter
- an ugly frame of mind
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corked
- adjective satellite (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
corky.
- verb close a bottle with a cork
cork up; cork.
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unwholesome
- adjective detrimental to physical or moral well-being
- unwholesome food
- unwholesome habits like smoking
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rotten
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; crappy; lousy; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- adjective satellite damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
rotted; decayed.
- rotten floor boards
- rotted beams
- a decayed foundation
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suspect
- noun someone who is under suspicion
- noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
defendant.
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rachitic
- adjective satellite affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
rickety.
- rickety limbs and joints
- a rachitic patient
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jaundice
- noun yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia
icterus.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
acrimony; tartness; bitterness; acerbity; thorniness.
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hallucinating
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
delirious.
- verb perceive what is not there; have illusions
hallucinate.
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repugnant
- adjective satellite offensive to the mind
abhorrent; detestable; repulsive; obscene.
- an abhorrent deed
- the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
- morally repugnant customs
- repulsive behavior
- the most repulsive character in recent novels
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weirdy
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
weirdo; weirdie; creep; spook.
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frothing
- adjective satellite producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
foamy; foaming.
- the rabid animal's frothing mouth
- verb become bubbly or frothy or foaming
froth; foam; effervesce; sparkle; form bubbles; fizz.
- The boiling soup was frothing
- The river was foaming
- Sparkling water
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repugnance
- noun intense aversion
horror; repulsion; revulsion.
- noun the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time
incompatibility; mutual exclusiveness; inconsistency.
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illegalise
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
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loathly
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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vomiting
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
emesis; disgorgement; puking; vomit; regurgitation.
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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water
- noun binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
H2O.
- noun the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
body of water.
- they invaded our territorial waters
- they were sitting by the water's edge
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nauseatingness
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
disgustingness; distastefulness; unsavoriness; sickeningness.
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detest
- verb dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
hate.
- I hate Mexican food
- She detests politicians
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weirdo
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
weirdy; weirdie; creep; spook.
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; crazy; looney; nutcase.
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healing
- noun the natural process by which the body repairs itself
- verb heal or recover
mend; heal.
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crippled
- adjective satellite disabled in the feet or legs
halt; lame; gimpy; halting; game.
- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify; cripple.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
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dissipated
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
debauched; libertine; dissolute; fast; degenerate; degraded; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
dispel; scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
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sicken
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
nauseate; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
- verb get sick
come down.
- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
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dry
- noun a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
prohibitionist.
- verb remove the moisture from and make dry
dry out.
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repellant
- noun a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
repellent.
- noun a chemical substance that repels animals
repellent.
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convert
- noun a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- verb change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
change over.
- We converted from 220 to 110 Volt
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cuckoo
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
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maim
- verb injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
- people were maimed by the explosion
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creepy
- adjective satellite annoying and unpleasant
- some creepy kids were bothering her
- adjective satellite causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
creepy-crawly.
- a creepy story
- I had a creepy-crawly feeling
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infringe
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb advance beyond the usual limit
impinge; encroach.
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repel
- verb cause to move back by force or influence
repulse; beat back; drive; push back; force back.
- repel the enemy
- push back the urge to smoke
- beat back the invaders
- verb be repellent to; cause aversion in
repulse.
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personify
- verb invest with or as with a body; give body to
body.
- verb represent, as of a character on stage
embody; be.
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spew
- verb expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
spue; ptyalise; ptyalize; spit.
- The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
- verb eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
spew out; eruct.
- the volcano spews out molten rocks every day
- The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate
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icky
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; crappy; lousy; rotten.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- adjective satellite soft and sticky
gooey.
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sunburned
- adjective satellite suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
sunburnt.
- verb get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
sunburn; burn.
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infract
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; violate; break; offend; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
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shark
- noun any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- noun a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
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unhealthful
- adjective not sanitary or healthful
unsanitary; insanitary.
- unsanitary open sewers
- grim and unsanitary conditions
- adjective detrimental to good health
- unhealthful air pollution
- unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint
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put
- noun the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
put option.
- verb put into a certain place or abstract location
set; pose; place; lay; position.
- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
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dudgeon
- noun a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
high dudgeon.
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paralyzed
- adjective satellite affected with paralysis
paralytic.
- verb make powerless and unable to function
paralyze; paralyse.
- The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation
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ailing
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; unwell; sickly; under the weather; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- verb be ill or unwell
ail.
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scandal
- noun disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
malicious gossip; dirt.
- noun a disgraceful event
outrage.
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nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
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ape
- noun any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
- noun someone who copies the words or behavior of another
aper; copycat; imitator; emulator.
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ipecac
- noun a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
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regorge
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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crap
- noun obscene terms for feces
poop; dirt; shite; turd; shit.
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; bullshit; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
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nauseated
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
queasy; nauseous; sick; sickish.
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
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injure
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound.
- verb hurt the feelings of
spite; wound; bruise; hurt; offend.
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests
- This remark really bruised my ego
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subvert
- verb cause the downfall of; of rulers
bring down; overturn; overthrow.
- The Czar was overthrown
- subvert the ruling class
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
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faint
- noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
swoon; deliquium; syncope.
- verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
swoon; pass out; conk.
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negative
- noun a reply of denial
- he answered in the negative
- noun a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
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insult
- noun a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
revilement; abuse; vilification; contumely.
- when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
- they yelled insults at the visiting team
- noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
affront.
- turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
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anger
- noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
choler; ire.
- noun the state of being angry
angriness.
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calk
- noun a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
calkin.
- verb provide with calks
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noisome
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; funky; smelly; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
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injury
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; trauma; hurt.
- noun an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
accidental injury.
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light-headed
- adjective satellite weak and likely to lose consciousness
light; swooning; faint; lightheaded.
- suddenly felt faint from the pain
- was sick and faint from hunger
- felt light in the head
- a swooning fit
- light-headed with wine
- light-headed from lack of sleep
- adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
giddy; featherbrained; airheaded; lightheaded; empty-headed; dizzy; silly.
- a dizzy blonde
- light-headed teenagers
- silly giggles
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debauched
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
libertine; dissolute; fast; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
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denigrating
- adjective satellite (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
libelous; denigrative; denigratory; calumnious; slanderous; libellous; calumniatory; defamatory.
- verb cause to seem less serious; play down
minimize; derogate; denigrate; belittle.
- Don't belittle his influence
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wretched
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
miserable; execrable; deplorable; woeful.
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- adjective satellite characterized by physical misery
miserable.
- a wet miserable weekend
- spent a wretched night on the floor
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rich
- noun people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)
rich people.
- only the very rich benefit from this legislation
- adjective possessing material wealth
- her father is extremely rich
- many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles
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tidy
- noun receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
- verb put (things or places) in order
straighten out; tidy up; straighten; clean up; square away; neaten.
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under
- adjective satellite located below or beneath something else
nether.
- nether garments
- the under parts of a machine
- adjective satellite lower in rank, power, or authority
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cashier
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
bank clerk; teller.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
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stimulate
- verb act as a stimulant
excite.
- The book stimulated her imagination
- This play stimulates
- verb cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
get; make; induce; have; cause.
- The ads induced me to buy a VCR
- My children finally got me to buy a computer
- My wife made me buy a new sofa
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hurt
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; injury; trauma.
- noun psychological suffering
suffering; distress.
- the death of his wife caused him great distress
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overstretch
- verb strain abnormally
pull.
- I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up
- The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition
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qualm
- noun uneasiness about the fitness of an action
scruple; misgiving.
- noun a mild state of nausea
squeamishness; queasiness.
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baby
- noun a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
infant; babe.
- the baby began to cry again
- she held the baby in her arms
- it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different
- noun the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- the baby of the family
- the baby of the Supreme Court
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ward
- noun a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- noun a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
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disabling
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
crippling; incapacitating.
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
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shoot
- noun a new branch
- noun the act of shooting at targets
- they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
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word
- noun a unit of language that native speakers can identify
- words are the blocks from which sentences are made
- he hardly said ten words all morning
- noun a brief statement
- he didn't say a word about it
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nauseating
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
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car
- noun a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
machine; motorcar; automobile; auto.
- he needs a car to get to work
- noun a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
railroad car; railcar; railway car.
- three cars had jumped the rails
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cat
- noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
true cat.
- noun an informal term for a youth or man
bozo; guy; hombre.
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
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loathsomeness
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
lousiness; repulsiveness; vileness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
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hope
- noun a specific instance of feeling hopeful
- it revived their hope of winning the pennant
- noun the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
- in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
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deceased
- noun someone who is no longer alive
dead person; decedent; departed; deceased person; dead soul.
- I wonder what the dead person would have done
- verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
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crazy
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
loony; weirdo; looney; nutcase.
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
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embarrassing
- adjective satellite hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
unenviable; awkward; sticky.
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
- an awkward pause followed his remark
- a sticky question
- in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
- verb cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
embarrass; abash.
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vertiginous
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; dizzy; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
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turn_one's_stomach
- verb upset and make nauseated
nauseate; sicken.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
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high
- noun a lofty level or position or degree
- summer temperatures reached an all-time high
- noun an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
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degenerate
- noun a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
pervert; deviate; deviant.
- verb grow worse
drop; devolve; deteriorate.
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
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offense
- noun a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
offensive activity; discourtesy; offence.
- noun a feeling of anger caused by being offended
umbrage; offence.
- he took offence at my question
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scar
- noun a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
cicatrix; cicatrice.
- noun an indication of damage
scratch; scrape; mark.
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craze
- noun an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
rage; fad; furore; cult; furor.
- he always follows the latest fads
- it was all the rage that season
- noun state of violent mental agitation
fury; delirium; frenzy; hysteria.
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loathe
- verb find repugnant
abominate; execrate; abhor.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
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torture
- noun extreme mental distress
torment; anguish.
- noun unbearable physical pain
torment.
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lame
- noun someone who doesn't understand what is going on
square.
- noun a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
- she wore a gold lame dress
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delirious
- adjective satellite experiencing delirium
hallucinating.
- adjective satellite marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
unrestrained; mad; frantic; excited.
- a crowd of delirious baseball fans
- something frantic in their gaiety
- a mad whirl of pleasure
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stinkiness
- noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
rankness; foulness; malodorousness; fetidness.
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machine
- noun any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
- noun an efficient person
- the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine
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clubbing
- noun a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
- verb unite with a common purpose
club.
- The two men clubbed together
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kinetosis
- noun the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
motion sickness.
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aching
- noun a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
ache.
- verb feel physical pain
ache; suffer; hurt.
- Were you hurting after the accident?
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teapot_dome
- noun a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Teapot Dome scandal.
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repulsion
- noun the force by which bodies repel one another
repulsive force.
- noun intense aversion
horror; revulsion; repugnance.
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immoral
- adjective deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
- adjective satellite not adhering to ethical or moral principles
base.
- base and unpatriotic motives
- a base, degrading way of life
- cheating is dishonorable
- they considered colonialism immoral
- unethical practices in handling public funds
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sin
- noun estrangement from god
sinfulness; wickedness.
- noun an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
sinning.
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tuberculous
- adjective satellite constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
tubercular.
- a tubercular child
- tuberculous patients
- tubercular meningitis
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powdered_mustard
- noun a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic
dry mustard.
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smut
- noun a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
soot; crock; lampblack; carbon black.
- noun destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
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neighbor
- noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
neighbour.
- noun a nearby object of the same kind
neighbour.
- Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas
- what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?
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beauty
- noun the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; dish; looker.
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famish
- verb be hungry; go without food
starve; hunger.
- verb deprive of food
starve.
- They starved the prisoners
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sneak
- noun a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
- noun someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
prowler; stalker.
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lump
- noun a compact mass
clod; ball; glob; clump; chunk.
- a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
swelling; puffiness.
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wrong
- noun that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
wrongfulness.
- he feels that you are in the wrong
- noun any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
legal injury; damage.
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disable
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; incapacitate; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
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mad
- adjective satellite roused to anger
sore; huffy.
- stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
- sore over a remark
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
crazy; unhinged; brainsick; demented; disturbed; sick; unbalanced.
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seedy
- adjective full of seeds
- adjective satellite shabby and untidy
scruffy.
- a surge of ragged scruffy children
- he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
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law
- noun the collection of rules imposed by authority
jurisprudence.
- civilization presupposes respect for the law
- the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order
- noun legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
- there is a law against kidnapping
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filthy
- adjective satellite disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
nasty; foul.
- as filthy as a pigsty
- a foul pond
- a nasty pigsty of a room
- adjective satellite vile; despicable
lousy; dirty.
- a dirty (or lousy) trick
- a filthy traitor
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mal
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man
- noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
adult male.
- there were two women and six men on the bus
- noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
military man; serviceman; military personnel.
- two men stood sentry duty
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execrable
- adjective satellite of very poor quality or condition
miserable; deplorable; woeful; wretched.
- deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
- woeful treatment of the accused
- woeful errors of judgment
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
abominable; detestable; odious.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
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attempt
- noun earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
try; effort; endeavor; endeavour.
- made an effort to cover all the reading material
- wished him luck in his endeavor
- she gave it a good try
- noun the act of attacking
attack.
- attacks on women increased last year
- they made an attempt on his life
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scourge
- noun a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
flagellum.
- noun something causing misery or death
bane; nemesis; curse.
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light
- noun (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
visible light; visible radiation.
- the light was filtered through a soft glass window
- noun any device serving as a source of illumination
light source.
- he stopped the car and turned off the lights
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counter
- noun table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- noun game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
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revolt
- noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
rising; uprising; insurrection; rebellion.
- verb make revolution
- The people revolted when bread prices tripled again
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crippling
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; incapacitating.
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify; cripple.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
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blunder
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
drop the ball; goof; boob; sin.
- I blundered during the job interview
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sickening
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
nauseate; sicken; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
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mantrap
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; dish; looker.
- noun a trap for catching trespassers
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shocker
- noun a shockingly bad person
- noun a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)
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green
- noun green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
viridity; greenness.
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
park; commons; common.
- they went for a walk in the park
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dread
- noun fearful expectation or anticipation
apprehension; apprehensiveness.
- the student looked around the examination room with apprehension
- verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
fear.
- I fear the winters in Moscow
- We should not fear the Communists!
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offend
- verb cause to feel resentment or indignation
pique.
- Her tactless remark offended me
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; infract; violate; break; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
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bungle
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bloomer.
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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rankness
- noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
fertility; prolificacy; richness.
- he praised the richness of the soil
- weeds lovely in their rankness
- noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
foulness; malodorousness; fetidness; stinkiness.
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violator
- noun someone who violates the law
law offender; lawbreaker.
- noun someone who assaults others sexually
ravisher; debaucher.
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breaking
- noun the act of breaking something
break; breakage.
- the breakage was unavoidable
- verb terminate
interrupt; break.
- She interrupted her pregnancy
- break a lucky streak
- break the cycle of poverty
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nauseatic
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unpalatable
- adjective not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind
- an unpalatable meal
- unpalatable truths
- unpalatable behavior
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over
- noun (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
- adjective satellite having come or been brought to a conclusion
concluded; terminated; complete; ended; all over.
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview
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disabled
- noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
handicapped.
- technology to help the elderly and the disabled
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
- disable this command on your computer
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scandalise
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
scandalize; appal; shock; appall; outrage; offend.
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
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sinning
- noun an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
sin.
- verb commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
trespass; sin; transgress.
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ghastly
- adjective satellite shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
macabre; grisly; sick; gruesome; grim.
- ghastly wounds
- the grim aftermath of the bombing
- the grim task of burying the victims
- a grisly murder
- gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
- macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
- macabre tortures conceived by madmen
- adjective satellite gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
sepulchral; charnel.
- a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
- ghastly shrieks
- the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
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dyspeptic
- noun a person suffering from indigestion
- adjective satellite suffering from dyspepsia
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strangle
- verb kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
strangulate; throttle.
- he tried to strangle his opponent
- A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
- verb conceal or hide
muffle; stifle; smother; repress.
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
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suffer
- verb undergo or be subjected to
endure.
- He suffered the penalty
- Many saints suffered martyrdom
- verb undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
sustain; have; get.
- She suffered a fracture in the accident
- He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
- She got a bruise on her leg
- He got his arm broken in the scuffle
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suffocate
- verb deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
asphyxiate; smother.
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
- verb impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
stifle; asphyxiate; choke.
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
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throw_up
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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insubstantial
- adjective lacking material form or substance; unreal
unsubstantial; unreal.
- as insubstantial as a dream
- an insubstantial mirage on the horizon
- adjective satellite lacking in nutritive value
jejune.
- the jejune diets of the very poor
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anathematise
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; execrate; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
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abhorrer
- noun a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred
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demoralize
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; demoralise; get down; cast down.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
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morbid
- adjective satellite suggesting an unhealthy mental state
- morbid interest in death
- morbid curiosity
- adjective satellite suggesting the horror of death and decay
ghoulish.
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goof
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
cuckoo; fathead; goose; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
- noun a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
goofball; buffoon; clown; merry andrew.
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hurting
- noun a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
pain.
- the patient developed severe pain and distension
- verb be the source of pain
ache; smart; hurt.
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halt
- noun the state of inactivity following an interruption
stoppage; stop; hitch; arrest; stay; check.
- the negotiations were in arrest
- held them in check
- during the halt he got some lunch
- the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow
- he spent the entire stop in his seat
- noun the event of something ending
stop.
- it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill
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paraplegic
- noun a person who has paraplegia (is paralyzed from the waist down)
- adjective satellite suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord
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break
- noun some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
interruption.
- the telephone is an annoying interruption
- there was a break in the action when a player was hurt
- noun an unexpected piece of good luck
good luck; happy chance.
- he finally got his big break
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repulsive
- adjective satellite offensive to the mind
abhorrent; detestable; repugnant; obscene.
- an abhorrent deed
- the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
- morally repugnant customs
- repulsive behavior
- the most repulsive character in recent novels
- adjective possessing the ability to repel
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indisposed
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; unwell; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- verb make unwilling
indispose; disincline.
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impaired
- adjective diminished in strength, quality, or utility
- verb make worse or less effective
impair.
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unsavoriness
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
disgustingness; distastefulness; nauseatingness; sickeningness.
- noun the property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind
disgustingness.
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bullshit
- noun obscene words for unacceptable behavior
crap; horseshit; Irish bull; dogshit; bull; shit.
- I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
- what he said was mostly bull
- verb speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
fake; bull; talk through one's hat.
- The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
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disgorgement
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
emesis; puking; vomiting; vomit; regurgitation.
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pimp
- noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
pander; procurer; fancy man; ponce; pandar; panderer.
- verb arrange for sexual partners for others
pander; procure.
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feverish
- adjective satellite marked by intense agitation or emotion
hectic.
- worked at a feverish pace
- adjective of or relating to or characterized by fever
febrile.
- a febrile reaction caused by an allergen
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stir
- noun a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
splash.
- he made a great splash and then disappeared
- noun emotional agitation and excitement
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drop
- noun a shape that is spherical and small
bead; pearl.
- he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops
- beads of sweat on his forehead
- noun a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
driblet; drib.
- he had a drop too much to drink
- a drop of each sample was analyzed
- there is not a drop of pity in that man
- years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--Kipling
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chuck
- noun informal terms for a meal
eats; grub; chow.
- noun the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
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blazing
- noun a strong flame that burns brightly
blaze.
- verb shine brightly and intensively
blaze.
- Meteors blazed across the atmosphere
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varmint
- noun an irritating or obnoxious person
vermin.
- noun any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
varment.
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hijack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
highjack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
commandeer; highjack; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
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quarter
- noun one of four equal parts
twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; quartern; one-fourth; fourth.
- noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character
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mean
- noun an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
mean value.
- verb mean or intend to express or convey
intend.
- You never understand what I mean!
- what do his words intend?
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harm
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
injury; trauma; hurt.
- noun the occurrence of a change for the worse
impairment; damage.
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bends
- noun pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
caisson disease; gas embolism; air embolism; aeroembolism; decompression sickness.
- noun a circular segment of a curve
twist; crook; bend; turn.
- a bend in the road
- a crook in the path
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bump
- noun a lump on the body caused by a blow
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
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stunner
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; ravisher; mantrap; dish; looker.
- noun an unexpected and amazing event
- the stunner was what happened on Saturday
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skank
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
crud; filth.
- noun a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
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goose
- noun web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- noun a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
goof; cuckoo; fathead; bozo; zany; twat; jackass; goofball.
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skeleton_in_the_closet
- noun a scandal that is kept secret
skeleton in the cupboard; skeleton.
- there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet
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heave
- noun an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling)
heaving.
- the heaving of waves on a rough sea
- noun (geology) a horizontal dislocation
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witness
- noun someone who sees an event and reports what happened
witnesser; informant.
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; looker; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
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out
- noun (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- you only get 3 outs per inning
- verb to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
come out of the closet; come out.
- This actor outed last year
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giddy
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
vertiginous; dizzy; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
- adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
featherbrained; airheaded; lightheaded; empty-headed; dizzy; light-headed; silly.
- a dizzy blonde
- light-headed teenagers
- silly giggles
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accurse
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
execrate; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
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psychic
- noun a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
- adjective satellite affecting or influenced by the human mind
psychical.
- psychic energy
- psychic trauma
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sickness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; illness; unwellness.
- noun defectiveness or unsoundness
- drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
- a great sickness of his judgment
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revolting
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
- verb make revolution
revolt.
- The people revolted when bread prices tripled again
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dehydrated
- adjective satellite suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
- fever resulted from becoming dehydrated
- was dehydrated after the marathon
- verb preserve by removing all water and liquids from
desiccate; dehydrate.
- carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
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laid
- adjective satellite set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"
set.
- verb put into a certain place or abstract location
set; pose; place; lay; put; position.
- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
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trauma
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
harm; injury; hurt.
- noun an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
psychic trauma.
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vitiate
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb make imperfect
impair; mar; deflower; spoil.
- nothing marred her beauty
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ill-scented
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; funky; smelly; noisome; fetid.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
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stun
- verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
stupefy.
- verb hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
sandbag.
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fetidness
- noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
rankness; foulness; malodorousness; stinkiness.
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one
- noun the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
ace; I; unity; 1; single.
- he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it
- they had lunch at one
- noun a single person or thing
- he is the best one
- this is the one I ordered
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strain
- noun (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- noun difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
stress.
- she endured the stresses and strains of life
- he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson
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scandalize
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
appal; shock; appall; scandalise; outrage; offend.
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
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dirt
- noun the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
soil.
- noun the state of being covered with unclean things
grease; filth; soil; grime; grunge; stain.
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odoriferous
- adjective satellite morally offensive
- adjective satellite emitting an odor
odorous.
- odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack
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teapot_dome_scandal
- noun a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Teapot Dome.
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displeasing
- adjective causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities
- verb give displeasure to
displease.
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murmur
- noun a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
murmuring; muttering; mutter; murmuration; mussitation.
- noun a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
murmur vowel.
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sickeningness
- noun extreme unpalatability to the mouth
disgustingness; distastefulness; nauseatingness; unsavoriness.
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cough
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
coughing.
- verb exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
- The smoker coughs all day
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morbidness
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidity.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
- noun the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you
unwholesomeness; morbidity.
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execrate
- verb find repugnant
abominate; abhor; loathe.
- I loathe that man
- She abhors cats
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize; anathematize.
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looseness
- noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
looseness of the bowels; diarrhea; diarrhoea.
- noun freedom from restraint
- the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made
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take_aback
- verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
shock; ball over; blow out of the water; floor.
- I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
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execration
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; abhorrence; abomination; detestation; loathing.
- noun an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
condemnation; curse.
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shocking
- adjective satellite glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
lurid.
- lurid details of the accident
- verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
take aback; shock; ball over; blow out of the water; floor.
- I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
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recovering
- adjective satellite returning to health after illness or debility
convalescent.
- convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; recover; retrieve; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
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motion
- noun the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
gesture.
- noun a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
movement.
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lousy
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; crappy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- adjective satellite infested with lice
- burned their lousy clothes
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funky
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; smelly; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
- adjective satellite (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues
low-down.
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disturbed
- adjective satellite having the place or position changed
- the disturbed books and papers on her desk
- disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
- verb move deeply
disturb; upset; trouble.
- This book upset me
- A troubling thought
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corrupting
- adjective satellite seducing into corrupt practices
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
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unhealthy
- adjective not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
- adjective satellite detrimental to health
unhealthful; insalubrious.
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hoot
- noun a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
razz; boo; razzing; Bronx cheer; hiss; raspberry; bird; snort.
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criminal_offense
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; crime; law-breaking; offense; criminal offence.
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enlarged
- adjective (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
hypertrophied.
- hypertrophied myocardial fibers
- verb make larger
enlarge.
- She enlarged the flower beds
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black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
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long
- verb desire strongly or persistently
yearn; hanker.
- adjective primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
- a long life
- a long boring speech
- a long time
- a long friendship
- a long game
- long ago
- an hour long
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anathemize
- verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
imprecate; curse; anathemise; damn; bedamn; maledict; beshrew.
- The bad witch cursed the child
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; execrate; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathematize.
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enormity
- noun the quality of being outrageous
outrageousness.
- noun vastness of size or extent
- in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size
- universities recognized the enormity of their task
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scent
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
perfume; fragrance; aroma.
- noun an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
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engineer
- noun a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
applied scientist; technologist.
- noun the operator of a railway locomotive
locomotive engineer; railroad engineer; engine driver.
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debase
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
alloy.
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transgressor
- noun someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command
- the way of transgressors is hard
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run_afoul
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
infringe; conflict; contravene.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
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bite
- noun a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
- noun a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
bit; morsel.
- all they had left was a bit of bread
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attack
- noun (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
onset; onrush; onslaught.
- noun an offensive move in a sport or game
- they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning
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regurgitate
- verb pour or rush back
- The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle
- verb feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
- many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest
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spue
- verb expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
spew; ptyalise; ptyalize; spit.
- The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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grimness
- noun the quality of being ghastly
gruesomeness; ghastliness; luridness.
- noun something hard to endure
hardship; rigourousness; severeness; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; asperity; severity.
- the asperity of northern winters
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damaging
- adjective satellite (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury
prejudicial; detrimental; prejudicious.
- damaging to career and reputation
- the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant
- verb inflict damage upon
damage.
- The snow damaged the roof
- She damaged the car when she hit the tree
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beard
- noun the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
face fungus; whiskers.
- noun a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
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malady
- noun any unwholesome or desperate condition
- what maladies afflict our nation?
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
illness; unwellness; sickness.
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bowed
- adjective of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
- verb bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
bow down; bow.
- He bowed before the King
- She bowed her head in shame
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prissy
- adjective satellite exaggeratedly proper
puritanical; square-toed; straight-laced; straitlaced; strait-laced; tight-laced; victorian; prudish; prim; straightlaced; priggish.
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- adjective satellite excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
overnice; squeamish; nice; dainty.
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
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collapse
- noun an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
prostration.
- the commander's prostration demoralized his men
- noun a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
- the roof is in danger of collapse
- the collapse of the old star under its own gravity
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sort
- noun a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
kind; form; variety.
- sculpture is a form of art
- what kinds of desserts are there?
- noun an approximate definition or example
- she wore a sort of magenta dress
- she served a creamy sort of dessert thing
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mutilated
- adjective satellite having a part of the body crippled or disabled
maimed.
- verb destroy or injure severely
mutilate; mangle; cut up.
- The madman mutilates art work
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palsy
- noun loss of the ability to move a body part
paralysis.
- noun a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
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put_off
- verb hold back to a later time
prorogue; set back; defer; remit; put over; shelve; table; postpone; hold over.
- verb cause to feel intense dislike or distaste
turn off.
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vitriol
- noun (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid.
- noun abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
invective; vituperation.
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morbidity
- noun the relative incidence of a particular disease
- noun an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
morbidness.
- his fear of being alone verges on morbidity
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peaked
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
indisposed; unwell; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
- verb to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
peak; top out.
- That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929
- Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million
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affront
- noun a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
insult.
- turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
diss; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
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objectionable
- adjective satellite causing disapproval or protest
obnoxious.
- a vulgar and objectionable person
- adjective satellite liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to
exceptionable.
- a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing
- found the politician's views objectionable
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foul-smelling
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul; foetid; funky; smelly; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
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outlaw
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; criminal; felon.
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
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kink
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
wrick; rick; crick.
- noun a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
twist; twirl.
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humped
- adjective satellite characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
kyphotic; crookback; hunchbacked; crookbacked; humpbacked; gibbous.
- verb round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward
hump; hunch forward; hunch; hunch over.
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outrageous
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
hideous; horrific; horrid.
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
- adjective satellite greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
extortionate; usurious; exorbitant; unconscionable; steep.
- exorbitant rent
- extortionate prices
- spends an outrageous amount on entertainment
- usurious interest rate
- unconscionable spending
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transgression
- noun the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
evildoing.
- the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father
- noun the spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata
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feeling
- noun the experiencing of affective and emotional states
- she had a feeling of euphoria
- he had terrible feelings of guilt
- I disliked him and the feeling was mutual
- noun a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
impression; belief; opinion; notion.
- his impression of her was favorable
- what are your feelings about the crisis?
- it strengthened my belief in his sincerity
- I had a feeling that she was lying
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be_sick
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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prospect
- noun the possibility of future success
chance.
- his prospects as a writer are excellent
- noun belief about (or mental picture of) the future
outlook; expectation.
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illness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; unwellness; sickness.
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abomination
- noun a person who is loathsome or disgusting
- noun hate coupled with disgust
odium; execration; abhorrence; detestation; loathing.
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livery
- noun uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs
- noun the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
delivery; legal transfer.
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odious
- adjective satellite unequivocally detestable
abominable; detestable; execrable.
- abominable treatment of prisoners
- detestable vices
- execrable crimes
- consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke
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torment
- noun unbearable physical pain
torture.
- noun extreme mental distress
anguish; torture.
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have
- noun a person who possesses great material wealth
rich person; wealthy person.
- verb have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
hold; have got.
- She has $1,000 in the bank
- He has got two beautiful daughters
- She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
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gall
- noun an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
saddle sore.
- noun a skin sore caused by chafing
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stomach
- noun an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
tummy; tum; breadbasket.
- noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
venter; abdomen; belly.
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dirty_word
- noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
obscenity; smut; filth; vulgarism.
- noun a word that is considered to be unmentionable
- `failure' is a dirty word to him
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churn
- noun a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
butter churn.
- verb stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
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scandalisation
- noun the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior)
scandalization.
- noun the act of scandalizing
scandalization; outrage.
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rumination
- noun a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
contemplation; reflection; reflexion; musing; thoughtfulness.
- noun (of ruminants) chewing (the cud)
- ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination
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take
- noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
return; yield; takings; issue; proceeds; payoff.
- the average return was about 5%
- noun the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
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fracture
- noun breaking of hard tissue such as bone
break.
- it was a nasty fracture
- the break seems to have been caused by a fall
- noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
fault; geological fault; break; faulting; shift.
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
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deprave
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
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yucky
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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wrench
- noun a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
twist; pull.
- the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell
- he was sidelined with a hamstring pull
- noun a jerky pulling movement
twist.
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pain
- noun a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
hurting.
- the patient developed severe pain and distension
- noun emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
painfulness.
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queasiness
- noun a mild state of nausea
qualm; squeamishness.
- noun inability to rest or relax or be still
uneasiness; restlessness.
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disgorge
- verb cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
shed; spill.
- spill the beans all over the table
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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foetid
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; funky; smelly; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
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unwellness
- noun impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
malady; illness; sickness.
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wounding
- noun the act of inflicting a wound
wound.
- verb cause injuries or bodily harm to
wound; injure.
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dummy
- noun a person who does not talk
silent person.
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
booby; dope; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
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horrid
- adjective satellite exceedingly bad
- when she was bad she was horrid
- adjective satellite grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
outrageous; hideous; horrific.
- subjected to outrageous cruelty
- a hideous pattern of injustice
- horrific conditions in the mining industry
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looker
- noun a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
viewer; witness; spectator; watcher.
- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; dish.
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face
- noun the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
human face.
- he washed his face
- I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news
- noun the feelings expressed on a person's face
facial expression; expression; look; aspect.
- a sad expression
- a look of triumph
- an angry face
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pukish
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criminal_offence
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; criminal offense; crime; law-breaking; offense.
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despise
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; disdain; contemn.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
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foaming
- adjective satellite emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation
bubbly; spumy; bubbling; effervescing; foamy; frothy.
- bubbling champagne
- foamy (or frothy) beer
- verb become bubbly or frothy or foaming
froth; foam; effervesce; sparkle; form bubbles; fizz.
- The boiling soup was frothing
- The river was foaming
- Sparkling water
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hunger
- noun a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
hungriness.
- noun strong desire for something (not food or drink)
hungriness; thirstiness; thirst.
- a thirst for knowledge
- hunger for affection
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cheat
- noun weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
darnel; bearded darnel; Lolium temulentum; tare.
- noun weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Bromus secalinus; chess.
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swelling
- noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
puffiness; lump.
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; extrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
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incapacitate
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable.
- disable this command on your computer
- verb injure permanently
handicap; disable; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
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halting
- adjective satellite disabled in the feet or legs
halt; lame; gimpy; game; crippled.
- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
- verb cause to stop
arrest; hold; halt.
- Halt the engines
- Arrest the progress
- halt the presses
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bring
- verb take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
take; convey.
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- verb cause to come into a particular state or condition
- Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence
- bring water to the boiling point
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illegalize
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
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degraded
- adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
debauched; libertine; dissolute; fast; degenerate; dissipated; riotous; profligate.
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- verb reduce the level of land, as by erosion
degrade.
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turn_off
- verb cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
switch off; cut; turn out.
- Turn off the stereo, please
- cut the engine
- turn out the lights
- verb make a turn
- turn off at the parking area
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distressing
- adjective satellite causing distress or worry or anxiety
distressful; perturbing; troubling; disturbing; worrying; worrisome.
- distressing (or disturbing) news
- lived in heroic if something distressful isolation
- a disturbing amount of crime
- a revelation that was most perturbing
- a new and troubling thought
- in a particularly worrisome predicament
- a worrying situation
- a worrying time
- verb bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
straiten; distress.
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fend
- verb try to manage without help
- The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died
- verb withstand the force of something
resist; stand.
- The trees resisted her
- stand the test of time
- The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow
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spite
- noun feeling a need to see others suffer
spitefulness; maliciousness; malice; venom.
- noun malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
spitefulness; cattiness; bitchiness; nastiness.
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state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
province.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the current state of knowledge
- his state of health
- in a weak financial state
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cripple
- noun someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- verb deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
stultify.
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
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crime
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; criminal offense; law-breaking; offense; criminal offence.
- noun an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
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black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
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repulsiveness
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; lousiness; vileness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
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disgust
- noun strong feelings of dislike
- verb fill with distaste
gross out; repel; revolt.
- This spoilt food disgusts me
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incapacitating
- adjective satellite that cripples or disables or incapacitates
disabling; crippling.
- verb make unable to perform a certain action
disenable; disable; incapacitate.
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dreaded
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; fearsome.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- verb be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
fear; dread.
- I fear the winters in Moscow
- We should not fear the Communists!
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ball_over
- verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
take aback; shock; blow out of the water; floor.
- I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
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dispute
- noun a disagreement or argument about something important
difference of opinion; difference; conflict.
- he had a dispute with his wife
- there were irreconcilable differences
- the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
- noun coming into conflict with
contravention.
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hit
- noun (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
- he came all the way around on Williams' hit
- noun the act of contacting one thing with another
hitting; striking.
- repeated hitting raised a large bruise
- after three misses she finally got a hit
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get
- noun a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- verb come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
acquire.
- She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
- They acquired a new pet
- Get your results the next day
- Get permission to take a few days off from work
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dope
- noun street names for marijuana
sess; skunk; pot; weed; gage; smoke; Mary Jane; sens; grass; green goddess; locoweed.
- noun an ignorant or foolish person
dummy; booby; pinhead; boob; dumbbell.
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de
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Diamond State; Delaware; First State.
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resent
- verb feel bitter or indignant about
- She resents being paid less than her co-workers
- verb wish ill or allow unwillingly
begrudge.
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vermin
- noun an irritating or obnoxious person
varmint.
- noun any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats
- cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin
- he examined the child's head for vermin
- boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin
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ravisher
- noun someone who assaults others sexually
violator; debaucher.
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; mantrap; dish; looker.
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remedy
- noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
remediation; redress.
- noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
curative; cure; therapeutic.
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violative
- adjective satellite violating or tending to violate or offend against
offensive.
- violative of the principles of liberty
- considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity
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scandalization
- noun the condition of being shocked (as by improper behavior)
scandalisation.
- noun the act of scandalizing
outrage; scandalisation.
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frightening
- noun the act of inspiring with fear
terrorisation; terrorization.
- verb cause fear in
frighten; scare; fright; affright.
- The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me
- Ghosts could never affright her
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insulting
- adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
scornful; disdainful; contemptuous.
- verb treat, mention, or speak to rudely
diss; affront; insult.
- He insulted her with his rude remarks
- the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
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autistic
- adjective satellite characteristic of or affected with autism
- autistic behavior
- autistic children
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sickly
- adjective satellite unhealthy looking
sallow.
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; unwell; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
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married
- noun a person who is married
- we invited several young marrieds
- verb take in marriage
get hitched with; wed; marry; conjoin; get married; espouse; hook up with.
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motion_sickness
- noun the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
kinetosis.
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morning
- noun the time period between dawn and noon
morning time; forenoon; morn.
- I spent the morning running errands
- noun a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
good morning.
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purge
- noun the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
purgation; purging.
- noun an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements
purging.
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double
- noun a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
two-base hit; two-baser; two-bagger.
- he hit a double to deep centerfield
- noun a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
stunt man; stunt woman.
- his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
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highjack
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
hijack.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
hijack; commandeer; pirate.
- The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami
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scrofulous
- adjective satellite afflicted with scrofula
- adjective satellite morally contaminated
- denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart
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cramp
- noun a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
muscle spasm; spasm.
- noun a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued
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unworthy
- adjective lacking in value or merit
- dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy
- unworthy of forgiveness
- adjective satellite not deserving
undeserving.
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misdirect
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
mislead; lead astray; misguide.
- The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
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orphan
- noun a child who has lost both parents
- noun someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
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up
- verb raise
- adjective being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- the anchor is up
- the sun is up
- he lay face up
- he is up by a pawn
- the market is up
- the corn is up
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resist
- verb elude, especially in a baffling way
defy; refuse.
- This behavior defies explanation
- verb stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
withstand; hold out; stand firm.
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demented
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
crazy; unhinged; brainsick; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
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unfit
- verb make unfit or unsuitable
indispose; disqualify.
- Your income disqualifies you
- adjective below the required standards for a purpose
- an unfit parent
- unfit for human consumption
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sliminess
- noun a property resembling or being covered with slime
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; vileness; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
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luridness
- noun the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
sensationalism.
- the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation
- noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
pallor; lividity; achromasia; wanness; paleness; pallidness; lividness.
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afoul
- adjective satellite especially of a ship's lines etc
fouled; foul.
- with its sails afoul
- a foul anchor
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barf
- noun the matter ejected in vomiting
vomit; puke; vomitus.
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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corrupt
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
grease one's palms; buy; bribe.
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sport
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics.
- noun the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
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white
- noun a member of the Caucasoid race
White person; Caucasian.
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
whiteness.
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best
- noun the supreme effort one can make
- noun the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
topper.
- he could beat the best of them
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subject
- noun the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
topic; theme.
- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
- noun something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
content; depicted object.
- a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
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closet
- noun a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
cupboard.
- noun a toilet in Britain
W.C.; water closet; loo.
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woozy
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; vertiginous; dizzy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
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degrading
- adjective satellite harmful to the mind or morals
corrupting.
- corrupt judges and their corrupting influence
- the vicious and degrading cult of violence
- verb reduce the level of land, as by erosion
degrade.
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jaundiced
- adjective satellite affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
icteric; yellow.
- verb distort adversely
jaundice.
- Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment
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wickedness
- noun morally objectionable behavior
iniquity; evil; immorality.
- noun absence of moral or spiritual values
iniquity; dark; darkness.
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scorn
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
despite; contempt; disdain.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun open disrespect for a person or thing
contempt.
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scrag
- noun a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
thin person; skin and bones.
- noun lean end of the neck
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personate
- verb pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
pose; impersonate.
- She posed as the Czar's daughter
- verb attribute human qualities to something
personify.
- The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous
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unsavoury
- adjective morally offensive
offensive; unsavory.
- an unsavory reputation
- an unsavory scandal
- adjective satellite not pleasing in odor or taste
distasteful; unsavory.
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disdain
- noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
scorn; despite; contempt.
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
- noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
condescension; patronage.
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fish
- noun any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- the shark is a large fish
- in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
- noun the flesh of fish used as food
- in Japan most fish is eaten raw
- after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat
- they have a chef who specializes in fish
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offending
- adjective offending against or breaking a law or rule
- contracts offending against the statute were canceled
- verb cause to feel resentment or indignation
offend; pique.
- Her tactless remark offended me
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equal
- noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
peer; compeer; match.
- verb be identical or equivalent to
be.
- One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!
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against
Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale.
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vulgarism
- noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
obscenity; smut; filth; dirty word.
- noun the quality of lacking taste and refinement
coarseness; commonness; raunch; vulgarity; grossness.
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bedrid
- adjective satellite confined to bed (by illness)
sick-abed; bedridden; bedfast.
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mortified
- adjective satellite suffering from tissue death
gangrenous.
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
mortify.
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headed
- adjective satellite having a heading or course in a certain direction
- verb to go or travel towards
head.
- where is she heading
- We were headed for the mountains
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m
- noun the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
metre; meter.
- noun concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution
molarity; molar concentration.
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charnel
- noun a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
charnel house.
- adjective satellite gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
sepulchral; ghastly.
- a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
- ghastly shrieks
- the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
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wrick
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
rick; kink; crick.
- verb twist suddenly so as to sprain
twist; turn; rick; sprain; wrench.
- wrench one's ankle
- The wrestler twisted his shoulder
- the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
- I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
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aback
- adverb having the wind against the forward side of the sails
- the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback
- adverb by surprise
- taken aback by the caustic remarks
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intrude
- verb enter uninvited
irrupt.
- They intruded on our dinner party
- She irrupted into our sitting room
- verb enter unlawfully on someone's property
trespass.
- Don't trespass on my land!
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devil
- noun an evil supernatural being
daemon; demon; daimon; fiend.
- noun (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Prince of Darkness; Lucifer; the Tempter; Beelzebub; Satan; Old Nick.
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filth
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
crud; skank.
- noun the state of being covered with unclean things
grease; dirt; soil; grime; grunge; stain.
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consumptive
- noun a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
lunger; tubercular.
- adjective tending to consume or use often wastefully
- water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
- duties consumptive of time and energy
- consumptive fires
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bitter
- noun English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
- noun the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
bitterness.
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scented
- adjective having the sense of smell
- verb cause to smell or be smelly
odourise; odorize; scent.
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appall
- verb strike with disgust or revulsion
scandalize; appal; shock; scandalise; outrage; offend.
- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
- verb fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
horrify; dismay; alarm; appal.
- I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview
- The news of the executions horrified us
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commission
- noun a special group delegated to consider some matter
committee.
- a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle
- noun a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
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dysphemistic
- adjective substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one
offensive.
- `nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'
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damn
- noun something of little value
tinker's dam; tinker's damn; red cent; hoot; darn; shucks; shit.
- his promise is not worth a damn
- not worth one red cent
- not worth shucks
- verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
imprecate; curse; anathemise; bedamn; anathemize; maledict; beshrew.
- The bad witch cursed the child
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wheezing
- adjective satellite relating to breathing with a whistling sound
wheezy; asthmatic.
- verb breathe with difficulty
wheeze.
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rebarbative
- adjective satellite serving or tending to repel
repellant; repellent.
- he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful
- I find his obsequiousness repellent
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drop_the_ball
- verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
goof; boob; sin; blunder.
- I blundered during the job interview
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sweetheart
- noun a person loved by another person
truelove; steady; sweetie.
- noun any well-liked individual
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lulu
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; dish; looker.
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coughing
- noun a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
cough.
- verb exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
cough.
- The smoker coughs all day
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excite
- verb arouse or elicit a feeling
- verb act as a stimulant
stimulate.
- The book stimulated her imagination
- This play stimulates
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crappy
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; shitty; stinky; lousy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
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neighbour
- noun a person who lives (or is located) near another
neighbor.
- noun a nearby object of the same kind
neighbor.
- Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas
- what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?
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stupor
- noun the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
shock; daze.
- his mother's death left him in a daze
- he was numb with shock
- noun marginal consciousness
semiconsciousness; grogginess; stupefaction.
- his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
- someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
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hateful
- adjective evoking or deserving hatred
- no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly
- adjective satellite characterized by malice
mean.
- a hateful thing to do
- in a mean mood
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bull
- noun uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- noun a large and strong and heavyset man
strapper; bruiser; Samson.
- he was a bull of a man
- a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
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blatancy
- noun the property of being both obvious and offensive
- the blatancy of his attempt to whitewash the crime was unforgivable
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rupture
- noun state of being torn or burst open
- noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; severance; falling out; break; breach.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
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swooning
- adjective satellite weak and likely to lose consciousness
light; faint; light-headed; lightheaded.
- suddenly felt faint from the pain
- was sick and faint from hunger
- felt light in the head
- a swooning fit
- light-headed with wine
- light-headed from lack of sleep
- verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
swoon; pass out; faint; conk.
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chill
- noun coldness due to a cold environment
iciness; gelidity.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
frisson; quiver; thrill; shudder; shiver; tingle.
- a frisson of surprise shot through him
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case
- noun an occurrence of something
instance; example.
- it was a case of bad judgment
- another instance occurred yesterday
- but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
- noun a special set of circumstances
event.
- in that event, the first possibility is excluded
- it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
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queasy
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
vile; nauseous; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
nauseous; nauseated; sick; sickish.
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criminal
- noun someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
malefactor; crook; outlaw; felon.
- adjective satellite bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
condemnable; deplorable; vicious; reprehensible.
- a criminal waste of talent
- a deplorable act of violence
- adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
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trespass
- noun a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages
- noun entry to another's property without right or permission
violation; encroachment; usurpation; intrusion.
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look
- noun the feelings expressed on a person's face
facial expression; expression; aspect; face.
- a sad expression
- a look of triumph
- an angry face
- noun the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
looking; looking at.
- he went out to have a look
- his look was fixed on her eyes
- he gave it a good looking at
- his camera does his looking for him
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profane
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralise; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb violate the sacred character of a place or language
outrage; desecrate; violate.
- desecrate a cemetery
- violate the sanctity of the church
- profane the name of God
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contemn
- verb look down on with disdain
scorn; despise; disdain.
- He despises the people he has to work for
- The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
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handicapped
- noun people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
disabled.
- technology to help the elderly and the disabled
- verb injure permanently
handicap; disable; incapacitate; invalid.
- He was disabled in a car accident
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cast
- noun the actors in a play
cast of characters; dramatis personae.
- noun container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
mould; mold.
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ill
- noun an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
complaint; ailment.
- adjective affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
sick.
- ill from the monotony of his suffering
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fleer
- noun someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
fugitive; runaway.
- fugitives from the sweatshops
- noun contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
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crab
- noun decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- noun a quarrelsome grouch
crabby person.
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recuperate
- verb regain or make up for
recover; recoup.
- verb regain a former condition after a financial loss
go back; recover.
- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
- The company managed to recuperate
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vileness
- noun the quality of being wicked
ugliness; nefariousness; wickedness.
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; lousiness; repulsiveness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
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disapprove
- verb consider bad or wrong
- verb deem wrong or inappropriate
reject.
- I disapprove of her child rearing methods
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sting
- noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung
stinging.
- the sting of death
- he felt the stinging of nettles
- noun a mental pain or distress
pang.
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disgustful
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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dizzy
- verb make dizzy or giddy
- adjective satellite having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
giddy; vertiginous; woozy.
- had a dizzy spell
- a dizzy pinnacle
- had a headache and felt giddy
- a giddy precipice
- feeling woozy from the blow on his head
- a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
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law-breaking
- noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; criminal offense; crime; offense; criminal offence.
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in
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
inch.
- noun a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
indium; atomic number 49.
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demoralise
- verb corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
pervert; debase; profane; misdirect; subvert; debauch; deprave; vitiate; corrupt; demoralize.
- debauch the young people with wine and women
- Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
- Do school counselors subvert young children?
- corrupt the morals
- verb lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
depress; dispirit; dismay; deject; get down; cast down; demoralize.
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
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obnoxious
- adjective satellite causing disapproval or protest
objectionable.
- a vulgar and objectionable person
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mouse
- noun any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
- noun a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
black eye; shiner.
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anathematize
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; execrate; anathematise; anathemise; comminate; anathemize.
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funny
- noun an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
funny story; funny remark; good story.
- she told a funny story
- she made a funny
- adjective satellite arousing or provoking laughter
risible; mirthful; amusing; laughable; comic; comical.
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
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recover
- verb get or find back; recover the use of
regain; retrieve; find.
- She regained control of herself
- She found her voice and replied quickly
- verb get over an illness or shock
recuperate; convalesce.
- The patient is recuperating
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bilious
- adjective relating to or containing bile
biliary.
- adjective satellite suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
liverish; livery.
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palsied
- adjective satellite affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor
- verb affect with palsy
palsy.
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make
- noun a recognizable kind
brand.
- there's a new brand of hero in the movies now
- what make of car is that?
- noun the act of mixing cards haphazardly
shuffle; shuffling.
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wound
- noun an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
lesion.
- noun a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
injury; combat injury.
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honk
- noun the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this)
- verb make a loud noise
beep; toot; claxon; blare.
- The horns of the taxis blared
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convalescent
- noun a person who is recovering from illness
- adjective satellite returning to health after illness or debility
recovering.
- convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed
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party
- noun an organization to gain political power
political party.
- in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level
- noun a group of people gathered together for pleasure
- she joined the party after dinner
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conflict
- noun an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
battle; struggle.
- the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine
- police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
- noun opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
- he was immobilized by conflict and indecision
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contravene
- verb go against, as of rules and laws
run afoul; infringe; conflict.
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
- verb deny the truth of
negate; contradict.
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mortifying
- adjective satellite causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
embarrassing.
- the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
- it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
- verb practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
mortify.
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ball
- noun round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve
- the mayor threw out the first ball
- the ball rolled into the corner pocket
- noun a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
musket ball.
- they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball
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slave
- noun a person who is owned by someone
- noun someone who works as hard as a slave
hard worker; striver.
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effect
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
result; consequence; upshot; outcome; issue; event.
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
- his decision had depressing consequences for business
- he acted very wise after the event
- noun an outward appearance
impression.
- he made a good impression
- I wanted to create an impression of success
- she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting
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evil
- noun morally objectionable behavior
iniquity; wickedness; immorality.
- noun that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare
- the evil that men do lives after them
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regurgitation
- noun backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
- noun recall after rote memorization
- he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation
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squeamishness
- noun a mild state of nausea
qualm; queasiness.
- noun the trait of being excessively fastidious and easily shocked
- the program was withdrawn because of the squeamishness of some viewers
- he refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty
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odium
- noun state of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior
- noun hate coupled with disgust
execration; abhorrence; abomination; detestation; loathing.
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off
- verb kill intentionally and with premeditation
murder; slay; dispatch; remove; hit; bump off; polish off.
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
- adjective not in operation or operational
- the oven is off
- the lights are off
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churn_up
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
nauseate; sicken; revolt; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
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loathsome
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; nauseous; offensive; sickening; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; skanky; disgusting; loathly; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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welt
- noun a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
wheal; wale; weal.
- noun a raised or strengthened seam
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partner
- noun a person's partner in marriage
married person; spouse; mate; better half.
- noun an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest
collaborator; cooperator; pardner.
- the musician and the librettist were collaborators
- sexual partners
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vomit
- noun the matter ejected in vomiting
puke; vomitus; barf.
- noun a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
nauseant; vomitive; emetic.
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spook
- noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
weirdy; weirdo; weirdie; creep.
- noun a mental representation of some haunting experience
ghost; spectre; shade; specter; wraith.
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
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violation
- noun a crime less serious than a felony
infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour.
- noun an act that disregards an agreement or a right
infringement.
- he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment
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shameful
- adjective satellite (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
opprobrious; ignominious; inglorious; black; disgraceful.
- Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- an ignominious retreat
- inglorious defeat
- an opprobrious monument to human greed
- a shameful display of cowardice
- adjective satellite giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
shocking; disgraceful; scandalous.
- scandalous behavior
- the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- the most shocking book of its time
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spastic
- noun a person suffering from spastic paralysis
- adjective relating to or characterized by spasm
- a spastic colon
- spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy
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departed
- noun someone who is no longer alive
dead person; decedent; deceased person; dead soul; deceased.
- I wonder what the dead person would have done
- verb move away from a place into another direction
go; go away; depart.
- Go away before I start to cry
- The train departs at noon
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criminalise
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
criminalize; illegalise; outlaw; illegalize.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
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shivering
- noun a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
chill.
- verb tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
shudder; throb; shiver; thrill.
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bruise
- noun an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
contusion.
- verb injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
contuse.
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salve
- noun semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
unction; ointment; balm; unguent.
- noun anything that remedies or heals or soothes
- he needed a salve for his conscience
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segregate
- noun someone who is or has been segregated
- verb separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation
- This neighborhood is segregated
- We don't segregate in this county
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slimy
- adjective satellite covered with or resembling slime
slimed.
- a slimy substance covered the rocks
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
worthless; unworthy; vile; wretched; ugly; despicable.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
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blow_out_of_the_water
- verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
take aback; shock; ball over; floor.
- I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
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kill
- noun the act of terminating a life
putting to death; killing.
- noun the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the pilot reported two kills during the mission
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scrape
- noun a harsh noise made by scraping
scratching; scraping; scratch.
- the scrape of violin bows distracted her
- noun an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
abrasion; excoriation; scratch.
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cloy
- verb supply or feed to surfeit
surfeit.
- verb cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
pall.
- Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite
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afflicted
- adjective satellite grievously affected especially by disease
stricken.
- verb cause great unhappiness for; distress
afflict.
- she was afflicted by the death of her parents
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blow
- noun a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- noun an impact (as from a collision)
bump.
- the bump threw him off the bicycle
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smite
- verb inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- verb affect suddenly with deep feeling
- He was smitten with love for this young girl
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dipped
- adjective satellite having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
lordotic; swaybacked; swayback.
- verb immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
dunk; souse; plunge; dip; douse.
- dip the garment into the cleaning solution
- dip the brush into the paint
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botch
- noun an embarrassing mistake
boo-boo; flub; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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brainsick
- adjective satellite affected with madness or insanity
crazy; unhinged; demented; disturbed; mad; sick; unbalanced.
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scrimy
- adjective satellite dirty and disgusting
- worry about the gossip and secretiveness and other scrimy sides"- Al Hine
- adjective satellite petty or reluctant in giving or spending
niggardly; grudging.
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shucks
- noun something of little value
tinker's dam; tinker's damn; red cent; hoot; damn; darn; shit.
- his promise is not worth a damn
- not worth one red cent
- not worth shucks
- noun an expression of disappointment or irritation
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break_in
- verb enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
break.
- Someone broke in while I was on vacation
- They broke into my car and stole my radio!
- who broke into my account last night?
- verb break into a conversation
put in; cut in; barge in; butt in; chisel in; chime in.
- her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation
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high_dudgeon
- noun a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
dudgeon.
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match
- noun lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
lucifer; friction match.
- he always carries matches to light his pipe
- as long you've a lucifer to light your fag
- noun a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete
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barfogenic
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around
- adverb in the area or vicinity
about.
- a few spectators standing about
- hanging around
- waited around for the next flight
- adverb by a circular or circuitous route
- He came all the way around the base
- the road goes around the pond
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skanky
- adjective satellite highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
distasteful; disgusting; loathly; loathsome; repellant; repellent; foul; disgustful; repelling; yucky; revolting; wicked.
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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offence
- noun the action of attacking an enemy
offense; offensive.
- noun the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
offense.
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advocate
- noun a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
advocator; proponent; exponent.
- noun a lawyer who pleads cases in court
counsel; counselor-at-law; counsellor; pleader; counselor.
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crud
- noun heavy wet snow that is unsuitable for skiing
- noun any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
filth; skank.
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criminalize
- verb treat as a criminal
- verb declare illegal; outlaw
illegalise; outlaw; illegalize; criminalise.
- Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.
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shitty
- adjective satellite very bad
stinking; stinky; crappy; lousy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
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game
- noun a contest with rules to determine a winner
- you need four people to play this game
- noun a single play of a sport or other contest
- the game lasted two hours
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suffering
- noun a state of acute pain
excruciation; agony.
- noun misery resulting from affliction
woe.
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darn
- noun something of little value
tinker's dam; tinker's damn; red cent; hoot; damn; shucks; shit.
- his promise is not worth a damn
- not worth one red cent
- not worth shucks
- noun sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)
mend; patch.
- her stockings had several mends
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birth
- noun the time when something begins (especially life)
- they divorced after the birth of the child
- his election signaled the birth of a new age
- noun the event of being born
nativity; nascency; nascence.
- they celebrated the birth of their first child
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atrophy
- noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
wasting; wasting away.
- noun any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)
withering.
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rick
- noun a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
wrick; kink; crick.
- noun a stack of hay
hayrick; haystack.
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nauseate
- verb upset and make nauseated
sicken; turn one's stomach.
- The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman's stomach
- The mold on the food sickened the diners
- verb cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
sicken; revolt; churn up; disgust.
- The pornographic pictures sickened us
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hiccough
- noun (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
hiccup; singultus.
- how do you cure the hiccups?
- verb breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
hiccup.
- When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water
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flub
- noun an embarrassing mistake
botch; boo-boo; blooper; blunder; foul-up; pratfall; boner; fuckup; bungle; bloomer.
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; mishandle; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
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clown
- noun a rude or vulgar fool
buffoon.
- noun a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
goof; goofball; buffoon; merry andrew.
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lousiness
- noun infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
pediculosis.
- noun the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions
loathsomeness; repulsiveness; vileness; sliminess; wickedness.
- the vileness of his language surprised us
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stinking
- adjective satellite very bad
shitty; stinky; crappy; lousy; rotten; icky.
- a lousy play
- it's a stinking world
- verb be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance
stink.
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unbalanced
- adjective being or thrown out of equilibrium
imbalanced.
- verb throw out of balance or equilibrium
unbalance.
- The tax relief unbalanced the budget
- The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department
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sprain
- noun a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
- verb twist suddenly so as to sprain
twist; turn; rick; wrick; wrench.
- wrench one's ankle
- The wrestler twisted his shoulder
- the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell
- I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days
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transgress
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
go against; infract; violate; break; offend; breach.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
- verb spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline
- The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island
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nauseous
- adjective satellite causing or able to cause nausea
queasy; vile; offensive; loathsome; sickening; noisome; nauseating.
- a nauseating smell
- nauseous offal
- a sickening stench
- adjective satellite feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
queasy; nauseated; sick; sickish.
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afflict
- verb cause great unhappiness for; distress
- she was afflicted by the death of her parents
- verb cause physical pain or suffering in
smite.
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impeach
- verb challenge the honesty or veracity of
- the lawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses
- verb charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office
- The President was impeached
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air_sickness
- noun motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)
airsickness.
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incriminate
- verb suggest that someone is guilty
imply; inculpate.
- verb bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impeach; accuse; criminate.
- The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse
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spots
- noun spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
floater; musca volitans; muscae volitantes.
- floaters seem to drift through the field of vision
- noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region
spot; topographic point; place.
- this is a nice place for a picnic
- a bright spot on a planet
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flush
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; efflorescence; peak; bloom; heyday.
- noun a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
rosiness; blush; bloom.
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prick
- noun insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
mother fucker; bastard; SOB; motherfucker; whoreson; dickhead; son of a bitch; asshole; cocksucker; shit.
- noun a depression scratched or carved into a surface
scratch; slit; incision; dent.
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hemorrhage
- noun the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
bleeding; haemorrhage.
- verb lose blood from one's body
shed blood; bleed.
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bruising
- adjective satellite causing mental or emotional injury
- a bruising experience
- protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John Mason Brown
- verb injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
bruise; contuse.
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evildoing
- noun the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
transgression.
- the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father
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gross
- noun twelve dozen
144.
- noun the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
receipts; revenue.
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ulcerated
- adjective satellite having an ulcer or canker
cankerous; ulcerous.
- verb undergo ulceration
ulcerate.
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eliminate
- verb terminate, end, or take out
extinguish; get rid of; do away with.
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
- verb do away with
rid of; obviate.
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bull
- noun uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- noun a large and strong and heavyset man
strapper; bruiser; Samson.
- he was a bull of a man
- a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
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convict
- noun a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
inmate; yard bird; yardbird; con.
- noun a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
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knife
- noun edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- noun a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
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be
- noun a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
atomic number 4; glucinium; beryllium.
- verb have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- John is rich
- This is not a good answer
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rank
- noun a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
- noun relative status
- his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
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run
- noun a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
tally.
- the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th
- their first tally came in the 3rd inning
- noun the act of testing something
test; trial.
- in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately
- he called each flip of the coin a new trial
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jejune
- adjective satellite lacking in nutritive value
insubstantial.
- the jejune diets of the very poor
- adjective satellite displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
juvenile; puerile; adolescent.
- adolescent insecurity
- jejune responses to our problems
- their behavior was juvenile
- puerile jokes
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nauseam
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burn
- noun pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
burning.
- noun a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
sunburn; tan; suntan.
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worthless
- adjective lacking in usefulness or value
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
unworthy; vile; slimy; wretched; ugly; despicable.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
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snake
- noun limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
ophidian; serpent.
- noun a deceitful or treacherous person
snake in the grass.
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airsickness
- noun motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)
air sickness.
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squeamish
- adjective satellite excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
overnice; nice; prissy; dainty.
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
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despicable
- adjective satellite morally reprehensible
worthless; unworthy; vile; slimy; wretched; ugly.
- would do something as despicable as murder
- ugly crimes
- the vile development of slavery appalled them
- a slimy little liar
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stew
- noun agitation resulting from active worry
swither; sweat; lather; fret.
- don't get in a stew
- he's in a sweat about exams
- noun food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables
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vomitous
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individualise
- verb make or mark or treat as individual
individualize.
- The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone
- verb make personal or more personal
individualize; personalize; personalise.
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peer
- noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
compeer; equal; match.
- noun a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
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ache
- noun a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
aching.
- verb feel physical pain
suffer; hurt.
- Were you hurting after the accident?
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unwell
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
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dicey
- adjective satellite of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
dodgy; chanceful; chancy.
- an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
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on
- adjective in operation or operational
- left the oven on
- the switch is in the on position
- adjective (of events) planned or scheduled
- the picnic is on, rain or shine
- we have nothing on for Friday night
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puking
- noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
emesis; disgorgement; vomiting; vomit; regurgitation.
- verb eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
retch; regorge; be sick; disgorge; spew; vomit up; puke; honk; cat; purge; cast; spue; upchuck; vomit; sick; barf; regurgitate; throw up; chuck.
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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lightheaded
- adjective satellite weak and likely to lose consciousness
light; swooning; faint; light-headed.
- suddenly felt faint from the pain
- was sick and faint from hunger
- felt light in the head
- a swooning fit
- light-headed with wine
- light-headed from lack of sleep
- adjective satellite lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
giddy; featherbrained; airheaded; empty-headed; dizzy; light-headed; silly.
- a dizzy blonde
- light-headed teenagers
- silly giggles
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have
- noun a person who possesses great material wealth
rich person; wealthy person.
- verb have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
hold; have got.
- She has $1,000 in the bank
- He has got two beautiful daughters
- She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
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choke
- noun a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
choke coil; choking coil.
- noun a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
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stricken
- adjective satellite grievously affected especially by disease
afflicted.
- adjective satellite (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
struck; smitten.
- conscience-smitten
- awe-struck
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repellent
- noun a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
repellant.
- noun a chemical substance that repels animals
repellant.
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stand
- noun a support or foundation
pedestal; base.
- noun the position where a thing or person stands
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comminate
- verb curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accurse; execrate; anathematise; anathemise; anathemize; anathematize.
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hatred
- noun the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
hate.
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individualize
- verb make or mark or treat as individual
individualise.
- The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone
- verb make personal or more personal
personalize; personalise; individualise.
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obscenity
- noun the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
salaciousness; salacity; bawdiness; lewdness.
- noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
smut; filth; dirty word; vulgarism.
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foulness
- noun disgusting wickedness and immorality
- he understood the foulness of sin
- his display of foulness deserved severe punishment
- mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed
- noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
nastiness; filth; filthiness.
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under_the_weather
- adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
peaked; indisposed; unwell; sickly; ailing; seedy; poorly.
- my poor ailing grandmother
- feeling a bit indisposed today
- you look a little peaked
- feeling poorly
- a sickly child
- is unwell and can't come to work
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wasting
- noun any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
cachexy; cachexia.
- noun a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
atrophy; wasting away.
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infraction
- noun a crime less serious than a felony
violation; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour.
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image
- noun an iconic mental representation
mental image.
- her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
- noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
persona.
- a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
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obscene
- adjective satellite designed to incite to indecency or lust
- the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
- adjective satellite offensive to the mind
abhorrent; detestable; repulsive; repugnant.
- an abhorrent deed
- the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee
- morally repugnant customs
- repulsive behavior
- the most repulsive character in recent novels
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puke
- noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
git; crumb; stinker; so-and-so; scum bag; rat; rotter; dirty dog; bum; skunk; stinkpot; lowlife.
- only a rotter would do that
- kill the rat
- throw the bum out
- you cowardly little pukes!
- the British call a contemptible person a `git'
- noun the matter ejected in vomiting
vomit; vomitus; barf.
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down
- noun soft fine feathers
down feather.
- noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- you have four downs to gain ten yards
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weather
- noun the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
atmospheric condition; conditions; weather condition.
- they were hoping for good weather
- every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception
- the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow
- verb face and withstand with courage
brave out; brave; endure.
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smelly
- adjective satellite offensively malodorous
stinking; foul-smelling; foul; foetid; funky; noisome; fetid; ill-scented.
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
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watergate_scandal
- noun a political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice; led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974
Watergate.
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refined
- adjective (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
- she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship
- refined people with refined taste
- verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
down; polish; fine-tune; refine.
- refine one's style of writing
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go_against
- verb fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
break; violate.
- This sentence violates the rules of syntax
- verb act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
infract; violate; break; offend; breach; transgress.
- offend all laws of humanity
- violate the basic laws or human civilization
- break a law
- break a promise
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smasher
- noun a person who smashes something
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; beauty; knockout; lulu; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; dish; looker.
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noxious
- adjective injurious to physical or mental health
- noxious chemical wastes
- noxious ideas
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transfer
- noun the act of moving something from one location to another
conveyance; transportation; transport; transferral.
- noun someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
transferee.
- the best student was a transfer from LSU
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