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severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple plain; harsh or sour in flavor
Syn: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued
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performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good
Syn: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
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pale,gaunt, resembling a corpse
Sun: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
Ant: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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to prepare by combining ingredients, make up(dish), to devise, invent, fabricate
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coarse, unfeeling, stupid
Syn: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
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to lower in character, quality, or value, to degrade, adulterate, to cause to deteriorate
Sun: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
ANt: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute
Syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
Ant:revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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to confuse; to disturb the composure of
Syn: upset, rattle ruffle, faze, Perturb
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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Syn: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
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trifling, unimportant
Syn: trivial, negligible, petty paltry
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a breaking of a law or obligation
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to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity
Sun: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
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to rob of goods by open force (war) plunder; the act of looting, booty
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to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion
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very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety
Syn: precise scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
Ant: careless, negligent, lax perfunctory |
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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent
Syn: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
Ant: laughable, risible, contemptible |
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to find fault with, scold, rebuke
Syn: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
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the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position ; making good on a loss or damage.
Syn: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration |
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Adj- strong and sturdy; brave; resolute N- a brave strong person, a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position
Syn: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; mainstay
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open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Syn: defenseless, exposed, unguarded
Ant: invincible, protected, safe, secure |
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