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(adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor, forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued
antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant |
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(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity, conferrring benefits, doing good, humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
antonyms:selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious |
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(adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse, corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health |
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| (v) to prepare by combining ingridients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate, create, fashion, rustle up |
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(adj) coarse, unfeeling, stupid, crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant |
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(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate, to cause to deteriorate, cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
antonyms: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance |
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(v) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute,, profane, defile, violate
antonyms: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate |
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(v) to confuse; to disturb the composure of, upset, rattle, faze, ruffle, perturb
antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease |
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(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated, majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
antonyms: simple, modest, unaffected, humble |
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(adj) trifling, unimportant, trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
antonyms: important, essential, crucial, vital |
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(v) to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity, lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate |
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| (n) the breaking of a law or obligation, violation, transgression, breach, offense |
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| (v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war) plunder,ravage, sack, loot; (n) the act of looting; booty |
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(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion, chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
antonyms: come to the point, not waste words |
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(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points of ettiquette or propriety, precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
antonyms: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory |
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(adj) inspiring in fear or awe; illustrious, eminent, formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
antonyms: laughable, risible, contemptible |
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(v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke, chide, chatise, upbraid, reproach
antonyms: to pat on the back, praise, commend, laud |
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| (n) 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, compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration |
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(adj) strong and sturdy, brave, resolute, stout, intrepid, valiant (n) brave strong person, a strong supporter, one who takes an uncomprimising position, mainstay
antonyms: (adj) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating |
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(adj) open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected, defenseless, exposed, unguarded
antonyms: invincible, protected, safe, secure |
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