hairsplitting | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: finespun |
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hairy | (adjective) having or covered with hair | Synonyms: haired, hirsute |
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(adjective) hazardous and frightening | - |
harebrained | (adjective) very foolish | Synonyms: insane, mad |
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hobnailed | (adjective) marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails | - |
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impaired | (adjective) diminished in strength, quality, or utility | - |
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(adjective) mentally or physically unfit | Synonyms: afflicted |
incertain | (adjective) lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance | Synonyms: uncertain, unsure |
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ingrained | (adjective) (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held | Synonyms: deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, planted |
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inlaid | (adjective) adorned by inlays | - |
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interfaith | (adjective) involving persons of different religious faiths | - |
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irreclaimable | (adjective) insusceptible of reform | Synonyms: irredeemable, unredeemable, unreformable |
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jailed | (adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: captive, confined, imprisoned |
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lackadaisical | (adjective) idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way | - |
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(adjective) lacking spirit or liveliness | Synonyms: dreamy, languid, languorous |
laic | (adjective) characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy | Synonyms: lay, secular |
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laid | (adjective) set down according to a plan | Synonyms: set |
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lyonnaise | (adjective) cooked with onions | - |
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maiden | (adjective) serving to set in motion | Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, initiatory |
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maidenlike | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a maiden | Synonyms: maidenly |
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maidenly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a maiden | Synonyms: maidenlike |
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mailed | (adjective) wearing protective mail | Synonyms: mail-clad |
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maimed | (adjective) having a part of the body crippled or disabled | Synonyms: mutilated |
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main | (adjective) (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence | Synonyms: independent |
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(adjective) most important element | Synonyms: chief, master, primary, principal |
(adjective) of force; of the greatest possible intensity | - |
mainstreamed | (adjective) (of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes | - |
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maintainable | (adjective) capable of being maintained | - |
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maintained | (adjective) kept in good condition | Synonyms: kept up, well-kept |
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(adjective) continued in your keeping or use or memory | Synonyms: retained |
mislaid | (adjective) lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place | Synonyms: misplaced |
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mithraic | (adjective) of or relating to Mithraism or its god | Synonyms: mithraistic |
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mithraistic | (adjective) of or relating to Mithraism or its god | Synonyms: mithraic |
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mountainous | (adjective) like a mountain in size and impressiveness | - |
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(adjective) having hills and crags | Synonyms: cragged, craggy, hilly |
(adjective) containing many mountains | - |
naiant | (adjective) applied to a fish depicted horizontally | Synonyms: swimming |
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naif | (adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | Synonyms: naive |
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naive | (adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | Synonyms: naif |
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(adjective) not initiated; deficient in relevant experience | Synonyms: uninitiate, uninitiated |
(adjective) inexperienced | - |
(adjective) lacking information or instruction | Synonyms: unenlightened, uninstructed |
(adjective) of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | Synonyms: primitive |
nonhairy | (adjective) without hair | - |
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obtainable | (adjective) capable of being obtained | Synonyms: getable, gettable, procurable |
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ordained | (adjective) invested with ministerial or priestly functions | - |
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(adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, decreed, prescribed |
paid | (adjective) marked by the reception of pay | - |
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(adjective) involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby | Synonyms: nonrecreational |
(adjective) yielding a fair profit | Synonyms: gainful, paying |
pained | (adjective) emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed | Synonyms: injured, offended |
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painful | (adjective) causing physical or psychological pain | - |
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(adjective) exceptionally bad or displeasing | Synonyms: abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable |
(adjective) causing physical discomfort | Synonyms: irritating |
(adjective) causing misery or pain or distress | Synonyms: afflictive, sore |
painless | (adjective) not causing physical or psychological pain | - |
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(adjective) requiring little hard work or exertion | - |
painstaking | (adjective) characterized by extreme care and great effort | Synonyms: conscientious, scrupulous |
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paintable | (adjective) lending itself to being painted | - |
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painted | (adjective) coated with paint | - |
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(adjective) having makeup applied | - |
(adjective) lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting | - |
(adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
painterly | (adjective) having qualities unique to the art of painting | - |
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paired | (adjective) of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem | Synonyms: opposite |
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(adjective) occurring in pairs or as a pair | Synonyms: mated |
(adjective) matched for breeding | - |
paradisaic | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaical, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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paradisaical | (adjective) relating to or befitting Paradise | Synonyms: paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisiacal |
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pharisaic | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaical, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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pharisaical | (adjective) excessively or hypocritically pious | Synonyms: holier-than-thou, pharisaic, pietistic, pietistical, sanctimonious, self-righteous |
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photovoltaic | (adjective) producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy (especially light) | - |
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plain | (adjective) not elaborate or elaborated; simple | - |
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(adjective) lacking patterns especially in color | Synonyms: unpatterned |
(adjective) free from any effort to soften to disguise | Synonyms: unvarnished |
(adjective) clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment | Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, palpable, patent, unmistakable |
(adjective) not mixed with extraneous elements | Synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed |
(adjective) lacking embellishment or ornamentation | Synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented |
(adjective) lacking in physical beauty or proportion | Synonyms: homely |
plainspoken | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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(adjective) using simple and direct language | - |
plaintive | (adjective) expressing sorrow | Synonyms: mournful |
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pollyannaish | (adjective) pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | Synonyms: cheerful, upbeat |
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postpaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: prepaid |
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praiseful | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: laudatory, praising |
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praiseworthy | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: applaudable, commendable, laudable |
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praising | (adjective) full of or giving praise | Synonyms: laudatory, praiseful |
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prepaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: postpaid |
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prevailing | (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevalent, rife |
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proclaimed | (adjective) declared publicly; made widely known | Synonyms: announced |
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prosaic | (adjective) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement | Synonyms: commonplace, humdrum, unglamorous, unglamourous |
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(adjective) lacking wit or imagination | Synonyms: earthbound, pedestrian, prosy |
(adjective) not fanciful or imaginative | Synonyms: matter-of-fact |
quaint | (adjective) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic) | Synonyms: old-time, olde worlde |
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(adjective) strange in an interesting or pleasing way | - |
(adjective) very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance | - |
raiding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, predatory |
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raimentless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: clothesless, garmentless |
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raining | (adjective) falling in drops or as if falling like rain | - |
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rainless | (adjective) lacking rain | - |
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rainproof | (adjective) not permitting the passage of water | Synonyms: waterproof, waterproofed |
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rainy | (adjective) (of weather) wet by periods of rain | Synonyms: showery |
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raisable | (adjective) capable of being raised | Synonyms: raiseable |
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raiseable | (adjective) capable of being raised | Synonyms: raisable |
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raised | (adjective) located or moved above the surround or above the normal position | - |
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(adjective) increased in amount or degree | Synonyms: elevated |
(adjective) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery | Synonyms: brocaded, embossed |
raising | (adjective) increasing in quantity or value | - |
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rattlebrained | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty |
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reclaimable | (adjective) capable of being used again | Synonyms: recyclable, reusable |
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reclaimed | (adjective) delivered from danger | Synonyms: rescued |
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remaining | (adjective) not used up | Synonyms: left, left over, leftover, odd, unexpended |
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restrained | (adjective) under restraint | - |
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(adjective) prudent | Synonyms: guarded |
(adjective) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes | Synonyms: moderate |
(adjective) cool and formal in manner | Synonyms: reticent, unemotional |
(adjective) not showy or obtrusive | Synonyms: quiet |
retained | (adjective) continued in your keeping or use or memory | Synonyms: maintained |
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romaic | (adjective) relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language | - |
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said | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid |
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sainted | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike, saintly |
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saintlike | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintly |
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saintly | (adjective) marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | Synonyms: angelic, angelical, beatific, sainted, saintlike |
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scatterbrained | (adjective) lacking sense or discretion | Synonyms: rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatty |
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(adjective) guided by whim and fancy | Synonyms: flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds |
slain | (adjective) killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain warriors" | - |
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spondaic | (adjective) of or consisting of spondees | - |
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staid | (adjective) characterized by dignity and propriety | Synonyms: sedate |
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stainable | (adjective) capable of being stained (especially of cells and cell parts) | - |
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stained | (adjective) marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter | - |
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(adjective) having a coating of stain or varnish | Synonyms: varnished |
stainless | (adjective) (of reputation) free from blemishes | Synonyms: unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished |
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straight | (adjective) having no deviations | - |
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(adjective) no longer coiled | Synonyms: uncoiled |
(adjective) (of hair) having no waves or curls | - |
(adjective) characterized by honesty and fairness | Synonyms: square |
(adjective) free from curves or angles | - |
(adjective) in keeping with the facts | - |
(adjective) successive (without a break) | Synonyms: consecutive |
(adjective) rigidly conventional or old-fashioned | Synonyms: square |
(adjective) following a correct or logical method | - |
(adjective) without evasion or compromise | Synonyms: square, straightforward |
(adjective) erect in posture | Synonyms: unbent, unbowed |
(adjective) not homosexual | - |
(adjective) neatly arranged; not disorderly | - |
(adjective) (of an alcoholic drink) without water | Synonyms: full-strength, neat |
(adjective) accurately fitted; level | Synonyms: true |
straightarrow | (adjective) conventionally moral and upright | - |
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straightaway | (adjective) performed with little or no delay | Synonyms: immediate, prompt, quick |
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straightforward | (adjective) pointed directly ahead | - |
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(adjective) without evasion or compromise | Synonyms: square, straight |
(adjective) without concealment or deception; honest | Synonyms: aboveboard |
(adjective) free from ambiguity | - |
straightlaced | (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian |
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strained | (adjective) struggling for effect | Synonyms: agonistic |
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(adjective) lacking natural ease | Synonyms: labored, laboured |
(adjective) showing signs of mental and emotional tension | - |
(adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural | Synonyms: constrained, forced |
straining | (adjective) taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | Synonyms: arduous, strenuous |
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strait | (adjective) narrow | - |
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straitlaced | (adjective) exaggeratedly proper | Synonyms: priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straight-laced, straightlaced, strait-laced, tight-laced, victorian |
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sustainable | (adjective) capable of being sustained | - |
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sustained | (adjective) maintained at length without interruption or weakening | - |
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(adjective) (of an electric arc) continuous | Synonyms: free burning |