contrapuntal | (adjective) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together | Synonyms: polyphonic |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint | - |
finespun | (adjective) developed in excessively fine detail | Synonyms: hairsplitting |
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(adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: delicate |
homespun | (adjective) made of cloth spun or woven in the home | - |
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(adjective) of textiles; having a rough surface | Synonyms: nubbly, nubby, slubbed, tweedy |
(adjective) characteristic of country life | Synonyms: cracker-barrel |
inexpungeable | (adjective) not capable of being expunged | Synonyms: inexpungible |
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inexpungible | (adjective) not capable of being expunged | Synonyms: inexpungeable |
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punchable | (adjective) deserving of being punched | - |
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punctilious | (adjective) marked by precise accordance with details | Synonyms: meticulous |
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punctual | (adjective) acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed | Synonyms: on time |
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puncturable | (adjective) capable of being punctured | - |
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punctured | (adjective) having a hole cut through | Synonyms: perforate, perforated, pierced |
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punctureless | (adjective) being without punctures or incapable of being punctured | - |
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pungent | (adjective) capable of wounding | Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping |
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(adjective) strong and sharp | Synonyms: acrid |
punic | (adjective) tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous |
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punishable | (adjective) liable to or deserving punishment | - |
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(adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | Synonyms: penal |
punished | (adjective) subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) | - |
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punishing | (adjective) resulting in punishment | - |
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(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | Synonyms: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome |
punitive | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitory |
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punitory | (adjective) inflicting punishment | Synonyms: punitive |
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punk | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny |
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punny | (adjective) provoking laughter by means of word play | - |
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puny | (adjective) (used especially of persons) of inferior size | Synonyms: runty, shrimpy |
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(adjective) inferior in strength or significance | - |
spunky | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited |
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(adjective) showing courage | Synonyms: feisty, plucky |
unpunctual | (adjective) not punctual; after the appointed time | - |
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unpunished | (adjective) not punished | - |
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