abashed | (adjective) feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed | Synonyms: chagrined, embarrassed |
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accomplished | (adjective) successfully completed or brought to an end | Synonyms: completed, realised, realized |
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(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: effected, established |
(adjective) highly skilled | Synonyms: complete |
anguished | (adjective) experiencing intense pain especially mental pain | Synonyms: tormented, tortured |
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anhedonia | (noun) an inability to experience pleasure | - |
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arched | (adjective) constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches | - |
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(adjective) forming or resembling an arch | Synonyms: arced, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed |
astonished | (adjective) filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock | Synonyms: amazed, astonied, astounded, stunned |
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atrophedema | (noun) recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs | Synonyms: angioedema, giant hives, periodic edema, Quincke's edema |
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attached | (adjective) associated in an exclusive sexual relationship | Synonyms: committed |
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(adjective) used of buildings joined by common sidewalls | - |
(adjective) fond and affectionate | - |
(adjective) being joined in close association | Synonyms: affiliated, connected |
autographed | (adjective) bearing an autograph | - |
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betrothed | (adjective) pledged to be married | Synonyms: bespoken, engaged |
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(noun) the person to whom you are engaged | - |
bewitched | (adjective) captured, as if under a spell | Synonyms: ensorcelled |
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bigmouthed | (adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: blabbermouthed, blabby, talkative |
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blabbermouthed | (adjective) prone to communicate confidential information | Synonyms: leaky, talebearing, tattling |
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(adjective) unwisely talking too much | Synonyms: bigmouthed, blabby, talkative |
blanched | (adjective) anemic looking from illness or emotion | Synonyms: ashen, bloodless, livid, white |
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(adjective) (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light | Synonyms: etiolate, etiolated |
bleached | (adjective) (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | Synonyms: colored, coloured, dyed |
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(adjective) having lost freshness or brilliance of color | Synonyms: faded, washed-out, washy |
blemished | (adjective) marred by imperfections | - |
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(adjective) having a blemish or flaw | Synonyms: flawed |
bloodshed | (noun) indiscriminate slaughter | Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodletting |
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(noun) the shedding of blood resulting in murder | Synonyms: gore |
blotched | (adjective) marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots | Synonyms: blotchy, splotched |
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botched | (adjective) spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness | Synonyms: bungled |
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boughed | (adjective) having boughs (of trees) | - |
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boustrophedon | (noun) an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' | - |
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boustrophedonic | (adjective) of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions | - |
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brainwashed | (adjective) subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones | - |
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branched | (adjective) having branches | Synonyms: branching, ramate, ramose, ramous |
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(adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches | Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy |
breathed | (adjective) uttered without voice | Synonyms: voiceless |
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breeched | (adjective) dressed in trousers | Synonyms: pantalooned, trousered |
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broached | (adjective) of a cask or barrel | Synonyms: abroach |
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brushed | (adjective) (of hair or clothing) groomed with a brush | - |
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(adjective) (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing | Synonyms: fleecy, napped |
(adjective) touched lightly in passing; grazed against | - |
burnished | (adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow | Synonyms: bright, lustrous, shining, shiny |
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bushed | (adjective) very tired | Synonyms: all in, beat, dead |
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cashed | (adjective) for which money has been paid | - |
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cathedra | (noun) a throne that is the official chair of a bishop | Synonyms: bishop's throne |
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cathedral | (adjective) relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne | - |
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(noun) any large and important church | - |
(noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: duomo |
cheddar | (noun) hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England | Synonyms: American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar cheese |
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cherished | (adjective) characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for | Synonyms: precious, treasured, wanted |
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clenched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clinched |
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cliched | (adjective) repeated regularly without thought or originality | Synonyms: ready-made |
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clinched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clenched |
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closemouthed | (adjective) inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information | Synonyms: close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped |
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clothed | (adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination | Synonyms: clad |
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(adjective) covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak | Synonyms: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped |
cowshed | (noun) a barn for cows | Synonyms: byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowhouse |
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crosshatched | (adjective) shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | Synonyms: hatched |
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crushed | (adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, humbled, humiliated, low |
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(adjective) treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance | - |
dashed | (adjective) having gaps or spaces | Synonyms: dotted |
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debauched | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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decahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having ten plane faces | - |
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demolished | (adjective) torn down and broken up | Synonyms: dismantled, razed |
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deoxyephedrine | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
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detached | (adjective) used of buildings; standing apart from others | - |
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(adjective) being or feeling set or kept apart from others | Synonyms: isolated, separated, set-apart |
(adjective) showing lack of emotional involvement | Synonyms: degage, uninvolved |
(adjective) no longer connected or joined | Synonyms: separated |
(adjective) not fixed in position | Synonyms: free |
(adjective) lacking affection or warm feeling | Synonyms: unaffectionate, uncaring |
diminished | (adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use | Synonyms: atrophied, wasted |
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(adjective) impaired by diminution | Synonyms: lessened, vitiated, weakened |
(adjective) made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | Synonyms: belittled, small |
(adjective) (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval | - |
dished | (adjective) shaped like a dish or pan | Synonyms: dish-shaped, patelliform |
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distinguished | (adjective) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | Synonyms: grand, imposing, magisterial |
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(adjective) (used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation | - |
dodecahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having twelve plane faces | - |
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drenched | (adjective) abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | Synonyms: drenched in |
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enmeshed | (adjective) caught as if in a mesh | Synonyms: intermeshed |
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entrenched | (adjective) established firmly and securely | - |
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(adjective) dug in | - |
ephedra | (noun) jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds | Synonyms: joint fir |
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ephedrine | (noun) white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma | - |
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established | (adjective) brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established | Synonyms: constituted |
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(adjective) introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | Synonyms: naturalized |
(adjective) conforming with accepted standards | Synonyms: conventional |
(adjective) shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt | - |
(adjective) settled securely and unconditionally | Synonyms: accomplished, effected |
etched | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: engraved, graven, incised, inscribed |
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extinguished | (adjective) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement | - |
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famished | (adjective) extremely hungry | Synonyms: esurient, ravenous, sharp-set, starved |
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farfetched | (adjective) (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable | Synonyms: far-fetched |
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(adjective) (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing | Synonyms: far-fetched |
finished | (adjective) ended or brought to an end | - |
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(adjective) (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state | - |
(adjective) brought to ruin | Synonyms: ruined |
(adjective) having a surface coating or finish applied | - |
(adjective) (of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected | - |
flushed | (adjective) (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion | Synonyms: crimson, red-faced, red, reddened |
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(adjective) having the pinkish flush of health | Synonyms: rose-cheeked, rosy-cheeked, rosy |
furnished | (adjective) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) | Synonyms: equipped |
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handstitched | (adjective) sewn by hand rather than machine | Synonyms: handsewn |
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hatched | (adjective) emerged from an egg | - |
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(adjective) shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | Synonyms: crosshatched |
hedge | (noun) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | Synonyms: hedgerow |
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(noun) an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | Synonyms: hedging |
(noun) any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change | Synonyms: hedging |
(verb) minimize loss or risk | - |
(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
(verb) enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges | Synonyms: hedge in |
(verb) hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge | - |
hedged | (adjective) evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement | Synonyms: weasel-worded |
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hedgefund | (noun) a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $1 million); can use high-risk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging | Synonyms: hedge fund |
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hedgehog | (noun) small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines | Synonyms: Erinaceus europaeus, Erinaceus europeaeus |
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(noun) relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur | Synonyms: porcupine |
hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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hedger | (noun) a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges | - |
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(noun) someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss | - |
(noun) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer | Synonyms: equivocator, tergiversator |
hedgerow | (noun) a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes | Synonyms: hedge |
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hedging | (noun) an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement | Synonyms: hedge |
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(noun) any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change | Synonyms: hedge |
hediondilla | (noun) desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers | Synonyms: coville, creosote bush, Larrea tridentata |
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hedonic | (adjective) devoted to pleasure | Synonyms: epicurean, hedonistic |
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hedonism | (noun) an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | - |
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(noun) the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle | - |
hedonist | (noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures | Synonyms: pagan, pleasure seeker |
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hedonistic | (adjective) devoted to pleasure | Synonyms: epicurean, hedonic |
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hexahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having six plane faces | - |
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hunched | (adjective) having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | Synonyms: crooked, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping |
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hushed | (adjective) in a softened tone | Synonyms: muted, quiet, subdued |
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icosahedral | (adjective) of or relating to an icosahedron | - |
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icosahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having twenty plane faces | - |
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impoverished | (adjective) destroyed financially | Synonyms: broken, wiped out |
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(adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken |
intermeshed | (adjective) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting | Synonyms: engaged, meshed |
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(adjective) caught as if in a mesh | Synonyms: enmeshed |
lymphedema | (noun) swelling (usually in the legs) caused by lymph accumulating in the tissues in the affected areas | - |
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malnourished | (adjective) not being provided with adequate nourishment | - |
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matched | (adjective) going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities | - |
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(adjective) provided with a worthy adversary or competitor | - |
mealymouthed | (adjective) hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy | Synonyms: mealy-mouthed |
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meshed | (adjective) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting | Synonyms: engaged, intermeshed |
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(adjective) resembling a network | - |
mismatched | (adjective) either not matched or unsuitably matched | - |
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(adjective) (of a contest or contestants) not fairly matched as opponents | Synonyms: uneven |
mujahedeen | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedin, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mujahedin | (noun) a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad | Synonyms: mujahadeen, mujahadein, mujahadin, mujahedeen, mujahideen, mujahidin |
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mustached | (adjective) having a moustache | Synonyms: mustachioed |
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notched | (adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed | Synonyms: erose, jagged, jaggy, toothed |
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(adjective) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex | Synonyms: saw-toothed, serrate, serrated, toothed |
nourished | (adjective) being provided with adequate nourishment | - |
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octahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having eight plane faces | - |
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