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3. adorable
adj –. adorable, endearing, lovely – (lovable especially in a childlike or
naive way)
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4. adventurous
adj –. (1) adventurous, adventuresome – (willing to undertake or
seeking out new and daring enterprises; ”adventurous pioneers”; ”the
risks and gains of an adventuresome economy”)
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5. aggressive
adj –1. (6) aggressive – (having or showing determination and
energetic pursuit of your ends; ”an aggressive businessman”; ”an
aggressive basketball player”; ”he was aggressive and imperious;
positive in his convictions”; ”aggressive drivers”)
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6. alert
adj –1. (7) alert, watchful – (engaged in or accustomed to close
observation; ”caught by a couple of alert cops”; ”alert enough to spot
the opportunity when it came”; ”constantly alert and vigilant, like a
sentinel on duty”)
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7. attractive
adj –1. (4) attractive – (pleasing to the eye or mind especially
through beauty or charm; ”a remarkably attractive young man”; ”an
attractive personality”; ”attractive clothes”; ”a book with attractive
illustrations”)
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8. average
adj –1. (34) average, mean – (approximating the statistical norm or
average or expected value; ”the average income in New England is
below that of the nation”; ”of average height for his age”; ”the mean
annual rainfall”)
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9. beautiful
adj –1. (25) beautiful – (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual
or emotional admiration; ”a beautiful child”; ”beautiful country”; ”a
beautiful painting”; ”a beautiful theory”; ”a beautiful party”)
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10. bloody
adj –1. (8) bloody – (having or covered with or accompanied by
blood; ”a bloody nose”; ”your scarf is all bloody”; ”the effects will be
violent and probably bloody”; ”a bloody fight”)
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11. blushing
adj –. (1) blushful, blushing, red-faced – (having a red face from
embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; ”the
blushing boy was brought before the Principal”; ”her blushful beau”;
”was red-faced with anger”)
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12. bright
adj –1. (16) bright – (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large
amounts; ”the sun was bright and hot”; ”a bright sunlit room”)
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13. clean
adj –1. (17) clean – (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean
habits; ”children with clean shining faces”; ”clean white shirts”;
”clean dishes”; ”a spotlessly clean house”; ”cats are clean animals”)
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14. clear
adj –1. (55) clear – (readily apparent to the mind; ”a clear and
present danger”; ”a clear explanation”; ”a clear case of murder”; ”a
clear indication that she was angry”; ”gave us a clear idea of human
nature”)
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15. cloudy
adj –1. (1) cloudy, nebulose, nebulous – (lacking definite form or
limits; ”gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion ”-
H.T.Moore; ”nebulous distinction between pride and conceit”)
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16. colorful
adj –1. (6) colorful, colourful – (having striking color; ”colorful
autumn leaves”)
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17. crowded
adj –. (12) crowded – (overfilled or compacted or concentrated; ”a
crowded theater”; ”a crowded program”; ”crowded trains”; ”a young
mother’s crowded days”)
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18. cute
adj –1. (1) cunning, cute – (attractive especially by means of
smallness or prettiness or quaintness; ”a cute kid with pigtails”; ”a
cute little apartment”; ”cunning kittens”; ”a cunning baby”)
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19. dark
adj –1. (49) dark – (devoid of or deficient in light or brightne ss;
shadowed or black; ”sitting in a dark corner”; ”a dark day”; ”dark
shadows”; ”dark as the inside of a black cat”)
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20. drab
adj –1. (2) drab, dreary – (lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
”her drab personality”; ”life was drab compared with the more
exciting life style overseas”; ”a series of dreary dinner parties”)
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21. distinct
adj –1. (14) distinct, distinguishable – ((often followed by ‘from’) not
alike; different in nature or quality; ”plants of several distinct types”;
”the word ‘nationalism’ is used in at least two distinct senses”; ”gold
is distinct from iron”; ”a tree related to but quite distinct from the
European beech”; ”management had interests quite distinct from
those of their employees”)
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22. dull
adj –1. (5) dull – (lacking in liveliness or animation; ”he was so dull
at parties”; ”a dull political campaign”; ”a large dull impassive man”;
”dull days with nothing to do”; ”how dull and dreary the world is”;
”fell back into one of her dull moods”)
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23. elegant
adj –1. (2) elegant – (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior
or style; ”elegant handwriting”; ”an elegant dark suit”; ”she was
elegant to her fingertips”; ”small churches with elegant white spires”;
”an elegant mathematical solution–simple and precise and lucid”)
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24. excited
adj –1. (4) aroused, emotional, excited, worked up – ((of persons)
excessively affected by emotion; ”he would become emotional over
nothing at all”; ”she was worked up about all the noise”)
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25. fancy
adj –. (3) fancy – (not plain; decorative or ornamented; ”fancy
handwriting”; ”fancy clothes”)
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26. filthy
adj –1. (2) filthy, foul, nasty – (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared
with offensive matter; ”as filthy as a pigsty”; ”a foul pond”; ”a nasty
pigsty of a room”)
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27. glamorous
adj –. (1) glamorous, glamourous – (having an air of allure, romance
and excitement; ”glamorous movie stars”)
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28. gleaming
adj –. (3) agleam, gleaming, nitid – (bright with a steady but
subdued shining; ”from the plane we saw the city below agleam with
lights”; ”the gleaming brass on the altar”; ”Nereids beneath the nitid
moon”)
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29. gorgeous
adj –. (1) gorgeous – (dazzlingly beautiful; ”a gorgeous Victorian
gown”)
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30. graceful
adj –1. (2) graceful – (characterized by beauty of movement, style,
form, or execution)
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31. grotesque
adj –1. (4) grotesque, monstrous – (distorted and unnatural in shape
or size; abnormal and hideous; ”tales of grotesque serpents eight
fathoms long that churned the seas”; ”twisted into monstrous
shapes”)
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32. handsome
adj –1. (7) fine-looking, good-looking, better-looking, handsome,
well-favored, well-favoured – (pleasing in appearance especially by
reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; ”a fine-look ing
woman”; ”a good-looking man”; ”better-looking than her sister”;
”very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome”- Thackeray; ”our
southern women are well-favored”- Lillian Hellman)
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33. homely
adj –1. (5) homely, plain – (lacking in physical beauty or proportion;
”a homely child”; ”several of the buildings were downright homely”;
”a plain girl with a freckled face”)
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34. light
adj –1. (14) light – (of comparatively little physical weight or density;
”a light load”; ”magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravity
of 1.74 at 20 degrees C”)
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35. long
adj –1. (118) long – (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a
relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or
a duration as specified; ”a long life”; ”a long boring speech”; ”a long
time”; ”a long friendship”; ”a long game”; ”long ago”; ”an hour
long”)
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36. magnificent
adj –. (12) brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid – (characterized
by grandeur; ”the brilliant court life at Versailles”; ”a glorious work of
art”; ”magnificent cathedrals”; ”the splendid coronation ceremony”)
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37. misty
adj –1. (1) brumous, foggy, hazy, misty – (filled or abounding with
fog or mist; ”a brumous October morning”)
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38. motionless
adj –. (8) inactive, motionless, static, still – (not in physical motion;
”the inertia of an object at rest”)
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39. muddy
adj –1. (7) boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,
sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged – ((of soil) soft and
watery; ”the ground was boggy under foot”; ”a marshy coastline”;
”miry roads”; ”wet mucky lowland”; ”muddy barnyard”; ”quaggy
terrain”; ”the sloughy edge of the pond”; ”swampy bayous”)
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40. plain
adj –1. (8) apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistaka ble
– (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; ”the effects
of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields”;
”evident hostility”; ”manifest disapproval”; ”patent advantages”;
”made his meaning plain”; ”it is plain that he is no reactionary”; ”in
plain view”)
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41. poised
adj –1. (4) poised – (marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness
for action; ”a gull in poised flight”; ”George’s poised hammer”)
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42. precious
adj –1. (7) cherished, precious, treasured, wanted – (characteri zed by
feeling or showing fond affection for; ”a cherished friend”; ”children
are precious”; ”a treasured heirloom”; ”so good to feel wanted”)
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43. quaint
adj –1. (3) quaint – (strange in an interesting or pleasing way;
”quaint dialect words”; ”quaint streets of New Orleans, that most
foreign of American cities”)
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44. shiny
adj –1. (2) glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining –
(reflecting light; ”glistening bodies of swimmers”; ”the horse’s glossy
coat”; ”lustrous auburn hair”; ”saw the moon like a shiny dime on a
deep blue velvet carpet”; ”shining white enamel”)
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45. smoggy
adj –. smoggy – (clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; ”the
smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles”)
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46. sparkling
adj –1. (2) sparkling – (shining with brilliant points of light like stars;
”sparkling snow”; ”sparkling eyes”)
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47. spotless
adj –. (3) immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic,
spick, spotless – (completely neat and clean; ”the apartment was
immaculate”; ”in her immaculate white uniform”; ”a spick-and-span
kitchen”; ”their spic red-visored caps”)
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48. stormy
adj –1. (2) stormy – ((especially of weather) affected or characterized
by storms or commotion; ”a stormy day”; ”wide and stormy seas”)
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49. strange
adj –1. (41) strange, unusual – (being definitely out of the ordinary
and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; ”a strange
exaltation that was indefinable”; ”a strange fantastical mind”; ”what
a strange sense of humor she has”)
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50. ugly
adj –1. (3) ugly – (displeasing to the senses; ”an ugly face”; ”ugly
furniture”)
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51. ugliest
adj –1. (3) ugly – (displeasing to the senses; ”an ugly face”; ”ugly
furniture”)
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52. unsightly
adj –. unsightly – (unpleasant to look at; ”unsightly billboards ”)
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53. unusual
adj –1. (24) unusual – (not usual or common or ordinary; ”a scene of
unusual beauty”; ”a man of unusual ability”; ”cruel and unusual
punishment”; ”an unusual meteorite”)
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55. alive
adj –1. (14) alive, live – (possessing life; ”the happiest person alive”;
”the nerve is alive”; ”doctors are working hard to keep him alive”;
”burned alive”; ”a live canary”)
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56. annoying
adj –. (1) annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome,
pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious,
vexing – (causing irritation or annoyance; ”tapping an annoying
rhythm on his glass with his fork”; ”aircraft noise is particularly
bothersome near the airport”; ”found it galling to have to ask
permission”; ”an irritating delay”; ”nettlesome paperwork”; ”a pesky
mosquito”; ”swarms of pestering gnats”; ”a plaguey newfangled
safety catch”; ”a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him”; ”a
vexatious child”; ”it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong”)
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57. bad
adj –1. (51) bad – (having undesirable or negative qualities; ”a bad
report card”; ”his sloppy appearance made a bad impression”; ”a bad
little boy”; ”clothes in bad shape”; ”a bad cut”; ”bad luck”; ”the
news was very bad”; ”the reviews were bad”; ”the pay is bad”; ”it
was a bad light for reading”; ”the movie was a bad choice”)
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58. better
adj –1. (69) better – ((comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of
the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or
suitability; more highly skilled than another; ”You’re a better man
than I am, Gunga Din”; ”a better coat”; ”a better type of car”; ”a
suit with a better fit”; ”a better chance of success”; ”produced a
better mousetrap”; ”she’s better in math than in history”)
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59. beautiful
adj –1. (25) beautiful – (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual
or emotional admiration; ”a beautiful child”; ”beautiful country”; ”a
beautiful painting”; ”a beautiful theory”; ”a beautiful party”)
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60. brainy
adj –. (1) brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip – (having or marked by
unusual and impressive intelligence; ”some men dislike brainy
women”; ”a brilliant mind”; ”a brilliant solution to the problem”)
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61. breakable
adj –. breakable – (capable of being broken or damaged; ”earthen
ware pottery is breakable”; ”breakable articles should be packed
carefully”)
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62. busy
adj –1. (30) busy – (actively or fully engaged or occupied; ”busy with
her work”; ”a busy man”; ”too busy to eat lunch”)
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63. careful
adj –1. (19) careful – (exercising caution or showing care or attention;
”they were careful when crossing the busy street”; ”be careful to keep
her shoes clean”; ”did very careful research”; ”careful art restorers”;
”careful of the rights of others”; ”careful about one’s behavior”)
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64. cautious
adj –1. (2) cautious – (showing careful forethought; ”reserved and
cautious; never making swift decisions”; ”a cautious driver”)
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65. clever
adj –1. (2) cagey, cagy, canny, clever – (showing self-interest and
shrewdness in dealing with others; ”a cagey lawyer”; ”too clever to be
sound”)
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66. clumsy
adj –1. (4) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy – (lacking grace
in movement or posture; ”a gawky lad with long ungainly legs”;
”clumsy fingers”; ”what an ungainly creature a giraffe is”; ”heaved
his unwieldy figure out of his chair”)
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67. concerned
adj –1. (15) concerned – (feeling or showing worry or solicitude ;
”concerned parents of youthful offenders”; ”was concerned about the
future”; ”we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand”;
”greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child”)
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68. crazy
adj –1. (10) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick,
unbalanced, unhinged – (affected with madness or insanity; ”a man
who had gone mad”)
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69. curious
adj –1. (14) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy,
singular – (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; ”a curious
hybrid accent”; ”her speech has a funny twang”; ”they have some
funny ideas about war”; ”had an odd name”; ”the peculiar aromatic
odor of cloves”; ”something definitely queer about this town”; ”what
a rum fellow”; ”singular behavior”)
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70. dead
adj –1. (72) dead – (no longer having or seeming to have or
expecting to have life; ”the nerve is dead”; ”a dead pallor”; ”he was
marked as a dead man by the assassin”)
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71. different
adj –1. (88) different – (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree;
”took different approaches to the problem”; ”came to a different
conclusion”; ”different parts of the country”; ”on different sides of
the issue”; ”this meeting was different from the earlier one”)
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72. difficult
adj –1. (63) difficult, hard – (not easy; requiring great physical or
mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; ”a difficult
task”; ”nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access”; ”difficult
times”; ”why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?”)
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73. doubtful
adj –1. (10) doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question – (open to
doubt or suspicion; ”the candidate’s doubtful past”; ”he has a
dubious record indeed”; ”what one found uncertain the other found
dubious or downright false”; ”it was more than dubitable whether the
friend was as influential as she thought”- Karen Horney)
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74. easy
adj –1. (62) easy – (posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; ”an
easy job”; ”an easy problem”; ”an easy victory”; ”the house is easy to
heat”; ”satisfied with easy answers”; ”took the easy way out of his
dilemma”)
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75. expensive
adj –. (13) expensive – (high in price or charging high prices;
”expensive clothes”; ”an expensive shop”)
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76. famous
adj –. (21) celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable,
noted, renowned – (widely known and esteemed; ”a famous actor”;
”a celebrated musician”; ”a famed scientist”; ”an illustrious judge”;
”a notable historian”; ”a renowned painter”)
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77. fragile
adj –1. (3) delicate, fragile, frail – (easily broken or damaged or
destroyed; ”a kite too delicate to fly safely”; ”fragile porcelain
plates”; ”fragile old bones”; ”a frail craft”)
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78. frail
adj –1. (4) frail – (physically weak; ”an invalid’s frail body”)
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79. gifted
adj –. talented, gifted – (endowed with talent or talents; ”a gifted
writer”)
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80. helpful
adj –. (9) helpful – (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Andrew Ernest Ritz () Adjectives May 8, 2011 80 / 391
81. helpless
adj –1. (4) helpless, incapacitated – (lacking in or deprived of
strength or power; ”lying ill and helpless”; ”helpless with laughter”)
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82. horrible
adj –. (4) atrocious, frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly – (provoking
horror; ”an atrocious automobile accident”; ”a frightful crime of
decapitation”; ”an alarming, even horrifying, picture”; ”war is beyond
all words horrible”- Winston Churchill; ”an ugly wound”)
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83. important
adj –1. (146) important, of import – (of great significance or value;
”important people”; ”the important questions of the day”)
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84. impossible
adj –1. (34) impossible – (not capable of occurring or being
accomplished or dealt with; ”an impossible dream”; ”an impossible
situation”)
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85. inexpensive
adj –. (4) cheap, inexpensive – (relatively low in price or charging low
prices; ”it would have been cheap at twice the price”; ”inexpensive
family restaurants”)
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86. innocent
adj –1. (11) innocent, guiltless, clean-handed – (free from evil or
guilt; ”an innocent child”; ”the principle that one is innocent until
proved guilty”)
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87. inquisitive
adj –1. (1) inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering –
(showing curiosity; ”if someone saw a man climbing a light post they
might get inquisitive”; ”raised a speculative eyebrow”)
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88. modern
adj –1. (57) modern – (belonging to the modern era; since the
Middle Ages; ”modern art”; ”modern furniture”; ”modern history”;
”totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric”)
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89. mushy
adj –1. mushy – (having the consistency of mush)
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90. odd
adj –1. (7) odd, uneven – (not divisible by two)
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91. open
adj –1. (34) open, unfastened – (affording unobstructed entrance and
exit; not shut or closed; ”an open door”; ”they left the door open”)
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92. outstanding
adj –1. (5) outstanding – (distinguished from others in excellen ce;
”did outstanding work in human relations”; ”an outstanding war
record”)
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93. poor
adj –1. (18) hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous,
pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched – (deserving or inciting pity; ”a
hapless victim”; ”miserable victims of war”; ”the shabby room struck
her as extraordinarily pathetic”- Galsworthy; ”piteous appeals for
help”; ”pitiable homeless children”; ”a pitiful fate”; ”Oh, you poor
thing”; ”his poor distorted limbs”; ”a wretched life”)
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94. powerful
adj –1. (18) powerful – (having great power or force or potency or
effect; ”the most powerful government in western Europe”; ”his
powerful arms”; ”a powerful bomb”; ”the horse’s powerful kick”;
”powerful drugs”; ”a powerful argument”)
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95. prickly
adj –1. (1) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish – (very irritable; ”bristly
exchanges between the White House and the press”; ”he became
prickly and spiteful”; ”witty and waspish about his colleagues”)
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96. puzzled
adj –. (4) at a loss, nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled – (filled with
bewilderment; ”at a loss to understand those remarks”; ”puzzled that
she left without saying goodbye”)
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97. real
adj –1. (54) real, existent – (being or occurring in fact or actuality;
having verified existence; not illusory; ”real objects”; ”real people; not
ghosts”; ”a film based on real life”; ”a real illness”; ”real humility”;
”Life is real! Life is earnest!”- Longfello w)
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98. rich
adj –1. (17) rich – (possessing material wealth; ”her father is
extremely rich”; ”many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles”)
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99. shy
adj –1. diffident, shy, timid, unsure – (lacking self-confidence ;
”stood in the doorway diffident and abashed”; ”problems that call for
bold not timid responses”; ”a very unsure young man”)
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100. sleepy
adj –. (0) sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded – (ready to fall asleep;
”beginning to feel sleepy”; ”a sleepy-eyed child with drooping
eyelids”; ”sleepyheaded students”)
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101. stupid
adj –1. (10) stupid – (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)
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102. super
adj –1. (3) ace, A-one, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch,
top-notch, tops – (of the highest quality; ”an ace reporter ”; ”a crack
shot”; ”a first-rate golfer”; ”a super party”; ”played top-notch
tennis”; ”an athlete in tiptop condition”; ”she is absolutel y tops”)
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103. talented
adj –. talented, gifted – (endowed with talent or talents; ”a gifted
writer”)
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104. tame
adj –1. (1) tame – (flat and uninspiring)
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105. tender
adj –1. (2) tender – (given to sympathy or gentleness or
sentimentality; ”a tender heart”; ”a tender smile”; ”tender loving
care”; ”tender memories”; ”a tender mother”)
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106. tough
adj –1. (9) tough – (not given to gentleness or sentimentality; ”a
tough character”)
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107. uninterested
adj –1. uninterested – (not having or showing interest; ”an
uninterested spectator”)
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108. vast
adj –. (30) huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian – (unusually great
in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ”huge
government spending”; ”huge country estates”; ”huge popular
demand for higher education”; ”a huge wave”; ”the Los Angeles
aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the
mountains”; ”immense numbers of birds”; ”at vast (or immense)
expense”; ”the vast reaches of outer space”; ”the vast accumulation
of knowledge...which we call civilization”- W.R.Inge)
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109. wandering
adj –1. (2) mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering –
(migratory; ”a restless mobile society”; ”the nomadic habits of the
Bedouins”; ”believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a
happy future”; ”wandering tribes”)
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110. wild
adj –1. (29) wild – (marked by extreme lack of restraint or control;
”wild talk”; ”wild parties”)
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111. wrong
adj –1. (15) incorrect, wrong – (not correct; not in conformity with
fact or truth; ”an incorrect calculation”; ”the report in the paper is
wrong”; ”your information is wrong”; ”the clock showed the wrong
time”; ”found themselves on the wrong road”; ”based on the wrong
assumptions”)
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113. angry
adj –1. (17) angry – (feeling or showing anger; ”angry at the
weather”; ”angry customers”; ”an angry silence”; ”sending angry
letters to the papers”)
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114. annoyed
adj –1. (3) annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed
off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung – (aroused to impatience or anger;
”made an irritated gesture”; ”feeling nettled from the constant
teasing”; ”peeved about being left out”; ”felt really pissed at her
snootiness”; ”riled no end by his lies”; ”roiled by the delay”)
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115. anxious
adj –1. (3) anxious, dying – (eagerly desirous; ”anxious to see the
new show at the museum”; ”dying to hear who won”)
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116. arrogant
adj –. (1) arrogant, chesty, self-important – (having or showing
feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; ”an
arrogant official”; ”arrogant claims”; ”chesty as a peacock”)
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117. ashamed
adj –. (5) ashamed – (feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or
remorse; ”are you ashamed for having lied?”; ”felt ashamed of my
torn coat”)
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118. awful
adj –1. (10) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible,
unspeakable – (exceptionally bad or displeasing; ”atrocious taste”;
”abominable workmanship”; ”an awful voice”; ”dreadful manners” ;
”a painful performance”; ”terrible handwriting”; ”an unspeakable
odor came sweeping into the room”)
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119. bad
adj –1. (51) bad – (having undesirable or negative qualities; ”a bad
report card”; ”his sloppy appearance made a bad impression”; ”a bad
little boy”; ”clothes in bad shape”; ”a bad cut”; ”bad luck”; ”the
news was very bad”; ”the reviews were bad”; ”the pay is bad”; ”it
was a bad light for reading”; ”the movie was a bad choice”)
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120. bewildered
adj –. (6) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflict
ing situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviously
bemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy and
confounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on the
first day of school”)
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121. black
adj –1. (52) black – (being of the achromatic color of maximum
darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all
incident light; ”black leather jackets”; ”as black as coal”; ”rich black
soil”)
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122. blue
adj –1. (48) blue, bluish, blueish – (of the color intermediate between
green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded
sky; ”October’s bright blue weather”- Helen Hunt Jackson; ”a blue
flame”; ”blue haze of tobacco smoke”)
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123. bored
adj –1. (1) bored, world-weary – (tired of the world; ”bored with
life”; ”strolled through the museum with a bored air”)
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124. clumsy
adj –1. (4) gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy – (lacking grace
in movement or posture; ”a gawky lad with long ungainly legs”;
”clumsy fingers”; ”what an ungainly creature a giraffe is”; ”heaved
his unwieldy figure out of his chair”)
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125. combative
adj –1. contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious –
(inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to
engage in law suits; ”a style described as abrasive and contentious”;
”a disputatious lawyer”; ”a litigious and acrimoniou s spirit”)
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126. confused
adj –1. (5) baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded,
confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea – (perplexed by many conflict
ing situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; ”obviously
bemused by his questions”; ”bewildered and confused”; ”a cloudy and
confounded philosopher”; ”just a mixed-up kid”; ”she felt lost on the
first day of school”)
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127. crazy
adj –1. (10) brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad, sick,
unbalanced, unhinged – (affected with madness or insanity; ”a man
who had gone mad”)
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128. creepy
adj –1. creepy – (annoying and unpleasant; ”some creepy kids were
bothering her”)
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129. cruel
adj –. (3) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious –
((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or
suffering; ”a barbarous crime”; ”brutal beatings”; ”cruel tortures”;
”Stalin’s roughshod treatment of the kulaks”; ”a savage slap”;
”vicious kicks”)
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130. dangerous
adj –1. (22) dangerous, unsafe – (involving or causing danger or risk;
liable to hurt or harm; ”a dangerous criminal”; ”a dangerous bridge”;
”unemployment reached dangerous proportions”)
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131. defeated
adj –1. defeated – (beaten or overcome; not victorious; ”the defeated
enemy”)
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132. defiant
adj –. (2) defiant, noncompliant – (boldly resisting authority or an
opposing force; ”brought up to be aggressive and defiant”; ”a defiant
attitude”)
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133. depressed
adj –1. (1) depressed, down – (lower than previously; ”the market is
depressed”; ”prices are down”)
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134. disgusted
adj –. (2) disgusted, fed up, sick, sick of, tired of – (having a strong
distaste from surfeit; ”grew more and more disgusted”; ”fed up with
their complaints”; ”sick of it all”; ”sick to death of flattery”; ”gossip
that makes one sick”; ”tired of the noise and smoke”)
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135. disturbed
adj –1. (2) disturbed – (having the place or position changed; ”the
disturbed books and papers on her desk”; ”disturbed grass showed
where the horse had passed”)
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136. dizzy
adj –1. (1) dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous – (having or causing a
whirling sensation; liable to falling; ”had a dizzy spell”; ”a dizzy
pinnacle”; ”had a headache and felt giddy”; ”a giddy precipic e”;
”feeling woozy from the blow on his head”; ”a vertiginous climb up
the face of the cliff”)
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137. dull
adj –1. (5) dull – (lacking in liveliness or animation; ”he was so dull
at parties”; ”a dull political campaign”; ”a large dull impassive man”;
”dull days with nothing to do”; ”how dull and dreary the world is”;
”fell back into one of her dull moods”)
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138. embarrassed
adj –1. (1) abashed, chagrined, embarrassed – (feeling or caused to
feel uneasy and self-conscious; ”felt abashed at the extravagant
praise”; ”chagrined at the poor sales of his book”; ”was embarrassed
by her child’s tantrums”)
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139. envious
adj –. (1) covetous, envious, jealous – (showing extreme cupidity;
painfully desirous of another’s advantages; ”he was never covetous
before he met her”; ”jealous of his success and covetous of his
possessions”; ”envious of their art collection”)
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140. evil
adj –1. (9) evil – (morally bad or wrong; ”evil purposes”; ”an evil
influence”; ”evil deeds”)
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141. fierce
adj –1. (8) ferocious, fierce, furious, savage – (marked by extreme
and violent energy; ”a ferocious beating”; ”fierce fighting ”; ”a
furious battle”)
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142. foolish
adj –1. (6) foolish – (devoid of good sense or judgment; ”foolish
remarks”; ”a foolish decision”)
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143. frantic
adj –1. (10) frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied – (excessive ly
agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion; ”frantic with
anger and frustration”; ”frenetic screams followed the accident”; ”a
frenzied look in his eye”)
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144. frightened
adj –1. (0) frightened, scared – (made afraid; ”the frightened child
cowered in the corner”; ”too shocked and scared to move”)
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145. grieving
adj –. bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning, sorrowing
– (sorrowful through loss or deprivation; ”bereft of hope”)
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146. grumpy
adj –. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-temper ed,
ill-tempered – (annoyed and irritable)
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147. helpless
adj –1. (4) helpless, incapacitated – (lacking in or deprived of
strength or power; ”lying ill and helpless”; ”helpless with laughter”)
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148. homeless
adj –1. homeless, stateless – (without nationality or citizenshi p;
”stateless persons”)
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149. hungry
adj –1. (7) hungry – (feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat
food; ”a world full of hungry people”)
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150. ill
adj –1. (4) ill, sick – (affected by an impairment of normal physical
or mental function; ”ill from the monotony of his suffering”)
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151. itchy
adj –1. antsy, fidgety, fretful, itchy – (nervous and unable to relax; ”a
constant fretful stamping of hooves”; ”a restless child”)
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152. jealous
adj –1. (3) covetous, envious, jealous – (showing extreme cupidity;
painfully desirous of another’s advantages; ”he was never covetous
before he met her”; ”jealous of his success and covetous of his
possessions”; ”envious of their art collection”)
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153. jittery
adj –1. jittery – (characterized by jerky movements; ”a jittery ride”)
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154. lazy
adj –1. (4) lazy – (moving slowly and gently; ”up a lazy river”; ”lazy
white clouds”; ”at a lazy pace”)
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155. lonely
adj –1. (4) alone, lone, lonely, solitary – (lacking companions or
companionship; ”he was alone when we met him”; ”she is alone much
of the time”; ”the lone skier on the mountain”; ”a lonely fisherman
stood on a tuft of gravel”; ”a lonely soul”; ”a solitary traveler”)
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156. mysterious
adj –1. (14) cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious,
mystifying – (of an obscure nature; ”the new insurance policy is
written without cryptic or mysterious terms”; ”a deep dark secret”;
”the inscrutable workings of Providence”; ”in its mysterious past it
encompasses all the dim origins of life”- Rachel Carson; ”rituals
totally mystifying to visitors from other lands”)
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157. nasty
adj –1. (2) nasty, awful – (offensive or even (of persons) malicious;
”in a nasty mood”; ”a nasty accident”; ”a nasty shock”; ”a nasty
smell”; ”a nasty trick to pull”; ”Will he say nasty things at my
funeral?”- Ezra Pound)
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158. naughty
adj –1. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy –
(suggestive of sexual impropriety; ”a blue movie”; ”blue jokes”; ”he
skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details”; ”a juicy scandal” ; ”a
naughty wink”; ”naughty words”; ”racy anecdotes”; ”a risque story”;
”spicy gossip”)
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159. nervous
adj –1. (9) nervous – (easily agitated; ”a nervous addict”; ”a nervous
thoroughbred”)
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160. nutty
adj –1. nutty, nutlike – (having the flavor of nuts; ”a nutty sherry”)
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161. obnoxious
adj –. (2) objectionable, obnoxious – (causing disapproval or protest;
”a vulgar and objectionable person”)
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162. outrageous
adj –1. (1) hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous – (grossly offensive to
decency or morality; causing horror; ”subjected to outrageous
cruelty”; ”a hideous pattern of injustice”; ”horrific conditions in the
mining industry”)
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163. panicky
adj –. panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified ,
frightened – (thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation;
”became panicky as the snow deepened”; ”felt panicked before each
exam”; ”trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd”; ”the terrified
horse bolted”)
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164. repulsive
adj –1. (1) abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive –
(offensive to the mind; ”an abhorrent deed”; ”the obscene massacre
at Wounded Knee”; ”morally repugnant customs”; ”repulsive
behavior”; ”the most repulsive character in recent novels”)
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165. scary
adj –. chilling, scarey, scary, shivery, shuddery – (provoking fear
terror; ”a scary movie”; ”the most terrible and shuddery...tales of
murder and revenge”)
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166. selfish
adj –. (3) selfish – (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your
advantage to the exclusion of others; ”Selfish men were...try ing to
make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights”-
Maria Weston Chapman)
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167. sore
adj –1. (8) sensitive, sore, raw, tender – (hurting; ”the tender spot
on his jaw”)
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168. tense
adj –1. tense – (in or of a state of physical or nervous tension)
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169. terrible
adj –1. (11) awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful,
fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible – (causing fear or
dread or terror; ”the awful war”; ”an awful risk”; ”dire news”; ”a
career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”; ”the dread
presence of the headmaster”; ”polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was”; ”a dreadful storm”; ”a fearful howling”; ”horrendous
explosions shook the city”; ”a terrible curse”)
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170. testy
adj –. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish,
pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy – (easily irritated or
annoyed; ”an incorrigibly fractious young man”; ”not the least
nettlesome of his countrymen”)
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171. thoughtless
adj –1. (2) thoughtless – (showing lack of careful thought; ”the
debate turned into thoughtless bickering”)
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172. tired
adj –1. (9) tired – (depleted of strength or energy; ”tired mothers
with crying babies”; ”too tired to eat”)
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173. troubled
adj –1. (1) troubled – (characterized by or indicative of distress or
affliction or danger or need; ”troubled areas”; ”fell into a troubled
sleep”; ”a troubled expression”; ”troubled teenagers”)
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174. upset
adj –1. (1) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –
(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;
”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed
sleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check
of the sleeping children”)
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175. uptight
adj –. edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy,
overstrung, restive, uptight – (being in a tense state)
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176. weary
adj –. (11) aweary, weary – (physically and mentally fatigued;
”‘aweary’ is archaic”)
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177. wicked
adj –1. (2) wicked – (morally bad in principle or practice)
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178. worried
adj –1. (7) disquieted, distressed, disturbed, upset, worried –
(afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief;
”too upset to say anything”; ”spent many disquieted moments”;
”distressed about her son’s leaving home”; ”lapsed into disturbed
sleep”; ”worried parents”; ”a worried frown”; ”one last worried check
of the sleeping children”)
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180. agreeable
adj –1. agreeable – (conforming to your own liking or feelings or
nature; ”Is the plan agreeable to you?”; ”he’s an agreeable fellow”;
”My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me”-
Disraeli; ”an agreeable manner”)
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181. amused
adj –. (1) amused, diverted, entertained – (pleasantly occupied; ”We
are not amused” -Queen Victoria)
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182. brave
adj –1. (10) brave, courageous – (possessing or displaying courage;
able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching;
”Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring”-
Herman Melville; ”a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain”-
William Wordsworth; ”set a courageous example by leading them
safely into and out of enemy-held territory”)
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183. calm
adj –1. (11) calm, unagitated, serene, tranquil – (not agitated;
without losing self-possession; ”spoke in a calm voice”; ”remained
calm throughout the uproar”; ”he remained serene in the midst of
turbulence”; ”a serene expression on her face”; ”she became more
tranquil”; ”tranquil life in the country”)
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184. charming
adj –1. (8) charming – (pleasing or delighting; ”endowed with
charming manners”; ”a charming little cottage”; ”a charming
personality”)
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185. cheerful
adj –1. (4) cheerful – (being full of or promoting cheer; having or
showing good spirits; ”her cheerful nature”; ”a cheerful greeting”; ”a
cheerful room”; ”as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed
could be”)
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186. comfortable
adj –1. (17) comfortable, comfy – (providing or experiencing physical
well-being or relief (‘comfy’ is informal); ”comfortable clothes”;
”comfortable suburban houses”; ”made himself comfortable in an
armchair”; ”the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable”; ”are
you comfortable?”; ”feeling comfy now?”)
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187. cooperative
adj –1. (7) concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative – (involving
the joint activity of two or more; ”concerted action”; ”the conjunct
influence of fire and strong wind”; ”the conjunctive focus of political
opposition”; ”a cooperative effort”; ”a united effort”; ”joint military
activities”)
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188. courageous
adj –. (1) brave, courageous – (possessing or displaying courage; able
to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; ”Familiarity
with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring”- Herman
Melville; ”a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain”- William
Wordsworth; ”set a courageous example by leading them safely into
and out of enemy-held territory”)
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189. delightful
adj –. (11) delightful, delicious – (greatly pleasing or entertaining; ”a
delightful surprise”; ”the comedy was delightful”; ”a delicious joke”)
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190. determined
adj –1. (10) determined – (characterized by great determination; ”a
struggle against a determined enemy”)
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191. eager
adj –. (20) eager – (having or showing keen interest or intense desire
or impatient expectancy; ”eager to learn”; ”eager to travel abroad”;
”eager for success”; ”eager helpers”; ”an eager look”)
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192. elated
adj –1. elated – (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits; ”the
elated winner”; ”felt elated and excited”)
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193. enchanting
adj –. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling, entranci ng,
fascinating – (capturing interest as if by a spell; ”bewitching smile”;
”Roosevelt was a captivating speaker”; ”enchanting music”; ”an
enthralling book”; ”antique papers of entrancing design”; ”a
fascinating woman”)
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194. encouraging
adj –1. encouraging – (giving courage or confidence or hope;
”encouraging advances in medical research”)
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195. energetic
adj –1. (4) energetic – (possessing or exerting or displaying energy;
”an energetic fund raiser for the college”; ”an energetic group of
hikers”; ”it caused an energetic chemical reaction”)
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196. enthusiastic
adj –. (9) enthusiastic – (having or showing great excitement and
interest; ”enthusiastic crowds filled the streets”; ”an enthusiast ic
response”; ”was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons”)
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197. excited
adj –1. (4) aroused, emotional, excited, worked up – ((of persons)
excessively affected by emotion; ”he would become emotional over
nothing at all”; ”she was worked up about all the noise”)
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198. exuberant
adj –1. (4) ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited – (joyously
unrestrained)
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199. fair
adj –1. (10) fair, just – (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or
deception; conforming with established standards or rules; ”a fair
referee”; ”fair deal”; ”on a fair footing”; ”a fair fight”; ”by fair means
or foul”)
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200. faithful
adj –1. (5) faithful – (steadfast in affection or allegiance; ”years of
faithful service”; ”faithful employees”; ”we do not doubt that England
has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor”)
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201. fantastic
adj –1. (4) antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque – (ludicrou sly odd;
”Hamlet’s assumed antic disposition”; ”fantastic Halloween
costumes”; ”a grotesque reflection in the mirror”)
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202. fine
adj –1. (4) all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory – (being
satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; ”an all-right movie”; ”the
passengers were shaken up but are all right”; ”is everything all
right?”; ”everything’s fine”; ”things are okay”; ”dinner and the
movies had been fine”; ”another minute I’d have been fine”)
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203. friendly
adj –1. (25) friendly – (characteristic of or befitting a friend;
”friendly advice”; ”a friendly neighborhood”; ”the only friendly
person here”; ”a friendly host and hostess”)
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204. funny
adj –1. (14) amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful,
risible – (arousing or provoking laughter; ”an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls”; ”an amusing fellow”; ”a comic
hat”; ”a comical look of surprise”; ”funny stories that made
everybody laugh”; ”a very funny writer”; ”it would have been
laughable if it hadn’t hurt so much”; ”a mirthful experience”; ”risible
courtroom antics”)
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205. gentle
adj –1. (6) gentle, soft – (soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe;
”a gentle reprimand”; ”a vein of gentle irony”; ”poked gentle fun at
him”)
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206. glorious
adj –1. (5) glorious – (having or deserving or conferring glory; ”a
long and glorious career”; ”our glorious literature”)
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207. good
adj –1. (190) good – (having desirable or positive qualities especially
those suitable for a thing specified; ”good news from the hospital”;
”a good report card”; ”when she was good she was very very good”;
”a good knife is one good for cutting”; ”this stump will make a good
picnic table”; ”a good check”; ”a good joke”; ”a good exterior
paint”; ”a good secretary”; ”a good dress for the office”)
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208. happy
adj –1. (37) happy – (enjoying or showing or marked by joy or
pleasure; ”a happy smile”; ”spent many happy days on the beach”; ”a
happy marriage”)
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209. healthy
adj –1. (15) healthy – (having or indicating good health in body or
mind; free from infirmity or disease; ”a rosy healthy baby”; ”staying
fit and healthy”)
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210. helpful
adj –. (9) helpful – (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Andrew Ernest Ritz () Adjectives May 8, 2011 210 / 391
211. hilarious
adj –. (1) hilarious, screaming, uproarious – (marked by or causing
boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter; ”hilarious broad
comedy”; ”a screaming farce”; ”uproarious stories”)
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212. jolly
adj –. (2) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful – (full of or
showing high-spirited merriment; ”when hearts were young and gay”;
”a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company”-
Wordsworth; ”the jolly crowd at the reunion”; ”jolly old Saint Nick”;
”a jovial old gentleman”; ”have a merry Christmas”; ”peals of merry
laughter”; ”a mirthful laugh”)
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213. joyous
adj –. (4) joyous – (full of or characterized by joy; ”felt a joyous
abandon”; ”joyous laughter”)
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214. kind
adj –1. (4) kind – (having or showing a tender and considerate and
helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; ”kind to
sick patients”; ”a kind master”; ”kind words showing understa nding
and sympathy”; ”thanked her for her kind letter”)
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215. lively
adj –1. (7) lively – (full of life and energy; ”a lively discussion”;
”lively and attractive parents”; ”a lively party”)
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216. lovely
adj –1. (10) lovely – (appealing to the emotions as well as the eye)
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217. lucky
adj –1. (11) lucky – (occurring by chance; ”a lucky escape”; ”a lucky
guess”)
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218. nice
adj –1. (23) nice – (pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or
appearance; ”what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so
nasty”- George Meredith; ”nice manners”; ”a nice dress”; ”a nice
face”; ”a nice day”; ”had a nice time at the party”; ”the corn and
tomatoes are nice today”)
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219. obedient
adj –. (3) obedient – (dutifully complying with the commands or
instructions of those in authority; ”an obedient soldier”; ”obedien t
children”; ”a little man obedient to his wife”; ”the obedient
colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened”-
Edmund Burke)
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220. perfect
adj –1. (17) perfect – (being complete of its kind and without defect
or blemish; ”a perfect circle”; ”a perfect reproduction”; ”perfect
happiness”; ”perfect manners”; ”a perfect specimen”; ”a perfect
day”)
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221. pleasant
adj –1. (9) pleasant – (affording pleasure; being in harmony with
your taste or likings; ”we had a pleasant evening together”; ”a
pleasant scene”; ”pleasant sensations”)
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222. proud
adj –1. (14) proud – (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by
which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; ”proud
parents”; ”proud of his accomplishments”; ”a proud moment”;
”proud to serve his country”; ”a proud name”; ”proud princes”)
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223. relieved
adj –1. (5) alleviated, eased, relieved – ((of pain or sorrow) made
easier to bear)
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224. silly
adj –1. (7) cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
whacky, zany – (ludicrous, foolish; ”gave me a cockamamie reason for
not going”; ”wore a goofy hat”; ”a silly idea”; ”some wacky plan for
selling more books”)
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225. smiling
adj –. (2) beamish, smiling, twinkly – (smiling with happiness or
optimism; ”Come to my arms, my beamish boy!”- Lewis Carroll; ”a
room of smiling faces”; ”a round red twinkly Santa Claus”)
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226. splendid
adj –1. (7) glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous – (having
great beauty and splendor; ”a glorious spring morning”; ”a glorious
sunset”; ”splendid costumes”; ”a kind of splendiferous native
simplicity”)
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227. successful
adj –. (42) successful – (having succeeded or being marked by a
favorable outcome; ”a successful architect”; ”a successful business
venture”)
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228. thankful
adj –. grateful, thankful – (feeling or showing gratitude; ”a grateful
heart”; ”grateful for the tree’s shade”; ”a thankful smile”)
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229. thoughtful
adj –1. (2) thoughtful – (having intellectual depth; ”a deeply
thoughtful essay”)
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230. victorious
adj –1. victorious, winning – (having won; ”the victorious entry”;
”the winning team”)
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231. vivacious
adj –. (2) vibrant, vivacious – (vigorous and animated; ”a vibrant
group that challenged the system”; ”a charming and vivacious
hostess”; ”a vivacious folk dance”)
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232. witty
adj –. (5) witty – (combining clever conception and facetious
expression; ”his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well
as eloquent”)
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233. wonderful
adj –. (14) fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling,
terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous – (extraordinaril y good or
great ; used especially as intensifiers; ”a fantastic trip to the Orient”;
”the film was fantastic!”; ”a howling success”; ”a marvelous
collection of rare books”; ”had a rattling conversation about politics”;
”a tremendous achievement”)
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234. zealous
adj –. avid, zealous – (marked by active interest and enthusiasm ;
”an avid sports fan”)
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235. zany
adj –1. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky,
zany – (ludicrous, foolish; ”gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going”; ”wore a goofy hat”; ”a silly idea”; ”some wacky plan for
selling more books”)
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237. broad
adj –1. (14) wide, broad – (having great (or a certain) extent from
one side to the other; ”wide roads”; ”a wide necktie”; ”wide
margins”; ”three feet wide”; ”a river two miles broad”; ”broad
shoulders”; ”a broad river”)
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238. chubby
adj –. chubby, embonpoint, plump – (sufficiently fat so as to have a
pleasing fullness of figure; ”a chubby child”; ”pleasingly plump”;)
Andrew Ernest Ritz () Adjectives May 8, 2011 238 / 391
239. crooked
adj –1. (2) crooked – (having or marked by bends or angles; not
straight or aligned; ”crooked country roads”; ”crooked teeth”)
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240. curved
adj –. (5) curved, curving – (having or marked by a curve or
smoothly rounded bend; ”the curved tusks of a walrus”; ”his curved
lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard”)
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241. deep
adj –1. (16) deep – (relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply;
”a deep breath”; ”a deep sigh”; ”deep concentration”; ”deep
emotion”; ”a deep trance”; ”in a deep sleep”)
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242. flat
adj –1. (11) flat, level, plane – (having a surface without slope, tilt in
which no part is higher or lower than another; ”a flat desk”; ”acres of
level farmland”; ”a plane surface”; ”skirts sewn with fine flat seams”)
Andrew Ernest Ritz () Adjectives May 8, 2011 242 / 391
243. high
adj –1. (134) high – (greater than normal in degree or intensity or
amount; ”a high temperature”; ”a high price”; ”the high point of his
career”; ”high risks”; ”has high hopes”; ”the river is high”; ”he has a
high opinion of himself”)
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244. hollow
adj –1. (1) hollow – (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; ”a
hollow wall”; ”a hollow tree”; ”hollow cheeks”; ”his face became
gaunter and more hollow with each year”)
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245. low
adj –1. (55) low – (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;
”low prices”; ”the reservoir is low”)
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246. narrow
adj –1. (19) narrow – (not wide; ”a narrow bridge”; ”a narrow line
across the page”)
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247. round
adj –1. (12) round, circular – (having a circular shape)
Andrew Ernest Ritz () Adjectives May 8, 2011 247 / 391
248. shallow
adj –1. (6) shallow – (lacking physical depth; having little spatial
extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or
outward from a center; ”shallow water”; ”a shallow dish”; ”a shallow
cut”; ”a shallow closet”; ”established a shallow beachhead”; ”hit the
ball to shallow left field”)
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249. skinny
adj –1. (2) scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy –
(being very thin; ”a child with skinny freckled legs”; ”a long scrawny
neck”)
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250. square
adj –1. (7) square – (having four equal sides and four right angles or
forming a right angle; ”a square peg in a round hole”; ”a square
corner”)
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251. steep
adj –1. (5) steep – (having a sharp inclination; ”the steep attic
stairs”; ”steep cliffs”)
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252. straight
adj –1. (10) straight, consecutive – (successive (without a break);
”sick for five straight days”)
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253. wide
adj –1. (45) wide, broad – (having great (or a certain) extent from
one side to the other; ”wide roads”; ”a wide necktie”; ”wide
margins”; ”three feet wide”; ”a river two miles broad”; ”broad
shoulders”; ”a broad river”)
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255. big
adj –1. (107) large, big – (above average in size or number or
quantity or magnitude or extent; ”a large city”; ”set out for the big
city”; ”a large sum”; ”a big (or large) barn”; ”a large family”; ”big
businesses”; ”a big expenditure”; ”a large number of newspapers”; ”a
big group of scientists”; ”large areas of the world”)
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256. colossal
adj –. (3) colossal, prodigious, stupendous – (so great in size or force
or extent as to elicit awe; ”colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient
temple”; ”has a colossal nerve”; ”a prodigious storm”; ”a stupendous
field of grass”; ”stupendous demand”)
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257. fat
adj –1. (22) fat – (having an (over)abundance of flesh; ”he hadn’t
remembered how fat she was”)
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258. gigantic
adj –. (9) gigantic, mammoth – (so exceedingly large or extensiv e as
to suggest a giant or mammoth; ”a gigantic redwood”; ”gigantic
disappointment”; ”a mammoth ship”; ”a mammoth multinational
corporatio n”)
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259. great
adj –1. (114) great – (relatively large in size or number or extent;
larger than others of its kind; ”a great juicy steak”; ”a great
multitude”; ”the great auk”; ”a great old oak”; ”a great ocean liner”;
”a great delay”)
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260. huge
adj –. (23) huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian – (unusually great
in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ”huge
government spending”; ”huge country estates”; ”huge popular
demand for higher education”; ”a huge wave”; ”the Los Angeles
aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the
mountains”; ”immense numbers of birds”; ”at vast (or immense)
expense”; ”the vast reaches of outer space”; ”the vast accumulation
of knowledge...which we call civilization”- W.R.Inge)
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261. immense
adj –. (5) huge, immense, vast, Brobdingnagian – (unusually great in
size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ”huge
government spending”; ”huge country estates”; ”huge popular
demand for higher education”; ”a huge wave”; ”the Los Angeles
aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the
mountains”; ”immense numbers of birds”; ”at vast (or immense)
expense”; ”the vast reaches of outer space”; ”the vast accumulation
of knowledge...which we call civilization”- W.R.Inge)
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262. large
adj –1. (139) large, big – (above average in size or number or
quantity or magnitude or extent; ”a large city”; ”set out for the big
city”; ”a large sum”; ”a big (or large) barn”; ”a large family”; ”big
businesses”; ”a big expenditure”; ”a large number of newspapers”; ”a
big group of scientists”; ”large areas of the world”)
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263. little
adj –1. (163) small, little – (limited or below average in number or
quantity or magnitude or extent; ”a little dining room”; ”a little
house”; ”a small car”; ”a little (or small) group”)
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264. mammoth
adj –. (1) gigantic, mammoth – (so exceedingly large or extensiv e as
to suggest a giant or mammoth; ”a gigantic redwood”; ”gigantic
disappointment”; ”a mammoth ship”; ”a mammoth multinational
corporatio n”)
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265. massive
adj –1. (9) massive, monolithic, monumental – (imposing in size or
bulk or solidity; ”massive oak doors”; ”Moore’s massive sculptures”;
”the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture”; ”a monumental
scale”)
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266. miniature
adj –. (1) miniature – (being on a very small scale; ”a miniatur e
camera”)
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267. petite
adj –. (1) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,
flyspeck – (very small; ”diminutive in stature”; ”a lilliputian chest of
drawers”; ”her petite figure”; ”tiny feet”; ”the flyspeck nation of
Bahrain moved toward democracy”)
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268. puny
adj –1. (1) puny – (inferior in strength or significance; ”a puny
physique”; ”puny excuses”)
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269. scrawny
adj –1. (2) scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy –
(being very thin; ”a child with skinny freckled legs”; ”a long scrawny
neck”)
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270. short
adj –1. (43) short – (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or
seeming to be limited in duration; ”a short life”; ”a short flight”; ”a
short holiday”; ”a short story”; ”only a few short months”)
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271. small
adj –1. (213) small, little – (limited or below average in number or
quantity or magnitude or extent; ”a little dining room”; ”a little
house”; ”a small car”; ”a little (or small) group”)
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272. tall
adj –1. (73) tall – (great in vertical dimension; high in stature; ”tall
people”; ”tall buildings”; ”tall trees”; ”tall ships”)
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273. teeny
adj –. bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy,
teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy – ((used informally)
very small; ”a wee tot”)
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274. tiny
adj –. (19) bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,
flyspeck – (very small; ”diminutive in stature”; ”a lilliputian chest of
drawers”; ”her petite figure”; ”tiny feet”; ”the flyspeck nation of
Bahrain moved toward democracy”)
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276. deafening
adj –. (1) deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery – (loud
enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss)
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277. faint
adj –1. (5) faint, weak – (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible;
lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; ”a faint outline”; ”the
wan sun cast faint shadows”; ”the faint light of a distant candle”;
”weak colors”; ”a faint hissing sound”; ”a faint aroma”; ”a weak
pulse”)
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278. harsh
adj –1. (3) harsh, rough – (unpleasantly stern; ”wild and harsh
country full of hot sand and cactus”; ”the nomad life is rough and
hazardous”)
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279. hushed
adj –. hushed, muted, subdued, quiet – (in a softened tone; ”hushed
voices”; ”muted trumpets”; ”a subdued whisper”; ”a quiet
reprimand”)
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280. husky
adj –1. (3) beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly – (muscular and
heavily built; ”a beefy wrestler”; ”had a tall burly frame”; ”clothing
sizes for husky boys”; ”a strapping boy of eighteen”; ”‘buirdly’ is a
Scottish term”)
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281. loud
adj –1. (50) loud – (characterized by or producing sound of great
volume or intensity; ”a group of loud children”; ”loud thunder”; ”her
voice was too loud”; ”loud trombones”)
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282. melodic
adj –1. (1) melodious, melodic, musical – (containing or constituting
or characterized by pleasing melody; ”the melodious song of a
meadowlark”)
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283. mute
adj –1. (3) mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless – (expressed
without speech; ”a mute appeal”; ”a silent curse”; ”best grief is
tongueless”- Emily Dickinson; ”the words stopped at her lips
unsounded”; ”unspoken grief”; ”choking exasperation and wordless
shame”- Thomas Wolfe)
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284. noisy
adj –1. (4) noisy – (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical
sounds; ”a noisy cafeteria”; ”a small noisy dog”)
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285. quiet
adj –1. (13) quiet – (characterized by an absence or near absence of
agitation or activity; ”a quiet life”; ”a quiet throng of onlookers”;
”quiet peace-loving people”; ”the factions remained quiet for almost
10 years”)
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286. raspy
adj –. grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy –
(unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; ”a gravelly voice”)
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287. resonant
adj –1. (3) resonant, resonating, resounding, reverberating,
reverberative – (characterized by resonance; ”a resonant voice”; ”hear
the rolling thunder”)
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288. shrill
adj –1. (9) shrill, sharp – (having or emitting a high-pitched and
sharp tone or tones ; ”a shrill whistle”; ”a shrill gaiety”)
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289. silent
adj –1. (18) silent, soundless, still – (marked by absence of sound; ”a
silent house”; ”soundless footsteps on the grass”; ”the night was
still”)
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290. soft
adj –1. (18) soft – (yielding readily to pressure or weight)
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291. squealing
adj –. screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing – (having or
making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty
hinge)
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292. thundering
adj –1. (1) thundering – (sounding like thunder; ”the thundering
herd”)
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