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Lurid The accident was described with lurid detail. The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere |
adjectiveShocking, horrifying. Melodramatic.Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.Being of a light yellow hue.Some paperback novels have lurid covers. . (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke. (zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey. |
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Deluge The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt. The rock concert was a deluge of sound. |
noun (plural deluges)A great flood or rain. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction. MiltonA fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.(Military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System. |
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Futile He learned that sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in futility. |
adjective Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting. |
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Admonish |
Verb (admonishes, admonishing; past and past participle admonished) - To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort.- To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise; to warn against danger or an offense; — followed by of, against, or a subordinate clause.- To instruct or direct; to inform; to notify. synonyms- reprimand- chidetranslations (warn or notify of a fault; exhort) |
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Rankle This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. |
verb (rankles, rankling; past and past participle rankled)(transitive) To cause irritation or deep bitterness.(intransitive) To fester.a splinter rankles in the fleshRowea malady that burns and rankles inwardBurkeThis would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people.synonyms(to cause irritation) embitter, irritate(to fester) fester |
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Blunder |
noun (plural blunders) A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. synonyms(error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko |
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Adroit He was so adroit at handling people. |
adjective (comparative adroiter, superlative adroitest) dexterous, deft or skillfulantonymsmaladroit |
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Tactless It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding. |
adjective - having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings synonyms- untactfulantonyms- tactfultranslations (without tact)- German: taktlos- Portuguese: seco- Russian: нетакти́чный- Spanish: indiscreto; poco delicadoThis text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license |
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Gaiety I was astonished at their laughter and gaiety. |
gaietyetymologyFrom French gaieté, from French gaipronunciation- (British, America) (IPA): /ˈɡeɪ.ɪ.ti/noun- (uncountable) The state of being happy. There was much gaiety at the ball. The decorations added greatly to the gaiety of the room.- (countable) Merrymaking or festivity.synonyms- (state of being happy) gaynesstranslations (state of being happy)- Spanish: felicidad, alegríaThis text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license |
