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Umbrage


"Beauteous the fleet before the gale; Beauteous the multitudes in mail, Rank'd arms and crested heads: Beauteous the garden's umbrage mild, Walk, water, meditated wild, And all the bloomy beds."


-Christopher Smart

Definition: Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion


Synonym: take offense


Antonym: happiness

Unctuous


"The Reverend Pullman sat on the opposite side of the bench, wearing clerical garb and one of those unctuous smiles that proclaims a monopoly on truth." - jack mcdevitt

Definition: Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable


Synonym: humble


Antonym: blunt

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