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A rule of conduct or action
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Precept
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principle, maxim
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Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
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Salutary
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salubrious, curative
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Bitterly sever, withering; causing great harm
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Scathing
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searing, harsh, ferocious, savage
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To whip, punish severely; a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism.
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Scourge
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flog, beat, bane, plague, pestilence
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Funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
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Sepulchral
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doleful, lugubrious, mortuary
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Tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that causes sleep
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Soporific
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narcotic, anesthetic
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Extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
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Straitlaced
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hight conventional, overly strict, stuffy
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Lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time
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Transient
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impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
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Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
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Unwieldy
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cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical
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Dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
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Vapid
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insipid, lifeless, colorless
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