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amateurish
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adj 1: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very
amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts";
"an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur,
inexpert, unskilled]
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bearish
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adj 1: expecting prices to fall
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boorish
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adj 1: ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or
appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish
manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband";
"aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude" [syn:
boorish, loutish, neanderthal, neandertal,
oafish, swinish]
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cherish
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v 1: be fond of; be attached to [syn: care for, cherish,
hold dear, treasure]
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currish
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adj 1: base and cowardly
2: resembling a cur; snarling and rude
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fairish
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adj 1: not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable
prices" [syn: fair, fairish, reasonable]
2: (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair
complexion"; [syn: fair, fairish]
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feverish
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adj 1: marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a
feverish pace" [syn: feverish, hectic]
2: of or relating to or characterized by fever; "a febrile
reaction caused by an allergen" [syn: febrile, feverish]
[ant: afebrile]
3: having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish, feverous]
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flourish
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n 1: a showy gesture; "she entered with a great flourish"
2: an ornamental embellishment in writing
3: a display of ornamental speech or language
4: the act of waving [syn: flourish, brandish]
5: (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he
entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted
with a rousing fanfare" [syn: flourish, fanfare,
tucket]
v 1: grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is
thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: boom, thrive,
flourish, expand]
2: make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or
reach a high point in historical significance or importance;
"The new student is thriving" [syn: thrive, prosper, fly
high, flourish]
3: move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" [syn:
brandish, flourish, wave]
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garish
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adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring";
"garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts";
"a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish,
gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky,
tatty, tawdry, trashy]
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gibberish
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n 1: unintelligible talking [syn: gibberish, gibber]
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impoverish
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v 1: make poor [ant: enrich]
2: take away [syn: deprive, impoverish] [ant: enrich]
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liquorice
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n 1: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the
Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately
compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long
thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, liquorice,
Glycyrrhiza glabra]
2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice
plant [syn: licorice, liquorice]
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liverish
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adj 1: suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric
distress [syn: bilious, liverish, livery]
2: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn:
atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish]
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nightmarish
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adj 1: extremely alarming [syn: bloodcurdling, hair-raising,
nightmarish]
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nourish
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v 1: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread
and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young
children" [syn: nourish, nurture, sustain]
2: give nourishment to [syn: nutrify, aliment, nourish]
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parish
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n 1: a local church community
2: the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor
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perish
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v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in
one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost,
drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant:
be born]
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vinegarish
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adj 1: tasting or smelling like vinegar [syn: acetose,
acetous, vinegary, vinegarish]
2: having a sour disposition; ill-tempered [syn: vinegary,
vinegarish]
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moorish
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the Moors; "Moorish
courtyard" [syn: Moorish, Moresque]
n 1: a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to
16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches
[syn: Moorish, Moorish architecture]
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squarish
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adj 1: somewhat square in appearance or form
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irish
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its
people
n 1: people of Ireland or of Irish extraction [syn: Irish,
Irish people]
2: whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley [syn: Irish,
Irish whiskey, Irish whisky]
3: the Celtic language of Ireland [syn: Irish, Irish Gaelic]
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malnourish
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v 1: provide with insufficient quality or quantity of
nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows
that they are undernourished" [syn: undernourish,
malnourish]
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undernourish
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v 1: provide with insufficient quality or quantity of
nourishment; "The stunted growth of these children shows
that they are undernourished" [syn: undernourish,
malnourish]
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parrish
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n 1: United States painter (1870-1966) [syn: Parrish,
Maxfield Parrish, Maxfield Frederick Parrish]
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vigorish
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n 1: an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest [syn: usury,
vigorish]
2: a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an
operator or gangster [syn: rake-off, vigorish]
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cleverish
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lickerish
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liquorish
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spinsterish
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whorish
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moreish
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