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accusing
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adj 1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive
forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes
and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"
[syn: accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive]
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amusing
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adj 1: providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing
speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive,
diverting]
2: 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" [syn: amusing,
comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful,
risible]
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boozing
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n 1: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing,
drunkenness, crapulence]
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bruising
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adj 1: causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising
experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of
battle"- John Mason Brown
2: brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the
bruising facts of battle"
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confusing
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adj 1: causing confusion or disorientation; "a confusing jumble
of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and
distressing for a small child"
2: lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity;
"sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who
knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement" [syn:
confusing, perplexing, puzzling]
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defusing
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n 1: the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
[syn: deactivation, defusing] [ant: activation]
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diffusing
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adj 1: spreading by diffusion [syn: diffusing(a), diffusive,
dispersive, disseminative]
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going
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adj 1: in full operation; "a going concern"
n 1: the act of departing [syn: departure, going, going
away, leaving]
2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit,
expiration, going, release]
3: advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going";
"the proposal faces tough sledding" [syn: going,
sledding]
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moving
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adj 1: in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts
of the machine" [ant: nonmoving, unmoving]
2: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her
case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N.
Hawthorne [ant: unmoving]
3: used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the
illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving
pictures or `the movies'" [ant: still]
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musing
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adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only
in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic
hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
[syn: brooding, broody, contemplative,
meditative, musing, pensive, pondering,
reflective, ruminative]
n 1: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn:
contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination,
musing, thoughtfulness]
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nothing
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adv 1: in no respect; to no degree; "he looks nothing like his
father"
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing,
nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
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oozing
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adj 1: leaking out slowly [syn: oozing, oozy, seeping]
n 1: the process of seeping [syn: seepage, ooze, oozing]
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perusing
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n 1: reading carefully with intent to remember [syn: perusal,
perusing, poring over, studying]
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shooting
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n 1: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
accurate" [syn: shooting, shot]
2: killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there
were three dead bodies"
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using
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n 1: an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them
unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working
class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a
form of victimization" [syn: exploitation,
victimization, victimisation, using]
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abusing
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cruising
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excusing
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fusing
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infusing
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losing
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misusing
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refusing
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reusing
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snoozing
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fuzing
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schmoozing
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recusing
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overusing
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