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accusatory
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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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adulatory
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adj 1: obsequiously complimentary; "they listened with
flattering interest"
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approbatory
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adj 1: expressing or manifesting praise or approval;
"approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" [syn:
approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory,
plausive]
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celebratory
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adj 1: used for celebrating
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circulatory
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adj 1: of or relating to circulation [syn: circulative,
circulatory]
2: relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
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communicatory
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adj 1: able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative
person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray
[syn: communicative, communicatory] [ant:
incommunicative, uncommunicative]
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condemnatory
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adj 1: containing or imposing condemnation or censure; "a
condemnatory decree" [syn: condemnatory, condemning]
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confirmatory
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adj 1: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
[syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming,
confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory,
substantiating, substantiative, validating,
validatory, verificatory, verifying]
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congratulatory
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adj 1: expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of
someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory
telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was
conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address" [syn:
congratulatory, gratulatory]
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deprecatory
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adj 1: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
"managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";
"deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting
remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative,
deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
slighting]
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gustatory
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adj 1: of or relating to gustation [syn: gustatory,
gustative, gustatorial]
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hallucinatory
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adj 1: characterized by or characteristic of hallucination ;
"the bizarre hallucinatory dreams of fever"- Jean
Stafford
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hortatory
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adj 1: giving strong encouragement [syn: exhortative,
exhortatory, hortative, hortatory]
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indicatory
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adj 1: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing
clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative,
indicatory, revelatory, significative,
suggestive]
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justificatory
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adj 1: attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
[syn: defensive, justificative, justificatory]
2: providing justification [syn: justificative,
justificatory, vindicatory]
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migratory
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adj 1: used of animals that move seasonally; "migratory birds"
[ant: nonmigratory, resident]
2: habitually moving from place to place especially in search of
seasonal work; "appalled by the social conditions of migrant
life"; "migratory workers" [syn: migrant, migratory]
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nugatory
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adj 1: of no real value; "a nugatory law"
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placatory
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adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting
concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at
Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an
astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing(a),
placating, placative, placatory]
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regulatory
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adj 1: restricting according to rules or principles; "a
regulatory gene" [syn: regulative, regulatory]
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revelatory
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adj 1: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing
clearly; "actions indicative of fear" [syn: indicative,
indicatory, revelatory, significative,
suggestive]
2: prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn:
apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory]
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vibratory
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adj 1: moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down; "the
vibrating piano strings"
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vindicatory
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adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution;
"retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn:
retaliatory, relatiative, retributive,
retributory, vindicatory]
2: given or inflicted in requital according to merits or
deserts; "retributive justice" [syn: retributive,
retributory, vindicatory]
3: providing justification [syn: justificative,
justificatory, vindicatory]
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rotatory
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic or causing an axial
or orbital turn [syn: rotatory, revolutionary]
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stipulatory
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adj 1: constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement;
"stipulatory obligations" [syn: agreed upon(p),
stipulatory]
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mitigatory
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adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
[syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive,
mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]
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supplicatory
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adj 1: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking
forgiveness" [syn: suppliant, supplicant,
supplicatory]
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undulatory
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adj 1: resembling waves in form or outline or motion [syn:
undulatory, undulant]
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commendatory
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compensatory
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confiscatory
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dedicatory
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depredatory
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gyratory
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imprecatory
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incubatory
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innovatory
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flagellatory
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incantatory
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citatory
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pulsatory
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castigatory
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emigratory
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execratory
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