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artful
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adj 1: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance
of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine,
and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most
disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a
disingenuous excuse" [syn: disingenuous, artful]
[ant: artless, ingenuous]
2: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with
cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of
metaphors" [ant: artless]
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dreadful
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adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a),
dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome,
frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste";
"abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful
manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting";
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn:
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful,
terrible, unspeakable]
3: very unpleasant
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heedful
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adj 1: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention;
"heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer";
"heedful of what they were doing" [syn: heedful,
attentive, thoughtful, paying attention] [ant:
heedless, unheeding]
2: cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of
his father's advice" [syn: careful, heedful]
3: giving attention [syn: advertent, heedful]
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mindful
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adj 1: bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her
health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of
these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action"
[syn: mindful, aware] [ant: forgetful, mindless,
unmindful]
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needful
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adj 1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all
things needful" [syn: needed, needful, required,
requisite]
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prideful
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adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social
disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners
were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very
sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my
clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood
than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty,
imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
2: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal
success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting,
jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal,
triumphant]
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regardful
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adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential,
regardful]
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remindful
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adj 1: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on
this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign
redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative,
redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant]
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unmindful
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adj 1: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his
steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful,
forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful]
2: (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of;
"oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform";
"oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy
responsibility" [syn: oblivious(p), unmindful(p)]