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dervish
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n 1: an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for
devotional exercises involving bodily movements
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knavish
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adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily]
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lavish
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adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand";
"the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother
a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal
praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted
devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn:
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous,
unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan,
lush, plush, plushy]
v 1: expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was
showered with praise" [syn: lavish, shower]
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peevish
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adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome,
peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy,
testy, tetchy, techy]
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ravish
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v 1: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish,
violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage]
2: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport,
enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant:
disenchant, disillusion]
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slavish
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adj 1: blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"
2: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-
man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become
submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient,
submissive]
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thievish
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adj 1: given to thievery [syn: thieving(a), thievish]