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clashing
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adj 1: sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of
loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors"
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crashing
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adj 1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking)
nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you
flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a),
bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a),
fucking(a)]
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dashing
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adj 1: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: dashing,
gallant]
2: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing,
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy,
spruce]
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flashing
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n 1: a short vivid experience; "a flash of emotion swept over
him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning" [syn: flash,
flashing]
2: sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and
weatherproofing
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furnishing
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n 1: (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel [syn:
furnishing, trappings]
2: (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and
appliances and other movable accessories including curtains
and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
3: the act of decorating a house or room
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gushing
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adj 1: flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood
waters" [syn: gushing, pouring]
2: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly
panting tones" [syn: burbling, burbly, effusive,
gushing]
3: extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive
demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing
female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn:
effusive, gushing(a), gushy]
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lashing
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adj 1: violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at
the lashing riders"
n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of
punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging,
lashing, flagellation]
2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else;
"the boats were held together by lashings"
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menacing
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adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
"a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the
situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding,
menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous,
sinister, threatening]
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promising
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adj 1: showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a
promising young man"
2: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the
scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political
career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright,
hopeful, promising]
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ravishing
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adj 1: stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde"
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slashing
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adj 1: as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-
ridden cadenza"
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smashing
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adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car";
"had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, corking,
cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat,
nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell,
smashing]
n 1: the act of breaking something into small pieces [syn:
smashing, shattering]
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splashing
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n 1: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface
[syn: spatter, spattering, splash, splashing,
splattering]
2: the act of scattering water about haphazardly [syn: splash,
splashing]
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thrashing
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n 1: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing,
lacing, trouncing, whacking]
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unblushing
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adj 1: feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing
apologist for fascism" [syn: shameless, unblushing]
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unflinching
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adj 1: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking,
unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking]
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cushing
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n 1: United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain
and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome
(1869-1939) [syn: Cushing, Harvey Cushing, Harvery
Williams Cushing]
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lynching
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n 1: putting a person to death by mob action without due process
of law
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pershing
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n 1: United States general who commanded the American forces in
Europe during World War I (1860-1948) [syn: Pershing,
John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing]
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abashing
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bashing
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cashing
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flushing
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gashing
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gnashing
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hashing
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mashing
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rehashing
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stashing
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trashing
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fasching
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