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backhanded
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adj 1: (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of
hand facing direction of stroke [syn: backhand(a),
backhanded] [ant: forehand(a), forehanded]
2: roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted
to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded
and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
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banded
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adj 1: identified with a band especially around a leg; "kept
watch for the return of their banded birds" [ant:
unbanded]
2: marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture;
"a banded rock"
3: characterized by a band of especially white around the body;
"banded cattle"
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barehanded
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adj 1: with bare hands; "fought barehanded"
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branded
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adj 1: (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a
distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights;
"branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand
name"
2: marked with a brand; "branded cattle"; "branded criminal"
[ant: unbranded]
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candid
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adj 1: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight
shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my
candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright
approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and
you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be
outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the
point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt,
candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken,
outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-
from-the-shoulder]
2: informal or natural; especially caught off guard or
unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"
3: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or
secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting
nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" [syn: candid, open,
heart-to-heart]
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candied
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adj 1: encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel"
[syn: candied, sugar-coated]
2: (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or
allowing to absorb sugar [syn: candied, crystalized,
crystalised, glace]
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disembodied
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adj 1: not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts" [syn:
discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied,
disembodied]
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expanded
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adj 1: increased in extent or size or bulk or scope [ant:
contracted]
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handed
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adj 1: having or involving the use of hands; "a handed, tree-
living animal"; "a four-handed card game" [ant:
handless]
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katydid
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n 1: large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males
produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on
the forewings
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landed
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adj 1: owning or consisting of land or real estate; "the landed
gentry"; "landed property" [ant: landless]
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sordid
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adj 1: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of
life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos";
"sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle
Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his
very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of
intrigue and betrayal" [syn: seamy, seedy, sleazy,
sordid, squalid]
2: unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid
political campaign" [syn: dirty, sordid]
3: foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge
of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest
part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid
shantytowns" [syn: flyblown, squalid, sordid]
4: meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid
material interests"
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splendid
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adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring
morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a
kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn:
glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous]
2: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent speech";
"the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-class mind"
[syn: excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid]
3: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]
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stranded
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adj 1: cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several
stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the
blizzard" [syn: isolated, marooned, stranded]
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underhanded
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adj 1: marked by deception; "achieved success in business only
by underhand methods" [syn: sneaky, underhand,
underhanded]
2: with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level;
"an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn:
underhand, underhanded, underarm] [ant: overarm,
overhand, overhanded]
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unbranded
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adj 1: not marked with a brand; "unbranded cattle" [ant:
branded]
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evenhanded
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adj 1: without partiality; "evenhanded justice"
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commanded
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countermanded
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demanded
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disbanded
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remanded
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sanded
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undid
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gadid
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redid
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lefthanded
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righthanded
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outdid
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uncandid
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