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anxious
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adj 1: eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the
museum"; "dying to hear who won" [syn: anxious(p),
dying(p)]
2: causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious
night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances
behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an
unquiet mind" [syn: anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy,
unquiet]
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atrocious
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adj 1: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious
crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a
grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to
commit" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous,
monstrous]
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: provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a
frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even
horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"-
Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" [syn: atrocious,
frightful, horrifying, horrible, ugly]
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captious
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adj 1: tending to find and call attention to faults; "a captious
pedant"; "an excessively demanding and faultfinding
tutor" [syn: captious, faultfinding]
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cautious
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adj 1: showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious;
never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver" [ant:
incautious]
2: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: cautious,
conservative]
n 1: people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is
not for the timid" [syn: timid, cautious] [ant:
brave]
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conscientious
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adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
"conscientious application to the work at hand";
"painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
[syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
2: guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right
and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about
injustice" [ant: unconscientious]
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conscious
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adj 1: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak
more slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: conscious,
witting]
2: knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and
sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the
operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that
he was being followed" [ant: unconscious]
3: (followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of
something; "few voters seem conscious of the issue's
importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful
tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy
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contentious
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adj 1: inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or
disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described
as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a
litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious,
combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]
2: involving or likely to cause controversy; "a central and
contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
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curvaceous
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adj 1: (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing
curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a
curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: bosomy,
busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed,
sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-
endowed]
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incautious
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adj 1: lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious
talk" [ant: cautious]
2: carelessly failing to exercise proper caution; "an incautious
step sent her headlong down the stairs"
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luscious
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adj 1: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot
mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a
tight dress" [syn: juicy, luscious, red-hot,
toothsome, voluptuous]
2: extremely pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: delectable,
delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious,
toothsome, yummy]
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nauseous
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adj 1: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
"nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn:
nauseating, nauseous, noisome, queasy,
loathsome, offensive, sickening, vile]
2: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated,
nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish]
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noxious
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adj 1: injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical
wastes"; "noxious ideas" [ant: innocuous]
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overcautious
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adj 1: unnecessarily cautious; "sometimes it doesn't pay to be
overcautious in business"
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precious
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adv 1: extremely; "there is precious little time left" [syn:
precious, preciously]
adj 1: characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for;
"a cherished friend"; "children are precious"; "a
treasured heirloom"; "so good to feel wanted" [syn:
cherished, precious, treasured, wanted]
2: of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and
emeralds are precious stones"
3: held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an
intrinsic nature; "a valued friend"; "precious memories"
[syn: valued, precious]
4: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious
performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
[syn: cute, precious]
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scrumptious
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adj 1: extremely pleasing to the sense of taste [syn:
delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-
tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy]
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vexatious
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adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying
rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
"swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety
catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";
"a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you
are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling,
irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering,
pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing]
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vivacious
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adj 1: vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged
the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a
vivacious folk dance" [syn: vibrant, vivacious]
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voracious
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adj 1: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on
the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to
voracious governments" [syn: rapacious, ravening,
voracious]
2: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
"voracious sharks" [syn: edacious, esurient, rapacious,
ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish]
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tortious
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adj 1: of or pertaining to the nature of a tort; "tortious acts"
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tendencious
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adj 1: having or marked by a strong tendency especially a
controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent
elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and
tendentious assertion" [syn: tendentious,
tendencious]
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rosaceous
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the
family Rosaceae
2: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate
glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate, rosaceous]
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confucius
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n 1: Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected
after his death and became the basis of a philosophical
doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC) [syn:
Confucius, Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master]
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hellacious
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malvaceous
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musaceous
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sequacious
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spathaceous
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tufaceous
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tuffaceous
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