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accusing
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adj 1: containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive
forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes
and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare"
[syn: accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive]
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amusing
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adj 1: providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing
speaker"; "a diverting story" [syn: amusing, amusive,
diverting]
2: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow";
"a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories
that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would
have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful
experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: amusing,
comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful,
risible]
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boozing
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n 1: the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink
was his downfall" [syn: drink, drinking, boozing,
drunkenness, crapulence]
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bruising
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adj 1: causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising
experience"; "protected from the bruising facts of
battle"- John Mason Brown
2: brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the
bruising facts of battle"
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confusing
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adj 1: causing confusion or disorientation; "a confusing jumble
of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and
distressing for a small child"
2: lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity;
"sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who
knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement" [syn:
confusing, perplexing, puzzling]
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defusing
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n 1: the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb)
[syn: deactivation, defusing] [ant: activation]
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diffusing
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adj 1: spreading by diffusion [syn: diffusing(a), diffusive,
dispersive, disseminative]
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enterprising
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adj 1: marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to
undertake new projects; "an enterprising foreign policy";
"an enterprising young man likely to go far" [ant:
nonenterprising, unenterprising]
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musing
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adj 1: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only
in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic
hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
[syn: brooding, broody, contemplative,
meditative, musing, pensive, pondering,
reflective, ruminative]
n 1: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn:
contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination,
musing, thoughtfulness]
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oozing
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adj 1: leaking out slowly [syn: oozing, oozy, seeping]
n 1: the process of seeping [syn: seepage, ooze, oozing]
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perusing
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n 1: reading carefully with intent to remember [syn: perusal,
perusing, poring over, studying]
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surprising
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adj 1: causing surprise or wonder or amazement; "the report
shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up
with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount
of money" [ant: unsurprising]
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uncompromising
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adj 1: not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in
the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" [syn:
uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible] [ant:
compromising, conciliatory, flexible]
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unimposing
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adj 1: lacking in impressiveness; "on the whole the results of
this system are unimposing"
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unsurprising
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adj 1: not causing surprise [ant: surprising]
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uprising
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n 1: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn:
rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising,
uprising]
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using
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n 1: an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them
unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working
class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a
form of victimization" [syn: exploitation,
victimization, victimisation, using]
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appetizing
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adj 1: appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in
appearance or aroma [syn: appetizing, appetising]
[ant: unappetising, unappetizing]
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unappetizing
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adj 1: not appetizing in appearance, aroma, or taste [syn:
unappetizing, unappetising] [ant: appetising,
appetizing]
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abusing
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choosing
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cruising
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excusing
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fusing
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infusing
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losing
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misusing
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refusing
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reusing
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snoozing
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fuzing
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schmoozing
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recusing
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overusing
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