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advantageous
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adj 1: giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our
country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often"
[ant: disadvantageous]
2: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of
concern for fairness
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burgess
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n 1: English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993) [syn:
Burgess, Anthony Burgess]
2: a citizen of an English borough [syn: burgess, burgher]
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contagious
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adj 1: easily diffused or spread as from one person to another;
"a contagious grin"
2: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable,
transmissible, transmittable]
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courageous
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adj 1: possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal
with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with
danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman
Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over
pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by
leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"
[syn: brave, courageous] [ant: cowardly, fearful]
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disadvantageous
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adj 1: constituting a disadvantage [ant: advantageous]
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egregious
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adj 1: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude";
"gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a),
egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
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gorgeous
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adj 1: dazzlingly beautiful; "a gorgeous Victorian gown"
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irreligious
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adj 1: hostile or indifferent to religion [ant: religious]
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litigious
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adj 1: of or relating to litigation
2: 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]
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outrageous
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adj 1: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of
injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
[syn: hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous]
2: greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant
rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on
entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable
spending" [syn: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous,
steep, unconscionable, usurious]
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prestigious
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adj 1: having an illustrious reputation; respected; "our
esteemed leader"; "a prestigious author" [syn:
esteemed, honored, prestigious]
2: exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige; "a
prestigious professor at a prestigious university"
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prodigious
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adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
"colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
prodigious, stupendous]
2: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a
portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman
Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: portentous,
prodigious]
3: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
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rampageous
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adj 1: displaying raging violence; often destructive; "the hot
rampageous horses of my will"- W.H.Auden
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religious
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adj 1: concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
"religious texts"; "a member of a religious order";
"lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders";
"spiritual songs" [syn: religious, spiritual]
2: having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a
religious man"; "religious attitude" [ant: irreligious]
3: of or relating to clergy bound by monastic vows; "the
religious or regular clergy conducts the service" [ant:
secular]
4: extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in
observing the rules of health"
n 1: a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of
poverty and chastity and obedience
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sacrilegious
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adj 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred;
"blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane
utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to
enter with shoes on" [syn: blasphemous, profane,
sacrilegious]
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umbrageous
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adj 1: filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the
surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on
rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
[syn: shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous]
2: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial";
"incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged
disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn:
indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous]