adj. disinterested
(a) noisy like the sound of a bee
(b) incapable of harmonious association
(c) (used especially of persons) of inferior size; shrimpy
(d) showing lack of favoritism; impartial (vs. partial)
adj. rueful
(a) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses; ruthful
(b) as from an altitude or distance
(c) dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
(d) having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses); swayback; swaybacked
adj. piscatorial
(a) filled with melancholy and despondency; grim; blue; depressed; dispirited; low-spirited
(b) characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
(c) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; sulfurous; sulphurous
(d) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
adj. quaint
(a) tending to or capable of propelling; propelling
(b) of or relating to the scientific study of language
(c) attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic); olde worlde
(d) migratory; peregrine; roving; wandering
adj. mythical
(a) having spots or patches of color
(b) based on or told of in traditional stories; mythologic; mythological
(c) marked by stubborn resistance to authority
(d) containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice |
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adj. abrasive
(a) sharply disagreeable
(b) relating to the blood vessels or blood; hematal; haematal
(c) having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
(d) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows; conventual
adj. celibate
(a) devoid of intelligence; inane; mindless; vacuous
(b) abstaining from sexual intercourse
(c) divided into or made up of two parts
(d) not straightforward or candid
adj. overbold
(a) annoyed and irritable; cross; fussy; grouchy; grumpy; bad-tempered; ill-tempered
(b) impudent; smart; saucy; sassy; wise
(c) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous; zoftig
(d) having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscous
adj. slovenly
(a) showing little if any change; unchanging
(b) expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; fluent; silver; silver-tongued; smooth-spoken
(c) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person
(d) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; rash; reckless
adj. gawky
(a) lacking grace in movement or posture; clunky; ungainly; unwieldy
(b) having four units or components; fourfold; four-fold
(c) originating outside the body
(d) of or belonging to or active during the day; having a daily cycle or occurring every day |
