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Meaning of bombastic, mettlesome, obtrusive, cynical, depraved, labyrinthine, rueful, improvident, sordid, quixotic

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Meaning of bombastic (adjective)
pompous; wordy; turgid; inflated; exaggerated

Example
The bombastic woman talks a lot about herself.

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Meaning of mettlesome (adjective)
courageous; brave; fearless

Example
Such an attitude required fresh springs of energy, and the effect - I was delighted to sense it as I woke each day - was to make me more bouncy and mettlesome than I had been for weeks.

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Meaning of obtrusive (adjective)
thrusting oneself or itself into undue prominence; invasive

Example
But the waitresses in Marshall and Snelgrove had new uniforms, dark purple instead of the old coffee-cream shade, and a different style of cap, more up to date and less obtrusive.

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Meaning of cynical (adjective)
sarcastic; doubting the sincerity of others; pessimistic

Example
The conversation which follows is the last in the book, and the weakest, too, a stagey means of imparting some crucial news for Bellow to fulminate against all that is rotten and cynical in American youth.

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Meaning of depraved (adjective)
corrupt; degenerate; debauched

Example
The depraved state of women in monogamy, associated as it is with private property and capitalism, will according to him, be replaced when capitalism is overthrown.

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Meaning of labyrinthine (adjective)
complicated; confusing; maze-like

Example
She forced her mind through the labyrinthine sentences of Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida until her eyes were bloodshot and her head ached.

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Meaning of rueful (adjective)
regretful; mournful; pitiable

Example
His head was bare and his smile was just a little rueful, as if he were uncertain of his welcome.
She looked down at her new French muslin pajamas, the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile, wondering if the whiskey stains would come out - and deciding that they probably wouldn't.

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Meaning of improvident (adjective)
wasteful; careless; not saving up for future needs

Example
An improvident person may end up destitute in later life.

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Meaning of sordid (adjective)
filthy; base; vile; foul; dirty

Example
The sordid gutters needed to be cleaned after the long, rainy autumn.
The criminals thought patterns were so sordid that he was not granted parole.

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Meaning of quixotic (adjective)
foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous; impractical

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He was popular with the ladies due to his quixotic charm.
She had a quixotic view of the world, believing that humans need never suffer.

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