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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
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deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
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pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearances or form
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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
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staying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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a legendary bird identified with a kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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swiftness, rapid of motion or action
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
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nearsighted; licking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager