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Lambaste

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To criticise severely or harshly 
To scold
Castigate
Censure
Reprimand
Lecture
Chastise
Upbraid
Reprove
Admonish
Harangue
Berate
Rebuke 
Chide
Revile
Excoriate
Objurgate
Reprehend
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Lithe

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Bending easily and gracefully

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Languid

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Lacking energy 
Weak
Showing little interest in anything
Apathetic 
Sluggish 
Lethargic 
Torpid
Fatigued 
Enervated
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Latent

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Laying hidden or undeveloped

Potential

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Logistics

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Management of details of an operation

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Lackadaisical

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Lack of interest, enthusiasm
Carelessly lazy
Sluggish
Enervated

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Lampoon

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Criticise publicly by using ridicule, sarcasm, irony
Light, good humoured satire
Satirise
Burlesque

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Lucid

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Clearly understood
Expressed clearly
Perspicuous

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Loathed

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Disliked greatly

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Largess

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Extreme generosity and giving

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Laudable

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Worthy of high praise

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Lionise

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Assign great social importance
Give a lot of public attention and approval to
Treat as a celebrity

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Lassitude

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State or physical or mental weariness

Ack of energy
Enervated
Languor
Torpor
Sloth
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Litigious

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Inclined to initiate lawsuits

Argumentative
Quarrelsome

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Languish

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Lose or lack vitality
Grow weak
Deteriorate
Decline

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