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Banal

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adj. Boring: devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite

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fatuous

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adj. Boring: foolish or insane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly. unreal; illusory

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hackneyed

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adj. Boring: made commonplace or trite;; stale; banal

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insipid

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adj. Boring: without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities;

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mundane

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adj. boring: common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative

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pedestrian

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n, adj. boring: lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction.

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platitude

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n. boring: a flat, dull, or trite remark

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prosaic

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adj. boring: commonplace or dull

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quotidian

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adj. boring: daily, usual or customary, ordinary commonplace

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trite

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adj. boring: lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale

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carousal

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n. a noisy or drunken feast or social gathering

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bacchanalian

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n. Carousal: a drunken feast; orgy

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debauchery

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n. Carousal: excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure

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depraved

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adj. carousal: corrupt, wicked, perverted

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dissipated

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adj. carousal: indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure

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iniquity

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n. Carousal: gross injustice or wickedness; a violation of right or duty; wicked act; sin

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libertine

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n. Carousal: a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake

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libidinous

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adj. Carousal: full of sexual ust; lustful; lewd; lascivious

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lascivious

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adj. Carousal: libidinous

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licentious

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adj. Carousal: sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd

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reprobate

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n. Carousal: a depraved, unprincipled, wicked person. a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.

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ribald

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vulgar or indecent in speech; coarsely mocking; abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous

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salacious

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adj. Carousal: lustful or lecherous

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sordid

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adj. Carousal: morally ignoble or base; vile. dirty or filthy

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turpitude

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n. Carousal: vile, shameful, depravity.

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Capricious

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adj. Changing Quickly: whimsical. fickle. inconstant. moonish.

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mercurial

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adj. Changing Quickly: changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic

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volatile

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adj. changing quickly

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counterpart

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n. Copy: a person or thing closely resembling another

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emulate

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v. Copy: to try to equal

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facsimile

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n. copy: an exact copy as of a book, painting or manuscript

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factitious

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adj. Copy: Not spntaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: made; manufactured.

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paradigm

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n. copy: an example serving as a model; pattern.

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precursor

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N. copy: a person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method

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quintessence

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n. copy: the pure and concentrated essence of a substance; the most perfect embodiment of something

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simulated

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vicarious

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adj. copy: acting or serving as a substitute

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aspersion

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n. Criticize: a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism

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belittle

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v. Criticize: to regard or portray as less impressive or important

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berate

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v. Criticize: to scold, rebuke

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calumny

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n. a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something.

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castigate

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v. to criticize, punish in order to correct

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decry

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v. Criticize: to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless

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defamation

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n. Criticize: false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another

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deride/derisive

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v. Criticize: to laugh at in scorn or contempt

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denounce

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v. Criticize: to condemn or censure openly or publicly

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diatribe

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n. Criticize: a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation

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disparage

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v. Criticize: to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle

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excoriate

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v. Criticize: to denounce or berate severely

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gainsay

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v. Criticize: to deny, dispute

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harangue

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n. Criticize: a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack

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impugn

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v. criticize: to challenge as false

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inveigh

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v. criticize: to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words.

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lambaste

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v. criticize: to beat or whip severely

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objurgate

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v. criticize: to reproach or denounce

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obloquy

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n. criticize: censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person

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opprobrium

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n. criticize: the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful

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pillory

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n. criticize: to expose an offender to public derision

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rebuke

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v. criticize: to express sharp, stern disapproval of

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remonstrate

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v. criticize: to say or plead in protest, objection or disapproval

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reprehend

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v. criticize: to reprove or find fault with; rebuke

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reprove

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v. criticize: to criticize or correct, especially gently

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revile

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v. criticize: to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language

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tirade

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n. criticize: a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation.

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vituperate

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v. criticize: to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile.

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