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cacophony

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n. Harsh-Sounding: Harsh discordance of sound

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din

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n. Harsh-Sounding: a loud, confused noise.

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dissonant

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adj. Harsh-Sounding: disagreeing or harsh in sound: Discordant

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raucous

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adj. Harsh-Sounding: harsh; strident; grating; rowdy; disorderly

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strident

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adj. Harsh-Sounding: making or having a hars sound; grating

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abhorrence

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n. Hatred: a feeling of extreme repugnance or aversion; utter loathing; abomination.

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anathema

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n. Hatred: a person or thing detested or loathed

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antagonism

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n. hatred: an active hostility or opposition

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antipathy

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n. hatred: a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion

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detestation

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n. hatred: abhorrence

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enmity

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n. hatred: a feeling or condition of hostility: hatred

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loathing

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n. hatred: strong dislike or disgust

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malice

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n. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another.

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odium

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n. hatred:; intense hatred or dislike

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rancor

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n. hatred: bitter, rankling resentment

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beneficial

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adj. healthy: conferring benefit, helpful

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salubrious

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adj. healthy: favorable to or promoting health; healthful

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salutary

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adj. healthy: favorable to or promoting health;

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dither

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v. n. hesitate: a trembling; vibration

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oscillate

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v. hesitate

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teeter

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v.n. hesitate

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vacillate

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v. hesitate: to waver in mind or opinion

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waver

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v. hesitate: to sway; flutter; become unsteady; to shake or tremble

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antithetic

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adj. hostile: directly opposed or contrasted; opposite

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churlish

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adj. hostile: boorish; rude

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curmudgeon

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n. hostile: a bad-tempered, difficult

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irascible

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adj. hostile: easily provoked to anger; very irritable

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malevolent

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adj. hostile: wishing evil or harm to another or other

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misanthropic

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adj. hostile: antisocial, unfriendly, morose, surly

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truculent

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adj. hostile: fierce; cruel; savagely brutal

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vindictive

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adj. hostile: disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful

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credulous

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adj. Innocent/Inexperienced. Willing to believe or trust too readily. gullible

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gullible

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adj. innocent/inexperienced. easily deceived or cheated

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ingenuous

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adj. innocent/inexperienced: free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation. candid; sincere.

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novitiate

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n. innocent/inexperienced: the state or period of being a novice of religious order or congregation. the state or period of being a beginner in anything

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tyro

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n. innocent/inexperienced: a beginner in learning anything. novice

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disingenuous

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adj: insincere

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dissemble

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v. insincere: to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth

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fulsome

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adj. insincere: offensive to good taste, disgusting; sickening; repulsive

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ostensible

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adj. insincere: outwardly appearing as such; apparent, conspicuous

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unctuous

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adj. insincere. characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor

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appraise

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v. investigate: to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of

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ascertain

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v. investigate: to find out definitely

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assay

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v. investigate: to examine or analyze

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descry

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v. investigate: to see by looking carefully; discern;

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peruse

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v. investigate: to read through with thoroughness or care

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indolent

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adj. lazy/sluggish. having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion

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malinger

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v. lazy: pretending to be sick to avoid doing something

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inert

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adj. lazy/sluggish. having no inherent power of action. lifeless

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lackadaisical

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adj. lazy/sluggish: without interest, vogor or determination. lazy

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languid

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adj. lazy/sluggish: lacking in vigor or vitality; lacking in spirit or interest

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lassitude

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n. lazy/sluggish: weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate. lack of energy

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phlegmatic

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adj. lazy/sluggish: not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic

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quiescent

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adj. lazy/sluggish: being at rest; quiet

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slothful

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adj. lazy/sluggish: sluggardly; indolent; lazy

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torpid

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adj. lazy/sluggish: inactive or sluggish.

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