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Unintelligible

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Impossible to understand

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Esoteric

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Likely understood by only a small number of people

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Histrionic

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Melodramatic

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Assuage

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Relieve

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Ignominious

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Humiliating

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Inconspicuous

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Unnoticeable / obscure

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Apocryphal

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Untrue

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Inimical

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Harmful

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Discern

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Perceive or recognize

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Mellifluous

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Sweet and musical

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Laconic

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Concise

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Euphony

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Pleasing to the ear

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Strident

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Loud and harsh

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Soporific

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Induce sleep

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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Salubrious

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Healthy

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Lampoon

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Publicly criticized

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Extol

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Praise