Showing posts with label adjective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adjective. Show all posts

Hyperborean (noun)


Hyperboreans lives in a far northern region, so they would not stand in sultry places like Indonesia.


what dictionary.com says about this word:

–noun
1. Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.
4. of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.

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Insipid (adjective)


Kuroyan will not tolerate any tasteless or insipid pan; he wants only exhilarating ones.


what thesaurus says about this word:

Synonyms: banal, bland, characterless, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary, plain, pointless, prosaic, prosy, slight, soft*, spiritless, tedious
Notes: sipid - of pleasing taste, flavor, or character - is the opposite of insipid
Antonyms: exciting, exhilarating, interesting, pleasing

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Hilarious (adjective)

Sometimes Hilary Duff is hilarious in Lizzie McGuire. This cheerful girl could be very funny!


what dictionary.com says about this word:


2. lively, jolly, rollicking, high-spirited.


2. sad, serious, solemn.

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Slovenly (adjective)

Usagi Tsukino is a sloppy, slovenly girl. Her parents always wish she were more careful and tidy.


what dictionary.com says about this word:


1. sluttish, slatternly. 2. careless, loose, disorderly.


1. neat. 2. careful.

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Limber (adjective)




A ballerina should has limber limbs. Those with rigid bodies should not be dreaming to be ones.

what thesaurus.com says about this word:

Synonyms: agile, deft, elastic, graceful, lissome, lithe, lithesome, loose, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, spry, supple
Antonyms: rigid, stiff, straight, unbending

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Parsimonious (adjective)


Save more in the piggy bank. Be frugal, but not stingy or parsimonious.

what dictionary.com says about this word:


tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous.


generous.

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Perfunctory (adjective)


These housewives are desperate of their perfunctory occupation--being housewives! However, they have much money, so why do they even have to thoroughly complain?

what thesaurus.com says about this word:

Definition: automatic, unthinking
Synonyms: apathetic, careless, cool, cursory, disinterested, going through the motions, heedless, impersonal, inattentive, indifferent, involuntary, lackadaisical, laid-back*, mechanical, negligent


Antonyms: careful, precise, thoughtful

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Penitent (adjective)


The Penitent Magdalene is a painting by Caravaggio. The woman looks so sorry there that I wish she would be unrepentant soon.

what dictionary.com says about this word:


1. remorseful, rueful, sorrowful.


1. unrepentant, impenitent.

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Iniquitous (adjective)


This mosquito is a dangerous and iniquitous animal.

what dictionary.com says about this word:


flagitious, nefarious, perverse, evil, base, unjust, wrong.


righteous.

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