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  • 41bad — adj: not valid: void bad notice; esp: not covered by sufficient funds a bad check Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 42praise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, effusive, extravagant, fulsome, glowing, great, high, lavish, special, unstinting …

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  • 43praise — I n. 1) to earn praise 2) to bestow, heap, lavish praise on smb. 3) to give praise to smb. 4) to sing smb. s praises 5) faint; fulsome; glowing, high, strong, unrestrained. unstinting praise 6) praise for 7) in praise of 8) (misc.) a chorus of… …

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  • 44flattery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Undue adulation Nouns 1. flattery, adulation, blandishment, cajolery; fawning, wheedling, coquetry, sycophancy, flunkeyism, servility, toadying, incense, honeyed words, flummery, blarney; lip service,… …

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  • 45oily — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Rich with oil] Syn. oleaginous, fatty, greasy, buttery, oil soaked, rich, adipose, pinguid, lardy, bland, soapy, soothing, creamy, oil bearing, oil rich, saponaceous, petroliferous. Ant. dry*, dried, gritty. 2. [Having a …

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  • 46Painfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pain PARAG:Painfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 painfulness painfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trouble trouble care &c.(pain) 828 Sgm: N 1 trial trial Sgm: N 1 affliction affliction infliction …

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  • 47fulsomeness — noun 1. excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm • Syn: ↑unction, ↑smarm • Derivationally related forms: ↑fulsome, ↑smarmy (for: ↑smarm) • …

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  • 48Adulation — Ad u*la tion, n. [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. [1913 Webster] Think st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation? Shak.… …

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  • 49Dose — (d[=o]s), n. [F. dose, Gr. do sis a giving, a dose, fr. dido nai to give; akin to L. dare to give. See {Date} point of time.] 1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time. [1913 Webster] 2. A sufficient quantity; a… …

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  • 50Longspun — Long spun , a. Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long winded; tedious. [1913 Webster] The longspun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below. Addison. [1913 Webster] …

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