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  • 91gay writing —    Gay and lesbian writing in Spain has many histories and displays a complex variety of identifications and non identifications with the notions of homosexual culture, community, politics and sensibilities.    As elsewhere in Europe, pre 1960s… …

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  • 92outrageous — (adj.) c.1300, excessive, extravagant, from O.Fr. outrageus (see OUTRAGE (Cf. outrage)). Meaning flagrantly evil is late 14c.; modern teen slang usages of it unwittingly approach the original and etymological sense of outrage. Related:… …

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  • 93heinousness — hei·nous·ness || hɪːnɪs / heɪn n. wickedness, hatefulness, outrageousness …

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  • 94scandalousness — n. outrageousness; disgracefulness, shamefulness; state of being libelous; state of being preoccupied with scandal …

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  • 95outrageous — adjective 1》 shockingly bad or excessive. 2》 very bold and unusual. Derivatives outrageously adverb outrageousness noun …

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  • 96enormity — n. 1. Atrociousness, depravity, atrocity, flagitiousness, heinousness, nefariousness, outrageousness, wickedness. 2. Atrocious crime, flagitious villany …

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  • 97indecency — n. 1. Indecorum, impropriety, unseemliness, offensiveness, outrageousness. 2. Indelicacy, coarseness, grossness, immodesty, impurity, obscenity, foulness, filthiness, vileness …

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  • 98enormity — noun 1) the enormity of the task Syn: immensity, hugeness; size, extent, magnitude, greatness 2) the enormity of his crimes Syn: wickedness, evil, vileness, baseness, depravity; outr …

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  • 99extravagance — noun 1) a fit of extravagance Syn: profligacy, improvidence, wastefulness, prodigality, lavishness 2) the costliest brand is an extravagance Syn: luxury, indulgence, self indulgence, treat, extra, nonessential …

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  • 100enormity — enormity, enormousness both mean the state or the quality of being enormous but are rarely interchangeable in modern usage. Enormity imputes an abnormal quality; it applies especially to the state of exceeding all bounds in wickedness or evil,… …

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