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  • 101black — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. darkness, midnight, Stygian hue; Negro, African American. v. t. shine, polish (shoes). See color, darkness.Ant., white. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Opposite to white] Syn. dark, blackish, ebony, jet,… …

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  • 102dingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. discolored, grimy, dirty, tarnished. See dimness, colorlessness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grimy, soiled, gloomy, shabby; see dirty 1 , dismal 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 103grubby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, dingy, dirty, shabby, scurvy; ignoble, base, mean. See uncleanness. Ant., clean. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dirty, sloppy, grimy; see dirty 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. messy,… …

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  • 104nasty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foul, filthy; distasteful, disgusting, horrid; dirty; nauseating, loathsome; indecent, obscene; ill tempered, disagreeable, dangerous. See uncleanness, impurity, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …

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  • 105squalid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. filthy, dirty, foul, sordid, repulsive, wretched, degraded. See uncleanness, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dirty, filthy, unclean, poor, poverty stricken, mean, grimy, soiled, foul, reeking …

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  • 106clean — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not soiled] Syn. spotless, washed, stainless, laundered, immaculate, unsoiled, untarnished, speckless, unstained, neat, tidy, clear, blank, white, dirtless, unblemished, unspotted, newly cleaned, cleaned, fresh, unused,… …

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  • 107muddy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Containing sediment] Syn. stirred, turbid, roiled, roily, dull, dark, cloudy, murky, indistinct, confused, obscure, opaque, reddened; see also dirty 1 . Ant. clear*, translucent, pellucid. 2. [Deep with mud] Syn. sloppy …

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  • 108Uncleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 immundity immundity immundicity Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity &c.???of mind ???>961 …

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  • 109soil — 01. You need to turn the [soil] at the base of the plant once in a while to keep it from getting too hard packed. 02. The old man had trouble controlling himself, and often [soiled] his pants. 03. The [soil] at the mouth of a river is usually… …

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  • 110shopworn — shop|worn [ˈʃɔpwo:n US ˈʃa:pwo:rn] adj AmE 1.) a product that is shopworn is slightly damaged or dirty because it has been in a shop for a long time British Equivalent: shop soiled 2.) an idea that is shopworn is no longer interesting because it… …

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