cacophonous
adjectiveHarshly discordant or unpleasantly noisy.
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Clear all filtersHarshly discordant or unpleasantly noisy.
Very pale, thin, and corpse-like in appearance.
Deliberately planned to achieve a particular result.
The level of quality or ability of someone or something.
Showing an unfeeling disregard for other people's difficulties.
Inexperienced and immature.
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To officially recognize as a saint; figuratively, to treat as beyond criticism.
To officially recognize as a saint; figuratively, to treat as beyond criticism
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An investment objective focused on protecting the original amount invested and limiting losses.
To stop resisting and accept another side's demands.
Changing unpredictably according to whim rather than consistent reasons.
Disposed to find petty faults or raise objections.
So appealing or interesting that it strongly holds attention.
Strongly holding attention
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Of primary or fundamental importance.
Fundamentally important
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One of the four traditional virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.
One of four traditional virtues
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A portrayal that exaggerates selected traits, often for humor or criticism.
To drink and celebrate noisily with others.
The decaying flesh of dead animals.
The decaying flesh of dead animals
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Broad freedom or authority to act as one chooses.
To criticize or reprimand severely.
One word family: also includes castigation.
Criticize severely
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Something that brings about or accelerates a change.
A predicament in which conflicting requirements prevent a solution.
A predicament in which conflicting requirements prevent a solution
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Absolute and without qualification or exception.
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Providing a release of strong or pent-up emotions.
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