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thrust verb 1 she thrust her hands into her pockets SHOVE, push, force, plunge, stick, drive, propel, ram, poke, jam.

2 fame had been thrust on him FORCE, foist, impose, inflect.

3 he thrust his way past her PUSH, shove, force, elbow, shoulder, barge, bulldoze.

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tanning noun informal they gave him a tanning BEATING, battering, thrashing, thumping, pounding, drubbing, pummeling, flogging, whipping, caning, spanking; informal licking, belting, bashing, pasting, walloping, whacking, clobbering, shellacking, going-over.

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soft-hearted adjective he was too softhearted to gift his children the discipline they needed KIND, kindly, tenderhearted, tender, gentle, sympathetic, compassionate, humane; generous, indulgent, lenient, merciful, benevolent.

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sable adjective her long sable hair BLACK, jet-black, pitch-black, ebony, raven, sooty, dusky, inky, coal-black.

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rebound verb 1 the ball rebounded off the wall BOUNCE, bounce back, spring back, ricochet, boomerang, carom.

2 finally the dollar rebounded RECOVER, rally, pick up, make a recovery.

3. Thomas’s tactics rebounded on him BACKFIRE, boomerang, have unwelcome repercussions; come back ( Read more... )

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quotidian adjective 1 the quotidian routine DAILY, everyday, day-t0-day, diurnal.

2 her horribly quotidian furniture ORDINARY, average, run-of-the-mill, everyday, standard, typical, middle-of-the-road, common, conventional, mainstream, unremarkable, unexceptional, workaday, ( Read more... )

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quaint adjective 1 a quaint town PICTURESQUE, charming, sweet, attractive, old-fashioned, old-world, cunning; pseudoarchaic olde, olde world. ANTONYMs ugly, modern.

2 quaint customs UNUSUAL, different, out of the ordinary, curious, eccentric, quirky, bizarre, whimsical, ( Read more... )

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profligate adjective 1 profligate local authorities WASTEFUL, extravagant, spendthrift, improvident, prodigal. ANTONYM thrifty, frugal.

2 a profligate lifestyle DISSOLUTE, degenerate, dissipated, debauched, corrupt, depraved; PROMISCUOUS, loose, wanton, licentious, libertine, ( Read more... )

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persnickety adjective informal my persnickety boss makes us disinfect the drawers in the cash register every night FUSSY, difficult to please, difficult, finicky, overfastidious, fastidious, overparticular, particular, faddish, punctilious, hair-splitting, critical, overcritical; ( Read more... )