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Adjectives
1. (adj.) disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering;
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;
- “some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines”; “haughty aristocrats”; “his lordly manners were offensive”; “walked with a prideful swagger”; “very sniffy about breaches of etiquette”; “his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air”; “a more swaggering mood than usual”;
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26
08
2010
Adjectives
1. (adj.) commodious, convenient;
- large and roomy (`convenient’ is archaic in this sense);
- “a commodious harbor”; “a commodious building suitable for conventions”;
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2010
Nouns
1. (n.) resuscitation;
- the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness;
- “although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration”;
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24
08
2010
Adjectives
1. (adj.) benign;
- not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor);
2. (adj.) benign, benignant;
- pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence;
- “a benign smile”; “the benign sky”; “the benign influence of pure air”;
3. (adj.) benign;
- kindness of disposition or manner;
- “the benign ruler of millions”; “benign intentions”;
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