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  • 101offensive — 1. adjective 1) offensive remarks Syn: insulting, insolent, derogatory, disrespectful, hurtful, wounding, abusive; annoying, exasperating, irritating, galling, provocative, outrageous; rude, impertinent, discourteous …

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  • 102Wild Hunt —    This is the general term for any ghostly or demonic huntsman or group of huntsmen, accompanied by phantom hounds, seen or, more often, simply heard galloping across the sky by night. Local terms include *Dando s Dogs in Cornwall, Wish Hounds… …

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  • 103derk̂- —     derk̂     English meaning: to look     Deutsche Übersetzung: “blicken”     Note: punctual, wherefore in O.Ind. and intrinsic in Ir. linked suppletively with a cursive present other root Root derk ̂ : to look derived from Root ĝher 3 und… …

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  • 104hateful — [hāt′fəl] adj. 1. Archaic feeling or showing hate; malicious; malevolent 2. causing or deserving hate; loathsome; detestable; odious 3. nasty, unpleasant, objectionable, etc. [what a hateful thing to say!] hatefully adv. hatefulness n. SYN.… …

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  • 105nauseating — adjective causing or able to cause nausea a nauseating smell nauseous offal a sickening stench • Syn: ↑nauseous, ↑noisome, ↑queasy, ↑loathsome, ↑offensive, ↑ …

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  • 106sickening — adjective causing or able to cause nausea a nauseating smell nauseous offal a sickening stench • Syn: ↑nauseating, ↑nauseous, ↑noisome, ↑queasy, ↑loathsome, ↑ …

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  • 107mesel — noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, loathsome person, leper, from Old French, leper, from Medieval Latin misellus, from Latin, wretch, from misellus, adjective, miserable, from miser miserable …

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  • 108loath|ly — loath|ly1 «LOHTH lee», adjective. = loathsome. (Cf. ↑loathsome) ╂[Old English lāthlīc < lāth hostile] loath|ly2 «LOHTH lee, LOHTH », adverb. unwillingly; reluctantly. Also, lothly. ╂[Old English lāthlīce < lāth hostile] …

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  • 109loath´some|ness — loath|some «LOHTH suhm», adjective. very hateful; disgusting; making one feel sick: »a loathsome smell. Some of the details are loathsome. SYNONYM(S): abominable, detestable, repulsive, nauseating, odious. Also, lothsome. –loath´some|ly, adverb.… …

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  • 110loath´some|ly — loath|some «LOHTH suhm», adjective. very hateful; disgusting; making one feel sick: »a loathsome smell. Some of the details are loathsome. SYNONYM(S): abominable, detestable, repulsive, nauseating, odious. Also, lothsome. –loath´some|ly, adverb.… …

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