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negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
filled the door with her frowzy bulk|frowzy white hair|slovenly appearance
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compunction
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noun.
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
Synonyms: remorse, self-reproach
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liveliness and eagerness
he accepted with alacrity|the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
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scorn
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
he was held in contempt|the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
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open disrespect for a person or thing
Synonyms: contempt
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verb.
look down on with disdain
He despises the people he has to work for|The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
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verb.
reject with contempt
She spurned his advances
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without or almost without hope
despondent about his failure|too heartsick to fight back
Synonyms: heartsick
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adj.
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
working conditions are not conducive to productivity|the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city|a contributory factor
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a young offender
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guilty of a misdeed
delinquent minors
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failing in what duty requires
derelict (or delinquent) in his duty|neglectful of his duties|remiss of you not to pay your bills
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past due; not paid at the scheduled time
an overdue installment|a delinquent account
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noun.
(theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
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a temporary condition of torment or suffering
a purgatory of drug abuse
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one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
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a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
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| noun. | a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top | |
| noun. | a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote |
| noun | uttering in an irritated tone | |
| adjective | unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | a gravelly voice |
| adjective | shockingly repellent; inspiring horror | ghastly wounds|the grim aftermath of the bombing|the grim task of burying the victims|a grisly murder|gruesome evidence of human sacrifice|macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages|macabre tortures conceived by madmen |
| adjective | gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones|ghastly shrieks|the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs |
| noun | an individual's prescribed share of work | her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her |
| noun | smallest American sandpiper | |
| noun | an unbroken period of time during which you do something | there were stretches of boredom|he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary |
| verb | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | stint with the allowance |
| verb | subsist on a meager allowance | scratch and scrimp |
| adjective | having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled | less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance |
| adjective | characterized by extreme care and great effort | conscientious application to the work at hand|painstaking research|scrupulous attention to details |
| adjective | foul and run-down and repulsive | a flyblown bar on the edge of town|a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town|squalid living conditions|sordid shantytowns |
| adjective | morally degraded | a seedy district|the seamy side of life|sleazy characters hanging around casinos|sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls|the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils|the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal |
