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adj causing horror or revulsion : Gruesome

b. Melodramatic, sensational : shocking

2. wan and ghastly pale in appearance

a young swan

a meal or quantity of food r

pure; made of one substance not mixed

a bitter, angry speech, tirade

someone or something that causes destruction; nemesis or enemy

a horizontally projecting feature at the top of a wall or building near a collumn

cooly and patronizingly haughty

assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, highfalutin, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lorry, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, sniffy, stiff-necked, arrogant, superior, toplofty, uppish, uppity

to influence or entice by soft words or flattery

blandish, blarney, cajole, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, coax

to provide gratification for others' desires

to seek to profit by catering to people's baser desires

narrow in scope, limited; related to the parish

upbeat willingness or readiness cheerful readiness

amenability, gameness, goodwill, obligingness, willingness

• adj acid in temper, mood, or tone
• acerb, sarcastic, acid, acidic, acidulous, acrid, barbed, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, mordant, pungent, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing, sharp, smart-aleck, smart-mouthed, snarky, tart,

• adj exceptionally early in development or occurance
• exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
• inopportune, early, premature, unseasonable, untimely

v to throw violently : hurl

• a small recessed section of a room : nook
• summerhouse
• an arched opening (as in a wall) niche
• belvedere, casino, gazebo, kiosk, pavilion, summerhouse

to find fault with or reproach severely

inauthentic, or untrue; from a false or improper source

lying down face up

bubbly, cheerful

any sudden, violent outburst

inflammatory, causing fire, highly provocative, causing intence conflict

to acquire or obtain

newborn; beginning to exist or develop

making an s sound; hissing

bulky, cumbersome, hard to manage

an opening

eager to exert ones influence in exchange for a bribe

of no real value

dazzling

previous notice or warning : forewarning

anticipation of an event without conscious reason : presentiment

producing no injury : harmless

not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : inoffensive, insipid