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Synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, undorned, subdued
Antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant
austere
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Synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
Antonyms: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious
beneficent
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Synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
Antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health
cadaverous
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Synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up
concoct
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Synonyms: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
Antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant
crass
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Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate
Antonyms: elevate, uplift, improve, enhance
debase
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Synonyms: profane, defile, violate
Antonyms: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate
desecrate
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Synonyms: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
Antonyms: relax, calm, put at ease
disconcert
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Synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
Antonyms: simple, modest, unaffected, humble
grandiose
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Synonyms: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
Antonyms: important, essential, crucial, vital
inconsequential
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Synonyms: violation, transgression, breach, offense
infraction
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Synonyms: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate
mitigate
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Synonyms: ravage, sack, loot, booty
pillage
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Synonyms: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver
Antonyms: come to the point, not waste words
prate
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Synonyms: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky
Antonyms: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory
punctilious
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Synonyms: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august
Antonyms: laughable, risible, contemptible
redoubtable
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Synonyms: chide, chastise, upbraid, reproach
Antonyms: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back
reprove
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Synonyms: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration
restitution
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Synonyms: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant, mainstay
Antonyms: weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating
stalwart
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Synonyms: defenseless, exposed, unguarded
Antonyms: invincible, protected, safe, secure
vulnerable
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