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  • 121Dislike — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dislike >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dislike dislike distaste disrelish disinclination displacency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 reluctance reluctance Sgm: N 2 backwardness backwardness &c.(unwillingness) 603 …

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  • 122leer — v. n. Look askance (in contempt) …

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  • 123blink — v 1. wink, nictitate, nictate; flutter, flicker. 2. squint, screw up the eyes, see with half an eye, look askance; glimpse, spot, espy, descry, spy, perceive, glance at. 3. wince, flinch, start, shrink, recoil, blench; quiver, shudder, quake,… …

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  • 124deprecate — v 1. censure, reproach, impeach, bring to book, call to account, cry down, slate, inveigh against, perstringe, animadvert upon, reprove, recriminate, reprehend, reprobate, pass strictures; denounce, deplore, rail, curse, condemn, anathematize,… …

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  • 125dim — adj 1. faint, weak, pale, imperceptible, hardly noticeable, indiscernible; vague, undefined, fuzzy, confused; nebulous, mysterious, unfathomable, incomprehensible. 2. ill defined, unclear, indistinct, blurred, blurry, clouded, obscured;… …

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  • 126impugn — v 1. malign, gibbet, vilify, vituperate, vilipend, run down, defame, denigrate, scandalize, asperse, impute, insinuate, cast aspersions, speak ill of, speak evil of, backbite, Sl. badmouth, Sl. poor mouth; slander, libel, calumniate, traduce,… …

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  • 127put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …

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  • 128refuse — I v 1. reject, spurn, disdain, say no or nay, refuse to consider, refuse point blank, put one s foot down, not budge an inch, not yield an inch, turn thumbs down, shake one s head at; decline, Inf. pass up or by, Inf. not buy; abstain from, stand …

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