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  • 71dirty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unclean, filthy, soiled, foul; murky, miry, stormy; vile, sordid, mean; pornographic; dishonest. See uncleanness, dimness, impurity, cloudiness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Containing dirt] Syn.… …

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  • 72heavy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. weighty, heavyset (See gravity); oppressive, tedious, tiresome; dull, gloomy, overcast; strong, pressing, large; somber, dismal, dejected, sad, melancholy; slow, inert, sluggish; grievous, serious.… …

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  • 73murky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dark, gloomy; obscure, hazy. See obscurity, darkness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dark] Syn. dim, dusky, dingy; see dark 1 , dirty 1 . 2. [Gloomy] Syn. cheerless, dismal, somber; see sad 1 . 3.… …

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  • 74rugged — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. craggy; shaggy, rough, unkempt; harsh, stern, austere; hilly, uneven; unpolished, uncultivated; fierce, tempestuous; informal, robust, hale. See roughness, formlessness, violence, severity. II… …

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  • 75stormy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. turbulent, tempestuous. See violence, wind. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Characterized by storms] Syn. rainy, wet, damp, cold, bitter, raging, roaring, frigid, windy, blustery, pouring, blustering,… …

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  • 76tempestuous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stormy, raging, furious; gusty, blowy, squally; violent, tumultuous, turbulent. See wind, violence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. raging, tumultuous, furious; see stormy 1 , turbulent . III (Roget s 3 …

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  • 77ugly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. repulsive (see ugliness); disagreeable, unpleasant; mean, hostile, quarrelsome. See unsavoriness, contention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ill favored] Syn. unsightly, loathsome, hideous, homely,… …

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  • 78wild — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. savage, untamed, uncivilized; feral, bloodthirsty, fierce; uncontrolled, amuck, frenzied; inaccurate, intemperate, unwise, foolish; eager, impetuous, stormy, violent, unrestrainable, desert,… …

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  • 79cloudy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Hazy] Syn. overcast, lowering, leaden, threatening; see dark 1 , hazy 1 . 2. [Not clear] Syn. dense, murky, nontransparent, nontranslucent; see opaque 1 . 3. [Obscure] Syn. vague, indistinct, indefinite, unclear; see… …

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  • 80raging — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. furious, irate, enraged; see angry . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly,… …

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