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  • 121diatribe — n tirade, invective, philippic, screed, curse, jeremiad, vituperation, denunciation, stream of abuse, bitter harangue, verbal onslaught; reproof, rebuke, reprimand, upbraiding, Inf. tongue lashing, Sl. dressing down, Sl. bawling out, Sl. chewing… …

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  • 122going-over — n 1. examination, investigation, analysis, study, research, probe; review, survey, checkout, audit; close inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization. 2. scolding, call down, chiding, upbraiding, Inf. talking to, Inf. dressing down, tongue lashing;… …

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  • 123hell — n 1. the lower world, abode of evil spirits, inferno, Pandemonium, perdition; abyss, bottomless pit, hellfire, fire and brimstone, eternal fires; Gehenna, Class. Myth.Tartarus, Hinduism.Naraka, Scand. Myth.Niflheim, Bible.Tophet, Buddhism.Avichi …

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  • 124invective — n 1. diatribe, tirade, philippic, denunciation; disparagement, discrediting, depreciation, deprecation, insinuation, belittlement, minimization; objurgation, fulmination, contumely, berating, upbraiding, scolding, tongue lashing; castigation,… …

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  • 125lecture — n 1. speech, talk, address, discourse, prelection, sermon, homily; commentary, comment, descant, exposition, expose, elucidation, explanation, exegesis, explication; dissertation, treatise, tract, tractate, thesis, essay, paper; oration,… …

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  • 126lesson — n 1. assignment, homework, exercise, practice, Inf. day s ration; instruction, teaching, studies; lecture, reading, recitation; example, theorem, axiom, truth, proof, dogma; portion, stint, job, duty, obligation, charge, responsibility. 2.… …

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  • 127obloquy — n 1. discredit, disrepute, disfavor, disesteem, loss of face, downfall, fall; detraction, derogation, degradation, devaluation, depreciation, disparagement, belittlement, deprecation; shame, disgrace, dishonor, scandal, ignominy, infamy, odium,… …

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  • 128philippic — n diatribe, invective, tirade, screed, jeremiad, stream of abuse, bitter harangue, verbal onslaught; vituperation, revilement, curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, anathematization, denunciation, commination, condemnation, censure;… …

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