devoid -
Not possessing a quality or element typically expected.
Her apology seemed devoid of sincerity, and their relationship did not recover after her negative behavior.
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Unhappy
adjective
disgruntled -
Angry or dissatisfied, and feeling that complaining won't help.
The customers were getting more and more disgruntled having to wait in line for 30 minutes to get to the cash register.
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Stupid
adjective
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asinine -
Very stupid or silly
The candidate lost the election because during press conferences he made one asinine statement after another.
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Attack
nounverb noun
See verb
smash -
An act or sound of something smashing
The smash of glass was caused by the bullet flying through it.
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Bad
nounverb verb
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disgrace -
To make people stop respecting you by doing something very bad
The worst part of the scandal for the politician was that he felt disgraced and embarrassed whenever he was in public
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Small
adjective
infinitesimal -
Extremely small
While our solar system may seem enormous to us, it is infinitesimal compared to the size of the entire universe, which by current estimates is 90 billion light years wide.
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Confused
adjective
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ambiguous -
Something whose meaning is unclear, because it can be understood in several ways
Bill's parents often asked when he was moving out of the house and getting a job, but his answer was always ambiguous.
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Dislike
noun
Picture
flareup -
A sudden outburst or intensification of something, especially violence or emotion.
There was a flareup of violence during the protest.
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Unhappy
adjective
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apologetic -
Feeling or showing that you are sorry for doing something wrong or for causing a problem
When Bill realized that his mistake caused the company to lose millions of dollars, he wrote his manager an apologetic email.
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Dislike
verb
deplore -
Feel or express strong disapproval of (something)
The protestors deplored the corrupt actions of their government.
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Small
nounverb noun
See verb
flicker -
An unsteady movement of a flame or light that causes rapid variations in brightness
Wade's TV signal was reduced to undecipherable flicker once his cable had been cut off.
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Attack
verb
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enslave -
To control someone completely, limiting their freedom.
In history, millions of people were enslaved and denied basic human rights.
