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  • 111unclean — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. soiled, sullied, stained, spotted, filthy, bedraggled, smeared, befouled, nasty, grimy, polluted, rank, unhealthful, defiled, impure, nonkosher, muddy, fetid, feculent, stinking, rotten, vile, decayed, contaminated,… …

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  • 112Uncleanness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncleanness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 immundity immundity immundicity Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity &c.???of mind ???>961 …

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  • 113mildew — mil|dew [ˈmıldju: US du:] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: meledeaw sweet sticky substance from plants ] a white or grey substance that grows on walls or other surfaces in wet, slightly warm conditions >mildewed adj …

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  • 114mildew — (n.) mid 13c., mildeu honeydew, nectar, from O.E. meledeaw honeydew (sticky stuff exuded by aphids), from P.Gmc. compound of *melith honey (see MELISSA (Cf. Melissa)) + *dawwaz dew (see DEW (Cf. dew)). Cf. O.S. milidou, Du …

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  • 115rancid — ran·cid || rænsɪd adj. spoiled, rotten, decomposed; moldy, musty, mildewed …

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  • 116mouldy — a. Musty, mildewed, fusty, decaying …

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  • 117rusty — a. 1. Covered with rust, affected with rust. 2. Musty, fusty, mildewed, rubiginous. 3. Dull, sluggish. 4. Rough, hoarse, grating, unmusical …

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  • 118mildew — noun (U) a white or grey substance that grows on leaves, walls, or other surfaces in wet, slightly warm conditions mildewed adjective …

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  • 119moldy — adjective everything in the cellar was moldy Syn: mildewed, mildewy, musty, moldering, fusty; decaying, decayed, rotting, rotten, bad, spoiled, far gone, decomposing …

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  • 120bad — adj 1. virtueless, unrighteous, godless, impious, ungodly; immoral, amoral, nonmoral, unmoral, unprincipled, reprobate; corrupt, depraved, perverted, profligate, dissolute, libertine, abandoned, licentious; unscrupulous, dishonest, crooked,… …

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