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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absolute, utter |
| Synonyms: | blasted, blessed*, complete, confounded, infernal, mere, out-and-out, sheer, thorough, unmitigated, unqualified |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, uncertain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | savage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, vicious |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brutish, cold-blooded, crazed, demoniac, destructive, devilish, diabolical, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, frantic, furious, grim, harsh, heartless, hellish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, malicious, merciless, murderous, pitiless, rabid, raging, rapacious, ravening, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, unrelenting, violent, wolfish |
| Antonyms: | benign, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | sheer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utter, absolute |
| Synonyms: | altogether, arrant, blasted, blessed, complete, confounded, downright, gross, infernal, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pure, quite, rank, simple, single, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified |
| Notes: | shear(s) (noun) are large scissors with strong blades - (verb) to remove fleece, hair, or foliage by cutting or clipping; sheer (adjective) means complete and without restriction or qualification - (verb) turn sharply or change direction abruptly |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | stark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utter, absolute |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, arrant, bald, bare, blasted, blessed, blunt, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, firm, flagrant, gross, infernal, out-and-out, outright, palpable, patent, pure, rank, severe, sheer, simple, stiff, unalloyed, unmitigated |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
| Main Entry: | unqualified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outright, absolute |
| Synonyms: | abiding, blasted, blessed, categorical, certain, clear, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, enduring, entire, explicit, express, firm, flat out, infernal, never-failing, no catch, no ifs ands or buts, out-and-out, perfect, positive, rank, sheer, simple, steadfast, steady, sure, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unfaltering, unlimited, unmitigated, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, utter, wholehearted, without reservation |
| Antonyms: | conditional, indefinite, temporary, tentative |
| Main Entry: | utter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outright, absolute |
| Synonyms: | all-fired, arrant, blasted, blessed*, blooming, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, flat-out, infernal, out-and-out, perfect, pure, sheer, stark, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unmitigated, unqualified |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, uncertain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diabolical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devilish |
| Synonyms: | cruel, demoniac, evil, fiendish, heinous, hellish, infernal, satanic, serpentine, vicious, vile, wicked |
| Main Entry: | plutonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | solidified |
| Synonyms: | abyssal, cimmerian, igneous, infernal |
| Main Entry: | ogreish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fiendish |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, beastly, brutish, cruel, demonic, demonical, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, evil, ghoulish, hellish, infernal, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, sadistic, satanic, satanical, savage, vicious, wicked |
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