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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhand |
| Synonyms: | clandestine, concealed, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceptive, devious, dirty-dealing, dishonest, dishonorable, disingenuous, double-crossing, duplicitous, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hush-hush, indirect, insidious, oblique, on the QT, on the quiet, secret, secretive, shady, shifty, slippery*, sly*, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, sub-rosa, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, under wraps, undercover, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, wily |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | capricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sudden behavior change |
| Synonyms: | any way the wind blows, arbitrary, blowing hot and cold, careless, changeful, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way, fanciful, fickle, fitful, flaky*, flighty, freakish, gaga, helter-skelter, humorsome, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, lubricious, mercurial, moody, mutable, notional, odd, picky*, punchy, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, up and down, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fickle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vacillating, blowing hot and cold |
| Synonyms: | arbitrary, capricious, changeable, cheating, coquettish, double-crossing, faithless, fitful, flighty, frivolous, inconstant, irresolute, lubricious, mercurial, mutable, quicksilver, sneaking, temperamental, ticklish, two-timing, unfaithful, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, untrue, variable, volatile, whimsical, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | aware, cognizant, constant, faithful, reliable, stable, steady |
| Main Entry: | greasy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slippery, oily |
| Synonyms: | anointed, creamy, daubed, fatty, lubricated, lubricious, oleaginous, pomaded, salved, slick, slimy*, slithery, smeared, swabbed, unctuous |
| Antonyms: | dry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconsistent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contradictory, irregular |
| Synonyms: | at odds, at variance, capricious, changeable, conflicting, contrary, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, erratic, fickle, illogical, in conflict, incoherent, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconstant, irreconcilable, lubricious, mercurial, out of step, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, variable, warring |
| Antonyms: | consistent, consonant, regular, steady, unchanging |
| Main Entry: | lascivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, fleshly, gross*, hard-core, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, low-down, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty, soft-core, steamy, suggestive, unchaste, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | licentious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, amoral, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose, fleshly, impure, in the fast lane, incontinent, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lickerish, loose*, lubricious, lustful, oversexed, profligate, promiscuous, relaxed, reprobate, salacious, satyric, scabrous, sensual, swinging, unconstrained, uncontrollable, uncurbed, unmoral, unprincipled, unruly, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mercurial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, temperamental |
| Synonyms: | blowing hot and cold, bubbleheaded, buoyant, capricious, changeable, effervescent, elastic, erratic, expansive, fickle, flaky, flip*, fluctuating, gaga, gay, impulsive, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, lighthearted, lively, lubricious, mad, mobile, movable, quicksilver, resilient, short-fuse, spirited, sprightly, ticklish, unpredictable, unstable, up-and-down, variable, volatile, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unperturbable, unvarying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lascivious |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast*, horny, hot*, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, orgiastic, prurient, raunchy, sensual, smutty, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, wanton |
| Notes: | salacious means characterized by lust or suggestive of or tending to moral looseness, while salubrious means favorable to health or promoting health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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