| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
hostile, rude |
| Synonyms: |
bad-tempered,
callous,
cantankerous,
churlish,
contemptible,
dangerous,
despicable,
difficult,
dirty*,
disagreeable, dishonorable,
down*,
evil,
formidable,
hard, hard-nosed,
ignoble, ill-tempered,
infamous, knavish, liverish,
lousy*, low-down and dirty,
malicious,
malign,
nasty,
perfidious, pesky,
rotten,
rough,
rugged,
scurrilous,
shameless, sinking,
snide,
sour, the lowest,
touch,
treacherous,
troublesome,
ugly,
unfriendly,
unpleasant,
unscrupulous,
vexatious,
vicious,
vile
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| Notes: |
the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: |
compassionate, kind, nice, noble, polite, sympathetic
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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