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blackguard
(definition)
n 1: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]
2: use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the
policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother
shouted at the teacher" [syn: abuse, clapperclaw,
blackguard, shout]
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bodyguard
(definition)
n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn:
bodyguard, escort]
2: a group of men who escort and protect some important person
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coastguard
(definition)
n 1: a military service responsible for the safety of maritime
traffic in coastal waters
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cupboard
(definition)
n 1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space
[syn: cupboard, closet]
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disregard
(definition)
n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard,
neglect]
2: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard,
neglect]
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush
off, discount, push aside, ignore]
3: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
neglect, ignore, disregard]
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dogged
(definition)
adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour
determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all
the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but
tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of
opinion" [syn: dogged, dour, persistent,
pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding]
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fireguard
(definition)
n 1: a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of
a prairie fire or forest fire [syn: firebreak,
fireguard]
2: a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially
against flying sparks) [syn: fire screen, fireguard]
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haggard
(name)
(definition)
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men
and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small
pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim
concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
(1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry
Rider Haggard]
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jagged
(definition)
adj 1: having a sharply uneven surface or outline; "the jagged
outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs" [syn: jagged,
jaggy, scraggy]
2: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though
gnawed [syn: erose, jagged, jaggy, notched,
toothed]
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laggard
(definition)
adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey]
n 1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who
lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
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legged
(definition)
adj 1: having legs of a specified kind or number; "four-legged
animals"; "a peg-legged man" [ant: legless]
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lifeguard
(definition)
n 1: an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect
swimmers from accidents [syn: lifeguard, lifesaver]
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niggard
(definition)
n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
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ragged
(definition)
adj 1: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn;
"clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
2: worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
3: having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right
margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
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regard
(definition)
n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs
in that respect" [syn: respect, regard]
2: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people);
"his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to
the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, regard,
paying attention] [ant: heedlessness, inattentiveness]
3: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's
welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn:
regard, wish, compliments]
4: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn:
gaze, regard]
5: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well
regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high
regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant:
disesteem]
6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly
regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard,
respect]
7: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect
for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant:
disrespect]
v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation
quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider,
reckon, view, regard]
2: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider]
3: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard]
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rugged
(definition)
adj 1: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction;
enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have
rugged furniture" [ant: delicate]
2: having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or
wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed
face lit by a warming smile" [syn: furrowed, rugged]
[ant: unfurrowed]
3: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged
ground" [syn: broken, rugged]
4: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a
rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of
frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough
life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: rugged, tough]
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safeguard
(definition)
n 1: a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or
damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as
a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard";
"we let our guard down" [syn: precaution, safeguard,
guard]
2: a document or escort providing safe passage through a region
especially in time of war [syn: safe-conduct, safeguard]
v 1: make safe
2: escort safely
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vanguard
(definition)
n 1: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn:
vanguard, van]
2: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially
in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new
wave]
3: the position of greatest importance or advancement; the
leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds
were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in
England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of
his mind and central to his philosophy" [syn: vanguard,
forefront, cutting edge]
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barelegged
(definition)
adj 1: having the legs uncovered by clothing; "barelegged
children on the beach"
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kierkegaard
(definition)
n 1: Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with
Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855)
[syn: Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye
Kierkegaard]
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asgard
(definition)
n 1: (Norse mythology) the heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods
(the Aesir) and slain war heroes
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unsugared
(definition)
adj 1: with no sugar added
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unguard