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aegis
protection, sponsorship
synonyms- aegis
guardianship, support, patronage, auspices
auspicious
favorable, promising, a good outcome
synonyms- auspicious
promising, encouraging, propitious
related words- auspicious
opportune, felicitous, providential
contrasted words- auspicious
ominous, inauspicious, ill-omened, baleful
jaded
wearied, dulled, or bored by having too much
synonyms- jaded
worn-out, overindulged, satiated
related words- jaded
sated, glutted, surfeited, cloyed
atone
make up (for a wrong)
synonyms- atone
make amends, make reparations, expiate
related words- atone
redeem, do penance, propitiate, conciliate, recompense
lewd
obscene, indecent, lustful
synonyms- lewd
vulgar, smutty, lascivious
related words- lewd
bawdy, ribald, licentious, lecherous, libertine, pornographic, prurient, risque, unchaste, salacious, scurrilous, wanton
contrasted words- lewd
chaste, virtuous, prim, prudish, unsullied
succinct
briefly and clearly expressed
synonyms- succinct
brief, concise, terse
related words- succinct
curt, laconic, compendious
contrasted words- succinct
discursive, prolix, verbose, circuitous
prevaricate
stray from the truth; mislead
synonyms- prevaricate
lie, misinform, equivocate
related words- prevaricate
misrepresent, falsify, dissemble
aloof
reserved, detached, unconcerned
synonyms- aloof
removed, unresponsive, uninvolved, indifferent
related words- aloof
standoffish, inaccessible
contrasted words- aloof
gregarious, compassionate, sympathetic
jovial
full of hearty humor and fun; jolly
saturnine
gloomy, grave
synonyms- jovial
merry, cheerful, jocular
related words- jovial
jocose, jocund, mirthful, blithe
synonyms- saturnine
moody, sulky, morose
related words- saturnine
dour, sullen, glum, somber, melancholy, funereal, surly, dismal, lugubrious, pessimistic
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