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quarta-feira, 16 de janeiro de 2013

Word of the day: Snide


Snide:  falso, de imitação, malicioso, velhaco, irônico, sarcástico
Synonyms: base, contemptible, currish, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, execrable, ignominious, low, low-down, low-minded, mean, nasty, paltry, ignoble, sordid, vile, wretched
“…a snide trick to get the old woman to sell her antiques for practically nothing…”
“Some small-time crook who was selling snide gems to gullible tourists.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

sábado, 18 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day: Crass


Crass:  grosseiro, estúpido,  crasso, espesso, grosso, denso
Synonyms: common, coarse, crude, gross, incult, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, rough, rude, rugged, tasteless, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
“A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments.”
“…a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments…” (www.merriam-webster.com)