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terça-feira, 2 de julho de 2013

Word of the day; ESTRANGED

Estranged: afastado, alienado, marginalizado
Synonyms:  alien, alienate, disaffect, disgruntle, sour

“He lives his life estranged from civilization.”  (http://michaelis.uol.com.br)
“Mr Richardson's estranged son, Mr Moore, yesterday backed the complaints of other young workers.”

 “Protect yourself from debt that has been accumulated by an estranged partner.”  (www.wordhippo.com)

segunda-feira, 5 de março de 2012

Word of the Day: Devious


Devious:  divergente, desviado, apartado, afastado, desencaminhado,vagante, errante, tortuoso, desencaminhado, errôneo, não franco, não honesto.
Synonyms: wandering, roundabout, out-of-the-way, remote, cunning, deceptive

“The bugs are tough, they're devious and they're gaining new ground in homes and hotel rooms across the country, says Susan Jones, an entomologist at Ohio...”(www.latimes.com, October 25, 2010)
Examples from www.merriam-webster.com:
“a dishonest and devious politician”
“He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.”