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sexta-feira, 17 de agosto de 2012

Word of the day: Snippy


Snippy:  agudo, curto, ríspido, composto de pedaços, fragmentado
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brusque (also brusk), crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, blunt, unceremonious
“I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snippy with you.”
“Snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic.”(www.merriam-webster.com) 

quinta-feira, 12 de julho de 2012

word of the day: Snippy


Snippy:  agudo, curto, ríspido, composto de pedaços, fragmentado
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brusque , crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, blunt, unceremonious
“I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snippy with you.”
“…snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic…” (www.merriam-webster.com)

quinta-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2012

Word of the Day: Blunt


Blunt: ficar cego ou sem corte, moderar, abrandar, entorpecer, enfraquecer / embotado, sem corte, cego/ brusco, abrupto, áspero, insensível, néscio, franco, direto, objetivo
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brusque, crusty, curt, downright, short, short-spoken, snippy, unceremonious
“Obama Aims to Blunt Attacks on Gas Prices” (www.nytimes.com, February 23, 2012)