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  • 41dimness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shadowiness Nouns dimness, obscurity, shadow, shade; darkness, opacity; partial darkness, partial shadow, partial eclipse; cloudiness; dusk, gloaming, twilight, evening, shades of evening; moonlight,… …

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  • 42dingy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. discolored, grimy, dirty, tarnished. See dimness, colorlessness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. grimy, soiled, gloomy, shabby; see dirty 1 , dismal 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 43discolor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stain; fade. See deterioration, colorlessness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stain, streak, rust, tarnish; see color 1 , dirty , fade . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. stain, bleach, fade, spot, wash,… …

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  • 44dryness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of moisture Nouns 1. dryness, aridity, aridness; desiccation, dehydration, anhydration, dehumidification; thirst; drainage; curing, mummification, freeze drying (see preservation); evaporation. 2.… …

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  • 45dull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsharp, blunt; deadened, numb; stupid; tedious, uninteresting, boring; spiritless, vapid, vacuous; dead, lifeless; sluggish, listless, lethargic; lackluster, dim, cloudy, obscure, stale, jaded. v.… …

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  • 46fade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pale, dim, bleach, whiten; vanish, disappear; languish, wither, shrivel. See dimness, colorlessness, nonexistence, deterioration, disappearance, weakness, transientness, oblivion. II (Roget s IV) v …

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  • 47faint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. swoon; lose heart or courage; fail, fade, weaken, pass out (inf.). adj. pale, indistinct; feeble, weak. See weakness, colorlessness, impotence, silence, dimness, faintness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1 …

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  • 48fair — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. beautiful, handsome, good looking, pretty, comely; blond, light; unsullied, unblemished; pleasant, fine; impartial, equitable, unbiased, just; moderate, passable; clear, sunny, cloudless. See beauty …

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  • 49ghastly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. pale, haggard, deathly, ashen, livid; horrible, terrible, fearsome, hideous. See ugliness, colorlessness, fear.Ant., lovely, ruddy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Like a ghost] Syn. spectral, wan,… …

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  • 50grizzled — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. grizzly, graying, grayish, white. See colorlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. silvery, grizzly, leaden; see gray 1 , old 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. gray, salt and pepper, silvery …

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