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101rococo — (roh KOH koh, roh koh KOH) [French] A style of decoration and architecture developed in France in the 1700s, soon adopted by other European countries, characterized by tall and slender proportions, delicate curvilinear designs, elegant and… …
102belabor — verb don t belabor the point Syn: overelaborate, labor, dwell on, harp on about, hammer away at; overdo, overplay, overdramatize, make too much of, place too much emphasis on; informal beat to death, drag out, make a big thing of, blow out of… …
103busy — 1. adjective 1) the campaign volunteers have been busy Syn: occupied, engaged, involved, employed, working, hard at work; rushed off one s feet, hard pressed, swamped, up to one s neck; on the job, absorbed, engrossed, immersed, preoccupied;… …
104extravagant — adjective 1) an extravagant lifestyle Syn: spendthrift, profligate, improvident, wasteful, prodigal, lavish Ant: thrifty 2) extravagant gifts Syn: expensive, co …
105fussy — adjective 1) he s very fussy about what he eats Syn: finicky, particular, overparticular, fastidious, discriminating, selective, dainty; hard to please, difficult, exacting, demanding; faddish; informal persnickety, choosy, picky 2) …
106labored — adjective 1) labored breathing Syn: strained, difficult, forced, laborious 2) Wang s labored alibi only hurt his defense Syn: contrived, strained, stilted, forced, stiff, unnatural, artificial …
107ostentatious — adjective an ostentatious display of wealth Syn: showy, pretentious, conspicuous, flamboyant, gaudy, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, overelaborate; informal flash, flashy, splashy, over the top, glitzy, ritzy, superfly …
108overblown — adjective an overblown piece of writing Syn: overwritten, florid, grandiose, pompous, overelaborate, flowery, overwrought, pretentious, high flown, turgid, grandiloquent, magniloquent, orotund; informal highfalutin …
109overwrought — adjective 1) she was too overwrought to listen Syn: tense, agitated, nervous, on edge, edgy, keyed up, worked up, high strung, neurotic, overexcited, beside oneself, distracted, distraught, frantic, hysterical; informal in a state, in a tizzy …
110ponderous — adjective 1) a ponderous dance Syn: clumsy, heavy, awkward, lumbering, slow, cumbersome, ungainly, graceless, uncoordinated, blundering; informal clodhopping, clunky See note at heavy Ant …
