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21upstanding — adjective 1》 honest and respectable. 2》 erect. 3》 (of an animal) strong and healthy …
22upstanding — adj 1. stand up, standing up, standing, rearing, Heraldry. rampant; upraised, upreared, uplifted, upended; vertical, plumb, perpendicular, Math. normal; erect, tall and erect, bolt upright, straight up, straight up and down, up and down. 2.… …
23upstanding — up·stand·ing …
24upstanding — up•stand•ing [[t]ʌpˈstæn dɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) upright; honorable; straightforward 2) standing erect; erect and tall • Etymology: bef. 1000 …
25upstanding — adj. 1 standing up. 2 strong and healthy. 3 honest or straightforward …
26be upstanding — british formal phrase used as a way of asking people to stand up during an official ceremony or in a court of law Please be upstanding for the bride and groom. Thesaurus: to perform a ceremony or to give a speechhyponym Main entry: upstanding * * …
27be upstanding — British formal used as a way of asking people to stand up during an official ceremony or in a court of law Please be upstanding for the bride and groom …
28fine young man — upstanding young man, excellent young man, handsome young man …
29upright — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vertical, perpendicular, erect; honorable, conscientious, upstanding, honest, righteous, straight (inf.). See probity, rightness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Vertical] Syn. erect, standing, standing… …
30up|stand|ing — «uhp STAN dihng», adjective. 1. standing up; erect: »short, upstanding hair. 2. straight and tall; well grown: »a healthy, upstanding plant. Two upstanding, pleasant children (W. Somerset Maugham). 3. Figurative. honorable; …
