Plethoric

  • 101set one's teeth on edge — • to set one s teeth on edge • to set one s nerves on edge (from Idioms in Speech) to make one disgusted; to make one feel annoyed or irritated by a remark, a sound or an action The outdated temporary gentleman phrase set my teeth on edge. (J.… …

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  • 102plethora — [ plɛθ(ə)rə] noun 1》 (a plethora of) an excess of. 2》 Medicine an excess of a bodily fluid, particularly blood. Derivatives plethoric plɛθ(ə)rɪk, plɪ θɒrɪk adjective (archaic or Medicine). Origin C16: via late L. from Gk …

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  • 103engorgement — n. 1. Fngorging. 2. (Med.) Congestion, obstruction, plethora, plethoric condition, over fulness …

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  • 104over-full — a. Surcharged, overcharged, overloaded, surfeited, plethoric …

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  • 105surcharged — a. Overcharged, overloaded, over burdened, surfeited, plethoric, over full …

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  • 106sanguine — I. a. 1. Red, crimson. 2. Warm, ardent, lively, animated, cheerful. 3. Confident, hopeful, enthusiastic, buoyant. 4. Plethoric, full blooded. II. n. 1. Blood color. 2. Bloodstone …

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  • 107bloodless — anemic, *pale Analogous words: *colorless, uncolored: wishy washy, vapid, inane (see INSIPID) Antonyms: sanguine: plethoric Contrasted words: vital, alive, *living: vivid, *graphic: * …

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  • 108affluent — I adj 1. wealthy, rich, opulent, pecu nious, moneyed, flush; prosperous, well to do, flourishing, thriving, in clover; easy, comfortable, well off, independent, Sl. on easy street; Inf. well heeled, Sl. loaded, Sl. in the money, Sl. in the dough …

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  • 109bombastic — adj 1. pompous, orotund, fustian, haughty, pretentious, ostentatious, flaunting, bom bastical; grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; high sounding, high flown, lofty, Inf. highfalutin, Inf. high… …

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  • 110excessive — adj immoderate, extravagant, lavish, beyond all bounds, Inf. devilish, Chiefly U.S. Inf. all fired; unreasonable, disproportionate, undue, inordinate, uncalled for, unwarranted, unneeded, needless, unnecessary; exorbitant, extreme, too much,… …

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