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critics of art because they have been biased.
biased adj. biased, prejudiced, partial; warped, distorted, jaundiced:
I don't want to listen to your biased opinions about women's
rights.
bicker v. dispute, quarrel, wrangle, argue, squabble, tiff, Colloq
spat: The couple next door are always bickering about trifling
matters.
bid v. 1 offer, make an offer (for), tender, proffer: We bid œ500
for the painting. 2 Archaic or literary ask, pray, press,
entreat, beg, request, suggest, invite: She bade me leave her
to mourn alone. 3 Formal command, demand, order, tell, enjoin,
dictate: Please bid him enter. Custom bade him blow his horn.
bidding n. 1 invitation, summons: We attended the ceremony at the
bidding of the vice-chancellor. 2 command, order, dictate,
direction, instruction, demand: The letter was sent to all
theatre directors at the bidding of the Arts Minister.
big adj. 1 large, great, grand; huge, enormous, immense, gigantic,
giant, tremendous, colossal, Brobdingnagian, jumbo, Colloq Brit
socking or whacking big or great, US humongous: We live in a
big house in the country. 2 ample, hefty, huge, bulky, fat,
obese; large, hulking, beefy, burly, brawny, strapping,
gargantuan, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, immense, monstrous:
The sumo wrestler was one of the biggest men I'd ever seen. 3
tall, grown, mature, grown-up, large: Christopher is certainly
big for his age. 4 important, significant, outstanding,
weighty, consequential, major, grave, momentous, notable,
noteworthy, telling: Changing careers can be one of the biggest
decisions of your life. 5 important, prominent, illustrious,
noteworthy, notable, renowned, eminent, distinguished, esteemed:
Mr Johnson is a big man in our town. 6 generous, magnanimous,
charitable, unselfish, giving: It was very big of her to take
on the support of the orphanage. 7 popular, famous, well-known,
successful: That band is very big with the kids these days. 8
capital, large, upper case, majuscule: Always spell London with
a big L.
--adv. 9 pompously, boastfully, conceitedly, arrogantly,
pretentiously: Alfred talks big at home, but he's very modest