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tyrant n. dictator, despot, autocrat, martinet, Hitler, bully,
oppressor, authoritarian, hard taskmaster, slave-driver, Simon
Legree, overlord: It seems that no people or part of the world
is immune to tyrants.
21.0 U
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21.1 ugly
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ugly adj. 1 unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly,
hideous, grotesque, gruesome, ghastly, offensive,
repulsive-looking, plain, plain-looking, plain-featured,
bad-featured, ill-favoured, dreadful-looking, awful-looking,
terrible-looking, horrible-looking, frightful-looking,
monstrous-looking, US and Canadian homely: The Georgian houses
were demolished and replaced by ugly tower-blocks. 2
objectionable, disagreeable, unpleasant, offensive, nasty,
loathsome, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, noisome, nauseating,
nauseous, revolting, sickening, disgusting, obnoxious, mephitic,
rotten, corrupt, filthy, vile, heinous, bad, sordid, evil, foul,
perverted, immoral, depraved, degenerate, base, debased,
detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, despicable, odious:
The East End murders were among the ugliest crimes of the
century. He sprang from his seat with an ugly curse on his
lips. 3 disquieting, uncomfortable, discomforting, troublesome,
awkward, disadvantageous, ominous, dangerous, perilous,
hazardous: He found himself in a very ugly position, with no
apparent means of escape. 4 unpleasant, disagreeable, surly,
hostile, nasty, spiteful, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, currish,
irascible, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crabby, crabbed,
crotchety, cross, cranky, mean: He's in an ugly mood till he's
had his coffee.
21.2 ulcer...
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ulcer n. 1 sore, lesion, abscess, ulceration, canker, chancre, boil,