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incriminate
v. accuse, charge, blame, implicate, inculpate, indict,
impeach, involve, entangle, Colloq point the finger at, Chiefly
US put the finger on, Slang US finger: The suspect confessed
and incriminated two others.
incubate v. hatch, brood; nurse, nurture, develop: How long have you
been incubating this plan?
incumbent adj. 1 obligatory, necessary, required, mandatory, compulsory,
binding, demanding, commanding, prescribed: As their father,
you ought to feel it incumbent on you to talk to the children's
teachers. 2 office-holding: The incumbent chairman is not
responsible for his predecessor's mistakes.
--n. 3 office-holder, official, occupant: As the incumbent,
you have a better chance of being re-elected.
incur v. bring upon or on (oneself), draw, attract, arouse, provoke,
invite, expose (oneself) to, lay (oneself) open to: For some
reason he incurred the displeasure of his manager.
incurable adj. 1 irremediable, terminal, inoperable, fatal, hopeless:
The doctor told me yesterday that the condition is incurable. 2
hopeless, inveterate, habitual, incorrigible, dyed in the wool,
unflagging, relentless, irredeemable; irreparable,
unrectifiable: You are an incurable optimist if you think you
will complete this book by the deadline.
indebted adj. obligated, owing, obliged, beholden, bound, liable,
responsible: I am indebted to the Salvation Army for their
help.
indecent adj. 1 indecorous, indelicate, immodest, improper, unbecoming,
unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate; in bad taste: When he
proposed marriage she accepted with indecent haste. 2 unseemly,
shameless, shameful, offensive, outrageous, repellent,
repulsive, distasteful, ill-mannered, rude, suggestive, coarse,
risqu‚, vulgar, blue, obscene, gross, rank, prurient, dirty,
foul, filthy, pornographic, ithyphallic, scatological,
salacious, lascivious, licentious, lewd, lubricious or
lubricous, smutty, vile, degenerate, debauched: There are