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tyrant n. dictator, despot, autocrat, martinet, Hitler, bully,<br />

oppressor, authoritarian, hard taskmaster, slave-driver, Simon<br />

Legree, overlord: It seems that no people or part of the world<br />

is immune to tyrants.<br />

21.0 U<br />

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21.1 ugly<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=ugly<br />

adj. 1 unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly,<br />

hideous, grotesque, gruesome, ghastly, offensive,<br />

repulsive-looking, plain, plain-looking, plain-featured,<br />

bad-featured, ill-favoured, dreadful-looking, awful-looking,<br />

terrible-looking, horrible-looking, frightful-looking,<br />

monstrous-looking, US and Canadian homely: The Georgian houses<br />

were demolished and replaced by ugly tower-blocks. 2<br />

objectionable, disagreeable, unpleasant, offensive, nasty,<br />

loathsome, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, noisome, nauseating,<br />

nauseous, revolting, sickening, disgusting, obnoxious, mephitic,<br />

rotten, corrupt, filthy, vile, heinous, bad, sordid, evil, foul,<br />

perverted, immoral, depraved, degenerate, base, debased,<br />

detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, despicable, odious:<br />

The East End murders were among the ugliest crimes of the<br />

century. He sprang from his seat with an ugly curse on his<br />

lips. 3 disquieting, uncomfortable, discomforting, troublesome,<br />

awkward, disadvantageous, ominous, dangerous, perilous,<br />

hazardous: He found himself in a very ugly position, with no<br />

apparent means of escape. 4 unpleasant, disagreeable, surly,<br />

hostile, nasty, spiteful, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, currish,<br />

irascible, curmudgeonly, cantankerous, crabby, crabbed,<br />

crotchety, cross, cranky, mean: He's in an ugly mood till he's<br />

had his coffee.<br />

21.2 ulcer...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=ulcer<br />

n. 1 sore, lesion, abscess, ulceration, canker, chancre, boil,

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