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fraught collapse: marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"

alkali collapse: a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture

ponderous collapse: having great mass and weight and unwieldiness; "a ponderous stone"; "a ponderous burden"; "ponderous weapons"; labored and dull; "a ponderous speech"

burdened collapse: bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"; bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"

bang up collapse: damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

annoying collapse: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

cow collapse: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'; female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"; a large unpleasant woman

intuitive collapse: obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation; spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive revulsion"

aesthetic collapse: (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"; concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste; "the aesthetic faculties"; "an aesthetic person"; "aesthetic feeling"; "the illustrations made the book an aesthetic success"; aesthetically pleasing; "an artistic flower arrangement"; relating to or dealing with the subject of aesthetics; "aesthetic values"

awkward collapse: not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"; causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"; hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"; not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"; lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"; difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

implication collapse: an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection; a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"; a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false

punishing collapse: resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"

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