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ostentatious collapse: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"; of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

forced collapse: made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"; forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"; produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"

artificial collapse: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"; contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"; not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

panting collapse: breathing heavily (as after exertion); any fabric used to make trousers

busy collapse: crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"; actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"; (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"; overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"; keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

diarrhea collapse: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

necrosis collapse: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

fibrillation collapse: act or process of forming fibrils; muscular twitching involving individual muscle fibers acting without coordination

strained collapse: under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"

troublesome collapse: difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

elephantine collapse: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

flowery collapse: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton; of or relating to or suggestive of flowers; "a flowery hat"; "flowery wine"

anoxia collapse: severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues

constipation collapse: irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis

formidable collapse: inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall"; extremely impressive in strength or excellence; "a formidable opponent"; "the challenge was formidable"; "had a formidable array of compositions to his credit"; "the formidable army of brains at the Prime Minister's disposal"

oppressive collapse: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"; weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

jog trot collapse: an easy gait of a horse; midway between a walk and a trot

difficult collapse: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"; requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"

painful collapse: causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness"

abscess collapse: symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

humdrum collapse: tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

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

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