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unladylike collapse: lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady

disparage collapse: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

anger collapse: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance; the state of being angry; make angry; "The news angered him"; become angry; "He angers easily"

familiarize collapse: make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

inadequate collapse: (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"; not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

beard collapse: hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals; the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face; a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality); a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses; go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

contact collapse: close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings"; the act of touching physically; "her fingers came in contact with the light switch"; (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the contacts"; a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication; a communicative interaction; "the pilot made contact with the base"; "he got in touch with his colleagues"; the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"; a person who is in a position to give you special assistance; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor"; the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity; "litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid"

stormy collapse: (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"; characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage"

unqualified collapse: lacking specific legal qualifications; "a wife is usually considered unqualified to testify against her husband"; not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training; not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"

grotesque collapse: art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants; distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"

distressed collapse: facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; "distressed companies need loans and technical advice"; "financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices"; "we were hard put to meet the mortgage paymentng"; "it was apparent that the magazine was in trouble"; "found themselves in a bad way financially"

cloudy collapse: (of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"; full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"; lacking definite form or limits; "gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion"- H.T.Moore; "nebulous distinction between pride and conceit"

thoughtless collapse: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; `Let them eat cake'"; showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into thoughtless bickering"

rocky collapse: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"; abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"; liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"

put collapse: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"; cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"; adapt; "put these words to music"; cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"

interject collapse: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks"

declaim collapse: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"; recite in elocution

uphold collapse: stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals; support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

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