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tragic collapse: very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"; of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero"

disservice collapse: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

surly collapse: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

spoiled collapse: having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; "a spoiled child"

asymmetrical collapse: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with an crooked hemline"; characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components

unfortunate collapse: a person who suffers misfortune; unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"; not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"

promote collapse: change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent; be changed for a superior chess or checker piece; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"; contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

vilify collapse: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

declare collapse: state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"; declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"; proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"; state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"; make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"; designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand; authorize payments of; "declare dividends"

proclaim collapse: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"; declare formally; declare someone to be something; of titles; "He was proclaimed King"

inconvenient collapse: not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"; not conveniently timed; "an early departure is inconvenient for us"

predicate collapse: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements; (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"; affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"; make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"

affirm collapse: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"; say yes to

mistreat collapse: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

speak collapse: use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"; make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke"

premature collapse: uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"; born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant"

unethical collapse: not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior; "unethical business practices"

pronounce collapse: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"; speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

unfavorable collapse: (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds"; not encouraging or approving or pleasing; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments", "unfavorable impression"; not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"

stand for collapse: tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

undesirable collapse: one whose presence is undesirable; "rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables"; not desirable; "undesirable impurities in steel"; "legislation excluding undesirable aliens"; not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse)

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