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  • 131nasty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foul, filthy; distasteful, disgusting, horrid; dirty; nauseating, loathsome; indecent, obscene; ill tempered, disagreeable, dangerous. See uncleanness, impurity, discourtesy. II (Roget s IV) modif.… …

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  • 132sour — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. acid, tart, bitter; fermented, unpleasant; morose, testy, touchy. See sourness, irascibility, unsavoriness.Ant., sweet, good humored. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sour in taste] Syn. acid, acidulated …

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