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| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compressed, thick |
| Synonyms: | close, compact, condensed, crowded, heaped, heavy, impenetrable, jammed, opaque, packed, solid, substantial, close-knit, crammed, jam-packed, massed, packed like sardines, piled, thickset |
| Antonyms: | open, scattered, sparse, thin, uncompressed |
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow, stupid |
| Synonyms: | boorish, dull, dumb, ignorant, impassive, lethargic, oafish, obtuse, phlegmatic, simple, slow-witted, sluggish, stolid, thick, torpid, blockheaded, doltish, fatheaded, imbecilic, numskulled |
| Antonyms: | brainy, clever, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | cloudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazy; darkened |
| Synonyms: | confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, foggy, gloomy, heavy, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, obscure, opaque, overcast, somber, sullen, sunless, vaporous, blurred, emulsified, mucky, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous |
| Notes: | to the National Weather Service, partly cloudy (what we think of as partly sunny) is 3/8-5/8 cloud cover, mostly cloudy is 6/8-7/8 cloud cover, and cloudy is 8/8 |
| Antonyms: | clear, cloudless |
| Main Entry: | crass |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coarse, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | asinine, boorish, bovine, churlish, dense, gross, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, lumpish, oafish, obtuse, raw, rough, rude, stupid, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar, witless, Philistine, blundering, doltish, lowbrow |
| Antonyms: | careful, delicate, kind, nice, refined, sensitive, tactful |
| Main Entry: | crowded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy, congested |
| Synonyms: | brimming, chock-full, clean, close, compact, cramped, dense, full, full house, jammed, loaded, overflowing, packed, populous, stuffed, teeming, thick, tight, SRO, awash, brimful, crammed, crushed, elbow-to-elbow, filled to the rafters, fit to bust, full up, huddled, jam-packed, lousy with, massed, mob scene, mobbed, sardined, sold out, standing room only, stiff with, swarming, thickset, thronged, topped off, up to here, up to the hilt, wall-to-wall |
| Antonyms: | empty, unfilled, uncongested, uncrowded |
| Main Entry: | dopey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dense, dumb, foolish, heavy, idiotic, lethargic, senseless, silly, simple, slow, sluggish, thick, torpid, hebetudinous, slumberish |
| Antonyms: | brainy, intelligent, sensible, smart |
| Main Entry: | fatuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless*, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple, vacuous, witless, birdbrained, boneheaded, lamebrained |
| Antonyms: | aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ignorant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, unknowing |
| Synonyms: | dense, green*, illiterate, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unlearned, unmindful, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, imbecilic, misinformed, nescient, unconversant, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unread |
| Antonyms: | aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impermeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impenetrable |
| Synonyms: | airtight, dense, hermetic, impassable, impervious, sealed, waterproof, leak-proof, nonporous, water-resistant, watertight |
| Main Entry: | iron |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, tough; inflexible |
| Synonyms: | adamant, cruel, dense, firm, heavy, immovable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, insensible, obdurate, relentless, rigid, robust, steel, strong, stubborn, thick, unbending, unyielding, adamantine, ferric, ferrous, steely |
| Antonyms: | flexible, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | loutish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boorish |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, bungling, cantankerous, churlish, clumsy, coarse, dense, gross*, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, loud, oafish, ornery, rough, rude, rustic, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, bad-mannered, bearish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, doltish, ill-bred, swinish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lush |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse and delightful |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ambrosial, delectable, delicious, deluxe, dense, elaborate, extensive, extravagant, exuberant, flourishing, fresh, grand, green, heavenly, juicy, lavish, luscious, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ornate, overgrown, palatial, plush, prodigal, prolific, rank, rich, riotous, ripe, ritzy, scrumptious, sensuous, succulent, sumptuous, teeming, tender, verdant, voluptuous |
| Antonyms: | austere, bare, barren, sparse |
| Main Entry: | luxuriant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse, plush |
| Synonyms: | abundant, ample, copious, deluxe, dense, elaborate, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fancy, fecund, fertile, flamboyant, flourishing, fruitful, lavish, luscious, lush, opulent, overflowing, palatial, plentiful, prodigal, productive, prolific, rampant, rank, rich, riotous, sumptuous, teeming, thriving, plenteous, profusive, superabundant |
| Antonyms: | barren, plain, poor |
| Main Entry: | moronic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | asinine, brainless, dense, dopey*, dumb, foolish, half-baked*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, irresponsible, ludicrous, mindless, nonsensical, pointless, senseless, unintelligent, unthinking, dimwitted, doltish, imbecilic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pigheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded, contrary, dense*, forward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, stupid*, unyielding, willful, self-willed, stiff-necked |
| Antonyms: | flexible, reasonable, submissive, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | populous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | packed with inhabitants |
| Synonyms: | crawling, crowded, dense, jammed, legion, many, multifarious, multitudinous, numerous, occupied, settled, several, teeming, thick, various, voluminous, heavily populated, multitudinal, overpopulated, peopled, populated, swarming, thronged |
| Antonyms: | deserted |
| Main Entry: | stolid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | apathetic, stupid |
| Synonyms: | blunt, bovine, dense, dry, dull, dumb, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lumpish, matter-of-fact, obtuse, passive, phlegmatic, slow, stoic, supine, unemotional, wooden, doltish, unexcitable |
| Antonyms: | aware, intelligent, interested |
| Main Entry: | stupid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not intelligent; irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, out to lunch, thick-headed |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unintelligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | brainless, deficient, dense, dumb, empty-headed*, foolish, half-witted*, idiotic, inane, meaningless, mindless, moronic, pointless, senseless, simple, simpleminded, slow, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, not intelligent, thick-headed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pig-headed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded, contrary, dense, froward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish, obstinate, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, stupid, unyielding, willful, self-willed, stiff-necked |
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