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to shake or wave something in a menacing way, particularly a weapon

wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious

1 white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat strikingly bright, radiant, or clear marked by brilliance especially of expression characterized by glowing zeal : ardent

2 of, relating to, or being light produced by incandescence producing light by incandescence

1 : marked by uproar 2 : very noisy and full 3 : extremely funny

1 : to cause to lose courage or resolution (as because of alarm or fear) 2 : upset, perturb

1 : to make tipsy 2 : to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset intransitive verb : to move or behave in an agitated or confused manner

1 a : whiteness, brilliance b obsolete : unstained purity 2 : freedom from prejudice or malice : fairness

: a mean grasping person; especially : one who is extremely stingy with money

: a feeling of being frustrated or annoyed because of failure or disappointment

: not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally

1 : respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person 2 : the act of venerating 3 : the condition of one that is venerated

1 : simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action 2 a : continual fluctuation (as between one thing and its opposite) b : uncertainty as to which approach to follow

1 obsolete : opposition in feeling 2 : settled aversion or dislike 3 : an object of aversion

1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.

2. reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.

3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.

4. bloody; sanguinary.

5. blood-red; red.

1. dislike; disinclination.

2. dislike for food or drink.

1. great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.

2. a state of extreme necessity or misfortune.

3. the state of a ship or airplane requiring immediate assistance, as when on fire in transit.

4. that which causes pain, suffering, trouble, danger, etc.

5. liability or exposure to pain, suffering, trouble, etc.; danger: a damsel in distress.

1. unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect: adverse criticism.

2. opposing one's interests or desire: adverse circumstances.

3. being or acting in a contrary direction; opposed or opposing: adverse winds.

4. opposite; confronting: the adverse page.

1. injurious to health: deleterious gases.

2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.

to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate

1. a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.

2. a country bumpkin; rustic; yokel.

3. peasant.

4. Boer.