1. Definition: 1. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

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1. Definition: 1. affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"

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1. Definition: 1. causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"

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1. Definition: 1. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

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1. Definition: 1. very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction; "a tragic face"; "a tragic plight"; "a tragic accident"

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1. Definition: 1. disclosing information or giving evidence about another

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1. Definition: 1. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

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1. Definition: 1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

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1. Definition: 1. frightening because of an awareness of danger

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1. Definition: 1. mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"

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1. Definition: 1. be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

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1. Definition: 1. produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note"

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1. Definition: 1. to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"

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1. Definition: 1. causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave an electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to watch"

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1. Definition: 1. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

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1. Definition: 1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

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1. Definition: 1. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"

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1. Definition: 1. causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

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1. Definition: 1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope

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1. Definition: 1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

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1. Definition: 1. making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"

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1. Definition: 1. difficult to deal with; "a troublesome infection"; "a troublesome situation"

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