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cryptic  Speak Example sentences
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(ازدراء) view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
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(خفي) having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
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(مديح) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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(يسخرون) ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
decorum  Speak Example sentences
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(وسيلة) suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
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(مديح) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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(اللياقة) propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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(كناية) mild expression to replace offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing one
deprecate  Speak Example sentences
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(ردع) keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
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(تفاقم) increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate
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(الالتفاف) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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(الخفض) express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
derogatory  Speak Example sentences
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(حنين) apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily
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(اللياقة) propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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(تحط) expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling
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(مأزق) predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
despondent  Speak Example sentences
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(اللياقة) propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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(لغز) puzzle; difficult problem
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(الدؤوب) assiduous; industrious; hard-working
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(القنوط) in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
detrimental  Speak Example sentences
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(كناية) mild expression to replace offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing one
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(الذواق) a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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(الخروج) causing damage or harm; injurious
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(استطرادا) turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
engender  Speak Example sentences
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(الحموي) capable of being accomplished or brought about
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(تولد) cause; bring into existence; give rise to
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(حماسة المتحمسين) intensity of feeling; warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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(تحط) expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling
epicure  Speak Example sentences
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(خيالي) crazy; frenetic
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(الالتفاف) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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(الذواق) a person with refined taste, especially in food and wine
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(إطناب حذرا) carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious
espouse  Speak Example sentences
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(متقلب) not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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(الخروج) causing damage or harm; injurious
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(تبني) take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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(السرية) secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
eulogy  Speak Example sentences
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(مديح) expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death
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(اللياقة) propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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(تبني) take in marriage; marry; give one's loyalty or support to; adopt
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(تدنيس) violate with violence, especially to sacred place