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vixen
(encz) | vixen,divoká lstivá žena n: Zdeněk Brož |
vixen
(encz) | vixen,herdekbaba n: slady |
vixen
(encz) | vixen,liška n: Zdeněk Brož |
Vixen
(gcide) | Vixen \Vix"en\, n. [AS. fixen a she-fox, for fyxen, fem. of fox.
See Fox.]
1. A female fox. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either
sex, now only of a woman. --Barrow.
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She was a vixen when she went to school. --Shak.
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vixen
(wn) | vixen
n 1: a malicious woman with a fierce temper [syn: vixen,
harpy, hellcat]
2: a female fox |
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vixen
(encz) | vixen,divoká lstivá žena n: Zdeněk Brožvixen,herdekbaba n: sladyvixen,liška n: Zdeněk Brož |
vixenish
(encz) | vixenish,lstivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vixenishly
(encz) | vixenishly,lstivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
shrewish nagging vixenish
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Vixenish
(gcide) | Vixenish \Vix"en*ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
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Vixenly
(gcide) | Vixenly \Vix"en*ly\, a.
Like a vixen; vixenish. --Barrow.
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vixen
(wn) | vixen
n 1: a malicious woman with a fierce temper [syn: vixen,
harpy, hellcat]
2: a female fox |
vixenish
(wn) | vixenish
adj 1: shrewish and malicious; "a vixenish old woman" |
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