unwholesome – detrimental to physical or moral well-being; “unwholesome food”; “unwholesome habits like smoking”
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jejune – displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; “adolescent insecurity”; “jejune responses to our problems”; “their behavior was juvenile”; “puerile jokes”
amylum – a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
arum – starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca – a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
polyose, polysaccharide – any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
arrowroot – a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant
cornflour, cornstarch – starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
sago – powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
amyloid – a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
[French : in-, not (from Old French; see in-1) + souciant, present participle of soucier, to trouble (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sollictre, alteration of Latin sollicitre, to vex; see solicit).]
insouciant – marked by blithe unconcern; “an ability to interest casual students”; “showed a casual disregard for cold weather”; “an utterly insouciant financial policy”; “an elegantly insouciant manner”; “drove his car with nonchalant abandon”; “was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner”
unconcerned – lacking in interest or care or feeling; “the average American…is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions…beyond the normal citizen’s comprehension and control”; “blithely unconcerned about his friend’s plight”
venerate – regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; “Fear God as your father”; “We venerate genius”
1. Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. See Synonyms at rural.
2. Of or characteristic of shepherds or flocks; pastoral.
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1. A pastoral poem.
2. A farmer or shepherd; a rustic.
[Latin bcolicus, pastoral, from Greek boukolikos, from boukolos, cowherd : bous, cow; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + -kolos, herdsman; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
pastoral – a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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bucolic – (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; “a country life of arcadian contentment”; “a pleasant bucolic scene”; “charming in its pastoral setting”; “rustic tranquility”
rural – living in or characteristic of farming or country life; “rural people”; “large rural households”; “unpaved rural roads”; “an economy that is basically rural”
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bucolic – relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; “pastoral seminomadic people”; “pastoral land”; “a pastoral economy”
These nouns refer to the feeling or expression of deep-seated ill will. Enmity is hatred such as might be felt for an enemy: the wartime enmity of the two nations.
Hostility implies the clear expression of enmity: “If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find . . . enough to disarm all hostility” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
Antagonism is hostility that quickly results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness: “the early struggles of famous authors, the notorious antagonism of publishers and editors to any new writer of exceptional promise” (Edith Wharton).
Animosity often triggers bitter resentment or punitive action: overcame her animosity toward her parents.
Rancor suggests vengeful hatred and resentment: filled with rancor after losing his job.
Antipathy is deep-seated aversion or repugnance: an antipathy to social pretension.
Animus is distinctively personal, often based on one’s prejudices or temperament: an inexplicable animus against intellectuals.
state – the way something is with respect to its main attributes; “the current state of knowledge”; “his state of health”; “in a weak financial state”
latent hostility, tension – feelings of hostility that are not manifest; “he could sense her latent hostility to him”; “the diplomats’ first concern was to reduce international tensions”
state of war, war – a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; “war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring”
cold war – a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare
suspicion – the state of being suspected; “he tried to shield me from suspicion”
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enmity – the feeling of a hostile person; “he could no longer contain his hostility”
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