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  Word Descriptions potential, bland, bizarre, benevolent, oblique, notorious, paramount, slovenly, amiable, overt


   
Description of potential (adjective: potential; more potential; most potential; less potential; least potential)
high possibility

Samples of potential
He had the potential at one time to be the best anyone had ever seen.



   
Description of bland (adjective: bland; blander; blandest; less bland; least bland)
gentle; lacking distinctive qualities

Samples of bland
Gene felt her host should have added more spices to the food; as it was quite bland.



   
Description of bizarre (adjective: more bizarre; most bizarre; less bizarre; least bizarre)
strange

Samples of bizarre
Foreign countries often have traditions that seem bizarre to a tourist.
Huntington Castle, an early seventeenth-century mansion, is bizarre even in a country that takes pride in the eccentric.



   
Description of benevolent (adjective: more benevolent; most benevolent; less benevolent; least benevolent)
regarding kind or charitable acts; organizing benefits for charities

Samples of benevolent
He was always a generous; benevolent man.
The subject of this first version of the poem is the mainly benevolent influence of Nature in forming the imagination of the poet in childhood and early youth.



   
Description of oblique (adjective: oblique; more oblique; most oblique; less oblique; least oblique)
indicated in an indirect way

Samples of oblique
He mentioned in an oblique way that the man may want to rethink his course of action.



   
Description of notorious (adjective: notorious; more notorious; most notorious; less notorious; least notorious)
well known in a negative way

Samples of notorious
Billie the Kid is a notorious villain in classic literature.



   
Description of paramount (adjective: paramount; more paramount; most paramount; less paramount; least paramount)
chief; highly important

Samples of paramount
The mission was of paramount importance to the good of Bulgaria.



   
Description of slovenly (adjective: slovenly; more slovenly; most slovenly; less slovenly; least slovenly)
unkempt; not clean and untidy

Samples of slovenly
Bachelors have a stereotype for having slovenly dwellings.
He was dull, untidy in his books, arrogant and morose, with slovenly characteristics that hardly endeared him to his perfectionist mother.



   
Description of amiable (adjective: more amiable; most amiable; less amiable; least amiable)
having a pleasant disposition; friendly; good-natured

Samples of amiable
They are amiable people.
He had not a handsome face, but it was better than handsome: being extremely amiable and cheerful.
He was perfectly amiable to her on the few occasions when they did meet, sometimes she even felt that he liked her.



   
Description of overt (adjective: overt; more overt; most overt; less overt; least overt)
not hiding anything; open

Samples of overt
He conducted his campaign in an overt manner whenever possible.
Treatment of parental mental illnesses may also be seen as potential preventive approaches for childhood disturbance, as can efforts to help disadvantaged families find ways of resolving their multiple problems, and strategies to reduce overt marital discord.



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