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41sheltered — /shel teuhrd/, adj. 1. protected or shielded from storms, missiles, etc., by a wall, roof, barrier, or the like. 2. protected from the troubles, annoyances, sordidness, etc., encountered in competitive situations: a sheltered life. 3. (of a… …
42sordid — sordidly, adv. sordidness, n. /sawr did/, adj. 1. morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods. 2. meanly selfish, self seeking, or mercenary. 3. dirty or filthy. 4. squalid; wretchedly poor and run down: sordid housing. [1590 1600; < L sordidus …
43Alas, Leopoldo — ▪ Spanish writer in full Leopoldo Alas y Ureña , byname Clarín born April 25, 1852, Zamora, Spain died June 13, 1901, Oviedo novelist, journalist, and the most influential literary critic in late 19th century Spain. His biting and often… …
44Machado, Manuel — ▪ Spanish author in full Manuel Machado y Ruiz born August 29, 1874, Sevilla, Spain died January 19, 1947, Madrid Spanish poet and playwright, brother of Antonio Machado (Machado, Antonio). The son of an Andalusian folklorist, he is best… …
45Spanish literature — Introduction the body of literary works produced in Spain. Such works fall into three major language divisions: Castilian, Catalan, and Galician. This article provides a brief historical account of each of these three literatures and… …
46sordidity — noun /sɔːˈdɪdɪti/ Sordidness. are they not from this fountain of covetousness, that greediness in getting, tenacity in keeping, sordidity in spending? …
47meanness — noun a) The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison b) A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness …
48Mircea Nedelciu — Born November 12, 1950(1950 11 12) Fundulea Died July 12, 1999(1999 07 12) (aged 48) Bucharest Occupation novelist, short story writer, journalist, librarian …
49abjectness — I noun abominableness, baseness, degradation, despicableness, contemptibleness, meanness, obsequiousness, odiousness, pettiness, shabbiness, shoddiness, smallness, sordidness, submissiveness, vileness, worthlessness, wretchedness II index bad… …
50avarice — Synonyms and related words: acedia, acquisitiveness, anger, avariciousness, avaritia, avidity, avidness, cheapness, closefistedness, closeness, covetousness, craving, cupidity, deadly sin, desire, envy, frenzy of desire, frugality, fury of desire …