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hazy

Short Definition : slightly obscure; misty; unclear; N. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind

Definition
(adj) filled or abounding with fog or mist
Synonyms : brumous foggy misty
Example Sentence
  • a brumous October morning
Definition
(adj) indistinct or hazy in outline
Example Sentence
  • a landscape of blurred outlines
  • the trees were just blurry shapes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hazy

hazy - when you are lazy, things are unclear to you...

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Just woke up in the foggy morning half asleep and lazy. The morning is quite misty and hazy.

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for lazy things are hazy!

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Fuzzy.

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headfirst

Short Definition : moving with the head leading; headlong

Definition
(adj) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headlong
Example Sentence
  • a headfirst plunge down the stairs
  • a headlong dive into the pool
Definition
(adv) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headlong
Example Sentence
  • the runner slid headlong into third base

headlong

Short Definition : hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.

Definition
(adj) excessively quick
Synonyms : hasty
Example Sentence
  • made a hasty exit
  • a headlong rush to sell
Definition
(adj) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headfirst
Example Sentence
  • a headfirst plunge down the stairs
  • a headlong dive into the pool
Definition
(adv) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headfirst
Example Sentence
  • the runner slid headlong into third base
Definition
(adv) at breakneck speed
Synonyms : precipitately
Example Sentence
  • burst headlong through the gate
Definition
(adv) in a hasty and foolhardy manner
Synonyms : rashly
Example Sentence
  • he fell headlong in love with his cousin
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for headlong

Sounds as headstrong,i.e; adamant or unthinkingly daring (person who is very strongheaded)

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Haveing a LONG HEAD is symbollic to being haughty (because they think they are smart). Someone who is haughty is very rash and headlong.

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I rush everywhere and therefore I hate people who take a LONG time to HEAD out

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In the headl(ONG_bak) movie, the fight seens are very RUSH & HASTY

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one whose head is long (figuratively),will try to put his head first in everything i.e.being hasty n rash...

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( those ppl whose hairs are long are hasty n rash in combing their hair.. as they are hasty...)

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headstrong

Short Definition : willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive'

Definition
(adj) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for headstrong

Headstrong is a person whose head is strong and hence he doesnt change his opinions, so he is stubborn

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HEAD STRONG is a person who has got too much 'HEAD WEIGHT' and thus he is stubborn and unyielding..

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healthful

Short Definition : conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air

Definition
(adj) conducive to good health of body or mind
Example Sentence
  • a healthful climate
  • a healthful environment
  • healthful nutrition
  • healthful sleep
  • Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance
Definition
(adj) free from filth and pathogens
Synonyms : sanitary
Example Sentence
  • sanitary conditions for preparing food
  • a sanitary washroom

healthy

Short Definition : possessing good health; healthful

Definition
(adj) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Example Sentence
  • a rosy healthy baby
  • staying fit and healthy
Definition
(adj) financially secure and functioning well
Example Sentence
  • a healthy economy
Definition
(adj) promoting health; healthful
Example Sentence
  • a healthy diet
  • clean healthy air
  • plenty of healthy sleep
  • healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
  • the salubrious mountain air and water
  • carrots are good for you
Definition
(adj) exercising or showing good judgment
Example Sentence
  • healthy scepticism
  • a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
  • the healthy attitude of French laws
  • healthy relations between labor and management
  • an intelligent solution
  • a sound approach to the problem
  • sound advice
  • no sound explanation for his decision
Definition
(adj) large in amount or extent or degree
Example Sentence
  • it cost a considerable amount
  • a goodly amount
  • received a hefty bonus
  • a respectable sum
  • a tidy sum of money
  • a sizable fortune

heckler

Short Definition : person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)

Definition
(noun) someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
Synonyms : badgerer
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for heckler

rhymes with Hitler...so the meaning goes as one who verbally assaults Jews

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generally a abusive person shouts at most of the people "WHAT THE HECK?" so a person who is abusive uses this statement, hence a HECKLER!

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Mr. Heckles of FRIENDS always harasses everyone verbally.

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"Hakle" are often hecklers ..... no offense guys....just a mnemonic...

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paresh rawal in judaai movie was a heckler :D

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a heckler should become hackla( in hindi a person who can't speak fluently)

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hedonist

Short Definition : one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure

Definition
(noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
Synonyms : pagan pleasure seeker
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hedonist

hey..don... is.. hedonist...don enjoys all the pleasures of life so he believes in pleasure as the aim of life

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hedonist="He"(reference to God)+"Don't" +"Exist"->someone who doesn't believe in the existence of God and is only interested in the pleasures as the sole aimof life

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I dont heed GOd.

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hedonist = head + on + his; i.e. some one taking pleasure by putting head on his arm.

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heed

Short Definition : pay attention to; N: close attention

Definition
(noun) paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
Example Sentence
  • his attentiveness to her wishes
  • he spends without heed to the consequences
Definition
(verb) pay close attention to; give heed to
Synonyms : listen mind
Example Sentence
  • Heed the advice of the old men
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for heed

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heed sounds like seed - If you sow a seed and do not (heed) pay close attention to it by watering and giving manure ... it will not grow and flower in future.

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sounds like HIDE.so he hind it with kind attention

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hey this sounds like heap. now many times my mom gives me a heap of rice to see if it has any insects in it. now u gotta that stuff gingerly.

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Heed is the Need of everyone... Everyone wants attention of others...

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He gave a keen HEED while purchasing the WEED

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HEED - Think of HEAR means listening and paying attention to something

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read it as HEAD...pay close attention to mind ur HEAD...

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heedless

Short Definition : not noticing; disregarding

Definition
(adj) marked by or paying little heed or attention
Synonyms : unheeding
Example Sentence
  • We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics
  • heedless of danger
  • heedless of the child's crying
Definition
(adj) characterized by careless unconcern
Synonyms : reckless
Example Sentence
  • the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes
  • reckless squandering of public funds
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for heedless

relate it to headless ...a headless person can't notice anything..

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sounds like NEEDLESS, a person who doesn't need something, he doesn't notice it either

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seedless - no need to notice the seed while having it

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