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hoary

Definition
(adj) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
Example Sentence
  • whose beard with age is hoar
  • nodded his hoary head
Definition
(adj) ancient
Synonyms : rusty
Example Sentence
  • hoary jokes
Definition
(adj) covered with fine whitish hairs or down
Synonyms : canescent
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hoary

Hoary or Hairy (white here).

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since old, obviously old with white hair; white with age

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"hoary" "hoary" -- like the hindu old men pray "hori hori" -- their hair become white with age ,,

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tumhare hair white ho-rai(hoary) hai due to old age... use L'Oreal...

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HOARY -> HAIRY -> grey HAIR = OLD.

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Read it as "whory" they are horny and hairy :-/

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Hoary = Old Harry

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Hoary = hoa (becomes) + r (red) + y (yellow); becomes red & yellow i.e gray like color.

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hortatory

Definition
(adj) giving strong encouragement
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hortatory

While ploughing farms with bullocks, farmers say "HUR HUR ;HORT HORT" to encourage bullocks to move ahead. This is HORTATORY.

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HORTatory and exHORTive both mean encouraging...

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A hot(HORT) gal looking for a hot guy( means encouraging him to accompany her)

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heart+atory =encouraging

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hortatory sounds somewhat like arbitrary ; sentence - No body encourages you to take arbitrary decisions..but asks to think twice before taking a decision !

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sounds like rotatory as is go on rotating the wheel of enthusiasm to produce result

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hortatory- sounds like "whore", so if u see a whore u r obviously URGED and ENCOURAGED!! ;)

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hortatory

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Hurt at every sec !!! so need encouragement

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Help Or Run Teach A Teacher Or Recognize yourself.

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hubris

Definition
(noun) overbearing pride or presumption
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hubris

HUB+RIS(RAISE)--A person RAISEd in a HUB(city centre),will be arrogant and conceited towards villagers and others.

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look for the word hub(HUBBY)...so just think if your hubby is excessively arogant or has too much of self confidence..or overbearing pride....can you stay with him...no......never........so a hub(by)ris.........arrogant in nature........

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sounds like iblish(devil) who has excessive pride of its own

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a girl talking in a pompous way - my hubby rich (hub-ris) is arrogant.

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Hebroo lang vale bahot arrogant log hote hain.. (no offense please)

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humdrum

Definition
(noun) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
Synonyms : monotony sameness
Example Sentence
  • he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
  • he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
  • he hated the sameness of the food the college served
Definition
(adj) not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
Example Sentence
  • an unglamorous job greasing engines
Definition
(adj) tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
Synonyms : monotonous
Example Sentence
  • a humdrum existence; all work and no play
  • nothing is so monotonous as the sea
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for humdrum

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one movie named HUMDUM (a bollywoodmovie) was released which was dull & boring..

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hum(human)+drum..so a human being beating the drum in a monotonus way.

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human+drum= means a human who is a drum(dho; in hindi),wo insan jo ek ek khali dhol hai wo dull hai..

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IF U DONT HAVE A HUMDUM UR LIFE WILL BE BORING and MONOTONOUS ie. DOING THE SAME WORK EVERYDAY..

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hum drum = human drum = human dhol = dholu insaan. dholu is very boring

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Humdrum:reduplication of hum......Monotonous and boring.

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Humdrum is Humdum...dull fim Drone is Drona...dull film

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when ppl hum(means us) & the rum we r becomes idle sleepy mode..

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hurl

Definition
(noun) a violent throw
Synonyms : cast
Definition
(verb) throw forcefully
Synonyms : cast hurtle
Definition
(verb) make a thrusting forward movement
Synonyms : hurtle lunge thrust
Definition
(verb) utter with force; utter vehemently
Synonyms : throw
Example Sentence
  • hurl insults
  • throw accusations at someone
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hurl

hurl - girl ; when your girl (girlfriend) is angry since you didn't gift her pearl necklace , she throws the gift or hurls at you !

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matcha harle ki aussies todfod kartat, chid chid kartat

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Hurl ->hit enter after url - shop owner will shout out violently for typing so hard.

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hurl sounds like howl ...which means shouting louldlyy/...

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hurtle

Definition
(verb) move with or as if with a rushing sound
Example Sentence
  • The cars hurtled by
Definition
(verb) make a thrusting forward movement
Synonyms : hurl lunge thrust
Definition
(verb) throw forcefully
Synonyms : cast hurl
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hurtle

its HURDLE race, in which runners have to run in a particular direction,it also involves crashes!! Cheers to Olympic 2012

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hurt.....so a bike moving with GREAT SPEED or hurtling along and in the process hurting many people on the way.

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hurtle..rhymes with turtle.. turtle is slow..n hurtle is fast rushes...

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HURTLE sounds like HURT+ALL....i.e. if u hurt all means u were RUSHING and CRASHED with the crowd.

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Hurtle means hustle.

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Ninja- TURTLE where very fast and agile.. They had a gr8 skill of fighting! Kung Fu Fight!! that goes on to fast!! haiiiiyaaaa

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It involves crashes and rush also!!

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hare and turtle story..turtle low speed ..hare(hurtle) great speed

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