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Cultivate. Till; fertilize; improve, refine, train, discipline, develop; study, pursue, investigate; nourish, foster, cherish, promote.
Ant. Neglect, blight, blast; uproot, eradicate, extirpate; stifle, abandon, prevent, discourage.
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Cunning. Craft, artifice, deceit, intrigue, subtlety, chicane.
Ant. Candor, guilelessness, sincerity.
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Cupidity. Longing, greed, lust; covetousness, avarice, acquisitiveness, stinginess.
Ant. Prodigality, liberality, generosity, extravagance.
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Curb. Restrain, check, control, repress, bridle.
Ant. Indulge, emancipate, loose, release, free, liberate.
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Cure, n. Remedy, antidote, restorative, corrective, help, specific; healing, restoration, convalescence, alleviation, renovation.
Ant. Complaint, contagion, disease, ailment; aggravation, confirmation; inoculation.
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Curiosity. Inquisitiveness, wonder, marvel, rarity, celebrity; inquiry, investigation, scrutiny, research.
Ant. Indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction; apathy.
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Curious. Prying, meddling, inquisitive, searching, scrutinizing; rare, singular, strange; elegant, finished.
Ant. Indifferent, uninterested; trite, common, usual.
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Current. Common, general, prevalent, present, floating, popular, ordinary, vulgar.
Ant. Obsolete, rejected, exploded; private, secret; confined.
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Curse, n. Execration, malediction, anathema, denunciation; scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble; imprecation, ban, oath.
Ant. Blessing, benediction, joy, crown; prosperity, welfare, luck, success.
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Cursory. Hasty, superficial, desultory, careless, slight, rapid.
Ant. Elaborate, searching, minute, profound.
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Custody. Care, keeping, protection; confinement, duress, imprisonment.
Ant. Neglect, betrayal, exposure, desertion; liberation discharge.
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Custom. Usage, habit, fashion, practice, rule; form, formality, observance; patronage; duty, tax.
Ant. Law, regulation, command; disuse, non-observance, desuetude.
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Cutting. Sharp, keen; sarcastic, severe, satirical, wounding, piercing, trenchant, stinging, sardonic, cruel.
Ant. Mild, soothing, flattering, indulgent, consoling, gratifying.
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Cynical. Censorious, churlish, carping, cross, peevish; derisive, contemptuous, scornful, pessimistic, misanthropic.
Ant. Genial, lenient; optimistic, philanthropic.
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Dainty. Exquisite, choice, rare, refined; savory, palatable, delicious, toothsome, tasty, epicurean; fastidious, luxurious.
Ant. Common, dirty, vulgar, coarse, defiled, nasty, foul, filthy.
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Damage. Hurt, injury, detriment, loss, mischief, impairment.
Ant. Benefit, compensation, advantage, blessing, reparation.
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Danger. Peril, risk, hazard, venture, insecurity, liability, jeopardy.