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Crucial. Severe, trying, searching, decisive, critical, momentous, strategic.

Ant. Superficial, indifferent, mild, lenient, lax, unimportant.

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Crude. Raw, immature, unripe; coarse, unrefined; undigested, unconsidered, unpolished, uncouth, awkward.

Ant. Mature; refined, sensitive; well-considered, finished, classical, highly wrought, elaborate.

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Cruel. Inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, dire, ruthless, pitiless, relentless, savage, brutal, ferocious, blood-thirsty, sanguinary; severe, sharp, bitter, hard.

Ant. Gentle, mild, merciful, humane, forbearing, generous.

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Crush. Pound, crumble, demolish, overpower, squeeze, compress, bruise, shatter, raze, pulverize.

Ant. Consolidate, compact, amalgamate, solidify, stabilitate.

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Culmination. Zenith, success, consummation, acme, completion, apex.

Ant. Failure, downfall, defeat, descent, decline.

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Culpable. Blameworthy, blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, wrong.

Ant. Innocent, blameless, laudable, praiseworthy.

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Culprit. Criminal, delinquent, felon, malefactor, offender.

Ant. Hero, example, pattern, model, saint, upright man.

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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.