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Sordidly
- adverb - in a sordid or squalid way
Sorriest
- adjective - bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
- causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
- without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"
Sortings
- noun - an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
- grouping by class or kind or size
- the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
Straight
- adjective - (of hair) having no waves or curls; "her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"
- a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- A narrow body of water between to larger seas.
- a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
- accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"
- characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
- erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"
- following a correct or logical method; "straight reasoning"
- free from curves or angles; "a straight line"
- having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more
Strained
- verb - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- become stretched or tense or taut;
- cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;
- lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
- lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
- remove by passing through a filter;
- rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"
- separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
- showing signs of mental and emotional tension; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
- struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- to exert much effort or energy;
- use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity;
Strainer
- noun - a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Straiten
- verb - bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- squeeze together
Straitly
- - In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.