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10. describe, narrate, relate, recount, give an account of; tell, recite, express; report, set out, chronicle, paint a verbal picture, Inf paint with words, outline verbally; explain, account for, answer to, clear up; define, elucidate, specify, detail, flesh out, annotate, fill in the details; indicate, denote, connote, characterize, label.
11. reflect, mirror, duplicate, represent; imitate, emulate, simulate, parallel.
picturesque, adj. 1. charming, delightful, exquisite, beguiling, intriguing, fascinating; quaint, eccentric, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, out of the ordinary, out of the pale, incongruous; odd, unique, bizarre, exotic, droll, whimsical, singular, curious, Inf. kooky, Sl. freaky.
2. (of writing, speech, etc.) colorful, pictorial, graphic, vivid, realistic; glowing, romantic, poignant; sparkling, vivacious, vital, telling, penetrating, compelling, stirring, spellbinding; passionate, impassioned, ardent; pungent, piquant, trenchant, incisive.
3. pleasing, attractive, seemly, comely, tasteful, beautiful; interesting, inviting, prepossessing, Inf. fetching, irresistible; striking, exciting, stimulating, enchanting, glamorous, provocative, unexpected, Inf. rich, Inf priceless; impressive, effective, engaging, captivating, aesthetic, artistic, Inf. arty, elegant, graceful, well-composed, well-arranged, well-grouped, well-disposed.
piddle, v. 1. dawdle, dally, dillydally, procrastinate, shilly-shally, vacillate, Inf. diddle; take one's time or one's own sweet time, fill time, fritter time away or fritter away the hours; idle, trifle, finick, potter, fiddle.
2. waste time, loiter, poke, loll, hang around, mill around; slouch, loaf, daydream, Inf lallygag, lounge, vegetate; shirk, Sl. goof off, lie down on the job; fool around, mess around, Sl. screw around, do nothing, do little; lag behind, move at a snail's pace.
piddling, adj. trifling, peddling, fribbling, niggling; paltry, petty, small, slight, puny, picayune; minor, meager, flimsy; lightweight, shallow, frothy, frivolous, superficial; of no consequence, unimportant, insignificant, insubstantial; silly, inane, absurd, fatuous, senseless, foolish, ridiculous, Sl. dopey, Sl. wacky, dumb; worthless, meaningless, useless, trashy, not worth the paper it's printed on, as valuable as a wooden nickel, not worth a hill of beans, not worth a hoot in hell, not worth a continental.
pie, n. 1. tart, turnover, U.S. pandowdy, French Cookery, quiche, pastry, Fr. patisserie; cream pie, fruit pie, meat pie, Boston cream pie.
2. pie in the sky illusions, false hopes, delusions, unrealistic aspirations or goals; self-deceit, self-deception, vague dreams of the future; false promises, Inf. campaign promises, Inf courting talk; utopia, daydreams, Inf pipe dreams, Inf. castles in the air, romanticized plans.
piebald, adj.. pied, parti-colored, black and white, brown and white, (esp. of horses) skewbald; dappled, brindled, spotted, mottled, speckled, flecked, checked, checkered; varicolored, variegated, multicolored, multicolor, polychromatic, polychromic, versicolor, kaleidoscopic; rainbowy, colorful, brilliant, pavonine; marble, marbly, motley, streaked, striated, striped.
piece, n. 1. part, segment, section, division, subdivision; constituent, component, ingredient, element, factor; parcel, fragment, fraction, shred, shard; particle, bit, scrap, crumb, morsel; snippet, cutting, clipping, wisp, remnant; slice, helping, serving, rasher, sliver; hunk, lump, chunk.
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