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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See RESTRAINT. 2. Full of color: bright, colorful, rich, vivid. See COLORS. 3. Characterized by joyful exuberance: blithe, blithesome, boon2, convivial, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful. See HAPPY. 4. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to members of one's own sex: homophile, homosexual, lesbian. See SEX.
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