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• Peakish — Peak ish, a. 1. Of or relating to a peak; or to peaks; belonging to a mountainous region. Her peakish spring. Drayton. His peakish dialect. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] 2. Having peaks; peaked. [1913 Webster] 3. Having features thin or sharp, as from …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• Peaking — Peak ing, a. 1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar] [1913 Webster] 2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• peak — peak1 peakless, adj. peaklike, adj. /peek/, n. 1. the pointed top of a mountain or ridge. 2. a mountain with a pointed summit. 3. the pointed top of anything. 4. the highest or most important point or level: the peak of her political career. 5.… …   Universalium

• terrible — adjective 1) a terrible crime terrible injuries Syn: dreadful, awful, appalling, horrific, horrifying, horrible, horrendous, atrocious, abominable, deplorable, egregious, abhorrent, frightful, shocking, hideous …   Thesaurus of popular words