absorptive
— Adjective
– English
～ having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
abstemious
— Adjective
– English
～ sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
abstemious
— Adjective
– English
～ marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
abstentious
— Adjective
– English
～ self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
abstinent
— Adjective
– Danish
～ præget af afholdenhed
abstinent
— Adjective
– English
～ self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious"
abstract
— Adjective
– English
～ dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
abstract
— Adjective
– English
～ not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"
abstract
— Adjective
– English
～ existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
abstracted
— Adjective
– English
～ lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
abstractionist
— Adjective
– English
～ not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"
abstractive
— Adjective
– English
～ of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting; "abstractive analysis"
abstrakt
— Adjective
– Danish
～ som i form, farve, komposition e.l. ikke ligner (d ...
abstrakt
— Adjective
– Danish
～ begrebslig el. tænkt, uden forbindelse med (den hå ...
abstruse
— Adjective
– English
～ difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
absurd
— Adjective
– English
～ so unreasonable as to invite derision; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
absurd
— Adjective
– English
～ inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman