veriest
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈvɛriəst/
- Archaic
:
más absoluto
- I daresay they prove that Conservatism makes a state no different from the veriest third world nation.
Examples
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These deluded souls are themselves in the veriest bondage to Satan and are controlled by his power, and yet promise liberty to those who will dare to follow the same course of sin that they themselves have chosen.
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Why, so far as the things of God are concerned, they are the veriest fools; they know neither God nor the things of God.
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He regards it as the veriest trash.
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The veriest fool would recognize the obvious truth in front of him.
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She exhibited the veriest enthusiasm for the project, rallying everyone around her.
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In the heat of the argument, he became the veriest idiot, losing all sense of reason.
Synonyms
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3.9
Complete to show the highest degree
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4.2
The farthest point or highest level of something
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4.0
Of the highest degree or importance
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5.6
Clear and extreme, often in an unpleasant way
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The greatest possible in amount, degree, or size
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7.0
At the farthest or most extreme point
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9.9
Very extreme and surprising that people use to show strong feeling
To try very hard to do something
Antonyms
How Absolute
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word veriest comes from very, which comes from an old Latin word verus meaning 'true'. So to call something veriest is to say it is the 'most true' or most complete, and it is a strong way to show how extreme it is.