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Smashing

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keenverb(chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
goodnounOf a person or an animal:
coolverb(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
greatnoun(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
swellnoun(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
dandynounA man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
bullynounA person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
niftynoun(colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
neatnounClean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
groovynoun(dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting.
corkingnoun(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
shatteringnounVery tiring; exhausting
slap-up(informal) Excellent, first-class.
crackingnoun(colloquial) Great; excellent.
bang-up(colloquial) Especially good; wonderful; superb.
peachy(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.
not bad(litotes) Reasonably good; almost good; mediocre.

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shatteringnounVery tiring; exhausting
bullynounA person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
swellnoun(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
keenverb(chiefly Commonwealth) Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
coolverb(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
greatnoun(informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.
neatnounClean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
niftynoun(colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
corkingnoun(informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
slap-up(informal) Excellent, first-class.
bang-up(colloquial) Especially good; wonderful; superb.
dandynounA man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
not bad(litotes) Reasonably good; almost good; mediocre.
goodnounOf a person or an animal:
groovynoun(dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting.
crackingnoun(colloquial) Great; excellent.
peachy(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.
crushverbA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
crashnounA sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
crashingnounThe sound or action of something that crashes.

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