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luoy [lú.uy.] : hapless (adj.); pitiful (adj.); stagnate (v.)

Derivatives of luoy
Notes:
nagluoy nga tubig
stagnant water


Glosses:
hapless
adj. 1. hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretcheddeserving or inciting pity.; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
~ unfortunatenot favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned"
pitiful
adj. 1. pathetic, pitiable, pitifulinspiring mixed contempt and pity.; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice"
~ contemptibledeserving of contempt or scorn.
adj. 2. deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorrybad; unfortunate.; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
~ badhaving undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
stagnate
v. (stative)1. stagnatestand still.; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
v. (stative)2. stagnatecause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
~ changeundergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
~ stagnatecease to flow; stand without moving.; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
v. (stative)3. stagnatecease to flow; stand without moving.; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
~ behave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
~ stagnatecause to stagnate.; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
v. (social)4. idle, laze, slug, stagnatebe idle; exist in a changeless situation.; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
~ moon around, moon on, moonbe idle in a listless or dreamy way.
~ ride the bench, warm the benchbe out of the game.; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game"
~ moon, daydreamhave dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"
~ arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, bum, lollbe lazy or idle.; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
~ lie about, lie aroundhang around idly.; "She did all the work while he lay around"