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exposed
adjective
1 exposed
With no protection or shield:
— The exposed northeast frontier.
synonym: open.
Roget 665:
in danger
etc.
n.;
endangered
etc.
v.;
fraught with danger;
dangerous,
hazardous,
perilous,
parlous,
periculous†;
unsafe,
unprotected
etc.
(safe, protect)
etc.
664;
insecure.
untrustworthy;
built upon. sand,
on a sandy basis;
wildcat.
defenseless,
fenceless,
guardless†,
harborless;
unshielded;
vulnerable,
expugnable†,
exposed;
open to
etc.
(liable)
177.
aux abois [Fr.],
at bay;
on the wrong side of the wall,
on a lee shore,
on the rocks.
at stake,
in question;
precarious,
critical,
ticklish;
slippery,
slippy;
hanging by a thread
etc.
v.;
with a halter round one's neck;
between the hammer and the anvil,
between Scylla and Charybdis,
between a rock and a hard place,
between the devil and the deep blue sea,
between two fires;
on the edge of a precipice,
on the brink of a precipice,
on the verge of a precipice,
on the edge of a volcano;
in the lion's den,
on slippery ground,
under fire;
not out of the wood.
unwarned,
unadmonished,
unadvised,
unprepared
etc.
674;
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
tottering;
unstable,
unsteady;
shaky,
top-heavy,
tumbledown,
ramshackle,
crumbling,
waterlogged;
helpless,
guideless†;
in a bad way;
reduced to the last extremity,
at the last extremity;
trembling in the balance;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162.
threatening
etc.
909;
ominous,
illomened;
alarming
etc.
(fear)
860;
explosive.
adventurous
etc.
(rash)
863,
(bold)
861.
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Roget 226:
divested
etc.
v.;
bare,
naked,
nude;
undressed,
undraped;
denuded;
exposed;
in dishabille;
bald,
threadbare,
ragged,
callow,
roofless.
in a state of nature,
in nature's garb,
in the buff,
in native buff,
in birthday suit;
in puris naturalibus [Lat.];
with nothing on,
stark naked,
stark raving naked [Joc.];
bald as a coot,
bare as the back of one's hand;
out at elbows;
barefoot;
bareback,
barebacked;
leafless,
napless†,
hairless.
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2 exposed
Not covered with clothing:
— Her exposed breast.
synonym: uncovered.
Polish: goły, nagi
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