sow carnage exorbitant indispensable snivel

sow

sow1 /səʊ $soʊ/ ●●○ verb (past tense sowed, past participle sown /səʊn$ soʊn/ or sowed)

1. [intransitive, transitive] to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground:
   • Sow the seeds in late March.
   • sow something with something
     • These fields used to be sown with oats.
2. [transitive] to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future:
   • repressive laws that are sowing the seeds of future conflicts
   • sow doubt/confusion/dissatisfaction etc
     • an attempt to sow doubt among the jury members
3. sow your wild oats if a man sows his wild oats, he has sex with many different women, especially when he is young

• sower noun [countable]

carnage

car‧nage /ˈkɑːnɪdʒ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]

• when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war:
  • a scene of terrible carnage

exorbitant

ex‧or‧bi‧tant /ɪɡˈzɔːbətənt $ -ɔːr-/ ●○○ adjective

• an exorbitant price, amount of money etc is much higher than it should be SYN astronomical

  • exorbitant rent/prices etc
  • exorbitant rates of interest

• exorbitantly adverb

indispensable

in‧di‧spen‧sa‧ble /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbəl◂/ ●○○ adjective

• someone or something that is indispensable is so important or useful that it is impossible to manage without them SYN essential
  • indispensable to
    • This book is indispensable to anyone interested in space exploration.
  • indispensable for/in (doing) something
    • Meat is not indispensable for maintaining a healthy diet.
    • Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives.

snivel

sniv‧el /ˈsnɪvəl/ verb (past tense and past participle snivelled, present participle snivelling British English, sniveled, sniveling American English)

• [intransitive usually progressive] to behave or speak in a weak complaining way, especially when you are crying:
  • A small boy was sniveling on a chair.
  • a snivelling coward