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ذَائِرٌ

Root: ذأر

Full Definition

ذَائِرٌ Angry; as also ذَئِرٌ .
2 Contracted in the bosom, and evil in disposition.
3 Disdaining, or averse [from a person or thing]: disdainful; scornful.
4 A woman disobedient to her husband, and hating him; averse from him; and emboldened against him; as also ذَئِرٌ , and مُذَائِرٌ : [all without ذَائِرٌ:] and in a similar sense ذَائِرٌ is applied to a man.
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