in desperate case



cornered, in extremis, on the spot, threatened ,

   treat with contempt - deride, despise, disdain, flout, laugh at, scoff at, scorn, scout, slight ,

   obscene literature - classic, erotica, kitsch, letters, literature, pornography ,

   cat - alley cat, barf, bastard, being, belt, bird, bloke, blue cat, blue devils, blues, body, boy, buck, bugger, calico cat,

   peaky - acute, ailing, ashen, drained, drawn, emaciated, feeble, gaunt, haggard, hollow-eyed, ill, infirm, pale, pallid, pasty,

   explosion - acceleration, access, aggravation, backfire, bang, bark, beefing-up, blast, blaze, blaze of temper, blow-out, blow-up, blowing up, boom, burgeoning,

   hygienic - antiseptic, aseptic, beneficial, benign, boiled, bracing, clean, constitutional, decontaminated, disinfected, good, good for, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful,

   sexually innocent - chaste, clean, immaculate, innocent, pure, snowy, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted,

   sight-unseen transaction - borderline case, chance, contingency, gamble, guess, question, touch and go, wager ,

   slapstick - acting, agile wit, black comedy, black humour, bladder, broad, broad comedy, buffoonery, burlesque, business, camp, campy, cap and bells, caricature, characterization,

   mislay - be bereaved of, default, drop, forfeit, go astray from, incur loss, kiss good-bye, let slip, lose, lose out, misplace, miss, sacrifice, suffer loss, undergo privation,