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spruce
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Definition of spruce:

spruce (noun):
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.

Synonyms for spruce:

groom
slick up
smarten up
spruce up

Antonyms for spruce:

bad
bedraggled
chaotic
chubby
clumsy
cluttered
coarse
confused
dirty
disarranged
disarrayed
disheveled
dishevelled
disordered
disorderly
disorganised
disorganized
disrupted
dull
filthy
flexible
frowsy
frowzy
haphazard
ill-groomed
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