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  • 111strangle — Synonyms and related words: OD, abbreviate, asphyxiate, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, be killed, behead, block, block up, blockade, bolt, bottle up, bowstring, burke, burn, button, button up, censor, chock, choke, choke off,… …

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  • 112upset — Synonyms and related words: abash, abashed, abroad, addle, addle the wits, adrift, afflict, afflicted, afraid, agitate, agitated, agitation, ail, all up with, all overs, amiss, angry, angst, answer, answer conclusively, anxiety, anxiety hysteria …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 113wrinkle — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, age, bezel, bonus, bristle, canal, canalize, carve, chamfer, channel, chase, cheat the undertaker, chink, chisel, circumscribe, coarct, cocker, cockle, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 114lip — n. 1) to lick; move; part; pucker; purse one s lips 2) to press one s lips to (she pressed her lips to the baby s forehead) 3) chapped; dry; moist; thick; thin lips 4) the lower; upper lip 5) from smb. s lips (I heard it from his lips) 6) on one… …

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  • 115crease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fold, pleat; bend; mark, wrinkle, furrow; scrape, wound, cut. v. mark, fold, pleat, furrow, wrinkle, wound. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tuck, ridge, pleat; see fold 2 , wrinkle . v. Syn. double, rumple,… …

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  • 116crinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. wrinkle, roughen, crease, crumple, rumple, ripple, fold, crimp, corrugate. n. wrinkle, crease. See furrow. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. coil, wind, crease, ripple; see fold 2 , wrinkle 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 117pleat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plait, corrugation, wrinkle; fold, plicature, ply; doubling. v. t. crease, gather, flounce, ruffle; foldover, play, pucker; corrugate. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pleating, tuck, crease; see fold 1 ,… …

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  • 118Resentment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resentment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resentment resentment displeasure animosity anger wrath indignation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation bitter resentment wrathful indignation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 119pocket — [15] A pocket is etymologically a ‘small bag’. It comes from Anglo Norman poket, a diminutive form of poke ‘bag’ (source of English poke ‘bag’ [13], now used only in the expression ‘buy a pig in a poke’). Its Old French equivalent was poche,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 120fuss — I. n. Ado, bustle, fidget, hurry, worry, flurry, stir, excitement, agitation, to do, pucker (colloq.), much ado about trifles or about nothing. II. v. n. 1. Bustle, be in a fidget, make much ado about trifles or about nothing, be in a stew or… …

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