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dispersed |
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aimless, alienated, amorphous, broadcast, capricious, casual, deflected, deflective,
desultory, detached,
diffracted, diffractive, diffuse, diffused, disarticulated, disbanded, disconnected, discontinuous, discrete, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, disordered, dispread, disproportionate, disseminated, dissipated, distorted, distributed, disunited, divided, divorced, erratic, estranged, fitful, flectional, flexed, formless, frivolous, gratuitous, haphazard, hit-or-miss, immethodical, inchoate, incoherent, indiscriminate, inflective, irregular, isolated, meaningless, misshapen, nonsymmetrical, nonsystematic, nonuniform, orderless, planless, promiscuous, random, refracted, refractile,
refractive, refrangible, removed, scattered, segregated, senseless, separated, sequestered, shapeless, shut off, skew, skewed, sparse, spasmodic, sporadic, spread, straggling, straggly, strewn,
strown, systemless, unarranged, unclassified, undirected, ungraded, unjoined, unmethodical, unordered, unorganized, unsorted, unsymmetrical, unsystematic, ununiform, vague, wandering, widespread
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disintegration |
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abrasion, amiable weakness, atomization, attrition, beating, biodegradability, biodegradation, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakability,
breakup, brecciation, brittleness, carnage, changeableness, collapse, comminution, consumption, corrosion, corruption, crack-up, crumbling, crushing, daintiness, damnation, deactivation, decay, decimation, decomposition, degradability, degradation, delicacy, demobilization, depredation, derangement, desolation, despoilment, despoliation, destructibility, destruction, detachment, detrition, devastation, diaspora, diffusion,
dilapidation, disarrangement,
disarray, disarticulation, disbandment, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertedness, disharmony, dishevelment, disjunction, dismissal, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, dispersal, dispersion, disproportion, disruption, dissolution, disturbance, entropy, exfoliation, flimsiness, fragility, fragmentation, frailty, frangibility, granulation,
granulization, grating, grinding, haphazardness, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, human frailty, incoherence,
indecisiveness, indiscriminateness, infirmity of will, inharmonious harmony, inherent
vice, irregularity, irresolution, levigation, lightness, mashing, mildew, mold, moral weakness, most admired disorder, nonsymmetry,
nonuniformity, oxidation,
oxidization, parting, perdition, perturbation, pounding, powdering, promiscuity, promiscuousness, randomness, ravage, release, resolution, revolution, ruin, ruination, rust, scaling, scattering, separation, shambles, shattering, shredding, slaughter, sleaziness, slightness,
smashing, split-up, spoilage, spoliation, trituration, turbulence, undoing, unsubstantiality, unsymmetry,
ununiformity, upset, vandalism, velleity, waste, wispiness, wrack, wrack and ruin, wreck
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connections |
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Byzantine intrigues, agnate, ancestry, backstairs influence, blood, blood
relation, blood relative, clansman, cognate, collateral, collateral relative, consanguinean,
deals, distaff side, distant relation, enate, family, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, games, german, influence peddling,
intrigues, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, links, lobbying, lobbyism, near relation,
next of kin, people,
ploys, posterity, relations, relatives, ropes, schemes, sib,
sibling, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, strings, sword side, tribesman, uterine kin, wire-pulling, wires
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defeated |
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all up with, baffled, balked, beat, beaten, bested, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, confounded, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, disappointed, discomfited, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, foiled, frustrated, hangdog, hors de combat, ill done-by, ill-served, lambasted, lathered, let down, licked, on the skids, out of countenance,
outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, regretful, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, sorely disappointed,
soured, stampeded, thwarted, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted
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pessimist |
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Cassandra, Eeyore, calamity howler, crepehanger, cynic, damp, damper, defeatist, fussbudget, killjoy, malist,
misanthrope, nay-sayer, negativist, nihilist, prophet of doom, retreatist, seek-sorrow, spoilsport, wet blanket, worrywart
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decorative |
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adorning, arty-crafty,
beautiful, beautifying, cosmetic, embellishing, enhancing, fancy, florid, highfalutin, nonfunctional, ornamental, ornate, prettifying, pretty
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pain |
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abscess, ache, aching, afflict, affliction, aggrieve, agonize, agony, ague, ail, anemia, angst, anguish, ankylosis, annoyance, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, assiduousness, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, barb the dart,
bite, bitterness,
bleakness, bleeding, blennorhea, blow, bore, bother, bruise, burn, cachexia, cachexy, castigation, chafe, chastening, chastisement, cheerlessness, chill, chills, colic, comfortlessness, condign punishment,
constipation, constrain,
convulse, convulsion,
correction, coughing, cramp, crucify, cut, cut up, cyanosis, depress, depression, deserts, despair, diarrhea, diligence, disciplinary measures, discipline, discomfort, discomposure, dismalness, dismay, disquiet, distress, distressfulness, dizziness, dolor, drag, dreariness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, effort, elbow grease, emaciation, excruciate, exertion, fainting, fatigue, ferule, fester, fever, fibrillation, flux, fret, gall, give pain, gnaw, grate, grief, grieve, grievousness, grind, gripe, growth, harass, harrow, headache, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hurt, hurt the feelings, hydrops,
hypertension, hypotension,
icterus, indigestion,
industry, inflame,
inflammation, inflict pain, infliction, injure, injury, insomnia, irk, irritate, irritation, itching, jaundice, joylessness, judgment, judicial punishment, kill by inches,
labor, labored breathing, lacerate, lament, lamentability, lamentation, lesion, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, martyr, martyrize, misery, mourn, mournfulness, nasal discharge, nasty blow,
nausea, necrosis,
nemesis, nip, nuisance, ordeal, painfulness, pains, pains and punishments, pang, paralysis, passion, pathos, pay, payment, penal retribution, penalty, penology, pest, pierce, pinch, pitiability, pitiableness,
pitifulness, poignancy, prick, prolong the agony, pruritus, punishment, punition, put to torture, rack,
rankle, rash, rasp, regrettableness, retribution, retributive justice, rheum, rub, sadden, sadness, sclerosis, scourge, sedulousness, seizure, sharpness, shock, skin eruption, smarting, sneezing, sore, sore spot, soreness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, strain, stress, stress of life, stroke, suffer, suffering, tabes, tachycardia, tender spot, throes, toil, torment, torture, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, try, tumor, tweak, twinge, twist, twist the knife, upset, upset stomach, vertigo, vexation, vomiting, wasting, well-deserved punishment, what-for, while, woe, woebegoneness, woefulness, wound, wrench, wretchedness, wring
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interject |
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allude to, blurt, blurt out, call attention to, comment, drag in, ease in, edge in, exclaim, fill in, foist in, fudge in,
implant in, infuse, inject, inject in, inoculate, insert, insert in, insinuate, insinuate
in, intercalate, interjaculate, interpolate, interpose, interrupt, intervene, introduce, introduce in, intromit, intrude, let drop, let fall, lug in,
make reference to, mention, muse, note, observe, opine, perfuse, pop in, put between, put in, refer to, reflect, remark, run in, sandwich, set in, slip in, smuggle in, speak, squeeze in, stick in, throw in, thrust in, tuck in, wedge in, whip in, work in, worm in
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interrupt |
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arrest, barge in, blow it, bottle up, break, break in, break in on, break off, butt in, cease, check, chime in, chip in, countercheck, curb, cut in, cut off, cut short, dam up, damp, dampen, defer, delay, detain, disarrange, discontinue, disjoin, disrupt, disturb, end, go off half-cocked, halt, hinder, hold back, hold in check, hold up, horn in, impede, inhibit, intercept, interfere, interfere with, interject, intermeddle, intermit, intervene, intrude, keep back, keep in check, meddle, oppose, postpone, punctuate, put in, repress, resist, restrain, retard, scotch, set back, slacken, snap the thread, snub, speak
inopportunely, speak too late, stall, stay, stop, suppress, suspend, take a break, terminate
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tweak |
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acute pain, adjust, afflict, agonize, ail, bite, bob, boring pain, burn, chafe, charley horse, clamp, clamping, clamping down,
compress, compression,
convulse, cramp,
cramps, crick, crucify, crush, cut, darting pain, distress, ensphere, excruciate,
fester, fine tune, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, fret, fulgurant pain, gall, girdle pain, give pain,
gnaw, gnawing,
grate, grind, grip, gripe, griping, harrow, hitch, hurt, inflame, inflict pain, irritate, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jumping pain,
kill by inches, kink, lacerate, lancinating pain, martyr, martyrize, nip, pain, pang, paroxysm, pierce, pinch, pluck, press, pressure, prick, prolong the agony, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, refine, rub, seizure, sharp pain, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, snake, snatch, spasm, squeeze, squeezing, stab, stabbing pain, start, sting, stitch, sudden pull, thrill, throes, tighten, tightening, tormen, torment, torture, twinge, twist, twitch, wad up, wound, wrench, wring, yank, yerk
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Database Statistics
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Recent Updates
dispersed Tue, Apr 20disintegration Sat, Feb 13connections Wed, Jan
27defeated Sun, Nov 15pessimist Sun, Sep 27decorative Sat, Sep
19pain Sun, May 31interject Sun, May 3interrupt Sun, May
3tweak Sat, Apr 11insight Sat, Mar 14trellis Fri, Feb
20love Thu, Jan 22thanksgiving Sun, Dec 28greenhouse Wed, Jan
16disputable Wed, Jan 16babyish Wed, Jan 16bachelorhood Wed, Jan
16betrayer Wed, Jan 16dumb Tue, Jan 15
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