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Looking for a translation for the German "hellhörig"/"ringhörig"
The German adjective "hellhörig" (sometimes also "ringhörig") describes a badly or insufficiently soundproofed building or room; i.e. being able to hear your neighbors through the ...
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Looking for a negatively connoted word meaning "female" for a translation
I am translating a volume of poems from German into English and am having trouble translating the German word "dämlich" - which means stupid but comes from "Dame" meaning woman or dame.
I need a ...
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A word for someone who wrongly belittles others for using a larger vocabulary?
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Some people can wrongly accuse others of being pretentious, verbose, or wordy JUST for having larger vocabularies (even slightly).
Is there a definition for people like this?
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Word that means a "slow and painful transformation"
I'd like to describe a process of change that is both slow and painful for those involved using a verb or phrasal verb (heck, throw me an adjective if you have one, no complaints). Is there a word ...
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What is a word for a person who desires to get married, or that desire?
What word or words could be accurate used to express that someone strongly desires to be married? This could be in general or to a specific person, but particularly the general case.
Misogamist is ...
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Word for a number without formatting
I have two representations of numbers, one is with thousands separators that are localized based on country so 1,234,567.89 for English and 1.234.567,89 for German, for example. This representation I'...
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Single word for "ignoring the fine details to only consider the big picture" as a counterpoint to "pedantic"?
Is there a single word to describe someone who disregards the fine details of something and only focuses on what they believe is the bigger picture? I'm looking for a pejorative connotation similar to ...
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Adjective for a thing/place well-known by a minority of people
What would you call a place or thing that's well-known or renowned but only among a locality, family, or small group? I've looked into it and have failed to find anything that fits.
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Is there a specific term for boasting about habitual actions?
There are certain activities that all humans perform habitually. For example: Brushing teeth, having breakfast, lunch and dinner, a goodnight's sleep, etc. What if a person keeps on constantly ...
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Position > Positional & Inertia > Inertial, so what about speed/velocity?
Is there any word to indicate a relation to/dependence on speed or velocity such as position > positional and inertia > inertial?
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How to name a tenant that needs/doesn't need maintenance work from landlord side?
I found the question titled Word for something needing maintenance but it does not answer my question.
To elaborate, some tenants call very often to landlord or property manager, asking them to come ...
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A noun or an adjective for “No matter which religion you belong to you will be accepted”
Whether the sacred thread across the chest or the Qur'an in arms. The Lover is (a) _____, neither a Hindu nor a Muslim!
Whether he is wearing the sacred thread, or the Quran is in his hands; love is ...
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What is a word that properly describes a distrust towards anything fast and easy?
What is a word that describes a distrust/disgust against "fast and easy" or "something for nothing"
thank you all for your time
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Standard searchable term for "in person" (of a meeting)
For example, if I were to search Google for support groups and wanted to filter out everything that wasn't in person, what word is my best choice?
The words "in" and "person" are individually too ...
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Is there a word for pleasing numbers?
Similar to how euphonic describes words that sound pleasing, is there a word for numbers that feel pleasing and comfortable? Like 12:34, $20, or 7.17? I ask because it seems to be an important concept ...
