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Word for when you try to do something to make someone feel better
For example, if I had a bad day at work, and my best friend wants to cheer me up so she does something for me, what verb or noun can I use instead of “cheer up”? I’m looking for a word where someone ...
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How say Not considered enough
I'm an English beginner,
I'm looking for single word to convey "there was no enough consideration".
Example:
Little or no consideration
There is not enough consideration for the Tablet site ...
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A word for “the piece that was missing.”
I’m looking for a word or short phrase in any language that means the piece that was missing, or the thing that was missing. Like, feeling whole. If you have a recipe and it’s missing one thing. Or a ...
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Something appears valuable or precious but it isn't, symbolically equivalent to Pyrite?
I'm trying to think of a name for my new Animal Crossing town. I'm going for a city with grime and grit that isn't as gilded as some would think. There's a game with a town called Pyrite Town which ...
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Words for describing a video footage/picture showing excessive body exposure
I know there are choices like obscene\profane\explicit etc, but most of them imply an attitude(with the exception of "explicit").
My questions are:
What would journalism\literature use here?...
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I need a word for a person who excessively asks for favors without realizing/caring about much they are asking for?
For example, the book "If you give a mouse a cookie, it will ask for milk."
Or another example would be a person who asks you to watch their cat for free and is thankless about it. Then, ...
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A word for the action of offering bad deals
Situation (imaginary and hyperbolic to establish the point)
There are two types of candies available in a shop. Type one is sweet and savory, but type two is infested with a serious bacteria, but ...
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Is there a single word for "taking a blindfold off" someone?
I'm looking for a single word that I can use in place of "taking the blindfold off" of someone. I thought of unmasking, but I think of that as revealing what something looks like to other ...
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Property of being a tautology
In logic, a statement that is tautological is true in every interpretation. A synonym for this is that it is logically valid. Such a statement is also called a tautology.
You verify that a statement ...
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What is a word for someone who sees themself as ‘unlovable’?
I’m doing some character work and I was wondering if anyone could find a word that means ‘someone who feels unlovable’ or ‘believes themself unworthy of having their love returned’.
I'm looking for ...
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Accessible as in web accessibility
In web development the term accessibility is used when working with features such as screen readers. When talking about accessibility the wording sometimes makes it unclear whether one is referring to ...
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Synonym for Dauntingness
Looking for a synonym for dauntingness that's less a of a mouthful. Something that retains the meaning of "the quality of being terrifying or demoralizing"
Example 1: Her ability to cause ...
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Thieves who rob dead bodies on the battlefield
There are plenty of synonyms in English for thieves. I'm looking for a word or expression that describes people who rob dead bodies on the battlefield.
In the novel Les Misérables, by Hugo, Mr. ...
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Synonym/alternative for "rhetorical kill shot"?
The phrase "rhetorical kill shot" means clever persuasion with words that immediately incapacitates the rhetorical opponent.
Sometimes that phrase is simplified to just "kill shot"....
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Inclusive replacement for gentleman/lady
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I recently misgendered an individual by referring to them as a gentleman rather than a lady. Regardless of whether an individual is cisgender or transgender, it would be useful to have an ...
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