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  • 71Inattention — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inattention >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inattention inattention inconsideration Sgm: N 1 inconsiderateness inconsiderateness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 oversight oversight Sgm: N 1 inadvertence inadvertence inadvertency …

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  • 72Hopelessness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, want or loss of hope. < N PARAG:Hopelessness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hopelessness hopelessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 despair despair desperation Sgm: N 1 despondency despondency &c.(dejection) 837 Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 73faze — [19] Faze ‘disconcert’ is now mainly restricted to American English, but in fact it has an extensive prehistory stretching back to Anglo Saxon times. It is a variant of feeze, a verb meaning ‘drive away’ or ‘alarm’ as well as ‘disconcert’ which… …

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  • 74discompose — discompose, disquiet, disturb, perturb, agitate, upset, fluster, flurry are comparable when they mean to excite one so as to destroy one s capacity for clear or collected thought or prompt action. Discompose is sometimes only slightly more… …

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  • 75faze — [19] Faze ‘disconcert’ is now mainly restricted to American English, but in fact it has an extensive prehistory stretching back to Anglo Saxon times. It is a variant of feeze, a verb meaning ‘drive away’ or ‘alarm’ as well as ‘disconcert’ which… …

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  • 76throw — [thrō] vt. threw, thrown, throwing [ME throwen, to twist, wring, hurl < OE thrawan, to throw, twist, akin to Ger drehen, to twist, turn < IE base * ter , to rub, rub with turning motion, bore > THRASH, THREAD, Gr teirein, L terere, to… …

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  • 77discomfiture — noun anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomposure, ↑disconcertion, ↑disconcertment • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertment), ↑disconcert …

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  • 78discomposure — noun 1. anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomfiture, ↑disconcertion, ↑disconcertment • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertment), ↑disconcert …

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  • 79disconcertion — noun anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomfiture, ↑discomposure, ↑disconcertment • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertment), ↑disconcert, ↑ …

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  • 80disconcertment — noun anxious embarrassment • Syn: ↑discomfiture, ↑discomposure, ↑disconcertion • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconcert, ↑disconcert (for: ↑disconcertion), ↑ …

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