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  • 111stubbornness — Synonyms and related words: adhesiveness, antipathy, application, assiduity, assiduousness, averseness, aversion, backwardness, balkiness, bigotry, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, cantankerousness, cohesiveness, concentration, consistency,… …

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  • 112dejection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sadness Nouns 1. dejection, dejectedness, depression; lowness or depression of spirits; weight or damp on the spirits; low, bad, drooping, or depressed spirits; sinking heart, heaviness of heart;… …

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  • 113huff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pique, nettle, tiff; offense, umbrage, petulance, tantrum, the sulks. See irascibility, resentment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. annoyance, offense, perturbation, temper; see anger , rage 2 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 114resentment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of having been affronted Nouns 1. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation, exasperation; pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness,… …

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  • 115Discontent — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Discontent >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 discontent discontent discontentment Sgm: N 1 dissatisfaction dissatisfaction Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent &c. 489 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 disappointment disappointment mor …

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  • 116Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …

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  • 117moroseness — n. Crabbedness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, sourness, sulkiness, sulks, spleen, ill temper …

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  • 118sulky — a. Cross, morose, sour, sullen, spleeny, spleenish, splenetic, perverse, wayward, surly, moody, dogged, churlish, mumpish, cross grained, ill tempered, ill humored, in the sulks, out of humor, out of temper, out of tune …

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  • 119sulk — 1. verb Dad was sulking Syn: mope, brood, be sullen, have a long face, be in a bad mood, be in a huff, be grumpy, be moody; informal be down in the dumps 2. noun she sank into a deep sulk Syn: (bad) mood, fit of ill humor, fit of pique, pet …

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  • 120discourtesy — n 1. rudeness, impoliteness, incivility, unmannerliness; inconsideration, tactlessness, disrespectfulness, misbehavior; ungraciousness, indecorum, uncourtliness, ungentlemanliness, hoyden ism; brashness, boldness, brazenness, insolence, impudence …

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