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  • 121mope — v 1. brood, pout, sulk, pine, fret, grump; moue, Brit. mump, grimace, mow, grouch; ache, agonize, grieve, complain; languish, despond, droop, sink; despair, lose heart, lose the will to live, give up. n 2. brooder, melancholic, sobersides,… …

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  • 122pet — I n 1. favorite, minion, jewel, apple of one s eye, Inf. number one son, Inf. the fair haired boy; cosset, fondling, darling, spoiled child; teacher s pet; loved one, dear, Inf. dearie, sweetheart, Inf. sweetie, honey, honey pie or bunch, baby,… …

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  • 123sullenness — n 1. crossness, angriness, anger; ill or bad temper, ill or bad humor, ill or bad mood, sulk, sulks. 2. sulkiness, moroseness, mumpishness, glumness, moodiness; resentfulness, bitterness, embitteredness; acrimoniousness, acerbity, choler, spleen …

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  • 124temper — n 1. disposition, temperament, constitution, state or frame of mind, mood, spirits, humor; nature, condition, vein, tone, tenor, grain, type, character, spirit. 2. ill humor, petulance, peevishness, irritability, huf fishness, churlishness,… …

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  • 125sulk — [[t]sʌlk[/t]] v. i. 1) to remain in sullen silence 2) a state or fit of sulking 3) the sulks, ill humor shown by sulking • Etymology: 1775–85; back formation from sulky …

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  • 126barbarian — barbarian, barbaric, barbarous 1. These words had their origins in people s ideas about foreign languages. The Greek word barbaros, ‘barbarian’, which is the ultimate source of all these words, meant someone who spoke words sounding like ba ba.… …

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  • 127barbaric — barbarian, barbaric, barbarous 1. These words had their origins in people s ideas about foreign languages. The Greek word barbaros, ‘barbarian’, which is the ultimate source of all these words, meant someone who spoke words sounding like ba ba.… …

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  • 128barbarous — barbarian, barbaric, barbarous 1. These words had their origins in people s ideas about foreign languages. The Greek word barbaros, ‘barbarian’, which is the ultimate source of all these words, meant someone who spoke words sounding like ba ba.… …

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