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Appearance

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Narrower term 46

Apparition 76% connected

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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Beauty 76% connected

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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Blemish 76% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Color 76% connected

A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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Colour 76% connected

See Color.

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Complexion 76% connected

The state of being complex; complexity.

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Defect 76% connected

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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Deformity 76% connected

The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.

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Discoloration 76% connected

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

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Disfiguration 76% connected

The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement.

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Disfigurement 76% connected

Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Emergence 76% connected

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

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Emersion 76% connected

The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

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Etiolation 76% connected

The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

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Face 76% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Front 76% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Gloss 76% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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Hairiness 76% connected

The state of abounding, or being covered, with hair.

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Homeliness 76% connected

Domesticity; care of home.

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Illusion 76% connected

An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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Image 76% connected

An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Look 76% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Manifestation 76% connected

The act of manifesting or disclosing, or the state of being manifested; discovery to the eye or to the understanding; also, that which manifests; exh…

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Mar 76% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Materialization 76% connected

The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.

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Ornateness 76% connected

The quality of being ornate.

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Persona 76% connected

Same as Person, n., 8.

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Perspective 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

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Phase 76% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Pilosity 76% connected

The quality or state of being pilose; hairiness.

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Plainness 76% connected

The quality or state of being plain.

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Reappearance 76% connected

A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Semblance 76% connected

Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Sleekness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.

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Stain 76% connected

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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Superficies 76% connected

The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.

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Ugliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being ugly.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Visage 76% connected

The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

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Arrival 76% connected

The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.

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Attendance 76% connected

Attention; regard; careful application.

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Attending 76% connected

of Attend

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Feigning 76% connected

of Feign

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Pretence 76% connected

Alt. of Pretenceless

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Pretending 76% connected

of Pretend

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Pretense 76% connected

Alt. of Pretence

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Simulation 76% connected

The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what…

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Derivationally related 4

Appear 74% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Appear 74% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Look 74% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Look 74% connected

To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; --…

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Synonym 2

Appearing 92% connected

of Appear

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Show 92% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Disappearance 94% connected

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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Disappearance 94% connected

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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