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Horror

A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.

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Disgust 76% connected

To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- oft…

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Fearfulness 76% connected

The state of being fearful.

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Fright 76% connected

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

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Thing 76% connected

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Horrify 74% connected

To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

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Horrify 74% connected

To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

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Repugnance 92% connected

Alt. of Repugnancy

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Repulsion 92% connected

The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.

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Revulsion 92% connected

A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.

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Abandon noun · 77% connection

a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of his anger"

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Amphitheatre noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Amplitude noun · 78% connection

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the risi…

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Asperity noun · 78% connection

Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.

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Brusqueness noun · 78% connection

Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

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Circulation noun · 78% connection

The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementar…

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Coarseness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or langua…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Copple noun · 78% connection

Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Crabbed noun · 78% connection

Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Creep noun · 78% connection

A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Crizzel noun · 78% connection

A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Depression noun · 78% connection

A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and de…

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Emergence noun · 78% connection

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

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Evenly adverb · 78% connection

With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; se…

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Evolution noun · 78% connection

A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a m…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Flow noun · 78% connection

Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Grain noun · 78% connection

The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or…

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Hoarseness noun · 78% connection

Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bristling, rising, roughness, tumultuous, movement.
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Horrent adjective · 78% connection

Standing erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling.

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