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Miff

A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.

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Anger 76% connected

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

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Annoyance 76% connected

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

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Botheration 76% connected

The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

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Irritation 76% connected

The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…

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Vexation 76% connected

The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.

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Huff 92% connected

To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aboulia noun · 86% connection

a loss of will power

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Abulia noun · 86% connection

a loss of will power

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Anhedonia noun · 86% connection

an inability to experience pleasure

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Catathymia noun · 86% connection

A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…

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Cognitive state noun · 86% connection

the state of a person's cognitive processes

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Decentering noun · 86% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Decentration noun · 86% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Delusion noun · 86% connection

(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

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Delusions of grandeur noun · 86% connection

a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are

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Delusions of persecution noun · 86% connection

a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…

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Depersonalisation noun · 86% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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Depersonalization noun · 86% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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Disassociation noun · 86% connection

a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

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Frame of mind noun · 86% connection

a temporary psychological state

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Hallucinosis noun · 86% connection

a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations

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Identity crisis noun · 86% connection

distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…

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Mental condition noun · 86% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Mental disease noun · 86% connection

any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…

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Affray verb · 78% connection

A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.

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Aggress verb · 78% connection

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Aggressor noun · 78% connection

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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Bolt noun · 78% connection

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Brangling noun · 78% connection

A quarrel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Brawl verb · 78% connection

To quarrel noisily and outrageously.

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Breeze noun · 78% connection

An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Brigue noun · 78% connection

A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Broil noun · 78% connection

A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Carrel noun · 78% connection

See Quarrel, an arrow.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Combativeness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: petty, falling, tiff, quarrel, offense.
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Contek noun · 78% connection

Quarrel; contention; contest.

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