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To face down; to outstare.

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Anticipation 76% connected

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Expectancy 76% connected

The act of expecting ; expectation.

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Foretaste 76% connected

A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.

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Hope 76% connected

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

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Misgiving 76% connected

of Misgive

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Possibility 76% connected

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

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Promise 76% connected

In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specif…

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Belief 76% connected

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; rel…

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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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Looking 76% connected

of Look

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Expectation 92% connected

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lookout 92% connected

A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mentality 92% connected

Quality or state of mind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prospect 92% connected

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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