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Rattling

of Rattle

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Similar meaning 4

Energetic 84% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Energetic 84% connected

Alt. of Energetical

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Extraordinary 84% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Extraordinary 84% connected

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

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Broader term 1

Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Rattle 74% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

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Rattle 74% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

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Synonym 23

Alert 92% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Brisk 92% connected

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fantastic 92% connected

Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grand 92% connected

Of large size or extent; great; extensive; hence, relatively great; greatest; chief; principal; as, a grand mountain; a grand army; a grand mistake.

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Howling 92% connected

of Howl

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Lively 92% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Marvelous 92% connected

Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

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Merry 92% connected

Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive.

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Most 92% connected

Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.

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Phenomenal 92% connected

Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.

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Precious 92% connected

Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone.

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Preciously 92% connected

In a precious manner; expensively; extremely; dearly. Also used ironically.

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Rale 92% connected

An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus.

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Rattle 92% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

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Real 92% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Really 92% connected

Royally.

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Snappy 92% connected

Snappish.

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Spanking 92% connected

of Spank

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Terrific 92% connected

Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.

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Tremendous 92% connected

Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a t…

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Very 92% connected

True; real; actual; veritable.

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Wonderful 92% connected

Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing.

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Wondrous 92% connected

In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully.

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