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To sob with convulsions.

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Short 84% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Short 84% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Disdain 76% connected

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pooh-pooh 76% connected

To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Rebuff 76% connected

Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Rejection 76% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scorn 76% connected

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Slight 76% connected

Sleight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Spurn 76% connected

To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slight 74% connected

Sleight.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slight 74% connected

Sleight.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Cut 92% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Disregard 92% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ignore 92% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rebuff 92% connected

Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Repel 92% connected

To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Repulse 92% connected

To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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