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Snuffle

To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

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Breathing 76% connected

of Breathe

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inhale 76% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inspire 76% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Respiration 76% connected

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Ventilation 76% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Weep 76% connected

The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sniffle 74% connected

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sniffle 74% connected

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snivel 74% connected

To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Snivel 74% connected

To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Blub 92% connected

To swell; to puff out, as with weeping.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Blubber 92% connected

A bubble.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sniffle 92% connected

To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.

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.

Snivel 92% connected

To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snuff 92% connected

The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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