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Sulk

A furrow.

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Manner of action 3

Brood 76% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grizzle 76% connected

Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stew 76% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Humor 76% connected

Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Humour 76% connected

the quality of being funny; "I fail to see the humor in it"

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mood 76% connected

Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Temper 76% connected

To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brood 74% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Brood 74% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Sulky 74% connected

Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sulky 74% connected

Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 1

Resent 72% connected

To be sensible of; to feel

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Synonym 3

Brood 92% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

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.

Pout 92% connected

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

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.

Sulkiness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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