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Sulkiness

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

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Bitterness 76% connected

The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of…

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Gall 76% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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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"

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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).

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Rancor 76% connected

The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

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Resentment 76% connected

The act of resenting.

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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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Huffish 74% connected

Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Huffish 74% connected

Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Morose 74% connected

Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Morose 74% connected

Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.

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Sulky 74% connected

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

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Sulky 74% connected

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

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Moroseness 92% connected

Sourness of temper; sulenness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sourness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sour.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sulk 92% connected

A furrow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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