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Suspense

Held or lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.

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Anticipation 76% connected

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Apprehensiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being apprehensive.

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Doubt 76% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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Doubtfulness 76% connected

State of being doubtful.

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Dread 76% connected

To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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Dubiety 76% connected

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

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Dubiousness 76% connected

State of being dubious.

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Expectancy 76% connected

The act of expecting ; expectation.

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Incertitude 76% connected

Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

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Uncertainty 76% connected

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Complex noun · 85% connection

(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

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Libido noun · 85% connection

(psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire

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Penis envy noun · 85% connection

(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity

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Electra complex noun · 84% connection

a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father

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Inferiority complex noun · 84% connection

a sense of personal inferiority arising from conflict between the desire to be noticed and the fear of being humiliated

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Oedipal complex noun · 84% connection

a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if u…

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Oedipus complex noun · 84% connection

a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if u…

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Anchored adjective · 78% connection

Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: held, lifted, prevented, proceeding.
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Antelucan adjective · 78% connection

Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the m…

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Approach pattern noun · 78% connection

the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crow…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: held, lifted, prevented, proceeding.
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Barkbound adjective · 78% connection

Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close.

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

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Catholicity noun · 78% connection

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

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Check noun · 78% connection

A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against it…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: held, lifted, prevented, proceeding.
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Clamp noun · 78% connection

An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

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Commendam noun · 78% connection

A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: held, lifted, prevented, proceeding.
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Confine verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: held, lifted, prevented, proceeding.
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Constrain verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Contempt noun · 78% connection

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is l…

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Deprecation noun · 78% connection

The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: held, lifted, prevented, proceeding.
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Despite noun · 78% connection

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is l…

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Disdain noun · 78% connection

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is l…

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Engagement noun · 78% connection

That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise emba…

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Folkland noun · 78% connection

Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…

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Hiccough noun · 78% connection

A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closur…

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