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Tubercular
Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.
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Similar meaning 4
Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
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50% interchangeable
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Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
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Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
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50% interchangeable
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Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.
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50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Broader term 1
One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are suffer…
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Derivationally related 2
A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on th…
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15% interchangeable
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A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on th…
oewn 2023
15% interchangeable
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Pertains to 2
That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
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A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on th…
oewn 2023
0% interchangeable
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Synonym 2
Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.
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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