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  • 91gush — Synonyms and related words: abound, abundance, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, aggrandizement, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplification, amplitude, anabasis,… …

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  • 92insincerity — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apparent soundness, artfulness, artificiality, cant, casuistry, circularity, craftiness, credibility gap, crossed fingers, deceitfulness,… …

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  • 93slobber — Synonyms and related words: asperge, babble, be insane, be stupid, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blather, blither, burble, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dew, dither, dote, douche, dribble, drivel, drool, expectorate, expectoration, flattering… …

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  • 94unction — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, anointment, balm, balsam, brilliantine, cant, cerate, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory, chrisom, cold cream, collyrium, cream, demulcent, embrocation, emollient, extreme… …

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  • 95line — n. long, thin mark 1) to draw a line 2) a broken; contour; crooked; curved; dotted; fine, thin; heavy, thick; horizontal; parallel; perpendicular; solid, unbroken; straight; vertical; wavy line queue (AE) 3) to form a line 4) to buck ( push into… …

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  • 96remark — I n. 1) to drop, make a remark 2) a biting, catty, caustic, cutting, nasty, scathing remark 3) a casual; complimentary; cryptic; derogatory; facetious; flattering; impertinent; inane; indiscreet; off the cuff; passing; pithy; pointed; reassuring; …

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  • 97term — I n. expression, word 1) abstract; bold; clear; flattering; general; glowing; vague terms (she described him in glowing terms) 2) a general; generic; legal; technical term 3) in terms (to speak in general terms) 4) (misc.) a contradiction in… …

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  • 98complimentary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. commendatory; courteous, polite; [con]gratulatory, laudatory, favorable; free, gratis, on the house. See approbation, cheapness, congratulation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Paying a compliment] Syn.… …

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  • 99flattery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Undue adulation Nouns 1. flattery, adulation, blandishment, cajolery; fawning, wheedling, coquetry, sycophancy, flunkeyism, servility, toadying, incense, honeyed words, flummery, blarney; lip service,… …

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  • 100fawning — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sniveling, adulatory, flattering; see obsequious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. servile, sycophantic, deferential, slavish, groveling, subservient, cringing, flattering, *brownnosing, kowtowing, submissive,… …

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