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stubborn
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...intractable, obdurate, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse If you're the kind of person who takes a stand and then refuses to back...nature exhibit this kind of behavior in most situations, but they might be obstinate in a particular instance (a stubborn child...
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qualms
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...disturbed state of mind because you're no longer confident that what you're doing is right (his misgivings...unfair, improper, or wrong (they showed no compunction in carrying...rather than a sense of conscience (they accepted his decision without...
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hooked
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...xA0; 2. cigarettes have had him hooked for years synonyms : dependent, addicted. phrase: hooked on they're hooked on drugs/television/gambling synonyms : addicted to, devoted to, given to.
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human
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...considerate, understanding, sympathetic, compassionate, approachable, accessible, humane. See humane. 4. they're only human synonyms : mortal, flesh and blood, fallible, weak, frail, vulnerable, erring. antonyms: animal; spiritual...
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extemporaneous, extemporary
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...impulsive, offhand, spontaneous, unpremeditated If you're the kind of person who acts first and thinks about it later...spontaneous embrace; a spontaneous burst of applause). Or they may call you impulsive , which has somewhat less positive connotations...
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do
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...fashion, design, fabricate, manufacture. 6. they're doing three plays synonyms : put on, perform, act...travel, journey, cover, traverse. 14. they're doing the museums today synonyms : sightsee, look at...
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destroy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...exterminate, extirpate, raze If you're interested in getting rid of something...something down to the level of the ground (they razed the apartment building to make way...from the park by the flooding). If you're dealing with cockroaches, you'll probably...
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bet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...wager, stake, ante, pledge. 3. my bet is that they'll go synonyms : prediction, forecast, opinion, belief, feeling, view, theory. 4. they're/that's our best bet synonyms : choice, option, alternative...
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about
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English
...relevance to, connected with; inf. re. 2. somewhere about here...through. 6. when you're about it synonyms : occupied with...busy with. phrase: about to they're about to die synonyms : going to, ready...
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time
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...whilom. at the same time 1. they arrived at the same time synonyms : simultaneously...fusty. for the time being we're living in the cottage for the time being...later. many a time many a time they had gone to bed hungry synonyms : frequently...
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