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  • 111vulnerable — Synonyms and related words: aidless, answerable for, apt to, assailable, attackable, beatable, breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, capable of, conquerable, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, defenseless, delicate, dependent on,… …

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  • 112wobbly — Synonyms and related words: aspen, broken, capricious, careening, catchy, chattering, choppy, desultory, deviative, dickey, dilapidated, disconnected, discontinuous, doddering, eccentric, erratic, faltering, fitful, flickering, fluctuant,… …

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  • 113bleak — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. raw, desolate, unsheltered; cold; discouraging, inauspicious. See adversity. Ant., bright, cheerful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Applied to countryside or conditions] Syn. dreary, desolate, bare,… …

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  • 114brittleness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fragility Nouns 1. brittleness, fragility, friability, breakability, frangibility, frailty; crispness, delicacy, crumbliness; vulnerability. See powderiness, weakness. 2. (something brittle) glass,… …

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  • 115chill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shivering, shakes, ague; chilliness; frost. See cold. v. ice, frost; discourage, dispirit. See dissuasion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Uncomfortably cool] Syn. brisk, frosty, wintry, chilly; see cold 1 …

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  • 116cold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. iciness; ailment, flu. adj. chilling (see cold); unheated; unresponsive, indifferent, unenthusiastic. See cold, disease, insensibility. II Condition of low temperature Nouns 1. cold, coldness,… …

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  • 117nippy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sharp, biting, cold; tangy, spicy, peppery. See food. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by a low temperature: chill, chilly, cold, cool, shivery. See HOT …

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  • 118powderiness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Having consistency of fine, dry particles Nouns 1. powderiness; grittiness, sandiness; efflorescence; friability. See vapor. 2. (powdery substance) powder, dust, sand, sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour,… …

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  • 119shaky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trembling, wavering, unsteady; insecure, unstable. See agitation, oscillation, fear, uncertainty. Ant., steady, secure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not firm] Syn. quivery, trembling, jellylike, all a …

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  • 120tremulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trembling, unsteady; fearful, timid, irresolute. See agitation, fear. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Shaking] Syn. trembling, quivering, palpitating; see shaky 1 . 2. [Timid] Syn. fearful, shy,… …

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