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  • 61maidenly — Synonyms and related words: Platonic, abstinent, bachelorlike, beardless, boyish, boylike, calflike, callow, celibate, childish, childlike, coltish, continent, dewy, distaff, ever new, evergreen, female, feminine, firsthand, fledgling, fresh,… …

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  • 62cry — vb Cry, weep, wail, keen, whimper, blubber mean to show one s grief, pain, or distress by tears and utterances, usually inarticulate utterances. Cry and weep (the first the homelier, the second the more formal term) are frequently interchanged.… …

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  • 63female — /ˈfimeɪl / (say feemayl) adjective 1. belonging to the sex which brings forth young, or any division or group corresponding to it. 2. of or relating to the types of humans or animals which, in the normal case, produce ova which can be fertilised… …

  • 64bad — ► ADJECTIVE (worse, worst) 1) of poor quality or a low standard. 2) unwelcome; unpleasant. 3) severe; serious. 4) offending moral standards or accepted conventions. 5) (bad for) harmful to. 6) …

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  • 65badness — bad ► ADJECTIVE (worse, worst) 1) of poor quality or a low standard. 2) unwelcome; unpleasant. 3) severe; serious. 4) offending moral standards or accepted conventions. 5) (bad for) harmful to. 6) …

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  • 66eu|nuch|oid — «YOO nuh koyd», adjective. 1. affected by eunuchoidism. 2. Figurative. emasculated; womanish; henpecked: »Nevertheless, shading into the new image is the old Clerk of Oxford prim, vaguely eunuchoid, and cloistered (David Boroff) …

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  • 67fe´male|ness — fe|male «FEE mayl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a woman or girl; person of the sex that brings forth young. See syn. under woman. (Cf. ↑woman) 2. an animal belonging to the sex that produces eggs or brings forth young. 3. Botany. a) a flower having a …

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  • 68fe|male — «FEE mayl», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a woman or girl; person of the sex that brings forth young. See syn. under woman. (Cf. ↑woman) 2. an animal belonging to the sex that produces eggs or brings forth young. 3. Botany. a) a flower having a pistil… …

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  • 69fem´i|nine|ness — fem|i|nine «FEHM uh nihn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of women or girls; having to do with a woman or women; consisting of or carried on by women: »feminine society, feminine discussion. Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings. 2. like a… …

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  • 70fem´i|nine|ly — fem|i|nine «FEHM uh nihn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of women or girls; having to do with a woman or women; consisting of or carried on by women: »feminine society, feminine discussion. Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings. 2. like a… …

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