viscous
adjectiveThick and resistant to flowing.
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Clear all filtersThick and resistant to flowing.
Showing imaginative insight about future possibilities, sometimes without enough practical detail.
Imaginative about the future
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Bitterly abusive or harshly insulting.
Lively and full of spirited energy.
Openly and readily expressing opinions or feelings.
Loud and forceful in expressing an opinion.
A period of popularity or prevailing fashion.
Prone to rapid or unpredictable change, especially in mood.
Characterized by sensuous pleasure or a full, curving form.
Rich in sensual pleasure
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Extremely eager to consume food, information, or experiences.
A rapidly rotating flow; figuratively, a powerful situation that draws things into it.
Rotating flow
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Open to harm, damage, criticism, or another adverse influence.
To voluntarily give up a right or claim, or decide not to enforce a requirement.
To diminish gradually in strength, size, or intensity.
Cautious because of possible danger or difficulty.
To hesitate between choices or lose steadiness in a position or commitment.
To intercept or detain someone unexpectedly.
A confused or disorderly mass of things.
A sudden wish or idea that lacks a settled reason or plan.
Playfully fanciful or guided by an unusual fancy.
One word family: also includes whimsy.
Done intentionally; also stubbornly determined to follow one's own wishes.
Intentional
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Avoiding social engagement or showing little outward response to others.
Showing little sense or intelligence in a particular action or remark.
Powerful anger, often accompanied by a wish to punish or retaliate.
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