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adjectiveCowardly or disloyal, especially in abandoning a duty.
Cowardly
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Clear all filtersCowardly or disloyal, especially in abandoning a duty.
Cowardly
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Lying down or reclining.
To recover strength or well-being after strain or illness.
One word family: also includes recuperation.
Occurring again, especially repeatedly.
To repeat something for emphasis or clarity.
One word family: also includes reiteration.
A reply, especially a sharp or apt one.
To formally give up or reject a claim, belief, or practice.
To express formal or strong disapproval of someone's conduct.
A person regarded as unprincipled or morally corrupt.
Generally believed or said to be a particular kind of person or thing.
To formally cancel or withdraw a rule, agreement, or decision.
To revise or rebuild something substantially.
Especially noticeable or important.
Making a self-righteous display of moral superiority.
Displaying moral superiority
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A person with extensive learning or exceptional knowledge in a field.
Relating to scrofula; figuratively, morally corrupt or sordid.
Involving much sitting and little physical movement.
Able to read and write only at a limited or elementary level.
A feeling, attitude, or opinion, especially one shared or expressed about a subject.
Following another person's ideas uncritically.
A sharp fragment of a broken object, especially glass or pottery.
A habitually lazy or inactive person.
A speech in which a character voices thoughts aloud, usually while alone.
A speech in which a character voices thoughts aloud, usually while alone
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Dirty, degraded, or morally disreputable.
Dirty and neglected
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