abrade
verbTo wear away, scrape, or roughen a surface through friction.
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Clear all filtersTo wear away, scrape, or roughen a surface through friction.
Approval expressed openly by a group, often through a voice vote.
Mentally troubled, upset, or restless.
Emotionally unsettled
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To waste away or become weaker through lack of use.
Weaken through disuse
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To leave someone thoroughly puzzled or frustrated.
Leave thoroughly puzzled
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Left without something needed or valued, often through loss.
To become tiresome or unpleasant through an excess of something initially pleasing.
Covering the important parts of a subject thoroughly.
Broad and thorough
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Careful to do one's work thoroughly and responsibly.
To exchange thoughts or information through conversation.
Increasing or developing as successive additions or effects build on one another.
The act of deliberately misleading someone through false statements or appearances.
A state of serious deterioration or weakness from age, wear, or neglect.
Capable of being shown clearly through evidence, reasoning, or an example.
To establish through evidence or reasoning that something is false.
Deceit through contradictory words or conduct.
Deceptive double-dealing
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Extremely thin and weakened, especially through lack of nourishment.
To strive to equal or surpass a model through imitation.
An attempt to match or surpass a model through imitation.
To hold someone's attention completely through fascination or delight.
Hold spellbound
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Using a milder expression in place of one considered unpleasant or blunt.
In softened language
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Thorough enough to cover all relevant aspects.
Thoroughly and with all relevant details considered.
Based on, gained through, or involving direct experience.
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