lurch | (noun) an unsteady uneven gait | Synonyms: stagger, stumble |
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(noun) the act of moving forward suddenly | Synonyms: lunge |
(noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: pitch, pitching |
(noun) a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage) | - |
lurcher | (noun) someone waiting in concealment | Synonyms: lurker, skulker |
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lure | (noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | Synonyms: bait, decoy |
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(noun) qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward | Synonyms: come-on, enticement |
(noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, sweetener |
luridness | (noun) the quality of being ghastly | Synonyms: ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness |
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(noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: achromasia, lividity, lividness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
(noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | Synonyms: sensationalism |
lurker | (noun) someone waiting in concealment | Synonyms: lurcher, skulker |
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