| affair | (noun) a vaguely specified concern | Synonyms: matter, thing |
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| (noun) a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people | Synonyms: function, occasion, social affair, social function, social gathering, social occasion |
| (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affaire, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
| affaire | (noun) a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | Synonyms: affair, amour, intimacy, involvement, liaison |
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| affairs | (noun) transactions of professional or public interest | - |
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| (noun) matters of personal concern | Synonyms: personal business, personal matters |
| bookfair | (noun) bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause | Synonyms: book fair |
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| (noun) fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books | Synonyms: book fair |
| faience | (noun) glazed earthenware decorated with opaque colors | - |
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| fail | (verb) stop operating or functioning | Synonyms: break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad |
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| (verb) deteriorate | - |
| (verb) prove insufficient | Synonyms: give out, run out |
| (verb) disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | Synonyms: betray |
| (verb) become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close | - |
| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: go wrong, miscarry |
| (verb) fail to get a passing grade | Synonyms: bomb, flunk, flush it |
| (verb) fail to do something; leave something undone | Synonyms: neglect |
| (verb) judge unacceptable | - |
| (verb) be unable | - |
| (verb) fall short in what is expected | - |
| failing | (adjective) below acceptable in performance | - |
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| (noun) failure to reach a minimum required performance | Synonyms: flunk |
| (noun) a flaw or weak point | Synonyms: weakness |
| faille | (noun) a ribbed woven fabric of silk or rayon or cotton | - |
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| failure | (noun) an act that fails | - |
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| (noun) an unexpected omission | - |
| (noun) an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | - |
| (noun) a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently | Synonyms: loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person |
| (noun) lack of success | - |
| (noun) loss of ability to function normally | - |
| (noun) inability to discharge all your debts as they come due | Synonyms: bankruptcy |
| fain | (adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, inclined, prepared |
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| (adverb) with pleasure | Synonyms: gladly, lief |
| faineance | (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: idleness |
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| faineant | (adjective) disinclined to work or exertion | Synonyms: indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy |
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| faint | (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid |
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| (adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness | Synonyms: light-headed, light, lightheaded, swooning |
| (adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness | Synonyms: dim, shadowy, vague, wispy |
| (adjective) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc | Synonyms: weak |
| (adjective) lacking strength or vigor | Synonyms: feeble |
| (adjective) indistinctly understood or felt or perceived | - |
| (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, swoon, syncope |
| (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, pass out, swoon |
| fainthearted | (adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage | Synonyms: faint-hearted, faint, timid |
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| faintheartedness | (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintness |
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| faintly | (adverb) to a faint degree or weakly perceived | - |
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| faintness | (noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast | Synonyms: dimness |
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| (noun) barely audible | - |
| (noun) the property of being without strength | - |
| (noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage | Synonyms: faintheartedness |
| (noun) a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon | - |
| fair | (adjective) (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines | - |
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| (adjective) free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules | Synonyms: just |
| (adjective) very pleasing to the eye | Synonyms: bonnie, bonny, comely, sightly |
| (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fairish |
| (adjective) free of clouds or rain | - |
| (adjective) gained or earned without cheating or stealing | Synonyms: honest |
| (adjective) attractively feminine | - |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fairish, reasonable |
| (adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: average, mediocre, middling |
| (noun) a sale of miscellany; often for charity | Synonyms: bazaar |
| (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, funfair |
| (noun) a competitive exhibition of farm products | - |
| (noun) gathering of producers to promote business | - |
| (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fairly |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fairly |
| (verb) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly | - |
| fairground | (noun) an open area for holding fairs or exhibitions or circuses | - |
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| fairish | (adjective) (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored | Synonyms: fair |
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| (adjective) not excessive or extreme | Synonyms: fair, reasonable |
| fairlead | (noun) a pulley-block used to guide a rope forming part of a ship's rigging to avoid chafing | - |
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| fairly | (adverb) without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner | Synonyms: evenhandedly, fair |
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| (adverb) to certain extent or degree | Synonyms: jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: clean, fair |
| fairness | (noun) conformity with rules or standards | Synonyms: equity |
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| (noun) the property of having a naturally light complexion | Synonyms: blondness, paleness |
| (noun) the quality of being good looking and attractive | Synonyms: beauteousness, comeliness, loveliness |
| (noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty | Synonyms: candor, candour, fair-mindedness |
| fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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| (noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
| (noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
| fairy | (noun) a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers | Synonyms: faerie, faery, fay, sprite |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| fairyland | (noun) something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality) | Synonyms: fantasy world, phantasy world |
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| (noun) the enchanted realm of fairies | Synonyms: faerie, faery |
| fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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| (noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
| faith | (noun) loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person | - |
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| (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny | Synonyms: religion, religious belief |
| (noun) complete confidence in a person or plan etc | Synonyms: trust |
| (noun) an institution to express belief in a divine power | Synonyms: organized religion, religion |
| faithful | (adjective) steadfast in affection or allegiance | - |
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| (adjective) not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
| (adjective) marked by fidelity to an original | Synonyms: close |
| (noun) a group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church | Synonyms: congregation, fold |
| (noun) any loyal and steadfast following | - |
| faithfully | (adverb) in a faithful manner | Synonyms: dependably, reliably |
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| faithfulness | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: fidelity |
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| faithless | (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful |
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| faithlessly | (adverb) in a disloyal and faithless manner | Synonyms: false, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably |
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| faithlessness | (noun) unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous | Synonyms: falseness, fickleness, inconstancy |
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| funfair | (noun) a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc. | Synonyms: carnival, fair |
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| (noun) a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement | Synonyms: amusement park, pleasure ground |
| interfaith | (adjective) involving persons of different religious faiths | - |
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| parfait | (noun) layers of ice cream and syrup and whipped cream | - |
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| unfailing | (adjective) tireless | Synonyms: unflagging |
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| (adjective) always able to supply more | - |
| (adjective) not liable to failure | Synonyms: foolproof |
| unfailingly | (adverb) without fail | - |
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| unfair | (adjective) not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception | Synonyms: unjust |
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| unfairly | (adverb) in an unfair manner | Synonyms: below the belt |
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| unfairness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, shabbiness |
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| (noun) injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | Synonyms: inequity |
| (noun) partiality that is not fair or equitable | - |
| unfaithful | (adjective) not true to duty or obligation or promises | - |
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| (adjective) having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend | - |
| (adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | Synonyms: faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous |
| (adjective) not trustworthy | - |
| unfaithfully | (adverb) in an unfaithful undependable unreliable manner | Synonyms: undependably, unreliably |
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| unfaithfulness | (noun) the quality of being unfaithful | Synonyms: infidelity |
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