| funded | (adjective) furnished with funds | - |
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| funding | (noun) the act of financing | Synonyms: financing |
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| (noun) financial resources provided to make some project possible | Synonyms: backing, financial backing, financial support, support |
| fundraise | (verb) raise money for a cause or project | Synonyms: fund-raise, fund raise |
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| fundraiser | (noun) a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money | - |
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| (noun) someone who solicits financial contributions | - |
| funds | (noun) assets in the form of money | Synonyms: cash in hand, finances, monetary resource, pecuniary resource |
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| fundus | (noun) (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening | - |
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| funeral | (noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated | Synonyms: obsequy |
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| funerary | (adjective) of or for or relating to a funeral | - |
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| funereal | (adjective) suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial | Synonyms: sepulchral |
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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 |
| fungal | (adjective) of or relating to fungi | Synonyms: fungous |
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| fungibility | (noun) the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange | Synonyms: exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness |
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| fungible | (adjective) of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation | - |
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| (noun) a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation | - |
| fungicidal | (adjective) capable of destroying fungi | Synonyms: antifungal |
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| fungicide | (noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi | Synonyms: antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent |
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| fungoid | (adjective) resembling fungi | Synonyms: funguslike |
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| fungous | (adjective) of or relating to fungi | Synonyms: fungal |
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| fungus | (noun) an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | - |
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| funguslike | (adjective) resembling fungi | Synonyms: fungoid |
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| funicle | (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funiculus |
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| funicular | (adjective) relating to or operated by a cable | - |
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| (noun) a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars | Synonyms: cable railway, funicular railway |
| funiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a funiculus (especially an inflammation of the spermatic cord) | - |
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| funiculus | (noun) any of several body structure resembling a cord | - |
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| (noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed | Synonyms: funicle |
| funk | (noun) an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar | - |
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| (noun) a state of nervous depression | Synonyms: blue funk |
| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince |
| funkiness | (noun) (US, slang) The property of being original, offbeat, unconventional or eccentric. | - |
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| funky | (adjective) in a state of cowardly fright | - |
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| (adjective) (of jazz) having the soulful feeling of early blues | Synonyms: low-down |
| (adjective) offensively malodorous | Synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, foul, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking |
| (adjective) stylish and modern in an unconventional way | - |
| funnel | (noun) (nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship) | - |
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| (noun) a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth | - |
| (noun) a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends | Synonyms: funnel shape |
| (verb) move or pour through a funnel | - |
| funnies | (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book | Synonyms: cartoon strip, comic strip, strip |
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| funnily | (adverb) in a strange manner | Synonyms: oddly, queerly, strangely |
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| funniness | (noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: clowning, comedy, drollery |
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| funny | (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter | Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible |
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| (adjective) experiencing odd bodily sensations | - |
| (adjective) not as expected | Synonyms: fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious |
| (adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular |
| (noun) an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) | Synonyms: funny remark, funny story, good story |
| funrun | (noun) a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity) | Synonyms: fun run |
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| fur | (noun) dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel) | - |
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| (noun) a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur | - |
| (noun) the dressed hairy coat of a mammal | Synonyms: pelt |
| furan | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furane, furfuran |
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| furane | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furfuran |
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| furbelow | (noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim | Synonyms: flounce, frill, ruffle |
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| furbish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, burnish |
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| furcate | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, ramify, separate |
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| furcation | (noun) the place where something divides into branches | Synonyms: forking |
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| furcula | (noun) a forked bone formed by the fusion of the clavicles of most birds | - |
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| furfural | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfuraldehyde |
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| furfuraldehyde | (noun) a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent | Synonyms: furfural |
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| furfuran | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furane |
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| furious | (adjective) marked by extreme anger | Synonyms: angered, enraged, infuriated, maddened |
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| (adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger | Synonyms: angry, raging, tempestuous, wild |
| (adjective) marked by extreme and violent energy | Synonyms: ferocious, fierce, savage |
| furiously | (adverb) (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner | - |
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| (adverb) in an impassioned or very angry manner | - |
| (adverb) in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy | - |
| furiousness | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| furket | (noun) A forked pole, about four feet in length, used as a support for muskets. | Synonyms: musket rest |
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| furl | (verb) form into a cylinder by rolling | Synonyms: roll up |
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| furled | (adjective) rolled up and secured | Synonyms: rolled |
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| furlike | (adjective) resembling fur | - |
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| furlong | (noun) a unit of length equal to 220 yards | - |
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| furlough | (noun) a temporary leave of absence from military duty | - |
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| (verb) grant a leave to | - |
| (verb) dismiss, usually for economic reasons | Synonyms: lay off |
| furnace | (noun) an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. | - |
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| furnish | (verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: offer, provide, render, supply |
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| (verb) provide or equip with furniture | - |
| furnished | (adjective) provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority) | Synonyms: equipped |
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| furnishing | (noun) the act of providing a house or room with furniture and other removable items such as shelves, carpets, appliances, etc. | - |
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| (noun) (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel | Synonyms: trappings |
| furniture | (noun) furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy | Synonyms: article of furniture, piece of furniture |
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| furor | (noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest) | Synonyms: furore |
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| (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furore, rage |
| furore | (noun) a sudden outburst (as of protest) | Synonyms: furor |
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| (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furor, rage |
| furosemide | (noun) commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema | Synonyms: Lasix |
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| furred | (adjective) covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | Synonyms: furry |
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| furrier | (noun) someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments | Synonyms: cloakmaker |
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| furring | (noun) strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard | Synonyms: furring strip |
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| (noun) a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue | - |
| furrow | (noun) a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | - |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, line, seam, wrinkle |
| (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: groove, rut |
| (verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, wrinkle |
| (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, chase |
| furrowed | (adjective) having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface | Synonyms: rugged |
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| furry | (adjective) covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs | Synonyms: furred |
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| fursuit | (noun) A full body animal suit | - |
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| further | (adjective) more distant in especially degree | Synonyms: farther |
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| (adverb) to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: farther |
| (adverb) to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: farther |
| (adverb) in addition or furthermore | - |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, promote |
| (verb) promote the growth of | Synonyms: cultivate, foster |
| furtherance | (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, promotion |
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| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, promotion |
| furthermore | (adverb) denoting additional information | Synonyms: in addition, moreover, what is more |
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| furthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| furthest | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost |
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| (adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| (adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense) | Synonyms: farthest |
| furtive | (adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | Synonyms: sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious |
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| (adjective) secret and sly or sordid | Synonyms: backstair, backstairs |
| furtively | (adverb) in a furtive manner | Synonyms: on the sly |
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| furtiveness | (noun) a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously | Synonyms: sneakiness, stealthiness |
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| furuncle | (noun) a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus | Synonyms: boil |
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| furunculosis | (noun) acute skin disease characterized by the presence of many furuncles | - |
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| fury | (noun) the property of being wild or turbulent | Synonyms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense anger | Synonyms: madness, rage |
| (noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, delirium, frenzy, hysteria |
| furze | (noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | Synonyms: gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin |
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| fusain | (noun) a stick of black carbon material used for drawing | Synonyms: charcoal |
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| fuscous | (adjective) of something having a dusky brownish grey color | Synonyms: taupe |
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| fuse | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | Synonyms: electrical fuse, safety fuse |
| (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, immix, meld, merge, mix |
| (verb) make liquid or plastic by heating | - |
| (verb) become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat | - |
| (verb) equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse | - |
| fused | (adjective) joined together into a whole | Synonyms: amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated |
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| fusee | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | Synonyms: fuzee |
| (noun) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | Synonyms: fuzee |
| (noun) a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring | Synonyms: fusee drive |
| fuselage | (noun) the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) | - |
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| fusible | (adjective) capable of being melted and fused | - |
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| fusiform | (adjective) tapering at each end | Synonyms: cigar-shaped, spindle-shaped |
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| fusil | (noun) a light flintlock musket | - |
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| fusilier | (noun) (formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket | - |
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| fusillade | (noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms | Synonyms: burst, salvo, volley |
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| (verb) attack with fusillade | - |
| fusion | (noun) the act of fusing (or melting) together | - |
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| (noun) correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization | Synonyms: spinal fusion |
| (noun) the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept | Synonyms: optical fusion |
| (noun) an occurrence that involves the production of a union | Synonyms: merger, unification |
| (noun) a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | Synonyms: nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction |
| (noun) the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words | - |
| (noun) the state of being combined into one body | Synonyms: coalition |
| fuss | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, hustle, stir |
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| (noun) a quarrel about petty points | Synonyms: bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff |
| (noun) an angry disturbance | Synonyms: bother, hassle, trouble |
| (noun) an excited state of agitation | Synonyms: dither, flap, pother, tizzy |
| (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively | Synonyms: fret, niggle |
| (verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: mother, overprotect |
| fussily | (adverb) in a fussy manner | - |
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| fussiness | (noun) unnecessary elaborateness in details | - |
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| (noun) an irritable petulant feeling | Synonyms: choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance |
| fusspot | (noun) thinks about unfortunate things that might happen | Synonyms: fuss-budget, worrier, worrywart |
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| fussy | (adjective) overcrowded or cluttered with detail | Synonyms: busy |
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| (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, cross, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
| (adjective) exacting especially about details | Synonyms: finical, finicky, particular, picky |
| fustian | (noun) a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap | - |
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| (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, claptrap, rant |
| fustigate | (verb) strike with a cudgel | Synonyms: cudgel |
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| fusty | (adjective) old-fashioned and out of date | Synonyms: nonprogressive, standpat, unprogressive |
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| (adjective) stale and unclean smelling | Synonyms: frowsty, musty |
| futile | (adjective) unproductive of success | Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain |
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| (adjective) producing no result or effect | Synonyms: ineffectual, meaningless, otiose, unavailing |