| humorless | (adjective) lacking humor | Synonyms: humourless, unhumorous |
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| humorlessly | (adverb) in a humorless manner | Synonyms: humourlessly |
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| humorous | (adjective) full of or characterized by humor | Synonyms: humourous |
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| humorously | (adverb) in a humorous manner | - |
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| humorousness | (noun) the trait of merry joking | Synonyms: jocoseness, jocosity, merriness |
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| humour | (noun) the quality of being funny | Synonyms: humor |
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| (noun) the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous | Synonyms: humor, sense of humor, sense of humour |
| (noun) the liquid parts of the body | Synonyms: bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, liquid body substance |
| (noun) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state | Synonyms: humor |
| (noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter | Synonyms: humor, wit, witticism, wittiness |
| (noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling | Synonyms: humor, mood, temper |
| (verb) put into a good mood | Synonyms: humor |
| humouring | (noun) the act of indulging or gratifying a desire | Synonyms: humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering |
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| humourist | (noun) someone who acts, speaks or writes in an amusing way | Synonyms: humorist |
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| humourless | (adjective) lacking humor | Synonyms: humorless, unhumorous |
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| humourlessly | (adverb) in a humorless manner | Synonyms: humorlessly |
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| humourous | (adjective) full of or characterized by humor | Synonyms: humorous |
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| humous | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hoummos, hummus, humus |
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| hump | (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
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| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
| (verb) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | Synonyms: hunch, hunch forward, hunch over |
| humpback | (noun) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives | Synonyms: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, hunchback |
| (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: hunchback, kyphosis |
| humpbacked | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humped, hunchbacked, kyphotic |
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| humped | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, hunchbacked, kyphotic |
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| humus | (noun) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | Synonyms: hommos, hoummos, hummus, humous |
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| (noun) partially decomposed organic matter; the organic component of soil | - |
| hunch | (noun) the act of bending yourself into a humped position | - |
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| (noun) an impression that something might be the case | Synonyms: intuition, suspicion |
| (verb) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | Synonyms: hump, hunch forward, hunch over |
| hunchback | (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, humpback |
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| (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: humpback, kyphosis |
| hunchbacked | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, kyphotic |
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| hunched | (adjective) having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect | Synonyms: crooked, round-backed, round-shouldered, stooped, stooping |
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| hundred | (adjective) being ten more than ninety | Synonyms: 100, c, one hundred |
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| (noun) ten 10s | Synonyms: 100, C, century, one C |
| hundredfold | (adverb) by a factor of one hundred | Synonyms: a hundred times |
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| hundredth | (adjective) the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order | Synonyms: 100th, centesimal |
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| (noun) one part in a hundred equal parts | Synonyms: one-hundredth, one percent |
| (noun) position 100 in a countable series of things | - |
| hundredweight | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds | Synonyms: cwt, long hundredweight |
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| (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight |
| (noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system | Synonyms: centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight |
| hunger | (noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink) | Synonyms: hungriness, thirst, thirstiness |
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| (noun) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | Synonyms: hungriness |
| (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: famish, starve |
| (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, lust, starve, thirst |
| (verb) feel the need to eat | - |
| hungover | (adjective) Suffering the aftereffects of the consumption of alcohol | - |
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| hungrily | (adverb) in the manner of someone who is very hungry | Synonyms: ravenously |
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| hungriness | (noun) strong desire for something (not food or drink) | Synonyms: hunger, thirst, thirstiness |
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| (noun) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need | Synonyms: longing, yearning |
| (noun) a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation | Synonyms: hunger |
| hungry | (adjective) feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food | - |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous | Synonyms: athirst, thirsty |
| hunk | (noun) a large piece of something without definite shape | Synonyms: lump |
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| (noun) a well-built sexually attractive man | - |
| hunker | (verb) sit on one's heels | Synonyms: crouch, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat |
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| hunt | (noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts | Synonyms: hunting |
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| (noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport | Synonyms: hunting |
| (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunting, search |
| (noun) an instance of searching for something | - |
| (noun) an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport | Synonyms: hunt club |
| (verb) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) | Synonyms: hunt down, run, track down |
| (verb) search (an area) for prey | - |
| (verb) seek, search for | - |
| (verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hound, trace |
| (verb) chase away, with as with force | - |
| (verb) yaw back and forth about a flight path | - |
| (verb) oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent | - |
| hunted | (adjective) reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted | - |
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| hunter | (noun) a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal | Synonyms: hunting watch |
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| (noun) someone who hunts game | Synonyms: huntsman |
| (noun) a person who searches for something | - |
| hunting | (noun) the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts | Synonyms: hunt |
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| (noun) the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport | Synonyms: hunt |
| (noun) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | Synonyms: hunt, search |
| huntress | (noun) a woman hunter | - |
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| huntsman | (noun) someone who hunts game | Synonyms: hunter |
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| hurdle | (noun) the act of jumping over an obstacle | Synonyms: vault |
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| (noun) a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races | - |
| (noun) an obstacle that you are expected to overcome | - |
| (verb) jump a hurdle | - |
| hurdler | (noun) an athlete who runs the hurdles | - |
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| hurdles | (noun) a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | Synonyms: hurdle race, hurdling |
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| hurdling | (noun) a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles | Synonyms: hurdle race, hurdles |
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| hurl | (noun) a violent throw | Synonyms: cast |
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| (verb) utter with force; utter vehemently | Synonyms: throw |
| (verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: cast, hurtle |
| (verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurtle, lunge, thrust |
| hurler | (noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching | Synonyms: pitcher, twirler |
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| hurling | (noun) a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each | - |
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| hurrah | (noun) a victory cheer | Synonyms: hooray |
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| (verb) shout `hurrah!' | - |
| hurricane | (noun) a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
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| hurridly | (adverb) on the run or in a hurry | Synonyms: on the fly |
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| hurried | (adjective) moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste | - |
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| hurriedly | (adverb) in a hurried or hasty manner | Synonyms: hastily, in haste |
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| hurriedness | (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurry, precipitation |
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| hurry | (noun) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner | Synonyms: haste, rush, rushing |
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| (noun) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) | Synonyms: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitation |
| (noun) a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry | Synonyms: haste |
| (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: festinate, hasten, look sharp, rush |
| (verb) urge to an unnatural speed | Synonyms: rush |
| (verb) move very fast | Synonyms: speed, travel rapidly, zip |
| hurrying | (adjective) moving with great haste | Synonyms: scurrying |
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| (noun) changing location rapidly | Synonyms: speed, speeding |
| hurt | (adjective) damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value | Synonyms: weakened |
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| (adjective) suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle | Synonyms: wounded |
| (noun) the act of damaging something or someone | Synonyms: damage, harm, scathe |
| (noun) a damage or loss | Synonyms: detriment |
| (noun) feelings of mental or physical pain | Synonyms: suffering |
| (noun) psychological suffering | Synonyms: distress, suffering |
| (noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury | Synonyms: harm, injury, trauma |
| (verb) give trouble or pain to | - |
| (verb) be in pain | Synonyms: suffer |
| (verb) cause damage or affect negatively | Synonyms: injure |
| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, injure, offend, spite, wound |
| (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: anguish, pain |
| (verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: ache, smart |
| (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: ache, suffer |
| hurtful | (adjective) harmful to living things | Synonyms: deleterious, injurious |
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| (adjective) causing hurt | - |
| hurting | (noun) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder | Synonyms: pain |
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| hurtle | (verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: cast, hurl |
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| (verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, lunge, thrust |
| (verb) move with or as if with a rushing sound | - |
| husband | (noun) a married man; a woman's partner in marriage | Synonyms: hubby, married man |
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| (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, economize |
| husbandly | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of a husband | - |
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| (adjective) related to or suited to a husband | - |
| husbandman | (noun) a person who operates a farm | Synonyms: farmer, granger, sodbuster |
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| husbandry | (noun) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | Synonyms: agriculture, farming |
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| hush | (noun) (poetic) tranquil silence | Synonyms: still, stillness |
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| (verb) become quiet or still; fall silent | - |
| (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still |
| (verb) run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals | - |
| (verb) wash by removing particles | Synonyms: wash |
| (verb) become quiet or quieter | Synonyms: pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten |
| hushed | (adjective) in a softened tone | Synonyms: muted, quiet, subdued |
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| hushing | (noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: fizzle, hiss, hissing, sibilation |
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| hushpuppy | (noun) deep-fried cornbread ball (southern) | Synonyms: hush puppy |
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| husk | (noun) outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds | - |
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| (noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | Synonyms: chaff, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble |
| (verb) remove the husks from | Synonyms: shell |
| huskily | (adverb) in a hoarse or husky voice | Synonyms: hoarsely |
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| huskiness | (noun) the property of being big and strong | Synonyms: ruggedness, toughness |
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| (noun) a throaty harshness | Synonyms: gruffness, hoarseness |
| husking | (noun) the removal of covering | Synonyms: baring, denudation, stripping, uncovering |
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| husky | (adjective) deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion | Synonyms: gruff, hoarse |
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| (adjective) muscular and heavily built | Synonyms: beefy, buirdly, burly, strapping |
| (noun) breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog | Synonyms: Eskimo dog |
| hussar | (noun) a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress | - |
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| hussy | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: adulteress, fornicatress, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| (noun) A sexually loose woman | Synonyms: ho, hoe, slut, trollop |
| hustings | (noun) the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) | - |
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| hustle | (noun) a rapid active commotion | Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, stir |
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| (noun) a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property | Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting |
| (verb) pressure or urge someone into an action | - |
| (verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily | Synonyms: bustle, bustle about |
| (verb) cause to move furtively and hurriedly | - |
| (verb) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity | Synonyms: pluck, roll |
| (verb) get by trying hard | - |
| hustler | (noun) a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties | Synonyms: operator, wheeler dealer |
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| (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
| hut | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hutch, shack, shanty |
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| (noun) temporary military shelter | Synonyms: army hut, field hut |
| hutch | (noun) a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals | - |
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| (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, shack, shanty |
| hutment | (noun) an encampment of huts (chiefly military) | - |
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| hutzpah | (noun) (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | Synonyms: chutzpa, chutzpah |
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