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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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Verb to describe a way of talking to people as if they owed you something?
Considering the kind of people in question, the verb guilt seems fitting.
In both the cases, the giver/doer does an act that is supposed to be selfless. But in their grossly immature heads, they have …
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Word to describe hidden intentions
The action of the “friend” in your example could be termed as 'ostensible', which means 'appearing to be one thing when it is really something else'.
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Word for "When two (or more) people are chasing after the same thing"?
When two or more people eagerly chase after the same thing in a competitive manner, they’re scrambling for it.
Definition: * to struggle eagerly or unceremoniously for possession of something*
Source: …
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A word for the urge to do the opposite [duplicate]
If an instruction next to a button says ‘do not push’, some people end up pushing it. Their desire to do the opposite overpowers the fear, if any, of repercussions. Is there any word for such a trait …
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Noun for a persons overall financial status
It should be finance, I believe.
One of the definitions of finance is ‘monetary resources of an organisation or an individual’. The financial position or finances of a person may be in poor health, su …
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Word or phrase for a disproportionately strong measure
I’m looking for a word or a phrase that describes an unduly big action to solve a problem that otherwise could be solved with moderate efforts.
For instance, you have a pending application in a govern …
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A word for someone who is out of touch [closed]
During a recent conversation with one of my friends, whom I had not been regularly speaking to, I asked her whether her sister had applied for a job as I knew she’d graduated some months ago. She told …
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What is the idea called when something has happened to you but you just don't know?
‘Blissful ignorance’ suits this situation.
Blissful ignorance:
a state in which you do not know about something unpleasant or worrying, so it does not make you unhappy.
[Macmillan dictionary]
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