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pleasing
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adj 1: giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of
news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance" [ant:
displeasing]
n 1: the act of one who pleases
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appeasing
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adj 1: intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting
concessions; "the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at
Munich"; "placating (or placative) gestures"; "an
astonishingly placatory speech" [syn: appeasing(a),
placating, placative, placatory]
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displeasing
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adj 1: causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities [ant:
pleasing]
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easing
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n 1: a change for the better [syn: easing, moderation,
relief]
2: the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or
annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant
pain" [syn: easing, easement, alleviation, relief]
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freezing
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n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: freeze, freezing]
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seizing
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n 1: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes
together
2: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the
tentacles) [syn: grasping, taking hold, seizing,
prehension]
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sneezing
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n 1: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air
from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation]
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speaking
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adj 1: capable of or involving speech or speaking; "human beings
--the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"
[ant: nonspeaking, walk-on]
n 1: the utterance of intelligible speech [syn: speaking,
speech production]
2: delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to
see the candidates and hear the speechmaking" [syn: public
speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation]
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squeezing
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n 1: the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek
a playful squeeze" [syn: squeeze, squeezing]
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teasing
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adj 1: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore
a somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
Durrell [syn: mocking, teasing, quizzical]
2: arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it; "her
lazy teasing smile"
3: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly
bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to
ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome
paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats";
"a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and
persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is
vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying,
bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing]
n 1: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously
(especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent
annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was
gentle but persistent" [syn: tease, teasing, ribbing,
tantalization]
2: playful vexation; "the parody was just a form of teasing"
3: the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb [syn:
comb-out, teasing]
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wheezing
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adj 1: relating to breathing with a whistling sound [syn:
asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy]
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greasing
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tweezing
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