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Emoji
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#5731
🖼️
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mosaic
/moʊˈzeɪɪk/
noun
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A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, or glass.
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The church ceiling was decorated with a beautiful mosaic. |
cultural mosaic |
A society made up of many different cultural groups.
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pattern, collage, medley, montage, arrangement
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uniformity, monotony, plainness
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mosaic art, mosaic tiles, cultural mosaic, mosaic design
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#5732
🎭
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mountebank
/ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk/
noun
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A charlatan or trickster who deceives others, often for personal gain.
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The crowd was fooled by the mountebank’s false promises. |
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charlatan, fraud, impostor, trickster, swindler
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honest person, genuine, truth-teller
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clever mountebank, political mountebank, mountebank tricks
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#5733
🏔️
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mountainous
/ˈmaʊntənəs/
adjective
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Having many mountains; very large or huge in size.
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They traveled through a mountainous region of Nepal. |
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hilly, rugged, alpine, colossal, massive
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flat, plain, small
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mountainous terrain, mountainous region, mountainous landscape
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#5734
⛰️
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mountaineer
/ˌmaʊntəˈnɪə/
noun
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A person who climbs mountains as a sport or profession.
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The mountaineer reached the summit after a long climb. |
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climber, alpinist, adventurer, explorer
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settler, resident
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skilled mountaineer, famous mountaineer, experienced mountaineer
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#5735
📜
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motto
/ˈmɒtəʊ/
noun
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A short sentence or phrase that expresses a guiding belief or principle.
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Her motto in life is 'never give up.' |
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slogan, maxim, catchphrase, proverb, saying
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silence, speechlessness
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company motto, school motto, personal motto, famous motto
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#5736
🐍
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mottled
/ˈmɒtld/
adjective
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Marked with spots, streaks, or blotches of different shades or colors.
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The snake's mottled skin helped it blend into the forest floor. |
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speckled, spotted, blotchy, marbled, dappled
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plain, uniform, solid
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mottled skin, mottled pattern, mottled leaves, mottled surface
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#5737
🖌️
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mottle
/ˈmɒtl/
verb
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mottled
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mottled
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mottles
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mottling
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To mark with spots or patches of color.
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The leaves were mottled with shades of yellow and brown. |
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speckle, spot, blotch, streak
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clear, plain
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mottled skin, mottled leaves, mottled pattern, mottled appearance
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#5738
🎭
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motley
/ˈmɒtli/
adjective
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Made up of different, often incongruous or diverse elements.
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The festival attracted a motley crowd of artists, musicians, and tourists. |
motley crew |
A diverse, sometimes mismatched group of people.
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mixed, varied, diverse, assorted, heterogeneous
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uniform, homogeneous
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motley crowd, motley crew, motley collection, motley assortment
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#5739
🔥
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motivate
/ˈmoʊtɪveɪt/
verb
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motivated
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motivated
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motivates
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motivating
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To provide someone with a reason or incentive to do something.
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The coach motivated the players to give their best performance. |
self-motivate |
To inspire oneself to take action or improve.
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encourage, inspire, stimulate, urge, drive
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discourage, demotivate
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motivate people, motivate employees, motivate to succeed, motivated by
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#5740
⚡
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motility
/moʊˈtɪləti/
noun
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The ability of an organism or cell to move independently.
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The motility of sperm is crucial for successful fertilization. |
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movement, mobility, locomotion, motion
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immobility, stillness
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sperm motility, gastrointestinal motility, cell motility, reduced motility
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#5741
🏃
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motile
/ˈmoʊtaɪl/
adjective
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Capable of movement or locomotion.
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Certain bacteria are motile and can swim toward nutrients. |
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mobile, moving, locomotive, dynamic
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immobile, stationary
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motile organisms, motile bacteria, motile cells, highly motile
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#5742
🎭
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motif
/moʊˈtiːf/
noun
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A recurring theme, subject, or idea in a work of art or literature.
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The motif of love is central to the novel. |
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theme, pattern, concept, idea, design
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randomness, disorganization
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literary motif, design motif, recurring motif
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#5743
🧥
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moth-eaten
/ˈmɒθ ˌiːtən/
adjective
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Damaged or worn out, especially by moths or age.
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He wore a moth-eaten sweater on the cold day. |
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shabby, worn, tattered, ragged
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new, fresh, pristine
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moth-eaten clothes, moth-eaten fabric, moth-eaten book
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#5744
🔬
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mote
/moʊt/
noun
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A tiny particle or speck, especially of dust.
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A mote of dust floated in the sunlight. |
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A very small fault or flaw compared to a larger one.
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speck, particle, grain, bit, fragment
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bulk, mass, whole
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mote of dust, tiny mote, mote floating
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#5745
🕌
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mosque
/mɒsk/
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A Muslim place of worship.
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They gathered at the mosque for the Friday prayer. |
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masjid, place of worship, Islamic temple
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church, temple, synagogue
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grand mosque, local mosque, mosque prayer, mosque visit
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#5746
⏸️
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moratorium
/ˌmɔːrəˈtɔːriəm/
noun
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A temporary suspension or delay of an activity, law, or obligation.
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The government announced a moratorium on new mining licenses. |
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a temporary halt or suspension of something
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ban, suspension, halt, freeze, prohibition
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continuation, allowance, permission
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moratorium on loans, moratorium on evictions, declare a moratorium, extend the moratorium
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#5747
😳
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mortify
/ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪ/
verb
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mortified
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mortified
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mortifies
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mortifying
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to cause someone to feel great embarrassment or shame
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She was mortified when she tripped on stage. |
mortified with embarrassment |
deeply ashamed or embarrassed
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embarrass, humiliate, shame, degrade
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praise, honor, respect
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feel mortified, deeply mortify, mortified with embarrassment
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#5748
⚰️
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mortician
/mɔːrˈtɪʃən/
noun
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a person whose job is to prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and to arrange funerals
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The mortician prepared the body for the funeral service. |
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undertaker, funeral director, embalmer
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newborn, midwife
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licensed mortician, funeral mortician, skilled mortician
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#5749
🧱
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mortar
/ˈmɔːrtər/
noun
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a mixture used in building to bond bricks or stones together; also, a small cannon for firing shells
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The workers applied mortar between the bricks. |
bricks and mortar |
a business with a physical presence, as opposed to online
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cement, paste, adhesive, shell launcher
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gap, void
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apply mortar, mortar between bricks, bricks and mortar
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#5750
🔬
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morphology
/mɔːrˈfɑːlədʒi/
noun
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the study of the form and structure of things, especially in language and biology
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Morphology studies the structure of words and how they are formed. |
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structure, form, anatomy, configuration
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chaos, disorganization
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word morphology, plant morphology, linguistic morphology
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#5751
🦋
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morph
/mɔːrf/
verb
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morphed
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morphed
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morphs
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morphing
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to change smoothly from one form, shape, or character into another
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The caterpillar will morph into a butterfly. |
morph into |
to gradually change into something else
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transform, change, evolve, convert, alter
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remain, stay, persist
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morph into, morph over time, morph together
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#5752
😔
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morose
/məˈroʊs/
adjective
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sullen, gloomy, or ill-tempered
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He became morose after losing his job. |
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gloomy, sullen, melancholic, depressed
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cheerful, joyful, optimistic
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morose expression, morose mood, morose silence
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#5753
💀
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moribund
/ˈmɔːrɪbʌnd/
adjective
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in a dying state; near death or becoming obsolete
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The moribund industry was soon replaced by modern technology. |
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dying, declining, stagnant, failing
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thriving, flourishing, growing
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moribund economy, moribund industry, moribund system
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#5754
⚰️
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morgue
/mɔːrɡ/
noun
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a place where dead bodies are kept, especially to be identified or claimed
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The police took the body to the morgue for identification. |
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mortuary, funeral home, chapel of rest
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hospital, home
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city morgue, public morgue, morgue attendant
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#5755
💍
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morganatic
/ˌmɔːrɡəˈnætɪk/
adjective
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relating to a marriage in which one partner, usually of lower social rank, does not share the titles or privileges of the other
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The prince entered into a morganatic marriage with a commoner. |
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non-dynastic, unequal, limited, conditional
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dynastic, equal, royal
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morganatic marriage, morganatic union
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#5756
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mores
/ˈmɔːreɪz/
noun
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the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community
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Social mores often dictate how people behave in public. |
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customs, traditions, conventions, practices, norms
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law, anarchy, disorder
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social mores, cultural mores, traditional mores, community mores
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#5757
➕
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moreover
/mɔːrˈoʊvər/
adverb
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Used to add information that supports or emphasizes what has already been said.
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The job is challenging; moreover, it requires excellent communication skills. |
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besides, furthermore, also, additionally
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however, but
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moreover, it is..., challenging and moreover, moreover, he said
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#5758
🗯️
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mordant
/ˈmɔːrdənt/
adjective
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Having a sharp, critical, or biting quality; especially in humor.
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Her mordant wit often left her friends speechless. |
mordant wit |
biting or sharply critical sense of humor
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caustic, biting, sarcastic, incisive
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bland, mild, gentle
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mordant wit, mordant humor, mordant remark, mordant criticism
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#5759
🗡️
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mordacious
/mɔːrˈdeɪʃəs/
adjective
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Sharp or biting in style, tone, or remark; sarcastic.
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The critic’s mordacious review offended the author. |
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biting, cutting, caustic, sarcastic, acerbic
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gentle, kind, mild
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mordacious remark, mordacious wit, mordacious criticism, mordacious humor
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#5760
💀
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morbid
/ˈmɔːrbɪd/
adjective
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Having an abnormal interest in disturbing or unpleasant subjects such as death or disease.
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She had a morbid fascination with crime stories. |
morbid curiosity |
an unhealthy interest in disturbing topics
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gruesome, unhealthy, macabre, gloomy
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healthy, cheerful, pleasant
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morbid curiosity, morbid fascination, morbid thoughts, morbid interest
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