Shrillness

  • 31womanly — womanliness, womanness, n. /woom euhn lee/, adj. 1. like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish. adv. 2. in the manner of, or befitting, a woman. [1250 1300; ME wommanli(che). See WOMAN, LY] Syn. 2. WOMANLY, WOMANLIKE, WOMANISH… …

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  • 32Cruz, Penélope — (1974 )    With her dark sultry looks, it was almost inevitable that Penélope Cruz became stereotyped in the role of a Latin prostitute when attempting a career in Hollywood; what is remarkable is that she managed to find a balance between such… …

    Guide to cinema

  • 33Iglesia, Eloy de la — (1944 2004)    Eloy de la Iglesia s work has come to represent the spirit of the Spanish Transition on film. Few directors were so popular among audiences eager to know about the more shocking aspects of society; still fewer substantial directors …

    Guide to cinema

  • 34Cruz, Penélope — (1974 )    With her dark sultry looks, it was almost inevitable that Penélope Cruz became stereotyped in the role of a Latin prostitute when attempting a career in Hollywood; what is remarkable is that she managed to find a balance between such… …

    Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • 35Iglesia, Eloy de la — (1944 2004)    Eloy de la Iglesia s work has come to represent the spirit of the Spanish Transition on film. Few directors were so popular among audiences eager to know about the more shocking aspects of society; still fewer substantial directors …

    Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • 36edge — Synonyms and related words: A, acerbity, acidity, acidulousness, acme, acridity, acrimony, acuity, aculeate, acuminate, acumination, acuteness, adjoin, advantage, air line, allowance, alpha, anxious, apex, apogee, apprehensive, asperity,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 37sharpness — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, abruptness, absolute zero, acerbity, acidity, acidness, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, adroitness, aggressiveness, agility, alacrity, alertness, algidity, animality,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38stridency — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, arguteness, astringency, bite, bitterness, causticity, creakiness, edge, fierceness, grip, harshness, highness, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, pipingness, poignancy,… …

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  • 39stridor — Synonyms and related words: acuteness, arguteness, atonalism, atonality, cacophony, clinker, creakiness, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissonance, dissonancy, dissonant chord, flatness, highness, inharmoniousness, inharmony, off… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40loudness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) High audibility Nouns 1. loudness, noisiness, vociference, sonorousness, vehemency, intensity, power; stridency, raucousness, cacophony; decibel, bel. See rotundity. 2. (loud echo) resonance, reverberation …

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