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  • 31witted — wit ► NOUN 1) (also wits) the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence. 2) a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour. 3) a person with this aptitude. ● be at one s… …

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  • 32Wit — Wit, n. [AS. witt, wit; akin to OFries. wit, G. witz, OHG. wizz[=i], Icel. vit, Dan. vid, Sw. vett. [root]133. See {Wit}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. Mind; intellect; understanding; sense. [1913 Webster] Who knew the wit of the Lord? or who was his… …

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  • 33difficulty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) That which is hard to overcome Nouns 1. difficulty, hardness, impracticability, hard work, uphill work, hurdle; hard task, Herculean task, large order, hard row to hoe; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor; …

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  • 34wit — wit1 noun 1》 (also wits) the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence. 2》 a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour. 3》 a witty person. Phrases be at one s wits end …

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  • 35wit — wit1 [wit] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger witz: for IE base see WISE1] 1. Obs. the mind 2. [pl.] a) powers of thinking and reasoning; intellectual and perceptive powers b) mental faculties with respect to their state of balance, esp. in their normal …

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  • 36wit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Cleverness Nouns 1. wit, wittiness; Atticism; salt; sense of humor, funny bone, esprit, point, fancy, whim, humor, drollery, pleasantry; comedy; jocularity, jocosity, jocoseness; levity, facetiousness;… …

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  • 37wit — See: AT ONE S WITS END, KEEP ONE S HEAD or KEEP ONE S WITS ABOUT ONE, SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS …

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  • 38wit — See: AT ONE S WITS END, KEEP ONE S HEAD or KEEP ONE S WITS ABOUT ONE, SCARE OUT OF ONE S WITS …

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  • 39beside oneself — DISTRAUGHT, overcome, out of one s mind, frantic, desperate, distracted, at one s wits end, frenzied, wound up, worked up; hysterical, unhinged, mad, crazed, berserk, demented. → beside * * * phrasal : carried out of oneself (as through extreme… …

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  • 40hopelessness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of hope Nouns 1. hopelessness, futility, impossibility; despair, desperation; despondency, dejection; pessimism, Weltschmerz; hope deferred, dashed hopes; vain expectation, disappointment. Slang,… …

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