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affliction collapse: a cause of great suffering and distress; a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health; a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

questionable collapse: able to be refuted; subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

diligent collapse: characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files"; quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness; "a diligent (or patient) worker"; "with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business"

lean on collapse: rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired"

hamper collapse: a basket usually with a cover; prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

unromantic collapse: neither expressive of nor exciting sexual love or romance

rigidity collapse: the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending

oppressor collapse: a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

reciprocate collapse: alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller"; act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"

racking collapse: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"

prescriptive collapse: pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

nonporous collapse: not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood"

respire collapse: undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide; breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

cohesive collapse: causing cohesion; "a cohesive agent"; cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated; "a cohesive organization"

steely collapse: resembling steel in hardness; resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack"

absorb collapse: cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"; engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"; take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"; assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"; take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"; become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"; take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"; suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"

white goods collapse: drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth; large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel

irreconcilable collapse: impossible to reconcile; "irreconcilable differences"

sesquipedalian collapse: a very long word (a foot and a half long); given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"

stiffness collapse: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"; the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"; the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

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