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sob story collapse: a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy

eyestrain collapse: a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem

ingenuous collapse: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

retrospection collapse: memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"; reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"

laboriously collapse: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

primarily collapse: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

artless collapse: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"; (of persons) lacking art or knowledge; showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

prostration collapse: the act of assuming a prostrate position; abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

anima collapse: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

melancholy collapse: a feeling of thoughtful sadness; a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed; characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

bounty collapse: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat; generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely; payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

chivalry collapse: courtesy towards women; the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct

interior collapse: of or coming from the middle of a region or country; "upcountry districts"; inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth"; situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior bathroom without windows"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

reminiscence collapse: a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

expansive collapse: friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive"; marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur; able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; "Expansive materials"; "the expansive force of fire"; of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; "an expansive lifestyle"; "in the grand manner"; "collecting on a grand scale"; "heroic undertakings"

flint collapse: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing; a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River; a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

coldness collapse: a lack of affection or enthusiasm; "a distressing coldness of tone and manner"; the absence of heat; "the coldness made our breath visible"; "come in out of the cold"; "cold is a vasoconstrictor"

lifeblood collapse: an essential or life-giving force; "water is the lifeblood of India"; the blood considered as the seat of vitality

bones collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

pluck collapse: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord; strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"; pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"; pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

visit collapse: the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity; "a visit to the dentist"; the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection); the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time; "he dropped by for a visit"; a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist"; assail; "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"; come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"; pay a brief visit; "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"; visit a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"; stay with as a guest; "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

quiddity collapse: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

roach collapse: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back; the butt of a marijuana cigarette; a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead; cut the mane off (a horse); comb (hair) into a roach

downturn collapse: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn"

enjoyable collapse: affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"

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