1
pique(noun, hurt, passion, rise, dislike)
1
rage(noun, hurt, passion, rise, dislike)
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rancor(noun, cut, hurt, passion, rise)
1
rancorousness(noun, hurt, passion, rise, rage)
1
resentfulness(noun, hurt, passion, rise, rage)
1
resentment(noun, hurt, passion, rise, dislike)
1
retreatism
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rise(noun, hurt, passion, dislike, anger)
1
satiric wit
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sharpness(cut, dig, bitterness, mockery, brutality)
1
sneaking suspicion(noun, expression, doubt, uncertainty, impression)
1
sneering(verb, cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
1
sourness(noun, sullenness)
1
spite(noun, hurt, passion, rise, dislike)
1
spitefulness(noun, bitterness, vindictiveness, maliciousness)
1
supposition(noun, doubt, uncertainty, impression, guess)
1
surliness(noun, sullenness)
1
surmise(noun, doubt, uncertainty, impression, guess)
1
trenchancy(noun, cut, dig, forcefulness, brutality)
1
trepidation
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