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Related Words for akimbo
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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| crooked | /x | Adjective, Adjective |
| outstretched | x/ | Adjective |
| splayed | / | Adjective |
| arms | / | Noun |
| outspread | // | Adjective |
| stiffly | /x | Adverb |
| awkwardly | /xx | Adverb |
| incongruously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| fists | / | Noun |
| legs | / | Noun |
| askew | x/ | Noun |
| cocked | / | Adjective |
| skyward | /x | Adverb |
| limply | /x | Adverb |
| elbows | /x | Noun |
| pantaloons | /xx | Noun |
| shotguns | /x | Noun |
| flail | / | Noun |
| jauntily | /xx | Adverb |
| crouch | / | Noun |
| propped | / | Verb |
| menacingly | /xxx | Adverb |
| languidly | /xx | Adverb |
| stubby | /x | Noun |
| clumsily | /xx | Adverb |
| jutting | /x | Verb |
| uselessly | /xx | Adverb |
| precariously | x/xxx | Adverb |
| primly | /x | Adverb |
| upturned | /x | Adjective |
| stumpy | /x | Name |
| limbs | / | Noun |
| canted | /x | Verb |
| pistols | /x | Noun |
| twitching | /x | Noun |
| grotesquely | x/x | Adverb |
| flapped | / | Verb |
| threateningly | /xxx | Adverb |
| hunched | / | Verb |
| stooped | / | Verb |
| backhanded | /xx | Adjective |
| ajar | x/ | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| swiveled | /x | Verb |
| sideways | /x | Adverb |
| reclined | x/ | Verb |
| angled | /x | Adjective |
| underhanded | /x/x | Adjective |
| circumflex | x/x | Noun |
| overhand | /xx | Adjective |
| returned | x/ | Verb |
| askance | x/ | Adverb |
| sidelong | /xx | Adjective |
| recurved | x/ | Adjective |
| hips | / | Noun |
| left | / | Adjective |
| stood | / | Verb |
| slightly | /x | Adverb |
| right | / | Adjective |
| placing | /x | Verb |
| stuck | / | Verb |
| setting | /x | Verb |
| front | / | Noun |
| driving | /x | Verb |
| planted | /x | Verb |
| putting | /x | Verb |
| faced | / | Verb |
| held | / | Verb |
| hands | / | Noun |
| watched | / | Verb |
| sitting | /x | Verb |
| stopped | / | Verb |
| walked | / | Verb |
| lay | / | Verb |
| spread | / | Verb |
| abducted | x/x | Adjective |
| activist | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| adversarial | xx/xx | Adjective |
| ambivalent | x/xx | Adjective |
| apolitical | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| assertive | x/x | Adjective |
| bellicose | /xx | Adjective |
| combative | x/x | Adjective |
| conciliatory | x/xxxx | Adjective |
| confrontational | xx/xx | Adjective |
| defensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| deferential | xx/x | Adjective |
| disengaged | xx/ | Adjective |
| distanced | /x | Verb |
| effacing | x/x | Adjective, Verb |
| relaxed | x/ | Adjective |
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| pidgin | /x | Noun |
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb |
| butt | / | Noun, Verb |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| aisle | / | Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| dicky | /x | Name, Adjective |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| daylight | /x | Noun, Verb |
