Related Words for dramatic

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melodramatic
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Adjective, Adjective
impressive
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Adjective, Adjective
spectacular
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Adjective, Adjective
striking
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Adjective, Adjective
lyric
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Noun, Noun
drastic
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Adjective
startling
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Adjective
tragic
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Adjective
profound
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Adjective
stunning
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Adjective
subtle
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Adjective
remarkable
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Adjective
extraordinary
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Adjective
breathtaking
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Adjective
poignant
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Adjective
abrupt
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Adjective
shocking
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Adjective
impactful
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Noun
sensational
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Adjective
dazzling
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Adjective
unprecedented
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Adjective
unexpected
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Adjective
cataclysmic
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Adjective
unusual
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Adjective
epic
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Noun
thrilling
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Adjective
miraculous
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Adjective
bizarre
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Adjective
theatrical
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Adjective
compelling
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Adjective
significant
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Adjective
horrific
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Adjective
catastrophic
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Adjective
horrifying
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Adjective
momentous
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Adjective
outrageous
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Adjective
portentous
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Adjective
devastating
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Adjective
ominous
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Adjective
climactic
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Adjective
stupendous
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Adjective
terrifying
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Adjective
substantial
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Adjective
exciting
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Adjective
frightening
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Adjective
riveting
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Noun
gruesome
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Adjective
bold
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Adjective
dramatized
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Verb
extravagant
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Adjective
vivid
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Adjective
gradual
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Adjective
precipitous
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Adjective
incredible
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Adjective
rapid
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Adjective
forceful
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Adjective
surprising
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Adjective
intense
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Adjective
comical
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Adjective
poetic
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Adjective
calamitous
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Adjective
jarring
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Noun
suspenseful
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Adjective
decisive
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Adjective
surreal
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Adjective
exhilarating
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Adjective
farcical
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Adjective
grandiose
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Adjective
provocative
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Adjective
serious
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Adjective
intriguing
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Adjective
emphatic
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Adjective
astonishing
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Adjective
flamboyant
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Adjective
meaningful
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Adjective
artful
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Adjective
monumental
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Adjective
fanciful
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Adjective
glamorous
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Adjective
grotesque
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Adjective
astounding
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Adjective
heartbreaking
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Adjective
majestic
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Adjective
unsettling
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Adjective
mesmerizing
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Adjective
surrealistic
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Adjective
disturbing
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Adjective
unbelievable
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Adjective
improbable
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Adjective
somber
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Adjective
harrowing
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Noun
dramatization
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Noun
powerful
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Adjective
transformative
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Adjective
cinematic
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Adjective
noteworthy
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Adjective
humorous
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Adjective
enthralling
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Adjective
whimsical
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Adjective
brilliant
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Adjective
magnificent
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Adjective
unforgettable
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Adjective
bravura
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Noun
evocative
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Adjective
romantic
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Adjective
fantastical
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Adjective
exuberant
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Adjective
tremendous
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Adjective
scary
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Adjective
massive
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Adjective
tumultuous
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Adjective
brutal
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Adjective
disastrous
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Adjective
noticeable
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Adjective
extreme
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Adjective
unpredictable
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Adjective
histrionic
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Adjective
emotional
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Adjective
filmic
/x
Adjective
dialogic
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Noun
literary
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Noun
emotive
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Adjective
hyperbolic
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Adjective
diegetic
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Adjective
comedic
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Adjective
therapeutic
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Adjective
dualistic
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Adjective
theological
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Noun
diagnostic
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Adjective
oratorical
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Adjective
doctrinal
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Adjective
astrological
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Adjective
dialogical
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Adjective
climatic
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Adjective
diagrammatic
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Adjective
dialectical
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Adjective
hysterical
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Adjective
rhythmic
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Adjective
tropic
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Noun
choreographic
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Adjective
elegiac
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Noun
monologues
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Noun
suddenness
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Noun
flair
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Noun
turnaround
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Noun
soprano
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Noun
flourish
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Verb
underscore
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Verb
climax
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Noun
unities
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Noun
worsening
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Verb
irony
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Noun
rescue
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Noun
reversal
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Noun
publicized
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Verb
pose
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Verb
declines
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Noun
entertainments
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Noun
unfolding
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Verb
immediacy
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Noun
performances
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Noun
upsurge
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Noun
finale
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Noun
backdrop
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Noun
enactment
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Noun
lowering
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Verb
escalation
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Noun
confrontations
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Noun
productions
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Noun
accentuated
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Verb
acting
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Noun, Adjective
actor
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Noun
acute
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
alarming
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Adjective
amazing
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Adjective
appalling
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Adjective
appreciable
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Adjective
athletic
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Adjective, Noun
awesome
/x
Adjective, Noun
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
big
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
brusque
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Adjective, Verb
cartesian
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Name, Adjective
celebrities
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Noun
classicists
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Noun
colossal
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Adjective
comic
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Adjective, Noun
considerable
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Adjective, Noun
conspicuous
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Adjective
critical
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Adjective, Noun
daunting
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Adjective, Noun
deep
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
desperate
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Adjective, Noun
dialed
/x
Verb
dire
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Adjective, Noun
distressing
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Adjective
dizzying
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Adjective
draconian
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Adjective
drama
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Noun
dreadful
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
eloquent
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Adjective
emblematic
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Adjective
enormous
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Adjective
excellent
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Adjective, Adverb
exceptional
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Adjective, Noun
explosive
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Adjective, Noun
exponential
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Adjective, Noun
extensive
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Adjective
fiction
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Noun
fierce
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Adjective, Adverb
formidable
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Adjective
fraught
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
fundamental
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Adjective, Noun
gigantic
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Adjective
glaring
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Adjective, Noun
grand
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Noun, Adjective
grave
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
great
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hegelian
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Adjective, Name
high
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
horrendous
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Adjective
horrible
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Adjective, Noun
hot
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
huge
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Adjective
immense
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Adjective, Noun
important
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Adjective
improvisational
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Adjective
influential
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Adjective, Noun
inordinate
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Adjective
keen
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
kindergarten
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Noun
large
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
loudness
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Noun
lurid
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Adjective
mainstream
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
major
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
marked
/
Adjective
markup
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Noun
marxist
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Adjective, Name
meteoric
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Adjective
middle
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
movie
/x
Noun
national
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Name, Adjective
natural
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
net
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
normal
/x
Adjective, Noun
notable
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Adjective, Noun
novelistic
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
outstanding
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Adjective
overwhelming
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Adjective, Noun
painful
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Adjective
pars
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Adjective
passionate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
pessimistic
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Adjective
phenomenal
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Adjective
pitiful
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Adjective, Adverb
populists
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Noun
prodigious
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Adjective, Adverb
prominent
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Adjective, Noun
pronounced
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Adjective
purists
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Noun
quantum
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Noun, Adjective
radical
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Adjective, Noun
rem
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Noun, Adjective
resounding
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Adjective
roma
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Name, Adjective
root
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Noun, Verb
scenic
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Adjective, Noun
sensitive
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Adjective, Noun
severe
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Adjective, Noun
sexy
/x
Adjective
sharp
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sizeable
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Adjective
special
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
staggering
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Adjective, Noun
stark
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
steep
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
stellar
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Adjective
strong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
sweeping
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Adjective, Noun
tagged
/
Adjective
terrible
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Adjective, Adverb
terrific
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Adjective
theater
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Noun
theatre
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Noun
traumatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
vast
/
Adjective, Noun
vertiginous
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Adjective
violent
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
visible
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Adjective
wonderful
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Adjective, Adverb
worrying
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Adjective, Noun
headlines
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Noun
expression
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
collocation
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Noun
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
cloth
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Noun
dialect
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Noun
daylight
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Noun, Verb