letch

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Recent Examples of letch Side effects include nausea, dizziness, numbness, dumbness, Dementias, deletions, leeches, letches, hexes, hoaxes, hocus-pocuses, And, if there is justice, spiritual, moral, federal, state, & local charges. Terrance Hayes, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019 Men who preyed on younger women were called letches, cradle-robbers, dogs. Jill Ciment, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019 Was White going to break down and admit he’s a letch? David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for letch
Noun
  • Facilities like Sankofa and Nova House help those recovering from addiction fill their time with activities that distract them from the urge to use.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • By the end of the trip, the urge to check her phone had subsided.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It is not caused by stress or poor communication but by a desire for dominance.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • At this level, Renar explained, your desire for others does not disappear.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Chickpea Cookie Dough Chickpea cookie dough is high in protein and sure to satisfy a craving for sweetness.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In the video, the animals can be seen ransacking the establishment to satisfy their cravings, snacking on protein shakes, coffee and supplements.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The similarities are striking, especially for Broncos Country, a fanbase longing for the franchise’s first playoff victory since Super Bowl 50.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Brands such as Nivea and Saint James Iced Tea have thus tapped into the longing, introducing their own individual collaborations with Juicy Couture less than a month apart.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Although the Peacock adaptation didn't show a full shot of Gacy in his clown costume, the series included scenes of him talking about his passion for dressing up as a clown and publicly performing as one.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But Saft’s true passion is for diamonds in the rough.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sterling Glass had many health problems as a child—swollen feet, night sweats, nausea and vomiting, unquenchable thirst, and fatigue that often left him too exhausted to go to school.
    Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s insatiable thirst for revenge.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Motivated by Friede’s fearsome Charizard and with almost as much lust for adventure as his trainer Roy, this little fireball (evolved in season two to Crocalor) wants to be the very best, like no one ever was.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That remark — coupled with the image of the ingenue Tilly — generated an outpouring of fury, anxiety, fascination and lust.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Food assistance leaders in the state worried about what will happen to Colorado communities already plagued by hunger after the looming federal cuts and restricted access to resources.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The hunger-desire gleaming in their eyes brought to mind that poem about goblin men selling goblin fruit.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Letch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/letch. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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