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Of, resembling, containing, or made of, wax

Having a lustrous finish

Having a slippery surface

Pliable or yielding to touch or pressure

Having a pale or ashen complexion

Able or designed to stick to things

(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome

Full of rage and anger

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Of, resembling, containing, or made of, wax

“I fumbled around in our gear and felt one item after another before finding a waxy candle.”

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Having a lustrous finish

enameled^US

enamelled^UK

colourful^UK

colorful^US

smouldering^UK

smoldering^US

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“Their leaves are small, waxy and shiny.”

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Having a slippery surface

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“His boots slipped on the waxy reeds.”

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Pliable or yielding to touch or pressure

going every which way

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“When I looked at my drink on the table, the glass was hard and impenetrable, instead of waxy and pliable.”

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Having a pale or ashen complexion

anaemic^UK

grey^UK

gray^US

chalky

sickly

anemic^US

colourless^UK

colorless^US

looking as if one has seen a ghost

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

grayish^US

greyish^UK

off-colour^UK

off-color^US

green about the gills

in poor shape

ill-looking

peelie-wally

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“Symptoms of frostbite are reduced blood flow to hands and feet, numbness, tingling, a throbbing sensation, and bluish or pale waxy skin.”

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Able or designed to stick to things

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(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome

ill-humored^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed on the wrong side

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

got up on wrong side of bed

humourless^UK

humorless^US

have chip on shoulder

having a chip on one's shoulder

sombre^UK

somber^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

apt to fly off the handle

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

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Full of rage and anger

as cross as two sticks

with all guns blazing

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

scandalized^US

ill-humored^US

scandalised^UK

beside yourself with rage

sombre^UK

somber^US

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

carrying a chip on your shoulder

driven to distraction

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