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of fizz.
fizzle v. 1 fizz: This headache powder makes the water fizzle. 2
Often, fizzle out. die (out or away), fizz out, expire, peter
out, come to nothing or naught, fail, fall through, miscarry,
abort, come to grief, misfire, collapse, cave in: Her grandiose
plans for staging an extravaganza quickly fizzled out.
6.4 flabby...
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flabby adj. 1 limp, loose, lax, flaccid, slack, floppy, sagging,
drooping, baggy, pendulous, quaggy, soft: After forty, he began
to get a bit flabby around the middle. 2 weak, spineless,
feeble, impotent, ineffective, ineffectual: The critics found
the characterizations flabby and the plot non-existent.
flag° n. 1 banner, ensign, standard, pennant, banneret, pennon,
streamer, bunting, jack, gonfalon, vexillum: Our flag was
raised over the fort.
--v. 2 Often flag down. warn, signal, hail, inform, stop: A
workman flagged us down because the bridge was out. 3 mark,
tag, label, tab, identify, Brit tick (off), US and Canadian
check (off): Flag the supplies you need that are listed here.
flagý v. 1 droop, sag, dangle, hang down, swag, festoon: In the
doldrums the sails flagged soggily about the masts. 2 weaken,
languish, falter, fail, dwindle, fade, deteriorate, waste away,
degenerate, die, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen, abate,
peter out, taper off, let up, ease (up), subside, slump, fall
off, wane, ebb, sink, lag: When he reached eighty, he sometimes
complained that his sexual appetite was flagging.
flagrant adj. blatant, brazen, bold, barefaced, audacious, arrant,
glaring, outrageous, shocking, shameless, scandalous, atrocious,
infamous, notorious, defiant, egregious, obvious, conspicuous,
open, complete, out-and-out, utter, flagitious, monstrous,
heinous, cruel, villainous, treacherous, nefarious, awful,
gross, rank, inconsiderate, scornful, contemptuous;
reprehensible; contemptible: Speeding shows a flagrant
disregard for the safety of others.