Thesaurus / pendent
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The large soft leaves and the pendent moss of the oaks were gray with dust, but the shade was cool and delicious.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONOpening a cupboard door, Kilfane revealed a number of pendent, ragged garments, and two more bowler hats.
DOPESAX ROHMERSome even went 'jusqu' l'Arbre sec, Ou li oisel pendent au bec.'
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERCf. 'blown with restless violence round about The pendent world'; Meas.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERAt this the door flew open and a skinny woman appeared, her homespun frock pendent with tow-headed urchins.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUSIn one corner was a four-poster bed with the faded peacock-blue dressing-gown pendent below a tousled nightcap of gray silk.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONSome are destitute of horns, while others have them very much elevated, and others so bent down, that they are almost pendent.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VIII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONIn a domestic state, and in cold and temperate climates, his ears are somewhat pendent, and his bristles are white.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONShe had the heavy, slightly pendent lower lip that goes with much pouting.
THE WINNING CLUEJAMES HAY, JR.Ye cover your horses with silken trappings, and I know not how much fine cloth hangs pendent from your coats of mail.
THE HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, THE TEMPLE CHURCH, AND THE TEMPLECHARLES G. ADDISONWORDS RELATED TO PENDENT
- ambivalent
- betwixt and between
- blowing hot and cold
- borderline
- debatable
- dithering
- doubtful
- dubious
- equivocal
- hemming and hawing
- hesitant
- iffy
- in the middle
- indecisive
- indefinite
- irresolute
- moot
- of two minds
- on the fence
- open
- pendent
- pending
- running hot and cold
- tentative
- torn
- uncertain
- unclear
- uncommitted
- undetermined
- unfinished
- unsettled
- unsure
- up in the air
- vague
- waffling
- wavering
- wishy-washy
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