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Synonyms for fey

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High Camp

suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

The fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

elfin

Same sentence, swapped: The elfin quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for fey as it is used in the sentence above.

touched
esoteric
kooky

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Closest first: other words at High Camp, then their alphabetical neighbours.

unsympatheticadjectivedisagreeablenot agreeing with your tastes or expectationsHigh CampQualitiesHas a reason line unvarnishedadjectiveplainfree from any effort to soften to disguiseHigh Camp unwieldyadjectiveunmanageabledifficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shapeHigh CampQualities unwindverbunrollreverse the winding or twisting ofHigh CampContact and joiningHas a reason line unwittingadjectiveignorantunaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledgeHigh CampThinking and knowing2 senses upliftverbintoxicatefill with high spiritsHigh CampEmotions uppermostadjectivetopmostat or nearest to the topHigh Camp upstageadjectivedistantremote in mannerHigh CampQualities

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