glurge
/ (ɡlɜːdʒ) /
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noun
stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Word Origin for glurge
C20: of unknown origin
Words nearby glurge
glumaceous, glum bum, glume, gluon, gluonium, glurge, gluside, glut, glutamate, glutamic acid, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase
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