Crossword-Solution: PROPENSITY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Propensity | n. | The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. |
We have 28 clues for the answer “PROPENSITY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A natural tendency | 2 answers |
| velleity | 14 answers |
| Volition | 14 answers |
| habilitation | 15 answers |
| proneness | 18 answers |
| Proclivity | 28 answers |
| APPETENCE | 30 answers |
| Predilection | 32 answers |
| Penchant | 35 answers |
| Knack | 39 answers |
| Flair | 40 answers |
| Leaning | 43 answers |
| Preference | 50 answers |
| free will | 51 answers |
| complexion | 54 answers |
| Thirst | 56 answers |
| inclining | 57 answers |
| Incline | 62 answers |
| trend | 63 answers |
| Tenor | 63 answers |
| Slope | 66 answers |
| Wish ___ | 68 answers |
| Desire | 70 answers |
| Drift | 70 answers |
| DIRECTION ___ | 74 answers |
| Nature | 78 answers |
| Disposi-tion | 80 answers |
| Inclination | 89 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PROPENSITY (5)
Hester had often fancied that Providence had a design of justice and retribution, in endowing the child with this marked propensity; but never, until now, had she bethought herself to ask, whether, linked with that design, there might not likewise be a purpose of mercy and beneficence.
This name was given, we are told, in former days, by the good housewives of the adjacent country, from the inveterate propensity of their husbands to linger about the village tavern on market days.
Neither was this propensity (if we must needs confess the truth) at all diminished by the appearance of two strange knights, which occasioned some looking up, peeping, and whispering.
People noticed his propensity for walking in rough weather, and watched him curiously as he did his rounds.
Edna often wondered at one propensity which sometimes had inwardly disturbed her without causing any outward show or manifestation on her part.
Quotes with PROPENSITY (3)
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
Is happiness a sort of blissful state of mind or just a kind of surreal propensity? It may be hard to recognize its very nature, if we remain guilelessly confined in a state of woeful unawareness or in a no-man’s-land of emotions. In their dogged and obstinate quest for the zenith of happiness, many forget to take pleasure in the small things of everyday and, thus, become disgruntled and depressed instead, which leads them to a mire of gloom. ("C’est quand le bonheur “)
People are more likely to fall intensely in love when they are anxious and their self-esteem is lowest.... Feeling inadequate, unhappy, and empty are virtual prerequisites for falling and staying desperately in love; at least temporarily, the ecstasy of desire seems to cure everything that ails you. There is a connection between aversive states of mind -- loneliness, shame, even grief and horror -- and a propensity to feel overwhelming passion; this is one reason why romances…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1971–1985).