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Of, resembling, containing, or made of, wax

Having a lustrous finish

Having a slippery surface

Pliable or yielding to touch or pressure

Having a pale or ashen complexion

Able or designed to stick to things

(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome

Full of rage and anger

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Adjective

Of, resembling, containing, or made of, wax

“I fumbled around in our gear and felt one item after another before finding a waxy candle.”

Adjective

Having a lustrous finish

highly-coloured

bright-coloured

glow-in-the-dark

brightly illuminated

well-illuminated

well illuminated

extremely bright

reflecting light

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“Their leaves are small, waxy and shiny.”

Adjective

Having a slippery surface

like a skating rink

slippery as an eel

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“His boots slipped on the waxy reeds.”

Adjective

Pliable or yielding to touch or pressure

putty in one's hands

going every which way

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“When I looked at my drink on the table, the glass was hard and impenetrable, instead of waxy and pliable.”

Adjective

Having a pale or ashen complexion

as white as a sheet

like death warmed up

as white as a ghost

looking as if one has seen a ghost

unhealthy-looking

jaundiced-looking

white as a sheet

white as a ghost

light-coloured^UK

light-colored^US

drained of color

anaemic-looking

light-complexioned

peaches and cream

under the weather

green about the gills

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“Symptoms of frostbite are reduced blood flow to hands and feet, numbness, tingling, a throbbing sensation, and bluish or pale waxy skin.”

Adjective

Able or designed to stick to things

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Adjective

(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome

ill-humoured^UK

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

perversely irritable

got up on wrong side of bed

confrontational

bent out of shape

not best pleased

easily offended

foaming at the mouth

spoiling for a fight

have chip on shoulder

have a bone to pick

having a chip on one's shoulder

unaccommodating

uncommunicative

looking for trouble

apt to fly off the handle

passive-aggressive

evil-intentioned

having short fuse

hot under collar

with a long face

bundle of nerves

itching to fight

ready for a fight

huffy irascible

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

easily frightened

easily agitated

dishonourable^UK

stubborn as a mule

ill-disciplined

socially impaired

undisciplinable

pass-remarkable

set in one's ways

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Adjective

Full of rage and anger

hot under the collar

beside yourself

in high dudgeon

as cross as two sticks

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

blue in the face

in a filthy temper

with all guns blazing

at boiling point

in a towering rage

gnashing one's teeth

at daggers drawn

blowing one's top

mad as a hornet

blowing a gasket

ranting and raving

ill-humoured^UK

overcome with anger

beside yourself with rage

rubbed the wrong way

at end of one's rope

hot and bothered

not best pleased

as black as thunder

ready to be tied

extremely angry

out of countenance

carrying a chip on your shoulder

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

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