loss of voice
croak, crow, falsetto, harshness, hiss, lisp, nasalization, quaver, shake, tremor, twang ,
at this point - here, now, on the spot, today, tonight
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held in esteem - creditable, esteemed, estimable, famous, honourable, honoured, in favour, meritorious, noble, prestigious, reputable, respectable, respected, revered, reverend,
heart-to-heart - artless, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, chat, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, free, genuine, ingenuous,
pure - Christian, Christlike, Spartan, above suspicion, absolute, abstract, aesthetic, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, angelic, antiseptic, artistic, ascetic,
proximity - accord, addition, adjacency, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alliance, approach, approximation, assemblage, association, bond, closeness, combination,
had it - dead, defunct, done for, down the drain, expired, extinct, gone, kaput, no more, vanished ,
warmness - bonhomie, burning, convenience, fever, generosity, geniality, heat, heating, hospitality, liberality, neighbourliness, open door, peace, peacefulness, softness,
unrelenting - adamant, assiduous, cast-iron, constant, continuing, diligent, dogged, dour, endless, enduring, extended, faithful, filled out, firm, flinty,
raving lunatic - borderline case, crackpot, demoniac, fanatic, flake, idiot, loon, lunatic, madman, maniac, nut ,
cantankerous - bad-tempered, bearish, bilious, bitchy, cankered, choleric, churlish, contrary, crabbed, crabby, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crotchety, crusty,
held in esteem - creditable, esteemed, estimable, famous, honourable, honoured, in favour, meritorious, noble, prestigious, reputable, respectable, respected, revered, reverend,
heart-to-heart - artless, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, chat, direct, downright, explicit, forthright, frank, free, genuine, ingenuous,
pure - Christian, Christlike, Spartan, above suspicion, absolute, abstract, aesthetic, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, angelic, antiseptic, artistic, ascetic,
proximity - accord, addition, adjacency, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, alliance, approach, approximation, assemblage, association, bond, closeness, combination,
had it - dead, defunct, done for, down the drain, expired, extinct, gone, kaput, no more, vanished ,
warmness - bonhomie, burning, convenience, fever, generosity, geniality, heat, heating, hospitality, liberality, neighbourliness, open door, peace, peacefulness, softness,
unrelenting - adamant, assiduous, cast-iron, constant, continuing, diligent, dogged, dour, endless, enduring, extended, faithful, filled out, firm, flinty,
raving lunatic - borderline case, crackpot, demoniac, fanatic, flake, idiot, loon, lunatic, madman, maniac, nut ,
cantankerous - bad-tempered, bearish, bilious, bitchy, cankered, choleric, churlish, contrary, crabbed, crabby, cranky, cross, cross-grained, crotchety, crusty,