point indirectly to
allude to, assume, bring to mind, connote, entail, hint, implicate, imply, import, infer, insinuate, intimate, involve, mean, presume,
splay - addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, amplification, attenuation, augmentation, awkward, bestrew, branch, branch out, broadcast, broadcasting, broadening, crescendo, deal out,
narcissistic - acquisitive, ambitious for self, autistic, careerist, complacent, conceited, consequential, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, grasping, greedy, individualistic, overweening, possessive,
hearty welcome - embrace, hug, reception, welcome ,
have rather - favour, incline, lean toward, please, prefer, rather, see fit, set before, tend toward ,
hurt the feelings - affront, aggrieve, anguish, bruise, cut, cut up, grieve, hurt, offend, outrage, pain, pierce, prick, stab, sting,
fleshpots - Easy Street, affluence, bed of roses, brothel, clip joint, clover, comfort, den, den of iniquity, den of thieves, dive, dump, ease, easy circumstances, felicity,
intangibility - airiness, evanescence, flimsiness, ghostliness, immateriality, immaterialness, imperceptibility, invisibility, mistiness, occult phenomena, occultism, otherworldliness, psychical research, psychics, shadowiness,
good sort - diamond, gem, gentleman, good fellow, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl, prince, right sort, rough diamond, worthy ,
gumminess - consistency, obstinacy, pastiness, persistence, retention, stubbornness, tenacity, thickening, thickness, tightness, toughness, viscosity ,
security blanket - aid, backing, carriage, carrying, maintenance, moral support, psychological support, reliance, subsidy, subvention, support, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, sustaining, sustainment,
narcissistic - acquisitive, ambitious for self, autistic, careerist, complacent, conceited, consequential, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, grasping, greedy, individualistic, overweening, possessive,
hearty welcome - embrace, hug, reception, welcome ,
have rather - favour, incline, lean toward, please, prefer, rather, see fit, set before, tend toward ,
hurt the feelings - affront, aggrieve, anguish, bruise, cut, cut up, grieve, hurt, offend, outrage, pain, pierce, prick, stab, sting,
fleshpots - Easy Street, affluence, bed of roses, brothel, clip joint, clover, comfort, den, den of iniquity, den of thieves, dive, dump, ease, easy circumstances, felicity,
intangibility - airiness, evanescence, flimsiness, ghostliness, immateriality, immaterialness, imperceptibility, invisibility, mistiness, occult phenomena, occultism, otherworldliness, psychical research, psychics, shadowiness,
good sort - diamond, gem, gentleman, good fellow, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl, prince, right sort, rough diamond, worthy ,
gumminess - consistency, obstinacy, pastiness, persistence, retention, stubbornness, tenacity, thickening, thickness, tightness, toughness, viscosity ,
security blanket - aid, backing, carriage, carrying, maintenance, moral support, psychological support, reliance, subsidy, subvention, support, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, sustaining, sustainment,