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Prepossessing vs Amok - What's the difference?

prepossessing | amok |

As an adjective prepossessing

is tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.

As an adverb amok is

out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.

As a noun amok is

one who runs amok; in malay and moro/philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.

prepossessing

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(-)
  • Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.
  • *1836 , Dickens, Sketches by Boz ,
  • *:Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
  • *1852 , H. B. Stowe,
  • *:These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.

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    amok

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amuck, amock

    Adverb

    (wikipedia amok) (en adverb)
  • Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous
  • In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk

    • Usage notes

    Almost exclusively used in the phrase run amok.

    Derived terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.

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