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Synonyms for fossilized
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set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
Obsolete fossilized ways.
The true synonym
ossified
Same sentence, swapped: Obsolete ossified ways.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for fossilized as it is used in the sentence above.
- shriveled
- rickety
- infirm
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