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Fly in the ointment Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Fly in the ointment has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

2

Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
troublesomeness
Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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