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handwringing

[hand-ring-ing]

hand·wring·ing

[hand-ring-ing]
noun
1.
a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
2.
the nervous grasping or squeezing of the hands as a sign of these feelings.
Also, hand-wring·ing, hand wringing.

hand·wring·er, noun
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Handwringing is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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