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And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.
Julianna Baggott

Meaning of "hand-wringing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAND-WRINGING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAND-WRINGING

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conjunction
determiner
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Hand-Wringing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAND-WRINGING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hand-wringing in the English dictionary

The definition of hand-wringing in the dictionary is an extended debate over the correct course of action in a situation.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAND-WRINGING

hand-me-down
hand-me-up
hand-off
hand-out
hand-painted
hand-pick
hand-picked
hand-piece
hand-play
hand-printed
hand-rear
hand-reared
hand-spray
hand-stitched
hand-to-hand
hand-to-mouth
hand-wash
hand-worker
hand-woven
hand, foot, and mouth disease

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAND-WRINGING

avenging
banging
belonging
challenging
changing
clinging
game-changing
hanging
longing
managing
pinging
plunging
ringing
singing
springing
stinging
swinging
unchanging
upbringing
wall hanging
wide-ranging

Synonyms and antonyms of hand-wringing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hand-wringing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAND-WRINGING

Find out the translation of hand-wringing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hand-wringing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hand-wringing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

搓手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apretones de manos
570 millions of speakers

English

hand-wringing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हाथ wringing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اليد و نفرك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выкручивание рук
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a torcer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাতে ভিজে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lamentations
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tangan bergelora
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Händeringen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手絞り出し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

손 스퀴 이징
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tangan-wringing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc tranh cãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கை பிசைந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हातांनी चिडचिड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el-burma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strette di mano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ręcznie wyżymania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викручування рук
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mână -stoarcerea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χέρι - στύψιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hand - drukking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

handvridande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hånd -vred
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hand-wringing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAND-WRINGING»

The term «hand-wringing» is regularly used and occupies the 73.318 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAND-WRINGING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hand-wringing

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QUOTES WITH «HAND-WRINGING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hand-wringing.
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Julianna Baggott
And I know I'm supposed to feel guilty for wanting people to buy my books... and books in general? Novels and poetry, they belong to the realm of art. How dirty of us to try to hawk art! But, after a decade of hand-wringing and apologies, I can't quite muster the guilt anymore.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAND-WRINGING»

Discover the use of hand-wringing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hand-wringing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Autism: ...
Frequent hand wringing, which is unique to this disorder • The major milestones achieved as an infant • Loss of skills and abilities beginning at age two with increase in hand-wringing • Loss of the ability to walk • Profound developmental delay ...
Adelle Jameson Tilton, Charlotte E. Thompson, 2010
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Lexicon of Psychiatry, Neurology, and the Neurosciences
See reactive oxygen species molecules. agitated depression Research diagnostic criteria include a major depressive episode with at least two of the following: (a) pacing; (b) hand wringing; (c) inability to sit still; (d) pulling or rubbing on skin, ...
Frank J. Ayd, 2000
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Current Management in Child Neurology
Hand stereotypies may include hand washing, hand wringing, and hand tapping movements with hands together, or hand mouthing, clothes picking, or head tapping. Additionally, finger rubbing and unusual finger postures occur. Stereotypic ...
Bernard L. Maria, 2009
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Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Rett's syndrome, a disorder restricted to female patients, causes persistent hand wringing or hand washing, which usually points to the correct diagnosis. In addition to these typical stereotypies, patients with Rett's syndrome manifest a variety ...
Joseph Jankovic, Eduardo Tolosa, 2007
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Spoiling Childhood: How Well-Meaning Parents Are Giving ...
Perhaps then there will be a second chance to entertain the notion of getting out of the rat race — when they are more open or when they have had more years of hand wringing. They could then begin to think about the possibility that their ...
Diane Ehrensaft, 1999
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Clinical Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental ...
During this period, motor skills, specifically purposeful hand skills, also regress and are replaced by characteristic hand stereotypies of hand- wringing and washing motions. This regression may take place insidiously over a prolonged course ...
Michael B. First, Allan Tasman, 2011
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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Agitation: (also known as psychomotor agitation) excessive non-productive, repetitious motor activity associated with a feeling of inner tension (pacing, hand wringing, fidgeting). Agoraphobia: anxiety about being in places or situations from ...
Ruth Elder, Katie Evans, Debra Nizette, 2009
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Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: ...
... decelerated head growth; loss of previously acquired purposeful hand movements, such as holding utensils or picking up objects; the development of stereotyped midline hand movements, such as hand wringing; loss of social engagement; ...
Katarzyna Chawarska, Ami Klin, Fred R. Volkmar, 2008
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Power Plays: Shakespeare's Lessons in Leadership and Management
Hand-wringing, breast-beating, and rage. We have all exhibited these behaviors and felt their underlying emotions at one time or another. Let's ask Prince Hamlet to demonstrate how these reactions can overtake us when they get out of ...
John O. Whitney, Tina Packer, 2002
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The Physiology of Psychological Disorders: Schizophrenia, ...
Depressive behaviors may also exhibit a wide range of characteristics, from motor retardation and slowed speech to agitation and hand-wringing. Other symptoms of depression include decreased autonomic responsivity, a loss of appetite, ...
James G. Hollandsworth, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAND-WRINGING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hand-wringing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Marc Gasol says leaving Memphis was never an option
Unaware of the hand-wringing, Gasol did see a video by director Craig Brewer of Memphis urging the center to return, and the center called the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
It's time to admit Comic-Con exclusive footage is dead
There has been much hand-wringing over the last few days from Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox about leaked footage from their respective ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
3
Bill Cosby, Ben Affleck and public institutions' dependence on …
The story will prompt a lot of hand-wringing about powerful institutions' willingness to be in business with Cosby, even after a cascade of rape ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
The Bachelorette, Season 11, Epsiode 10: Tell me your secrets
Nick's family was all hand-wringing because they'd been here before. They met Andi, liked her and then watched her dump him on national TV. «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
5
Big banks may not follow Bank of Canada
... by a quarter of a percentage point, the big banks cut their prime rates by 0.15 -- but only after a week of hand-wringing about what to do. «www.muskokaregion.com/, Jul 15»
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Clinton offers her vision of a 'Fairness Economy' to close the income …
And considerable hand-wringing went into deciding how forcefully to speak about criminalising financial industry executives before an ... «TODAYonline, Jul 15»
7
Refurbished council flat for rent at £1000 a week
Hand-wringing from the Oxford Greens, who often evidence their hopelessness with arithmetic in this paper, for the sake of it is unhelpful. «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
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Will this new dawn of Royal Stoke queue-busting be the real thing …
One the one hand, directors spent a good hour hand-wringing over how to end its emergency pressures failings which became the worst in ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Which Story of a Scientific Discovery Would Make a Great Movie?
Cue hand-wringing in the halls of power about what it would mean if a company sequenced (and patented [although it should be noted that on ... «io9, Jul 15»
10
Oregon Medicaid sex-change policy attracts conservative media …
Mashable.com took a different tack, noting, “The hand-wringing coverage glibly made it seem like minors could swap genders at taxpayers' ... «Portland Business Journal, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hand-Wringing [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hand-wringing>. Apr 2024 ».
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