N. increase,
augmentation,
enlargement, extension,
dilatation,
increment,
accretion, accession, development, growth,
aggrandizement,
aggravation, rise,
ascent,
exaggeration,
exacerbation, spread, flood tide, gain, produce, product, profit
V. increase,
augment, add to,
enlarge,
dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise,
ascend,
sprout,
aggrandize, raise,
exalt,
deepen,
heighten,
strengthen,
intensify,
enhance,
magnify, redouble,
aggravate,
exaggerate,
exasperate,
exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino,
superadd, spread
Adj. increased, on the increase, undiminished, additional
Phr. vires acquirit eundo
N. violence,
inclemency,
vehemence, might,
impetuosity,
boisterousness,
effervescence,
ebullition,
turbulence,
bluster,
uproar,
callithump,
riot, row,
rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire, severity,
ferocity,
rage,
fury,
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity, fit,
paroxysm,
orgasm,
climax, aphrodisia, force, brute force,
outrage, coup de main, strain,
shock,
shog,
spasm,
convulsion,
throe,
hysterics, passion, outbreak,
outburst,
debacle,
burst,
bounce,
dissilience, discharge,
volley,
explosion, blow up, blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption, displosion|,
torrent,
turmoil,
ferment, storm,
tempest, rough weather,
squall,
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm,
berserk,
berserker,
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame, tisiphone, megaera, alecto,
madcap, wild beast, fire eater
V. be -violent, run high,
ferment,
effervesce,
romp,
rampage, go on a rampage, run wild, run amuck, run riot, break the peace,
rush,
tear, rush headlong, rush foremost, raise a storm, make a riot, rough house*,
riot, storm,
wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out herod, herod, spread like wildfire,
explode, make a row, kick up a row,
boil, boil over,
fume,
foam, come on like a lion,
bluster,
rage,
roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, fly into a rage (anger) 900, break out, fly out, burst out,
bounce,
explode, go off, displode|, fly,
detonate,
thunder, blow up,
crump,
flash,
flare,
burst,
shock, strain, break open, force open, prize open, render violent,
sharpen, stir up,
quicken, excite,
incite,
annoy,
urge,
lash,
stimulate, turn on,
irritate, inflame,
kindle, suscitate|,
foment,
accelerate,
aggravate,
exasperate,
exacerbate,
convulse,
infuriate,
madden, lash into fury, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino,
explode, let fly, fly off, discharge,
detonate, set off,
detonize,
fulminate Adj. violent,
vehement, warm, acute, sharp, rough, rude, ungentle,
bluff,
boisterous, wild,
brusque,
abrupt,
waspish,
impetuous,
rampant,
turbulent, disorderly,
blustering,
raging,
troublous,
riotous,
tumultuary,
tumultuous,
obstreperous,
uproarious,
extravagant,
unmitigated,
ravening,
inextinguishable,
tameless,
frenzied,
desperate,
infuriate,
furious,
outrageous,
frantic,
hysteric, in hysterics,
fiery, flaming,
scorching, hot,
red-hot,
ebullient, savage, fierce,
ferocious, fierce as a tiger, excited,
unquelled,
unquenched,
unextinguished, unrepressed,
unbridled,
unruly,
headstrong,
ungovernable,
unappeasable,
immitigable, unmitigable,
uncontrollable,
incontrollable,
insuppressible,
irrepressible, orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic,
spasmodic,
convulsive,
explosive,
detonating, volcanic,
meteoric,
stormy Adv. violently,
amain, by storm, by force, by main force, with might and main, tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, at one fell swoop, with a high hand, through thick and thin, in desperation, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance,
headlong, head foremost
Phr. furor arma ministrat, "blown with restless violence round about the pendent world"
N. exaggeration, expansion,
hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring, high coloring,
caricature, caricatura,
extravagance, baron munchausen, men in buckram, yarn,
fringe,
embroidery, traveler's tale, fish story, gooseberry* storm in a teacup, much ado about nothing,
puff,
puffery,
rant, figure of speech, facon de parler, stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination, flight of fancy, false coloring,
aggravation V. exaggerate,
magnify, pile up,
aggravate,
amplify, overestimate,
hyperbolize, overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise, make over much, over the most of, strain, strain over a point, stretch, stretch a point, go great lengths, spin a long yarn, draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow, deal in the marvelous, out-herod herod, run riot, talk at random,
heighten, overcolor, color highly, color too highly, broder,
flourish, color,
puff Adj. exaggerated, overwrought,
bombastic,
hyperbolical, on stilts,
fabulous,
extravagant,
preposterous,
egregious,
outre,
highflying Phr. excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo, 1, natural means
N. deterioration,
debasement,
wane,
ebb,
recession,
retrogradation, decrease,
degeneracy,
degeneration,
degenerateness,
degradation,
depravation,
depravement,
devolution,
depravity,
demoralization,
retrogression, masochism, impairment, inquination|, injury, damage, loss,
detriment, delaceration|,
outrage,
havoc, inroad,
ravage,
scath,
perversion,
prostitution,
vitiation,
discoloration,
oxidation,
pollution, defoedation|, poisoning, venenation|,
leaven,
contamination,
canker, corruption,
adulteration,
alloy, decline,
declension, declination,
decadence,
decadency, falling off,
caducity,
decrepitude, decay,
dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear,
corrosion,
erosion,
moldiness,
rottenness, moth and rust,
dry rot,
blight,
marasmus,
atrophy,
collapse, disorganization, delabrement &c. (destruction), 162,
aphid,
aphis, plant louse,
puceron, vinefretter, vinegrub,
wreck, mere wreck,
honeycomb, magni nominis umbra,
jade,
plug,
rackabones,
skate,
tackey,
tacky V. be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated, have seen better days,
deteriorate,
degenerate, fall off,
wane,
ebb, retrograde - decline,
droop, go down, go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale|, sweal|,
lapse, be the worse for,
sphacelate, break, break down, spring a leak,
crack, start,
shrivel,
fade, go off, wither,
molder,
rot,
rankle, decay, go bad, go to decay, fall into decay, "fall into the sear and yellow leaf",
rust,
crumble,
shake,
totter, totter to its fall, perish, die,
deteriorate,
weaken, put back, set back,
taint,
infect,
contaminate, poison,
empoison,
envenom,
canker, corrupt, exulcerate|,
pollute,
vitiate, inquinate|,
debase, embase|,
denaturalize, denature,
leaven,
deflower,
debauch,
defile,
deprave,
degrade,
ulcerate,
stain, discolor,
alloy,
adulterate,
sophisticate, tamper with,
prejudice,
pervert,
prostitute,
demoralize,
brutalize, render vicious,
embitter,
acerbate,
exacerbate,
aggravate,
injure, impair,
labefy, damage,
harm,
hurt, shend|, scath|,
scathe,
spoil,
mar,
despoil,
dilapidate, waste, overrun,
ravage,
pillage, wound,
stab,
pierce,
maim,
lame, surbate|,
cripple,
hough,
hamstring, hit between wind and water, scotch,
mangle,
mutilate, disfigure,
blemish,
deface,
warp,
blight,
rot,
corrode,
erode, wear away, wear out,
gnaw, gnaw at the root of,
sap, mine, undermine,
shake, sap the foundations of, break up,
disorganize,
dismantle, dismast, destroy,
damnify, do one's worst, knock down, deal a blow to, play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among,
decimate Adj. unimproved &c. (improve ),
deteriorated, altered, altered for the worse, injured, sprung,
withering,
spoiling, on the wane, on the decline,
tabid,
degenerate, marescent, worse, the worse for, all the worse for, out of repair, out of tune, imperfect, the worse for wear,
battered, weathered,
weather-beaten,
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare, worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags, reduced, reduced to a skeleton, far gone,
tacky, decayed, moth-eaten,
worm-eaten,
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown, discolored,
effete, wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted,
depraved, decrepid,
decrepit, broke, busted, broken, out of commission,
hors de combat, out of action, broken down, done, done for, done up, worn out, used up, finished, beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work, at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs, undermined,
deciduous, nodding to its fall, tottering &c, (dangerous) 665: past cure,
fatigued,
retrograde,
deleterious Phr. out of the frying pan into the fire, agrescit medendo, "what a falling off was there!"
V. aggravate, render worse,
heighten,
embitter,
sour,
exacerbate,
exasperate,
envenom,
enrage,
provoke,
tease, add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flame, fan the flame, go from bad to worse
Adv. out of the frying pan into the fire, from bad to worse, worse and worse
Int. so much the worse
N. resentment, displeasure,
animosity, anger, wrath,
indignation,
exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation,
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence, bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen, gall,
heart-burning, heart- swelling,
rankling, ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper,
irascibility, ill blood,
revenge, excitement,
irritation,
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition, towering passion,
acharnement, angry mood, taking,
pet,
tiff, passion, fit, tantrums,
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm, storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation, violence, fire and fury, vials of wrath, gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words,
scowl,
sulks,
affront,
provocation,
offense, indignity,
grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli, ill turn,
outrage,
furies,
eumenides,
buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles
V. resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath,
pout, knit the brow,
frown,
scowl, lower,
snarl,
growl,
gnarl,
gnash,
snap,
redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit,
chafe,
mantle,
fume,
kindle, fly out, take fire,
boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage,
rage, storm,
foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger,
affront,
offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings,
insult,
discompose,
fret,
ruffle,
nettle,
huff,
pique, excite,
irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile,
sting, sting to the quick,
rile,
provoke,
chafe, wound, incense, inflame,
enrage,
aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach,
envenom,
embitter,
exasperate,
infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle &e, 919, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment,
madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
Adj. angry, wrath,
irate,
ireful, wrathful, cross,
achillean,
sulky,
&c. 901a, bitter,
virulent, acrimonious &c. (discourteous), violent, warm, burning, boiling, boiling over,
fuming,
raging,
foaming, foaming at the mouth, convulsed with rage,
offended,
waxy, acharne, wrought, worked up,
indignant,
hurt,
sore, set against, fierce, wild,
rageful,
furious, mad with rage,
fiery,
infuriate,
rabid, savage, relentless, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way, on one's high ropes, up in arms, in high dudgeon
Adv. angrily, in the height of passion, in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment
Int. tantaene animis coelestibus irae, marry come up,
zounds,
'sdeath, phr, one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up, fervens difficili bile jecur, the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire, the blood rising, the blood boiling, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, "beware the fury of a patient man", furor arma ministrat, ira furor brevis est, quem jupiter vult perdere dementat prius, "what, drunk with choler?"