N. changeableness,
mutability,
inconstancy,
versatility,
mobility, instability, unstable equilibrium,
vacillation,
fluctuation,
vicissitude,
alternation,
restlessness, fidgets, disquiet,
disquietude,
inquietude, unrest, agitation, moon,
proteus,
chameleon,
quicksilver, shifting sands,
weathercock,
harlequin, cynthia of the minute, april showers, wheel of fortune,
transientness V. fluctuate, vary, waver,
flounder,
flicker,
flitter,
flit,
flutter,
shift,
shuffle,
shake,
totter,
tremble,
vacillate,
wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about,
waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605,
oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as many phases as the moon
Adj. changeable, changeful, changing,
mutable, variable,
checkered, ever changing,
protean, proteiform|,
versatile,
unstaid, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled,
fluctuating, restless,
agitated,
erratic,
fickle,
irresolute,
capricious, touch and go,
inconsonant, fitful,
spasmodic,
vibratory,
vagrant,
wayward,
desultory,
afloat, alternating, alterable,
plastic,
mobile,
transient,
wavering Phr. "a rolling stone gathers no moss", pictra mossa non fa muschis, honores mutant mores, varium et mutabile semper femina
N. navigation, aquatics, boating,
yachting, ship,
oar,
paddle, screw, sail,
canvas, aileron,
natation,
swimming, fin,
flipper, fish's tail,
aerostation,
aerostatics,
aeronautics, balloonery,
balloon,
ballooning,
aviation, airmanship, flying, flight,
volitation, wing,
pinion, rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting, voyage, sail,
cruise, passage,
circumnavigation,
periplus,
headway,
sternway,
leeway,
fairway, mariner, flight,
trip,
shuttle, run, airlift
V. sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters,
navigate,
warp,
luff,
scud,
boom,
kedge, drift, course,
cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land,
circumnavigate, ply the oar, row,
paddle, pull,
scull,
punt, steam,
swim,
float, buffet the waves, ride the storm,
skim, effleurer,
dive,
wade, fly, be wafted,
hover,
soar,
flutter,
jet, orbit,
rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off,
ascend, blast off, land,
alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate,
parachute,
jump,
glide Adj. sailing,
volant,
aerostatic,
seafaring,
nautical, maritime, naval,
seagoing, coasting,
afloat, navigable,
aerial,
aeronautic,
grallatory Adv. under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam, on the wing, in flight, in orbit
Phr. bon voyage, "spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale"
N. agitation,
stir,
tremor,
shake,
ripple,
jog,
jolt,
jar,
jerk,
shock,
succussion,
trepidation,
quiver,
quaver, dance, jactitation|, quassation|, shuffling 7c, v,
twitter,
flicker,
flutter,
turbulence,
perturbation,
commotion,
turmoil, disquiet,
tumult, tumultuation|,
hubbub,
rout,
bustle,
fuss,
racket,
subsultus,
staggers, megrims,
epilepsy, fits,
carphology,
chorea,
floccillation, the jerks, st. vitus's dance,
tilmus,
spasm,
throe,
throb,
palpitation,
convulsion, disturbance,
chaos,
restlessness,
ferment, fermentation,
ebullition,
effervescence,
hurly-burly, cahotage,
tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea,
whirlpool,
vortex,
whirlwind V. be agitated &c,
shake,
tremble, tremble like an aspen leaf,
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle,
wriggle, wriggle like an eel, dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort,
squirm,
throb,
pulsate, beat,
palpitate, go pitapat,
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker,
bustle,
ferment,
effervesce,
foam,
boil, boil over, bubble up,
simmer, toss about, jump about, jump like a parched pea, shake like an aspen leaf, shake to its center, shake to its foundations, be the sport of the winds and waves, reel to and fro like a drunken man, move from post to pillar and from pillar to post, drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post, keep between hawk and buzzard,
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt,
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir, shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate Adj. shaking,
agitated,
tremulous,
desultory, subsultory|, saltatoric, quasative,
shambling,
giddy-paced,
saltatory,
convulsive, unquiet, restless, all of a twitter
Adv. by fits and starts, subsultorily|, per saltum, hop skip and jump, in convulsions, in fits
Phr. tempete dans un verre d'eau, words relating to matter
Haste Roget’s Thesaurus §684 N. haste,
urgency,
despatch,
dispatch,
acceleration,
spurt,
spirt, forced march,
rush,
dash, speed, velocity,
precipitancy,
precipitation,
precipitousness,
impetuosity, brusquerie,
hurry, drive,
scramble,
bustle,
fuss,
fidget,
flurry,
flutter,
splutter V. haste,
hasten, make haste, make a dash, hurry on, dash on, whip on, push on, press on, press forward,
hurry,
skurry, scuttle along, barrel along, bundle on, dart to and fro,
bustle,
flutter,
scramble,
plunge, plunge headlong, dash off,
rush, express, bestir oneself, lose no time, lose not a moment, lose not an instant, make short work of, make the best of one's time, make the best of one's way, be precipitate, jump at, be in haste, be in a hurry, have no time, have not a moment to lose, have not a moment to spare, work against time,
quicken,
accelerate,
expedite, put on,
precipitate,
urge,
whip,
railroad Adj. hasty,
hurried,
brusque,
scrambling,
cursory,
precipitate,
headlong,
furious,
boisterous,
impetuous,
hotheaded,
feverish,
fussy,
pushing, in haste, in a hurry, in hot haste, in all haste, breathless, pressed for time, hard pressed,
urgent Adv. with haste, with all haste, with breathless speed, in haste,
apace,
amain, all at once, at short notice &c, immediately,
posthaste, by cable, by express, by telegraph, by forced marches,
hastily,
precipitately,
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry, holus-bolus,
slapdash, slap-bang, full-tilt, full drive, heels over head, head and shoulders,
headlong, a corps perdu, by fits and starts, by spurts, hop skip and jump
Phr. sauve qui peut, devil take the hindmost, no time to be lost, no sooner said than done, a word and a blow, haste makes waste, maggiore fretta minore atto, ohne hast aber ohne rast, "stand not upon the order of your going but go at once", "swift, swift, you dragons of the night"
N. feeling, suffering,
endurance,
tolerance,
sufferance,
supportance, experience,
response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation,
emotion,
pathos, deep sense,
warmth,
glow,
unction,
gusto,
vehemence,
fervor,
fervency,
heartiness,
cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement,
gush,
ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm,
verve,
furore,
fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion,
ecstasy,
blush,
suffusion,
flush,
hectic,
tingling,
thrill, turn,
shock, agitation,
quiver,
heaving,
flutter,
flurry,
fluster,
twitter,
tremor,
throb,
throbbing,
pulsation,
palpitation,
panting,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle, hurry of spirits,
pother,
stew,
ferment, state of excitement
V. feel, receive an impression, be impressed with, entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling,
respond, catch the flame, catch the infection, enter the spirit of, bear, suffer, support,
sustain,
endure,
thole,
aby,
abide, experience, taste, prove, labor under, smart under, bear the brunt of,
brave, stand, swell,
glow, warm,
flush,
blush, change color,
mantle, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face,
tingle,
thrill,
heave,
pant,
throb,
palpitate, go pitapat,
tremble,
quiver,
flutter,
twitter,
shake, be agitated, be excited, look blue, look black,
wince, draw a deep breath, impress
Adj. feeling,
sentient,
sensuous,
sensorial,
sensory,
emotive,
emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively,
smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting,
piercing,
incisive, keen, keen as a razor,
trenchant,
pungent,
racy,
piquant,
poignant,
caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt,
heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring,
deep-mouthed,
heart-expanding, electric,
thrilling,
rapturous,
ecstatic, earnest,
wistful, eager, breathless,
fervent,
fervid,
gushing,
passionate,
warm-hearted,
hearty,
cordial,
sincere,
zealous,
enthusiastic,
glowing, ardent, burning,
red-hot,
fiery, flaming, boiling over,
pervading,
penetrating,
absorbing,
rabid,
raving,
feverish,
fanatical,
hysterical,
impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap,
rapt, in a quiver,
enraptured Adv. heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore,
heartily,
devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels
Phr. the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy) 897
N. excitability,
impetuosity,
vehemence,
boisterousness,
turbulence,
impatience,
intolerance, nonendurance,
irritability,
itching,
wincing, disquiet,
disquietude,
restlessness, fidgets,
fidgetiness, agitation,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle,
hurry,
fuss,
flurry,
fluster,
flutter,
pother,
stew,
ferment,
whirl, buck fever,
hurry-skurry,
thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement,
flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame,
fume, blood boiling,
tumult,
effervescence,
ebullition, boiling over,
whiff,
gust, story,
tempest, scene, breaking out,
burst, fit,
paroxysm,
explosion, outbreak,
outburst,
agony, violence, fierceness,
rage,
fury, furor,
furore,
desperation, madness, distraction,
raving,
delirium,
phrensy,
frenzy,
hysterics,
intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger,
fascination,
infatuation,
fanaticism,
quixotism,
quixotry, tete montee
V. be impatient, not be able to bear, bear ill,
wince,
chafe, champ a bit, be in a stew, be out of all patience,
fidget,
fuss, not have a wink of sleep, toss on one's pillow, lose one's temper, break out, burst out, fly out, go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool,
explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn,
boil, boil over,
foam,
fume,
rage,
rave,
rant,
tear, go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics, run riot, run amuck, battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce
Adj. excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state,
high-strung,
irritable, impatient,
intolerant,
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical,
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed, unquiet,
mercurial, electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried, restless,
fidgety,
fussy,
chafing,
startlish,
mettlesome,
high-mettled,
skittish,
vehement,
demonstrative, violent, wild,
furious, fierce,
fiery, hot- headed,
madcap,
overzealous,
enthusiastic, impassioned,
fanatical,
rabid,
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary,
boisterous, impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate,
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless,
inextinguishable, burning,
simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting
Int. pish,
pshaw, phr, noli me tangere, "filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd", maggiore fretta minore atto
Fear Roget’s Thesaurus §860 N. fear,
timidity,
diffidence, want of confidence,
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness,
solicitude,
anxiety, care,
apprehension, misgiving,
feeze, mistrust, suspicion,
qualm,
hesitation, nervousness,
restlessness,
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern, batophobia,
heartquake,
flutter,
trepidation, fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling, throbbing heart,
palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking,
despondency,
despair,
fright,
affright,
affrightment, boof alarm,
dread,
awe, terror,
horror, dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede,
intimidation,
terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear,
bugaboo,
scarecrow,
hobgoblin,
nightmare,
gorgon,
mormo,
ogre, hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire, enfant terrible,
alarmist V. fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms,
apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust,
hesitate,
falter,
funk, cower,
crouch,
skulk, "let 'i dare not' wait upon 'i would'", take fright, take alarm, start,
wince,
flinch,
shy,
shrink, fly,
tremble,
shake,
shiver, shiver in one's shoes,
shudder,
flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over,
quake,
quaver,
quiver,
quail, grow pale, turn pale,
blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise aprehensions, be in a daze,
bulldoze,
faze,
feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm,
alarm,
startle,
scare, cry "wolf," disquiet, dismay,
fright,
frighten,
terrify,
astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses,
awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul,
appall, unman,
petrify,
horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble &c. haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear,
terrorize,
intimidate, cow,
daunt,
overawe,
abash,
deter, discourage,
browbeat,
bully,
threaten Adj. fearing,
frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of,
afeard, afraid, fearful,
timid,
timorous, nervous,
diffident,
coy, faint- hearted,
tremulous,
shaky, afraid of one's shadow,
apprehensive, restless,
fidgety, more frightened than hurt,
aghast,
awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken,
awestruck,
awe-stricken,
horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear,
alarming, formidable, redoubtable,
perilous,
portentous, fearful,
dread,
dreadful, fell,
dire,
direful,
shocking, terrible,
terrific,
tremendous,
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
ghastly,
awful,
awe-inspiring, revolting,
gorgonian Adv. in terrorem
Phr. ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, "a dagger of the mind", expertus metuit, "fain would i climb but that i fear to fall", "fear is the parent of cruelty", "gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire", omnia tuta timens, "our fears do make us traitors"
Int. "angels and ministers of grace defend us!"
