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"
Cold Roget’s Thesaurus §383 N. cold, coldness,
frigidity,
inclemency,
fresco, winter, depth of winter, hard winter, siberia,
nova zembla, wind-chill factor, ice, snow,
snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift,
sleet,
hail,
hailstone,
rime,
frost, hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost, barf,
glaze, lolly,
icicle, thick-ribbed ice, fall of snow, heavy fall,
iceberg, icefloe, floe berg,
glacier,
neve, serac, pruina, freezing mixture, dry ice, liquid nitrogen, liquid helium,
chilliness,
chill,
shivering, goose skin,
horripilation,
rigor, chattering of teeth,
numbness,
frostbite V. be cold,
shiver,
starve,
quake,
shake,
tremble,
shudder,
didder,
quiver,
freeze, freeze to death, perish with cold,
chill,
freeze, horripilate, make the skin crawl, give one goose flesh
Adj. cold, cool,
chill,
chilly,
icy,
gelid,
frigid,
algid, fresh, keen,
bleak, raw, inclement, bitter,
biting,
niveous, cutting,
nipping,
piercing,
pinching,
clay-cold,
starved, chilled to the bone,
shivering,
aguish, transi de froid,
frostbitten, frost-bound, frost-nipped, cold as a stone, cold as marble, cold as lead, cold as iron, cold as a frog, cold as charity, cold as christmas, cool as a cucumber, cool as custard,
icy,
glacial,
frosty,
freezing,
pruinose,
wintry,
brumal,
hibernal,
boreal, arctic,
siberian,
hyemal,
hyperborean, hyperboreal,
icebound, frozen out, unwarmed,
unthawed,
lukewarm,
tepid,
isocheimal,
isocheimenal,
isocheimic,
frozen,
numb,
frost-bitten Adv. coldly, bitterly, pierre fendre
N. severity, strictness, harshness,
rigor,
stringency,
austerity,
inclemency,
arrogance,
precisianism, arbitrary power,
absolutism,
despotism,
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering, oppression, assumption,
usurpation,
inquisition, reign of terror,
martial law, iron heel, iron rule, iron hand, iron sway, tight grasp, brute force, brute strength,
coercion, strong hand, tight hand, hard lines, hard measure, tender mercies, sharp practice, pipe-clay,
officialism,
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw,
despot, hard master,
draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture,
accipitres, birds of prey, raptorials, raptors
V. be -severe, assume,
usurp,
arrogate, take liberties,
domineer,
bully,
tyrannize,
inflict,
wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw, be hard upon, bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on, be down upon, come down upon, ill treat, deal hardly with, deal hard measure to, rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions, dye with blood,
oppress,
override, trample under foot, tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon, crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over, rivet the yoke, hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand, force down the throat,
coerce, give no quarter
Adj. severe, strict, hard, harsh,
dour, rigid, stiff, stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising, exacting,
exigent, exigeant,
inexorable, inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed, hard-nosed,
hard-shell, relentless,
spartan,
draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced, searching,
unsparing, iron- handed,
peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary,
imperative,
coercive,
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial, inclement, cruel,
haughty,
arrogant,
precisian Adv. severely, with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
Phr. delirant reges plectuntur achivi, manu forti, ogni debole ha sempre il suo tiranno
V. have no mercy, shut the gates of mercy, give no quarter
Adj. pitiless,
merciless,
ruthless,
bowelless,
unpitying,
unmerciful, inclement,
grim-faced,
grim-visaged,
incompassionate,
uncompassionate,
inexorable, harsh,
unrelenting