N. energy, physical energy, force, power &c. # 157, keenness, intensity,
vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire,
rush,
acrimony,
acritude, causiticity,
virulence,
poignancy, harshness,
severity, edge, point,
pungency,
cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation,
effervescence,
ferment, fermentation,
ebullition,
splutter,
perturbation,
stir,
bustle, voluntary energy,
quicksilver, resolution,
exertion,
excitation V. give -energy,
energize,
stimulate,
kindle, excite,
exert,
sharpen,
intensify, inflame, wind up, strike home, into home, hard home, make an impression
Adj. strong,
energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute,
incisive,
trenchant,
brisk,
rousing,
irritation,
poignant,
virulent,
caustic,
corrosive,
mordant, harsh,
stringent,
double-edged, double-shotted, double-distilled,
drastic, escharotic|,
racy,
potent, radioactive
Adv. strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect
Phr. the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, "the race by vigor not by vaunts is won"
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. plainness, simplicity, severity, plain # terms, plain english, saxon english, household words
V. call a spade "a spade", plunge in medias res, come to the point
Adj. plain, simple, unornamented, unadorned,
unvarnished, homely,
homespun,
neat, severe,
chaste, pure, saxon,
commonplace,
matter-of-fact, natural,
prosaic, dry, unvaried,
monotonous Adv. in plain terms, in plain words, in plain english, in plain common parlance,
point-blank 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
