N. disorder,
derangement,
irregularity,
anomaly,
anarchy,
anarchism, want of method, untidiness, disunion, discord, confusion, confusedness,
mishmash,
mix,
disarray,
jumble,
huddle,
litter,
lumber, cahotage,
farrago,
mess,
mash,
muddle,
muss,
hash,
hodgepodge,
hotch-potch,
hotch-pot,
imbroglio,
chaos, omnium gatherum,
medley, mere mixture, fortuitous concourse of atoms, disjecta membra, rudis indigestaque moles,
complexity,
turmoil,
ferment,
to-do,
trouble,
pudder,
pother, row,
rumble, disturbance,
hubbub,
convulsion,
tumult,
uproar, revolution,
riot,
rumpus,
stour,
scramble,
brawl,
fracas,
rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row,
ruction,
rumpus,
embroilment,
melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble,
whirlwind, bear garden,
babel,
saturnalia, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors,
bedlam, all hell broke loose, bull in a china shop, all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, devil to pay, pretty kettle of fish, pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business, disorderly person, disorderly persons offence,
misdemeanor,
slattern, slut (libertine) 962
Adj. disorderly, orderless, out of order, out of place, out of gear, irregular,
desultory,
anomalous,
acephalous,
deranged, aimless, disorganized,
straggling, unmethodical,
immethodical, unsymmetric, unsystematic,
untidy,
slovenly,
dislocated, out of sorts,
promiscuous,
indiscriminate,
chaotic,
anarchical, unarranged &c. (see arrange ), confused,
deranged,
topsy-turvy, shapeless, disjointed, out of joint,
troublous,
riotous, complex
Adv. irregularly, by fits, by fits and snatches, by fits and starts,
pellmell,
higgledy-piggledy,
helter-skelter,
harum-scarum, in a ferment, at sixes and sevens, at cross-purposes, upside down
Phr. the cart before the horse, ὔστερον πρότερον, chaos is come again, "the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds"
N. derangement, disorder,
evection,
discomposure, disturbance, disorganization, deorganization,
dislocation,
perturbation,
interruption,
shuffling, inversion,
corrugation, involvement,
interchange V. derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay,
discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate,
disorganize,
embroil, unsettle,
disturb,
confuse,
trouble,
perturb,
jumble,
tumble,
shuffle, randomize,
huddle,
muddle,
toss,
hustle,
fumble,
riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder,
muss, break the ranks,
disconcert,
convulse, break in upon,
unhinge,
dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy,
bedevil,
complicate, involve,
perplex,
confound,
imbrangle,
embrangle,
tangle,
entangle,
ravel,
tousle, towzle,
dishevel,
ruffle,
rumple,
litter,
scatter,
mix, rearrange
N. activity,
briskness,
liveliness,
animation, life,
vivacity, spirit,
dash, energy,
snap,
vim,
nimbleness,
agility,
smartness, quickness, velocity,
&c. 274,
alacrity,
promptitude,
despatch,
dispatch, expedition,
haste,
punctuality, eagerness, zeal,
ardor, perfervidum aingenium, empressement, earnestness, intentness,
abandon,
vigor, devotion,
exertion, industry,
assiduity,
assiduousness,
sedulity, laboriousness,
drudgery,
painstaking,
diligence,
perseverance, indefatigation|, habits of business,
vigilance,
wakefulness,
sleeplessness,
restlessness,
insomnia,
pervigilium, insomnium,
racketing, movement,
bustle,
stir,
fuss,
ado, bother,
pottering,
fidget,
fidgetiness,
flurry,
officiousness,
dabbling,
meddling, interference,
interposition,
intermeddling, tampering with,
intrigue, press of business, no sinecure, plenty to do, many irons in the fire, great doings, busy hum of men, battle of life, thick of the action,
housewife, busy bee, new brooms, sharp fellow, sharp blade,
devotee,
enthusiast,
zealot,
meddler,
intermeddler,
intriguer,
busybody,
pickthank,
hummer, hustler, live man, rustler *
V. be active, busy oneself in,
stir, stir about, stir one's stumps, bestir oneself, rouse oneself, speed,
hasten, peg away, lay about one,
bustle,
fuss, raise up, kick up a dust,
push, make a push, make a fuss, make a stir, go ahead, push forward, fight one's way, elbow one's way, make progress,
toll,
plod,
persist, keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling, look sharp, have all one's eyes about one, rise, arouse oneself,
hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone, seize the opportunity lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of, dash off, make haste, do one's best take pains, do wonders, work wonders, have many irons in the fire, have one's hands full, have much on one's hands, have other things to do, have other fish to fry, be busy, not have a moment to spare, not have a moment that one can call one's own, have one's fling, run the round of, go all lengths, stick at nothing, run riot,
outdo,
overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark, make a toil of a pleasure, have a hand in, take an active part, put in one's oar, have a finger in the pie, mix oneself up with,
trouble, one's head about,
intrigue,
agitate, tamper with,
meddle,
moil,
intermeddle,
interfere,
interpose,
obtrude, poke one's nose in, thrust one's nose in
Adj. active,
brisk, brisk as a lark, brisk as a bee, lively,
animated,
vivacious, alive, alive and kicking,
frisky, spirited,
stirring,
nimble, nimble as a squirrel,
agile,
light-footed,
nimble-footed,
featly,
tripping, quick,
prompt,
yare, instant, ready,
alert,
spry, sharp,
smart, fast, quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious,
awake, broad awake, go-ahead, live wide-awake, forward, eager,
strenuous,
zealous, enterprising, in earnest,
resolute,
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous, notable,
painstaking, intent,
indefatigable,
unwearied, unsleeping, never tired,
plodding, hard-working,
businesslike,
workaday,
bustling, restless, restless as a hyena,
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering,
busy, busy as hen with one chicken, working, at work, on duty, in harness, up in arms, on one's legs, at call, up and doing, up and stirring,
busy, occupied, hard at work, hard at it, up to one's ears in, full of business, busy as a bee, busy as a one-armed paperhanger,
meddling,
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious, intrigant,
astir,
stirring, agoing,
afoot, on foot, in full swing, eventful, on the alert,
&c. (vigilant) 459 Adv. actively, with life and spirit, with might and main, with haste, with wings, full tilt, in mediis rebus
Int. be alive, look alive, look sharp, move on, push on, keep moving, go ahead, stir your stumps, age quod agis, jaldi, karo, step lively, phr, carpe diem, nulla dies sine linea, nec mora nec requies, the plot thickens, no sooner said than done, "veni vidi vici", catch a weasel asleep, abends wird der faule fleissig, dictum ac factum, schwere arbeit in der jugend ist sanfte ruhe im alter, "the busy hum of men"
N. exertion, effort, strain,
tug, pull, stress, throw, stretch, struggle,
spell,
spurt,
spirt, stroke of work, stitch of work, "a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together", dead lift,
heft,
gymnastics, exercise,
exercitation, wear and tear,
ado, toil and trouble, uphill work, hard work, warm work, harvest time, labor, work,
toil,
travail, manual labor, sweat of one's brow,
swink,
drudgery, slavery,
fagging, hammering, limae labor, industry, industriousness,
operoseness,
operosity,
trouble, pains, duty, resolution, energy
V. exert oneself, exert one's energies, tax one's energies, use exertion, labor, work,
toil,
moil,
sweat,
fag,
drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through,
strive, stretch a long arm, pull,
tug,
ply, ply the oar, tug at the oar, do the work, take the laboring oar bestir oneself (be active) 682, take trouble, trouble oneself, work hard, rough it, put forth one's strength, put forth a strong arm, fall to work, bend the bow, buckle to, set one's shoulder to the wheel, work like a horse, work like a cart horse, work like a galley slave, work like a coal heaver, labor day and night, work day and night, redouble one's efforts, do double duty, work double hours, work double tides, sit up, burn the candle at both ends, stick to, work one's way, fight one's way, lay about one, hammer at, take pains, do one's best, do one's level best, do one's utmost, give one hundred percent, do the best one can, do all one can, do all in one's power, do as much as in one lies, do what lies in one's power, use one's best endeavor, use one's utmost endeavor, try one's best, try one's utmost, play one's best card, put one's best leg foremost, put one's right leg foremost, have one's whole soul in his work, put all one's strength into, strain every nerve, spare no efforts, spare no pains, go all lengths, go through fire and water, move heaven and earth, leave no stone unturned
Adj. laboring, laborious,
operose, elaborate, strained,
toilsome,
troublesome,
wearisome,
uphill,
herculean,
gymnastic,
palestric, hard-working,
painstaking,
strenuous,
energetic, hard at work, on the stretch
Adv. laboriously,
lustily, pugnis et calcibus, with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado, to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus, vi et armis, manibus pedibusque, tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro, hammer and tongs, heart and soul, through thick and thin, by the sweat of one's brow, suo marte
Phr. aide-toi le ciel t'aidera, "and still be doing, never done", buen principio la mitad es hecha, cosa ben fatta e' fatta due volie, "it is better to wear out than to rust out", labor omnia vincit "labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in heaven", le travail du corps delivre des peines de l'esprit, manu forti, ora et labora
N. adversity, evil, failure, bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot, frowns of fortune, evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius|, vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes, hard case, hard lines, hard life, sea of troubles, peck of troubles, hell upon earth, slough of despond,
trouble,
hardship,
curse,
blight, blast, load, pressure, pressure of the times, iron age, evil day, time out of joint, hard times, bad times, sad times, rainy day, cloud, dark cloud, gathering clouds, ill wind,
visitation,
infliction,
affliction, bitter pill, care, trial, the sport of fortune,
mishap, mischance,
misadventure, misfortune,
disaster,
calamity,
catastrophe, accident,
casualty, cross, reverse, check,
contretemps,
rub,
backset,
comedown,
setback, losing game, falling, fall,
downfall,
ruination,
ruinousness, undoing, extremity, ruin
V. be ill off, go hard with, fall on evil, fall on evil days, go on ill, not prosper, go downhill, go to rack and ruin, go to the dogs, fall, fall from one's high estate, decay, sink, decline, go down in the world, have seen better days, bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave, come to grief, be all over, be up with, bring a wasp's nest about one's ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
Adj. unfortunate,
unblest, unhappy,
unlucky, improsperous, unprosperous, hoodooed,
luckless,
hapless, out of luck, in trouble, in a bad way, in an evil plight, under a cloud, clouded, ill off, badly off, in adverse circumstances, poor,
behindhand, down in the world, decayed, undone, on the road to ruin, on its last legs, on the wane, in one's utmost need,
planet-struck, devoted, born under an evil star, born with a wooden ladle in one's mouth, ill-fated,
ill-starred,
ill-omened,
adverse, untoward, disastrous,
calamitous,
ruinous,
dire,
deplorable Pain Roget’s Thesaurus §828 N. mental suffering, pain,
dolor, suffering,
sufferance,
ache,
smart, passion, displeasure, dissatisfaction, discomfort,
discomposure, disquiet,
malaise,
inquietude,
uneasiness, vexation of spirit, taking, discontent,
dejection,
weariness, anhedonia,
annoyance,
irritation,
worry,
infliction,
visitation, plague, bore, bother,
botheration,
stew,
vexation,
mortification,
chagrin, esclandre, mauvais quart d'heur, care,
anxiety,
solicitude,
trouble, trial,
ordeal, fiery ordeal,
shock, blow,
cark,
dole,
fret, burden, load,
concern, grief, sorrow, distress,
affliction,
woe, bitterness,
heartache, carking cares, heavy heart, aching heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, heavy affliction, gnawing grief, unhappiness,
infelicity, misery,
tribulation,
wretchedness,
desolation,
despair, extremity,
prostration, depth of misery,
nightmare,
ephialtes,
incubus,
pang,
anguish,
agony,
torture,
torment,
purgatory, hell upon earth, iron age, reign of terror, slough of despond, peck of troubles, "ills that flesh is heir to", miseries of human life, "unkindest cut of all", sufferer,
victim, prey,
martyr, object of compassion,
wretch, shorn lamb
V. feel pain, suffer pain, experience pain, undergo pain, bear pain, endure pain,
smart,
ache, suffer,
bleed,
ail, be the victim of, labor under afflictions, bear the cross, quaff the bitter cup, have a bad time of it, fall on evil days, go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, "sup full of horrors", sit on thorns, be on pins and needles,
wince,
fret,
chafe, worry oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume, take on, take to heart,
cark,
grieve,
mourn,
yearn, repine, pine,
droop,
languish, sink, give way,
despair, break one's heart, weigh upon the heart
Adj. in pain, in a state of pain, full of pain, suffering, pained,
afflicted,
worried, displeased,
aching,
griped,
sore, on the rack, in limbo, between hawk and buzzard, uncomfortable, uneasy, ill at ease, in a taking, in a way, disturbed, discontented, out of humor,
weary, heavy laden,
stricken,
crushed, a prey to,
victimized,
ill-used, unfortunate, to be pitied,
doomed, devoted,
accursed, undone, lost,
stranded,
fey, unhappy,
infelicitous, poor,
wretched,
miserable,
woe-begone,
cheerless,
careworn, concerned,
sorry, sorrowing, sorrowful, cut up,
chagrined,
horrified, horror-stricken, in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief, in tears, steeped to the lips in misery, heart-stricken,
heart-broken, heart-scalded,
broken-hearted, in despair
Phr. "the iron entered into our soul", haeret lateri lethalis arundo, one's heart bleeding, "down, thou climbing sorrow", "mirth cannot move a soul in agony", nessun maggior dolere che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria, "sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things", "the niobe of nations"
N. painfulness,
trouble, care, trial,
affliction,
infliction, blow, stroke, burden, load,
curse, bitter pill, bitter draught, waters of bitterness,
annoyance,
grievance,
nuisance,
vexation,
mortification, sickener, bore, bother,
pother, hot water, "sea of troubles", hornet's nest, plague,
pest,
cancer,
ulcer,
sting,
thorn,
canker,
scorpion,
dagger,
scourge, carking care, canker worm of care,
mishap, misfortune, desagrement, esclandre,
rub, source of irritation, source of annoyance, wound, open sore, sore subject, skeleton in the closet, thorn in the flesh, thorn in one's side, where the shoe pinches, gall and wormwood, sorry sight, heavy news,
provocation,
affront, "head and front of one's offending",
infestation,
molestation,
malignity V. cause pain, occasion pain, give pain, bring pain, induce pain, produce pain, create pain, inflict pain, pain,
hurt, wound,
pinch,
prick,
gripe,
pierce, lancinate, cut, hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings, wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart, make the heart bleed, tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings, draw tears from the eyes,
sadden, make unhappy, plunge into sorrow,
grieve,
fash,
afflict, distress, cut up, cut to the heart, displease,
annoy,
incommode,
discompose,
trouble, disquiet,
faze,
feaze, feeze (u .s.),
disturb, cross,
perplex,
molest,
tease,
tire,
irk,
vex,
mortify, wherret|,
worry, plague, bother,
pester, bore,
pother,
harass,
harry,
badger,
heckle,
bait,
beset,
infest,
persecute,
importune,
wring,
harrow,
torment,
torture,
bullyrag, put to the rack, put to the question, break on the wheel,
rack,
scarify,
cruciate,
crucify,
convulse,
agonize, barb the dart, plant a dagger in the breast, plant a thorn in one's side,
irritate,
provoke,
sting,
nettle, try the patience,
pique,
fret,
rile, tweak the nose,
chafe, gall, sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick,
aggrieve,
affront,
enchafe,
enrage,
ruffle, sour the temper, give offense,
maltreat,
bite, snap at,
assail,
smite,
sicken,
disgust, revolt,
nauseate,
disenchant,
repel,
offend,
shock, stink in the nostrils, go against the stomach, turn the stomach, make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear, stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard,
rankle,
gnaw,
corrode,
horrify, appal,
appall, freeze the blood, make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end, make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold, make one shudder, haunt the memory, weigh on the heart, prey on the heart, weigh on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, prey on the spirits, bring one's gray hairs with sorrow to the grave, add a nail to one's coffin
Adj. causing pain,
hurting,
hurtful, painful,
dolorific,
dolorous, unpleasant, unpleasing, displeasing, disagreeable,
unpalatable, bitter, distasteful, uninviting,
unwelcome, undesirable, undesired,
obnoxious, unacceptable, unpopular,
thankless, unsatisfactory, untoward,
unlucky, uncomfortable, distressing,
afflicting,
afflictive, joyless,
cheerless, comfortless,
dismal,
disheartening,
depressing,
depressive,
dreary,
melancholy,
grievous,
piteous,
woeful,
rueful,
mournful,
deplorable,
pitiable,
lamentable,
sad, affecting, touching,
pathetic,
irritating,
provoking,
stinging,
annoying,
aggravating,
mortifying, galling,
unaccommodating,
invidious,
vexatious,
troublesome,
tiresome,
irksome,
wearisome, plaguing,
plaguy,
awkward,
importunate,
teasing,
pestering,
bothering,
harassing,
worrying,
tormenting,
carking,
intolerable, insufferable, insupportable, unbearable, unendurable, past bearing, not to be borne, not to be endured, more than flesh and blood can bear, enough to drive one mad, enough to provoke a saint, enough to make a parson swear, enough to gag a maggot,
shocking,
terrific,
grim,
appalling,
crushing,
dreadful, fearful,
frightful,
thrilling,
tremendous,
dire,
heart-breaking,
heart-rending,
heart-wounding,
heart-corroding, heart-sickening,
harrowing,
rending,
odious,
hateful,
execrable,
repulsive,
repellent,
abhorrent,
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
horrifying, offensive,
nauseous,
nauseating,
disgusting,
sickening, revolting,
nasty,
loathsome,
loathful,
fulsome,
vile,
hideous, sharp, acute,
sore, severe, grave, hard, harsh, cruel,
biting,
caustic, cutting,
corroding,
consuming,
racking,
excruciating, searching,
grinding,
grating,
agonizing,
envenomed,
catheretic,
pyrotic,
ruinous, disastrous,
calamitous,
tragical,
desolating,
withering,
burdensome,
onerous,
oppressive,
cumbrous,
cumbersome Adv. painfully, with pain,
deuced Int. hinc illae lachrymae, phr, surgit amari aliquid, the place being too hot to hold one, the iron entering into the soul, "he jests at scars that never felt a wound", "i must be cruel only to be kind", "what deep wounds ever closed without a scar?"
