N. narrowness, closeness,
exility, exiguity 7c, (little) 193, line, hair's breadth, finger's breadth, strip,
streak, vein, monolayer, epitaxial deposition, thinness,
tenuity,
emaciation,
macilency, marcor|,
shaving, slip, thread paper, skeleton, shadow, anatomy,
spindleshanks, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone, middle constriction,
stricture, neck,
waist,
isthmus,
wasp,
hourglass, ridge,
ghaut,
ghat, pass,
ravine, narrowing,
coarctation,
angustation,
tapering, contraction
V. be narrow, narrow,
taper, contract, render narrow, waste away
Adj. narrow, close, slender, thin, fine, thread-like,
finespun,
gossamer, paper-thin,
taper,
slim, slight-made,
scant, scanty,
spare,
delicate,
incapacious, contracted, unexpanded &c. (expand ), slender as a thread,
emaciated,
lean,
meager,
gaunt,
macilent,
lank,
lanky,
weedy,
skinny, scrawny slinky,
starved,
starveling, herring gutted, worn to a shadow, lean as a rake, thin as a lath, thin as a whipping post, thin as a wafer, hatchet-faced,
lantern-jawed,
attenuated,
shriveled,
extenuated,
tabid, marcid|,
barebone,
rawboned, monomolecular
N. structure (form) 240, organization, # anatomy, frame,
mold,
fabric, construction,
framework,
carcass, architecture,
stratification,
cleavage, substance, stuff,
compages,
parenchyma, constitution, staple, organism,
organography,
osteology,
myology,
splanchnology,
neurology,
angiography, adeology,
angiography,
adenography, texture, surface texture,
intertexture,
contexture, tissue, grain, web, surface, warp and woof, warp and weft, tooth,
nap, flatness (smoothness) 255, fineness of grain, coarseness of grain,
dry goods, silk,
satin,
muslin,
burlap,
histology Adj. structural, organic,
anatomic, anatomical,
textural,
textile, fine grained, coarse grained, fine,
delicate,
subtile,
gossamery,
filmy,
silky,
satiny, coarse,
homespun, rough,
gritty, smooth, smooth as silk, smooth as satin
N. savoriness, good taste, # deliciousness, delectability,
relish,
zest,
appetizer,
tidbit,
titbit,
dainty, delicacy, tasty morsel,
appetizer, hors d'ouvres,
ambrosia,
nectar, bonne-bouche, game,
turtle,
venison, delicatessen
V. be savory, tickle the palate, tickle the appetite, flatter the palate, render palatable,
relish, like, smack the lips
Adj. savory,
delicious,
tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good,
palatable, nice,
dainty,
delectable, toothful,
toothsome,
gustful,
appetizing,
lickerish,
delicate,
exquisite, rich,
luscious,
ambrosial,
scrumptious, delightful
Adv. per amusare la bocca phr, cela se laisse manger
Color Roget’s Thesaurus §428 N. color,
hue,
tint,
tinge, dye,
complexion, shade,
tincture, cast,
livery,
coloration,
glow,
flush, tone, key, pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive complementary color, three primaries, spectrum, chromatic dispersion, broken color, secondary color, tertiary color, local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective,
chromatics, spectrum analysis,
spectroscopy,
chromatism, chromatography||,
chromatology, prism,
spectroscope, spectrograph,
spectrometer, colorimeter (optical instruments) 445, pigment, coloring matter,
paint, dye, wash, distemper,
stain, medium,
mordant, oil paint &c. painting 556
V. color, dye,
tinge,
stain,
tint,
tinct,
paint, wash, ingrain, grain,
illuminate,
emblazon,
bedizen,
imbue,
paint Adj. colored,
colorific,
tingent,
tinctorial,
chromatic, prismatic, full-colored,
high-colored, deep-colored, doubly- dyed,
polychromatic,
chromatogenous, tingible, bright, vivid, intense, deep, fresh,
unfaded, rich,
gorgeous, gay,
gaudy,
florid, gay,
garish, rainbow-colored, multihued,
showy,
flaunting,
flashy, raw, crude,
glaring,
flaring,
discordant,
inharmonious,
mellow,
pastel,
harmonious,
pearly, sweet,
delicate, tender, refined
Truth Roget’s Thesaurus §494 N. fact, reality, plain fact, plain matter of fact, nature, truth,
verity, gospel, gospel truth, god's honest truth,
orthodoxy,
authenticity,
veracity, correctness, correctitude, accuracy,
exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, delicacy,
rigor, mathematical precision,
punctuality, clockwork precision, conformity to rule,
nicety,
orthology, ipsissima verba,
realism, plain truth, honest truth, sober truth, naked truth, unalloyed truth, unqualified truth, stern truth, exact truth, intrinsic truth, nuda veritas, the very thing, not an -illusion, real simon pure, unvarnished tale, unvarnished truth, the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, just the thing
V. be true, be the case, sand the test, have the true ring, hold good, hold true, hold water, render true, prove true,
substantiate, get at the truth
Adj. real, actual,
veritable, true, right, correct, certain, substantially true, categorically true, definitively true &c, true to the letter, true as gospel,
unimpeachable,
veracious, unreconfuted, unconfuted, unideal, unimagined,
realistic, exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so, strict, severe, close,
literal, rigid,
rigorous,
scrupulous, religiously exact,
punctual, mathematical, scientific, faithful, constant,
unerring, curious, particular, nice,
delicate, fine,
clean-cut,
clear-cut,
verified, empirically true, experimentally verified,
substantiated, proven (demonstrated) 478, rigorously true, unquestionably true, true by definition, genuine, authentic, legitimate, orthodox, official,
ex officio, pure, natural, sound, sterling,
unsophisticated,
unadulterated,
unvarnished,
unalloyed, uncolored, in its true colors, pukka,
well-grounded, well founded, solid, substantial,
tangible,
valid,
undistorted,
undisguised, unaffected, unexaggerated, unromantic,
unflattering Adv. truly,
verily, indeed, really, in reality, with truth, certainly, actually, in effect, exactly, ad amussim,
verbatim, verbatim et literatim, word for word, literally,
literatim, totidem vervis,
sic, to the letter, chapter and verse, ipsissimis verbis, ad unguem, to an inch, to a nicety, to a hair, to a tittle, to a turn, to a t, au pied de la lettre, neither more nor less, in every respect, in all respects, sous tous les rapports, at any rate, at all events, strictly speaking
Phr. the truth is, the fact is, rem acu tetigisti, en suivant la verite, ex facto jus oritur, la verita e figlia del empo, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, nihil est veritatis luce dulcius, veritas nunquam perit, veritatem dies aperit, "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth", "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts."
N. difficulty, hardness,
impracticability, tough work, hard work, uphill work, hard task, herculean task, augean task, task of sisyphus, sisyphean labor, tough job,
teaser,
rasper, dead lift,
dilemma,
embarrassment,
deadlock,
perplexity,
intricacy,
entanglement,
complexity, cross fire,
awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play,
knot, gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus, net, meshes,
maze,
coil, crooked path, involvement, nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point, vexed question, vexata quaestio,
poser,
puzzle,
paradox, hard nut to crack, nut to crack, bone to pick,
crux, pons asinorum, where the shoe pinches,
nonplus,
quandary, strait, pass,
pinch, pretty pass, stress,
brunt, critical situation,
crisis, trial,
rub,
emergency,
exigency,
scramble,
scrape,
hobble,
slough,
quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest, sea of troubles, peck of troubles, pretty kettle of fish,
pickle,
stew,
imbroglio,
mess,
ado, false position, set fast, stand,
standstill,
deadlock, dead set, fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac,
hitch, stumbling block,
crab,
curmudgeon V. be difficult, run one hard, go against the grain, try one's patience, put one out, put to one's shifts, put to one's wit's end, go hard with one, try one,
pose,
perplex, bother,
nonplus, gravel, bring to a deadlock, be impossible, be in the way of, meet with difficulties, labor under difficulties, get into difficulties, plunge into difficulties, struggle with difficulties, contend with difficulties, grapple with difficulties, labor under a disadvantage, be in difficulty, fish in troubled waters, buffet the waves, swim against the stream, scud under bare poles, have much ado with, have a hard time of it, come to the push, come to the pinch, bear the brunt, grope in the dark, lose one's way, weave a tangled web, walk among eggs, get into a scrape, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, be put to one's shifts,
flounder,
boggle, struggle, not know which way to turn, perdre son latin, stick at, stick in the mud, stick fast, come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock, hold the wolf by the ears, hold the tiger by the tail, render difficult,
enmesh,
encumber,
embarrass,
ravel,
entangle, put a spoke in the wheel, lead a pretty dance
Adj. difficult, not easy, hard,
tough,
troublesome,
toilsome,
irksome,
operose, laborious,
onerous,
arduous,
herculean, formidable, sooner said than done, more easily said than done, easier said than done, difficult to deal with, hard to deal with,
ill-conditioned,
crabbed,
crabby, not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water,
awkward,
unwieldy,
unmanageable, intractable,
stubborn,
perverse,
refractory,
plaguy, trying,
thorny,
rugged,
knotted,
knotty, invious|, pathless,
trackless,
labyrinthine,
intricate, complicated, impracticable, not feasible,
desperate,
embarrassing,
perplexing,
delicate,
ticklish, critical, beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties, under a difficulty, in a box, in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape, in deep water, in a fine pickle, in extremis, between two stools, between scylla and charybdis, surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands, at cross purposes, not out of the wood, reduced to straits, hard pressed, sorely pressed, run hard,
pinched, put to it,
straitened, hard up, hard put to it, hard set, put to one's shifts,
puzzled, at a loss,
&c (uncertain) 475, at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill, graveled,
nonplused,
nonplussed,
stranded,
aground, stuck fast, set fast, up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall, au bout de son latin, out of one's depth, thrown out, accomplished with difficulty,
hard-fought, hard-earned
Adv. with difficulty, with much ado, barely, hardly,
uphill, against the stream, against the grain, d rebours, invita minerva, in the teeth of, at a pinch, upon a pinch, at long odds, against long odds
Phr. "ay there's the rub", hic labor hoc opus, things are come to a pretty pass, ab inconvenienti, ad astra per aspera, acun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire
N. pleasurableness, pleasantness, agreeableness, pleasure giving,
jucundity, delectability,
amusement, attraction, attractiveness,
attractability,
invitingness,
harm,
fascination,
enchantment,
witchery,
seduction, winning ways,
amenity,
amiability,
winsomeness,
loveliness, sunny side, bright side, sweets, goodness, manna in the wilderness, land flowing with milk and honey,
bittersweet, fair weather, treat,
regale,
dainty,
titbit,
tidbit, nuts, sauce piquante
V. cause pleasure, produce pleasure, create pleasure, give pleasure, afford pleasure, procure pleasure, offer pleasure, present pleasure, yield pleasure, please, charm, delight,
becharm,
imparadise,
gladden, take,
captivate,
fascinate,
enchant, entrance,
enrapture, transport,
bewitch,
enravish,
bless,
beatify, satisfy,
gratify, desire,
&c. 865,
slake,
satiate,
quench,
indulge,
humor,
flatter,
tickle, tickle the palate,
regale, refresh,
enliven, treat,
amuse, take one's fancy, tickle one's fancy, hit one's fancy, meet one's wishes, win the heart, gladden the heart, rejoice the heart, warm the cockles of the heart, do one's heart good,
attract,
allure,
stimulate, interest, make things pleasant,
popularize, gild the pill, sugar-coat the pill,
sweeten Adj. causing pleasure, laetificant, pleasure-giving, pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable, agreeable,
grateful,
gratifying, leef|,
lief, acceptable,
welcome, welcome as the roses in may,
welcomed,
favorite, to one's taste, to one's mind, to one's liking, satisfactory, refreshing, comfortable,
cordial,
genial,
glad,
gladsome, sweet,
delectable, nice,
dainty,
delicate,
delicious,
dulcet,
luscious,
palatable,
luxurious,
voluptuous,
sensual, attractive,
inviting, prepossessing,
engaging,
winning,
winsome, taking,
fascinating,
captivating, killing,
seducing,
seductive,
heart-robbing,
alluring,
enticing,
appetizing,
cheering,
bewitching,
enchanting, entrancing,
enravishing, charming, delightful,
felicitous,
exquisite, lovely,
ravishing,
rapturous,
heartfelt,
thrilling,
ecstatic, beatic,
beatific,
seraphic,
empyrean,
elysian,
palmy,
halcyon,
saturnian Phr. decies repetita placebit, "charms strike the sight but merit wins the soul", "sweetness and light", beauty is only skin deep
N. beauty, the beautiful, τὸ καλόν, le beau ideal,
aesthetics, callaesthetics|,
pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty, symmetry,
comeliness, fairness, polish,
gloss, good effect, good looks, belle tournure,
trigness,
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence,
sublimity, sublimification|,
concinnity, delicacy, refinement, charm, je ne sais quoi, style, venus,
aphrodite,
hebe, the graces,
peri,
houri,
cupid, apollo,
hyperion,
adonis, antionous,
narcissus,
peacock,
butterfly, garden, flower of, pink of,
bijou,
jewel, work of art, flower, flow'ret gay, wildflower, rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup, crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip, tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium, lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower,
pleasurableness,
beautifying, landscaping, landscape gardening, decoration, calisthenics|, beauty,
hunk V. be beautiful,
shine, beam,
bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful,
beautify, polish,
burnish,
gild, set out, "snatch a grace beyond the reach of art"
Adj. beautiful,
beauteous, handsome,
gorgeous, pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing, attractive,
delicate,
dainty, refined, fair, personable, comely, seemly,
bonny, good- looking,
well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned, proper, shapely, symmetrical,
harmonious, sightly, fit to be seen, passable, not amiss, goodly,
dapper,
tight,
jimp,
gimp,
janty,
jaunty,
trig,
natty,
quaint,
trim,
tidy,
neat,
spruce,
smart,
tricksy, bright, bright eyed, rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked,
rosy,
ruddy,
blooming, in full bloom, brilliant,
shining,
beamy, beaming,
sparkling, splendid,
resplendent,
dazzling,
glowing,
glossy,
sleek, rich,
superb, magnificent, grand, fine,
sublime,
showy,
specious, artistic,
artistical,
aesthetic, picturesque,
pictorial, fait a peindre, well-composed, well grouped, well varied, curious,
enchanting, becoming, ornamental,
undeformed,
undefaced,
unspotted, spotless
Phr. auxilium non leve vultus habet, "beauty born of murmuring sound", "flowers preach to us if we will hear", gratior ac pulchro veniens in corpore virtus, "none but the brave deserve the fair", "thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty"
V. be fastidious, have a sweet tooth, mince the matter, turn up one's nose at, look a gift horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun
Adj. fastidious, nice,
delicate, delicat,
finical,
finicky, demanding,
meticulous, exacting, strict,
anal, difficult,
dainty,
lickerish,
squeamish,
thin-skinned,
squeasy,
queasy, hard to please, difficult to please,
querulous, particular, straitlaced,
scrupulous,
censorious,
hypercritical, overcritical
Phr. noli me tangere
