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. inattention, inconsideration,
inconsiderateness, oversight,
inadvertence,
inadvertency,
nonobservance, disregard,
supineness, etourderie, want of thought,
heedlessness,
insouciance,
abstraction, absence of mind, absorption of mind, preoccupation, distraction,
reverie, brown study, deep musing, fit of abstraction
V. be inattentive, overlook, disregard, pass by not observe, think little of, close one's eyes to, shut one's eyes to, pay no attention to, dismiss from one's thoughts, discard from one's thoughts, discharge from one's thoughts, dismiss from one's mind, discard from one's mind, discharge from one's mind, drop the subject, think no more of, set aside, turn aside, put aside, turn away from, turn one's attention from, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon, abstract oneself, dream, indulge in reverie, escape notice, escape attention, come in at one ear and go out at the other,
forget, call off the attention, draw off the attention, call away the attention, divert the attention, distract the mind, put out of one's head,
disconcert,
discompose, put out,
confuse,
perplex,
bewilder,
moider,
fluster,
muddle,
dazzle, throw a sop to cerberus
Adj. inattentive,
unobservant, unmindful,
heedless, unthinking,
unheeding,
undiscerning,
inadvertent, mindless, regardless, respectless, listless, blind,
deaf, bird- witted, hand over head,
cursory,
percursory,
giddy-brained, scatter- brained, hare-brained, unreflective, unreflecting, ecervele,
offhand,
dizzy,
muzzy,
brainsick,
giddy, giddy as a goose, wild,
harum-scarum,
rantipole,
highflying,
heedless, careless,
inconsiderate, thoughtless, absent, abstracted,
distrait, absentminded, lost, lost in thought, wrapped in thought,
rapt, in the clouds,
bemused, dreaming on other things, musing on other things, preoccupied,
engrossed, daydreaming, in a reverie, off one's guard,
napping,
dreamy, caught napping,
disconcerted, distracted, put out
Int. stand at ease, stand easy, phr, the attention wanders, one's wits gone a woolgathering, one's wits gone a bird's nesting, it never entered into one's head, the mind running on other things, one's thoughts being elsewhere, had it been a bear it would have bitten you, 129
N. prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage,
embolus,
embolism, infarct,
interruption,
interception, interclusion|,
hindrance, impedition|,
retardment,
retardation,
embarrassment, oppilation|,
coarctation,
stricture,
restriction, restraint,
inhibition,
blockade, interference,
interposition,
obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance,
impediment, let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag, check,
hitch,
contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar,
stile, barrier,
turnstile,
turnpike, gate,
portcullis, beaver dam, trocha,
barricade, wall, dead wall,
sea wall, levee breakwater,
groyne,
bulkhead, block,
buffer,
stopper,
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock,
drawback, objection,
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone, lion in the path,
snag, snags and sawyers,
encumbrance,
incumbrance,
clog,
skid,
shoe, spoke,
drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive,
prophylactic, load, burden,
fardel,
onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight,
lumber,
pack,
nightmare,
ephialtes,
incubus, old man of the sea,
remora, difficulty,
insuperable,
obstacle,
estoppel, ill wind, head wind,
trammel,
tether, hold back,
counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer,
marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher,
interloper, trail of a red herring,
opponent V. hinder,
impede,
filibuster,
impedite,
embarrass, keep off, stave off, ward off,
obviate,
avert, antevert|, turn aside, draw off, prevent,
forefend, nip in the bud,
retard,
slacken, check, let,
counteract,
countercheck,
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop,
inhibit,
shackle, restrict,
obstruct, stop, stay, bar,
bolt,
lock, block, block up, choke off,
belay,
barricade, block the way, bar the way, stop the way,
forelay, dam up, put on the brake, scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel, put a stop to,
traverse,
contravene,
interrupt,
intercept,
oppose, hedge in, hedge round, cut off, inerclude|,
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle,
cramp,
hamper,
clog, clog the wheels,
cumber,
encumber,
incumber,
handicap,
choke, saddle with, load with, overload, lay,
lumber,
trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience,
incommode,
discommode,
discompose,
hustle, corner, drive into a corner, run foul of, fall foul of, cross the path of, break in upon,
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil,
faze,
feaze,
feeze,
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent, defeat, spike guns,
spoil,
mar, clip the wings of,
cripple, put an extinguisher on, damp,
dishearten, discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport, lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine, be in the way of, stand in the way of, act as a drag, hang like a millstone round one's neck
Adj. hindering,
obstructive,
obstruent,
impeditive, impedient, intercipient|,
prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable,
onerous,
burdensome,
cumbrous,
cumbersome,
obtrusive, hindered,
windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c. (see assist ),
single-handed, alone, deserted
Phr. occurrent nubes
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?"
N. disrepute, discredit, ill repute, bad repute, bad name, bad odor, bad favor, ill name, ill odor, ill favor,
disapprobation, ingloriousness,
derogation,
abasement,
debasement,
abjectness,
degradation,
dedecoration, a long farewell to all my greatness,
odium,
obloquy,
opprobrium,
ignominy, dishonor, disgrace, shame,
humiliation,
scandal, baseness,
vileness,
turpitude,
infamy,
tarnish,
taint,
defilement,
pollution,
stain,
blot, spot,
blur,
stigma,
brand, reproach,
imputation,
slur, crying shame, burning shame,
scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon, bend sinister, bar sinister, champain, point champain, byword of reproach, ichabod, argumentum ad verecundiam, sense of shame
V. be inglorious, incur disgrace, have a bad name, earn a bad name, put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck, disgrace oneself, expose oneself, play second fiddle, lose caste, pale one's ineffectual fire, recede into the shade, fall from one's high estate, keep in the background, be conscious of disgrace, look blue, look foolish, look like a fool, cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, make a sorry face, go away with a flea in, one's ear, slink away, cause shame, shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor, throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon, be a reproach, to, derogate from,
tarnish,
stain, blot sully,
taint, discredit,
degrade,
debase,
defile,
beggar,
expel, impute shame to,
brand, post,
stigmatize,
vilify,
defame,
slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to coventry, tread under foot, trample under foot, show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon,
reprehend, bring low, put down,
snub, take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two, obscure,
eclipse,
outshine, take the shine out of, throw into the shade, cast into the shade, overshadow, leave in the background, put in the background, push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint, put out, put out of countenance,
upset, throw off one's center,
discompose,
disconcert, put to the blush
Adj. disgraced, blown upon, "shorn of its beams", shorn of one's glory, overcome,
downtrodden, loaded with shame, in bad repute, out of repute, out of favor, out of fashion, out of countenance, at a discount, under a cloud, under an eclipse, unable to show one's face, in the shade, in the background, out at elbows, down at the elbows, down in the world, inglorious, nameless,
renownless, obscure, unknown to fame, unnoticed, unnoted, unhonored,
unglorified, shameful, disgraceful, discreditable,
disreputable,
despicable, questionable, unbecoming, unworthy,
derogatory,
degrading,
humiliating, infra dignitatem,
dedecorous,
scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable,
ribald,
opprobrious,
errant,
shocking,
outrageous,
notorious,
ignominious,
scrubby,
dirty,
abject,
vile,
beggarly,
pitiful, low, mean, shabby base
Adv. to one's shame be it spoken
Int. fie, shame, for shame, proh pudor, o tempora, o mores, ough, sic transit gloria mundi
N. resentment, displeasure,
animosity, anger, wrath,
indignation,
exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation,
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence, bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen, gall,
heart-burning, heart- swelling,
rankling, ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper,
irascibility, ill blood,
revenge, excitement,
irritation,
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition, towering passion,
acharnement, angry mood, taking,
pet,
tiff, passion, fit, tantrums,
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm, storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation, violence, fire and fury, vials of wrath, gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words,
scowl,
sulks,
affront,
provocation,
offense, indignity,
grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli, ill turn,
outrage,
furies,
eumenides,
buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles
V. resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath,
pout, knit the brow,
frown,
scowl, lower,
snarl,
growl,
gnarl,
gnash,
snap,
redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit,
chafe,
mantle,
fume,
kindle, fly out, take fire,
boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage,
rage, storm,
foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger,
affront,
offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings,
insult,
discompose,
fret,
ruffle,
nettle,
huff,
pique, excite,
irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile,
sting, sting to the quick,
rile,
provoke,
chafe, wound, incense, inflame,
enrage,
aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach,
envenom,
embitter,
exasperate,
infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle &e, 919, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment,
madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
Adj. angry, wrath,
irate,
ireful, wrathful, cross,
achillean,
sulky,
&c. 901a, bitter,
virulent, acrimonious &c. (discourteous), violent, warm, burning, boiling, boiling over,
fuming,
raging,
foaming, foaming at the mouth, convulsed with rage,
offended,
waxy, acharne, wrought, worked up,
indignant,
hurt,
sore, set against, fierce, wild,
rageful,
furious, mad with rage,
fiery,
infuriate,
rabid, savage, relentless, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way, on one's high ropes, up in arms, in high dudgeon
Adv. angrily, in the height of passion, in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment
Int. tantaene animis coelestibus irae, marry come up,
zounds,
'sdeath, phr, one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up, fervens difficili bile jecur, the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire, the blood rising, the blood boiling, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, "beware the fury of a patient man", furor arma ministrat, ira furor brevis est, quem jupiter vult perdere dementat prius, "what, drunk with choler?"