N. decrease, diminution,
lessening,
subtraction, reduction,
abatement,
declension,
shrinking, coarctation|,
abridgment,
extenuation,
subsidence,
wane,
ebb, decline,
ebbing, descent, decrement,
reflux,
depreciation,
deterioration,
anticlimax,
mitigation V. decrease, diminish,
lessen,
abridge,
shrink, drop off, fall off, tail off, fall away, waste, wear,
wane,
ebb, decline, descend,
subside, melt away, die away, retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low,
languish, decay,
crumble,
bate,
abate, dequantitate|, discount,
depreciate,
extenuate, lower,
weaken,
attenuate, fritter away,
mitigate,
dwarf, throw into the shade, reduce,
shorten,
subtract Adj. unincreased &c. (see increase ), decreased, decreasing, on the wane
Phr. "a gilded halo hovering round decay", "fine by degrees and beautifully less", 3, conjunctive quantity
N. contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size,
defalcation, decrement,
lessening,
shrinking,
compaction,
tabes,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction, consumption,
marasmus,
atrophy,
systole, neck,
hourglass,
condensation, compression, compactness,
compendium,
squeezing,
strangulation,
corrugation,
astringency, astringents, sclerotics,
contractility,
compressibility,
coarctation, inferiority in size
V. become small, become smaller,
lessen, decrease, grow less,
dwindle,
shrink, contract, narrow,
shrivel,
collapse, wither, lose flesh,
wizen, fall away, waste,
wane,
ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller,
lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow,
coarctate, boil down,
constrict,
constringe,
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush, crumple up,
warp, purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow,
pinch,
tighten,
strangle,
cramp,
dwarf,
bedwarf,
shorten,
circumscribe, restrain,
abrade,
pare, reduce,
attenuate, rub down,
scrape,
file, file down,
grind, grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear, wear down
Adj. contracting,
astringent,
shrunk, contracted,
strangulated,
tabid,
wizened,
stunted,
waning,
neap, compact, unexpanded &c. (expand ),
contractile,
compressible, smaller &c. (small )
N. regress,
regression,
retrocession,
retrogression, retrograduation,
retroaction, reculade, retreat,
withdrawal, retirement,
remigration,
recession,
recess, crab-like motion,
refluence,
reflux,
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb, return, resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil) 277, flip-flop, volte- face, counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march,
veering,
tergiversation, recidivation|,
backsliding, fall,
deterioration, recidivism, recidivity,
reversal,
relapse, turning point
V. recede,
regrade, return,
revert, retreat, retire,
retrograde,
retrocede, back out, back down,
balk, crawfish*, crawl*, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern,
backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel,
countermarch,
ebb,
regurgitate,
jib,
shrink,
shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home
Adj. receding,
retrograde,
retrogressive,
regressive,
refluent,
reflex,
recidivous,
resilient, crab-like,
balky,
reactionary Adv. back, backwards,
reflexively, to the right about, a reculons, a rebours
Phr. revenons a nos moutons, as you were
V. recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw,
shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove,
shunt, distance
Phr. distance oneself from a person
N. unwillingness, indisposition, indisposedness, disinclination,
aversation,
nolleity,
nolition,
renitence,
renitency,
reluctance, indifference, backwardness, slowness, want of alacrity, want of readiness,
indocility,
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity, qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience, delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil,
hesitation,
fastidiousness,
averseness, dissent,
refusal V. be unwilling,
nill, dislike,
grudge,
begrudge, not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to,
demur, stick at,
scruple,
stickle, hang fire, run rusty,
recoil,
shrink,
swerve,
hesitate, avoid,
oppose, dissent, refuse
Adj. unwilling, not in the vein,
loth,
loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed,
averse,
reluctant, not content,
adverse,
laggard, backward, remiss,
slack, slow to, indifferent,
scrupulous,
squeamish,
repugnant, restiff|, restive,
demurring, unconsenting, involuntary
Adv. unwillingly,
grudgingly, with a heavy heart, with a bad, with an ill grace, against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain, invita minerva, a contre caeur, malgre soi, in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself, nolens volens,
perforce, under protest, no, not for the world, far be it from me
N. sensibility, sensibleness, sensitiveness, moral sensibility,
impressibility,
affectibility,
susceptibleness,
susceptibility,
susceptivity,
mobility,
vivacity,
vivaciousness, tenderness, softness,
sentimental,
sentimentality,
sentimentalism,
excitability,
fastidiousness, physical sensibility, sore point, sore place, where the shoe pinches
V. be sensible, have a tender heart, have a warm heart, have a sensitive heart, take to heart, treasure up in the heart, shrink, "die of a rose in aromatic pain", touch to the quick, touch on the raw, touch a raw nerve
Adj. sensible, sensitive, impressible, impressionable,
susceptive,
susceptible, alive to, impassionable,
gushing, warm hearted, tender hearted, soft hearted, tender as a chicken, soft,
sentimental, romantic,
enthusiastic,
highflying, spirited,
mettlesome,
vivacious, lively, expressive,
mobile, tremblingly alive, excitable, oversensitive, without skin,
thin-skinned,
fastidious Adv. sensibly, to the quick, to the inmost core
Phr. mens aequa in arduis, pour salt in the wound
Fear Roget’s Thesaurus §860 N. fear,
timidity,
diffidence, want of confidence,
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness,
solicitude,
anxiety, care,
apprehension, misgiving,
feeze, mistrust, suspicion,
qualm,
hesitation, nervousness,
restlessness,
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern, batophobia,
heartquake,
flutter,
trepidation, fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling, throbbing heart,
palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat, abject fear, mortal funk, heartsinking,
despondency,
despair,
fright,
affright,
affrightment, boof alarm,
dread,
awe, terror,
horror, dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede,
intimidation,
terrorism, reign of terror, bug bear,
bugaboo,
scarecrow,
hobgoblin,
nightmare,
gorgon,
mormo,
ogre, hurlothrumbo, raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire, enfant terrible,
alarmist V. fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms,
apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust,
hesitate,
falter,
funk, cower,
crouch,
skulk, "let 'i dare not' wait upon 'i would'", take fright, take alarm, start,
wince,
flinch,
shy,
shrink, fly,
tremble,
shake,
shiver, shiver in one's shoes,
shudder,
flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over,
quake,
quaver,
quiver,
quail, grow pale, turn pale,
blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise aprehensions, be in a daze,
bulldoze,
faze,
feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm,
alarm,
startle,
scare, cry "wolf," disquiet, dismay,
fright,
frighten,
terrify,
astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses,
awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul,
appall, unman,
petrify,
horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble &c. haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear,
terrorize,
intimidate, cow,
daunt,
overawe,
abash,
deter, discourage,
browbeat,
bully,
threaten Adj. fearing,
frightened, in fear, in a fright, haunted with the fear of,
afeard, afraid, fearful,
timid,
timorous, nervous,
diffident,
coy, faint- hearted,
tremulous,
shaky, afraid of one's shadow,
apprehensive, restless,
fidgety, more frightened than hurt,
aghast,
awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic- stricken,
awestruck,
awe-stricken,
horror-struck, frightened to death, white as a sheet, pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes, breathless, in hysterics, inspiring fear,
alarming, formidable, redoubtable,
perilous,
portentous, fearful,
dread,
dreadful, fell,
dire,
direful,
shocking, terrible,
terrific,
tremendous,
horrid,
horrible,
horrific,
ghastly,
awful,
awe-inspiring, revolting,
gorgonian Adv. in terrorem
Phr. ante tubam trepidat, horresco referens, one's heart failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit, "a dagger of the mind", expertus metuit, "fain would i climb but that i fear to fall", "fear is the parent of cruelty", "gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire", omnia tuta timens, "our fears do make us traitors"
Int. "angels and ministers of grace defend us!"
