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. feeling, suffering,
endurance,
tolerance,
sufferance,
supportance, experience,
response, sympathy, impression, inspiration, affection, sensation,
emotion,
pathos, deep sense,
warmth,
glow,
unction,
gusto,
vehemence,
fervor,
fervency,
heartiness,
cordiality, earnestness, eagerness, empressement,
gush,
ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm,
verve,
furore,
fanaticism, excitation of feeling, fullness of the heart, passion,
ecstasy,
blush,
suffusion,
flush,
hectic,
tingling,
thrill, turn,
shock, agitation,
quiver,
heaving,
flutter,
flurry,
fluster,
twitter,
tremor,
throb,
throbbing,
pulsation,
palpitation,
panting,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle, hurry of spirits,
pother,
stew,
ferment, state of excitement
V. feel, receive an impression, be impressed with, entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling,
respond, catch the flame, catch the infection, enter the spirit of, bear, suffer, support,
sustain,
endure,
thole,
aby,
abide, experience, taste, prove, labor under, smart under, bear the brunt of,
brave, stand, swell,
glow, warm,
flush,
blush, change color,
mantle, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face,
tingle,
thrill,
heave,
pant,
throb,
palpitate, go pitapat,
tremble,
quiver,
flutter,
twitter,
shake, be agitated, be excited, look blue, look black,
wince, draw a deep breath, impress
Adj. feeling,
sentient,
sensuous,
sensorial,
sensory,
emotive,
emotional, of feeling, with feeling, warm, quick, lively,
smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting,
piercing,
incisive, keen, keen as a razor,
trenchant,
pungent,
racy,
piquant,
poignant,
caustic, impressive, deep, profound, indelible, deep felt, home felt,
heartfelt, swelling, soul-stirring,
deep-mouthed,
heart-expanding, electric,
thrilling,
rapturous,
ecstatic, earnest,
wistful, eager, breathless,
fervent,
fervid,
gushing,
passionate,
warm-hearted,
hearty,
cordial,
sincere,
zealous,
enthusiastic,
glowing, ardent, burning,
red-hot,
fiery, flaming, boiling over,
pervading,
penetrating,
absorbing,
rabid,
raving,
feverish,
fanatical,
hysterical,
impetuous, impressed with, moved with, touched with, affected with, penetrated with, seized with, imbued with, devoured by, wrought up, struck all of a heap,
rapt, in a quiver,
enraptured Adv. heart and soul, from the bottom of one's heart, ab imo pectore, at heart, con amore,
heartily,
devoutly, over head and ears, head over heels
Phr. the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking, the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy) 897
N. excitability,
impetuosity,
vehemence,
boisterousness,
turbulence,
impatience,
intolerance, nonendurance,
irritability,
itching,
wincing, disquiet,
disquietude,
restlessness, fidgets,
fidgetiness, agitation,
trepidation,
perturbation,
ruffle,
hurry,
fuss,
flurry,
fluster,
flutter,
pother,
stew,
ferment,
whirl, buck fever,
hurry-skurry,
thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement,
flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame,
fume, blood boiling,
tumult,
effervescence,
ebullition, boiling over,
whiff,
gust, story,
tempest, scene, breaking out,
burst, fit,
paroxysm,
explosion, outbreak,
outburst,
agony, violence, fierceness,
rage,
fury, furor,
furore,
desperation, madness, distraction,
raving,
delirium,
phrensy,
frenzy,
hysterics,
intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger,
fascination,
infatuation,
fanaticism,
quixotism,
quixotry, tete montee
V. be impatient, not be able to bear, bear ill,
wince,
chafe, champ a bit, be in a stew, be out of all patience,
fidget,
fuss, not have a wink of sleep, toss on one's pillow, lose one's temper, break out, burst out, fly out, go off, fly off, fly off at a tangent, fly off the handle, lose one's cool,
explode, flare up, flame up, fire up, burst into a flame, take fire, fire, burn,
boil, boil over,
foam,
fume,
rage,
rave,
rant,
tear, go wild, run wild, run mad, go into hysterics, run riot, run amuck, battre la campagne, faire le diable a quatre, play the deuce
Adj. excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state,
high-strung,
irritable, impatient,
intolerant,
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical,
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed, unquiet,
mercurial, electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried, restless,
fidgety,
fussy,
chafing,
startlish,
mettlesome,
high-mettled,
skittish,
vehement,
demonstrative, violent, wild,
furious, fierce,
fiery, hot- headed,
madcap,
overzealous,
enthusiastic, impassioned,
fanatical,
rabid,
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary,
boisterous, impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate,
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable,
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless,
inextinguishable, burning,
simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting
Int. pish,
pshaw, phr, noli me tangere, "filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd", maggiore fretta minore atto