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English Synonyms and Antonyms Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the English Synonyms and Antonyms novel. A total of 196 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : English Synonyms and Antonyms.by James Champlin Fernald.PREFACE.The English language is
English Synonyms and Antonyms.by James Champlin Fernald.PREFACE.The English language is peculiarly rich in synonyms, as, with such a history, it could not fail to be. From the time of Julius Caesar, Britons, Romans, Northmen, Saxons, Danes, and Normans fi
- 1 English Synonyms and Antonyms.by James Champlin Fernald.PREFACE.The English language is peculiarly rich in synonyms, as, with such a history, it could not fail to be. From the time of Julius Caesar, Britons, Romans, Northmen, Saxons, Danes, and Normans fi
- 2 ABET.Synonyms: advocate, countenance, incite, sanction, aid, embolden, instigate, support, a.s.sist, encourage, promote, uphold._Abet_ and _instigate_ are now used almost without exception in a bad sense; one may _incite_ either to good or evil. One _inci
- 3 ABRIDGMENT.Synonyms: abbreviation, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, compendium, outline, synopsis.a.n.a.lysis, digest, An _abridgment_ gives the most important portions of a work substantially as they stand. An _outline_ or _synopsis_ is a kind of ske
- 4 ABSTRACT, _v._ Synonyms: appropriate, distract, purloin, steal, detach, divert, remove, take away, discriminate, eliminate, separate, withdraw.distinguish, The central idea of _withdrawing_ makes _abstract_ in common speech a euphemism for _appropriate_ (
- 5 Prepositions: An accessory _to_ the crime; _before_ or _after_ the fact; the accessories _of_ a figure _in_ a painting.ACCIDENT.Synonyms: adventure, contingency, happening, misfortune, calamity, disaster, hazard, mishap, casualty, fortuity, incident, poss
- 6 agile, energetic, officious, sprightly, alert, expeditious, prompt, spry, brisk, industrious, quick, supple, bustling, lively, ready, vigorous, busy, mobile, restless, wide awake.diligent, nimble, _Active_ refers to both quickness and constancy of action;
- 7 Address the memorial _to_ the legislature; the president addressed the people _in_ an eloquent speech; he addressed an intruder _with_ indignation.ADDRESS, _n._ Synonyms: adroitness, discretion, manners, readiness, courtesy, ingenuity, politeness, tact.de
- 8 ab.u.t.ting, bordering, contiguous, neighboring, adjoining, close, coterminous, next, attached, conterminous, near, nigh.beside, _Adjacent_ farms may not be connected; if _adjoining_, they meet at the boundary-line. _Conterminous_ would imply that their d
- 9 Prepositions: An agent _of_ the company _for_ selling, etc.AGREE.Synonyms: accede, admit, coincide, concur, accept, approve, combine, consent, accord, a.s.sent, comply, harmonize.acquiesce, _Agree_ is the most general term of this group, signifying to hav
- 10 affright, disquietude, fright, solicitude, apprehension, dread, misgiving, terror, consternation, fear, panic, timidity.dismay, _Alarm_, according to its derivation _all'arme_, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consis
- 11 ALIVE.Synonyms: active, breathing, live, quick, alert, brisk, lively, subsisting, animate, existent, living, vivacious.animated, existing, _Alive_ applies to all degrees of life, from that which shows one to be barely _existing_ or _existent_ as a living
- 12 _Alleviate_ is thus less than _relieve_; _relieve_, ordinarily, less than _remove_. We _alleviate_, _relieve_ or _remove_ the trouble; we _relieve_, not _alleviate_, the sufferer. _a.s.suage_ is, by derivation, to sweeten; _mitigate_, to make mild; _moder
- 13 Preposition: The pa.s.sage evidently alludes _to_ the Jewish Pa.s.sover.ALLURE.Synonyms: attract, captivate, decoy, entice, lure, tempt, cajole, coax, draw, inveigle, seduce, win.To _allure_ is to _draw_ as with a lure by some charm or some prospect of pl
- 14 An amateur _in_ art.AMAZEMENT.Synonyms: admiration, awe, confusion, surprise, astonishment, bewilderment, perplexity, wonder._Amazement_ and _astonishment_ both express the momentary overwhelming of the mind by that which is beyond expectation. _Astonishm
- 15 augment, dilate, expand, extend, unfold, develop, enlarge, expatiate, increase, widen._Amplify_ is now rarely used in the sense of _increase_, to add material substance, bulk, volume, or the like; it is now almost wholly applied to discourse or writing, s
- 16 ANSWER.Synonyms: rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, retort.A verbal _answer_ is a return of words to something that seems to call for them, and is made to a charge as well as to a question; an _answer_ may be even made to an unspoken implication or man
- 17 _Anxiety_ is, according to its derivation, a choking _disquiet_, akin to _anguish_; _anxiety_ is mental; _anguish_ may be mental or physical; _anguish_ is in regard to the known, _anxiety_ in regard to the unknown; _anguish_ is because of what has happene
- 18 Synonyms: have the appearance _or_ semblance, look, seem._Appear_ and _look_ refer to what manifests itself to the senses; to a semblance or probability presented directly to the mind. _Seem_ applies to what is manifest to the mind on reflection. It sudde
- 19 difference, distance, error, remoteness, unlikeness, variation.Prepositions: The approximation _of_ the vegetable _to_ the animal type.ARMS.Synonyms: accouterments, armor, harness, mail, weapons._Arms_ are implements of attack; _armor_ is a defensive cove
- 20 GOLDSMITH _Deserted Village_, l. 184.A _trick_ is often low, injurious, and malicious; we say a mean _trick_; the word is sometimes used playfully with less than its full meaning. A _ruse_ or a _blind_ may be quite innocent and harmless. An _artifice_ is
- 21 a.s.sURANCE.Synonyms: arrogance, boldness, impudence, self-confidence, a.s.sertion, confidence, presumption, self-reliance, a.s.sumption, effrontery, self-a.s.sertion, trust._a.s.surance_ may have the good sense of a high, sustained _confidence_ and _trus
- 22 Synonyms: accomplish, arrive at, gain, master, reach, achieve, compa.s.s, get, obtain, secure, acquire, earn, grasp, procure, win.A person may _obtain_ a situation by the intercession of friends, he _procures_ a dinner by paying for it. _Attain_ is a loft
- 23 _Authentic_ is, however, used by reputable writers as synonymous with _genuine_, tho usually where genuineness carries a certain authority. We speak of _accepted_ conclusions, _certain_ evidence, _current_ money, _genuine_ letters, a _legitimate_ conclusi
- 24 AWKWARD.Synonyms: boorish, clumsy, rough, unhandy, bungling, gawky, uncouth, unskilful.clownish, maladroit, ungainly, _Awkward_, from _awk_ (kindred with _off_, from the Norwegian), is _off-ward_, turned the wrong way; it was anciently used of a back-hand
- 25 Synonyms: atrocious, brutal, merciless, uncivilized, barbarian, cruel, rude, uncouth, barbaric, inhuman, savage, untamed.Whatever is not civilized is _barbarian_; _barbaric_ indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, _barbaric_ splendor, a _bar
- 26 Prepositions: Beautiful _to_ the eye; beautiful _in_ appearance, _in_ spirit; "beautiful _for_ situation," _Ps._ xlviii, 2; beautiful _of_ aspect, _of_ its kind.BECAUSE.Synonyms: as, for, inasmuch as, since._Because_, literally _by_-cause, is the most d
- 27 Synonyms: almsgiving, charity, kind-heartedness, munificence, beneficence, generosity, kindliness, philanthropy, benignity, good-will, kindness, sympathy, bounty, humanity, liberality, unselfishness.According to the etymology and original usage, _benefice
- 28 Synonyms: abrupt, brusk, impolite, rough, blunt, coa.r.s.e, inconsiderate, rude, bl.u.s.tering, discourteous, open, uncivil, bold, frank, plain-spoken, unmannerly._Bluff_ is a word of good meaning, as are _frank_ and _open_. The _bluff_ man talks and laug
- 29 Prepositions: Break _to_ pieces, or _in_ pieces, _into_ several pieces (when the object is thought of as divided rather than shattered); break _with_ a friend; _from_ or _away from_ a suppliant; break _into_ a house; _out of_ prison; break _across_ one's
- 30 Synonyms: account, consider, enumerate, rate, cast, count, estimate, reckon, compute, deem, number, sum up._Number_ is the generic term. To _count_ is to _number_ one by one. To _calculate_ is to use more complicated processes, as multiplication, division
- 31 Synonyms: chief city, metropolis, seat of government.The _metropolis_ is the chief city in the commercial, the _capital_ in the political sense. The _capital_ of an American State is rarely its _metropolis_.CARE.Synonyms: anxiety, concern, oversight, trou
- 32 CATASTROPHE.Synonyms: calamity, denouement, mischance, mishap, cataclysm, disaster, misfortune, sequel.A _cataclysm_ or _catastrophe_ is some great convulsion or momentous event that may or may not be a cause of misery to man. In _calamity_, or _disaster_
- 33 contemn, dishonor, forget, neglect, profane, despise, disregard, ignore, overlook, violate.Prepositions: We celebrate the day _with_ appropriate ceremonies; the victory was celebrated _by_ the people, _with_ rejoicing.CENTER.Synonyms: middle, midst.We spe
- 34 Prepositions: The witness has a character _for_ veracity; his character is _above_ suspicion; the character _of_ the applicant.CHARACTERISTIC.Synonyms: attribute, feature, peculiarity, sign, trace, character, indication, property, singularity, trait.disti
- 35 CIRc.u.mSTANCE.Synonyms: accompaniment, fact, item, point, concomitant, feature, occurrence, position, detail, incident, particular, situation.event, A _circ.u.mstance_ (L. _circ.u.m_, around, and _sto_, stand), is something existing or occurring in conne
- 36 Synonyms: clash, concussion, contact, impact, opposition, clas.h.i.+ng, conflict, encounter, meeting, shock._Collision_, the act or fact of striking violently together, is the result of motion or action, and is sudden and momentary; _contact_ may be a con
- 37 Antonyms: applaud, approve, commend, eulogize, laud, praise.Prepositions: Complain _of_ a thing _to_ a person; _of_ one person _to_ another, _of_ or _against_ a person _for_ an act; _to_ an officer; _before_ the court; _about_ a thing.COMPLEX.Synonyms: ab
- 38 _Felicitate_ is cold and formal. We say one _felicitates_ himself; tho to _congratulate_ oneself, which is less natural, is becoming prevalent.Antonyms: condole with, console.Prepositions: Congratulate one _on_ or _upon_ his success.CONQUER.Synonyms: beat
- 39 A similar distinction is made between _incessant_ and _ceaseless_. The _incessant_ discharge of firearms makes the _ceaseless_ roar of battle._Constant_ is sometimes used in the sense of _continual_; but its chief uses are mental and moral.CONTRACT.Synony
- 40 Synonyms: abominable, flagitious, immoral, sinful, vile, culpable, guilty, iniquitous, unlawful, wicked, felonious, illegal, nefarious, vicious, wrong.Every _criminal_ act is _illegal_ or _unlawful_, but _illegal_ or _unlawful_ acts may not be _criminal_.
- 41 Synonyms: apology, guard, rampart, shelter, bulwark, justification, resistance, s.h.i.+eld, fortress, protection, safeguard, vindication.The weak may speak or act in _defense_ of the strong; none but the powerful can a.s.sure others of _protection_. A _de
- 42 Synonyms: acceptable, delicious, pleasant, refres.h.i.+ng, agreeable, grateful, pleasing, satisfying, congenial, gratifying, pleasurable, welcome._Agreeable_ refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an _agreeable_ perfume. _Acceptable_ indi
- 43 Synonyms: desperation, despondency, discouragement, hopelessness._Discouragement_ is the result of so much repulse or failure as wears out courage. _Discouragements_ too frequent and long continued may produce a settled _hopelessness_. _Hopelessness_ is n
- 44 Synonyms: arduous, hard, onerous, toilsome, exhausting, laborious, severe, trying._Arduous_ (L. _arduus_, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and
- 45 adjust, a.s.sort, dispose, order, put in order, set in order, array, cla.s.sify, group, place, put in place, sort.DO.Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, discharge, perform, achieve, carry through, effect, perpetrate, actualize, commit, execute, realize, brin
- 46 allure, drag, haul, induce, lure, tow, attract, entice, incline, lead, pull, tug.One object _draws_ another when it moves it toward itself or in the direction of its own motion by the exertion of adequate force, whether slight or powerful. To _attract_ is
- 47 Etymologically, _duty_ is that which is owed or due; _obligation_, that to or by which one is bound; _right_, that which is correct, straight, or in the direct line of truth and goodness; _responsibility_, that for which one must answer. _Duty_ and _respo
- 48 Synonyms: attribute, figure, image, sign, symbol, token, type._Emblem_ is the English form of _emblema_, a Latin word of Greek origin, signifying a figure beaten out on a metallic vessel by blows from within; also, a figure inlaid in wood, stone, or other
- 49 ENDURE.Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, submit to, sustain, afford, bear up under, permit, suffer, tolerate, allow, bear with, put up with, support, undergo._Bear_ is the most general of these words; it is metaphorically to hold up or keep up a burden of car
- 50 Antonyms: calculation, caution, deadness, indifference, policy, timidity, calmness, coldness, dulness, lukewarmness, prudence, wariness.ENTRANCE.Synonyms: access, approach, gate, introduction, accession, door, gateway, opening, adit, doorway, ingress, pen
- 51 Synonyms: deathless, fadeless, never-failing, undying, endless, immortal, perennial, unending, eonian, imperishable, perpetual, unfading, everlasting, interminable, timeless, unfailing, ever-living, never-ending, unceasing, without end._Eternal_ strictly
- 52 Antonyms: idleness, inaction, inactivity, relaxation, rest.EXPENSE.Synonyms: cost, expenditure, outgo, outlay.The _cost_ of a thing is whatever one surrenders or gives up for it, intentionally or unintentionally, or even unconsciously; _expense_ is what i
- 53 _Belief_, as an intellectual process, is the acceptance of some thing as true on other grounds than personal observation and experience. We give _credence_ to a report, _a.s.sent_ to a proposition or to a proposal._Belief_ is stronger than _credence_; _cr
- 54 Prepositions: To have a fancy _for_ or take a fancy _to_ a person or thing.FAREWELL.Synonyms: adieu, good-by, parting salutation, valedictory.conge, leave-taking, valediction, _Good-by_ is the homely and hearty, _farewell_ the formal English word at parti
- 55 Synonyms: ferocious, furious, raging, uncultivated, violent, fiery, impetuous, savage, untrained, wild._Fierce_ signifies having a _furious_ and cruel nature, or being in a _furious_ and cruel mood, more commonly the latter. It applies to that which is no
- 56 (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may _follow_ another either with or without special connection; if it _ensues_, there is some orderly connection; as, the _ensuing_ year; if it _results_ from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, o
- 57 accessible, companionable, genial, neighborly, affable, complaisant, hearty, sociable, affectionate, cordial, kind, social, amicable, favorable, kindly, tender, brotherly, fond, loving, well-disposed._Friendly_, as said of persons, signifies having the di
- 58 common, familiar, ordinary, universal, commonplace, frequent, popular, usual.customary, habitual, prevalent, everyday, normal, public, _Common_ signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, n
- 59 GOVERN.Synonyms: command, curb, influence, mold, reign over, rule, control, direct, manage, reign, restrain, sway._Govern_ carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; _control_ i
- 60 HAPPY.Synonyms: blessed, cheering, gay, lucky, rejoiced, blissful, cheery, glad, merry, rejoicing, blithe, delighted, jocund, mirthful, smiling, blithesome, delightful, jolly, pleased, sprightly, bright, dexterous, joyful, prosperous, successful, buoyant,
- 61 Synonyms: accident, chance, danger, jeopardy, risk, casualty, contingency, fortuity, peril, venture._Hazard_ is the incurring the possibility of loss or harm for the possibility of benefit; _danger_ may have no compensating alternative.In _hazard_ the pos
- 62 HIGH.Synonyms: elevated, exalted, n.o.ble, steep, towering, eminent, lofty, proud, tall, uplifted._Deep_, while an antonym of _high_ in usage, may apply to the very same distance simply measured in an opposite direction, _high_ applying to vertical distan
- 63 Antonyms: deceitful, faithless, hypocritical, perfidious, unfaithful, dishonest, false, lying, traitorous, unscrupulous, disingenuous, fraudulent, mendacious, treacherous, untrue.HORIZONTAL.Synonyms: even, flat, level, plain, plane._Horizontal_ signifies
- 64 certainty, demonstration, discovery, evidence, fact, proof.IDEA.Synonyms: apprehension, design, impression, plan, archetype, fancy, judgment, purpose, belief, fantasy, model, sentiment, conceit, ideal, notion, supposition, concept, image, opinion, theory,
- 65 To aggregate and to a.s.sociate, to evoke and to combine, belong as well to the _imagination_ as to the _fancy_; but either the materials evoked and combined are different; or they are brought together under a different law, and for a different purpose. _
- 66 _Impertinence_ primarily denotes what does not pertain or belong to the occasion or the person, and hence comes to signify interference by word or act not consistent with the age, position, or relation of the person interfered with or of the one who inter
- 67 INFLUENCE.Synonyms: actuate, draw, impel, induce, move, stir, compel, drive, incite, instigate, persuade, sway, dispose, excite, incline, lead, prompt, urge.To _influence_ (L. _in_, in or into, and _fluo_, flow) is to affect, modify, or act upon by physic
- 68 INQUISITIVE.Synonyms: curious, meddlesome, peeping, scrutinizing, inquiring, meddling, prying, searching.intrusive, An _inquisitive_ person is one who is bent on finding out all that can be found out by inquiry, especially of little and personal matters,
- 69 JUDGE.Synonyms: arbiter, arbitrator, justice, referee, umpire.A _judge_, in the legal sense, is a judicial officer appointed or elected to preside in courts of law, and to decide legal questions duly brought before him; the name is sometimes given to othe
- 70 Synonyms: barbarism, expression, patois, vernacular, dialect, idiom, speech, vocabulary.diction, mother tongue, tongue, _Language_ (F. _langage_ _Vernacular_, from the Latin, has the same general sense as the Saxon _mother tongue_, of one's native _langu
- 71 Synonyms: attend, hark, harken, hear, heed, list.Between _listen_ and _hear_ is a difference like that between the words look and see. (Compare synonyms for LOOK.) To _hear_ is simply to become conscious of sound, to _listen_ is to make a conscious effort
- 72 See synonyms for ABOLISH; BREAK; DEMOLISH.Prepositions: Make _of_, _out of_, or _from_ certain materials, _into_ a certain form, _for_ a certain purpose or person; made _with_ hands, _by_ hand; made _by_ a prisoner, _with_ a jack-knife.MARRIAGE.Synonyms:
- 73 forgetfulness, oblivion, obliviousness, oversight, unconsciousness.MERCY.Synonyms: benevolence, favor, kindness, mildness, benignity, forbearance, lenience, pardon, blessing, forgiveness, leniency, pity, clemency, gentleness, lenity, tenderness.compa.s.si
- 74 canaille, dregs of the people, ma.s.ses, rabble, crowd, lower cla.s.ses, populace, the vulgar.The _populace_ are poor and ignorant, but may be law-abiding; a _mob_ is disorderly and lawless, but may be rich and influential. The _rabble_ is despicable, wor
- 75 MUTUAL.Synonyms: common, correlative, interchangeable, joint, reciprocal.That is _common_ to which two or more persons have the same or equal claims, or in which they have equal interest or partic.i.p.ation; in the strictest sense, that is _mutual_ (Latin
- 76 That is _necessary_ which must exist, occur, or be true; which in the nature of things can not be otherwise. That which is _essential_ belongs to the essence of a thing, so that the thing can not exist in its completeness without it; that which is _indisp
- 77 Synonyms: common, natural, ordinary, regular, typical, usual.That which is _natural_ is according to nature; that which is _normal_ is according to the standard or rule which is observed or claimed to prevail in nature; a deformity may be _natural_, symme
- 78 amenable, dutiful, pliable, tractable, complaisant, gentle, pliant, undecided, compliant, irresolute, submissive, wavering, docile, obedient, teachable, yielding.OBSTRUCT.Synonyms: arrest, check, embarra.s.s, interrupt, stay, bar, choke, hinder, oppose, s
- 79 OUGHT.Synonym: should.One _ought_ to do that which he is under moral obligation or in duty bound to do. _Ought_ is the stronger word, holding most closely to the sense of moral obligation, or sometimes of imperative logical necessity; _should_ may have th
- 80 Prepositions: Part _into_ shares; part _in_ the middle; part one _from_ another; part _among_ the claimants; part _between_ contestants (archaic); in general, to part _from_ is to relinquish companions.h.i.+p; to part _with_ is to relinquish possession; w
- 81 PERFECT.Synonyms: absolute, consummate, holy, spotless, accurate, correct, ideal, stainless, blameless, entire, immaculate, unblemished, complete, faultless, sinless, undefiled.completed, finished, That is _perfect_ to which nothing can be added, and from
- 82 Antonyms: deter, discourage, dissuade, hinder, hold back, repel, restrain.PERTNESS.Synonyms: boldness, forwardness, liveliness, sprightliness.briskness, impertinence, sauciness, flippancy, impudence, smartness, _Liveliness_ and _sprightliness_ are pleasan
- 83 _Pity_ is a feeling of grief or pain aroused by the weakness, misfortunes, or distresses of others, joined with a desire to help or relieve. _Sympathy_ (feeling or suffering with) implies some degree of equality, kindred, or union; _pity_ is for what is w
- 84 _Poetry_ is that form of literature that embodies beautiful thought, feeling, or action in melodious, rhythmical, and (usually) metrical language, in imaginative and artistic constructions. _Poetry_ in a very wide sense may be anything that pleasingly add
- 85 Synonyms: ask, bid, entreat, invoke, request, beg, call upon, implore, pet.i.tion, supplicate.beseech, conjure, importune, plead, To _pray_, in the religious sense, is devoutly to address the Supreme Being with reverent pet.i.tion for divine grace or any
- 86 Synonyms: antic.i.p.ate, forestall, obviate, preclude.The original sense of _prevent_, to come before, act in advance of, which is now practically obsolete, was still in good use when the authorized version of the Bible was made, as appears in such pa.s.s
- 87 damage, detriment, harm, injury, ruin, destruction, disadvantage, hurt, loss, waste.Prepositions: The profit _of_ labor; _on_ capital; _in_ business.PROGRESS.Synonyms: advance, development, improvement, proficiency, advancement, growth, increase, progress
- 88 adverse, forbidding, ill-disposed, repellent, unfriendly, antagonistic, hostile, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpropitious.Preposition: May heaven be propitious _to_ the enterprise.PROPOSAL.Synonyms: bid, offer, overture, proposition.An _offer_ or _proposal
- 89 folly, imprudence, rashness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, indiscretion, recklessness, wastefulness.improvidence, prodigality, PURCHASE.Synonyms: acquire, barter for, get, procure, secure.bargain for, buy, obtain, _Buy_ and _purchase_ are close synonyms,
- 90 RACY.Synonyms: flavorous, lively, pungent, spicy, forcible, piquant, rich, spirited._Racy_ applies in the first instance to the pleasing flavor characteristic of certain wines, often attributed to the soil from which they come. _Pungent_ denotes something
- 91 We reason _with_ a person _about_ a subject, _for_ or _against_ an opinion; we reason a person _into_ or _out of_ a course of action; or we may reason _down_ an opponent or opposition; one reasons _from_ a cause _to_ an effect.REASON, _n._ Synonyms: accou
- 92 Antonyms: barbarism, brutality, coa.r.s.eness, rudeness, savagery, boorishness, clownishness, grossness, rusticity, vulgarity.REFUTE.Synonyms: confound, confute, disprove, overthrow, repel.To _refute_ and to _confute_ are to answer so as to admit of no re
- 93 Antonyms: acknowledge, a.s.sert, cherish, defend, maintain, proclaim, uphold, advocate, avow, claim, hold, own, retain, vindicate.REPENTANCE.Synonyms: compunction, contriteness, regret, self-condemnation, contrition, penitence, remorse, sorrow._Regret_ is
- 94 Synonyms: calm, pause, quietness, slumber, calmness, peace, quietude, stay, cessation, peacefulness, recreation, stillness, ease, quiescence, repose, stop, intermission, quiet, sleep, tranquillity._Ease_ denotes freedom from cause of disturbance, whether
- 95 REVOLUTION.Synonyms: anarchy, insurrection, revolt, confusion, lawlessness, riot, disintegration, mutiny, sedition, disorder, rebellion, tumult.insubordination, The essential idea of _revolution_ is a change in the form of government or const.i.tution, or
- 96 Synonyms: august, kingly, majestic, princely, kinglike, magnificent, munificent, regal._Royal_ denotes that which actually belongs or pertains to a monarch; the _royal_ residence is that which the king occupies, _royal_ raiment that which the king wears.
- 97 check, disappoint, restrain, starve, straiten, deny, refuse, restrict, stint, tantalize.Prepositions: Satisfy _with_ food, _with_ gifts, etc.; satisfy one (in the sense of make satisfaction) _for_ labors and sacrifices; satisfy oneself _by_ or _upon_ inqu
- 98 _Sensation_ is the mind's consciousness due to a bodily affection, as of heat or cold; _perception_ is the cognition of some external object which is the cause or occasion of the _sensation_; the _sensation_ of heat may be connected with the _percept
- 99 SIN.Synonyms: crime, fault, misdeed, vice, criminality, guilt, offense, viciousness, delinquency, ill-doing, transgression, wickedness, depravity, immorality, unG.o.dliness, wrong, evil, iniquity, unrighteousness, wrong-doing._Sin_ is any lack of holiness
- 100 Synonyms: cant, colloquialism, vulgarism, vulgarity.A _colloquialism_ is an expression not coa.r.s.e or low, and perhaps not incorrect, but below the literary grade; educated persons are apt to allow themselves some _colloquialisms_ in familiar conversati