Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
jack off[coll.], play with oneself.
     have the hots[coll]; become aroused, get hot; have an erection, get it
up.
     come, climax, ejaculate. 
     Adj. sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual.
     hot, horny, randy, rutting; passionate, lusty, hot-blooded,
libidinous; up, in the mood.
     homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.

% 2.  SENSATION Sensation in general %

     #375.  Physical Sensibility. —­ N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c. adj.;
physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics; moral sensibility &c. 822.
     sensation, impression; consciousness &c. (knowledge) 490.
     external senses. 
     V. be sensible of &c. adj.; feel, perceive.
     render sensible &c. adj.; sharpen, cultivate, tutor.
     cause sensation, impress; excite an impression, produce an impression. 
     Adj. sensible, sensitive, sensuous; aesthetic, perceptive, sentient;
conscious &c. (aware) 490.
     acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned. 
     Adv. to the quick. 
     Phr. “the touch’d needle trembles to the pole” [Pope].

     #376.  Physical Insensibility. —­ N. insensibility, physical
insensibility; obtuseness &c. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia[Med], anaesthesia; sleep &c. 823; hemiplegia[obs3], motor paralysis; vegetable state; coma.
     anaesthetic agent, opium, ether, chloroform, chloral; nitrous oxide,
laughing gas; exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen[ISA:chemsubcfs]; refrigeration. 
     V. be insensible &c. adj.; have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide.
     render insensible &c. adj.; anaesthetize[obs3], blunt, pall,
obtund[obs3], benumb, paralyze; put under the influence of chloroform &c. n.; stupefy, stun. 
     Adj. insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient[obs3], callous,
thick-skinned, pachydermatous; hard, hardened; case hardened; proof, obtuse, dull; anaesthetic; comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead.

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     #377.  Physical Pleasure. —­ N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual
pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness &c. adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow &c. (support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe &c. (intemperance) 954.
     treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394; bonne
bouche[Fr].
     source of pleasure &c. 829; happiness &c. (mental enjoyment) 827. 
     V. feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy,
relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat over, float on; smack the lips.
     live on the fat of the land, live in comfort &c. adv.; bask in the
sunshine, faire ses choux gras[Fr]..

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