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.
     give pleasure &c. 829. 
     Adj. enjoying &c. v.; luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable,
cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease.
     pleasant, agreeable &c. 829. 
     Adv. in comfort &c. n.; on a bed of roses &c. n.; at one’s ease. 
     Phr. ride si sapis [Lat][Martial]; voluptales commendat rarior usus
[Lat][Juvenal].

     #378.  Physical Pain. —­ N. pain; suffering, sufferance,
suffrance[obs3]; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering &c. 828; dolour, ache; aching &c. v.; smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris[Lat]; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia[Med], earache, gout, ischiagra[obs3], lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia[obs3], otalgia[obs3], podagra[obs3], rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux[Fr], toothache, tormina[obs3], torticollis[obs3].
     spasm, cramp; nightmare, ephialtes[obs3]; crick, stitch; thrill,
convulsion, throe; throb &c. (agitation) 315; pang; colic; kink.
     sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting,
gnawing pain, burning pain; excruciating pain.
     anguish, agony; torment, torture; rack; cruciation[obs3], crucifixion;
martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection. 
     V. feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain &c. n.;
suffer, ache, smart, bleed; tingle, shoot; twinge, twitch, lancinate[obs3]; writhe, wince, make a wry face; sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles.
     give pain, inflict pain; lacerate; pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite,
gnaw, gripe; pinch, tweak; grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse; torment, torture; rack, agonize; crucify; cruciate[obs3], excruciate|; break on the wheel, put to the rack; flog &c. (punish) 972; grate on the ear &c. (harsh sound) 410. 
     Adj. in pain &c. n., in a state of pain; pained &c. v.; gouty,
podagric[obs3], torminous[obs3].
     painful; aching &c. v.; sore, raw.

% Special Sensation (1) Touch %

     #379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch. —­ N. touch; tact, taction[obs3],
tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation[obs3]; manipulation; massage.
     [Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler,
antenna; palpus[obs3]. 
     V. touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble;
twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler. 
     Adj. tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent.

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     #380.  Sensations of Touch. —­ N. itching, pruritis &c. v[Med].;
titillation, formication[obs3], aura; stereognosis[obs3]. 
     V. itch, tingle, creep, thrill, sting; prick, prickle; tickle,
titillate. 
     Adj. itching &c. v.; stereognostic[obs3], titillative.

     #381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness. —­ N. numbness &c. (physical
insensibility) 376; anaesthesia; pins and needles. 
     V. benumb &c. 376. 
     Adj. numb; benumbed &c. v.; deadened; intangible, impalpable.

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