ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless[obs3], inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile.
excited, exciting &c. 824.
Int. pish! pshaw!
Phr. noli me tangere[Lat]; “filled with fury, rapt, inspir’d”
[Collins]; maggiore fretta minore atto[It].
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#826. [Absence of excitability,
or of excitement.] Inexcitability. —
N. inexcitability[obs3], imperturbability, inirritability[obs3];
even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance,
patience, coolth [coll.].
passiveness &c. (physical
inertness) 172; hebetude[obs3],
hebetation[obs3]; impassibility &c. (insensibility)
823; stupefaction.
coolness, calmness &c.
adj.; composure, placidity,
indisturbance[obs3], imperturbation[obs3], sang froid[Fr],
tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind,
mental calmness.
staidness &c. adj.;
gravity, sobriety, Quakerism[obs3]; philosophy,
equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession,
self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water
in one’s veins; presence of mind.
submission &c. 725;
resignation; sufferance, supportance[obs3],
endurance, longsufferance[obs3], forbearance; longanimity[obs3];
fortitude; patience of Job, patience “on a monument”
[Twelfth Night], patience “sovereign o’er
transmuted ill” [Johnson]; moderation; repression
of feelings, subjugation of feeling; restraint &c.
751.
tranquillization &c.
(moderation) 174[obs3].
V. be composed &c. adj.
laisser faire[Fr], laisser
aller[Fr]; take things easily, take things
as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live;
take easily, take cooly[obs3], take in good part;
aequam servare mentem [Latin].
bear the brunt, bear
well; go through, support, endure, brave,
disregard.
tolerate, suffer, stand,
bide; abide, aby[obs3]; bear with, put up
with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit
&c. (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign
oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat,
swallow, pocket, stomach.
make light of, make
the best of, make “a virtue of necessity”
[Chaucer]; put a good face on, keep one’s countenance;
check &c. 751 check oneself.
compose, appease &c.
(moderate)174; propitiate; repress &c. (restrain)
751; render insensible &c. 823; overcome one’s
excitability, allay one’s excitability, repress
one’s excitability &c. 825; master one’s
feelings.
make oneself easy; make
one’s mind easy; set one’s mind at ease,
set
one’s mind at rest.
calm down, cool down;
gentle; thaw, grow cool.
be borne, be endured;
go down.
Adj. inexcitable[obs3],
unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible &c.
(insensible) 823; unpassionate[obs3], dispassionate;
cold-blooded, irritable; enduring &c. v.; stoical,
Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober


