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.
run cold, make one’s teeth chatter; take away one’s breath, stop one’s breath; make one tremble &c.
     haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.
     put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt,
overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten &c. 909. 
     Adj. fearing &c. v.; frightened &c. v.; in fear, in a fright &c. n.;
haunted with the fear of &c. n.; afeard[obs3].
     afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-
hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one’s shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt.
     aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic-
stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck; frightened to death, white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes; breathless, in hysterics.
     inspiring fear &c. v.; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous &c.
(danger) 665; portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting &c. (painful) 830; Gorgonian. 
     Adv. in terrorem[Lat]. 
     Int. “angels and ministers of grace defend us!” [Hamlet]. 
     Phr. ante tubam trepidat[Latin]; horresco referens[Latin], one’s heart
failing one, obstupui steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit [Lat][Vergil].
     “a dagger of the mind” [Macbeth]; expertus metuit [Lat][Horace];
“fain would I climb but that I fear to fall” [Raleigh]; “fear is the parent of cruelty” [Froude]; “Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire” [Paradise Lost]; omnia tuta timens [Latin][Vergil]; “our fears do make us traitors” [Macbeth].

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     #861. [Absence of fear.] Courage. —­ N. courage, bravery, valor;
resoluteness, boldness &c. adj.; spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness &c. 863; dash; defiance &c. 715; confidence, self-reliance.
     manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace;
spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; firmness &c. (stability) 150; heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine &c. (perseverance) 604a. resolution &c. (determination) 604; bulldog courage.
     prowess, heroism, chivalry.
     exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke.
     man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger,
panther, bulldog; gamecock, fighting-cock; bully, fire eater &c. 863. 
     V. be courageous &c. adj.; dare, venture, make bold; face danger,
front danger, affront danger, confront danger, brave danger, defy danger, despise danger, mock danger; look in the face; look full in the face, look boldly in the face, look danger in the face; face; meet, meet in front; brave, beard; defy &c. 715.
     take courage, muster courage, summon up courage, pluck up courage;

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