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.
     V. mislike misrelish[obs3], dislike, disrelish; mind, object to; have
rather not, would rather not, prefer not to, not care for; have a dislike for, conceive a dislike to, entertain a dislike for, take a dislike to, have an aversion to, have an aversion for; have no taste for, have no stomach for.
     shun, avoid &c. 623; eschew; withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from;
not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure; shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at; make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace; make faces.
     loathe, nauseate, abominate, detest, abhor; hate &c. 898; take amiss
&c. 900; have enough of &c. (be satiated) 869.
     wish away, unwish
     cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick,
render sick; turn one’s stomach, nauseate, wamble[obs3], disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one’s blood run cold &c. (give pain) 830; pall. 
     Adj. disliking &c. v.; averse from, loathe, loathe to, loth, adverse;
shy of, sick of, out of conceit with; disinclined; heartsick, dogsick[obs3]; queasy.
     disliked &c. v.; uncared for, unpopular; out of favor; repulsive,
repugnant, repellant; abhorrent, insufferable, fulsome, nauseous; loathsome, loathful[obs3]; offensive; disgusting &c. v.; disagreeable c. (painful) 830. 
     Adv. usque ad nauseam[Lat]. 
     Int. faugh! foh[obs3]! ugh! 
     Phr. non libet[Lat].

     #868.  Fastidiousness. —­ N. fastidiousness &c. adj.; nicety,
hypercriticism, difficulty in being pleased, friandise[Fr], epicurism, omnia suspendens naso[Lat].
     epicure, gourmet.
     [Excess of delicacy] prudery. 
     V. be fastidious &c. adj.; have a sweet tooth.
     mince the matter; turn up one’s nose at &c. (disdain) 930; look a gift
horse in the mouth, see spots on the sun. 
     Adj. fastidious, nice, delicate, delicat[obs3], finical, finicky,
demanding, meticulous, exacting, strict, anal[vulg.], difficult, dainty, lickerish[obs3], squeamish, thin-skinned; squeasy[obs3], queasy; hard to please, difficult to please; querulous, particular, straitlaced, scrupulous; censorious &c. 932; hypercritical; overcritical. 
     Phr. noli me tangere[Lat].

     #869.  Satiety. —­ N. satiety, satisfaction, saturation, repletion,
glut, surfeit; cloyment[obs3], satiation; weariness &c. 841. spoiled child; enfant gete[Fr], enfant terrible[Fr]; too much of a good thing, toujours perdrix[Fr]; crambe repetita[Lat][obs3]. 
     V. sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate; cloy, quench, slake, pall, glut.,
gorge, surfeit; bore &c. (weary) 841; tire &c. (fatigue) 688; spoil.
     have enough of, have quite enough of, have one’s fill, have too much
of; be satiated &c. adj. 
     Adj. satiated &c. v.; overgorged[obs3]; blase, used up, sick of,
heartsick. 
     Int. enough! hold! eheu jam satis[Lat]! basta[obs3]!

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