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.

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     #887.  Blusterer. —­ N. blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer[obs3],
brawler; fanfaron[obs3]; braggart &c. (boaster) 884; bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer [U.  S.], hoodlum, hooligan*, larrikin[obs3], roarer*; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir[obs3], swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O’Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso[obs3], Hector, Chrononhotonthologos[obs3]; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury, &c. (violent person) 173; rowdy; slang-whanger*[obs3], tough [U.  S.].
     puppy &c. (fop) 854; prig; Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-
in-office; saucebox[obs3], malapert, jackanapes, minx; bantam-cock.

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          SECTION III.  SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS

1.  SOCIAL AFFECTIONS %

     #888.  Friendship.—­ N. friendship, amity; friendliness &c. adj.;
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; harmony &c. (concord) 714; peace &c. 721.
     firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar
friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.
     cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale[Fr], good understanding,
rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness.
     affection &c. (love) 897; favoritism; good will &c. (benevolence) 906.
     acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship,
knowledge of; introduction. 
     V. be friendly &c. adj., be friends &c. 890, be acquainted with &c.
adj.; know; have the ear of; keep company with &c.(sociality) 892; hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will &c. (benevolent) 906; love &c. 897; make much of; befriend &c. (aid) 707; introduce to. set one’s horses together; have the latchstring out [U.  S.]; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly &c. adj.; make friends &c. 890 with; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of.
     shake hands with, fraternize, embrace; receive with open arms, throw
oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part. 
     Adj. friendly; amicable, amical[obs3]; well-affected, unhostile[obs3],
neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted.
     friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good
terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one’s good graces, in one’s good books.
     acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow
well met, free and easy; welcome. 
     Adv. amicably &c. adj.; with open arms; sans ceremonie[Fr]; arm in
arm. 
     Phr. amicitia semper prodest [Lat][Seneca]; “a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one” [Carlyle]; “friendship is love without either flowers or veil” [Hare]; trulgus amicitias utilitate probat [Lat][Ovid].

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