#899. Favorite.
— N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol,
jewel,
spoiled child, enfant gat[Fr]; led captain; crony;
fondling; apple of one’s eye, man after one’s
own heart; persona grata.
love[person who
is a favorite (terms of address)], dear, darling,
duck, duckey, honey, sugar, jewel; mopsey[obs3], moppet,
princess; sweetheart, sweetie &c. (love) 897.
teacher’s pet.
general favorite, universal
favorite; idol of the people.
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#900. Resentment.
— N. resentment, displeasure, animosity,
anger,
wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment,
wrathful indignation.
pique, umbrage, huff,
miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence,
bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning,
heart-swelling; rankling.
ill humor, bad humor,
ill temper, bad temper; irascibility &c. 901;
ill blood &c. (hate) 898; revenge &c. 919.
excitement, irritation;
warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker,
dander, ferment, ebullition; towering passion, acharnement[Fr],
angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums.
burst, explosion, paroxysm,
storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence
&c. 173; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of
teeth, hot blood, high words.
scowl &c. 895; sulks
&c. 901a.
[Cause of umbrage] affront,
provocation, offense; indignity &c.
(insult) 929; grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick,
sore subject, casus belli[Lat]; ill turn, outrage.
Furies, Eumenides.
buffet, slap in the
face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles.
V. resent; take amiss,
take ill, take to heart, take offense, take
umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part,
take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre
raillerie[Fr]; breathe revenge, cut up rough.
fly into a rage, fall
into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a
passion; bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up,
flare up; open the vials of one’s wrath, pour
out the vials of one’s wrath.
pout, knit the brow,
frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash,
snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder,
look daggers; bite one’s thumb; show one’s
teeth, grind one’s teeth; champ the bit, champ
at the bit.
chafe, mantle, fume,
kindle, fly out, take fire; boil, boil over; boil
with indignation, boil with rage; rage, storm, foam,
vent one’s rage, vent one’s spleen; lose
one’s temper, stand on one’s hind legs,
stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage,
swell with rage, foam with rage; burst with anger;
raise Cain.
have a fling at; bear
malice &c. (revenge) 919.
cause anger, raise anger;
affront, offend; give offense, give
umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose,
fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite &c. 824;
irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting
to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense,


