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.

     #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,

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