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.
talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers. 
     Adj. threatening, menacing; minatory, minacious[obs3];
comminatory[obs3], abusive; in terrorem[Lat]; ominous &c. (predicting) 511 ; defiant &c. 715; under the ban. 
     Int. vae victis[Lat]! at your peril! do your worst!

     #910.  Philanthropy. —­ N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism
universal benevolence; endaemonism[obs3], deliciae humani generis[Lat]; cosmopolitanism, utilitarianism, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, social science, sociology.
     common weal; socialism, communism, Fourierism|!,
phalansterianism[obs3], Saint Simonianism[obs3].
     patriotism, civism[obs3], nationality, love of country, amor
patriae[Lat], public spirit.
     chivalry, knight errantry[obs3]; generosity &c. 942.
     philanthropist, endaemonist[obs3], utilitarian, Benthamite, socialist,
communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world, amicus humani generis[Lat]; knight errant; patriot. 
     Adj. philanthropic, humanitarian, utilitarian, cosmopolitan; public-
spirited, patriotic; humane, large-hearted &c. (benevolent) 906; chivalric; generous &c. 942. 
     Adv. pro bono publico[Lat], pro aris et focis [Lat][obs3][Cicero]. 
     Phr. humani nihil a me alienum puto [Lat][Terence]; omne solum forti
patria [Lat][Ovid]; un bien fait n’est jamais perdu[Fr].

     #911.  Misanthropy. —­ N. misanthropy, incivism; egotism &c.
(selfishness) 943; moroseness &c. 901a; cynicism.
     misanthrope, misanthropist, egotist, cynic, man hater, Timon,
Diogenes.
     woman hater, misogynist. 
     Adj. misanthropic, antisocial, unpatriotic; egotistical &c.(selfish)
943; morose &c. 901a.

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#912.  Benefactor. —­ N. benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan; pater patriae[Lat]; salt of the earth &c. (good man); 948; auxiliary &c. 711.

     #913. [Maleficent being] Evil doer —­ N. evil doer, evil worker;
wrongdoer &c. 949; mischief-maker, marplot; oppressor, tyrant; destroyer, Vandal; iconoclast|!.
     firebrand, incendiary, fire bug [U.  S.], pyromaniac; anarchist,
communist|!, terrorist.
     savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian[obs3], caitiff,
desperado; Apache[obs3], hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly*, pug-ugly* [U.S.], Red Skin, tough [U.  S.]; Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk; bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin[obs3], dangerous classes, ugly customer; thief &c. 792.
     cockatrice, scorpion, hornet.
     snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass; serpent, cobra, asp,
rattlesnake, anaconda|!.
     canker-worm, wire-worm; locust, Colorado beetle; alacran[obs3],
alligator, caymon[obs3], crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus; torpedo; bane &c. 663.
     cutthroat &c. (killer) 461.
     cannibal; anthropophagus|!, anthropophagist|!; bloodsucker, vampire,

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