Excitement

  • 101furor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. frenzy, commotion, disturbance, excitement, hubbub, hullaballoo; craze, mania, fad. See feeling, desire. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Commotion] Syn. tumult, excitement, stir; see disturbance 2 . 2.… …

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  • 102stir — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. move, budge, circulate; agitate, incite, arouse; animate, stimulate, provoke. See agitation, motion, excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. agitation, tumult, bustle; see excitement . v. 1. [To… …

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  • 103thrill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. excitement; tremor, vibration; sensation; tingle, kick (sl.), charge (sl.). v. throb, tingle, shiver; stir, excite, move deeply; vibrate, tremble. See feeling, sensibility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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  • 104Excitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of sensitiveness. < N PARAG:Excitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitability excitability impetuosity vehemence Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 turbulence turbulence Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 105high — high1 W1S1 [haı] adj comparative higher superlative highest ↑high, ↑low ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(from bottom to top)¦ 2¦(above ground)¦ 3¦(large number)¦ 4¦(good standard)¦ 5¦(containing a lot)¦ 6¦(rank/position)¦ …

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  • 106thrill — 1 noun 1 (C) a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure, or the thing that makes you feel this: get a thrill out of: Even though I ve been acting for years, I still get a thrill out of going on stage. | give sb a thrill: Pete reckons that …

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  • 107discompose — discompose, disquiet, disturb, perturb, agitate, upset, fluster, flurry are comparable when they mean to excite one so as to destroy one s capacity for clear or collected thought or prompt action. Discompose is sometimes only slightly more… …

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  • 108mania — 1 *insanity, lunacy, psychosis, dementia Analogous words: alienation, derangement, *aberration Antonyms: lucidity 2 Mania, delirium, frenzy, hysteria are comparable when they mean a state of mind in which there is loss of control over emotional,… …

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  • 109heat — [hēt] n. [ME hete < OE hætu < base of hat (see HOT), akin to Ger heiss < IE base * kai , heat] 1. the quality of being hot; hotness: in physics, heat is considered a form of energy existing as the result of the random motion of molecules …

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  • 110KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …

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