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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, raw |
| Synonyms: | arctic, biting, bleak, brisk, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, sharp, wintry |
| Antonyms: | hot, warm |
| Main Entry: | horror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, revulsion |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, chiller, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread, fright, hate, hatred, loathing, monstrosity, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation |
| Notes: | terror is stronger than horror, though it usually lasts for a shorter time |
| Antonyms: | beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder |
| Main Entry: | mystery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | puzzle, secret |
| Synonyms: | abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
| Antonyms: | known, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suspense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anticipation |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, apprehension, chiller, cliff-hanger, cloak and dagger, confusion, dilemma, doubt, eagerness, expectancy, expectation, grabber, hesitancy, hesitation, impatience, indecision, indecisiveness, insecurity, irresolution, page-turner, perplexity, potboiler, tension, thriller, uncertainty, wavering |
| Antonyms: | knowledge |
| Main Entry: | perplexity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mystery |
| Synonyms: | abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, poser, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | puzzler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mystery |
| Synonyms: | abstruseness, brainteaser, braintwister, charade, chiller, cliffhanger, closed book, conundrum, crux, cryptogram, difficulty, enigma, grabber, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mindboggler, mystification, occult, oracle, perplexity, poser, problem, puzzle, puzzlement, question, rebus, riddle, rune, secrecy, sixty-four-thousand-dollar question, sphinx, stickler, stumper, subtlety, teaser, thriller, tough nut to crack, twister, whodunit, why* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arctic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very cold |
| Synonyms: | chill, chilly, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, polar |
| Antonyms: | tropic |
| Main Entry: | cold |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chilly, freezing |
| Synonyms: | Siberian, algid, arctic, below freezing, below zero, benumbed, biting, bitter, blasting, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, chill, chilled, cool, crisp, cutting, frigid, frore, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, have goose bumps, hawkish, hiemal, hyperborean, icebox, iced, icy, inclement, intense, keen, nipping, nippy, numbed, numbing, one-dog night, penetrating, piercing, polar, raw, rimy, severe, sharp, shivery, sleety, snappy, snowy, stinging, two-dog night, wintry |
| Antonyms: | hot, warm |
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cold, nippy |
| Synonyms: | air-conditioned, algid, arctic, biting, chill, chilled, chilling, chilly, coldish, frigid, frore, frosty, gelid, hawkish, nipping, refreshing, refrigerated, shivery, snappy, wintry |
| Antonyms: | hot, temperate, warm |
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