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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, dramatic, eager, eloquent, emotional, expressive, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, forceful, frenzied, glowing, headlong, heartfelt, heated, high-powered, high-pressure, hot*, hotblooded, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, inspiring, intense, melodramatic, moving, poignant, precipitate, quickened, spirited, steamed up, stimulated, stirring, strong, thrilling, vehement, violent, warm, wild, zealous |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dull, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sorrowful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset; grieving |
| Synonyms: | affecting, afflicted, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, distressing, doleful, dolent, full of sorrow, grievous, heartbroken, heartrending, heavy-hearted, hurting, in mourning, in pain, in sorrow, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, piteous, plaintive, rueful, ruthful, sad, sick at heart, singing the blues, sorry, tear-jerking, tearful, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched |
| Antonyms: | delighted, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | histrionical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, spectacular, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, the |
| Main Entry: | pitiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pitiful |
| Synonyms: | abject, affecting, afflicted, arousing, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, comfortless, commiserative, compassionate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, insignificant, joyless, lamentable, low, mean, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, poor, rueful, ruthful, sad, scurvy, shabby, sorrowful, sorry*, stirring, suffering, tearful, touching, vile, woeful, worthless, wretched |
| Notes: | piteous is generally not used when speaking of people, pitiable means 'able to be pitied,' and pitiful most often means 'insignificant; below contempt' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruthful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pitiful |
| Synonyms: | abject, affecting, afflicted, arousing, base, beggarly, cheap, cheerless, comfortless, commiserative, compassionate, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, dismal, distressed, distressing, grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending, inadequate, insignificant, joyless, lamentable, low, mean, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, poor, rueful, sad, scurvy, shabby, sorrowful, sorry*, stirring, suffering, tearful, touching, vile, woeful, worthless, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | theatric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, histrionical, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, spectacular, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Influence. |
| Category: | 4. Indirect Power |
| Synonyms: |
-adjectives
influential, effective; important; weighty; prevailing; prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.
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| Antonyms: | absence of influence |
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| Concept: | [Sensation of pressure] Touch. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; touch |
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tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent. [more]
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