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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, bewildered, disconcerted, perplexed |
| Main Entry: | aghast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrified; very surprised |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded, frightened, horror-struck, overwhelmed, shocked, startled, stunned, terrified, thunderstruck |
| Antonyms: | unsurprised |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dumbfounded |
| Synonyms: | at a loss, awestruck, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, disconcerted, muddled, nonplussed, stupefied, uncomprehending, wonderstruck |
| Antonyms: | aware, excited, understanding |
| Main Entry: | cursed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damned, doomed for bad ending |
| Synonyms: | accursed, bedeviled, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed, blighted, cast out, confounded, doggone, excommunicate, execrable, fey, foredoomed, hell fire, ill-fated, infernal, snakebit, star-crossed, unholy, unsanctified, villainous, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
| Synonyms: | accursed, all-fired, anathematized, bad, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed*, bloody*, blooming, condemned, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, dang, darn, darned, despicable, detestable, doggone, done for, doomed, dratted, execrable, gone to blazes, infamous, infernal, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed, cherished, favored, likeable, loveable, nice, praiseworthy, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dumbfounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | astounded, confused |
| Synonyms: | agape, aghast, amazed, astonished, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, blown away, bowled over, breathless, buffaloed, confounded, dismayed, dumb, flabbergasted, floored, knocked, licked, nonplused, overcome, overwhelmed, puzzled, shocked, speechless, staggered, startled, stuck, stumped, stunned, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck |
| Antonyms: | aware, expectant, unsurprised |
| Main Entry: | execrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, sickening |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, horrific, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | hateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, obnoxious |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, awful, bitter, blasted, catty, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, damned, despicable, despiteful, detestable, disgusting, evil, execrable, forbidding, foul, gross, heinous, horrid, infamous, invidious, loathsome, malevolent, malign, mean, odious, offensive, ornery*, pesky, pestiferous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, resentful, revolting, shuddersome, spiteful, uncool, undesirable, vicious, vile |
| Antonyms: | friendly, kind, likable, lovable, nice, pleasant, polite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | infernal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damned; underworld |
| Synonyms: | accursed, blamed, blasted, chthonian, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, demonic, devilish, diabolical, execrable, fiendish, hellish, lower, malevolent, malicious, monstrous, nether, satanic, subterranean, sulphurous, wicked |
| Antonyms: | heavenly, otherworldly |
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