| Concept: | Beauty. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
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be beautiful; shine, beam, bloom; become one (accord); set off, grace., render beautiful; beautify; polish, burnish; gild (decorate); set out., "snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" [Pope].
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| Antonyms: | ugliness |
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| Concept: | Moderation. |
| Category: | 3. POWER IN OPERATION |
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be moderate; keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail., moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy; attemper, contemper; mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten; sober down, tone down, smooth down; weaken; lessen (decrease); check palliate., tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb (restrain); tame (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin., go out like a lamb, "roar you as gently as any sucking dove," [Midsummer-Night's Dream].
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| Concept: | Veracity. |
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speak the truth, tell the truth; speak by the card; paint in its true colors, show oneself in one's true colors; make a clean breast (disclose); speak one's mind (be blunt) [more]; not lie, not deceive [more].
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| Antonyms: | falsehood; untruth; deception |
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| Concept: | Repute. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections; personal affections derived from the opinions or feelings of others) |
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be conscious of glory; be proud of (pride); exult (boast); be vain of (vanity)., be distinguished; shine (light); shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash., rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow., live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor , acquire honor; play first fiddle (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions (approbation) [more]; take one's degree, pass one's examination., make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head., enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity., consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel., confer honor on, reflect honor on; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble., give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to (approve); lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.
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| Antonyms: | disrepute |
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