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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | animadvert, berate, blow up, bluster, castigate, censure, condemn, curse, declaim, denounce, denunciate, execrate, explode, fume, intimidate, inveigh against, menace, protest, rage, rail, reprobate, swear at, thunder, upbraid, vilify, vituperate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, defend, flatter, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | detonate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set off bomb |
| Synonyms: | bang, blast, blow up, burst, discharge, explode, fulminate, kablooey, let go, mushroom, push the button, shoot off, touch off, va-voom |
| Antonyms: | dismantle |
| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, baste, bawl out, belabor, berate, blister, castigate, censure, chew out, exprobate, flay, fulminate, jaw, lambaste, lampoon, ridicule, satirize, scold, tear into, tell off, tongue-lash, upbraid |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
| Synonyms: | be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up, boil over, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | rail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, bawl out, berate, blast, castigate, censure, chew out, complain, fulminate, fume, inveigh, jaw, objurate, rant, rate, revile, scold, thunder, tongue-lash, upbraid, vituperate, vociferate, whip |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | smolder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn, simmer |
| Synonyms: | boil, bubble, churn, consume, erupt, explode, ferment, fester, fulminate, fume, seethe, smoke, steam, stir |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble |
| Synonyms: | abuse, bark, bluster, bully, complain, fulminate, gnarl, gnash teeth, growl, mumble, murmur, mutter, quarrel, show teeth, snap, threaten, thunder, yelp |
| Antonyms: | laugh |
| Main Entry: | threaten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn, pressure |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, augur, blackmail, bluster, browbeat, bully, caution, comminate, cow, enforce, flex muscles, forebode, forewarn, fulminate, growl, intimidate, look daggers, make threat, menace, portend, presage, pressurize, push around, scare, scowl, shake fist at, snarl, spook, terrorize, torment, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, help, protect, relieve |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell at |
| Synonyms: | bark, bellow, curse, declaim, denounce, fulminate, gnarl, growl, rail, roar, shout, snarl, threaten, utter threat |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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