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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tirade, condemnation |
| Synonyms: | blast, curse, denunciation, diatribe, discharge, explosion, intimidation, invective, obloquy, outburst, philippic, reprobation, warning |
| Antonyms: | compliment, defense, flattery, praise, support |
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful, swearing remark |
| Synonyms: | anathema, ban, bane, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cuss word, cussing, damning, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, double whammy, execration, expletive, four-letter word, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, malison, naughty words, no-no, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, swear word, swearing, vilification, whammy |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | denunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condemnation, criticism |
| Synonyms: | accusation, arraignment, blame, castigation, censure, charge, cursing, damning, denouncement, derogation, dressing down, fulmination, incrimination, indictment, invective, knock*, obloquy, rap, reprehension, reprimand, reprobation, smearing, stigmatization, upbraidment, vilification |
| Antonyms: | appreciation, approval, commendation, compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | explosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eruption, discharge |
| Synonyms: | access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo |
| Antonyms: | implosion |
| Main Entry: | threat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning; danger |
| Synonyms: | blackmail, bluff, commination, fix, foreboding, foreshadowing, fulmination, hazard, impendence, intimidation, menace, omen, peril, portent, presage, risk, thunder, writing on the wall |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crashing sound |
| Synonyms: | barrage, blast, boom, booming, cannonade, clap, cracking, crash, crashing, detonation, discharge, drumfire, explosion, fulmination, outburst, peal, pealing, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunderbolt, thundercrack, uproar |
| Main Entry: | tirade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse, outburst |
| Synonyms: | anger, berating, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, dispute, fulmination, harangue, invective, jeremiad, lecture, malediction, philippic, ranting, revilement, screed, sermon, tongue-lashing, vituperation |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | lightning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | electrical discharge |
| Synonyms: | bolt, firebolt, fulmination |
| Notes: | lightening means to make light or lighter or to make less heavy; lightning is the discharge of atmospheric electricity accompanied by a vivid flash of light |
| Main Entry: | jeremiad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tirade |
| Synonyms: | anger, berating, censure, condemnation, denunciation, diatribe, dispute, fulmination, harangue, invective, lecture, malediction, philippic, ranting, revilement, screed, sermon, tongue-lashing, vituperation |
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