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| Main Entry: |
absorption
[ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total attention toward something |
| Synonyms: | captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |
| Antonyms: | boredom, distraction |
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| Main Entry: | aggravation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | affliction, aggro, bother, botheration, difficulty, distress, exasperation, hang-up, headache, irksomeness, irritation, pain, pain in the neck, pet peeve, provocation, teasing, vexation, worry |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart |
| Antonyms: | let go, let up, open, unblock |
| Main Entry: | bog down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick; become stuck |
| Synonyms: | decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall |
| Main Entry: | complex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | psychological problem |
| Synonyms: | a thing about something, anxiety, exaggerated reaction, fear, fixation, fixed idea, hang-up, idée fixe, insanity, mania, neurosis, obsession, phobia, preoccupation, repression |
| Main Entry: | compulsion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, obligation |
| Synonyms: | coercion, constraint, demand, drive, driving, duress, duty, engrossment, exigency, force, hang-up, have on the brain, monkey*, necessity, need, obsession, preoccupation, prepossession, pressure, tiger by the tail, urge, urgency |
| Antonyms: | free will, freedom, independence, liberty, license |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
| Synonyms: | a must, coercion, compulsion, driving, duress, goad, hang-up, impelling, impulsion, monkey*, motive, necessity, no-no, pressure, repression, restraint, spring, spur, suppression, violence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, diffidence, embarrassment, hang-up, humility, inhibition, modesty, repression, reservation, reserve, restraint, timidity |
| Antonyms: | aggression |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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