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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thrilling, intoxicating |
| Synonyms: | exciting, exhilarating, inebriating, overwhelming, potent, powerful, provocative, spirituous, stimulating, strong |
| Antonyms: | dull, unenthused, unexcited |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | full-bodied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | robust |
| Synonyms: | concentrated, fruity, full-flavored, heady, heavy, lusty, mellow, potent, redolent, rich, strong, well-matured |
| Antonyms: | weak |
| Main Entry: | intoxicating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing great happiness |
| Synonyms: | exciting, exhilarant, exhilarating, exhilarative, eye-popping, heady, inspiring, provocative, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling |
| Antonyms: | saddening, sobering |
| Main Entry: | obstinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn, determined |
| Synonyms: | adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dead set on, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, locked in, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, opinionative, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resolved, restive, self-willed, steadfast, strong-minded, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, amenable, cooperative, flexible, helpful, submissive, willing, yielding |
| Main Entry: | odorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having fragrance |
| Synonyms: | aromatic, balmy, dank, effluvious, fetid, flavorsome, flowery, foul, fragrant, heady, honeyed, loud, malodorous, mephitic, miasmic, moldy, musty, nauseous, odoriferant, odoriferous, offensive, olfactive, olfactory, perfumatory, perfumed, perfumy, pungent, putrid, redolent, reeking, rotten, savorous, savory, scent-laden, scented, scentful, skunky, smelly, spicy, stagnant, stale, stinking, strong, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tumaceous, unsavory, whiffy |
| Notes: | odoriferous means 'having an odor or fragrance' while odorous refers to something smelly |
| Antonyms: | odorless |
| Main Entry: | perspicacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | observant, perceptive |
| Synonyms: | acute, alert, astute, aware, clear-sighted, clever, discerning, heady, judicious, keen, penetrating, percipient, sagacious, savvy*, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unobservant, unperceptive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggravating |
| Synonyms: | annoying, challenging, disturbing, exciting, galling, goading, heady, incensing, inciting, influential, inspirational, insulting, intoxicating, offensive, outrageous, provoking, pushing, spurring, stimulant, stimulating |
| Antonyms: | repressive, suppressive, unprovocative |
| Main Entry: | provocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually stimulating |
| Synonyms: | alluring, arousing, enchanting, erotic, exciting, heady, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, inviting, seductive, sexy, stimulating, suggestive, tantalizing, tempting |
| Antonyms: | unexciting, unprovocative, unstimulating |
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