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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | talented, intelligent |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adroit, brilliant, capable, class act, clever, expert, got it, have on the ball, have smarts, have the goods, hot*, hotshot, ingenious, mad, masterly, phenomenal, shining at, skilled, smart |
| Antonyms: | dull, incapable, inept, unintelligent, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | warmed |
| Synonyms: | baked, baking, boiling, broiled, broiling, burned, burning, burnt, cooked, fiery, fired, fried, hot, parched, scalding, scorched, scorching, sizzling, toasted |
| Antonyms: | cooled, frozen |
| Main Entry: | hip |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fashionable, stylish |
| Synonyms: | all the rage, chic, chichi*, contemporary, cool*, current, faddy, hot*, in style, in vogue, in-thing, latest, latest thing, mod, modern, modish, natty, new, now, popular, smart, sophisticated, trendsetting, trendy, with it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused |
| Synonyms: | concupiscent, desiring, hard up, hot to trot, hot*, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, oversexed, passionate, randy, turned on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | illegal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | against the law |
| Synonyms: | actionable, banned, black-market, bootleg, contraband, criminal, crooked, extralegal, felonious, forbidden, heavy*, hot*, illegitimate, illicit, interdicted, irregular, lawless, not approved, not legal, outlawed, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, prosecutable, racket, shady, smuggled, sub rosa, taboo, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under the table, unlawful, unlicensed, unofficial, unwarrantable, unwarranted, verboten, violating, wildcat, wrongful |
| Notes: | a form of conduct will be illicit and a type of practice will be illegal |
| Antonyms: | allowed, authorized, ethical, good, lawful, legal, legitimate, moral, permissible, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad-tempered, crabby |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bearish, brooding, cantankerous, carping, choleric, complaining, contentious, crabbed, cross, crotchety, disputatious, dissatisfied, dyspeptic, easily offended, exasperated, fiery, fractious, fretful, fretting, gloomy, grouchy, grumbling, hasty, hot, huffy, hypercritical, ill-humored, irascible, moody, morose, out of humor, oversensitive, peevish, petulant, plaintive, prickly, querulous, quick-tempered, resentful, sensitive, snappy, snarling, surly, tense, testy, touchy |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, nice |
| Main Entry: | lascivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, fleshly, gross*, hard-core, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, low-down, lubricious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, orgiastic, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty, soft-core, steamy, suggestive, unchaste, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton |
| Antonyms: | chaste, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | libidinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lustful |
| Synonyms: | carnal, coarse, concupiscent, debauched, fast, hot*, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, loose*, obscene, passionate, prurient, salacious, satyric, sensual, unchaste, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, vigorous |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, brisk, burning, controversial, current, dynamic, earnest, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, functioning, hot*, lively, operative, pertinent, pressing, prevalent, running, topical, unsettled, vital, vivid, working |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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