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hung up
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubled |
| Synonyms: | disturbed, neurotic, psychopathic, psychotic |
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, biting nails, butterflies, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, feel in bones, foreboding, frozen*, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | at ease, calm, quiet, unafraid, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bewitched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charmed |
| Synonyms: | captivated, enamored, enchanted, enraptured, ensorcelled, entranced, fallen for, fascinated, gaga about, have a bug in one's ear, have a thing about, head over heels, hooked, hung up, mad about, mesmerized, possessed, spellbound, transformed, turned on, under a spell |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, disgusted, turned off |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
| Synonyms: | bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base, out of line, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat, wrong |
| Antonyms: | correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for action |
| Synonyms: | amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, caught, caught in the act, caught red-handed, censurable, demeritorious, dirty, found wanting, guilty, hung up, impeachable, in the wrong, indictable, liable, off base, out of line, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun, to blame, unholy, wrong |
| Antonyms: | blameless, inculpable, innocent, not guilty, right |
| Main Entry: | engrossed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preoccupied; attentive to |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, all wound up, assiduous, bugged, busy, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, deep, diligent, engaged, enthralled, fascinated, fiend for, gone*, gripped, head over heels, heavily into, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, monopolized, occupied, rapt, really into, riveted, sedulous, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disenthralled, disinterested, ignoring, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frightened |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very scared |
| Synonyms: | abashed, affrighted, afraid, aghast, alarmed, anxious, butterflies, chicken*, chicken-hearted, cowed, dismayed, fearful, frozen, have cold feet, having kittens, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a panic, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, numb, panicky, petrified, pushing the panic button, rabbity, running scared, scared stiff, shaky, shivery, sissy, spooked, startled, terrified, terror-stricken, terrorized, unnerved, uptight, yellow* |
| Antonyms: | calm, comforted, happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inhibited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | bottled up, cold, constrained, frustrated, guarded, hung up, passionless, repressed, reserved, reticent, self-conscious, subdued, undemonstrative, unresponsive, uptight, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, forward, immodest, self-confident |
| Main Entry: | late |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not on time |
| Synonyms: | backward, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blown, delayed, dilatory, eleventh-hour, gone, held up, hung up, in a bind, in the lurch, jammed, lagging, last-minute, missed the boat, out of luck, overdue, postponed, put off, remiss, slow, stayed, strapped, tardy, too late, unpunctual |
| Antonyms: | early, on time, prompt, punctual |
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