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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | applause, supportive yell |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, approbation, approval, cry, encouragement, hurrah, hurray, huzzah, ovation, plaudits, roar, shout |
| Antonyms: | boo |
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling-out, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff, words, wrangle, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling out; yelling |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, meow, mewling, moo, motto, nicker, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, vociferation, wail, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo |
| Main Entry: | fervor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | animation, ardency, ardor, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervency, fire*, heartiness, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz, love, oomph, passion, pep talk, piety, piousness, religiousness, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, wholeheartedness, zeal, zealousness |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
| Antonyms: | apathy, coolness, discouragement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong emotion |
| Synonyms: | affection, affectivity, agony, anger, animation, ardor, dedication, devotion, distress, dolor, eagerness, ecstasy, excitement, feeling, fervor, fire, fit, flare-up, frenzy, fury, heat, hurrah, indignation, intensity, ire, joy, misery, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, rage, rapture, resentment, sentiment, spirit, storm, suffering, temper, transport, vehemence, warmth, wrath, zeal, zest |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness |
| Main Entry: | praise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congratulations; adoration |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, big hand, boost, bravo, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, extolment, flattery, glorification, glory, good word, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, laudation, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, sycophancy, thanks, tribute, worship |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, condemnation, criticism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | to-do |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, excitement |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bother, brouhaha*, bustle, clamor, disorder, disturbance, flap, furor, fuss, hassle, hoo-ha, hoopla*, hubbub, hurly-burly, hurrah, performance, pother, quarrel, racket, ruction, rumpus, stir, tumult, turmoil, unrest, uproar, whirl |
| Antonyms: | peace, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interjection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emphatic exclamation |
| Synonyms: | ah, ahem, alas, amen, boo, egad, er, exclamation, golly, hello, hey, hooray, huh, hurrah, jeepers, oh, oops, ouch, phew, phooey, pooh, psst, rah, shucks, ugh, um, whoopee, wow |
| Main Entry: | laudation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, big hand, boost, bravo, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, extolment, flattery, glorification, glory, good word, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, sycophancy, thanks, tribute, worship |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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