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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | addled, agape, aghast, agog, appalled, astonished, astounded, awe-struck, awed, baffled, befuddled, bowled over, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dizzy, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, flipped out, floored, flustered, giddy, in a dither, lost, misled, muddled, mystified, perplexed, punchy, puzzled, rattled, reeling, shocked, shook up, speechless, staggered, startled, stumped, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck, uncertain, unglued |
| Antonyms: | clear, oriented, understanding |
| Main Entry: | contemplative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deep in thought |
| Synonyms: | attentive, cogitative, in brown study, intent, introspective, lost, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, rapt, reflecting, reflective, ruminative, speculative, thinking, thoughtful |
| Antonyms: | disdainful, disregarding, negligent, rejecting, scornful, shallow, unreflective |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
| Synonyms: | accursed, all-fired, anathematized, bad, blankety-blank, blasted, blessed*, bloody*, blooming, condemned, confounded, cursed, cussed, damnable, dang, darn, darned, despicable, detestable, doggone, done for, doomed, dratted, execrable, gone to blazes, infamous, infernal, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed, cherished, favored, likeable, loveable, nice, praiseworthy, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | barren, bygone, defunct, departed, exhausted, extinct, gone, inactive, inoperable, inoperative, lost, obsolete, spent, stagnant, sterile, still, tired, unemployed, unprofitable, useless, vanished, wearied, worn, worn out |
| Antonyms: | active, alive, animate, animated, live, operative, working |
| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
| Synonyms: | debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, lost, moribund, overripe, perverted, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | deceased |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dead |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bit the dust, cold*, defunct, departed, exanimate, expired, extinct, finished, former, gave up the ghost, gone, inanimate, kicked the bucket, late, lifeless, lost, passed on, pushing up daisies |
| Antonyms: | alive, born, lively, living |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, engrossed in activity |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, centered, concentrated, enfolded, engaged, fixed, focused, immersed, intent, into, lost, musing, preoccupied, rapt, set, wrapped, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | flighty, superficial |
| Main Entry: | defunct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, not functioning |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, done for, down the drain, exanimate, expired, gone, had it, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput, late, lifeless, lost, nonexistent, obsolete, out of commission, vanished |
| Antonyms: | alive, existent, existing, functioning, live, operating, operative, valid, working |
| Main Entry: | disoriented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused, unstable |
| Synonyms: | adrift, all at sea, astray, bewildered, discombobulated, lost, mixed-up, not adjusted, off-beam, off-course, out-of-joint, perplexed, unbalanced, unhinged, unsettled |
| Antonyms: | balanced, oriented, settled, understanding, unpuzzled |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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