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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | blood-tingling, boss*, breathtaking, electrifying, enchanting, exquisite, fab, fabulous, frantic, gripping, hair-raising, large, mad, magnificent, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, miraculous, overwhelming, rip-roaring, riveting, rousing, sensational, shivering, stimulating, stirring, swinging, trembling, wild, wondrous, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | depressing, discouraging, upsetting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bloodcurdling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible |
| Synonyms: | alarming, atrocious, chilling, frightening, hair-raising, horrid, horrific, horrifying, nightmarish, scary, terrifying |
| Main Entry: | horrid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bloodcurdling, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hair-raising, heinous, hideous, horrific, loathsome, lou |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horrific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bloodcurdling, cruel, detestable, disagreeable, disgusting, dreadful, eerie, execrable, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, gruesome, hair-raising, heinous, hideous, horrid, loathsome, lousy |
| Notes: | in decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quickening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, animating, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating, vitalizing, vivifying |
| Main Entry: | reinvigorating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, renewing, restorative, roborant, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | renewing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, reinvigorating, restorative, roborant, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | roborant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, reinvigorating, renewing, restorative, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | vitalizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, animating, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, quickening, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating, vivifying |
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