| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drinking cup |
| Synonyms: | coffee cup, demitasse, flagon, jug, stoup, tankard, toby |
| Main Entry: | mug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold up |
| Synonyms: | assault, hold up, purse-snatch, rob, steal, stick up |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain by playing a role |
| Synonyms: | be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
| Antonyms: | aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | caress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lovingly |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, brush, buss, clinch, clutch, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, embrace, feel, fondle, graze, handle, hug, kiss, make love, massage, mug, neck, nestle, nuzzle, pat, pet, play around, rub, squeeze, stroke, toy |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, blindside, bolt, buck, bushwhack, chase, dash, invade, jump on, lunge, mug, rush, smash, stampede, storm, tear |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | complexion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skin coloring, appearance |
| Synonyms: | cast, color, coloration, coloring, flush, front, glow, hue, looks, mug, phiz, pigmentation, skin, skin tone, texture, tinge, tint, tone |
| Main Entry: | countenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, usually of the face |
| Synonyms: | aspect, biscuit, cast, demeanor, expression, face, features, gills, kisser, look, looks, map*, mask, mien, mug, phizog, physiognomy, poker face, potato, puss, visage |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who breaks the law |
| Synonyms: | bad actor, black marketeer, blackmailer, con, convict, crook, culprit, delinquent, desperado, deuce, evildoer, ex-con, felon, fugitive, gangster, guerilla, heavy*, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, hustler, inside person, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, mobster, mug, muscle*, offender, outlaw, racketeer, repeater, scofflaw, sinner, slippery eel, thug*, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer, yardbird |
| Antonyms: | law, police |