Related Searches
Nearby Words
Ads
Industrial Push Buttons www.hermitageautomation.com/ ABB, Idec. Get a Quick Quote. We are Your Distributor of Choice!
Pushbutton Switch www.ask.com/Pushbutton+Switch Explore Pushbutton Switch. Get Answers Now on Ask.com.
Pushbutton Switches www.comus-intl.com/ High Quality Mercury Switches. High Quality Mercury Switches.
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | button pushed to control electrical circuit |
| Synonyms: | control, pushbutton, switch |
| Main Entry: | detonate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set off bomb |
| Synonyms: | bang, blast, blow up, burst, discharge, explode, fulminate, kablooey, let go, mushroom, push the button, shoot off, touch off, va-voom |
| Antonyms: | dismantle |
| Main Entry: | exacerbate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuriate; make worse |
| Synonyms: | add insult to injury, aggravate, annoy, egg on, embitter, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, fan the flames, feed the fire, go from bad to worse, heat up, heighten, hit on, increase, inflame, intensify, irritate, madden, provoke, push one's button, rattle one's cage, rub salt in a wound, vex, worsen |
| Notes: | to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness |
| Antonyms: | aid, calm, comfort, help, soothe |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
