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rampancy
[ram-puhn-see] 
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bluster
[bluhs-ter]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bullying, intimidation |
| Synonyms: | bluff, boasting, boisterousness, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, crowing, rabidity, rampancy, swagger, swaggering |
| Main Entry: | fury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, wrath |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | calm, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, turmoil |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, annoyance, assault, attack, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bluster, bomb, bombardment, broadside, burst, bustle, cannonade, clamor, clatter, convulsion, disturbance, drumfire, furor, fury, fusillade, hail, hassle, hysteria, offensive, onset, onslaught, outbreak, outburst, outcry, passion, perturbation, pother, rabidity, racket, rage, rampancy, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, rush, salvo, squall, stir, strife, temper, tumult, upheaval, violence, volley |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | independency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abandonment, ability, autonomy, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, independence, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, self-government, sovereignty, sweep, swing, unrestraint |
| Main Entry: | irateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fury |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence, wrath, wrathfulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-government |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abandonment, ability, autonomy, bent*, carte blanche, compass, discretion, elbowroom, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein, full play, full swing, immunity, independence, independency, indulgence, laissez faire, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, own accord, play, plenty of rope, power, prerogative, privilege, profligacy, rampancy, range, rein, right, rope, scope, sovereignty, sweep, swing, unrestraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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