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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, commove, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, innervate, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, vitalize, wake, zap |
| Antonyms: | depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scare |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, appall, chill off, consternate, daunt, disgust, dismay, frighten, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare to death, shake, shock, sicken, terrify, terrorize |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | jar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clash, disharmonize |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bicker, contend, disaccord, disagree, discompose, discord, grate, grind, interfere, irk, irritate, jangle, mismatch, nettle, oppose, outrage, quarrel, shock, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize |
| Main Entry: | jolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surprise; push suddenly |
| Synonyms: | astonish, bowl over, bump, churn, convulse, discompose, disturb, floor, jar, jerk, jog, jostle, knock, knock over, lay out, perturb, rock, shake, shake up, shock, shove, spring something on, stagger, start, startle, stun, throw a curve, upset |
| Main Entry: | offend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, be disagreeable, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, turn one off, upset, vex, wound, zing |
| Antonyms: | compliment, please |
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, offend, abuse |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, boil over, burn up, defile, deflower, desecrate, do violence to, fire up, force, ill- treat, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar, kick up a row, madden, make hit the ceiling, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain, rape, ravage, ravish, reach boiling point, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | overcome |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, defeat |
| Synonyms: | be victorious, best*, come out on top, conquer, crush, down*, drown, get around, get the better of, hurdle, knock over, knock socks off, lick*, master, outlive, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, reduce, render, rise above, shock, stun, subdue, subjugate, surmount, survive, throw*, triumph over, vanquish, weather*, whelm, win, worst* |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overwhelm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | astonish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, blow out of the water, bowl over, confound, confuse, demoralize, destroy, disturb, do in, downgrade, drown, dumbfound, floor*, kill*, overcome, overpower, prostrate, puzzle, render speechless, run circles around, shatter, shock, stagger, steamroller, stun, subordinate, surprise, swamp, upset, wreck |
| Antonyms: | not impress, underwhelm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgust, nauseate |
| Synonyms: | crawl*, gross out, make flesh crawl, make sick, offend, pain, reluct, repel, repulse, shock, sicken, turn off, turn stomach |
| Notes: | to revolt is to refuse to obey the constraints imposed by another; to rebel is to attempt to replace those constraints by a set of one's own |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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