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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crackle |
| Synonyms: | burst, chip, chop, cleave, crash*, crepitate, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split, sputter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
| Synonyms: | be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up, boil over, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | be happy |
| Main Entry: | rave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk endlessly |
| Synonyms: | babble, be delirious, bloviate, blow one's top, carry on*, come unglued, declaim, flip one's lid, freak out, fume, gabble, go ape, go bananas, go crazy, go mad, harangue, jabber, make a to-do, mouth, orate, perorate, prate, prattle, rage, rail, rant, rattle on, roar, run amuck, splutter, storm, talk wildly, thunder, wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | splash, sprinkle |
| Synonyms: | bespatter, bestrew, broadcast, dash, daub, dirty, discharge, disperse, dot, douse, dribble, mottle, polka-dot, scatter, shower, slop, smudge, soil, spangle, speck, speckle, splutter, spot, spray, sputter, stipple, strew, swash, wet |
| Main Entry: | spit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject saliva or substance |
| Synonyms: | discharge, drool, expectorate, hawk, hiss, sibilate, sizz, slobber, spatter, spew, splutter, spritz, sputter, throw out |
| Notes: | to spit (imitative of its sound) means to expel saliva; expectorate means to dredge up and expel phlegm |
| Antonyms: | swallow |
| Main Entry: | stammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stutter in speech |
| Synonyms: | falter, halt, hammer, hem and haw, hesitate, jabber, lurch, pause, repeat, splutter, sputter, stop, stumble, wobble |
| Antonyms: | enunciate, pronounce |
| Main Entry: | stutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak haltingly |
| Synonyms: | dribble, falter, hesitate, splutter, sputter, stammer, stumble |
| Antonyms: | continue |
| Main Entry: | sputter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble |
| Synonyms: | falter, splutter, stammer, stutter |
| Main Entry: | rhapsodize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rave |
| Synonyms: | babble, be delirious, bloviate, blow one's top, carry on*, come unglued, declaim, flip one's lid, freak out, fume, gabble, go ape, go bananas, go crazy, go mad, harangue, jabber, make a to-do, mouth, orate, perorate, prate, prattle, rage, rail, rant, rattle on, roar*, run amuck, splutter, storm*, talk wildly, thunder, wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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