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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or cause to be less |
| Synonyms: | abate, abbreviate, attenuate, become smaller, close, contract, curtail, cut, decline, decrease, depreciate, die out, drain, dwindle, ebb, extenuate, fade away, lessen, lower, minify, moderate, peter out, recede, reduce, retrench, shrink, shrivel, slacken, subside, taper, temper, wane, weaken |
| Antonyms: | develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, lengthen, prolong |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stiffness |
| Synonyms: | compactness, density, durability, fixedness, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, imperviousness, impliability, inelasticity, inflexibility, resistance, rigidity, solidity, temper, tensile strength, toughness |
| Antonyms: | flexibility, softness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | frame of mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's mental attitude |
| Synonyms: | attitude, constitution, disposition, emotions, feelings, humor, inner nature, makeup, mentality, mindset, mood, nature, shape, spirit, spirits, standing, state, state of mind, temper, temperament, temporary psychological state, tone, vein |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | huff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad mood |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, snit, stew, temper, tiff, umbrage |
| Antonyms: | delight, good mood, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mood, temperament |
| Synonyms: | bee, bent, bias, caprice, character, complexion, conceit, disposition, fancy, frame of mind, individualism, individuality, makeup, mind, nature, notion, personality, propensity, quirk, spirits, strain, temper, tone, vagary, vein, whim |
| Main Entry: | individuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personality |
| Synonyms: | air, character, complexion, difference, discreteness, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, individualism, ipseity, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, particularity, peculiarity, rarity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, temper, temperament, uniqueness, unity, unlikeness, way |
| Main Entry: | lull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, ease off |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, balm, becalm, cease, chill out, compose, cool off, cool*, decrease, die down, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, hush, lay back, let up, lullaby, moderate, pacify, put a lid on, qualify, quell, quiet, quiet down, settle, slacken, soft-pedal, soothe, still, stroke, subdue, subside, take it easy, take the edge, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize, wane |
| Antonyms: | energize, excite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | makeup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's character |
| Synonyms: | build, cast, complexion, constitution, disposition, fiber, figure, frame of mind, grain, humor, individualism, individuality, make, mold, nature, personality, stamp, stripe, temper, temperament, vein |
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