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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up, cat fit, chagrin, choler, conniption, dander, disapprobation, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fume, fury, gall, hatred, hissy fit, huff, ill humor, ill temper, impatience, indignation, infuriation, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique*, rage, rankling, resentment, slow burn, soreness, stew, storm*, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discombobulation, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, misrule, mob rule, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, banging, brouhaha, confusion, dither, fluster, flutter, fuss, lather, panic, pother, state*, stew, sweat*, tizzy, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, twitter* |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace, peacefulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lather |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, fuss |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bustle, clamor, confusion, dither, fever, flap, fluster, hassle, hoopla*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, state, stew, storm*, sweat*, tizzy, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, twitter* |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nervousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxious state |
| Synonyms: | agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, collectedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, hard feelings |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, conniption, displeasure, explosion, fit, flare-up, huff, indignation, ire, miff, needle, outburst, pique, resentment, scene, tantrum, tizzy, umbrage, wounded feelings, wrath |
| Antonyms: | happiness, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | stew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; mental upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, confusion, dither, flap, fretting, fuming, fuss, lather, pother, snit, sweat, tizzy, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, control, ease, happiness |
| Main Entry: | temper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angriness; bad mood |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, anger, annoyance, bad humor, cantankerousness, crossness, dander, excitability, fit, fretfulness, furor, fury, grouchiness, heat*, hotheadedness, huffiness, ill-humor, impatience, irascibility, ire, irritability, irritation, miff, outburst, passion, peevishness, petulance, pugnacity, rage, resentment, sensitivity, short fuse, slow burn, snit, sourness, stew, sullenness, surliness, tantrum, tartness, tear*, tiff, tizzy, touchiness, wax |
| Antonyms: | happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of agitation; disturbance |
| Synonyms: | altercation, anarchy, annoyance, anxiety, bickering, bother, chagrin, change, confusion, contention, controversy, crisis, debate, disaffection, discontent, discord, disease, disquiet, dissatisfaction, dissension, distress, dither, ennui, grief, insurrection, irritation, malaise, moodiness, mortification, perplexity, perturbation, protest, quarrel, rebellion, restlessness, sedition, sorrow, strife, tension, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unease, uneasiness, uproar, upset, vexation, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace, rest |
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