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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | questionable, unclear |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, contingent, debatable, dicey, disreputable, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fat chance, fishy, hazardous, hazy, iffy, impugnable, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, long shot, obscure, on thin ice, open, pending, precarious, problematic, shady, sneaky*, speculative, suspect, suspicious, touch-and-go, touchy, uncertain, unconfirmed, undecided, uneasy, unsettled, unstable, unsure, up for grabs |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, confirmed, decided, definite, exact, resolved, settled, unquestionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, bewildering, compromising, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, exasperating, impossible, incommodious, inconvenient, inopportune, mortifying, perplexing, puzzling, rattling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, troubling, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, upsetting, worrisome |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | excitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
| Synonyms: | agitable, alarmable, demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, galvanic, hasty, high-strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, overzealous, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, short fused, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, laid-back, passive, unexcitable, uninspired |
| Main Entry: | explosive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | volatile, dangerous |
| Synonyms: | at the boiling point, bursting, charged, consequential, convulsive, detonating, detonative, ebullient, eruptive, fiery, forceful, frenzied, fulminant, fulminating, hazardous, impetuous, meteoric, overwrought, perilous, raging, rampant, stormy, tense, touchy, ugly, uncontrollable, unstable, vehement, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, peaceful, safe |
| Main Entry: | fractious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grouchy, cross |
| Synonyms: | awkward, captious, crabby, disorderly, fretful, froward, huffy, indocile, indomitable, intractable, irritable, mean, ornery*, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, querulous, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, scrappy, snappish, testy, thin-skinned, touchy, uncompliant, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wayward, wild |
| Notes: | factious means addicted to forming parties and raise dissensions in opposition to government or the common good, while fractious means tending to cause trouble or unruly or irritable |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, complaisant, happy, nice, patient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fretful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable |
| Synonyms: | captious, carping, caviling, complaining, contrary, crabby, cranky*, critical, cross, crotchety, edgy, faultfinding, fractious, huffy, mean, ornery*, out of sorts, peevish, perverse, petulant, querulous, short-tempered, snappish, splenetic, testy, touchy, uneasy, worried, wreck* |
| Antonyms: | calm, cheered, easy-going, happy, joyous, laid-back, pleased, relaxed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hazardous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, unpredictable |
| Synonyms: | chancy, dicey, difficult, hairy*, haphazard, hot*, insecure, parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked |
| Antonyms: | certain, guarded, predictable, protected, safe, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate, vehement |
| Synonyms: | angry, animated, ardent, aroused, distracted, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, furious, ill-tempered, impassioned, impetuous, indignant, inflamed, intense, irascible, lustful, raging, stormy, temperamental, touchy, violent |
| Antonyms: | calm, indifferent, unfeeling |
| Main Entry: | hotheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick-tempered |
| Synonyms: | easily provoked, excitable, explosive, hot-tempered, impetuous, passionate, rash, short-fused, touchy, volatile |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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