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up in arms
| Main Entry: |
up in arms
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | upset and ready to fight |
| Synonyms: | at odds, at swords' points, at war, hostile, in an uproar, in the midst of battle, prepared for war, provoked, wrought up |
| Main Entry: | furious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely angry, very mad |
| Synonyms: | bent out of shape, bent*, beside oneself, boiling, browned off, bummed out, corybantic, crazed, demented, desperate, enraged, fierce, fit to be tied, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuming, hacked, hopping mad, incensed, infuriated, insane, irrational, livid, maddened, maniac, on the warpath, rabid, raging, smoking, steamed, unreasonable, up in arms, vehement, vicious, violent, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incensed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry |
| Synonyms: | at end of one's rope, buffaloed, bugged, bummed out, burned up, dogged, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, hacked, hot and bothered, huffy, indignant, infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, maddened, miffed, on the warpath, peeved, riled, rousted, rubbed the wrong way, steamed up, up in arms, uptight*, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, happy, joyous, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling, bugged, burned up, disgruntled, displeased, exasperated, fuming, furious, heated, huffy, in a huff, incensed, irate, livid, mad, miffed, p.o.'d, peeved, piqued, provoked, resentful, riled, scornful, seeing red, up in arms, upset, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | gleeful, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | irate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | angered, annoyed, blown a gasket, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, piqued, provoked, riled, steamed, ticked off, up in arms, worked up, wrathful, wroth |
| Notes: | irate means 'angry' while irascible means 'disposed toward or easily provoked to anger' (both are from Latin ira 'anger') |
| Antonyms: | calm, cheerful, happy, pleased |
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, combative |
| Synonyms: | active, assertive, assertory, bellicose, belligerent, combating, contending, contentious, embattled, fighting, gladiatorial, in arms, martial, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, pushy, quarrelsome, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, up in arms, vigorous, warlike, warring |
| Antonyms: | compliant, peaceful, peaceloving, submissive, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | ireful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | furious |
| Synonyms: | bent out of shape, bent*, beside oneself, boiling, browned off, bummed out, corybantic, crazed, demented, desperate, enraged, fierce, fit to be tied, foaming at the mouth, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fuming, hacked, hopping mad, in a towering rage, incensed, infuriated, insane, irate, irrational, livid, maddened, maniac, on the warpath, rabid, rage, raging, smoking, steamed, unreasonable, up in arms, vehement, vicious, violent, wrathful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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