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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling |
| Synonyms: | affection, ardor, compassion, cordiality, earnestness, empressement, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, glow, hospitality, kindness, passion, spirit, vehemence, zeal |
| Antonyms: | chill, cool |
| Main Entry: | ferociousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ferocity |
| Synonyms: | barbarity, brutality, cruelness, depth, extreme, ferment, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fury, intensity, pitch, savagery, severity, vehemence, vehemency, viciousness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | fervency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion |
| Synonyms: | ardor, emotion, enthusiasm, fervor, fire, fury, gusto, heart, intensity, vehemence, zeal, zest |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
| Main Entry: | fierceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ferocity |
| Synonyms: | barbarity, brutality, cruelness, depth, extreme, ferment, ferociousness, fervency, fervor, fury, intensity, pitch, savagery, severity, vehemence, vehemency, viciousness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | forcefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
| Synonyms: | aggressiveness, assertiveness, energy, fierceness, intensity, might, potency, power, strength, vehemence, vigor, vim, vitality |
| Main Entry: | irateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fury |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, asperity, boiling point, conniption, energy, ferocity, fierceness, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, impetuosity, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rabidity, rage, rampancy, rise, savagery, severity, slow burn, sore, stew, storm*, tempestuousness, turbulence, vehemence, violence, wrath, wrathfulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peppiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | activity, animation, application, ardor, birr, dash, drive, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, endurance, enterprise, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, get-up-and-go, go*, hardihood, initiative, intensity, juice*, life, liveliness, might, moxie*, muscle, operativeness, pep, pizzazz, pluck, potency, power, puissance, punch*, spirit, spontaneity, sprightliness, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, tuck, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip, élan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rancorousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resentment |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, embitterment, exacerbation, exasperation, fog*, fury, gall, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique*, rage, rancor, resentfulness, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, virulence, virulency, wrath |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resentfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resentment |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, embitterment, exacerbation, exasperation, fog*, fury, gall, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique*, rage, rancor, rancorousness, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, virulence, virulency, wrath |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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