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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, muddlement, panic, perplexity, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, trepidity, wonder |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, happiness, peacefulness, tranquility |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gawk |
| Synonyms: | beam, bore, eye, eyeball, focus, get a load of, get an eyeful, give the eye, glare, gloat, goggle, look, ogle, peer, rubberneck, size up, stare, take in*, wonder, yawp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at |
| Synonyms: | admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, eyeball, gape, gawk, get a load of, get an eyeful, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp, look, look fixedly, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin, pipe, regard, rubber, rubberneck, scrutinize, see, size up, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jewel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone precious |
| Synonyms: | charm, find, gem, genius, ideal, masterpiece, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, pearl, phenomenon, phoenix*, prize, prodigy, rarity, specialty, treasure, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, jubilance, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, pride and joy, prize, rapture, ravishment, refreshment, regalement, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | marvel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be amazed |
| Synonyms: | be awed, be surprised, feel surprise, gape, gaze, goggle, stand in awe, stare, wonder |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | miracle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wonderful, surprising event or thing |
| Synonyms: | marvel, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, rarity, revelation, sensation, stunner, supernatural occurrence, surprise, thaumaturgy, unusualness, wonder |
| Antonyms: | normalcy, usualness |
| Main Entry: | mistrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubtfulness |
| Synonyms: | apprehension, chariness, concern, distrust, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, fear, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wariness, wonder |
| Notes: | to distrust is to suspect someone is dishonest; to mistrust is to merely lack confidence in someone mistrust involves a withholding of confidence, whereas distrust involves a projection of lack of confidence or suspicion |
| Antonyms: | belief, certainty, confidence, faith, trust |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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