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889. Enmity — N. enmity, hostility; unfriendliness &c adj.; discord &c 713; bitterness, rancor. alienation, estrangement; dislike &c 867; hate &c 898. heartburning†; animosity &c 900; malevolence &c 907. V. be inimical &c adj.; keep at arm's length, hold at arm's length; be at loggerheads; bear malice &c 907; fall out; take umbrage &c 900; harden the heart, alienate, estrange. [not friendly, but not hostile]. (indifference). 866. Adj. inimical, unfriendly, hostile; at enmity, at variance, at daggers drawn, at open war with; up in arms against; in bad odor with. on bad terms, not on speaking terms; cool; cold, cold hearted; estranged, alienated, disaffected, irreconcilable.

890. Friend — N. friend, friend of one's bosom; alter ego; best friend, bosom friend, soulmate, fast friend; amicus [Lat.]; usque ad aras [Lat.]; fidus Achates [Lat.]; persona grata. acquaintance, neighbor, next-door neighbor, casual acquaintance, nodding acquaintance; wellwisher. favorer, fautor†, patron, Mecaenas; tutelary saint, good genius, advocate, partisan, sympathizer; ally; friend in need &c (auxiliary) 711. comrade, mate, companion, familiar, confrere, comrade, camarade†, confidante, intimate; old crony, crony; chum; pal; buddy, bosom buddy; playfellow, playmate, childhood friend; bedfellow, bedmate; chamber fellow. associate, colleague, compeer. schoolmate, schoolfellow†; classfellow†, classman†, classmate; roommate; fellow-man, stable companion. best man, maid of honor, matron of honor. compatriot; fellow countryman, countryman. shopmate, fellow-worker, shipmate, messmate†; fellow companion, boon companion, pot companion; copartner, partner, senior partner, junior partner. Arcades ambo Pylades and Orestes Castor and Pollux†, Nisus and Euryalus [Lat.], Damon and Pythias, par nobile fratrum [Lat.]. host, Amphitryon†, Boniface; guest, visitor, protégé. Phr. amici probantur rebus adversis [Lat.]; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund [G.]; best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness [G. Eliot]; conocidos muchos amigos pocos [Sp.]; friend more divine than all divinities [G. Eliot]; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo [Sp.].

891. Enemy — N. enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman†; open enemy, bitter enemy, opponent &c 710; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society. Phr. every hand being against one; he makes no friend who never made a foe [Tennyson]. with friends like that, who needs enemies?; Lord protect me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies.

892. Sociality — N. sociality, sociability, sociableness &c adj.; social intercourse; consociation†; intercourse, intercommunity†; consortship†, companionship, comradeship; clubbism†; esprit de corps. conviviality; good fellowship, good company; joviality, jollity, savoir vivre [Fr.], festivity, festive board, merrymaking; loving cup†; hospitality, heartiness; cheer. welcome, welcomeness; greeting; hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception; urbanity &c (courtesy) 894; familiarity. good fellow, jolly fellow; bon enfant [Fr.], bawcock†. social circle, family circle; circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company. social gathering, social reunion; assembly &c (assemblage) 72; barbecue [U.S.], bee; corn-husking [U.S.], corn-shucking [U.S.]; house raising, barn raising; husking, husking-bee [U.S.]; infare†. party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione [It], soiree, matinée; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carrée [Fr.], dish of tea, ridotto†, rout†; housewarming; ball, festival &c; smoker, smoker-party; sociable [U.S.], stag party, hen party, tamasha†; tea-party, tea-fight [Slang]. (amusement) 840; the feast of reason and the flow of soul [Pope]. birthday party [parties for specific occasions], Christmas party, New Year's Eve party, Thanksgiving Day Dinner; bonenkai [Jap.]; wedding reception. visiting; round of visits; call, morning call; interview &c (conversation) 588; assignation; tryst, trysting place; appointment. club &c (association) 712. V. be sociable &c adj.; know; be acquainted &c adj.; associate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with &c (friendship) 888; make advances, fraternize, embrace. be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with; make free with; crack a bottle with; receive hospitality, live at free quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.]. visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up one's quarters. entertain; give a party &c n.; be at home, see one's friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception &c n.. to kill the fatted calf. Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable†, cosy, cosey†, chatty, conversational; homiletical. convivial; festive, festal; jovial, jolly, hospitable. welcome, welcome as the roses in May; fêted, entertained. free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted. social, neighborly; international; gregarious. Adv. en famille [Fr.], in the family circle; sans fa [Fr.]; arm in arm. Phr. a crowd is not company [Bacon]; be bright and jovial among your guests tonight [Macbeth]; his worth is warrant for his welcome [Two Gentlemen]; let's be red with mirth [Winter's Tale]; welcome the coming speed the parting guest [Pope].

893. Seclusion. Exclusion — N. seclusion, privacy; retirement; reclusion, recess; snugness &c adj.; delitescence†; rustication, rus in urbe [Lat.]; solitude; solitariness &c (singleness) 87; isolation; loneliness &c adj.; estrangement from the world, voluntary exile; aloofness. cell, hermitage; convent &c 1000; sanctum sanctorum [Lat.]. depopulation, desertion, desolation; wilderness &c (unproductive) 169; howling wilderness; rotten borough, Old Sarum. exclusion, excommunication, banishment, exile, ostracism, proscription; cut, cut direct; dead cut. inhospitality†, inhospitableness &c adj.; dissociability†; domesticity, Darby and Joan. recluse, hermit, eremite, cenobite; anchoret†, anchorite; Simon Stylites†; troglodyte, Timon of Athens†, Santon†, solitaire, ruralist†, disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic†; wastrel, foundling, wilding†. V. be secluded, live secluded &c adj.; keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux [Fr.]; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon &c 624; sport one's oak [Slang]. cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round. depopulate; dispeople†, unpeople†. Adj. secluded, sequestered, retired, delitescent†, private, bye; out of the world, out of the way; the world forgetting by the world forgot [Pope]. snug, domestic, stay-at-home. unsociable; unsocial, dissocial†; inhospitable, cynical, inconversable†, unclubbable, sauvage [Fr.], troglodytic. solitary; lonely, lonesome; isolated, single. estranged; unfrequented; uninhabitable, uninhabited; tenantless; abandoned; deserted, deserted in one's utmost need; unfriended†; kithless†, friendless, homeless; lorn†, forlorn, desolate. unvisited, unintroduced†, uninvited, unwelcome; under a cloud, left to shift for oneself, derelict, outcast. banished &c v.. Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]. among them but not of them [Byron]; and homeless near a thousand homes I stood [Wordsworth]; far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife [Gray]; makes a solitude and calls it peace [Byron]; magna civitas magna solitudo [Lat.]; never less alone than when alone [Rogers]; O sacred solitude! divine retreat! [Young].

894. Courtesy — N. courtesy; respect &c 928; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness &c adj.; bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension &c (humility) 879; affability, complaisance, prévenance, amability†, gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy. compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil†, greeting, recognition; welcome, abord†, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams. obeisance &c (reverence) 928; bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow†, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection &c (worship) 990; obsequiousness &c 886; capping, shaking hands, &c v.; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur [Fr.], pledge; love token &c (endearment) 902; kiss, buss, salute. mark of recognition, nod; nods and becks and wreathed smiles [Milton]; valediction &c 293; condolence &c 915. V. be courteous &c adj.; show courtesy &c n.. mind one's P's and Q's, behave oneself, be all things to all men, conciliate, speak one fair, take in good part; make the amiable, do the amiable; look as if butter would not melt in one's mouth; mend one's manners. receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade. salute; embrace &c (endearment) 902; kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob†; move to, nod to; smile upon. uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one's bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee. visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one's respects, pay a visit &c (sociability) 892; dance attendance on &c (servility) 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c (respect) 928. prostrate oneself &c (worship) 990. give one's duty to, send one's duty to, &c n.. render polite &c adj.; polish, civilize, humanize. Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well- mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c (taste) 850; gentlemanlike &c (fashion) 852 [Obs.]; gallant; on one's good behavior. fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey- tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious &c 886. ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly. diplomatic, tactful, politic; artful &c 702. Adv. courteously &c adj.; with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a bras ouverts [Fr.]; suaviter in modo [Fr.], in good humor. Int. hail!, welcome!, well met!, ave!, all hail!, good day, good morrow!, Godspeed!, pax vobiscum! [Lat.], may your shadow never be less!, Phr. Tien de plus estimable que la ceremonie [Fr.]; the very pink of courtesy [Romeo and Juliet].

895. Discourtesy — N. discourtesy; ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners; insuavity†; uncourteousness†, &c adj.; rusticity, inurbanity†; illiberality, incivility displacency†. disrespect &c 929; procacity†, impudence: barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism†, conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossiereté, brusquerie†; vulgarity, &c 851. churlishness &c adj.; spinosity†, perversity; moroseness &c (sullenness) 901.1. sternness &c adj.; austerity; moodishness†, captiousness &c 901; cynicism; tartness &c adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity. scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality. bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub†; frump, crosspatch†; saucebox &c 887 [Obs.]; crooked stick; grizzly. V. be rude &c adj.; insult &c 929; treat with discourtesy; take a name in vain; make bold with, make free with; take a liberty; stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush. cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear. lose one's temper &c (resentment) 900; sulk &c 901.1; frown, scowl, glower, pout; snap, snarl, growl. render rude &c adj.; brutalize, brutify†. Adj. discourteous, uncourteous†; uncourtly†; ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly, unmannered; impolite, unpolite†; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel; ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar &c 851; dedecorous†; foul- mouthed foul-spoken; abusive. uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious. repulsive; uncomplaisant†, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant; inaffable†; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere; cavalier. taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling &c v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen &c 901.1; peevish &c (irascible) 901. untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless &c 703; Adv. discourteously &c adj.; with discourtesy &c n., with a bad grace.

896. Congratulation — N. congratulation, gratulation†; felicitation; salute &c 894; condolence &c 915; compliments of the season. V. congratulate, gratulate†; felicitate; give one joy, wish one joy; compliment; tender one's congratulations, offer one's congratulations; wish many happy returns of the day, wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year. praise, laud (commendation) 931. congratulate oneself &c (rejoice) 838. Adj. congratulatory, gratulatory†. Phr. I wish you all the joy that you can wish [Merchant of Venice]; best wishes.

897. Love — N. love; fondness &c adj.; liking; inclination &c (desire) 865; regard, dilection†, admiration, fancy. affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness &c adj.; heart, brotherly love; benevolence &c 906; attachment. yearning, eros, tender passion, amour; gyneolatry†; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry. Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship &c 902; amourette†; free love. maternal love, storge [Gr.], parental love; young love, puppy love. attractiveness; popularity; favorite &c 899. lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret†, beau, sweetheart, inamorato [It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman†, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso†, cavaliere servente [It], captive, cicisbeo†; caro sposo [It]. inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa [It]. betrothed, affianced, fiancee. flirt, coquette; amorette†; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone†. V. love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love with &c adj.; have a love &c n.. for, entertain a love &c n.. for, harbor cherish a love &c n.. for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one's affections on; make much of, feast one's eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet. burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument [Fr.]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored &c adj.; fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire &c 865. excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head. get into favor; ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, pay one's court to, faire l'aimable [Fr.], set one's cap at, flirt. Adj. loving &c v.; fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, bitten; attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed &c v.; in love; love-sick; over head and ears in love, head over heels in love. affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly. loved &c v.. beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. congenial; after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart. in one's good graces &c (friendly) 888; dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart. lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel. Phr. amantes amentes [Lat.] [Terence]; credula res amor est [Lat.] [Ovid]; militat omnis amasius [Lat.] [Ovid]; love conquers all, omnia vincit amor [Lat.] [Vergil]; si vis amari ama [Seneca]; the sweetest joy, the wildest woe [Bailey].

898. Hate — N. hate, hatred, vials of hate. disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity &c 889; animosity &c 900. umbrage, pique, grudge; dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling; ill blood, bad blood; acrimony; malice &c 907; implacability &c (revenge) 919. repugnance &c (dislike) 867; misanthropy, demonophobia†, gynephobia†, negrophobia†; odium, unpopularity; detestation, antipathy; object of hatred, object of execration; abomination, aversion, bête noire; enemy &c 891; bitter pill; source of annoyance &c 830. V. hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate; scowl &c 895; disrelish &c (dislike) 867. owe a grudge; bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice &c (malevolence) 907; conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to. excite hatred, provoke hatred &c n.; be hateful &c adj.; stink in the nostrils; estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile; horrify &c 830; roil. Adj. hating &c v.; abhorrent; averse from &c (disliking) 867; set against. bitter &c (acrimonious) 895; implacable &c (revengeful) 919. unloved, unbeloved, unlamented, undeplored, unmourned†, uncared for, unendeared†, un-valued; disliked &c 867. crossed in love, forsaken, rejected, lovelorn, jilted. obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting &c (disagreeable) 830; reprehensible. invidious, spiteful; malicious &c 907. insulting, irritating, provoking. [Mutual hate] at daggers drawn; not on speaking terms &c (enmity) 889; at loggerheads. Phr. no love lost between.

899. Favorite — N. favorite, pet, cosset, minion, idol, jewel, spoiled child, enfant gaté [Fr.]; led captain; crony; fondling; apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart; persona grata. love, [person who is a favorite (terms of address)], dear, darling, duck, duckey, honey, sugar, jewel; mopsey†, moppet, princess; sweetheart, sweetie &c (love) 897. teacher's pet. general favorite, universal favorite; idol of the people.

900. Resentment — N. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation; exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation. pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness, acrimony, asperity, spleen, gall; heart-burning, heart-swelling; rankling. ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper; irascibility &c 901; ill blood &c (hate) 898; revenge &c 919. excitement, irritation; warmth, bile, choler, ire, fume, pucker, dander, ferment, ebullition; towering passion, acharnement [Fr.], angry mood, taking, pet, tiff, passion, fit, tantrums. burst, explosion, paroxysm, storm, rage, fury, desperation; violence &c 173; fire and fury; vials of wrath; gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words. scowl &c 895; sulks &c 901.1. [Cause of umbrage] affront, provocation, offense; indignity &c (insult) 929; grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli [Lat.]; ill turn, outrage. Furies, Eumenides. buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles. V. resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie [Fr.]; breathe revenge, cut up rough. fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion; bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up; open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath. pout, knit the brow, frown, scowl, lower, snarl, growl, gnarl, gnash, snap; redden, color; look black, look black as thunder, look daggers; bite one's thumb; show one's teeth, grind one's teeth; champ the bit, champ at the bit. chafe, mantle, fume, kindle, fly out, take fire; boil, boil over; boil with indignation, boil with rage; rage, storm, foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen; lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage; burst with anger; raise Cain. have a fling at; bear malice &c (revenge) 919. cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite &c 824; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &c 919; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw. put out of countenance, put out of humor; put one's monkey up, put one's back up; raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler; work up into a passion; make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle; throw, into a ferment, madden, drive one mad; lash into fury, lash into madness; fool to the top of one's bent; set by the ears. bring a hornet's nest about one's ears. Adj. angry, wrath, irate; ireful, wrathful; cross &c (irascible) 901; Achillean†; sulky, &c 901.1; bitter, virulent; acrimonious &c (discourteous) &c 895; violent &c 173. warm, burning; boiling, boiling over; fuming, raging; foaming, foaming at the mouth; convulsed with rage. offended &c v.; waxy, acharne; wrought, worked up; indignant, hurt, sore; set against. fierce, wild, rageful†, furious, mad with rage, fiery, infuriate, rabid, savage; relentless &c 919. flushed with anger, flushed with rage; in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way; on one's high ropes, up in arms; in high dudgeon. Adv. angrily &c adj.; in the height of passion; in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment. Int. tantaene animis coelestibus irae! [Lat.], [Vergil], marry come up!, zounds!, 'sdeath! [Contr.]. Phr. one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up; fervens difficili bile jecur [Lat.]; the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire; the blood rising, the blood boiling; haeret lateri lethalis arundo [Lat.] [Vergil]; beware the fury of a patient man [Dryden]; furor arma ministrat [Lat.] [Vergil]; ira furor brevis est [Lat.] [Horace]; quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius [Lat.]; What, drunk with choler? [Henry IV].

901. Irascibility — N. irascibility, irascibleness, temper; crossness &c adj.; susceptibility, procacity, petulance, irritability, tartness, acerbity, protervity; pugnacity &c (contentiousness) 720. excitability &c 825; bad temper, fiery temper, crooked temper, irritable &c adj.. temper; genus irritabile [Lat.], hot blood. ill humor &c (sullenness) 901.1; asperity &c; churlishness &c (discourtesy) 895. huff &c (resentment) 900; a word and a blow. Sir Fretful Plagiary; brabbler†, Tartar; shrew, vixen, virago, termagant, dragon, scold, Xantippe; porcupine; spitfire; fire eater &c (blusterer) 887; fury &c (violent person) 173. V. be irascible &c adj.; have a temper &c n., have a devil in one; fire up &c (be angry) 900. Adj. irascible; bad-tempered, ill-tempered; irritable, susceptible; excitable &c 825; thin-skinned &c (sensitive) 822; fretful, fidgety; on the fret. hasty, overhasty, quick, warm, hot, testy, touchy, techy†, tetchy; like touchwood, like tinder; huffy, pettish, petulant; waspish, snappish, peppery, fiery, passionate, choleric, shrewish, sudden and quick in quarrel [As You Like It]. querulous, captious, moodish†; quarrelsome, contentious, disputatious; pugnacious &c (bellicose) 720; cantankerous, exceptious†; restiff &c (perverse) 901.1 [Obs.]; churlish &c (discourteous) 895. cross, cross as crabs, cross as two sticks, cross as a cat, cross as a dog, cross as the tongs; fractious, peevish, acariâtre†. in a bad temper; sulky &c 901.1; angry &c 900. resentful, resentive†; vindictive &c 919. Int. pish!, Phr. a vieux comptes nouvelles disputes [Fr.]; quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor [Lat.] [Seneca]; vino tortus et ira [Lat.] [Horace].

901a. Sullenness — N. sullenness &c adj.; morosity†, spleen; churlishness &c (discourtesy) 895; irascibility &c 901. moodiness &c adj.; perversity; obstinacy &c 606; torvity†, spinosity†; crabbedness &c adj.. ill temper, bad temper, ill humor, bad humor; sulks, dudgeon, mumps†, dumps, doldrums, fit of the sulks, bouderie [Fr.], black looks, scowl; grouch; huff &c (resentment) 900. V. be sullen &c adj.; sulk; frown, scowl, lower, glower, gloam†, pout, have a hangdog look, glout†. Adj. sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill- disposed; grouty [U.S.]; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; out of temper, out of humor; knaggy†, torvous†, crusty, crabbed; sour, sour as a crab; surly &c (discourteous) 895. moody; spleenish†, spleenly†; splenetic, cankered. cross, crossgrained†; perverse, wayward, humorsome†; restiff†, restive; cantankerous, intractable, exceptious†, sinistrous†, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward; cussed [U.S.]. dogged &c (stubborn) 606. grumpy, glum, grim, grum†, morose, frumpish; in the sulks &c n.; out of sorts; scowling, glowering, growling; grouchy. peevish &c (irascible) 901.