| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
Synonyms: |
admiration, apprehension, astonishment, consternation, dread, esteem, fear, fright, horror, regard, respect, reverence, shock, stupefaction, terror, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship |
Antonyms: |
calmness, coolness, expectation, familiarity, intimacy, steadiness |
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
Synonyms: |
alarm, appall, astonish, blow away, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, hotdog, impress, intimidate, knock socks off, overawe, scare, showboat, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify |
Antonyms: |
expect |
| Main Entry: | amazement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of surprise |
Synonyms: |
admiration, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, confoundment, confusion, marvel, one for the books, perplexity, shock, something else, stopper, stunner, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment |
Antonyms: |
calmness, composure, cool, coolness, indifference, preparation |
| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
Synonyms: |
alarm, amaze, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to, gross out, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve |
Antonyms: |
comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | astonishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of surprise |
Synonyms: |
amazement, astoundment, awe, bewilderment, confusion, consternation, dumbfoundment, one for the books, shock, something else, stunner, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment |
Antonyms: |
dullness, expectation, unexcitement |
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| 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: | control |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curb, hold back |
Synonyms: |
adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, rein in, repress, restrain, simmer down, smother, subdue |
Antonyms: |
chance, jump in, let go, risk, rush |
| Main Entry: | cow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, intimidate |
Synonyms: |
abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, dragoon, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, lean on, overawe, push around, rattle, scare, showboat, strong-arm, subdue, terrorize, turn on the heat, unnerve, walk heavy |
Antonyms: |
encourage, hearten, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | dazzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, amaze |
Synonyms: |
astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz, hypnotize, impress, overawe, overpower, overwhelm, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb, stupefy, surprise |
Antonyms: |
bore |
| Main Entry: | discourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dishearten, dispirit |
Synonyms: |
abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh |
Antonyms: |
encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit |