| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fun time |
Synonyms: |
amusement, bash*, blow out, excitement, good time, great time, party, riot* |
| Main Entry: | demoralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, unnerve |
Synonyms: |
abash, blow out, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, dispirit, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, get to, jumble, muddle, nonplus, psych out, rattle, sap, send up, shake, snarl, take apart, take steam out, undermine, unglue, unman, unsettle, unzip, upset, weaken |
Antonyms: |
boost, comfort, encourage, uplift |
| Main Entry: | dissipation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, entertainment, occasionally to excess |
Synonyms: |
bender, binge, blow-out, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear*, toot, wingding |
| Main Entry: | douse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drench, extinguish with liquid |
Synonyms: |
blow out, deluge, drown, duck, dunk, immerse, plunge, put out, quench, saturate, slop, slosh, smother, snuff, snuff out, soak, sop, souse, spatter, splash, splatter, squench, steep, submerge, submerse, wet |
| Notes: | douse first meant 'knock, punch, strike' and now means 'to extinguish or wet thoroughly; dowse means to look for water or minerals with a divining rod |
Antonyms: |
dry |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amusement, pleasure |
Synonyms: |
ball*, bash*, big time, blast*, blow out, celebration, cheer, clambake, delight, dissipation, distraction, diversion, divertissement, enjoyment, feast, frolic, fun, fun and games, gaiety, game, good time, grins, high time, laughs, leisure activity, lots of laughs, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, picnic, play, recreation, regalement, relaxation, relief, revelry, satisfaction, shindig*, sport, spree, surprise, treat, wingding |
Antonyms: |
chore, drudgery, labor, task, work |
| Main Entry: | expel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge |
Synonyms: |
belch, blow out, cast out, disgorge, dislodge, drive out, ejaculate, eruct, erupt, evacuate, exhaust, exudate, exude, get rid of, irrupt, pass, remove, spew, throw out, vomit |
Antonyms: |
absorb, admit, take in |
| Main Entry: | extinguish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out a fire |
Synonyms: |
blot out, blow out, choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample |
Antonyms: |
light |
| Main Entry: | put out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish fire |
Synonyms: |
blow out, douse, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out |
Antonyms: |
start |
| Main Entry: | entertainment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
Zugzwang, aleiptic, amused, amusing, closed, corybantic, diverting, entertaining, espiègle, festal, festive, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughable, ludibrious, ludibund, lusory, mute, piscatory, playful, pleasant, psyllic, recreative, rompish, scacchic, sphairistic, sporting, toxophilite, venatic, warrantable, wicketed, witty
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