| Main Entry: | acerbity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness of taste |
Synonyms: |
acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, sourness, tartness |
Antonyms: |
mellowness, mildness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | acerbity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harsh speech, behavior |
Synonyms: |
acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, sarcasticness, vitriolicism |
Antonyms: |
kindness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | acidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acridness, astringency, causticity, pungency, sourness, tartness |
| Main Entry: | acrimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nasty behavior, speech |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, animosity, antipathy, asperity, astringency, belligerence, bitterness, churlishness, crankiness, harshness, ill will, irascibility, malevolence, malice, mordancy, peevishness, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, spite, tartness, unkindness, virulence |
Antonyms: |
civility, courtesy, diplomacy, flattery, kindness, politeness, sweetness |
| Main Entry: | asperity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harshness; bad temper |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbiness, crossness, difficulty, disagreeableness, irascibility, irritability, meanness, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sourness, sullenness, tartness |
Antonyms: |
calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | austerity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severity |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, asperity, astringence, coldness, exactingness, exactness, formality, formalness, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, obduracy, rigidity, rigor, seriousness, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness, stringency |
Antonyms: |
blandness, calmness, gentility, meekness, mildness |
| Main Entry: | bitterness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sourness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acidity, acridity, astringency, brackishness, brininess, piquancy, pungency, sharpness, tartness, vinegariness |
Antonyms: |
sweetness |
| Main Entry: | fury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, wrath |
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 |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
Antonyms: |
calm, happiness, peace |
| Main Entry: | malice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, vengefulness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, animosity, animus, antipathy, bad blood, bane, bile, bitterness, despite, despitefulness, dirt, dislike, down, enmity, evil, grudge, hatefulness, hatred, hostility, ill will, implacability, malevolence, maliciousness, malignance, malignity, meanness, mordacity, poison, rancor, repugnance, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, umbrage, venom, viciousness, vindictiveness |
Antonyms: |
benevolence, friendliness, kindness, like, sympathy, thoughtfulness |
| Main Entry: | rage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme anger |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, agitation, animosity, apoplexy, asperity, bitterness, blowup, bluster, choler, convulsion, dander, eruption, exasperation, excitement, explosion, ferment, ferocity, fireworks, frenzy, furor, fury, gall, heat*, hemorrhage, huff, hysterics, indignation, ire, irritation, madness, mania, obsession, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rampage, raving, resentment, spasm, spleen, squall, storm, tantrum, temper, umbrage, uproar, upset, vehemence, violence, wingding, wrath |
Antonyms: |
glee, happiness |