| Main Entry: | ax to grind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hidden motive |
Synonyms: |
agenda, driving force, hidden agenda, incentive, motivation, motive, reason, score to settle |
| Main Entry: | grievance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, gripe |
Synonyms: |
affliction, ax to grind, beef, bellyache, big stink, blast, case, cross*, damage, distress, flack, grief, grouse, hardship, holler*, hoo-ha, howl*, injury, injustice, jeremiad, kick, knock*, objection, outrage, pain, pain in the neck, rap, resentment, rigor, roar, rumble, sorrow, squawk, stink*, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, violence, wrong, yell |
Antonyms: |
compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | mania |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation, madness |
Synonyms: |
aberration, ax to grind, bee in bonnet, bee, bug in ear, bug*, compulsion, craving, craze, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, desire, disorder, enthusiasm, fad, fancy, fascination, fetish, fixed idea, frenzy, furor, grabber, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, monomania, obsession, on the brain, partiality, passion, preoccupation, rage, thing, tiger by the tail, tiger |
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
Synonyms: |
attraction, ax to grind, bug in ear, case*, complex, compulsion, concrete idea, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, something on the brain, thing*, tiger by the tail |
Antonyms: |
indifference |
| Main Entry: | hidden agenda |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret reasons |
Synonyms: |
ax to grind, parti pris, prejudice, ulterior motive |
