| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blister |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be angry |
Synonyms: |
be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, flare, foam at the mouth, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm |
Antonyms: |
be happy |
| Main Entry: | abscess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
boil, carbuncle, pustule, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
Antonyms: |
calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare by boiling |
Synonyms: |
boil, concoct, cook, ferment, infuse, mull, seethe, soak, steep, stew |
| Main Entry: | bristle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become upset, excited |
Synonyms: |
be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
Synonyms: |
boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, moil, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, swash, trickle, well |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be excited about; yearn for |
Synonyms: |
be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe fire, bristle, desire, eat up, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn |
Antonyms: |
stifle, subdue |