| Main Entry: | explosive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | volatile, dangerous |
Synonyms: |
at the boiling point, bursting, charged, consequential, convulsive, detonating, detonative, ebullient, eruptive, fiery, forceful, frenzied, fulminant, fulminating, hazardous, impetuous, meteoric, overwrought, perilous, raging, rampant, stormy, tense, touchy, ugly, uncontrollable, unstable, vehement, violent, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, peaceful, safe |
| Main Entry: | frenzied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
Synonyms: |
agitated, berserk, convulsive, corybantic, delirious, distracted, distraught, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hysterical, mad, maniacal, nuts, rabid, wild |
Antonyms: |
calm, controlled |
| Main Entry: | hysterical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, excited |
Synonyms: |
agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, carried away, convulsive, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, fuming, furious, impassioned, impetuous, in a fit, incensed, irrepressible, mad, maddened, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, seething, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unnerved, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, worked up |
Antonyms: |
calm, controlled, serene |
| Main Entry: | jerky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
Synonyms: |
bouncy, bumpy, convulsive, fitful, jarring, jolting, lurching, paroxysmal, rough, shaking, shaky, spasmodic, tremulous, twitching, twitchy, uncontrollable |
Antonyms: |
fluid, smooth |
| Main Entry: | spasmodic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | twitching, erratic |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, changeable, choppy, convulsive, desultory, fitful, fits and starts, intermittent, irregular, jerky, on-again-off-again, periodic, shaky, spastic, sporadic, spotty, spurtive, uncertain |
Antonyms: |
resting, uninterrupted |