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| Main Entry: | funk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, depression |
| Synonyms: | alarm, despondency, fright, gloom, misery, panic, cold sweat, trembling |
| Antonyms: | happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | coward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is scared, easily intimidated |
| Synonyms: | alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, funk, gutless*, malingerer, mouse*, pessimist, poltroon, quitter, rabbit*, recreant, shirk, shirker, sneak, weakling, wimp*, yellow*, chicken heart, chicken liver, faint-of-heart, faintheart, fraidy-cat, invertebrate, jellyfish, lily liver, scaredy cat, skulker, white liver, yellow belly |
| Antonyms: | aggressor, hero |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cowardice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | timidity |
| Synonyms: | cold feet*, fear, funk, faintheartedness, fearfulness, gutlessness, mousiness, pusillanimity, wimpiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointed feeling; distress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues*, bummer*, chagrin, cold feet*, consternation, discouragement, downer*, dread, dumps*, fear, fright, funk*, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, trepidation, upset, disheartenment, disillusionment, the blahs |
| Antonyms: | assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | apathy, blue funk, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, downer, dullness, dumps*, ennui, funk*, gloom, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn*, black mood, blahs, disinterest, dismals, inactivity, mopes |
| Antonyms: | elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, fright, funk*, goose bumps*, horror, jitters, panic, phobia, stage fright, terror, trepidation, creeps, trepidity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | bravery, confidence, courage, encouragement, want, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, cold feet*, concern, consternation, cowardice, despair, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, foreboding, fright, funk*, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, tremor, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, chickenheartedness, cold sweat, creeps, discomposure, faintheartedness, recreancy, trembling, unease |
| Antonyms: | bravery, courage, heroism, unconcern, fearlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, sadness |
| Synonyms: | blue devils, blue funk, blues*, boredom, bummer*, dejection, despair, desperation, despondency, dolor, downer*, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, grief, letdown, misery, sorrow, tedium, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness, blahs, dismals, dolefuls, down trip, gloominess, low spirits, miserableness, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, wistfulness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sadness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, depression |
| Synonyms: | anguish, blue devils, blue funk, bummer, dejection, despondency, distress, dolor, downer*, dysphoria, funk, grief, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart*, letdown, listlessness, melancholy, misery, mourning, poignancy, sorrow, tribulation, woe, blahs, bleakness, broken heart, cheerlessness, disconsolateness, dismals, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downcastness, forlornness, gloominess, grieving, hopelessness, moodiness, mopes, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, the blues, the dumps |
| Antonyms: | cheer, gladness, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decline, failure |
| Synonyms: | blight, blue devils, blue funk, bottom, bust, collapse, crash, depreciation, depression, descent, dip, downer*, downturn, drop, dumps*, fall, funk, letdown*, low, recession, reverse, rut, sag, slide, slip, stagnation, trough, bad period, bad times, downslide, downswing, downtrend, falling-off, hard times, rainy days, the skids |
| Antonyms: | blessing, boon, increase, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stench |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foul odor |
| Synonyms: | funk*, smell, stink*, fetor, malodor, mephitis, noisomeness, redolence |
| Antonyms: | perfume, sweetness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blue devils |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | blahs, blue Johnnies, blues, d.t.'s, delirium tremens, despair, despondency, dumps, funk, gloom, low spirits, melancholy, mopes, mubblefubbles, mulligrubs, pink elephants, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | blue funk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sad mood |
| Synonyms: | depression, despondency, funk, gloom |
| Main Entry: | chicken |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person afraid to try something |
| Synonyms: | coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon, quitter, recreant, scaredy cat, yellow belly |
| Main Entry: | stink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smell badly |
| Synonyms: | funk*, offend, reek*, be offensive, be rotten, have an odor, smell up, stink to high heaven |
| Antonyms: | perfume |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, forsake |
| Synonyms: | abort, back out, blink, break one's word, desert, disappoint, discount, disregard, fault, forget, funk, go astray, ignore, let down, miscarry, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, slight, slip |
| Antonyms: | capture, complete, deliver, finish, obtain, procure |
| Main Entry: | smell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an odor |
| Synonyms: | funk*, reek, stench, stink, whiff, be malodorous, smell to high heaven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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