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| Main Entry: | hairy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having much hair |
| Synonyms: | bearded, bristly, bushy, downy, fleecy, flocculent, fluffy, fuzzy, hirsute, rough, shaggy, tufted, woolly, bewhiskered, furry, lanate, pileous, piliferous, pilose, pubescent, stubbly, unshaven, unshorn, villous, whiskered |
| Antonyms: | bald, clean, hairless, balding |
| Main Entry: | hairy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | chancy, difficult, hazardous, perilous, risky, scary, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsound, wicked, jeopardous |
| Antonyms: | calm, safe |
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched, grody, horrid |
| Antonyms: | alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | unamazing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bearded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having facial hair |
| Synonyms: | bristly, bushy, hairy, hirsute, shaggy, barbate, beardy, bewhiskered, goateed, stubbled, stubbly, unshaven, whiskered |
| Antonyms: | unbearded, unhirsute |
| Main Entry: | bushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaggy, unkempt |
| Synonyms: | bristly, disordered, feathery, fluffy, fringed, full, fuzzy, hairy, heavy, hirsute, leafy, luxuriant, nappy, prickly, rough, spreading, stiff, thick, tufted, unruly, wiry, woolly, bristling, furry, rumpled |
| Antonyms: | bald, neat, well-kept |
| Main Entry: | dangerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hazardous, troubling |
| Synonyms: | alarming, bad, breakneck*, chancy, critical, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy*, heavy*, hot*, impending, impregnable, insecure, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny*, threatening, ticklish*, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly*, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, viperous, vulnerable, wicked, dangersome, jeopardous, on collision course, parlous |
| Antonyms: | careful, guarded, safe, secure, untroubled, unhazardous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fibrous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stringy |
| Synonyms: | coarse, hairy, muscular, sinewy, threadlike, wiry, woody, fibroid, pulpy, ropy, stalky, tissued, veined |
| Antonyms: | nonfibrous |
| Main Entry: | fleecy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | downy, woolly; like a lamb's coat |
| Synonyms: | flocculent, fluffy, hairy, hirsute, shaggy, soft, floccose, lanose, pileous, pilose, whiskered |
| Main Entry: | gallant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, splendid |
| Synonyms: | attentive, bold, considerate, courageous, courteous, courtly, daring, dashing, dauntless, dignified, doughty, fearless, game*, glorious, gracious, grand, gritty*, hairy*, heroic, honorable, intrepid, lionhearted*, lofty, magnanimous, noble, plucky*, polite, quixotic, stately, stouthearted, suave, thoughtful, urbane, valiant, valorous, fire-eating |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly, fearful, timid, ungentlemanly, unmannerly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gnarly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cool, excellent |
| Synonyms: | boss*, great, hairy*, keen, magnificent, marvelous, neat, nifty, sensational, superb, swell, wonderful, finest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grueling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, taxing |
| Synonyms: | arduous, backbreaking, brutal, demanding, excruciating, fierce, grinding, hairy*, hard, harsh, heavy*, laborious, punishing, severe, stiff, strenuous, tiring, trying, chastening, crushing, exhausting, fatiguing, racking, torturous |
| Notes: | grueling means characterized by physical effort to the point of exhaustion; gruesome means shockingly repellent, inspiring horror |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hazardous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, unpredictable |
| Synonyms: | chancy, dicey*, difficult, hairy*, haphazard, hot*, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, parlous |
| Antonyms: | certain, guarded, predictable, protected, safe, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fuzzy |
| Synonyms: | downy, frizzy, hairy, kinky, woolly, furry, napped, velutinous |
| Main Entry: | perilous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | chancy, delicate, dicey*, dynamite, exposed, hairy*, hazardous, insecure, loaded, precarious, risky, rugged, shaky, threatening, ticklish, touchy, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vulnerable, wicked*, Russian roulette, on thin ice, playing with fire, touch and go |
| Antonyms: | safe, secure, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tricky, doubtful |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey*, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy*, hazardous, iffy*, indecisive, insecure, loaded, open, out on a limb*, perilous, problematic, risky, rocky, rugged*, sensitive, shaky, slippery, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsure, hanging by a thread, impugnable, on thin ice, touch and go |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, firm, stable, strong, sure, undoubted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | risky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | chancy, delicate, dicey*, endangered, hairy*, hazardous, iffy*, insecure, long shot*, out on a limb*, perilous, precarious, rocky*, sensitive, speculative, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unsound, venturesome, wicked, wide-open, fraught with danger, going for broke, hanging by a thread, jeopardous, not a prayer, off the deep end, on slippery ground, on the spot, on thin ice, playing with fire |
| Antonyms: | assured, certain, safe, sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frightening, terrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, chilling, creepy, eerie, hair-raising, hairy*, intimidating, shocking, spooky, bloodcurdling, horrendous, horrifying, spine-chilling, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | calming, encouraging, soothing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speculative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theoretical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analytical, assumed, dangerous, dicey, experimental, hairy, hazardous, hypothetical, ideal, iffy, intellectual, logical, philosophical, risky, uncertain, unsubstantiated, conceptive, formularized, idealized, ideological, in theory, notional, presumed, unproved, unproven |
| Main Entry: | masculine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manlike |
| Synonyms: | adult, ape, bold, brave, courageous, gallant, hairy, hardy, honorable, hunk, jock, macho, male, manly, mannish, muscular, potent, powerful, resolute, robust, strapping, strong, stud, vigorous, virile, beefcake, caveman, generative, manful, red-blooded, stallion, stout-hearted, tuna, two-fisted, well-built |
| Antonyms: | feminine |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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