| Main Entry: | hung up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubled |
Synonyms: |
disturbed, neurotic, psychopathic, psychotic |
| Main Entry: | hung up |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intent |
Synonyms: |
absorbed, engrossed, enthusiastic, obsessed, preoccupied, rapt |
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
Synonyms: |
afraid, alarmed, biting nails, butterflies, concerned, disquieted, doubtful, feel in bones, foreboding, frozen*, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, hung up, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, worried sick |
Antonyms: |
at ease, calm, quiet, unafraid, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
| Main Entry: | bewitched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | charmed |
Synonyms: |
captivated, enamored, enchanted, enraptured, ensorcelled, entranced, fallen for, fascinated, gaga about, have a bug in one's ear, have a thing about, head over heels, hooked, hung up, mad about, mesmerized, possessed, spellbound, transformed, turned on, under a spell |
Antonyms: |
disenchanted, disgusted, turned off |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
Synonyms: |
arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart |
| Notes: | a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape |
Antonyms: |
let go, let up, open, unblock |
| Main Entry: | bog down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick; become stuck |
Synonyms: |
decelerate, delay, detain, halt, hang up, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall |
| Main Entry: | criminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lawless, felonious |
Synonyms: |
bent, caught, corrupt, crooked, culpable, deplorable, dirty, heavy, hung up, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, immoral, indictable, iniquitous, nefarious, off base, out of line, peccant, racket, scandalous, senseless, shady*, smoking gun, unlawful, unrighteous, vicious, villainous, wicked, wildcat, wrong |
Antonyms: |
correct, lawful, legal, moral, right, righteous |
| Main Entry: | culpable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for action |
Synonyms: |
amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, caught, caught in the act, caught red-handed, censurable, demeritorious, dirty, found wanting, guilty, hung up, impeachable, in the wrong, indictable, liable, off base, out of line, punishable, reprehensible, responsible, sinful, smoking gun, to blame, unholy, wrong |
Antonyms: |
blameless, inculpable, innocent, not guilty, right |
| Main Entry: | detain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold, keep back; arrest |
Synonyms: |
apprehend, bog down, bust, buttonhole, check, confine, constrain, decelerate, delay, hang up, hinder, hold up, ice*, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab, pick up, pinch*, pull in, put away, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, send up, set back, slow down, slow up, withhold |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate, release |
| Main Entry: | embarrass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental discomfort |
Synonyms: |
abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, catch one short, chagrin, confuse, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, give a bad time, give a hard time, hang up, irk, let down*, make a monkey of, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, put in a hole, put in a spot, put on the spot, put out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up, stun, tease, throw, throw into a tizzy, upset |
Antonyms: |
comfort, gladden, help, please |