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| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, alloy, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go to pieces*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, be worse for wear, become worse, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose it, lose quality, wear away |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, develop, improve, get better |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flip out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose one's cool |
| Synonyms: | blow a gasket, blow one's mind, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crack up*, fly off the handle, freak out*, go ape, go ballistic, go berserk, go crazy*, go haywire, go nuts, go off the deep end, hit the ceiling*, lose control of oneself, lose it, lose one's composure, lose one's mind, lose one's temper, wig out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | freak out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control |
| Synonyms: | blow a gasket, blow one's mind, blow one's stack, blow one's stack, blow one's top, blow one's top, break down, come unglued, crack up*, flip one's lid, flip out, flip out*, fly off the handle, fly off the handle, freak out*, go ape, go ballistic, go ballistic, go bananas, go berserk, go crazy, go crazy*, go haywire, go nuts, go nuts, go off the deep end, go off the deep end, hit the ceiling, hit the ceiling*, lose control of oneself, lose it, lose one's composure, lose one's cool, lose one's mind, lose one's mind, lose one's temper, lose one's temper, wig out, wig out*, work oneself up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go crazy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become insane |
| Synonyms: | blow a gasket, blow one's mind, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crack up*, flip one's lid, flip out, fly off the handle, freak out*, go ballistic, go bananas, go batty, go berserk, go bonkers, go buggy, go cuckoo, go daffy, go haywire, go kooky, go loco, go loony, go mental, go nuts, go nutty, go off, go off one's rocker, go off the deep end, go off the wall, go psycho, go wacko, go wacky, lose control of oneself, lose it, lose one's cool, lose one's mind, wig out* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | panic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become, make afraid or distressed |
| Synonyms: | alarm, chicken out*, clutch, go to pieces*, scare, stampede, startle, terrify, unnerve, be terror-stricken, become hysterical, come apart, freeze up, have a fit, lose it, lose nerve, overreact, push panic button, run scared, shake in boots |
| Antonyms: | be calm, be content |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | topple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or knock over; overthrow |
| Synonyms: | bring down, capsize, collapse, fall, falter, founder, go down, keel over, land, lurch, oust, overturn, pitch, plunge, slump, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, tumble, turn over, unseat, upset, do a pratfall, go belly up, hit the dirt, knock down, lose it, nose-dive, overbalance, take a header, tip over, unhorse |
| Antonyms: | place, put, straighten |
| Main Entry: | tumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or make fall awkwardly |
| Synonyms: | bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, down, drop, flatten, floor, flop, go down, jumble, keel, keel over, level, mess up, pitch, plummet, plunge, roll, sag, skid, slip, slump, spill, stumble, topple, toss, trip, unsettle, upset, bowl down, do a pratfall, fall headlong, go belly up, hit the dirt, knock down, knock over, lose footing, lose it, nose-dive, take a header, tip over |
| Main Entry: | go to pieces |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break down |
| Synonyms: | fall apart, go mad, lose it |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose self-control |
| Synonyms: | become deranged, become insane, blow one's mind, blow up, break down, bug out, collapse, flip*, give way, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces*, lose it, succumb, yield |
| Antonyms: | be calm, compose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act up, blunder, cut up, misbehave, rage, raise Cain*, be indecorous, lose it, make a fuss |
| Antonyms: | be calm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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