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| Main Entry: | prick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hole made by stab |
| Synonyms: | cut, gash, jab, jag, prickle, puncture, stab, wound, perforation, pinhole |
| Main Entry: | prick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab, perforate |
| Synonyms: | bore, cut, drill, enter, hurt, jab, lance, pierce, pink, punch, puncture, slash, slit, smart, spur, sting |
| Main Entry: | bramble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorny bush |
| Synonyms: | burr, cleaver, hedge, nettle, prick, shrub, spray, thorn, brier, catch weed, furze, goose grass, gorse, prickly shrub, thistle, thistle sage |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, break out |
| Synonyms: | barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, fracture, fragment, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, fly open, gush forth, rend asunder, tear apart |
| Main Entry: | cock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim up toward |
| Synonyms: | erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up |
| Notes: | the male crab or lobster is a cock; the female, a hen |
| Main Entry: | dissuade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk out of |
| Synonyms: | chicken out*, counsel, deprecate, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, faze, hinder, prevent, prick, put off, remonstrate, throw off, thwart, turn off*, warn, advise against, caution against, cry out against, disadvise, disincline, lean on, persuade not to, throw a wet blanket on, throw cold water on, urge not to |
| Antonyms: | incite, persuade, talk into |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | egg on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push to do something |
| Synonyms: | agitate, arouse, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, goad, incite, instigate, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, spur, stimulate, urge, whip up, sic, stir up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, hold back, talk out of |
| Main Entry: | exhort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | urge, warn |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, beseech, bid, caution, counsel, egg on*, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, insist, persuade, plead, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate, call upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | goad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | egg on, incite |
| Synonyms: | animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, harass, hound, impel, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle*, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on*, urge, whip*, work up, worry, fire up, goose*, inspirit, key up, put up to, rowel, sic |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stab |
| Synonyms: | lance, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, puncture, run through, skewer, spear, spike, stick, transfix, skiver |
| Main Entry: | incite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, provoke |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on*, encourage, excite, exhort, foment, force, forward, further, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, instigate, juice*, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, push, raise, rouse, set, solicit, spur, stimulate, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up*, work up*, fan the fire, get to*, inspirit, key up, psych, put up to, set off*, stir up, talk into |
| Antonyms: | delay, deter, discourage, prohibit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
| Synonyms: | bore, cut, gash, gore, incise, penetrate, prick, puncture, slash, slice, slit, stab, cut into, stick into |
| Main Entry: | needle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tease, annoy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, examine, gnaw, goad, harass, hector, irk, irritate, nag, nettle, pester, plague, prick, prod, provoke, question, quiz, ride*, rile, ruffle, spur, sting, taunt, tweak*, worry |
| Antonyms: | praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound, cut to the quick, excruciate, harrow, hit where one lives |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, help, please |
| Main Entry: | pang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ache, twinge |
| Synonyms: | agony, anguish, bite, discomfort, distress, gripe, misery, pain, prick, spasm, stab, sting, stitch, throb, throe, wrench |
| Antonyms: | tingle |
| Main Entry: | peck |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bite |
| Synonyms: | beak, dig, hit, jab, kiss, mark, nibble, pick, pinch, poke, prick, rap, strike, tap |
| Main Entry: | pierce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, penetrate |
| Synonyms: | bore, break, break in, cleave, crack, drill, enter, gash, incise, intrude, perforate, plow, prick, probe, puncture, run through, slash, slice, slit, spike, stab, transfix, break through, crack open, pass through, stick into |
| Antonyms: | sew up |
| Main Entry: | pink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut in zigzag |
| Synonyms: | incise, notch, perforate, prick, punch, score, scallop |
| Main Entry: | pique |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, provoke |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affront, annoy, arouse, bother, bug*, displease, egg on*, exasperate, excite, gall, galvanize, get*, goad, grab, ignite, incense, irk, irritate, kindle, miff*, mortify, motivate, move, nettle, offend, peeve, prick, put out*, quicken, rile, rouse, spur, stimulate, sting*, stir, vex, whet, work up*, wound, fire up, get a rise out of, get under skin, give a hard time, give the business, goose*, make waves |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prompt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, cue |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, arouse, assist, bring up, cause, convince, draw, egg on*, elicit, evoke, exhort, get, goad, help, hint, impel, imply, indicate, induce, inspire, instigate, jog, mention, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, prick*, prod, propel, propose, provoke, refresh, remind, spur, stimulate, suggest, urge, call forth, give rise to, help out, sic, talk into, win over |
| Antonyms: | halt, prevent, stop |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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