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| Main Entry: | sappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foolish, sentimental |
| Synonyms: | absurd, balmy, crazy*, idiotic, illogical, insane, loony*, maudlin, mushy*, preposterous, silly, sticky*, stupid, bathetic, drippy, slushy, soppy |
| Antonyms: | realistic, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | absurd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, senseless |
| Synonyms: | batty, crazy, daffy, flaky*, foolish, goofy*, idiotic, illogical, inane, incongruous, irrational, laughable, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, sappy*, screwy*, silly, stupid, unreasonable, wacky, campy, dippy, fooling around, for grins, freaky, gagged up, jokey, joshing, tomfool |
| Antonyms: | certain, logical, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly sweet |
| Synonyms: | cheesy*, corny*, gooey*, honeyed, mushy*, saccharine, sappy, sentimental, sugary, cornball, cutesy, drippy, over-sentimental, oversweet, syrupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fatuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, brainless*, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, insensate, jerky*, ludicrous, lunatic, mad, mindless, moronic, puerile, sappy, silly, simple, vacuous, witless, birdbrained, boneheaded, lamebrained |
| Antonyms: | aware, bright, intelligent, keen, sensible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained*, idiotic, illogical, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, trifling, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy*, worthless, imbecilic |
| Notes: | inane means silly, lacking significance or insubstantial; insane means mentally deranged, mad or very foolish |
| Antonyms: | bright, intelligent, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mawkish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, emotional |
| Synonyms: | cloying, feeble, gooey*, gushing, maudlin, mushy*, nauseating, romantic, sappy*, sickening, sloppy, bathetic, gushy, lovey-dovey, schmaltzy, tear-jerking, teary |
| Antonyms: | calm, serious, unemotional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nostalgic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | longingly remembering |
| Synonyms: | homesick, lonesome, longing, mushy*, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, wistful, yearning, cornball, down memory lane, drippy, like yesterday, syrupy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ridiculous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, funny |
| Synonyms: | absurd, antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy*, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained*, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky*, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty*, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy*, unbelievable, wacky*, derisory, foolheaded, gelastic |
| Antonyms: | believable, reasonable, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, loving, maudlin, mushy*, nostalgic, overacted, passionate, pathetic, saccharine*, sappy*, silly, sloppy*, soapy, soft, softhearted*, sugary*, sweet, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy, gushy, lovey-dovey, moonstruck, overemotional, rosewater, schmaltzy, simpering, slushy, syrupy, tear-jerking |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, hard-hearted, unromantic, unsentimental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | succulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | juicy, delicious |
| Synonyms: | divine, heavenly, luscious, lush, mellow, moist, rich, sappy, tasty, yummy*, mouthwatering, pulpy |
| Antonyms: | dry, unjuicy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | zany |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crazy, funny |
| Synonyms: | camp*, comical, dumb, eccentric, fool, foolish, goofy, humorous, loony*, madcap*, nutty*, sappy*, wacky*, witty, campy, clownish, hare-brained, joshing, kooky |
| Antonyms: | serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retarded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limited |
| Synonyms: | backward, defective, dim, dim-witted, dopey, dull, dumbbell, dummy, exceptional, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, opaque, pinhead, sappy, simple, slow, slow-witted, stupid, touched, weak, birdbrained, dumbo, dumdum, feeble-minded, gorked, held back, lamebrained, mentally defective, numbskull, retardo, simple-minded, subnormal, underachieving, yo-yo |
| Main Entry: | juicy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moist |
| Synonyms: | dank, humid, liquid, luscious, lush, mellow, oily, sappy, saturated, slippery, soaked, sodden, succulent, watery, wet, dewy, dripping, oozy, pulpy, sauced, slushy, syrupy, viscid |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fluid, flowing, melting |
| Synonyms: | damp, dulcet, fluent, juicy, luscious, mellifluous, mellow, melted, moist, molten, moving, running, sappy, smooth, soft, solvent, succulent, thin, viscous, watery, wet, aqueous, deliquescent, dissolvable, dissolved, fluidic, fusible, ichorous, liquefied, liquescent, liquiform, mellifluent, meltable, pulpy, runny, serous, splashing, thawed, uncongealed |
| Antonyms: | close, condensed, dense, firm, hard, solid |
| Main Entry: | sugary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | cloyingly sweet |
| Synonyms: | cloying, honeyed, mawkish, sappy, sentimental, unctuous, sugarcoated |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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