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| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, rush |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, beset, bluster, carry on*, charge, come at*, complain, drizzle, drop, fly, fume, go on, howl, pour, rage, rain, rant, rave, rip, roar, scold, sizzle, spit, squall, stalk, stomp, strike, take on*, tear, thunder*, aggress, blow violently, breathe fire, burn up, set in, sound off, steam up*, take by storm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong weather |
| Synonyms: | blast, blizzard, blow, cloudburst, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, gale, gust, hurricane, precipitation, squall, tempest, tornado, twister, whirlwind, windstorm, monsoon, precip, raining cats and dogs, snowstorm |
| Antonyms: | calm, clearness |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, turmoil |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, annoyance, assault, attack, barrage, blitz, bluster, bomb, bombardment, burst, bustle, cannonade, clamor, clatter, convulsion, disturbance, furor, fury, fusillade, hail, hassle, hysteria, offensive, onset, onslaught, outbreak, outburst, outcry, passion, perturbation, pother, racket, rage, roar, row, rumpus, rush, salvo, squall, stir, strife, temper, tumult, upheaval, violence, volley, blitzkrieg, broadside, drumfire, rabidity, rampancy, ruction |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, chagrin, choler, dander*, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence, cat fit, conniption, disapprobation, hissy fit, ill humor, ill temper, infuriation, irascibility, slow burn, soreness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, agreeability, pleasantness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggression, charge, incursion, invasion, offensive, onset, onslaught, rape, storm, strike, violation, storming |
| Notes: | to assail a task is to approach it with the intent of mastering it, from Latin salire 'to leap'; assault is also based on this word and assail and assault can be synonyms assault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on*, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into*, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beleaguer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, besiege |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, bedevil, beset, blockade, bother, gnaw, harry, nag, persecute, pester, plague, storm, tease, vex, worry, put upon, set upon, siege |
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze*, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor*, vaunt, yap* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
| Synonyms: | crisis, dynamite, emergency, exigency, exposure, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precipice, probability, risk, storm, threat, uncertainty, venture, clouds, double trouble, endangerment, hot potato, precariousness, risky business, slipperiness, thin ice, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | care, guard, preservation, safety, security, carefulness |
| Main Entry: | disquiet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worry; mental upset |
| Synonyms: | ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, nervousness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, concernment, fretfulness, inquietude, restiveness |
| Antonyms: | calm, ease, peace, collectedness |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do*, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence, big scene, big stink, disarrangement, molestation |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, ruin |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, bane, breakdown, cloudburst, collapse, comedown, comeuppance, debacle, decadence, degeneracy, deluge, descent, destruction, deterioration, discomfiture, down, drop, failure, fall, flood, overthrow, rack and ruin, storm, undoing, declension, degeneration, devolution, on the rocks, road to ruin, ruination, the skids |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, ascent, rise, success |
| Main Entry: | downpour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tremendous pouring of rain |
| Synonyms: | cloudburst, deluge, flood, inundation, storm, drencher, monsoon, rainstorm, torrential rain |
| Antonyms: | sprinkle |
| Main Entry: | flounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce; intermittently move |
| Synonyms: | fling, jerk, mince, prance, sashay, spring, stamp, storm, strut, swish, throw, toss, nancy |
| Main Entry: | fume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get very upset about |
| Synonyms: | anger, blow up*, boil, bristle, burn, chafe, rage, rant, rave, seethe, smoke*, storm*, chomp at the bit, get hot, get steamed up |
| Antonyms: | be calm, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, wrath |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, asperity, energy, ferocity, fire, flare-up, force, frenzy, furor, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, might, passion, power, rage, rise, severity, sore, stew*, storm*, turbulence, vehemence, violence, boiling point, conniption, fierceness, impetuosity, rabidity, rampancy, savagery, slow burn, tempestuousness |
| Antonyms: | calm, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fuss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, altercation, argument, bother, broil*, bustle, commotion, complaint, confusion, controversy, difficulty, display, dispute, excitement, falling-out*, fight, flap, flurry, flutter, fret, furor, hassle, objection, palaver, perturbation, quarrel, row, ruckus, scene, squabble, stew*, stink*, stir, storm, to-do*, turmoil, unrest, upset, worry, bickering, kick-up, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, eruption |
| Synonyms: | access, blast, blow, breeze, burst, explosion, fit, flare-up, flurry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, passion, puff, sally, squall, storm, surge |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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