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| Main Entry: | violence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme force, intensity |
| Synonyms: | abandon, acuteness, assault, attack, bloodshed, blowup, brutality, clash, coercion, compulsion, confusion, constraint, cruelty, disorder, disturbance, duress, ferocity, fervor, fighting, flap, foul play, frenzy, fury, fuss, harshness, onslaught, passion, power, raging, rampage, roughness, ruckus, rumble, severity, storm, struggle, tumult, turbulence, uproar, vehemence, bestiality, brute force, destructiveness, fierceness, murderousness, savagery, sharpness, storminess, terrorism, wildness |
| Antonyms: | peace, passivity, peacefulness |
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-nouns
violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot, row, rumpus, le diable a quatre, devil to pay, all the fat in the fire., severity [more]; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation, malignity; fit, paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia; force, brute force; outrage; coup de main; strain, shock, shog; spasm, convulsion, throe; hysterics, passion (state of excitability) [more]., outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience, discharge, volley, explosion, blow-up, blast, detonation, rush, eruption, displosion, torrent., turmoil (disorder) [more]; ferment (agitation) [more]; storm, tempest, rough weather; squall (wind) [more]; earthquake, volcano, thunderstorm., berserk, berserker; fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame, Tisiphone, Megaera, Alecto, madcap, wild beast; fire eater (blusterer) [more].
-verbs
be violent; run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush, tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot, make a row, kick up a row; rough house; bluster, rage, roar, riot, storm; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod Herod; spread like wildfire., break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, flash, flare, burst; shock, strain; break open, force open, pry open., render violent; sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino., explode; let fly, fly off; discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.
-adjectives
violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle, bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant., turbulent; disorderly; blustering, raging; troublous, riotous; tumultuary, tumultuous; obstreperous, uproarious; extravagant; unmitigated; ravening, tameless; frenzied (insane) [more]; desperate (rash) [more]; infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic, hysteric, in hysterics., fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient.
-adverbs
violently; amain; by storm, by force, by main force; with might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a outrance, a toute outrance; headlong, head foremost.
-phrases
furor arma ministrat; "blown with restless violence round about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure].
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| 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: | brunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad end of a situation |
| Synonyms: | burden, force, impact, pressure, shock, strain, stress, tension, thrust, violence, full force |
| Main Entry: | coercion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compulsion, pressure |
| Synonyms: | bullying, constraint, duress, force, intimidation, menace, menacing, persuasion, restraint, threat, threatening, violence, browbeating, strong-arm tactic |
| 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: | duress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | threat, hardship |
| Synonyms: | bondage, captivity, coercion, compulsion, confinement, constraint, control, detention, discipline, force, imprisonment, incarceration, pressure, restraint, violence |
| Main Entry: | fanaticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | bias, bigotry, dedication, devotion, dogma, enthusiasm, faction, frenzy, hatred, infatuation, injustice, intolerance, madness, obstinacy, partiality, passion, prejudice, rage, stubbornness, superstition, tenacity, transport, violence, zeal, abandonment, arbitrariness, contumacy, extremism, illiberality, immoderation, incorrigibility, monomania, obsessiveness, partisanship, single-mindedness, unfairness, unreasonableness, unruliness, willfulness, zealotry |
| Antonyms: | impartiality, disinterest, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | ferocity |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fierceness |
| Synonyms: | barbarity, brutality, cruelty, violence, bloodthirstiness, ferociousness, murderousness, savagery, viciousness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | foul play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treacherous action |
| Synonyms: | corruption, crime, dirty work, felony, fraud, lawbreaking, murder, violence, wrong, bad deed, cruel act, dirty trick, funny business |
| 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 |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | calm, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grievance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complaint, gripe |
| Synonyms: | affliction, ax to grind*, beef*, bellyache*, blast, case, cross*, damage, distress, grief, grouse*, hardship, holler*, hoo-ha*, howl*, injury, injustice, kick, knock*, objection, outrage, pain, pain in the neck*, rap*, resentment, rigor, roar, rumble, sorrow, squawk*, stink*, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, violence, wrong, yell, big stink, flack, jeremiad |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury, evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, damage, detriment, disservice, foul play*, hurt, ill, infliction, iniquity, loss, mischance, mischief, misfortune, misuse, outrage, prejudice, ravage, ruin, sabotage, sin, vandalism, vice, violence, wear and tear*, wickedness, wrong, banefulness, deleteriousness, immorality, impairment, marring, noxiousness, perniciousness, ruination, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, good, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impatience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability, unwillingness to wait |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, annoyance, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, excitement, expectancy, haste, heat*, intolerance, irritability, nervousness, rashness, restlessness, suspense, uneasiness, vehemence, violence, ants in pants, edginess, fretfulness, hastiness, impetuosity, irritableness, quick temper, restiveness, shortness, snappiness |
| Antonyms: | control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, willingness, waiting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inhumanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of compassion |
| Synonyms: | atrocity, barbarism, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, violence, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, heartlessness, maliciousness, ruthlessness, savagery, viciousness |
| Main Entry: | intensity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passion, force |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferocity, fervor, fire, force, fury, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, strain, strength, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, deepness, ferociousness, fervency, fierceness, forcefulness, high pitch, intenseness, sharpness, tenseness, weightiness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, dullness, laziness, lethargy, moderation, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | mayhem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaos, confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, commotion, destruction, disorder, fracas, havoc, pandemonium, trouble, violence |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | paroxysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure, spasm |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, attack, convulsion, eruption, excitement, explosion, fit, flare-up*, frenzy, furor, fury, outbreak, outburst, passion, rage, violence, frothing, fuming, hysterics |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turmoil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chaos |
| Synonyms: | agitation, ailment, anxiety, bedlam, bustle, commotion, confusion, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, dither, ferment, flap*, flurry, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle*, hectic, hubbub*, lather*, mix-up, noise, pandemonium, pother, restlessness, riot, row, ruckus, stir, strife, to-do*, topsy-turvy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, unrest, uproar, violence, whirl, anxiousness, restiveness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, order, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uproar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, pandemonium |
| Synonyms: | ado, babble, babel, bedlam, brawl, broil*, bustle, chaos, clamor, clangor, clatter, confusion, din, disorder, flap*, fracas*, free-for-all*, furor, fuss, hassle, jangle, mayhem, melee, noise, outcry, racket, riot, roughhouse, row, stink*, stir, strife, to-do*, turbulence, turmoil, violence, bickering, big scene, ruction, shivaree |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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