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#823. Insensibility. -- N. insensibility

• moral

• insensibility

• inertness

• inertia

• vis inertiae[Lat]

• impassibility

• impassibleness

• apathy

• phlegm

• dullness

• supineness

• cold fit

• cold blood

• cold heart

• coldness

• coolness

• frigidity

• sang

• stoicism

• imperturbation

• nonchalance

• unconcern

• dry eyes

• insouciance

• recklessness

• callousness

• heart of stone

• stock and stone

• marble

• deadness

• torpor

• torpidity

• obstupefaction|

• lethargy

• coma

• trance

• vegetative

• state

• sleep

• suspended animation

• stupor

• stupefaction

• paralysis

• palsy

• numbness

• neutrality

• quietism

• vegetation

• V. be insensible

• have a rhinoceros hide

• show insensibility

• not mind

• not care

• not be affected by

• have no desire for

• have no interest in

• feel no interest in

• take no interest in

• nil

• admirari[Lat]

• not care a straw

• disregard

• (neglect) 460

• set at naught

• turn a deaf ear to

• vegetate

• render insensible

• render callous

• blunt

• numb

• benumb

• paralyze

• deaden

• stun

• stupefy

• brutalize;

• chloroform

• put under

• inure

• harden the heart

• steel

• caseharden

• sear

• Adj. insensible

• unconscious

• impassive

• impassible

• blind to

• deaf

• to

• dead to

• unsusceptible

• insusceptible

• passionless

• spiritless

• heartless

• soulless;

• unfeeling

• unmoral

• apathetic

• leuco-|

• phlegmatic

• dull

• frigid

• cold blooded

• cold

• hearted

• cold as charity

• flat

• maudlin

• obtuse

• inert

• supine

• sluggish

• torpid

• sleepy

• languid

• half-hearted

• tame

• numbed

• comatose

• anaesthetic

• stupefied

• chloroformed

• drugged

• stoned

• palsy-stricken

• indifferent

• lukewarm

• careless

• mindless

• regardless

• inattentive

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• neglectful

• disregarding

• unconcerned

• nonchalant

• insouciant

• sans

• unambitious

• unaffected

• unruffled

• unimpressed

• uninspired

• unexcited

• unmoved

• unstirred

• untouched

• unblushing

• (shameless) 8

• unanimated

• vegetative

• callous

• thick-skinned

• hard-nosed

• pachydermatous

• impervious;

• hardened

• inured

• casehardened

• steeled against

• proof against;

• imperturbable

• unfelt

• Adv. insensibly

• aequo animo[Lat]

• without being moved

• without being touched

• without being impressed

• in cold blood

• with dry

• eyes

• Phr. never mind

• macht nichts [German]

• it is of no consequence

• (unimportant)

• it cannot be helped

• nothing coming amiss

• it is all the

• same to

• it is all one to

#824. Excitation. -- N. excitation of feeling

• mental excitement;

• galvanism

• stimulation

• piquance

• piquancy

• provocation

• inspiration

• calling forth

• infection

• animation

• agitation

• perturbation;

• subjugation

• fascination

• intoxication

• entrancement;

• pressure

• tension

• high pressure

• unction

• impressiveness

• trail of temper

• casus belli[Lat]

• irritation

• passion

• thrill

• repression of

• feeling

• sensationalism

• yellow journalism

• V. excite

• affect

• touch

• move

• impress

• strike

• interest

• animate

• inspire

• impassion

• smite

• infect

• stir the blood

• fire the blood

• warm the

• blood

• set astir

• wake

• awake

• awaken

• call forth

• evoke

• provoke

• raise

• up

• summon up

• call up

• wake up

• blow up

• get up

• light up

• raise

• get up

• the steam

• rouse

• arouse

• stir

• fire

• kindle

• enkindle

• apply the torch

• set on fire

• inflame

• stimulate

• exsuscitate|

• inspirit

• spirit up

• stir up

• work up

• pique;

• infuse life into

• give new life to

• bring new blood

• introduce new blood;

• quicken

• sharpen

• whet

• work upon

• hurry on

• give a

• fillip

• put on one's mettle

• fan the fire

• fan the flame

• blow the coals

• stir the embers

• fan into

• a flame

• foster

• heat

• warm

• foment

• raise to a fever heat

• keep up

• keep

• the pot boiling

• revive

• rekindle

• rake up

• rip up

• stir the feelings

• play on the feelings

• come home to the feelings;

• touch a string

• touch a chord

• touch the soul

• touch the heart

• go to one's

• heart

• penetrate

• pierce

• go through one

• touch to the quick

• possess the

• soul

• pervade the soul

• penetrate the soul

• imbrue the soul

• absorb the

• soul

• affect the soul

• disturb the soul

• absorb

• rivet the attention

• sink into the mind

• sink into the heart;

• prey on the mind

• distract

• intoxicate

• overwhelm

• overpower;

• upset

• turn one's head

• fascinate

• enrapture

• agitate

• perturb

• ruffle

• fluster

• shake

• disturb

• startle

• shock

• stagger

• give one a shock

• give one a turn

• strike all of a heap

• stun

• astound

• electrify

• galvanize

• petrify

• irritate

• sting

• cut to the heart

• cut to the quick

• try one's temper;

• fool to the top of one's bent

• pique

• infuriate

• madden

• make one's blood

• boil

• lash into fury

• be excited

• flush up

• flare up

• catch the infection

• thrill

• mantle

• work oneself up

• seethe

• boil

• simmer

• foam

• fume

• flame

• rage

• rave

• run mad

• Adj. excited

• wrought up

• astir

• sparkling

• in a quiver

• in a fever

• in a ferment

• in a blaze

• in a

• state of excitement

• in hysterics

• black in the face

• overwrought

• tense

• taught

• on a razor's edge

• hot

• red-hot

• flushed

• feverish

• all of a

• twitter

• in a pucker

• with quivering lips

• with tears in one's eyes

• flaming

• boiling over

• ebullient

• seething

• foaming at the mouth;

• fuming

• raging

• carried away by passion

• wild

• raving

• frantic

• mad

• distracted

• beside oneself

• out of one's wits

• ready to burst

• demoniacal

• lost

• tempest-tossed

• haggard

• ready to sink

• stung to the quick

• up

• on one's high ropes

• exciting

• absorbing

• riveting

• distracting

• impressive

• warm

• glowing

• fervid

• swelling

• imposing

• spirit-stirring

• thrilling

• high-

• wrought

• soul-stirring

• soul-subduing

• heart-stirring

• heart-swelling

• heart-thrilling

• agonizing

• telling

• sensational

• hysterical

• overpowering

• overwhelming

• more than flesh and blood can bear;

• yellow

• piquant

• spicy

• appetizing

• provocative

• tantalizing

• eager to go

• anxious to go

• chafing at the bit

• Adv. till one is black in the face

• Phr. the heart beating high

• the heart going pitapat

• the heart

• leaping into one's mouth

• the blood being up

• the blood boiling in one's

• veins

• the eye glistening - "in a fine frenzy rolling"

• the head turned;

• "when the going gets tough

• the tough get going" [Richard Nixon]

#825. [Excess of sensitiveness] Excitability -- N. excitability

• impetuosity

• vehemence

• boisterousness

• turbulence

• impatience

• intolerance

• irritability

• itching

• wincing

• disquiet

• disquietude

• restlessness;

• fidgets

• fidgetiness

• agitation

• trepidation

• perturbation

• ruffle

• hurry

• fuss

• flurry

• fluster

• flutter

• pother

• stew

• ferment

• whirl

• buck fever

• thrill

• state of excitement

• fever of excitement;

• transport

• passion

• excitement

• flush

• heat

• fever

• heat

• fire

• flame

• fume

• blood boiling

• tumult

• effervescence

• ebullition

• boiling over

• whiff

• gust

• story

• tempest

• scene

• breaking out

• burst

• fit

• paroxysm

• explosion;

• outbreak

• outburst

• agony

• violence

• fierceness

• rage

• fury

• furor

• desperation

• madness

• distraction

• raving

• delirium;

• frenzy

• hysterics

• intoxication

• tearing passion

• raging

• passion

• anger

• fascination

• infatuation

• fanaticism

• Quixotism

• Quixotry

• tete

• V. be impatient

• not be able to bear

• bear ill

• wince

• chafe

• champ a bit

• be in a stew

• be out of all patience

• fidget

• fuss

• not have a wink of sleep

• toss on one's pillow

• lose one's temper

• break out

• burst out

• fly out

• go off

• fly

• off

• fly off at a tangent

• fly off the handle

• lose one's cool [coll.];

• explode

• flare up

• flame up

• fire up

• burst into a flame

• take fire

• fire

• burn

• boil

• boil over

• foam

• fume

• rage

• rave

• rant

• tear

• go wild

• run

• wild

• run mad

• go into hysterics

• run riot

• run amuck

• battre la

• play the deuce

• Adj. excitable

• easily excited

• in an excitable state

• high-strung;

• irritable

• impatient

• intolerant

• feverish

• febrile

• hysterical

• delirious

• mad

• moody

• maggoty-headed

• unquiet

• mercurial

• electric

• galvanic

• hasty

• hurried

• restless

• fidgety

• fussy

• chafing

• mettlesome

• skittish

• vehement

• demonstrative

• violent

• wild

• furious

• fierce

• fiery

• hot-

• headed

• madcap

• overzealous

• enthusiastic

• impassioned

• fanatical

• rabid

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• rampant

• clamorous

• uproarious

• turbulent

• tempestuous

• boisterous

• impulsive

• impetuous

• passionate

• uncontrolled

• uncontrollable;

• ungovernable

• irrepressible

• inextinguishable

• burning

• simmering

• volcanic

• ready to burst forth

• volatile

• excited

• exciting

• Int. pish! pshaw!

• Phr. noli me tangere[Lat]

• "filled with fury

• rapt

• inspir'd"

• [Collins]

• maggiore fretta minore atto[It]

#826. [Absence of excitability

• or of excitement.] Inexcitability. --

• imperturbability

• even

• temper

• tranquil mind

• dispassion

• tolerance

• patience

• coolth [coll.]

• passiveness

• impassibility

• stupefaction

• coolness

• calmness

• composure

• placidity

• tranquility

• serenity

• quiet

• quietude

• peace of mind

• mental calmness

• staidness

• gravity

• sobriety

• philosophy

• equanimity

• stoicism

• command of temper

• self-possession

• self-control

• self-command

• self-restraint

• ice water in one's veins

• presence of mind

• submission

• resignation

• sufferance

• endurance

• forbearance

• fortitude;

• patience of Job

• patience "on a monument" [Twelfth Night]

• patience

• "sovereign o'er transmuted ill" [Johnson]

• moderation

• repression of

• feelings

• subjugation of feeling

• restraint

• tranquillization

• V. be composed

• take things easily

• take things

• as they come

• take it easy

• rub on

• live and let live

• take easily

• take

• take in good part

• aequam servare mentem [Latin]

• bear the brunt

• bear well

• go through

• support

• endure

• brave

• disregard

• tolerate

• suffer

• stand

• bide

• abide

• bear with

• put up

• with

• take up with

• abide with

• acquiesce

• submit

• submit

• with a good grace

• resign oneself to

• reconcile oneself to

• brook

• digest

• eat

• swallow

• pocket

• stomach

• make light of

• make the best of

• make "a virtue of necessity"

• [Chaucer]

• put a good face on

• keep one's countenance

• check

• oneself

• compose

• appease

• propitiate

• repress

• render insensible

• overcome one's excitability

• allay one's

• excitability

• repress one's excitability

• master one's feelings

• make oneself easy

• make one's mind easy

• set one's mind at ease

• set

• one's mind at rest

• calm down

• cool down

• gentle

• thaw

• grow cool

• be borne

• be endured

• go down

• unexcitable

• imperturbable

• unsusceptible

• (insensible) 8

• dispassionate

• cold-blooded

• irritable

• enduring

• stoical

• Platonic

• philosophic

• staid

• stayed;

• sober

• sober minded

• grave

• sober as a judge

• grave as a judge

• sedate

• demure

• cool-headed

• easy-going

• peaceful

• placid

• calm

• quiet as a mouse

• tranquil

• serene

• cool as a cucumber

• cool as a custard

• undemonstrative

• temperate

• composed

• collected

• unexcited

• unstirred

• unruffled

• undisturbed

• unperturbed

• unimpassioned;

• unresisting

• meek

• tolerant

• patient

• patient as Job

• submissive

• tame;

• content

• resigned

• chastened

• subdued

• gentle as a lamb;

• suaviter in modo[Lat]

• mild as mothers milk

• soft as peppermint

• armed with

• patience

• bearing with

• clement

• long-suffering

• Adv. "like patience on a monument smiling at grief" [Twelfth Night];

• aequo animo[Lat]

• in cold blood

• more in sorrow than in anger

• Int. patience! and shuffle the cards

• Phr. "cool calm and collected"

• keep calm in the midst of a storm;

• "adversity's sweet milk

• philosophy" [Romeo and Juliet]

• mens aequa in

• arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite [Lat][Seneca]

• quo me cumque rapit

• tempestas deferor hospes [Lat][Horace]

• "they also serve who only stand and

• wait" [Milton]

#827. Pleasure. -- N. pleasure

• gratification

• enjoyment

• fruition;

• oblectation

• delectation

• relish

• zest

• gusto

• (physical pleasure) 37

• satisfaction

• complacency

• well-being

• good

• snugness

• comfort

• ease

• cushion

• mind at ease

• joy

• gladness

• delight

• glee

• cheer

• sunshine

• cheerfulness

• treat

• refreshment

• amusement

• luxury

• mens sana in corpore sano [Latin: a sound mind in a sound

• body][Juvenal]

• happiness

• felicity

• bliss

• beatitude

• beautification

• enchantment

• transport

• rapture

• ravishment

• ecstasy

• summum bonum[Lat]

• paradise

• elysium

• third heaven|!

• seventh heaven

• cloud nine;

• unalloyed happiness

• hedonism

• honeymoon

• palmy days

• halcyon days

• golden age

• golden time

• Dixie

• Dixie's land

• Saturnia regna[Lat]

• Shangri-La

• happy valley

• V. be pleased

• feel pleasure

• experience pleasure

• joy;

• enjoy oneself

• hug oneself

• be in clover

• be in elysium

• tread on enchanted ground

• fall into raptures

• go into raptures

• feel at home

• breathe freely

• bask in the sunshine

• be pleased

• receive pleasure

• derive pleasure

• from

• take pleasure

• delight in

• rejoice in

• indulge in

• luxuriate in

• gloat over

• enjoy

• relish

• like;

• love

• take to

• take a fancy to

• have a liking for

• enter into the

• spirit of

• take in good part

• treat oneself to

• solace oneself with

• Adj. pleased

• not sorry

• glad

• gladsome

• pleased as Punch

• happy

• blest

• blessed

• blissful

• beatified

• happy as a clam at high

• water [U.S.]

• happy as a clam

• happy as a king

• happy as the day is long;

• thrice happy

• ter quaterque beatus[Lat]

• enjoying

• joyful

• spirits) 8

• in a blissful state

• in paradise

• in raptures

• in ecstasies

• in a transport of delight

• comfortable

• at ease

• content

• overjoyed

• entranced

• enchanted

• enraptures

• transported

• fascinated

• captivated

• with a joyful face

• with sparkling eyes

• pleasing

• ecstatic

• painless

• unalloyed

• without

• alloy

• cloudless

• Adv. happily

• with pleasure

• with glee

• Phr. one's heart leaping with joy

• "a wilderness of sweets" [P.L.]

• "I wish you all the joy that you can

• wish" [M. of Venice]

• jour de ma vie

• "joy ruled the day and love the

• night" [Dryden]

• "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt" [Young];

• "oh happiness

• our being's end and aim!" [Pope]

• "there is a pleasure that

• is born of pain" [O Meridith]

• "throned on highest bliss" [P.L.]

• vedi

• Napoli e poi muori[It]

• zwischen Freud und Leid ist die Brucke nicht weit

• [German: the bridge between joy and sorrow is not wide]