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#861. [Absence of fear.] Courage. -- N. courage

• bravery

• valor;

• resoluteness

• boldness

• spirit

• daring

• gallantry

• intrepidity;

• contempt of danger

• defiance of danger

• derring-do

• audacity

• rashness

• dash

• defiance

• confidence

• self-reliance

• manliness

• manhood

• nerve

• pluck

• mettle

• game

• heart

• heart of grace;

• spunk

• guts

• face

• virtue

• hardihood

• fortitude

• intestinal fortitude;

• firmness

• heart of oak

• bottom

• backbone

• spine

• (perseverance) 604a. resolution

• bulldog courage

• prowess

• heroism

• chivalry

• exploit

• feat

• achievement

• heroic deed

• heroic act

• bold stroke

• man

• man of mettle

• hero

• demigod

• Amazon

• Hector

• lion

• tiger

• panther

• bulldog

• gamecock

• fighting-cock

• bully

• fire eater

• V. be courageous

• dare

• venture

• make bold

• face danger

• front danger

• affront danger

• confront danger

• brave danger

• defy danger

• despise danger

• mock danger

• look in the face

• look full in the face

• look

• boldly in the face

• look danger in the face

• face

• meet

• meet in front;

• brave

• beard

• defy

• take courage

• muster courage

• summon up courage

• pluck up courage;

• nerve oneself

• take heart

• take heart

• pluck up heart of grace

• hold up

• one's head

• screw one's courage to the sticking place

• come up to scratch;

• stick to one's guns

• stand against

• bear up

• bear up

• against

• hold out

• put a bold face upon

• show a bold front

• present a bold front

• show

• fight

• face the music

• bell the cat

• take the bull by the horns

• beard the lion in his den

• march up to the cannon's mouth

• go through fire and water

• run the gantlet

• give courage

• infuse courage

• inspire courage

• reassure

• encourage

• embolden

• inspirit

• cheer

• nerve

• put upon one's mettle

• rally

• raise a

• rallying cry

• pat on the back

• make a man of

• keep in countenance

• Adj. courageous

• brave

• valiant

• valorous

• gallant

• intrepid;

• spirited

• high-spirited

• mettlesome

• plucky

• manly

• manful

• resolute

• stout,.stout-hearted

• iron-hearted

• lion-

• hearted

• heart of oak

• Penthesilean

• bold

• bold-spirited

• daring

• audacious

• fearless

• dauntless

• aweless

• undaunted

• unappalled

• undismayed

• unawed

• unblanched

• unabashed

• unalarmed

• unflinching

• unapprehensive

• confident

• self-reliant

• bold as a lion

• bold as brass

• enterprising

• adventurous

• venturous

• venturesome

• dashing

• chivalrous

• soldierly

• heroic

• fierce

• savage

• pugnacious

• strong-minded

• hardy

• doughty

• firm

• determined

• (resolved) 60

• dogged

• indomitable

• up to

• up to the scratch

• upon one's mettle

• reassured

• Phr. one's blood being up

• adjuvat [Lat][Terence]

• "have I not in my time heard lions roar" [Taming

• of the Shrew]

• "I dare do all that may become a man" [Macbeth]

• male

• vincetis sed vincite [Lat][Ovid]

• omne solum forti patria[Lat]

• "self-

• trust is the essence of heroism" [Emerson]

• stimulos dedit oemula virtus

• [Lat][Lucan]

• "strong and great

• a hero" [Longfellow]

• teloque animus

• proestantior omni [Lat][Ovid]

• "there

• is always safety in valor"

• [Emerson]

#862. [Excess of fear.] Cowardice. -- N. cowardice

• pusillanimity;

• cowardliness

• timidity

• effeminacy

• poltroonery

• baseness

• abject fear

• funk

• Dutch courage

• fear

• white feather

• faint heart

• cold feet *

• [U. S.]

• yellow streak*

• coward

• poltroon

• dastard

• sneak

• recreant

• shy cock

• dunghill cock;

• milksop

• white liver

• lily liver

• one that

• cannot say "bo" to a goose

• slink

• Bob Acres

• Jerry Sneak

• alarmist

• terrorist|!

• pessimist

• runagate

• V. quail

• be cowardly

• be a coward

• funk

• cower,skulk

• sneak

• flinch

• shy

• fight shy

• slink

• turn tail

• run

• away

• show

• the white feather

• Adj. coward

• cowardly

• fearful

• shy

• timid

• timorous

• skittish

• poor-

• spirited

• spiritless

• soft

• effeminate

• weak-minded

• infirm of purpose

• weak-hearted

• fainthearted

• chickenhearted

• lilyhearted

• pigeon-hearted

• white-

• lily-livered

• milksop

• smock-faced;

• unable to say "bo" to a goose

• dastard

• dastardly

• base

• craven

• sneaking

• dunghill

• recreant;

• unwarlike

• unsoldier-like

• "in face a lion but in heart a deer"

• unmanned

• frightened

• devil take

• the hindmost!

• Phr. ante tubam trepidat[Lat]

• one's courage oozing out

• degeneres

• animos timor arguit [Lat][Vergil]

#863. Rashness. -- N. rashness

• temerity

• want of caution

• imprudence

• indiscretion

• overconfidence

• presumption

• audacity

• precipitancy

• precipitation

• impetuosity

• levity;

• foolhardiness

• heedlessness

• thoughtlessness

• (inattention) 45

• carelessness

• desperation

• Quixotism

• knight-errantry

• fire eating

• gaming

• gambling

• blind bargain

• leap in the dark

• leap of faith

• fool's paradise

• too many eggs in one basket

• desperado

• madcap

• daredevil

• Hotspur

• fire eater

• bully

• bravo

• Hector

• scapegrace

• Don Quixote

• knight-

• errant

• Icarus

• adventurer

• gambler

• gamester

• boomer

• V. be rash

• stick at nothing

• play a desperate game

• run into

• danger

• play with fire

• play with edge tools

• carry too much sail

• sail too near the wind

• ride at single anchor

• go

• out of one's depth

• take a leap in the dark

• buy a pig in a poke

• knock

• one's bead against a wall

• unskillful) 69

• rush on destruction

• kick against the pricks

• tempt

• Providence

• go on a forlorn hope

• go on a fool's errand

• reckon one's chickens before they are hatched

• count one's chickens

• before they are hatched

• reckon without one's host

• catch at straws

• trust

• to a broken reed

• lean on a broken reed

• Adj. rash

• incautious

• indiscreet

• imprudent

• improvident

• temerarious

• heedless

• careless

• without ballast

• heels over head

• head over heels

• giddy

• 45

• wanton

• reckless

• wild

• madcap

• desperate

• devil-may-care

• hot-blooded

• hotheaded

• headlong

• headstrong;

• breakneck

• foolhardy

• harebrained

• precipitate

• impulsive. overconfident

• overweening

• venturesome

• venturous

• adventurous

• Quixotic

• fire eating

• cavalier

• jaunty

• free and easy

• off one's guard

• Adv. post haste

• hand over head

• happen what may

• come what may

• Phr. neck or nothing

• the devil being in one

• non semper temeritas est

• felix [Lat][Livy]

• paucis temeritas est bono multis malo [Lat][Phaedrus]

#864. Caution. -- N. caution

• cautiousness

• discretion

• prudence

• cautel|

• heed

• circumspection

• calculation

• deliberation

• foresight

• vigilance

• warning

• coolness

• self-possession

• self-command

• presence of mind

• well-regulated mind

• worldly wisdom

• Fabian policy

• V. be cautious

• take care

• take heed

• take good care

• have

• a care mind

• what one is about

• be on one's guard

• "make assurance doubly sure" [Macbeth]

• bespeak

• think twice

• look before one leaps

• count the cost

• look to the main

• chance

• cut one's coat according to one's cloth

• feel one's ground

• feel

• one's way

• see how the land lies

• wait to see how the

• cat jumps

• bridle one's tongue

• reculer pour mieux sauter

• let well alone

• let well enough alone

• let sleeping dogs lie

• ne

• keep out of harm's way

• keep out of troubled waters

• keep at a

• respectful distance

• stand aloof

• keep on the safe side

• be on the safe

• side

• husband one's resources

• caution

• Adj. cautious

• wary

• guarded

• on one's guard

• cavendo tutus[Lat]

• in medio tutissimus[Lat]

• vigilant

• careful

• heedful

• cautelous|

• stealthy

• chary

• shy of

• circumspect

• prudent

• discreet

• politic

• sure-footed

• unenterprising

• unadventurous

• cool

• steady

• self-possessed;

• overcautious

• Adv. cautiously

• Int. have a care!

• Phr. timeo Danaos [Lat][Vergil]

• festina lente[Lat]

• ante victoriam ne canas triumphum [Lat: don't sing out victory before

• the triumph]

• "give

• every man thine ear but few thy voice" [Hamlet]

• he

• who laughs last laughs best

• ni firmes

• carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no veas [Sp]

• nescit vox missa reverti

• [Lat][Horace]

• "love all

• trust a few" [All's Well]

• noli irritare leones

• safe bind safe find

• "if it ain't broke

• don't fix it" [Bert

• Lance]

#865. Desire. -- N. desire

• wish

• fancy

• fantasy

• want

• need

• exigency

• mind

• inclination

• leaning

• bent

• animus

• partiality

• penchant

• predilection

• propensity

• willingness

• liking

• love

• fondness

• relish

• longing

• hankering

• inkling

• solicitude

• anxiety

• yearning

• coveting;

• aspiration

• ambition

• vaulting ambition

• eagerness

• zeal

• ardor

• breathless impatience

• overanxiety

• impetuosity

• appetite

• sharp

• appetite

• keenness

• hunger

• stomach

• twist

• thirst

• thirstiness

• drouth

• mouthwatering

• itch

• itching

• prurience

• cacoethes[Lat]

• cupidity

• lust

• concupiscence

• edge of appetite

• edge of hunger

• torment of Tantalus

• sweet tooth

• itching palm

• longing eye

• wistful eye

• sheep's eye

• [excessive desire for money] greed

• voracity

• passion

• rage

• mania

• manie|

• inextinguishable desire;

• dipsomania

• kleptomania

• [Person who desires] lover

• amateur

• votary

• devotee

• aspirant

• solicitant

• candidate

• applicant

• supplicant

• cormorant

• [Object of desire] desideratum

• want

• "a

• consummation devoutly to be wished"

• attraction

• magnet

• allurement

• fancy

• temptation

• seduction

• fascination

• prestige

• height of one's

• ambition

• idol

• whim

• whimsy

• maggot

• hobby

• hobby-horse

• Fortunatus's cap

• wishing cap

• wishing stone

• wishing well

• V. desire

• wish

• wish for

• be desirous

• hope

• care for

• affect

• like

• list

• take to

• cling to

• take a fancy to;

• fancy

• prefer

• have an eye

• have a mind to

• find it in one's heart

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• have a fancy for

• set one's eyes upon

• cast a sheep's eye upon

• look

• sweet upon

• take into one's head

• have at heart

• be bent upon

• set one's

• cap at

• set one's heart upon

• set one's mind upon

• covet

• want

• miss

• need

• feel the want of

• would fain have

• would fain do;

• would be glad of

• be hungry

• have a good appetite

• play a good knife and fork;

• hunger after

• thirst after

• crave after

• lust after

• itch after

• hanker

• after

• run mad after

• raven for

• die for

• burn to

• sigh for

• cry for

• gape for

• gasp for

• pine for

• pant for

• languish for

• yearn for

• long

• be on thorns for

• hope for;

• aspire after

• catch at

• grasp at

• jump at

• woo

• court

• solicit

• fish for

• spell for

• whistle for

• put up for;

• ogle

• cause desire

• create desire

• raise desire

• excite desire

• provoke

• desire

• whet the appetite

• titillate

• allure

• attract

• take

• one's fancy

• tempt

• hold out temptation

• hold out allurement

• tantalize

• make one's mouth water

• gratify desire

• Adj. desirous

• desiring

• inclined

• partial

• to

• fain

• wishful

• anxious

• wistful

• curious

• at a loss

• for

• sedulous

• solicitous. craving

• hungry

• sharp-set

• ravening

• with an empty stomach

• thirsty

• athirst

• parched with thirst

• pinched with hunger

• famished

• dry

• hungry as a hunter

• hungry as a hawk

• hungry as a horse

• hungry as a church mouse

• hungry as a bear

• [excessively desirous] greedy

• unsatisfied

• unsated

• unslaked

• unsaturated

• eager

• avid

• keen

• burning

• fervent

• ardent

• agog

• all agog;

• breathless

• impatient

• bent on

• intent on

• set on

• bent

• upon

• intent upon

• set upon

• mad after

• enrage

• rabid

• dying for

• devoured

• by desire

• aspiring

• ambitious

• vaulting

• skyaspiring

• high-reaching

• desirable

• desired

• in demand

• pleasing

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• appetizing

• tantalizing

• Adv. wistfully

• fain

• Int. would that

• would that it were! O for! esto perpetual

• Phr[Lat]. the wish being father to the thought

• sua cuique

• voluptas[Lat]

• hoc erat in votis[Lat]

• the mouth watering

• the fingers

• itching

• aut Caesar aut nullus[Lat]

• "Cassius has a lean and hungry look" [Jul. Caesar]

• "hungry as the

• grave" [Thomson]

• "I was born to other things" [Tennyson]

• "not what we

• wish but what we want" [Merrick]

• "such joy ambition finds" [P. L.];

• "the sea hath bounds but deep desire hath none" [Venus and Adonis];

• ubi mel ibi apes[Lat]

#866. Indifference. -- N. indifference

• neutrality

• coldness

• unconcern

• insouciance

• nonchalance

• want of interest

• want of earnestness

• anorexia

• apathy

• (insensibility) 8

• supineness

• disdain

• recklessness

• inattention

• lust-quencher

• passion-

• V. be indifferent

• stand neuter

• take no interest in

• (insensibility) 8

• have no desire for

• have no

• relish for

• not care for

• care nothing for

• care nothing about

• not care a

• straw about

• not care a fig for

• not care a whit about

• not mind

• set at naught

• spurn

• Adj. indifferent

• cold

• frigid

• lukewarm

• cool

• cool as a cucumber;

• unconcerned

• insouciant

• phlegmatic

• easygoing

• devil-

• may-care

• careless

• listless

• lackadaisical

• half-hearted

• unambitious

• unaspiring

• unattracted

• [indifferent toward people] aloof

• unapproachable

• remote

• uncaring

• unattractive

• unalluring

• undesired

• undesirable

• uncared for

• unvalued

• all one to

• insipid

• vain

• Adv. for aught one cares

• Int. never mind

• Who cares? whatever you like

• whatever

• Phr. I couldn't care less

• I could care less

• anything will do

• es

• macht nichts [German]

#867. Dislike. -- N. dislike

• distaste

• disrelish

• disinclination

• reluctance

• backwardness

• repugnance

• disgust

• queasiness

• turn

• nausea

• loathing;

• aversation|

• aversion

• abomination

• antipathy

• abhorrence

• horror

• mortal antipathy

• rooted antipathy

• mortal horror

• rooted horror

• hatred

• detestation

• hate

• animosity

• hydrophobia

• canine madness

• gall

• and wormwood

• shuddering

• cold sweat

• dislike

• disrelish

• mind

• object to

• have

• rather not

• would rather not

• prefer not to

• not care for

• have a dislike

• for

• conceive a dislike to

• entertain a dislike for

• take a dislike to

• have an aversion to

• have an aversion for

• have no taste for

• have no

• stomach for

• shun

• avoid

• eschew

• withdraw from

• shrink from

• recoil from;

• not be able to bear

• not be able to abide

• not be able to endure

• shrug

• the shoulders at

• shudder at

• turn up the nose at

• look askance at

• make a

• mouth

• make a wry face

• make a grimace

• make faces

• loathe

• nauseate

• abominate

• detest

• abhor

• hate

• take amiss

• have enough of

• wish away

• unwish

• cause dislike

• excite dislike

• disincline

• repel

• sicken

• make sick

• render sick

• turn one's stomach

• nauseate

• disgust

• shock

• stink in the nostrils

• go against the grain

• go against the stomach

• stick

• in the throat

• make one's blood run cold

• pall

• Adj. disliking

• averse from

• loathe

• loathe to

• loth

• adverse;

• shy of

• sick of

• out of conceit with

• disinclined

• heartsick

• queasy

• disliked

• uncared for

• unpopular

• out of favor

• repulsive

• repugnant

• repellant

• abhorrent

• insufferable

• fulsome

• nauseous;

• loathsome

• offensive

• disgusting

• disagreeable c

• (painful) 830

• Adv. usque ad nauseam[Lat]

• Phr. non libet[Lat]

#868. Fastidiousness. -- N. fastidiousness

• nicety

• hypercriticism

• difficulty in being pleased

• epicurism

• omnia suspendens naso[Lat]

• epicure

• gourmet

• [Excess of delicacy] prudery

• V. be fastidious

• have a sweet tooth

• mince the matter

• turn up one's nose at

• look a gift

• horse in the mouth

• see spots on the sun

• Adj. fastidious

• nice

• delicate

• finical

• finicky

• demanding

• meticulous

• exacting

• strict

• anal[vulg.]

• difficult

• dainty

• squeamish

• thin-skinned

• queasy

• hard to

• please

• difficult to please

• querulous

• particular

• straitlaced

• scrupulous

• censorious

• hypercritical

• overcritical

• Phr. noli me tangere[Lat]

#869. Satiety. -- N. satiety

• satisfaction

• saturation

• repletion

• glut

• surfeit

• satiation

• weariness

• too much of a good thing

• toujours

• V. sate

• satiate

• satisfy

• saturate

• cloy

• quench

• slake

• pall

• glut.

• gorge

• surfeit

• bore

• tire

• spoil

• have enough of

• have quite enough of

• have one's fill

• have too much

• of

• be satiated

• Adj. satiated

• blase

• used up

• sick of

• heartsick

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