Synonyms Flashcards
(48 cards)
Provoke
“My stories usually provoke laughter.”
Directs attention to the response called forth.
Directs attention to the response called forth.
Provoke
“My stories usually provoke laughter.”
Excite
“News that excited anger and frustration.”
Implies a stirring up or moving profoundly
Implies a stirring up or moving profoundly
Excite
“News that excited anger and frustration.”
Stimulate
“Stimulating conversation.”
Suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference.
Suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference.
Stimulate
“Stimulating conversation.”
Pique
“That remark piqued my interest.”
Suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge.
Suggests stimulating by mild irritation or challenge.
Pique
“That remark piqued my interest.”
Quicken
“The high salary quickened her desire to have the job.”
Implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively.
Implies beneficially stimulating and making active or lively.
Quicken
“The high salary quickened her desire to have the job.”
Proud
“Too proud to take charity.”
May suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.
May suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.
Proud
“Too proud to take charity.”
Arrogant
“A conceited and arrogant executive.”
Implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.
Implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.
Arrogant
“A conceited and arrogant executive.”
Haughty
“A haughty aristocrat.”
Suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.
Suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.
Haughty
“A haughty aristocrat.”
Lordly
“A lordly condescension.”
Implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.
Implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.
Lordly
“A lordly condescension.”
Insolent
“Ignored by an insolent waiter.”
Implies contemptuous haughtiness.
Implies contemptuous haughtiness.
Insolent
“Ignored by an insolent waiter.”
Overbearing
“An overbearing supervisor.”
Suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.
Suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.
Overbearing
“An overbearing supervisor.”
Supercilious
“An aloof and supercilious manner.”
Implies a cool patronizing haughtiness.
Implies a cool patronizing haughtiness.
Supercilious
“An aloof and supercilious manner.”
