arduous / strenuous
involving a lot of
effort and energy
assiduous / diligent / sedulous
showing care and
effort in your work or duties
fastidious
/ meticulous / scrupulous
giving careful
attention to every detail
ebullient
/ effervescent / exuberant
/
rollicking
full of energy,
excitement, etc.
dejected / despondent
/
disconsolate
unhappy and
disappointed
discomfit
/ disconcert / faze
to make sb feel
confused or embarrassed
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SYNONYMS FOR "TO MAKE SOMEBODY VERY ANGRY"
antagonize / enrage /
exasperate / infuriate / incense / raise sb’s hackles
to make sb very angry
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SYNONYMS FOR "ANNOYED"
brassed off / crooked on sb / cross with sb /
disgruntled / fed up / hacked off / miffed
/ narked / peeved
annoyed
pique
annoyed because your
pride has been hurt
get under sb's skin
to annoy sb
grate on sb / irk
to annoy sb
vex
to annoy or worry sb
vexatious
making you feel
annoyed or worried
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SYNONYMS FOR "TO AVOID"
dodge / elude / eschew /
evade / fight shy of sth / fudge / gloss over / skirt
around sth / skate over sth / shun / shy away from sth
to avoid
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SYNONYMS FOR "BAD-TEMPERED"
cantankerous / choleric /
crotchety / crusty / dyspeptic / grumpy / irritable /
peevish / petulant / ratty / splenetic / sourpuss /
stroppy / tetchy
bad-tempered
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SYNONYMS FOR "TO CRITICIZE"
castigate / censure / chastise / deplore / denounce /
excoriate
/ flay /
fulminate / inveigh
against sb/sth / lampoon /
lash out at sb / pan / pillory / pull sb up / rap /
revile / upbraid
to criticize
get / give a rap over the knuckle
to get / give
criticism
hit out at sb/sth
to criticize
pounce on
to
quickly criticize
second guess
to guess, to criticize
slam
to
bang, to criticize
slate
to plan that sth will
happen at a particular time in future, to criticize
take a swipe at sb
/ take sb to task
to criticize
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SYNONYMS FOR "HAPPINESS"
elation
great happiness,
excitement
exultation
great pride or happiness
bliss / ecstasy / felicity / jubilation
/ joie de vivre
great happiness
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SYNONYMS FOR "NONSENSE"
balderdash / bunkum /
flimflam / gibberish / guff / hogwash / mumbo-jumbo /
piffle / poppy-cock / tommyrot / tosh / twaddle
nonsense
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SYNONYMS FOR "STUPID
PERSON"
berk / charlie / chump / duffer /
/
imbecile / jackass / jerk /
lamebrain / nincompoop / pillock
/ putz / prat /
plonker / wally
stupid person
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SYNONYMS FOR "TO SUPPORT"
champion / endorse / espouse
/ second / uphold / underpin
to support
countenance
person’s face or expression,
to support
corroborate
to confirm, to support
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SYNONYMS FOR "VERY TIRED"
dead beat / be done in /
fagged out / haggard / knackered / pooped out / zonked
out
very tired
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abhor / loathe
to dislike sb/sth very
much
ablaze / aflame
on fire
abnegation / abstinence / renunciation
the act of rejecting
food, alcoholic drinks, intercourse, etc.
adamant / intransigent / obdurate / obstinate
stubborn
accentuate / hammer home / underline
/
underscore
to emphasize
accord / impart
to give
accordingly / ergo
therefore
accreditation / imprimatur
official approval
adage / dictum
saying
adduce
/ moot / propound
to propose, to put
forward
adept / adroit
skilful
adherent / cohort / proponent
supporter
adolescence / puberty
time in a person’s
life when he or she develops from a child into an adult
adversary / antagonist
opponent
adversity
/ bummer
unpleasant situation
under the aegis of sb/sth
/ under the
auspices of sb/sth
with the protection or
support of sb/sth
aerobics / calisthenics / work-out
physical exercise
affable / amiable / genial
/
jovial
pleasant, friendly
amicable
polite or friendly
affray
/ brawl
fight or violent
behaviour in a public place
afresh / anew
again
agile / nimble
able to move quickly
and easily
agitation
/ angst / nerves
feelings of anxiety,
worry
agony / anguish / torment
severe physical or
mental suffering
agony aunt / agony uncle / advice columnist
who gives answers to
readers’ questions in a newspaper or magazine
aisle / gangway
passage between rows
of seats of theatre, aircraft, etc.
all in good time / in due course
at the right time and
not before
allay / alleviate / appease / assuage / mitigate
to make less severe
alleluia / hallelujah
song or shout of
praise to god
alluring smile / engaging smile
attractive smile
aloof / recluse / standoffish
not interested in
other people
antediluvian / antiquated / archaic
old fashioned
apprehension / foreboding / premonition / presentiment
/
trepidation
anxiety, fear
apprise / notify
to inform
argot / lingo / jargon / parlance
words or language
related to particular subject or field
armoury / arsenal
place where weapons
and armour are kept
asinine / feather-brained /
gormless / tomfool
stupid
asphyxiate
/ stifle / suffocate
to feel difficulty in
taking breathe
assail
/ assault
to attack sb violently
assert
/ aver
to state firmly
assignation / tryst
secret
meeting with a lover
astute / canny
/
shrewd
clever, intelligent,
careful
attribute / impute
to say, sb is
responsible for sth or has a particular quality
attuned to sth / conversant with sth
familiar with sth
audacity
/ temerity
boldness
auspicious
/ propitious
/ promising
showing signs of
being good or successful
