Oct 06, 2003 21:12
I was really bored in English today so I looked up hate in the thesaurus...dear lord there are tons of synonyms. Seriosuly. like...whoa. I'll post them some day. Brighten everyone's vocabulary.
Main Entry: [1]hate
Pronunciation: 'hAt
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hete; akin to Old High German haz hate, Greek kEdos care
Date: before 12th century
1 a : intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b : extreme dislike or antipathy : LOATHING
2 : an object of hatred
Main Entry: [1]pain
Pronunciation: 'pAn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French peine, from Latin poena, from Greek poinE payment, penalty; akin to Greek tinein to pay, tinesthai to punish, Avestan kaEnA revenge, Sanskrit cayate he revenges
Date: 14th century
1 : PUNISHMENT
2 a : usually localized physical suffering associated with bodily disorder (as a disease or an injury); also : a basic bodily sensation induced by a noxious stimulus, received by naked nerve endings, characterized by physical discomfort (as pricking, throbbing, or aching), and typically leading to evasive action b : acute mental or emotional distress or suffering : GRIEF
3 : plural : the throes of childbirth
4 : plural : trouble, care, or effort taken to accomplish something
5 : one that irks or annoys or is otherwise troublesome - often used in such phrases as pain in the neck
- pain·less /-l&s/ adjective
- pain·less·ly adverb
- pain·less·ness noun
- on pain of or under pain of : subject to penalty or punishment of
Main Entry: [1]rage
Pronunciation: 'rAj
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rabia, from Latin rabies rage, madness, from rabere to be mad; akin to Sanskrit rabhas violence
Date: 14th century
1 a : violent and uncontrolled anger b : a fit of violent wrath c : archaic : INSANITY
2 : violent action (as of wind or sea)
3 : an intense feeling : PASSION
4 : a fad pursued with intense enthusiasm
synonym see ANGER, FASHION