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In document Storytellers Thesaurus (Page 130-132)

ious, odious, off putting, ominous, outrageous, painful, pale, pallid, poisonous, polluted, putrid, rank, repel- lent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, ruined, run-down, scarred, shocking, sickening, sickly, sinister, soiled, stigma, stinking, stomach turning, sullied, tainted, threatening, ugly, unappealing, unappetizing, un- attractive, unbearable, uncivilized, uncouth, unendurable, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsightly, unspeakable, vile, vulgar, worn, yellowed

ColorS

BlacK: charcoal, ebony, midnight black, onyx, smoky black

BroWn: beaver, bronze, burnt sienna, burnt umber, camel, chestnut, chocolate, coffee, copper, cordovan, desert sand, earth yellow, fallow, fawn, field drab, khaki, lion, liver, mahogany, ochre, raw umber, redwood, rufous, russet, rust, sand, sandy brown, seal brown, sepia, sienna, sinopia, tan, taupe, tawny, umber, wheat

Blue: Air Force blue, Alice blue, azure, baby blue, blue cheese, blue topaz, cerulean, cobalt, cornflower, dark blue, deep sky blue, electric blue, electric indigo, federal blue, glaucous, iris, light blue, midnight blue, navy blue, periwinkle, phthalo blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, royal blue, sapphire, sky blue, steel blue, teal, true blue, turquoise, ultramarine

cyan: aqua, aquamarine, cerulean, electric blue, mint, robin egg blue, sea green, teal, turquoise

gray: ash, battleship, cadet gray, cool gray, dark gray, fog, purple gray, silver, slate gray, taupe gray, wolf gray

green: apple green, asparagus, bright green, chartreuse, dark olive, dark spring green, fern green, fluores- cent green, forest green, grasshopper, green, green-yellow, honeydew, hunter green, jade, jungle green, kelly green, lawn green, lime, mantis, mint, mint cream, olive, olive drab, pigment green, pine green, pistachio, sea green, shamrock green, spring bud, spring green, teal, yellow-green

orange: apricot, bittersweet, burnt orange, carrot orange, coral, flame, fluorescent orange, orange peel, or- ange-red, peach, peach-orange, peach-yellow, pumpkin, rust, safety orange, salmon, sunset, tangelo, tangerine

pinK: amaranth pink, baby pink, bubble gum pink, carnation pink, cerise, coral pink, deep pink, French rose, fuchsia, hot magenta, hot pink, lavender pink, magenta, peach, persian rose, pink, puce, rose, rose pink, salmon, shocking pink, ultra pink

purple: amethyst, byzantium, cerise, eggplant, fuchsia, grape, heliotrope, indigo, lavender, lilac, orchid, pansy, plum, red-violet, thistle, violet, wisteria

red: auburn, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, crimson, dark red, electric crimson, brick, barn red, flame, fuchsia, raspberry, red, red-violet, redwood, rose, rosewood, ruby, rust, scarlet, tomato, vermilion, wine

yelloW: amber, antique gold, cream, daffodil, fluorescent yellow, gold, goldenrod, gold metallic, green- yellow, jonquil, lemon chiffon, lion, maize, saffron, school bus yellow, safety yellow, sunflower, sunglow, yel- low ochre

WhiTe: antique white, beige, blond, buff, champagne, cornsilk, cream, ecru, eggshell, floral white, ghost white, ivory, linen, magnolia, old lace, opal, pearl, seashell, snow, vanilla, white smoke

expleTiveS

Expletives Showing Anger or Regret: $%^&#@), *****, back off, beech/biatch/bitch, blank, blanked, blankety, blankety blank, blanking, blasted, bleep, bleeping, bloody, bloody hell, blooming, brother, crap, crud, damn, damnation, dang blasted, dang it, darn, drat, effing, farging, fecking, flipping, fluffing, frakking, freaking, fricking, frigging, fuddle duddle, funking, heck, hell, Judas Priest, mother of God, nuts, oh man, phooey, phunking, piss, poop, ruddy, shoot, shucks, son of a bitch, sons of bitches, tarnation, wretched

awesome, berk, blimey, Bob’s your uncle, boo, boy howdy, by the dog, cool, crickey, criminy, cripes, damn fine, duck, for crying out loud, gad, gadzooks, gee, gee whiz, gee willikers, gee Wisconsin, geesh, geez, geeze, go, golly , goodness, gor (UK), gosh, great Caesar’s ghost, head for the hills, hey, holy cow, holy man, holy moley, holy Moses, holy wow, hot damn, huh, jeez, Lord almighty, lordy lordy, never, no, non- sense, oh, oh my, oh my word, oh please, ouch, poppycock, really?, run, scatter, seriously?, stop, wahoo, wow, yee haw, zounds

eXpleTives from ficTion, plays, or Television: by cocke, by Saint Chicken, by the cross of the mouse foot, dren, egad, frak, frell, gadzooks, gorram, ods bodikins, shazbot, slight, struth

emoTionS

general emoTions: abhorrence, acidity, acrimony, admire, admiration, adoration, adulation, af- fability, affection, aggravate, aggression, alarm, alarmed, anger, animosity, annoy, antagonism, antipathy, anxiety, anxious, apathy, appall, appreciate, apprehension, attraction, aversion, awe, belligerence, bitterness, bravery, calm, care, cherish, concern, courage, courageousness, courtesy, cowardice, crazy, daring, dedica- tion, detestation, devotion, discourage, disgust, dislike, disparage, displease, disturb, dread, eagerness, en- couraging, enrage, enthusiasm, esteem, exaltation, exasperate, fear, fearfulness, fervor, foreboding, fondness, friendliness, fright, frightened, frustrate, fury, gallantry, gentility, glorification, happiness, hate, hatred, hero- ism, horror, hostility, idolization, indifference, infuriate, irritation, jealousy, joy, keenness, kind, kindness, liking, loathing, love, lust, mad, madden, nerve, offend, panic, panicky, passion, phobia, piety, pleasant- ness, pluck, politeness, provoke, rage, rapture, resentment, respect, reverence, revulsion, repugnance, repul- sion, reserve, rile, rude, scared, scorn, serenity, sharpness, shock, sorrow, sourness, spinelessness, sullenness, sweetness, terror, trepidation, upset, valor, value, vehemence, venerate, veneration, vulgar, wrath, worry, worship, zeal, zest

forTunaTe: advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, favorable, fitting, helpful, lucky, opportune, propi- tious, prosperous, providential, to your advantage, well-off

happy: affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, amusing, animated, appropriate, approving, apt, assured, at ease, balanced, beside yourself, blessed, blissful, blithe, bubbly, buoyant, calm, carefree, charmed, cheer- ful, cheery, comfort, comfortable, complimentary, composed, confident, congenial, congruous, content, contented, contentment, cordial, cozy, delight, delighted, delightful, delirious, dynamic, ease, easy, ebul- lient, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, enchanting, encouraging, enjoyable, euphoric, exultant, fantastic, fault- less, flattered, free from anxiety, free from care, friendly, fun-loving, genial, glad, good fun, good-humored, good-natured, gratification, gratify, gratifying, great, happy go lucky, harmonious, heartening, heavenly, high, humor, idyllic, in accord, in a state of high excitement, in good spirits, in high spirits, in rapture, in seventh heaven, jolly, jovial, joyful, jubilant, just right, just the thing, just what the doctor ordered, kind, lighthearted, likable, lively, merry, nice, not to be faulted, on cloud nine, optimistic, over the moon, overjoyed, peaceable, peaceful, picture perfect, placated, pleasant, pleased, pleasurable, positive, proud, rapturous, reassured, relaxed, relief, relieved, right, satisfied, satisfying, smiling, soothe, sparkling, spirited, suitable, sweet, thankful, thrilled, tickled pink, tranquil, triumphant, unperturbed, unspoiled, up, upbeat, uplifting, vigorous, vivacious, well balanced, wonderful

sad: agonizing, below par, bitter, bleak, blue, brooding, bummed out, cheerless, contemptible, crest- fallen, dark-minded, daunting, dejected, deplorable, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, difficult, dim, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, discouraging, disgraceful, disheartening, dismal, dismayed, dispirit, dispirited, dispiriting, distressed, distressing, doleful, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, down-hearted, drab, dreary, emotional, fed up, forbidding, forlorn, forsaken, gloomy, glowering, glum, gray, grieving, grim, grim-faced, hard-faced, heartbreaking, heart-rending, hopeless, in despair, inad- equate, lackluster, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, morose, mourn, mournful, mourning, moving, negative, ominous, painful, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, poignant, regret, resentful, scowling, somber, sorrow, sorrowfulness, sour, stressful, substandard, sullen, surly, tear- jerking, touching, tragic, unbearable, unhappy, unpromising, unwelcoming, woeful, worrying, wretched

Descriptive terms

In document Storytellers Thesaurus (Page 130-132)