Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS III SECTION III. 2. SENSATION


375. Physical Sensibility -- N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c adj.; physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics; moral sensibility &c 822.

376. Physical Insensibility -- N. insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness &c adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.] , anaesthesia; sleep &c 823; hemiplegia † , motor paralysis; vegetable state; coma.

377. Physical Pleasure -- N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness &c adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow &c (support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe &c (intemperance) 954.

378. Physical Pain -- N. pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance † ; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering &c 828; dolour, ache; aching &c v.; smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris [Lat.] ; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia [Med.] , earache, gout, ischiagra † , lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia † , otalgia † , podagra † , rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux [Fr.] , toothache, tormina † , torticollis † .

379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch -- N. touch; tact, taction † , tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation † ; manipulation; massage.

380. Sensations of Touch -- N. itching, pruritis [Med.] &c v.; titillation, formication † , aura; stereognosis † .

381. [insensibility to touch.] Numbness -- N. numbness &c (physical insensibility) 376; anaesthesia; pins and needles.

382. Heat -- N. heat, caloric; temperature, warmth, fervor, calidity † ; incalescence † , incandescence; glow, flush; fever, hectic.

383. Cold -- N. cold, coldness &c adj.; frigidity, inclemency, fresco.

384. Calefaction -- N. increase of temperature; heating &c v.; calefaction † , tepefaction † , torrefaction † ; melting, fusion; liquefaction &c 335; burning &c v.; ambustion † , combustion; incension † , accension † ; concremation † , cremation; scorification † ; cautery, cauterization; ustulation † , calcination; cracking, refining; incineration, cineration † ; carbonization; cupellation [Chem] .

385. Refrigeration -- N. refrigeration, infrigidation † , reduction of temperature; cooling &c v.; congelation † , conglaciation † ; ice &c 383; solidification &c (density) 321; ice box (refrigerator) 385.

386. Furnace -- N. furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus, combustion chamber; athanor † , hypocaust † , reverberatory; volcano; forge, fiery furnace; limekiln; Dutch oven; tuyere, brasier † , salamander, heater, warming pan; boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot; urn, kettle; chafing-dish; retort, crucible, alembic, still; waffle irons; muffle furnace, induction furnace; electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat.

387. Refrigerator -- N. refrigerator, refrigeratory † ; frigidarium † ; cold storage, cold room, cold laboratory; icehouse, icepail, icebag, icebox; cooler, damper, polyurethane cooler; wine cooler.

388. Fuel -- N. fuel, firing, combustible.

389. Thermometer -- N. thermometer, thermometrograph † , mercury thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer [G.] , gas thermometer, telethermometer; color-changing temperature indicator; thermopile, thermoscope † ; pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter; thermistor, thermocouple.

390. Taste -- N. taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor; gout, relish; sapor † , sapidity † ; twang, smack, smatch † ; aftertaste, tang.

391. Insipidity -- N. insipidity, blandness; tastelessness &c adj..

392. Pungency -- N. pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race.

392a. Saltiness -- N. saltiness.

392b. Bitterness -- N. bitterness, acridness † , acridity, acrimony; caustic, alkali; acerbity; gall, wormwood; bitters, astringent bitters.

393. Condiment -- N. condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer.

394. Savoriness -- N. savoriness &c adj.; good taste, deliciousness, delectability.

395. Unsavoriness -- N. unsavoriness &c adj.; amaritude † ; acrimony, acridity (bitterness) 392.2; roughness &c (sour) 397; acerbity, austerity; gall and wormwood, rue, quassia † , aloes; marah † ; sickener † .

396. Sweetness -- N. sweetness, dulcitude † .

397. Sourness -- N. sourness &c adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation.

398. Odor -- N. odor, smell, odorament † , scent, effluvium; emanation, exhalation; fume, essence, trail, nidor † , redolence.

399. Inodorousness -- N. inodorousness † ; absence of smell, want of smell.

400. Fragrance -- N. fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet, essence, scent; sweet smell, aromatic perfume.

401. Fetor -- N. fetor † ; bad &c adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink; foul odor, malodor; empyreuma † ; mustiness &c adj.; rancidity; foulness &c (uncleanness) 653.

401a. Acridity -- N. acridity, astringency, bite.

402. Sound -- N. sound, noise, strain; accent, twang, intonation, tone; cadence; sonorousness &c adj.; audibility; resonance &c 408; voice &c 580; aspirate; ideophone † ; rough breathing.

403. Silence -- N. silence; stillness &c (quiet) 265; peace, hush, lull; muteness &c 581; solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence.

404. Loudness -- N. loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang, clangor; clatter, noise, bombilation † , roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery † , fracas, charivari † , trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre † , peal, swell, blast, larum † , boom; bang (explosion) 406; resonance &c 408.

405. Faintness -- N. faintness &c adj.; faint sound, whisper, breath; undertone, underbreath † ; murmur, hum, susurration; tinkle; still small voice.

406. [Sudden and violent sounds.] Snap -- N. snap &c v.; rapping &c v.; decrepitation, crepitation; report, thud; burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley.

407. [Repeated and protracted sounds.] Roll -- N. roll &c v.; drumming &c v.; berloque † , bombination † , rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara † ; rataplan † ; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari † , racket; cuckoo; repetition &c 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation &c 408.

408. Resonance -- N. resonance; ring &c v.; ringing, tintinabulation &c v.; reflexion [Brit.] , reflection, reverberation; echo, reecho; zap, zot [Coll.] ; buzz (hiss) 409.

408a. Nonresonance † -- N. thud, thump, dead sound; nonresonance † ; muffled drums, cracked bell; damper; silencer.

409. [Hissing sounds.] Sibilation -- N. sibilance, sibilation; zip; hiss &c v.; sternutation; high note &c 410.

410. [Harsh sounds.] Stridor -- N. creak &c v.; creaking &c v.; discord, &c 414; stridor; roughness, sharpness, &c adj.; cacophony; cacoepy † .

411. Cry -- N. cry &c v.; voice &c (human) 580; hubbub; bark &c (animal) 412.

412. [Animal sounds.] Ululation -- N. cry &c v.; crying &c v.; bowwow, ululation, latration † , belling; reboation † ; wood-note; insect cry, fritiniancy † , drone; screech owl; cuckoo.

413. Melody. Concord -- N. melody, rhythm, measure; rhyme &c (poetry) 597.

414. Discord -- N. discord, discordance; dissonance, cacophony, want of harmony, caterwauling; harshness &c 410.

415. Music -- N. music; concert; strain, tune, air; melody &c 413; aria, arietta † ; piece of music [Fr.] , work, number, opus; sonata; rondo, rondeau [Fr.] ; pastorale, cavatina † , roulade † , fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza; cadence; fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno [It] , dithyramb; opera, operetta; oratorio; composition, movement; stave; passamezzo [It] , toccata, Vorspiel [G.] .

416. Musician [Performance of Music.] -- N. musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel; bard &c (poet) 597; [specific types of musicians] accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist; harper, fiddler, fifer † , trumpeter, piper, drummer; catgut scraper.

417. Musical Instruments -- N. musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina † .

418. [Sense of sound.] Hearing -- N. hearing &c v.; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping; audibility.

419. Deafness -- N. deafness, hardness of hearing, surdity † ; inaudibility, inaudibleness † .

420. Light -- N. light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil; sunbeam, moonbeam; aurora.

421. Darkness -- N. darkness &c adj., absence of light; blackness &c (dark color) 431; obscurity, gloom, murk; dusk &c (dimness) 422.

422. Dimness -- N. dimness &c adj.; darkness &c 421; paleness &c (light color) 429.

423. [Source of light, self-luminous body.] Luminary -- N. luminary; light &c 420; flame &c (fire) 382.

424. Shade -- N. shade; awning &c (cover) 223; parasol, sunshade, umbrella; chick; portiere; screen, curtain, shutter, blind, gauze, veil, chador, mantle, mask; cloud, mist, gathering.

425. Transparency -- N. transparence, transparency; clarity; translucence, translucency; diaphaneity † ; lucidity, pellucidity † , limpidity; fluorescence; transillumination, translumination † .

426. Opacity -- N. opacity; opaqueness &c adj.. film; cloud &c 353.

426a. Turbidity -- N. turbidity, cloudiness, fog, haze, muddiness, haziness, obscurity.

427. Semitransparency -- N. semitransparency, translucency, semiopacity; opalescence, milkiness, pearliness † ; gauze, muslin; film; mica, mother-of-pearl, nacre; mist &c (cloud) 353.

428. Color -- N. color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key.

429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism -- N. achromatism † ; decoloration † , discoloration; pallor, pallidness, pallidity † ; paleness &c adj.; etiolation; neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.

430. Whiteness -- N. whiteness &c adj.; argent.

431. Blackness -- N. blackness, &c adj.; darkness, &c (want of light).. 421; swartliness † , lividity, dark color, tone, color; chiaroscuro &c 420.

432. Gray -- N. gray &c adj.; neutral tint, silver, pepper and salt, chiaroscuro, grisaille [Fr.] .

433. Brown -- N. brown &c adj.. [Pigments],, bister ocher, sepia, Vandyke brown.

434. Redness -- N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose [Fr.] , rose du Barry † ; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color, flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules [Heral.] .

435. Greenness -- N. green &c adj.; blue and yellow; vert [Heral.] .

436. Yellowness -- N. yellow &c adj.; or.

437. Purple -- N. purple &c adj.; blue and red, bishop's purple; aniline dyes, gridelin † , amethyst; purpure [Heral.] ; heliotrope.

438. Blueness -- N. blue &c adj.; garter-blue; watchet † .

439. Orange -- N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color &c adj.. [Pigments] ocher, Mars'orange † , cadmium.

440. Variegation -- N. variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae.

441. Vision -- N. vision, sight, optics, eyesight.

442. Blindness -- N. blindness, cecity † , excecation † , amaurosis † , cataract, ablepsy † , ablepsia † , prestriction † ; dim-sightedness &c 443; Braille, Braille-type; guttaserena (drop serene), noctograph † , teichopsia † .

443. [Imperfect vision.] Dimsightedness [Fallacies of vision.] -- N. dim sight, dull sight half sight, short sight, near sight, long sight, double sight, astigmatic sight, failing sight; dimsightedness &c ; purblindness, lippitude † ; myopia, presbyopia † ; confusion of vision; astigmatism; color blindness, chromato pseudo blepsis † , Daltonism; nyctalopia † ; strabismus, strabism † , squint; blearedness † , day blindness, hemeralopia † , nystagmus; xanthocyanopia † , xanthopsia [Med.] ; cast in the eye, swivel eye, goggle-eyes; obliquity of vision.

444. Spectator -- N. spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by; sightseer; rubberneck, rubbernecker [U.S.] .

445. Optical Instruments -- N. optical instruments; lens, meniscus, magnifier, sunglass, magnifying glass, hand lens; microscope, megascope † , tienoscope † .

446. Visibility -- N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness, distinctness &c adj.; conspicuity † , conspicuousness; appearance &c 448; bassetting † ; exposure; manifestation &c 525; ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demonstration; field of view &c (vision) 441; periscopism † .

447. Invisibility -- N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, imperceptibility; indistinctness &c adj.; mystery, delitescence † .

448. Appearance -- N. appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration † , scene, species, view, coup d'oeil [Fr.] ; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc ne [Fr.] ; rising of the curtain.

449. Disappearance -- N. disappearance, evanescence, eclipse, occultation.