V. be secluded, live secluded &c. adj.; keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background; keep snug; shut oneself up; deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux[Fr]; retire, retire from the world; take the veil; abandon &c. 624; sport one"s oak*.
cut, cut dead; refuse to a.s.sociate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one"s back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm"s length, draw a cordon round.
depopulate; dispeople[obs3], unpeople[obs3].
Adj. secluded, sequestered, retired, delitescent[obs3], private, bye; out of the world, out of the way; "the world forgetting by the world forgot" [Pope].
snug, domestic, stay-at-home.
unsociable; unsocial, dissocial[obs3]; inhospitable, cynical, inconversable, unclubbable, sauvage[Fr], troglodytic.
solitary; lonely, lonesome; isolated, single.
estranged; unfrequented; uninhabitable, uninhabited; tenantless; abandoned; deserted, deserted in one"s utmost need; unfriended[obs3]; kithless[obs3], friendless, homeless; lorn[obs3], forlorn, desolate.
unvisited, unintroduced[obs3], uninvited, unwelcome; under a cloud, left to shift for oneself, derelict, outcast.
banished &c. v.
Phr. noli me tangere[Lat].
"among them but not of them" [Byron]; "and homeless near a thousand homes I stood" [Wordsworth]; far from the madding crowd"s ign.o.ble strife [Gray]; "makes a solitude and calls it peace" [Byron]; magna civitas magna solitudo [Lat]; "never less alone than when alone" [Rogers]; "O sacred solitude! divine retreat!" [Young].
#894. Courtesy. -- N. courtesy; respect &c. 928; good manners, good behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness &c. adj.; bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension &c. (humility) 879; affability, complaisance, prvenance, amability[obs3], gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy.
compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases, ceremonial; salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil[obs3], greeting, recognition; welcome, abord, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams.
obeisance &c. (reverence) 928; bow, courtesy, curtsy, sc.r.a.pe, salaam, kotow[obs3], kowtow, bowing and sc.r.a.ping; kneeling; genuflection &c.
(worship) 990; obsequiousness &c. 886; capping, shaking hands, &c. v.; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d"honneur[Fr], pledge; love token &c. (endearment) 902; kiss, buss, salute.
mark of recognition, nod; "nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton]; valediction &c. 293; condolence &c. 915.
V. be courteous &c. adj.; show courtesy &c. n.
mind one"s P"s and Q"s, behave oneself, be all things to all men, conciliate, speak one fair, take in good part; make the amiable, do the amiable; look as if b.u.t.ter would not melt in one"s mouth; mend one"s manners.
receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome, welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid G.o.dspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade.
salute; embrace &c. (endearment) 902; kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and n.o.b[obs3]; move to, nod to; smile upon.
uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present arms; make way for; bow; make one"s bow, make a leg; sc.r.a.pe, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee.
visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one"s respects, pay a visit &c.
(sociability) 892; dance attendance on &c. (servility) 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c. (respect) 928.
prostrate oneself &c. (worship) 990.
give one"s duty to, send one"s duty to, &c. n.
render polite &c. adj.; polish, civilize, humanize.
Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well- mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c. (taste) 850; gentlemanlike &c. (fashion) 852[obs3]; gallant; on one"s good behavior.
fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious &c. 886.
ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.
diplomatic, tactful, politic; artful &c. 702.
Adv. courteously &c. adj.; with a good grace; with open arms, with outstretched arms; a bras ouverts[Fr]; suaviter in modo[Fr], in good humor.
Int. hail! welcome! well met! ave! all hail! good day, good morrow!
G.o.dspeed! pax vobisc.u.m[Lat]! may your shadow never be less!
Phr. Tien de plus estimable que la ceremonie[Fr]; "the very pink of courtesy" [Romeo and Juliet].
#895. Discourtesy.-- N. discourtesy;ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners, ungainly manners; insuavity[obs3]; uncourteousness &c.adj[obs3].; rusticity, inurbanity[obs3]; illiberality, incivility displacency[obs3].
disrespect &c. 929; procacity[obs3], impudence; barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism[obs3], conduct unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret, brusquerie[obs3]; vulgarity, &c. 851.
churlishness &c. adj.; spinosity[obs3], perversity; moroseness &c.
(sullenness) 901a. sternness &c. adj.; austerity; moodishness[obs3], captiousness &c. 901; cynicism; tartness &c. adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.
scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.
bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub[obs3]; frump, crosspatch[obs3]; saucebox &c. 887[obs3]; crooked stick; grizzly.
V. be -rude &c. adj.; insult &c. 929; treat with discourtesy; take a name in vain; make bold with, make free with; take a liberty; stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush.
cut; turn one"s back upon, turn on one"s heel; give the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm"s length; look cool upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with a flea in the ear.
lose one"s temper &c. (resentment) 900; sulk &c. 90la; frown, scowl, glower, pout; snap, snarl, growl.
render rude &c. ad.; brutalize, brutify[obs3].
Adj. discourteous, uncourteous[obs3]; uncourtly[obs3]; ill-bred, ill- mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly, unmannered; impolite, unpolite[obs3]; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel; ungentleman- like, ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar &c. 851; dedecorous[obs3]; foul-mouthed foul-spoken; abusive.
uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious.
repulsive; uncomplaisant[obs3], unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant; inaffable[obs3]; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere; cavalier.
taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling &c. v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen &c. 901a; peevish &c. (irascible) 901.
untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless &c. 703; Adv. discourteously &c. adj.; with discourtesy &c. n., with a bad grace.
#896. Congratulation. -- N. congratulation, gratulation[obs3]; felicitation; salute &c. 894; condolence &c. 915; compliments of the season.
V. congratulate, gratulate[obs3]; felicitate; give one joy, wish one joy; compliment; tender one"s congratulations, offer one"s congratulations; wish many happy returns of the day, wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
praise,laud (commendation) 931.
congratulate oneself &c. (rejoice) 838.
Adj. congratulatory, gratulatory[obs3].
Phr. "I wish you all the joy that you can wish" [Merchant of Venice]; best wishes.
#897. Love. -- N. love; fondness &c. adj.; liking; inclination &c.
(desire) 865; regard, dilection, admiration, fancy.
affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness &c. adj.; heart, brotherly love; benevolence &c. 906; attachment.
yearning, , tender pa.s.sion, amour; gyneolatry[obs3]; gallantry, pa.s.sion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry.Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover"s knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship &c.
902; amourette[obs3]; free love.
maternal love, [Grk], parental love; young love, puppy love.attractiveness; popularity; favorite &c. 899.
lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret[obs3], beau, sweetheart, inamorato[It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman[obs3], Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso[obs3], cavaliere servente[It], captive, cicisbeo[obs3]; caro sposo[It].
inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, G.o.ddess, cara sposa[It].
betrothed, affianced, fiancee.
flirt, coquette; amorette[obs3]; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone[obs3].
V. love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with; affection; be in love &c. with adj.; have a love &c. n. for, entertain a love &c. n. for, harbor cherish a love &c. n.
for; regard, revere; take to, bear love to, be wedded to; set one"s affections on; make much of, feast one"s eyes on; hold dear, prize; hug, cling to, cherish, pet.
burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument[Fr]; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored &c. adj.; fall in love with, lose one"s heart; desire &c. 865.
excite love; win the heart, gain the heart, win the affections, gain the affections, secure the love, engage the affections; take the fancy of have a place in the heart, wind round the heart; attract, attach, endear, charm, fascinate, captivate, bewitch, seduce, enamor, enrapture, turn the head.
get into favor; ingratiate oneself, insinuate oneself, worm oneself; propitiate, curry favor with, pay one"s court to, faire l"aimable[Fr], set one"s cap at, flirt.
Adj. loving &c. v.; fond of; taken with, struck with; smitten, bitten; attached to, wedded to; enamored; charmed &c. v.; in love; love-sick; over head and ears in love, head over heels in love.
affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving; amorous, amatory; fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, pa.s.sionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly.
loved &c. v. beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular.
congenial; after one"s mind, after one"s taste, after one"s fancy, after one"s own heart, to one"s mind, to one"s taste, to one"s fancy, to one"s own heart.
in one"s good graces &c. (friendly) 888; dear as the apple of one"s eye, nearest to one"s heart.
lovable, adorable; lovely, sweet; attractive, seductive, winning; charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching; amiable, like an angel.
Phr. amantes amentes [Lat][Terence]; credula res amor est [Lat][Ovid]; militat omnis amasius [Lat][Ovid]; love conquers all, omnia vincit amor [Lat][Vergil]; si vis amari ama [obs3][Lat][Seneca]; "the sweetest joy, the wildest woe" [Bailey].
#898. Hate. -- N. hate, hatred, vials of hate.
disaffection, disfavor; alienation, estrangement, coolness; enmity &c.
889; animosity &c. 900.
umbrage, pique, grudge; dudgeon, spleen bitterness, bitterness of feeling; ill blood, bad blood; acrimony; malice &c. 907; implacability &c.
(revenge) 919.