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flutter
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...xA0; 3. she fluttered her eyelashes synonyms : flicker, bat. 4. flags fluttered synonyms : flap, wave, ripple...xA0; 2. a flutter of dark eyelashes synonyms : flicker, bat. 3. the flutter of the flags synonyms : flapping...
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mad
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...in the head, round/around the bend, (stark) raving mad, bats, batty, buggy, bonkers, dotty, cuckoo, cracked, loopy...meshuga, wacko, gonzo; ( be mad ) have a screw loose, have bats in the/one's belfry; ( go mad ) lose one's reason, lose...
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fast
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...PDQ (pretty damn quick), nippily, like (greased) lightning, hell-bent for leather, like mad, like the wind, like a bat out of hell; literary apace. antonym: slowly. 2. his wheels were stuck fast synonyms : securely, firmly, immovably...
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blind
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...synonyms : sightless, unsighted, visually impaired, visionless, unseeing; partially sighted, purblind; informal as blind as a bat. antonym: sighted. 2. the government must be blind synonyms : imperceptive, unperceptive, insensitive, slow...
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careen
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...synonyms : rush, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, race, bolt, dash, speed, run, whiz, zoom, flash, blast, charge, fly, go like the wind, belt, scoot, tear, zip, whip, zap, go like a bat out of hell, bomb, hightail, clip.
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harridan
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...Coolidge Elementary synonyms : shrew, termagant, virago, harpy, vixen, nag, hag, crone, dragon, ogress; fishwife, hellcat, she-devil, gorgon; martinet, tartar; informal old bag, old bat, battle-ax, witch; archaic scold.
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hotfoot
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...hurry, dash, run, rush, race, sprint, bolt, dart, career, careen, charge, shoot, hurtle, fly, speed, zoom, streak; informal tear, belt, scoot, clip, leg it, go like a bat out of hell, bomb, hightail it; archaic hie.
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helter-skelter
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...hastily, hurriedly, at full tilt, hell-bent for leather; recklessly, precipitately, heedlessly, wildly; informal like a bat out of hell, like the wind, like greased lightning, lickety-split. • adjective a helter-skelter collection...
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run
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
...career, charge, shoot, hurtle, speed, zoom, go like lightning, go hell-bent for leather, go like the wind, go like a bat out of hell; jog, trot; informal tear, pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, leg it, belt, zip, whip, bomb, hightail it, barrel...
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shrew
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus
shrew • noun my brother has just married a despicable shrew synonyms : virago, dragon, termagant, fishwife, witch, tartar, hag; informal battle-ax, old bag, old bat; archaic scold.
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