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31tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …
32breathless — Synonyms and related words: ablaze, abrupt, afire, agape, aghast, agog, airless, alacritous, all agog, amazed, anaudic, animated, antsy, antsy pantsy, anxious, aphasic, aphonic, ardent, asleep, asleep in Jesus, astonished, astounded, at gaze, at… …
33dumbfounded — Synonyms and related words: agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, baffled, beguiled, bemused, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, confounded, confused, dazed …
34dumbstruck — Synonyms and related words: agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, confounded, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstricken,… …
35strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ …
36literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
37fearful — adj 1. dreadful, dread, terrifying, frightful, direful, appalling; terrible, grievous, grim, dire, baleful, dark; alarming, distressing, harrowing, rending; redoubtable, fearsome, formidable, awful; horrible, horrendous, monstrous, atrocious;… …
38afraid — [adj1] fearful abashed, aghast, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, aroused, blanched, cowardly, cowed, daunted, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, distressed, disturbed, faint hearted, frightened, frozen, have cold feet*, horrified, in awe,… …
39Gothic fiction — (sometimes referred to as Gothic horror) is a genre of literature that combines elements of both horror and romance. As a genre, it is generally believed to have been invented by the English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle… …
40Joyce Kilmer — Infobox Writer name = Alfred Joyce Kilmer imagesize = 170px caption = Sgt. Joyce Kilmer, as a member of the 69th Volunteer Infantry Unit, circa 1918. birthdate = birth date|mf=yes|1886|12|6. birthplace = New Brunswick, New Jersey (USA) deathdate …
