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  • 11drive one ape — [bananas],[crazy],[mad] or[nuts] {v. phr.}, {informal} To irritate, frustrate, or tickle someone s fancy so badly that they think they are going insane. * / Stop teasing me, Mary, John said. You are driving me nuts. / * / You are driving me… …

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  • 12Pleasurableness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of giving pleasure PARAG:Pleasurableness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pleasurableness pleasurableness pleasantness agreeableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 pleasure giving pleasure giving jucundity delectability Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 13pleasure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of enjoyment Nouns 1. pleasure, enjoyment, gratification; voluptuousness, sensuality; luxuriousness; gluttony; titillation, gusto; creature comforts, comfort, ease, [lap of] luxury; purple and… …

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  • 14titillate — v 1. tickle, titivate, stroke lightly, pet, twiddle; massage, knead, manipulate. 2. excite, thrill, arouse, turn on, stimulate; strike one s fancy, tickle one s fancy, interest, intrigue; captivate, fascinate, entrance, charm; attract, allure,… …

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  • 15titillate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. tickle; excite. See touch, desire, excitement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. tickle, stimulate, arouse, turn on*; see excite 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [TIT ul ate] to… …

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  • 16amuse — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. divert, entertain, cheer, beguile, occupy, interest, delight, regale, make laugh, strike as funny, recreate, tickle, tickle one s fancy, raise a laugh, convulse, crack up*, break up*, have rolling in the aisles*, have in… …

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  • 17amuse — v 1. please, charm, cheer, Inf. hand one a few laughs; gladden, gratify, tickle, take or tickle one s fancy, regale, exhilarate, enliven, rejoice. 2. interest, occupy, beguile, engross, absorb; divert, relax, do one s heart good, cheer up,… …

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  • 18please — I. v. a. 1. Gratify, delight, gladden, rejoice, make glad, give joy to, take one s fancy, tickle one s fancy, do one s heart good. 2. Satisfy, content. 3. Seem good to, be one s will. II. v. n. 1. Give pleasure, gain approbation. 2. Like, prefer …

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  • 19recreate — v 1. refresh, restore, renew, rejuvenate, regenerate; invigorate, enliven, exhilarate; entertain, divert, occupy, absorb, interest; amuse, cheer, gladden, gratify, tickle, take or tickle one s fancy, regale. 2. unwind, relax, rest, put one s feet …

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  • 20Taste — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taste >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 taste taste flavor gust gusto savor Sgm: N 1 gout gout relish Sgm: N 1 sapor| sapor| sapidity Sgm: N 1 twang …

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