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51careful — 1 solicitous, anxious, worried, concerned (see under CARE n) Analogous words: disquieted, perturbed, discomposed, disturbed, upset (see DISCOMPOSE): troubled, distressed (see TROUBLE vb): *watchful, vigilant, alert 2 Careful, meticulous,… …
52central — central, focal, pivotal are more closely comparable when they mean dominant or most important than when they refer to a literal or material point (as a center, focus, or pivot). Central applies to what is regarded as the center because more… …
53cheek — nerve, effrontery, hardihood, gall, *temerity, audacity Analogous words: boldness, intrepidity (see corresponding adjectives at BRAVE): impudence, brazenness, shamelessness, brashness (see corresponding adjectives at SHAMELESS) Antonyms:… …
54courage — n Courage, mettle, spirit, resolution, tenacity are comparable when they mean a quality of mind or temperament which makes one resist temptation to give way in the face of opposition, danger, or hardship. Courage stresses firmness of mind or… …
55dread — n *fear, horror, terror, fright, alarm, trepidation, panic, consternation, dismay Analogous words: *apprehension, foreboding, misgiving, presentiment: timidity, timorousness (see corresponding adjectives at TIMID) …
56fearful — 1 Fearful, apprehensive, afraid are comparable when they mean inspired or moved by fear. In such use they are normally followed by of, that, or lest, afraid being never and fearful and apprehensive infrequently used attributively in this sense.… …
57fortitude — fortitude, grit, backbone, pluck, guts, sand denote a quality of character combining courage and staying power. Fortitude stresses strength of mind and firmness of purpose; it implies endurance, often prolonged endurance, of physical or mental… …
58grit — n *fortitude, pluck, backbone, guts, sand Analogous words: *courage, resolution, tenacity, mettle, spirit Antonyms: faintheartedness Contrasted words: timorousness, timidity (see corresponding adjectives at TIMID): vacillation, faltering,… …
59tame — adj Tame, subdued, submissive are comparable when they mean docile and tractable or incapable of asserting one s will either permanently or for the time being. Tame implies opposition to wild and in its basic sense applies chiefly to animals that …
60bashfulness — n shyness, diffidence, timidity, hesita tion, timorousness; modesty, reserve, demureness, coyness, unobtrusiveness; embarrassment, sheepishness, constraint, self consciousness …
