English Synonyms and Antonyms - James Champlin Fernald

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he writes that he is coming; and as the time draws near I anticipate it with pleasure. Compare ABIDE; PREVENT.

      Antonyms:

despair of, distrust, doubt, dread, fear, recall, recollect, remember.

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      Synonyms:

antepast, expectation, foresight, hope,
apprehension, foreboding, foretaste, presentiment,
expectancy, forecast, forethought, prevision.

      Expectation may be either of good or evil; presentiment almost always, apprehension and foreboding always, of evil; anticipation and antepast, commonly of good. Thus, we speak of the pleasures of anticipation. A foretaste may be of good or evil, and is more than imaginary; it is a part actually received in advance. Foresight and forethought prevent future evil and secure future good by timely looking forward, and acting upon what is foreseen. Compare ANTICIPATE.

      Antonyms:

astonishment, despair, dread, fear, surprise,
consummation, doubt, enjoyment, realization, wonder.

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abhorrence, disgust, hatred, repugnance,
antagonism, dislike, hostility, repulsion,
aversion, distaste, opposition, uncongeniality.
detestation,

      Antipathy, repugnance, and uncongeniality are instinctive; other forms of dislike may be acquired or cherished for cause. Uncongeniality is negative, a want of touch or sympathy. An antipathy to a person or thing is an instinctive recoil from connection or association with that person or thing, and may be physical or mental, or both. Antagonism may result from the necessity of circumstances; opposition may spring from conflicting views or interests; abhorrence and detestation may be the result of religious and moral training; distaste and disgust may be acquired; aversion is a deep and permanent dislike. A natural antipathy may give rise to opposition which may result in hatred and hostility. Compare ACRIMONY; ANGER; ENMITY; HATRED.

      Antonyms:

affinity, attraction, fellow-feeling, kindliness, sympathy.
agreement, congeniality, harmony, regard,

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      Antipathy to (less frequently for or against) a person or thing; antipathy between or betwixt two persons or things.

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ancient, old-fashioned, quaint, superannuated.
antiquated,

      Antique refers to an ancient, antiquated to a discarded style.[49] Antique is that which is either ancient in fact or ancient in style. The reference is to the style rather than to the age. We can speak of the antique architecture of a church just built. The difference between antiquated and antique is not in the age, for a Puritan style may be scorned as antiquated, while a Roman or Renaissance style may be prized as antique. The antiquated is not so much out of date as out of vogue. Old-fashioned may be used approvingly or contemptuously. In the latter case it becomes a synonym for antiquated; in the good sense it approaches the meaning of antique, but indicates less duration. We call a wide New England fireplace old-fashioned; a coin of the Cæsars, antique. Quaint combines the idea of age with a pleasing oddity; as, a quaint gambrel-roofed house. Antiquated is sometimes used of persons in a sense akin to superannuated. The antiquated person is out of style and out of sympathy with the present generation by reason of age; the superannuated person is incapacitated for present activities by reason of age. Compare OLD.

      Antonyms:

fashionable, fresh, modern, modish, new, recent, stylish.

      

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