Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Sympathetic Affections Diffusive Sympathetic Affections
Diffusive Sympathetic Affections
Nouns
benevolence, Christian charity
God's love, God's grace
good will
philanthropy etc. Philanthropy
unselfishness etc. Disinterestedness . good nature, good feeling, good wishes
kindness, kindliness etc. adj.
loving-kindness, benignity, brotherly love, charity, humanity, fellow-feeling, sympathy
goodness of heart, warmth of heart
bonhomie
kind-heartedness
amiability, milk of human kindness, tenderness
love etc. Love
friendship etc. Friendship . toleration, consideration, generosity
mercy etc. (pity) Pity . charitableness etc. adj.
bounty, almsgiving
good works, beneficence, the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith] . acts of kindness, a good turn
good offices, kind offices good treatment, kind treatment. good Samaritan, sympathizer
altruist.
Verbs
be benevolent etc. adj.
have one's heart in the right place, bear good will
wish well, wish Godspeed
view with an eye of favor, regard with an eye of favor
take in good part
take an interest in, feel an interest in
be interested in, feel interested in
sympathize with, empathize with, feel for
fraternize etc. (be friendly) Friendship . enter into the feelings of others, do as you would be done by, meet halfway. treat well
give comfort, smooth the bed of death
do good, do a good turn
benefit etc. (goodness) [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness
render a service, be of use
aid etc. Aid .
Adjectives
benevolent
kind, kindly
well-meaning
amiable
obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored. warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, large-hearted, broad-hearted
merciful etc. Pity
charitable, beneficent, humane, benignant
bounteous, bountiful. good-natured, well-natured
spleenless
sympathizing, sympathetic
complaisant etc. (courteous) Courtesy
well-meant, well-intentioned. fatherly, motherly, brotherly, sisterly
paternal, maternal, fraternal
sororal
friendly etc. Friendship .
Adverbs
with a good intention, with the best intentions.
Int
Godspeed!, much good may it do!
Phrases
act a charity sometimes" [Lamb]
a tender heart, a will inflexible" [Longfellow]
say only good things about the dead, don't speak ill of the dead
the social smile, the sympathetic tear" [Gray] .
Nouns
malevolence
bad intent, bad intention
unkindness, diskindness
ill nature, ill will, ill blood
bad blood
enmity etc. Enmity
hate etc. Hate
malignity
malice, malice prepense
maliciousness etc. adj.
spite, despite
resentment etc. Resentment . uncharitableness etc. adj.
incompassionateness etc. Existence 4-pity">Pity.1
gall, venom, rancor, rankling, virulence, mordacity, acerbity churlishness etc. (discourtesy) Discourtesy . hardness of heart, heart of stone, obduracy
cruelty
cruelness etc. adj.
brutality, savagery
ferity, ferocity
barbarity, inhumanity, immanity, truculence, ruffianism
evil eye, cloven foot
torture, vivisection. ill turn, bad turn
affront etc. (disrespect) Disrespect
outrage, atrocity
ill usage
intolerance, persecution
tender mercies [Iron.]
unkindest cut of all" [Julius Caesar] .
Verbs
be malevolent etc. adj.
bear spleen, harbor spleen, bear a grudge, harbor a grudge, bear malice
betray the cloven foot, show the cloven foot. hurt etc. (physical pain) Physical Pain
annoy etc. [Capability of giving pain; cause or source of pain] Painfulness
injure., harm, wrong
do harm to, do an ill office to
outrage
disoblige, malign, plant a thorn in the breast. molest, worry, harass, haunt, harry, bait, tease
throw stones at
play the devil with
hunt down, dragoon, hound
persecute, oppress, grind
maltreat
illtreat, ill-use. wreak one's malice on, do one's worst, break a butterfly on the wheel
dip one's hands in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood
have no mercy etc. Existence 4-pity">Pity.1.
Adjectives
malevolent, unbenevolent
unbenign
ill-disposed, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, ill-conditioned, ill-contrived
evil-minded, evil-disposed
black-browed. malicious
malign, malignant
rancorous
despiteful, spiteful
mordacious, caustic, bitter, envenomed, acrimonious, virulent
unamiable, uncharitable
maleficent, venomous, grinding, galling. harsh, disobliging
unkind, unfriendly, ungracious
inofficious
invidious
uncandid
churlish etc. (discourteous) Discourtesy
surly, sullen etc. Existence -irascibility">Irascibility.1. cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted
black-hearted, hard-hearted, flint-hearted, marble-hearted, stony-hearted
hard of heart, unnatural
ruthless etc. (unmerciful) Existence 4-pity">Pity.1
relentless etc. (revengeful) Revenge . cruel
brutal, brutish
savage, savage as a bear, savage as a tiger
ferine, ferocious
inhuman
barbarous, barbaric, semibarbaric, fell, untamed, tameless, truculent, incendiary
bloodthirsty etc. (murderous) [Destruction of life; violent death.] Killing
atrocious
bloodyminded. fiendish, fiendlike
demoniacal
diabolic, diabolical
devilish, infernal, hellish, Satanic
Tartaran.
Adverbs
malevolently etc. adj.
with bad intent etc. n..
Phrases
cruel as death
hard unkindness' alter'd eye" [Gray]
rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind" [Hamlet]
sharp-tooth'd unkindness" [Lear] .
Nouns
malediction, malison, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination, thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha
aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation. abuse
foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language
billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking
cursing etc. v.
profane swearing, oath
foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility. threat etc. Threat
more bark than bite
invective etc. (disapprobation) Disapprobation .
Verbs
curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at
curse with bell book and candle
invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of
devote to destruction. execrate, beshrew, scold
anathematize etc. (censure) Disapprobation
bold up to execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder against
threaten etc. Threat . curse and swear
swear, swear like a trooper
fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn.
Int
woe to!, beshrew! , ill betide, woe betide
confusion seize!, damn!, damn it!, damn you!, damn you to hell!, go to hell!, go to blazes!, confound!, blast!, curse!, devil take!, hang!, out with!, a plague upon!, out upon!, aroynt!
Nouns
threat, menace
defiance etc. Defiance
abuse, minacity, intimidation
denunciation
fulmination
commination etc. (curse) Malediction
gathering clouds etc. (warning) Warning .
Verbs
threat, threaten
menace
snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully. defy etc. Defiance
intimidate etc. Fear
shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at
thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers.
Adjectives
threatening, menacing
minatory, minacious
comminatory, abusive
ominous etc. (predicting) Prediction
defiant etc. Defiance
under the ban.
Int
at your peril!, do your worst!
Nouns
philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism universal humanitarianism universal benevolence
endaemonism
cosmopolitanism utilitarianism, the greatest happiness of the greatest number, social science, sociology common weal
socialism, communism, Fourierism, phalansterianism, Saint Simonianism. patriotism, civism, nationality, love of country, public spirit. chivalry, knight errantry
generosity etc. Disinterestedness . philanthropist, endaemonist, utilitarian, Benthamite, socialist, communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world
knight errant
patriot.
Adjectives
philanthropic, humanitarian, utilitarian, cosmopolitan
public-spirited, patriotic
humane, large-hearted etc. (benevolent) Benevolence
chivalric
generous etc. Disinterestedness .
Adverbs
pro aris et focis [Cicero] .
Nouns
misanthropy, incivism
egotism etc. (selfishness) Selfishness
moroseness etc. Existence -irascibility">Irascibility.1
cynicism. misanthrope, misanthropist, egotist, cynic, man hater, Timon, Diogenes. woman hater, misogynist.
Adjectives
misanthropic, antisocial, unpatriotic
egotistical etc. (selfish) Selfishness
morose etc. Existence -irascibility">Irascibility.1.
Nouns
benefactor, savior, good genius, tutelary saint, guardian angel, good Samaritan
salt of the earth etc. (good man)
Good Man
auxiliary etc. Auxiliary .
Nouns
evil doer, evil worker
wrongdoer etc. Bad Man
mischief-maker, marplot
oppressor, tyrant
destroyer, Vandal
iconoclast. firebrand, incendiary, fire bug [U.S.] , pyromaniac
anarchist, communist, terrorist. savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian, caitiff, desperado
Apache, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly [U.S.] , Red Skin, tough [U.S.]
Mohawk, Mo-hock, Mo-hawk
bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin, dangerous classes, ugly customer
thief etc. Thief . cockatrice, scorpion, hornet. snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass
serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda. canker-worm, wire-worm
locust, Colorado beetle
alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus
torpedo
bane etc. Bane . cutthroat etc. (killer) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question] . cannibal
anthropophagus, anthropophagist
bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture
gyrfalcon, gerfalcon. wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman
blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound
catamount [U.S.] , cougar, jaguar, puma. hag, hellhag, beldam, Jezebel. monster
fiend etc. (demon) Demon
devil incarnate, demon in human shape
Frankenstein's monster. harpy, siren
Furies, Eumenides. Hun, Attila, scourge of the human race.