| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A condition or time of vigor and freshness: bloom1, blossom, efflorescence, florescence, flower, prime. See BETTER. 2. A fresh rosy complexion: bloom1, blush, color, glow. See BETTER. 3. A feeling of pervasive emotional warmth: glow. See FEELINGS. | | VERB: | 1. To become red in the face: blush, color, crimson, glow, mantle, redden. See EXPRESS. 2. To raise the spirits of: animate, buoy (up), elate, elevate, exhilarate, inspire, inspirit, lift, uplift. Obsolete : exalt. See HAPPY. 3. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm. See FULL. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations: even1, flat, level, planar, plane1, smooth, straight. See SMOOTH. 2. On the same plane or line: even1, level. See SAME. 3. Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions: affluent, moneyed, rich, wealthy. Slang : loaded. Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money. See RICH. 4. Of a healthy reddish color: blooming, florid, flushed, full-blooded, glowing, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine. See COLORS. | | ADVERB: | With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, direct, directly, exactly, fair, just, precisely, right, smack1, square, squarely, straight. Slang : smack-dab. See PRECISE.
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