Roget's Thesaurus Part 41
androgen.
h.o.m.os.e.xual, gay, queen[slang].
V. masculinize Adj. male, he-, masculine; manly, virile; unwomanly, unfeminine.
p.r.o.n. he, him, his.
Phr. hominem pagina nostra sapit [Lat][Mar.]; h.o.m.o homini aut deus aut lupus [Lat][Erasmus]; h.o.m.o vitae commodatus non donatus est [Lat][Syrus].
#374. Woman. -- N. woman, she, her, female, petticoat.
feminality[obs3], muliebrity[obs3]; womanhood &c. (adolescence) 131.
womankind; the s.e.x, the fair; fair s.e.x, softer s.e.x; weaker vessel.
dame, madam, madame, mistress, Mrs. lady, donna belle[Sp], matron, dowager, goody, gammer[obs3]; Frau[Ger], frow[obs3], Vrouw[Dutch], rani; good woman, good wife; squaw; wife &c. (marriage) 903; matronage, matronhood[obs3].
bachelor girl, new woman, feminist, suffragette, suffragist.
nymph, wench, grisette[obs3]; girl &c. (youth) 129.
[Effeminacy] sissy, betty, cot betty [U.S.], cotquean[obs3], henhussy[obs3], mollycoddle, m.u.f.f, old woman.
[Female animal] hen, b.i.t.c.h, sow, doe, roe, mare; she goat, Nanny goat, tabita; ewe, cow; lioness, tigress; vixen.
gynecaeum[obs3].
estrogen, oestrogen.
consanguinity &c. 166[female relatives], paternity &c. 11.
lesbian, d.y.k.e[slang].
V. feminize.
Adj. female, she-; feminine, womanly, ladylike, matronly, maidenly, wifely; womanish, effeminate, unmanly; gynecic[obs3], gynaecic[obs3].
p.r.o.n. she, her, hers.
Phr. "a perfect woman n.o.bly planned" [Wordsworth]; "a lovely lady garmented in white" [Sh.e.l.ley]; das Ewig-Weibliche zieht uns hinan [Ger][Goethe]; "earth's n.o.blest thing, a woman perfected" [Lowell]; es de vidrio la mujer[Sp]; "she moves a G.o.ddess and she looks a queen" [Pope]; "the beauty of a lovely woman is like music" [G. Eliot]; varium et mutabile semper femina [Lat][Vergil]; "woman is the lesser man" [Tennyson].
#374a. s.e.xuality [human] -- N. s.e.x, s.e.xuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness &c. 373; female, femininity &c. 374.
s.e.xual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, s.e.x; lovemaking, marital relations, s.e.xual union; sleeping together, carnal knowledge.
s.e.x instinct, s.e.x drive, libido, l.u.s.t, concupiscence; hots, horns [coll]; arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus; tumescence; erection, hard-on, b.o.n.e.r.
masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self-abuse.
o.r.g.a.s.m, climax, e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n.
s.e.xiness, attractiveness; sensuality, voluptuousness.
[s.e.xual intercourse outside of marriage] fornication, adultery.
[person who is s.e.xy] s.e.x symbol, s.e.x G.o.ddess; stud, hunk.
one-night stand.
p.o.r.nography, p.o.r.n, p.o.r.no; hardcore p.o.r.nography, softcore p.o.r.nography; pin-up, cheesecake; beefcake; Playboy[magazines with s.e.xual photos], Esquire, Hustler.
[unorthodox s.e.xual activity] perversion, deviation, s.e.xual abnormality; fetish, fetishism; h.o.m.os.e.xuality, lesbianism, bis.e.xuality; sodomy, b.u.g.g.e.ry; pederasty; sadism, masochism, sado-masochism; incest.
V. mate, copulate; make love, have intercourse, fornicate, have s.e.x, do it, sleep together, f.u.c.k[vulg.]; sleep around, play the field..
m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.e, jerk off[coll.], jack off[coll.], play with oneself.
have the hots[coll]; become aroused, get hot; have an erection, get it up.
come, climax, e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.e.
Adj. s.e.xy, erotic, s.e.xual, carnal, sensual.
hot, h.o.r.n.y, randy, rutting; pa.s.sionate, l.u.s.ty, hot-blooded, libidinous; up, in the mood.
h.o.m.os.e.xual, gay, lesbian, bis.e.xual.
-- 2. SENSATION Sensation in general --
#375. Physical Sensibility. -- N. sensibility; sensitiveness &c. adj.; physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics; moral sensibility &c. 822.
sensation, impression; consciousness &c. (knowledge) 490.
external senses.
V. be sensible of &c. adj.; feel, perceive.
render sensible &c. adj.; sharpen, cultivate, tutor.
cause sensation, impress; excite an impression, produce an impression.
Adj. sensible, sensitive, sensuous; aesthetic, perceptive, sentient; conscious &c. (aware) 490.
acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.
Adv. to the quick.
Phr. "the touch'd needle trembles to the pole" [Pope].
#376. Physical Insensibility. -- N. insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness &c. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia[Med], anaesthesia; sleep &c. 823; hemiplegia[obs3], motor paralysis; vegetable state; coma.
anaesthetic agent, opium, ether, chloroform, chloral; nitrous oxide, laughing gas; exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen[ISA:chemsubcfs]; refrigeration.
V. be insensible &c. adj.; have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide.
render insensible &c. adj.; anaesthetize[obs3], blunt, pall, obtund[obs3], benumb, paralyze; put under the influence of chloroform &c.
n.; stupefy, stun.
Adj. insensible, unfeeling, senseless, impercipient[obs3], callous, thick-skinned, pachydermatous; hard, hardened; case hardened; proof, obtuse, dull; anaesthetic; comatose, paralytic, palsied, numb, dead.
<-- p.="" 108="" --=""> #377. Physical Pleasure. -- N. pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness &c. adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, t.i.tillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow &c.
(support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe &c. (intemperance) 954.
treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394; bonne bouche[Fr].
source of pleasure &c. 829; happiness &c. (mental enjoyment) 827.
V. feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy, relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat over, float on; smack the lips.
live on the fat of the land, live in comfort &c. adv.; bask in the sunshine, faire ses choux gras[Fr]..
give pleasure &c. 829.
Adj. enjoying &c. v.; luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease.
pleasant, agreeable &c. 829.
Adv. in comfort &c. n.; on a bed of roses &c. n.; at one's ease.
Phr. ride si sapis [Lat][Martial]; voluptales commendat rarior usus [Lat][Juvenal].
#378. Physical Pain. -- N. pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance[obs3]; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering &c. 828; dolour, ache; aching &c.
v.; smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris[Lat]; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia[Med], earache, gout, ischiagra[obs3], lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia[obs3], otalgia[obs3], podagra[obs3], rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux[Fr], toothache, tormina[obs3], torticollis[obs3].
spasm, cramp; nightmare, ephialtes[obs3]; crick, st.i.tch; thrill, convulsion, throe; throb &c. (agitation) 315; pang; colic; kink.
sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain; excruciating pain.
anguish, agony; torment, torture; rack; cruciation[obs3], crucifixion; martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection.
V. feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain &c. n.; suffer, ache, smart, bleed; tingle, shoot; twinge, twitch, lancinate[obs3]; writhe, wince, make a wry face; sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles.
give pain, inflict pain; lacerate; pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe; pinch, tweak; grate, gall, fret, p.r.i.c.k, pierce, wring, convulse; torment, torture; rack, agonize; crucify; cruciate[obs3], excruciate
; break on the wheel, put to the rack; flog &c. (punish) 972; grate on the ear &c. (harsh sound) 410.
Adj. in pain &c. n., in a state of pain; pained &c. v.; gouty, podagric[obs3], torminous[obs3].
painful; aching &c. v.; sore, raw.
-- Special Sensation (1) Touch --
#379. [Sensation of pressure] Touch. -- N. touch; tact, taction[obs3], tactility; feeling; palpation, palpability; contrectation[obs3]; manipulation; ma.s.sage.
[Organ of touch] hand, finger, forefinger, thumb, paw, feeler, antenna; palpus[obs3].
V. touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pa.s.s the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.
Adj. tactual, tactile; tangible, palpable; lambent.
<-- p.="" 109="" --=""> #380. Sensations of Touch. -- N. itching, pruritis &c. v[Med].; t.i.tillation, formication[obs3], aura; stereognosis[obs3].
V. itch, tingle, creep, thrill, sting; p.r.i.c.k, p.r.i.c.kle; tickle, t.i.tillate.
Adj. itching &c. v.; stereognostic[obs3], t.i.tillative.