Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
82. Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth
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while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming;
befitting &c. v.; opportune &c. (in season) 134; in loco; suitable &c.
(accordant) 23; applicable &c. (useful) 644. Adv. in the right place;
conveniently &c. adj. Phr. operae pretium est[Lat].
#647. Inexpedience.—N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness,
undesirability &c. Adj.; discommodity[obs3], impropriety; unfitness &c.
(disagreement) 24; inutility &c. 645; disadvantage. V. be inexpedient
&c. Adj.; come amiss &c. (disagree) 24; embarrass &c. (hinder) 706; put
to inconvenience; pay too dear for one's whistle. Adj. inexpedient,
undesirable; unadvisable, inadvisable; objectionable; inapt,
ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious,
discommodious[obs3]; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit &c.
(inconsonant) 24. ill-contrived, ill-advised; unsatisfactory;
unprofitable &c., unsubservient &c. (useless) 645; inopportune &c.
(unseasonable) 135; out of place, in the wrong place; improper,
unseemly. clumsy, awkward; cumbrous, cumbersome; lumbering, unwieldy,
hulky[obs3]; unmanageable &c. (impracticable) 704; impedient &c. (in
the way) 706[obs3]. unnecessary &c. (redundant) 641. Phr. it will never
do.
#648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness.—N.
goodness &c. adj.; excellence, merit; virtue &c. 944; value, worth,
price. super-excellence, supereminence; superiority &c. 33; perfection
&c. 650; coup de maitre[Fr]; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre[Fr], prime,
flower, cream, elite, pick, A1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme,
flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion;
prodigy. tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone,
jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara
avis[Lat], one in a thousand. beneficence &c. 906; good man &c. 948. V.
be beneficial &c. Adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618; profit &c. (be
of use) 644; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618. be the making of, do a
world of good, make a man of. produce a good effect; do a good turn,
confer an obligation; improve &c. 658. do no harm, break no bones. be
good &c. adj.; excel, transcend &c. (be superior) 33; bear away the
bell. stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an
examination. challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival. Adj. harmless,
hurtless[obs3]; unobnoxious[obs3], innocuous, innocent, inoffensive.
beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable &c. (useful) 644;
advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary &c. (healthful) 656.
favorable; propitious &c. (hope-giving) 858; fair. good, good as gold;
excellent; better; superior &c. 33; above par; nice, fine; genuine &c.
(true) 494. best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare,
priceless; unparagoned[obs3], unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33;
superlatively &c. 33; good; bully*, crackajack*[obs3], giltedged;
superfine, superexcellent[obs3]; of the first water; first-rate,
first-class; high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop,
capital, cardinal; standard &c. (perfect) 650; inimitable. admirable,
estimable; praiseworthy &c. (approve) 931; pleasing &c. 829; couleur de
rose[Fr], precious, of great price; costly &c. (dear) 814; worth its
weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable,
precious as the apple of the eye. tolerable &c. (not very good) 651; up
to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy. in
good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c. (perfect) 650. Adv.
beneficially &c. adj.; well &c. 618. Phr. "Jewels five words long"
[Tennyson]; "long may such goodness live!" [Rogers]; "the luxury of
doing good" [Goldsmith].
#649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness.—N.
hurtfulness &c. Adj[obs3].; virulence. evil doer &c. 913; bane &c. 663;
plague spot &c. (insalubrity) 657; evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah;
snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid[Lat][obs3],
thorn in the side. malignity; malevolence &c. 907; tender mercies
[ironically]. ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression,
persecution, outrage; misusage &c. 679; injury &c. (damage) 659;
knockout drops [U. S.]. badness &c. adj.; peccancy[obs3], abomination;
painfulness &c. 830; pestilence &c. (disease) 655; guilt &c. 947;
depravity &c. 945. V. be hurtful &c. adj.; cause evil, produce evil,
inflict evil, work evil, do evil &c. 619; damnify[obs3],
endamage[obs3], hurt, harm; injure &c. (damage) 659; pain &c. 830.
wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear
hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize;
run down; molest &c. 830. maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet,
bruise, scratch, maul; smite &c. (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm,
do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage. do mischief, make mischief; bring
into trouble. destroy &c. 162. Adj. hurtful, harmful, scathful[obs3],
baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious,
pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic,
malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable[obs3],
disadvantageous; wide-wasting. unlucky, sinister; obnoxious; untoward,
disastrous. oppressive, burdensome, onerous; malign &c. (malevolent)
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