Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. Discriminative Affections
1574 words | Chapter 167
#845. Beauty.—N. beauty, the beautiful, τὸ καλόν[Grk], le
beau ideal. [Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics,
callaesthetics|!. [of people] pulchritude, form elegance, grace, beauty
unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry &c. 242; comeliness, fairness &c.
adj.; polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure[obs3];
trigness[obs3]; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness,
magnificence; sublimity, sublimification|. concinnity[obs3], delicacy,
refinement; charm, je ne sais quoi[Fr], style. Venus, Aphrodite[obs3],
Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo[obs3], Hyperion,
Adonis[obs3], Antionous[obs3], Narcissus. peacock, butterfly; garden;
flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel &c. (ornament) 847; work of art.
flower, flow'ret gay[obs3], wildflower; rose[flowers: list], lily,
anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger
lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley,
ranunculus[ISA:herb@flowering], rhododendron, windflower.
pleasurableness &c 829. beautifying; landscaping, landscape gardening;
decoration &c. 847; calisthenics|!. [person who is beautiful] beauty;
hunk [of men]. V. be beautiful &c. adj.; shine, beam, bloom; become one
&c. (accord) 23; set off, grace. render beautiful &c. adj.; beautify;
polish, burnish; gild &c. (decorate) 847; set out. "snatch a grace
beyond the reach of art" [Pope]. Adj. beautiful, beauteous; handsome;
gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive
&c. (inviting) 615; delicate, dainty, refined; fair, personable,
comely, seemly; bonny [Scottish]; good- looking; well-favored,
well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical
&c. (regular) 242; harmonious &c. (color) 428; sightly. fit to be seen,
passable, not amiss. goodly, dapper, tight, jimp[obs3]; gimp;
janty[obs3], jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy,neat, spruce,
smart, tricksy[obs3]. bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry
cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom. brilliant, shining;
beamy[obs3], beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling,
glowing; glossy, sleek. rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine,
sublime, showy, specious. artistic, artistical[obs3]; aesthetic;
picturesque, pictorial; fait a peindre[Fr]; well-composed, well
grouped, well varied; curious. enchanting &c. (pleasure-giving) 829;
becoming &c. (accordant) 23; ornamental &c. 847. undeformed, undefaced,
unspotted; spotless &c. (perfect) 650. Phr. auxilium non leve vultus
habet [Lat][Ovid]; "beauty born of murmuring sound" [Wordsworth];
"flowers preach to us if we will hear" [C.G. Rossetti]; gratior ac
pulchro veniens in corpore virtus [Lat][Vergil]; "none but the brave
deserve the fair" [Dryden]; "thou who hast the fatal gift of beauty"
[Byron].
#846. Ugliness.—N. ugliness &c. adj.; deformity, inelegance;
acomia[obs3]; disfigurement &c. (blemish) 848; want of symmetry,
inconcinnity[obs3]; distortion &c. 243; squalor &c. (uncleanness) 653.
forbidding countenance, vinegar aspect, hanging look, wry face,
"spretae injuria formae" [Vergil]. [person who is ugly] eyesore,
object, witch, hag, figure, sight, fright; monster; dog[coll.],
woofer[coll.], pig[coll.]; octopus, specter, scarecrow, harridan|!,
satyr|!, toad, monkey, baboon, Caliban, Aesop[obs3], "monstrum
horrendum informe ingens cui lumen ademptum" [Latin][Vergil]. V. be
ugly &c. adj.; look ill, grin horribly a ghastly smile, make faces.
render ugly &c. adj.; deface; disfigure, defigure|; distort &c. 23;
blemish &c. (injure) 659; soil &c. (render unclean) 653. Adj. ugly,
ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead
monkey; plain, bald (unadorned) 849; homely; ordinary,
unornamental[obs3], inartistic; unsightly, unseemly, uncomely,
unlovely; unshapely; sightless, seemless[obs3]; not fit to be seen;
unbeauteous[obs3], unbeautiful; beautiless[obs3], semibeautiful;
shapeless &c. (amorphous) 241. misshapen, misproportioned[obs3];
monstrous; gaunt &c. (thin) 203; dumpy &c. (short) 201; curtailed of
its fair proportions; ill-made, ill- shaped, ill-proportioned; crooked
&c. (distorted) 243; hard featured, hard visaged; ill-favored,
hard-favored, evil-favored; ill-looking; unprepossessing, unattractive,
uninviting, unpleasing. graceless, inelegant; ungraceful, ungainly,
uncouth, stiff; rugged, rough, gross, rude, awkward, clumsy, slouching,
rickety; gawky; lumping, lumpish[obs3]; lumbering; hulky[obs3],
hulking; unwieldy. squalid, haggard; grim, grim faced, grim visaged;
grisly, ghastly; ghost like, death like; cadaverous, grewsome[obs3],
gruesome. frightful, hideous, odious, uncanny, forbidding; repellant,
repulsive, repugnant, grotesque, bizarre; grody [coll.], grody to the
max [coll.]; horrid, horrible; shocking &c. (painful) 830. foul &c.
(dirty) 653; dingy &c. (colorless) 429; gaudy &c. (color) 428;
disfigured &c. v.; discolored.
#847. Ornament.—N. ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art;
ornature[obs3], ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment;
architecture; jewelry &c. 847a. [surface coatings for wood: list]
garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer.
[surface coatings for metal] gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel,
cloisonn. [surface coatings for human skin] cosmetics[in general],
makeup; eye shadow[list], rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush.
[ornamental surface pattern: list] pattern, diaper, powdering,
paneling, graining, pargeting[obs3]; detail; repousse (convexity) 250;
texture &c. 329; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel[obs3],
strapwork[obs3], coquillage[Fr], flourish, fleur-de-lis[Fr], arabesque,
fret, anthemion[obs3]; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal[obs3],
zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster &c. (projection) 250; bead,
beading; champleve ware[Fr], cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque[Lat],
Morisco, tooling. [ornamental cloth] embroidery; brocade,
brocatelle[obs3], galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging,
trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or[Fr].
wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy,
"daisies pied and violets blue" tassel[L.L.L.], knot; shoulder knot,
apaulette[obs3], epaulet, aigulet[obs3], frog; star, rosette, bow;
feather, plume, pompom[obs3], panache, aigrette. finery, frippery,
gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant[obs3], pinchbeck, paste;
excess of ornament &c. (vulgarity) 851; gaud, pride. [ornamentation of
text] illustration, illumination, vignette. fleuron[obs3]; head
piece[Fr], tail piece[Fr]; cul-de-lampe[Fr]; flowers of rhetoric &c.
577; work of art. V. ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn,
bead, beautify, adonize[obs3]. smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish,
whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain. garnish, trim,
dizen[obs3], bedizen, prink[obs3], prank; trick out, fig out; deck,
bedeck, dight[obs3], bedight[obs3], array; begawd[obs3],
titivate[obs3]; dress, dress up; spangle, bespangle, powder; embroider,
work; chase, emboss, fret, emblazon; illuminate; illustrate. become &c.
(accord with) 23. Adj. ornamented, beautified &c. v.; ornate, rich,
gilt, begilt[obs3], tesselated, festooned; champleve[Fr], cloisonne,
topiary. smart, gay, trickly[obs3], flowery, glittering; new gilt, new
spangled; fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence[obs3], fine as a
carrot fresh scraped; pranked out, bedight[obs3], well-groomed. in full
dress &c. (fashion) 852; dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed
to advantage; in Sunday best, en grand tenue[Fr], en grande
toilette[Fr]; in best bib and tucker, endimanche[Fr]. showy, flashy;
gaudy &c. (vulgar) 851; garish, gairish|!; gorgeous. ornamental,
decorative; becoming &c. (accordant) 23.
#847a. Jewelry—N. jewel[ornaments worn by people on the
body][general], jewelry, jewellery[obs3]; bijoutry|!; bijou,
bijouterie[Fr]; trinket; fine jewelry; costume jewelry, junk jewelry;
gem, gemstone, precious stone. [forms of jewelry: list] necklace,
bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, pendant, charm bracelet; ring, pinky
ring; carcanet[obs3]; chain, chatelaine; broach, pin, lapel pin,
torque. [gemstones: list] diamond, brilliant, rock[coll.]; beryl,
emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol[obs3], girasole[obs3];
onyx, plasma; sard[obs3], sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal,
peridot[ISA:gemstone], tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby,
synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais[obs3]; oriental, oriental
topaz; turquois[obs3], turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth,
hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite[obs3], cat's eye,
bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone[obs3]. [jewelry
materials derived from living organisms] pearl, cultured pearl,
fresh-water pearl; mother of pearl; coral. [person who sells jewels]
jeweler. [person who studies gemstones] gemologist; minerologist.
[person who cuts gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian. [study of gemstones]
gemology, gemmology; minerology. V. shine like a diamond. Adj.
bejeweled; diamond &c. n[gemstones].. gemological.
#848. Blemish.—N. blemish, disfigurement, deformity;
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adactylism[obs3]; flaw, defect &c. (imperfection) 651; injury &c.
(deterioration) 659; spots on the sun|!; eyesore.
stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur.
tarnish, smudge; dirt &c. 653.
[blemish on a person's skin: list] freckle, mole, macula[Anat],
patch,
blotch, birthmark; blobber lip[obs3], blubber lip; blain[obs3],
maculation,
; scar, wem|; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple &c. (protuberance)
250.
V. disfigure &c. (injure) 659; speckle.
Adj. pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect &c. 651;
blobber-lipped,
bloodshot; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659.
#849. Simplicity.—N. simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress,
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chastity.
V. be simple &c. adj.
render simple &c. adj.; simplify, uncomplicate.
Adj. simple, plain; homely, homespun; ordinary, household.
unaffected; ingenuous, sincere (artless) 703; free from
affectation,
free from ornament; simplex munditiis [Lat][Horace]; sans facon[Fr], en
deshabille[Fr].
chaste, inornate[obs3], severe.
unadorned, bare, unornamented, undecked[obs3], ungarnished,
unarranged[obs3], untrimmed, unvarnished.
bald, flat, dull.
Phr. veritatis simplex oratio est[Lat].
#850. [Good taste.] Taste.—N. taste; good taste, refined taste,
#cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto,
#tact, finesse; nicety &c. (discrimination) 465; τὸ πρέπον[Grk];
#polish, elegance, grace.
judgment, discernment &c. 465.
dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture,
cultivation.
[Science of taste] aesthetics.
man of taste &c.; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente,
virtuoso,
amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus[obs3], Corinthian, arbiter
elegantiarum[Lat], stagirite[obs3], euphemist.
"caviare to the general" [Hamlet].
V. appreciate, judge, criticise, discriminate &c. 465
Adj. in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty; unaffected, pure,
chaste,
classical, attic; cultivated, refined; dainty; esthetic, aesthetic,
artistic; elegant &c 578; euphemistic.
to one's taste, to one's mind; after one's fancy; comme il
faut[Fr];
tiré à quatre épingles[Fr].
Adv. elegantly &c. adj.
Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit [Lat][from Johnson's epitaph
on
Goldsmith]; chacun à son goût[Fr]; oculi pictura tenentur aures
cantibus
[Lat][Cicero].
#851. [Bad taste.] Vulgarity.—N. vulgarity, vulgarism; barbarism,
Vandalism, Gothicism|!; mauvis gout[Fr], bad taste; gaucherie,
awkwardness, want of tact; ill-breeding &c. (discourtesy) 895.
courseness &c. adj[obs3].; indecorum, misbehavior. lowness, homeliness;
low life, mauvais ton[Fr], rusticity; boorishness &c. adj.; brutality;
rowdyism, blackguardism[obs3]; ribaldry; slang &c. (neology) 563. bad
joke, mauvais plaisanterie[Fr]. [Excess of ornament] gaudiness,
tawdriness; false ornament; finery, frippery, trickery, tinsel, gewgaw,
clinquant[obs3]; baroque, rococo. rough diamond, tomboy, hoyden, cub,
unlicked cub[obs3]; clown &c. (commonalty) 876; Goth, Vandal, Boeotian;
snob, cad, gent; parvenu &c. 876; frump, dowdy; slattern &c. 653. V. be
vulgar &c. adj.; misbehave; talk shop, smell of the shop. Adj. in bad
taste vulgar, unrefined. coarse, indecorous, ribald, gross; unseemly,
unbeseeming[obs3], unpresentable[obs3]; contra bonos mores[Lat];
ungraceful &c. (ugly) 846. dowdy; slovenly &c. (dirty) 653; ungenteel,
shabby genteel; low, common, hoi polloi[Grk] &c. (plebeian) 876;
uncourtly[obs3]; uncivil &c. (discourteous) 895; ill bred, ill
mannered; underbred; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unladylike,
unfeminine; wild, wild as an unbacked colt. untutored, unschooled
(ignorant) 491. unkempt. uncombed, untamed, unlicked[obs3], unpolished,
uncouth; plebeian; incondite[obs3]; heavy, rude, awkward; homely,
homespun, home bred; provincial, countrified, rustic; boorish,
clownish; savage, brutish, blackguard, rowdy, snobbish; barbarous,
barbaric; Gothic, unclassical[obs3], doggerel, heathenish, tramontane,
outlandish; uncultivated; Bohemian. obsolete &c. (antiquated) 124;
unfashionable; newfangled &c. (unfamiliar) 83; odd &c. (ridiculous)
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