8. embitterment, bitterness, exacerbation, bitter resentment, resentment, hard feelings; spleen, choler, gall, bile, ill or bad humor, ill or bad temper, ill or bad feeling; virulence, acerbity, acrimony; hurt feelings, piqued, adj. 1. irritated, annoyed, vexed, peeved, nettled, chafed, Chiefly U.S. riled, Inf. aggravated, Inf. miffed, SI. bugged; ruffled, roiled, disturbed, perturbed, disquieted, discomposed, put out; bothered, pestered, harassed, fretful, troubled, plagued, beset; tormented, teased, taunted, tweaked, bullied; exasperated, fed up, sick and tired.
2. angry, angered, irate, incensed, Inf. mad, Inf. sore, SI. hot, SI. hot under the collar, SI. ticked-off, SI. teed-off; furious, infuriated, enraged, maddened, liv id, hopping mad, Inf. boiling mad, SI. mad as a wet hen, SI. madder than hell; galled, embittered, exacerbated, acerbate, envenomed, rankled.
3. offended, affronted, insulted; humiliated, mortified; (all of feelings, pride, etc.) hurt, molested, wounded, stung, pained.
4. (all of the interest, curiosity, etc.) excited, aroused, roused, stimulated, stirred, pricked.
5. provoked, agitated, inflamed, enflamed, fired-up, worked-up, stirred-up, whipped-up, wound-up. piracy, n. 1. robbery at sea, brigandage, buccaneering, freebooting, banditry, highway robbery, Obs. latrociny, privateering, filibustering, U.S. Inf (usu. of cattle) rustling.
2. commandeering, hijacking, skyjacking, air or sky piracy; (usu. of persons) abduction, kidnapping, SI. snatch, capture, impressment, conscription, man-stealing, child-stealing; (all of animals) poaching, deer-jacking, petnapping, dognapping.
3. plunder, plunderage, rapine, pillage, depredation, spoliation, despoliation, despoilment, Obs. direption, raven; ravaging, harrying, marauding, sacking, Rare. sackage, laying waste, devastation, desolation; raid, razzia, foray; foraging, looting, ravishment, seizure, grab, rape, predation.
4. plagiarism, literary theft, copying, Inf. cribbing, Inf. lifting, pirating; forgery, counterfeiting; expropriation, appropriation, arrogation, usurpation, accroachment, assumption. pirate, n. 1. sea robber, sea rover, sea dog, sea wolf; Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Long John Silver.
2. viking, corsair, buccaneer, privateer; freebooter, rapparee, (in the Scottish Highlands) cateran; kidnapper, abductor, (usu. of cattle) rustler, hijacker, skyjacker, air or sky pirate; predator.
3. highwayman, footpad, SI. yegg or yeggman, bandit, bravo, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, Australian, bushranger, brigand, picaroon, desperado; outlaw, gangster, criminal, mafioso; thug, ruffian, hoodlum, SI. hood, Australian SI. larrikin; rogue, picaro, (in India and Burma) dacoit.
4. pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, depredator, vandal; predator, ransacker, sacker, looter, rifler, forager, raider.
5. Inf. poacher, deerjacker; smuggler, contrabandist, runner, bootlegger.
6. plagiarist, plagiarizer, Inf cribber, Inf. copier, Inf. cheater; (of copyrights or patents) infringer; forger, counterfeiter, Brit. Inf. coiner.
-v. 7. buccaneer, privateer, freeboot, filibuster, waylay; commandeer, hijack, skyjack, SI. heist.
8. plunder, despoil, Archaic, spoil, spoliate, pillage, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, devastate, depredate; ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle; raid, foray, forage, prey on or upon; lay waste, desolate, wreak havoc upon.
9. plagiarize, copy, infringe, Inf lift, Inf crib, Euph. borrow; forge, counterfeit; appropriate, expropriate, arrogate, usurp.
10. steal, thieve, rob; pilfer, purloin, finger, filch, Inf.