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SI. horsefeathers; stuff, stuff and nonsense, Inf. bosh, Brit. Inf. gammon, Brit. SI. tosh; fudge, foolishness, folly, amphigory; footle, Inf. malarkey, SI. bushwa,
SI. baloney, SI. bilge or bilge water, SI. meshugaas, Scot. and North Eng. haver; poppycock, Inf. fiddle-faddle, Inf. piffle, Inf. hooey, Inf. kibosh, Inf flapdoodle; idle talk, Inf. gab, SI. gas, palaver, palavering, palaverment; claptrap, rodomontade, fustian, bombast, rant, SI. hot air; Jabberwocky, jabber, jabbering, prate, prating; patter, pattering, gabble, gabbling; clack, clacking, clatter, clattering, rattling, SI. running off or on at the mouth; chatter, chattering, prattle, prattling, chippering, cackle, cackling; chit-chat, chitter-chatter, small talk, Anglo-Indian, bukh.
2. elaborate procedure, involved ceremony, pomposity, affectation; red tape, excessive formality, protocol, bureaucracy, complicated routine; bother, pain, annoyance, Inf. hassle. rigor, n. 1. rigorousness, rigorism, strictness, stringency, closeness, tightness; rigidity, rigidness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, unbendingness, stiffness, formality, formalness; severity, severeness, harshness, toughness, roughness, asperity, hardness, sternness, grimness; unyieldingness, relentlessness, unrelentingness, implacability, implacableness, inexorability, inexorableness; domination, iron hand or rod, oppression, repression, despotism, tyranny, absolutism, autocracy, dictatorship.
2. austerity, hardship, privation, lack, need; suffering, affliction, trouble, burden.
3. accuracy, accurateness, exactness, exactitude, precision, preciseness, niceness, meticulousness, punctiliousness; scrupulousness, painstakingness, care, carefulness, conscientiousness.
4. (all of weather or climate) inclemency, inclementness, severeness, severity, harshness; storminess, cold, coldness, bitterness, wintriness. rigorous, adj. 1. strict, stringent, severe, stern, austere, spartan, harsh, rough, tough; rigid, hard, inflexible, unflexible, nonflexible, uncompromising; stiff, formal, structured; unbendable, unbending, unyielding, not giving an inch; inelastic, unplastic, non-pliant, unmalleable, nonmalleable; fixed, set, firm, immovable, unalterable, unchangeable, unvarying, hard and fast, ironclad, absolute; undeviating, unswerving, persevering, unrelenting, relentless, implacable, inexorable; remorseless, pitiless, merciless, unsparing, unforgiving, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, cold-hearted; dominating, domineering, controlling, ironhanded, oppressive, repressive, despotic, tyrannical, autocratic, dictatorial.
2. exact, precise, accurate, literal, to the letter, nice, scientific, mathematical; exacting, demanding, close, painstaking, meticulous; difficult, arduous, strenuous, laborious, wearisome, exhausting, trying.
3. (all of weather or climate) inclement, bad, stormy, rain, windy; chilly, raw, bitter, biting, cold, nippy, freezing, frigid, arctic, icy, snowy, wintry. rile, v. 1. irritate, annoy, irk, vex, pique, peeve, nettle, chafe, get on [s.o.'s] nerves, tread on [s.o.'s] toes, Inf. aggravate, Inf miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain,
Inf rub [s.o.] the wrong way, Inf. get under [s.o.'s] skin, Inf. get in [s.o.'s] hair; exasperate, ruffle, disturb, disquiet, discountenance, put out, try [s.o.'s] patience, Inf. put [s.o.'s] nose out of joint, get, SI. get [s.o.'s] goat.
2. anger, incense, raise [s.o.'s] ire, get [s.o.'s] back up, Inf. get [s.o.'s] Irish or dander up, Inf. burn [s.o.! up, SI. tick [s.o.] off, SI. tee [s.o.] off.
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