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take fright, be alarmed. See - fear (defs. 4, 5).
4. frighten, scare, affright, panic; terrify, Inf. scare one out of one's wits; Inf make [s.o.'s] hair stand on end. See - frighten.
5. cower, cringe, shrink, flinch, wince, quail, recoil, shy, blench; shake, tremble, quiver, quake, Inf. shake in one's boots or shoes; turn tail, run away.
funky1, adj. Informal, frightened, fearful, fear
some, scared,afraid, Archaic, affrighted; terrified, panic-stricken, terror-stricken; cowardly, craven, pusillanimous, white-livered, lily-livered. See - afraid (def 1). funky1, adj. Slang, evil-smelling, ill-smelling, rancid, stinking, stinky, rank, mephitic, noisome, foul.
funky3, adj. 1. earthy, sensual; soulful, erotic.
2. blues-like, mournful, melancholy, sad.
3. Slang, stylish, modish, SI. hip, Inf. in.
funnel, n. 1. cone, cylinder.
2. smokestack, stack, chimney; flue, tube, shaft,
ventilator; stovepipe, pipe, duct, channel, conduit,
funny, adj. 1. amusing, comical, risible, humorous, Inf boffo; hilarious, hysterical, riotous, side-splitting, SI. a scream, SI. a gas; entertaining, diverting, Inf. fun; jolly, mirthful, merry, jovial, jocose, jocular, waggish; teasing, joking, jesting, Inf. kidding, Inf. funning, playful, sportive, clowning; laughable, ludicrous, absurd, farcical, ridiculous, silly.
2. witty, clever, smart; facetious, droll, salty.
3. suspicious, deceitful, underhanded, sneaky, sneak
ing, furtive.
4. insolent, impertinent, saucy, Inf. sassy, smart-alecky, SI. wise.
5. Informal, curious, strange, peculiar, odd, weird, queer, bizarre.
-n. 6. funnies U.S. Informal, comics, comic strip, funny papers; funny books, comic books,
furbish, v. liven up, spruce up, brighten up, burnish, polish up, shine, clean up; fix up, touch up, brush up, paint; refurbish, renovate, redo, redecorate, repaint, refurnish.
furious, adj. enraged, raging, infuriated, Rare, infuriate, fuming, very angry, horn-mad; wrathful, wroth, irate, ireful, incensed, in high dudgeon; inflamed, flaming, flaring, flared up, heated, red-hot, white-hot, hot under the collar; distraught, overwrought, Inf. in a dither, Inf. in a tizzy; indignant, up in arms, riled; worked up, agitated, stirred up; passionate, impassioned, impassionate, overexcited; upset, feverish, hysterical, not rational; violent, fierce, savage, unrestrained, uncontrollable; ranting, raving, Scot. redwood, storming, foaming at the mouth, rabid, fanatical, frenzied; frantic, crazed, mad, Pathol, delirious, Inf. wild, out of one's mind, beside oneself,
furl, v. roll, roll up, fold up, wrap up or around, wind around, curl up, coil.
furlough, n. 1. leave, leave of absence, cong£, vacation, time off; rest and recreation, Inf. R & R.
2. layoff, dismissal, discharge,
furnace, n. forge, kiln, Brit, oast; blast furnace, re-verberatory, smelter, calcar; incinerator, crematory, crematorium; oven, stove, cooker, range, kitchener; hearth, grate, fireplace, Brit. Dial, ingle, firebox;' heater, boiler, radiator, hypocaust.
furnish, v. 1. supply, equip, provide, purvey, render, accommodate, Archaic, dight, Obs. appoint; gird, ready, prepare, store, stock, stock up, fill up, Chiefly Scot. plenish; outfit, fit out, fit up, fit, accouter, rig, rig up, rig out, turn out, gear; endow, endue, invest; All Mil. arm, forearm, munition, SI. heel, Archaic. harness.
2. array, deck, deck out, bedeck, caparison, trap, adorn, ornament; dress, dress out, clothe, vest, garb,
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