6. depress, dispirit, deject, cast down, sadden, prostrate; dishearten, discourage, dismay, daunt, unman, undo; disappoint, dampen, throw a damper on.
7. confound, baffle, confuse, disconcert, discomfit; abash, humiliate, mortify, embarrass, chagrin.
8. rush, dart, bolt, bound, spring; run, sprint, fly, hasten, speed, take off; scud, Inf. scoot, Inf. skedaddle.
-n. 9. (all usu. of water) splashing, crashing, smashing, clashing, colliding; breaking against, beating, striking, hitting, battering.
10. bit, little, pinch, grain, Inf smidgen, U.S. Inf tad; shade, touch, tinge, tincture; trace, suggestion, suspicion, soupgon, hint, smack, flavor, taste; sprinkle, sprinkling.
11. rush, run, Track, race; bolt, flight, stampede, escape; advance, sally, onset.
12. elan, vigor, style, flair, flourish, panache, Inf pizzazz, SI. oomph; bounce, zing, zest, verve; spirit, life, buoyancy, briskness, Inf. snap; enthusiasm, eagerness, ardor, fervor; abandon, exuberance, vitality, exuberance, vitality, vivacity, It. brio.
13. mettle, pluck, courage; gallantry, boldness, daring, intrepidity, fearlessness.
dashing, adj. 1. impetuous, spirited, lively, buckish; energetic, active, Inf. peppy, Inf. snappy; dynam ic, vigorous, forceful, go-go, swinging; animated, exuberant, spritely, airy, brisk, breezy.
2. high-spirited, mettlesome, game, plucky; gallant, brave, valiant, valorous, courageous; hearty, stouthearted, stout, stalwart; daring, fearless, dauntless, venturous, venturesome, adventurous, adventuresome.
3. showy, ostentatious, pretentious, swashbuckling; florid, flamboyant, dazzling, brilliant, vivid, bright, bright-colored, colorful, gay.
4. dapper, jaunty, neat, trim, crisp, smart, Inf. sharp; stylish, chic, modish, voguish, fashionable, elegant.
dastard, n. 1. coward, craven, poltroon, recreant; cur, Inf. meany, base fellow, worm, Archaic, caitiff, Archaic, niddering; sneak, shirker, yellow belly, mouse, baby; weakling, milksop, Milquetoast, mollycoddle.
-adj. 2. cowardly, craven, mean, dastardly. See - dastardly.
dastardly, adj. 1. cowardly, craven, poltroon, recreant, dastard; pusillanimous, timorous, timid, fearful, afraid, frightened, afraid of one's shadow, cowering, faint-hearted, chicken-livered, shy, skittish, Inf yellow.
2. base, mean, mean-spirited, low, vile, abject, despicable, Archaic, niddering, Archaic. caitiff; sneaking, sneaky, deceitful, underhanded, insidious,
data, n. 1. facts, figures, statistics, input, materials; information, Inf. info, SI. dope, SI. poop.
2. memoranda, documents, abstracts, notes, papers, dossier.
3. evidence, grounds; assumptions, premises,
date, n. 1. day, point in time; period, time, season, cycle; month, lunation, quarter, semester; year, lustrum, decade, generation, century; age, epoch, era, eon.
2. interval, space, span, length of time, duration.
3. appointment, engagement, assignation, meeting, rendezvous, tryst.
4. escort, squire, beau, boyfriend, man, Inf. old man, swain, lover; girlfriend, girl, Inf. steady; woman, lady, SI. baby, Inf. old lady; Inf. pick-up.
5. up-to-date current, up-to-the-minute, modern, contemporary.
6. to date up to the present, up to now, as of now;