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choleric
adjective
1. bad-tempered or irritable
synonyms: bad-tempered, irascible, irritable, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, testy, cranky, crusty, cantankerous, surmudgeonly, ill-tempered, peevish, cross, fractious, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, short-tempered, snappish, short-fused, ornery
Sanguine
adjective
- optimistic or positive, esp. in an apparently bad or difficult situation
- blood-red
noun
1. a blood-red color
synonyms: optimistic, bullish, hopeful, buoant, positive, confident, cheerful, cheery, upbeat
phlegmatic
adjective
1. (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
synonyms: calm, cool, composed, controlled, serence, tranquil, placid, impassive, imperturbable, unruffled, dispassionate, philosophical, stolid, dull, bland, unemotional, lifeless, unflappable
melanchol*y
- a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
synonyms: sad, sorrowful, unhappy, desolate, mournful, lugubrious, gloomy, forlorn, despondent, dejected, depressed, downhearted, downcast, disconsolate, glum, miswerable, wretched, dismal, morose, woeful, woebegone, doleful, joyless, heavy-hearted, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, atrabilious
The Four Termperaments
Sanguine, choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic
Also known as the 4 humors from Greco-Roman meicine. They represent the four bodily fluids
appeal
verb. make a serious or urgent request.
compel
verb
1.
force or oblige (someone) to do something.
“a sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions”
synonyms: force, pressure, press, push, urge; More
exact, extort, demand, insist on, force, necessitate
bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure.
“they may compel a witness’s attendance at court by issue of a summons”
literary
drive forcibly.
“by heav’n’s high will compell’d from shore to shore”
expel
ex·pel
ikˈspel/
verb
1.
deprive (someone) of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization.
“she was expelled from school”
synonyms: throw out, eject, bar, ban, debar, drum out, oust, remove, get rid of, dismiss; More
antonyms: admit
force (someone) to leave a place, esp. a country.
synonyms: banish, exile, deport, evict, expatriate, drive out, throw out More
force out or eject (something), esp. from the body.
“she expelled a shuddering breath”
synonyms: let out, discharge, eject, issue, send forth More
impulse
im·pulse (mpls)
n.
1.
a. An impelling force; an impetus.
b. The motion produced by such a force.
2. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination: had an impulse to run away; an impulse of regret that made me hesitate; bought a hat on impulse.
3. A motivating force or tendency: “Respect for the liberty of others is not a natural impulse in most men” (Bertrand Russell).
4. Electronics A surge of electrical power in one direction.
5. Physics The product obtained by multiplying the average value of a force by the time during which it acts. The impulse equals the change in momentum produced by the force in this time interval.
6. Physiology The electrochemical transmission of a signal along a nerve fiber that produces an excitatory or inhibitory response at a target tissue, such as a muscle or another nerve.
adj.
Characterized by impulsiveness or acting on impulse: an impulse shopper; impulse buying.
[Latin impulsus, from past participle of impellere, to impel; see impel.]
peal
peal
pēl/
noun
1.
a loud ringing of a bell or bells.
synonyms: chime, carillon, ring, ringing, tintinnabulation More
BELL-RINGING
a series of unique changes (strictly, at least five thousand) rung on a set of bells.
a set of bells.
2.
a loud repeated or reverberating sound of thunder or laughter.
“Ross burst into peals of laughter”
synonyms: shriek, shout, scream, howl, gale, fit, roar, hoot More
rumble, roar, boom, crash, clap, crack
verb
verb: peal; 3rd person present: peals; past tense: pealed; past participle: pealed; gerund or present participle: pealing
1.
(of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.
“all the bells of the city began to peal”
synonyms: ring (out), chime (out), clang, sound, ding, jingle More
(of laughter or thunder) sound in a peal.
“Aunt Edie’s laughter pealed around the parlor”
synonyms: rumble, roar, boom, crash, resound More
convey or give out by the ringing of bells.
“the carillon pealed out the news to the waiting city”
Origin
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late Middle English: shortening of appeal.
propel
pro·pel (pr-pl)
tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels
To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push.
[Middle English propellen, from Latin prpellere : pr-, forward; see pro-1 + pellere, to drive; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.]
propulsion
pro·pul·sion
prəˈpəlSHən/
noun
1.
the action of driving or pushing forward.
“they dive and use their wings for propulsion under water”
synonyms: thrust, motive force, impetus, impulse, drive, driving force, actuation, push, pressure, power More
pulse
pulse1
pəls/
noun
1.
a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck.
“the doctor found a faint pulse”
synonyms: heartbeat, pulsation, pulsing, throbbing, pounding More
each successive throb of the arteries or heart.
2.
a single vibration or short burst of sound, electric current, light, or other wave.
“radio pulses”
synonyms: burst, blast, spurt, impulse, surge More
a musical beat or other regular rhythm.
synonyms: rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence, pounding, thudding, drumming More
3.
the central point of energy and organization in an area or activity.
“those close to the financial and economic pulse maintain that there have been fundamental changes”
4.
BIOCHEMISTRY
a measured amount of an isotopic label given to a culture of cells.
verb
verb: pulse; 3rd person present: pulses; past tense: pulsed; past participle: pulsed; gerund or present participle: pulsing
1.
throb rhythmically; pulsate.
“a knot of muscles at the side of his jaw pulsed”
synonyms: throb, pulsate, vibrate, beat, pound, thud, thump, drum, thrum, reverberate, echo (more)
repeal
re·peal
riˈpēl/
verb
1.
revoke or annul (a law or congressional act).
“the legislation was repealed five months later”
synonyms: revoke, rescind, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, declare null and void, quash, abolish; More
antonyms: enact
noun
noun: repeal; plural noun: repeals
1.
the action of revoking or annulling a law or congressional act.
“the House voted in favor of repeal”
synonyms: revocation, rescinding, cancellation, reversal, annulment, nullification, quashing, abolition; More
repulse
re·pulse
riˈpəls/
verb
1.
drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force.
“rioters tried to storm ministry buildings but were repulsed by police”
synonyms: repel, drive back/away, fight back/off, put to flight, force back, beat off/back; More
fail to welcome (friendly advances or the person making them); rebuff.
“she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed”
synonyms: rebuff, reject, spurn, snub, cold-shoulder; More
refuse to accept (an offer).
“his bid for the company was repulsed”
2.
cause (someone) to feel intense distaste and aversion.
“audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality”
synonyms: revolt, disgust, repel, sicken, nauseate, turn someone’s stomach, be repugnant to; More
noun
noun: repulse
1.
the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back.
“the repulse of the invaders”
synonyms: repelling, driving back; More
