tiger; ferine[obs3], ferocious; inhuman; barbarous, barbaric,
semibarbaric, fell, untamed, tameless, truculent, incendiary;
bloodthirsty &c. (murderous) 361; atrocious; bloodyminded[obs3].
fiendish, fiendlike[obs3]; demoniacal; diabolic, diabolical; devilish,
infernal, hellish, Satanic; Tartaran. Adv. malevolently &c. adj.; with
bad intent &c. n. Phr. cruel as death; "hard unkindness' alter'd eye"
[Gray]; homo homini lupus [Lat][Plautus]; mala mens[Lat], malus animus
[Lat][Terence].; "rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind"
[Hamlet]; "sharp-tooth'd unkindness" [Lear].
#908. Malediction.—N. malediction, malison[obs3], curse,
imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription,
excommunication, commination[obs3], thunders of the Vatican,
fulmination, maranatha[obs3]; aspersion, disparagement, vilification,
vituperation. abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language,
unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing
&c. v.; profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude
reproach, scurrility. threat &c. 909; more bark than bite; invective
&c. (disapprobation) 932. V. curse, accurse[obs3], imprecate, damn,
swear at; curse with bell book and candle; invoke curses on the head
of, call down curses on the head of; devote to destruction. execrate,
beshrew[obs3], scold; anathematize &c. (censure) 932; bold up to
execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder
against; threaten &c. 909. curse and swear; swear, swear like a
trooper; fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn. Adj. cursing, cursed
&c. v. Int. woe to! beshrew[obs3]! ruat coelum[Lat]! ill betide, woe
betide; confusion seize! damn! damn it! damn you! damn you to hell! go
to hell! go to blazes! confound! blast! curse! devil take! hang! out
with! a plague upon! out upon! aroynt[obs3]! honi soit[Fr]!
parbleu[Fr]! Phr. delenda est Carthago[Lat].
#909. Threat.—N. threat, menace; defiance &c. 715; abuse,
minacity[obs3], intimidation; denunciation; fulmination; commination
&c. (curse) 908[obs3]; gathering clouds &c. (warning) 668. V. threat,
threaten; menace; snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully. defy &c.
715; intimidate &c. 860; keep in terrorem[Lat], hold up in
terrorem[Lat], hold out in terrorem[Lat]; shake the fist at, double the
fist at, clinch the fist at; thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big
words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers. Adj. threatening,
menacing; minatory, minacious[obs3]; comminatory[obs3], abusive; in
terrorem[Lat]; ominous &c. (predicting) 511 ; defiant &c. 715; under
the ban. Int. vae victis[Lat]! at your peril! do your worst!
#910. Philanthropy.—N. philanthropy, humanity, humanitarianism
universal benevolence; endaemonism[obs3], deliciae humani generis[Lat];
cosmopolitanism, utilitarianism, the greatest happiness of the greatest
number, social science, sociology. common weal; socialism, communism,
Fourierism|!, phalansterianism[obs3], Saint Simonianism[obs3].
patriotism, civism[obs3], nationality, love of country, amor
patriae[Lat], public spirit. chivalry, knight errantry[obs3];
generosity &c. 942. philanthropist, endaemonist[obs3], utilitarian,
Benthamite, socialist, communist, cosmopolite, citizen of the world,
amicus humani generis[Lat]; knight errant; patriot. Adj. philanthropic,
humanitarian, utilitarian, cosmopolitan; public- spirited, patriotic;
humane, large-hearted &c. (benevolent) 906; chivalric; generous &c.