impetuosity; boisterousness &c adj.; effervescence, ebullition;
turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], riot, row, rumpus, le
diable a quatre [Fr.], devil to pay, all the fat in the fire.
severity &c 739; ferocity, rage, fury; exacerbation, exasperation,
malignity; fit, paroxysm; orgasm, climax, aphrodisia†; force, brute
force; outrage; coup de main; strain, shock, shog†; spasm, convulsion,
throe; hysterics, passion &c (state of excitability) 825.
outbreak, outburst; debacle; burst, bounce, dissilience†,
discharge, volley, explosion, blow up, blast, detonation, rush,
eruption, displosion†, torrent.
turmoil &c (disorder) 59; ferment &c (agitation) 315; storm,
tempest, rough weather; squall &c (wind) 349; earthquake, volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk, berserker; fury, dragon, demon, tiger, beldame,
Tisiphone†, Megaera, Alecto†, madcap, wild beast; fire eater &c
(blusterer) 887.
V. be violent &c adj.; run high; ferment, effervesce; romp, rampage, go
on a rampage; run wild, run amuck, run riot; break the peace; rush,
tear; rush headlong, rush foremost; raise a storm, make a riot; rough
house [Slang]; riot, storm; wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out
Herod, Herod; spread like wildfire (person).
[shout or act in anger at something], explode, make a row, kick up
a row; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage,
roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow
one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into a
rage (anger) 900.
break out, fly out, burst out; bounce, explode, go off, displode†,
fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump†, flash, flare, burst; shock,
strain; break open, force open, prize open.
render violent &c adj.; sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite,
annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle,
suscitate†, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate,
convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to
the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino [Lat.].
explode; let fly, fly off; discharge, detonate, set off, detonize†,
fulminate.
Adj. violent, vehement; warm; acute, sharp; rough, rude, ungentle,
bluff, boisterous, wild; brusque, abrupt, waspish; impetuous; rampant.
turbulent; disorderly; blustering, raging &c v.; troublous†,
riotous; tumultuary†, tumultuous; obstreperous, uproarious; extravagant;
unmitigated; ravening, inextinguishable, tameless; frenzied &c (insane)
503.
desperate &c (rash) 863; infuriate, furious, outrageous, frantic,
hysteric, in hysterics.
fiery, flaming, scorching, hot, red-hot, ebullient.
savage, fierce, ferocious, fierce as a tiger.
excited &c v.; unquelled†, unquenched, unextinguished†,
unrepressed, unbridled, unruly; headstrong, ungovernable, unappeasable,
immitigable, unmitigable†; uncontrollable, incontrollable†;
insuppressible, irrepressible; orgastic, orgasmatic, orgasmic.
spasmodic, convulsive, explosive; detonating &c v.; volcanic,
meteoric; stormy &c (wind) 349.
Adv. violently &c adj.; amain†; by storm, by force, by main force; with
might and main; tooth and nail, vi et armis [Lat.], at the point of the
sword, at the point of the bayonet; at one fell swoop; with a high
hand, through thick and thin; in desperation, with a vengeance; a
outrance†, a toute outrance [Fr.]; headlong, head foremost.
Phr. furor arma ministrat [Lat.]; blown with restless violence round
about the pendent world [Measure for Measure].