mixed, confused._
=Lunacy.= Derangement, mania, craziness, insanity, madness, aberration.
ANT. _Sanity, intellect, reason, rationality, lucidity, intelligence,
brains; mind; self-control._
=Lunatic=, _n._ Insane person, maniac, madman.
ANT. _Philosopher, sage, luminary, savant, scholar, scientist,
intellectual person._
=Lunatic=, _a._ Insane, mad, crazy, cracked, deranged.
ANT. _Sane, rational, intelligent, reasonable, reasoning, intellectual,
knowing, sound._
=Lure=, _n._ Enticement, decoy; allurement, bait, temptation,
attraction.
=Lure=, _v._ Allure, entice, decoy, tempt, attract, inveigle, seduce.
ANT. _Warn, guide, alarm, premonish, ward, instruct, conduct, guard;
extricate, save._
=Lurid.= Yellow, pale, wan, dismal, ghastly, gloomy, murky, lowering.
ANT. _Bright, luminous, radiant, clear._
=Lurk.= Lie hid, lie in wait, hide, skulk.
ANT. _Rise, spring, emerge, appear, reveal._
=Luscious.= Sweet, delicious, fulsome, cloying, savory, delightful,
pleasing, grateful; sugary, honeyed; rank, nauseous, unctuous.
ANT. _Sour, sharp, tart, bitter, pungent, acid._
=Luster.= Brilliancy, brightness, splendor, glitter; renown,
distinction, glory; gleam, radiance, resplendence; eminence, repute,
celebrity, honor.
ANT. _Darkness, tenebrosity, blackness, gloom, obscuration; detraction,
derogation, infamy, disrepute, dishonor, notoriety._
=Lustration.= Washing, purification, cleansing; lustrum.
ANT. _Defilement, contamination, infection, desecration; soiling,
pollution._
=Lustrous.= Bright, shiny, gleaming, luminous, brilliant, radiant.
ANT. _Dark, black, gloomy._
=Lusty.= Stout, strong, vigorous, robust, healthful, able, lively,
sturdy; bulky, large, fat.
ANT. _Weak, infirm, feeble, incapable, ailing, effete, listless,
invalid, powerless, convalescent._
=Luxuriant.= Exuberant, excessive, rank, abundant, profuse, plentiful,
plenteous.
ANT. _Delicate, frail, scanty, scarce, feeble._
=Luxuriate.= Grow exuberantly, feed luxuriously; flourish, indulge;
revel, wanton; delight, indulge to excess.
ANT. _Toil, slave, drudge, labor, work; pine, waste, droop, decay,
languish._
=Luxurious.= Voluptuous, epicurean, sensual, intemperate, effeminate,
self-indulgent.
ANT. _Austere, ascetic, hard, painful, self-denying, self-controlled,
temperate, restrained, restricted._
=Luxury.= Voluptuousness, epicurism, effeminacy, sensuality; dainty,
delicacy, gratification; pleasure, enjoyment, delight; treat, animalism.
ANT. _Stoicism, asceticism, self-denial, austerity, hardship;
spirituality._
=Lying=, _a._ False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue; recumbent.
ANT. _Truthful, true, veracious, upright, honest, accurate, exact;
erect._
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=Macerate.= Weaken, soften; attenuate, make lean, waste, wear away;
harass, mortify, torture; steep, soak, digest.
ANT. _Fatten, replenish, repair, pamper, swell._
=Machinate.= Plan, contrive, devise, plot, scheme, harm.
ANT. _Think aloud, speak out, be artless; counterplot, compete; expose,
defeat, baffle._
=Machination.= Plot, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, stratagem, design,
trick, artifice, contrivance, scheme.
ANT. _Detection, counteraction, overthrow, baffling, defeat, exposure,
defiance, challenge; conflict, competition._
=Machine.= Engine, instrument; tool, puppet; organization, machinery,
system, supernatural agency.
=Maculate=, _a._ Blotched, defiled, impure, spotted, blurred, corrupt,
unclean, mottled.
ANT. _Unspotted, spotless, speckless, pure, clean, immaculate._
=Mad.= Crazy, insane; excited, inflamed, furious, rabid, angry;
distracted, lunatic, delirious, crazed, deranged, demented, maniac;
enraged, raging; exasperated, provoked, incensed, wrathful; wild,
infatuated; frenzied, frantic, raving.
ANT. _Sane, sound, sensible, quiet, composed, sober, unexcited._
=Madden.= Make mad, enrage; irritate, provoke, inflame, infuriate.
ANT. _Calm, pacify, assuage, mesmerize; heal, soothe, restore._
=Madness.= Insanity, craziness, derangement, mania, aberration; frenzy,
fury, rage, delirium.
ANT. _Sanity, calmness, rationality, soberness, reason._
=Magazine.= Warehouse, receptacle, storehouse, depository, repository;
periodical.
=Magic.= Sorcery, witchcraft, conjuration, necromancy, enchantment,
incantation; fascination, witchery, charm.
=Magisterial.= Stately, pompous, august, lordly, dignified, lofty,
official, imperious, proud, domineering, haughty, despotic, arrogant,
dogmatical; dictatorial, consequential, imposing, authoritative.
ANT. _Submissive, docile, undignified, unimposing, unassuming, modest._
=Magistrate.= Judge; civil _or_ police officer, chief official.
ANT. _Citizen, prisoner, civilian, subject._
=Magnanimity.= Generosity, disinterestedness, greatness, heroism,
nobleness, forbearance.
ANT. _Meanness, pettiness, paltriness, spitefulness, spleen._
=Magnanimous.= Great, elevated, generous, lofty, noble, courageous;
brave, dauntless, heroic, illustrious; unselfish, exalted, chivalrous,
high-minded, honorable.
ANT. _Mean, small, ignoble, base, selfish, cowardly, cringing; mediocre;
parsimonious, carping._
=Magnificent.= Glorious, grand, majestic, splendid, admirable, superb,
sublime; imposing, gorgeous, stately, showy; august, dignified.
ANT. _Petty, mean, paltry, little, flat, beggarly, ordinary,
small-minded, tawdry, unimposing, tame._
=Magnify.= Enlarge, augment, increase, amplify; laud, extol; exaggerate;
celebrate, glorify, bless, praise.
ANT. _Diminish, curtail, contract, palliate, extenuate, decry._
=Magniloquent.= Pompous, grandiloquent, bombastic, declamatory, stilted,
high-flown, turgid, inflated, boastful.
ANT. _Simple, vernacular, unaffected, plain-spoken._
=Magnitude.= Extent, size; grandeur, greatness; importance; volume,
dimension, mass; consequence; sublimity, loftiness.
ANT. _Smallness, diminutiveness, littleness, meagerness; insignificance,
meanness, unimportance._
=Maid.= Maiden, girl, damsel, virgin, lass.
ANT. _Matron, married woman._
=Maim.= Disable, cripple, mangle, mar, mutilate, disfigure, lame.
ANT. _Restore, strengthen, invigorate, mend._
=Main=, _a._ Bulk, majority, body, principal, trunk, chief, leading,
most important, first, cardinal, capital; necessary, vital, essential,
indispensable, requisite; huge, enormous; absolute, entire, mere,
direct.
ANT. _Subordinate, non-essential, auxiliary, minor, tributary,
inferior._
=Main=, _n._ Ocean, mainland, continent; main conduit or pipe; force,
power, might, strength; gross, majority.
ANT. _Bay, gulf; island; inability, weakness; tributaries; minority._
=Mainly.= Chiefly, principally; largely, greatly, mightily, absolutely,
primarily, entirely.
ANT. _Secondarily, subordinately; partially, somewhat, slightly._
=Maintain.= Uphold, assert, vindicate, allege, support, sustain; defend,
continue; supply; provide; affirm.
ANT. _Retract, deny, withdraw; fail, turn traitor to._
=Maintenance.= Sustenance, support, vindication, defense, justification,
provisions, subsistence, livelihood.
=Majestic.= August, sublime, magnificent, regal, royal, pompous,
stately, dignified, elevated, imperial, princely, grand, imposing.
ANT. _Low, humble, mean, sordid, groveling; plebeian, vulgar, common;
unassuming._
=Majesty.= Dignity, power, authority, loftiness, stateliness,
augustness, grandeur, elevation.
ANT. _Meanness, paltriness; humility._
=Majority.= Superiority, seniority; eldership, priority; bulk,
preponderance.
ANT. _Minority, inferiority, juniority._
=Make.= Produce, falsify; find; acquire; travel over; cause; esteem,
suppose, represent; compel, force; be; amount to; attain, reach, arrive
at; manage, interfere; proceed, tend, move, go; contribute, increase,
accrue, constrain, bring about, occasion, require; shape, fabricate,
construct, fashion, frame, manufacture, perform, do; become, compose,
constitute, create, establish, effect, execute, reach, get, render.
ANT. _Abolish, demolish, annihilate, break, disintegrate, unmake, undo;
destroy, defeat, mar, disestablish, miss, lose, fail of; upset;
misrepresent, mismanage; hesitate, stop; decrease, diminish._
=Maker.= Creator, former, manufacturer, builder, constructor; author,
composer, writer, compiler.
ANT. _Destroyer, exterminator, annihilator._
=Make up.= Collect; constitute, form; reconcile, settle, adjust,
compose; make good, compensate; supply, furnish, provide; determine.
ANT. _Distribute, disperse, scatter; pi; default._
=Mal-= or =Male-=. A prefix denoting _ill_. For words thus compounded
and not found here, see the synonyms and antonyms of the root word, from
which derivatives may be readily chosen.
=Malady.= Disorder, distemper, disease, sickness, ailment, illness;
complaint, indisposition.
ANT. _Health, sanity, vigor, robustness, soundness._
=Malediction.= Curse, cursing, execration, imprecation, denunciation,
anathema.
ANT. _Benediction, blessing, praise, compliment._
=Malefactor.= Evil-doer, culprit, felon, criminal, convict, outlaw.
ANT. _Benefactor, hero._
=Malice.= Spite, ill will, malevolence, grudge, pique, bitterness,
animosity, malignity, rancor, maliciousness, virulence.
ANT. _Good will, benevolence, kindliness._
=Manacle=, _n._ Handcuff, shackle, fetter.
=Manacle=, _v._ Handcuff, shackle, fetter, bind, chain.
ANT. _Unbind, unfetter, unchain._
=Manage.= Direct, govern, control, wield, order, contrive, concert,
conduct, transact; administer, regulate, supervise, superintend, handle,
rule.
ANT. _Mismanage, misgovern, misconduct, upset, misuse, derange; let go._
=Manageable.= Tractable, governable, controllable, tamable, docile.
ANT. _Unmanageable, untamable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, difficult,
impracticable, impossible, refractory._
=Management.= Conduct, administration, government, guidance, direction,
care, charge, contrivance, intrigue; skill, address; economy, treatment,
superintendence, surveillance; negotiations, dealings, transactions.
ANT. _Misconduct, maladministration, mismanagement._
=Manager.= Director, superintendent, supervisor, comptroller, governor,
overseer, conductor; economist.
ANT. _Workman, follower, workingman, employee._
=Mandate.= Command, commission, order, charge, precept, injunction,
requirement, edict.
ANT. _Petition, request, entreaty, suggestion._
=Maneuver= (=Manœuvre=), _n._ Management; stratagem, artifice, scheme,
plan, trick, ruse, intrigue; evolution, movement; operation, tactics,
contrivance.
ANT. _Countermovement, defeat, check, bafflement, counteraction,
detection, neutralization._
=Maneuver=, _v._ Perform an evolution, move; scheme, plot, intrigue,
manage, contrive.
ANT. _Counteract, play up to, check, checkmate._
=Mangle.= Cut, bruise, mutilate, lacerate, maim, hack, tear; destroy,
mar, spoil; polish, calender, smooth, press.
ANT. _Restore, heal._
=Manhood.= Virility, maturity; humanity; courage, resolution, bravery,
hardihood, fortitude, manliness, manfulness.
ANT. _Womanhood, femininity; effeminacy; cowardliness, cowardice,
delicacy._
=Mania.= Insanity, derangement, madness, lunacy, aberration, alienation,
delirium, frenzy.
ANT. _Sanity, health, soundness; poise, self-control._
=Maniac.= Lunatic, madman, insane, bedlamite.
=Manifest=, _a._ Open, clear, evident, apparent, visible, conspicuous,
plain, obvious; patent, palpable, unmistakable, distinct, indubitable.
ANT. _Hidden, indistinct, inconspicuous, occult, latent, obscure,
confused, hazy, foggy._
=Manifest=, _v._ Reveal, declare, evince, make known, disclose,
discover, display, show, exhibit, evidence, expose.
ANT. _Hide, cover, conceal._
=Manifold.= Various, duplicate, multiplied; numerous, many,
multitudinous; diverse, multifarious; sundry.
ANT. _Few, rare, limited, scarce, scant; uniform, facsimile._
=Mankind.= Man; humanity, humankind; men; society.
ANT. _Womankind; childhood; divinity, deity, Heaven, God; earth, world,
universe, nature, creation; cattle, animals, minerals, vegetables._
=Manly.= Bold, daring, valorous, courageous, undaunted, hardy,
dignified; intrepid, heroic, vigorous, firm, noble, chivalrous; mature,
masculine, manlike.
ANT. _Womanly, childlike; timid, womanish, childish, unmanly, boyish,
weak, dastardly, cowardly; effeminate._
=Manner.= Mode, custom, habit, deportment, fashion, air, look, mien,
aspect, appearance; behavior, conduct; method, form, style.
ANT. _Being, action, proceeding, life, work, performance, project,
business._
=Mannerism.= Characteristic, peculiarity, uniformity, self-repetition,
self-consciousness, affectation, idiosyncrasy, specialty.
ANT. _Unaffectedness, simplicity, naturalness, character, genuineness._
=Mannerly.= Civil, complaisant, respectful, courteous, polite, urbane,
refined, well-behaved, ceremonious, well-bred.
ANT. _Rude, coarse, unmannerly, rough, impolite, uncivil, boorish._
=Manufacture=, _n._ Making, production, fabrication; product,
composition, construction, manipulation, molding.
ANT. _Use, consumption, employment, wear._
=Manumission.= Release, emancipation, liberation, deliverance,
enfranchisement, dismissal, discharge.
ANT. _Slavery, capture, subjugation; restraint, repression, coercion._
=Manumit.= Release, liberate, enfranchise, free, emancipate.
ANT. _Enslave, capture, subjugate, enthral._
=Many.= Frequent, manifold, diverse, divers, sundry, numerous,
multiplied, various, abundant, multifarious.
ANT. _Few, rare, scarce, infrequent, scanty._
=Mar.= Injure, mark, spoil, ruin, blemish, damage, disfigure, deface,
hurt, harm, impair, maim, deform.
ANT. _Make, mend, restore, improve, reinstate, enhance, repair,
conserve._
=Marauder.= Plunderer, robber, ravager, pillager, outlaw, bandit,
brigand, freebooter, rover, invader.
ANT. _Guard, sentry, keeper, steward, ranger, outpost._
=Margin.= Border, edge, brim, lip, rim, brink, verge, confine, limit,
skirt, boundary, extremity; loophole, profit, interest, leeway.
ANT. _Center, main, space; limitation, stringency, restriction._
=Marine.= Naval, nautical, maritime; oceanic, salt-water, pelagic.
ANT. _Terrene, fresh-water, terrestrial, land._
=Marital.= Connubial, nuptial, hymeneal, conjugal, wedded, matrimonial.
ANT. _Single, unwedded, celibate._
=Maritime.= Marine, oceanic, nautical.
ANT. _Terrene, land._
=Mark=, _n._ Impress, stamp, vestige, impression, imprint, track,
evidence, proof, characteristic, badge, indication; distinction,
eminence, importance.
ANT. _Effacement, obliteration, erasure, plainness._
=Mark=, _v._ Remark, notice, regard, heed, show, betoken, characterize,
denote, stamp, imprint, impress, brand; label, designate, observe,
stigmatize, signalize, specify, specialize; decorate.
ANT. _Overlook, ignore, omit; mislabel, misindicate, mismark._
=Marked.= Noted, notable, prominent, remarkable, eminent, distinguished,
conspicuous.
ANT. _Ordinary, mean, commonplace, everyday, undistinguished._
=Marriage.= Matrimony, wedlock, wedding, espousal, nuptials, conjugal
union, spousal, union.
ANT. _Divorce, celibacy, virginity, bachelorhood, widowhood,
maidenhood._
=Marrow.= Medulla, pith, essence, quintessence; gist, substance, cream,
kernel.
ANT. _Excrescence, surplusage, redundancy, superfluity; surface,
exterior; amplification; body, volume, mass._
=Marsh.= Fen, swamp, quagmire, morass, bog, slough.
ANT. _Solid ground._
=Marshal=, _v._ Order, arrange, direct, guide, lead, rank, array,
dispose, draw up; herald.
ANT. _Disarray, misguide, disarrange, disorder._
=Martial.= Warlike, military, soldierly, brave.
ANT. _Peaceful, unmilitary, unwarlike._
=Martyrdom.= Martyrlike state; torture, torment, persecution;
confession.
ANT. _Denial, retraction; abjuration, renegation._
=Marvel=, _n._ Wonder, prodigy, miracle; surprise, astonishment,
amazement, admiration; portent, phenomenon.
ANT. _Commonplace, imposture, cipher, farce, trifle._
=Marvelous.= Wonderful, astonishing, surprising, strange, improbable,
incredible; miraculous, stupendous, extraordinary, wondrous,
supernatural, portentous, prodigious.
ANT. _Commonplace, everyday, regular, normal, customary, natural,
anticipated, current, calculated, expected._
=Masculine.= Male, manly, virile, manlike; strong, robust, powerful,
bold, hardy, courageous.
ANT. _Feminine, womanly, womanlike, female; effeminate, womanish._
=Mask=, _n._ Cover, disguise, pretext, subterfuge, screen; revel,
frolic, evasion, pretense, ruse, plea; redoubt; domino, blind, veil;
hypocrisy.
ANT. _Truth, nakedness, candor, verity, openness; exposure, detection,
unmasking._
=Mask=, _v._ Disguise, cover, hide, protect, conceal, veil, shroud,
screen.
ANT. _Expose, unmask, discover, detect._
=Mass.= Quantity, sum, bulk, magnitude, body, size, main part, majority;
aggregate, whole, totality; heap, assemblage, combination, concretion.
ANT. _Fragment, section, portion, bit, morsel, minority, segment._
=Massacre=, _v._ Murder, butcher, kill, slaughter, slay.
ANT. _Preserve, spare, rescue, restore._
=Massive.= Compacted, weighty, heavy, massy, ponderous, bulky, huge,
immense, vast, solid, colossal.
ANT. _Slight, slender, frail, airy; petty, small, light._
=Master=, _n._ Ruler, director, manager, leader, employer, owner,
governor, superintendent, commander, captain; teacher, instructor,
tutor; adept; possessor, proprietor; professor, head, chief.
ANT. _Servant, slave, pupil, employee, subject, learner, student._
=Master=, _v._ Conquer, subdue, vanquish, overcome; acquire, learn.
ANT. _Yield, fail, surrender, succumb._
=Masterly.= Imperious, domineering, arbitrary, despotic; skilful,
clever, expert, dexterous, adroit; finished, excellent, artistic,
consummate.
ANT. _Humble, obedient, compliant, rude, clumsy, bungling._
=Mastery.= Authority, dominion, supremacy; victory, triumph,
preëminence, ascendency, superiority; acquirement, attainment,
acquisition; skill, dexterity, cleverness, ability.
ANT. _Subservience, tutelage, submission, guidance, obedience,
inexpertness, ignorance; defeat, failure, surrender._
=Masticate.= Grind, chew.
ANT. _Bolt, gobble, swallow._
=Match=, _n._ Equal, mate; contest; union, marriage; competition, trial;
companion; pair.
ANT. _Superior, inferior; disparity, mismatch, oddity, inequality._
=Match=, _v._ Mate, rival, oppose, equal; correspond; adapt, fit, suit;
marry; harmonize; join, couple, combine.
ANT. _Fail, exceed, surpass, preponderate; separate, dissociate._
=Matchless.= Unequaled, peerless, unparalleled, incomparable,
inimitable, consummate, exquisite, excellent, surpassing, unrivaled.
ANT. _Common, ordinary, mediocre, everyday, commonplace, general._
=Mate=, _n._ Companion, associate, compeer, match, equal; fellow,
intimate; assistant, subordinate; peer.
ANT. _Stranger; superior, inferior; principal, chief, head._
=Material=, _n._ Substance, solidity, weight, stuff, matter.
ANT. _Work, production, design; spirit, purpose._
=Material=, _a._ Corporeal, physical; important, essential; momentous,
vital, weighty; bodily.
ANT. _Spiritual, sublimated, incorporeal, evanescent, ethereal._
=Matrimony.= Marriage, wedlock.
ANT. _Celibacy, virginity._
=Matron.= Wife, widow, dame; housekeeper, head nurse; dowager.
ANT. _Girl, maid, maiden, virgin, spinster, miss, lass._
=Matter.= Substance, body, material, constituency; concern, affair,
business; trouble, difficulty; amount, portion, space; sense,
significance, moment; import, importance; topic, subject, question;
thing, event.
ANT. _Immateriality, incorporeality, spirituality; mind, soul, spirit,
intellect; animus, zeal, temper._
=Mature.= Ripe, perfect, ready, perfected, completed, full-grown.
ANT. _Raw, crude, blighted, immature, undeveloped, unripe._
=Matutinal.= Morning, dawning, early, waking.
ANT. _Vesper, evening, late, waning, twilight._
=Maudlin.= Tearful, sentimental, weak, silly; drunken; intoxicated,
inebriated, tipsy, muddled.
ANT. _Dry, sober, sensible, unsentimental, unromantic._
=Mawkish.= Nauseous, disgusted, squeamish; insipid, flat, stale, sickly,
disgusting, loathsome, maudlin.
ANT. _Sensible, savory, fine, sound, palatable, pungent._
=Maxim.= Principle, axiom, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, adage, saying,
saw, dictum, precept, rule.
ANT. _Sophism, quibble, absurdity, enigma, paradox._
=Maximum.= Greatest; climax, zenith, apex, acme, culmination,
completion, utmost, ultimate.
ANT. _Minimum, least; morsel, fragment; initiative, commencement;
decrease, wane; incompletion, abortion._
=Maybe=, _ad._ Perhaps, possibly, haply, mayhap.
=Maze.= Labyrinth, intricacy; bewilderment, uncertainty, perplexity;
embarrassment.
ANT. _Clue, elimination, explication; solution._
=Meager.= Thin, lean, lank, poor, gaunt, starved, hungry, emaciated,
barren, scanty.
ANT. _Stout, brawny, fat, chubby; abundant, fertile, copious._
=Mean=, _n._ Middle, medium, average, intermediate point; (_pl._)
resources, property, revenue; media.
ANT. _Extreme, excess, exorbitance, enormity, extravagance; poverty,
end, purpose, object._
=Mean=, _v._ Purpose, intend, design; signify, import, indicate, denote,
express.
ANT. _Do, perform, execute; say, state, enunciate, declare._
=Mean=, _a._ Ignoble, abject, beggarly, wretched, degraded, degenerate,
vulgar, vile, servile, menial, groveling, slavish, dishonorable,
disgraceful, shameful, despicable, contemptible, paltry, sordid.
ANT. _Noble, kingly, heroic, princely, exalted, generous, eminent,
honorable, spirited, liberal, masterly, worthy, bountiful, munificent._
=Meaning.= Purpose, aim, intention, import, design, object; sense,
explanation, significance, interpretation, force, purport, acceptation.
ANT. _Statement; proceeding; affidavit, declaration._
=Meanness.= Stinginess, illiberality, sordidness, vileness,
penuriousness, niggardliness, abjectness, baseness; destitution,
poverty, lowness, scantiness, smallness, rudeness, selfishness.
ANT. _Nobleness, generosity, unselfishness, liberality,
large-heartedness._
=Measure=, _n._ Dimension, capacity, quantity, amount; moderation,
restraint; extent, limit, proportion, degree; rule, gage, standard;
meter.
ANT. _Bulk, mass; segment, section, portion; immensity, infinity._
=Measureless.= Unlimited, infinite, immeasurable, immense, boundless,
limitless, vast, unbounded.
ANT. _Circumscribed, finite, limited, bounded, restricted._
=Mechanic.= Artificer, artisan, handicraftsman, hand, craftsman,
operative, workman.
ANT. _Artist, designer, planner, architect, constructor._
=Mechanical.= Approximate, empirical; machine-made; automatic,
involuntary, blind; habitual, unreflective, spontaneous, effortless,
unimpassioned.
ANT. _Labored, feeling, self-conscious, forced, spirited, appreciative,
lifelike, lively, animated, impassioned._