hopeless, a. despairing, disconsolate, desperate, unpromising
hops, n. pl. Associated words: lupulin, humulin, lupuline.
horde, n. troop, gang, throng, crowd, multitude (nomadic and predatory).
horn, n. antler; epithema; antenna. Associated words: cornification, cornute, dehorn, croche, gore, crocket.
horn, n. trumpet, bugle, cornet, trombone; cornucopia; shophar (Jewish); spur.
horning, n. (Slang) charivari.
hornless, a. polled, mulley, mooley, dodded.
horns of a dilemma. alternatives.
horny, a. ceratose, corneous, cornified, callous, hard.
horrible, a. dreadful, terrible, hideous, shocking, grim, ghastly, atrocious, revolting, nefarious, appalling, heinous, dire, grewsome, execrable, awful.
horrid, a. offensive, detestable, horrible.
horror, n. abhorrence, dread, consternation, detestation.
horror-stricken, a. horror-struck, horrified, appalled.
horse, n. Equus; (male) stallion, stud, sire; (female) mare, dam; (young) colt, foal, filly; (small) pony, tit, mustang; steed, charger, nag, gelding, cockhorse, cob, pad, padnag, roadster, punch, broncho, warragal, sumpter, centaur, hackney, jade, mestino, pintado, roan, bat horse, Bucephalus, Pegasus, Dobbin, Bayard, hobby-horse. Associated words: equine, equestrian, equestrianism, equestrienne, equerry, fractious, hostler, groom, hostlery, postilion, coachman, jockey, hippocampus, hippogriffe, manège, chack, hippology, hippophile, hippotomy, tandem, equitation, farriery, equitant, paddock, hippiatrics, hippiatry, neigh, whinny, nicker, hopple.
horse block. montoir.
horse doctor. veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, farrier, horse leech.
horseflesh, n. Associated words: hippophagy, hippophagism, hippophagist, hippophagous, equivorous.
horse-fly, n. breese-fly, bot-fly.
horse-laugh, n. guffaw, cachinnation.
horse-louse, n. nitter.
horseman, n. jockey; equestrian; cavalier; cavalryman; chasseur.
horseshoer, n. farrier, blacksmith.
horseshoeing, n. farriery.
horse-trader, n. jockey.
hose, n. hosiery; tubing.
hospital, n. infirmary, asylum, retreat, sanitarium. Associated words: nosocomial, hospitalism.
host, n. entertainer; landlord, hotel-keeper; multitude, throng, horde; army, legion. Associated word: xenial.
host, n. Associated words: ciborium, pyx, paten, monstrance, ostensory, ostension, ostensorium.
hostile, a. antagonistic, inimical, unfriendly, repugnant, adverse.
hostility, n. enmity, animosity, unfriendliness, opposition, warfare, aggression.
hostler, n. groom.
hot, a. torrid, sultry, fiery, scalding, scorching, grilling, broiling, tropical, candent; vehement, passionate, irascible, fervid, ardent, piquant, pungent, acrid, spicy.
hot-blooded, a. ardent, passionate, irritable, excitable, irascible.
hotel, n. hostelry, inn, tavern, caravansary.
hotel-keeper, n. hosteler, host, landlord, inn-keeper, Boniface.
hot room of Roman baths. caldarium.
hot springs. Thermæ.
hound, v. importune, harass.
house, n. dwelling, residence, domicile, abode, habitation; mansion, palace; tenement; château, pavilion, villa, manse, phalanstery, lodge; kiosk; topek; hutch; (religious house) monastery, convent; firm, company, concern; palafitte.
house, v. shelter, protect, harbor; abide, dwell, lodge.
household gods. Lares et Penates. Associated word: lararium.
housewarming, n. infare (Local U.S.).
hovel, n. hut, shanty, shack, cabin, den, dugout.
howl, v. yowl, roar, ululate, yawl.--n. yowling, ululation, howling, wail.
hub, n. nave; protuberance, hummock.
hubbub, n. tumult, uproar, din, clamor, commotion, racket, hurly-burly.
huckleberry, n. whortleberry.
huckster, n. peddler, hawker, chapman, cadger, hucksterer.
huff, n. petulance, tiff, pet.
huffy, a. petulant, touchy, irritable.
hug, n. embrace.--v. embrace, clasp.
huge, a. mammoth, colossal, vast, stupendous, enormous.
hullabaloo, n. (Colloq.) uproar, vociferation, hubbub, din, clamor, tumult.
hum, n. drone, murmur, buzz, bombination; croon.
hum, v. drone, murmur, buzz, bombinate; croon.
humble, a. lowly, meek, modest, unassuming, unpretentious.
humble, v. humiliate, debase, abase, degrade.
humbug, n. imposition, hoax, deception, imposture, charlatanism, quackery, cajolery; impostor, deceiver, cheat, charlatan.
humbug, v. deceive, impose on, hoax.
humdrum, a. monotonous, tedious, prosy, tiresome.--n. monotony, tedium.
humiliate, v. humble, mortify, abash, disgrace, degrade.
humiliation, n. abasement, mortification, degradation, ignominy; humbleness, meekness.
humility, n. meekness, lowliness, self-abasement, diffidence, modesty.
humor, n. disposition, temper, mood; facetiousness, jocularity, waggery, pleasantry, wit, satire; pl. caprices vagaries, whims, fancies, whimsies.
humor, v. indulge, please, gratify, temporize. A ntonyms: discipline, deny, curb, mortify.
humorist, n. wag, droll, jester, wit.
humorous, a. facetious, droll, comical, jocular, waggish.
hump, n. protuberance, hunch.
humpbacked, a. hunchbacked, deformed.
humpy, a. protuberant, humped, uneven.
hunch, n. hump, protuberance; chunk, lump.
hundredfold, a. centuple.
hundred years. century, centenary, centennial.
Hungarian, n. Magyar.
hunger cure. nestitherapy, limotherapy, limotherapia.
hungry, a. voracious, ravenous, eager; starved, depleted, infertile, barren.
hunky, a. (Slang) even, square, all-right, satisfactory.
hunt, v. chase, pursue, follow; search, seek, ransack, rummage, ferret; poach (hunt unlawfully).
hunt, n. chase, pursuit, search, hunting.
hunter, n. huntsman, sportsman, Nimrod; seeker, pursuer, chaser; Diana.
hunting, n. chase, hunt, field-sport. Associated words: quarry, game, poaching, poacher, mort, yoicks, hoicks.
hunting horn. bugle.
hurly-burly, n. tumult, bustle, turmoil, confusion, commotion.
hurrah, n. cheer, huzza.
hurricane, n. cyclone, tornado, typhoon.
hurried, a. cursory, hasty, superficial.
hurry, n. haste, speed, dispatch, expedition, precipitancy, celerity.
hurry, v. hasten, impel, expedite, accelerate, speed, precipitate.
hurt, v. damage, wound, impair, harm, injure, offend, harry.
hurt, n. injury, wound, detriment, harm, damage.
hurtful, a. See injurious.
husband, n. spouse, benedict. Antonyms: bachelor, celibate. Associated words: marital, monandry, polyandry cuckold, cuckoldom, henpecked.
hush, v. silence, still, repress, suppress; appease, allay.
husk, n. glume, hull, rind, shell, bark, kex.
husky, a. dry, raucous, harsh, discordant, guttural, hoarse.
hussy, n. jade, quean; jilt, flirt, jill.
hustle, v. jostle.
hybrid, n. mongrel, crossbreed, cross.--a. mongrel, crossbred.
hypocrisy, n. dissimulation, Pharisaism, sanctimoniousness.
hypocrite, n. dissembler, Pharisee, formalist, dissimulator.
hypocritical, a. Pharisaical, canting, dissembling, sanctimonious, insincere. Antonyms: sincere, unfeigned, undissembling, ingenuous.