Word Meanings - AGOG - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In eager desire; eager; astir. All agog to dash through thick and thin. Cowper.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AGOG)
- drift
- Loose
- afloat
- agog
- abroad
- abroach
- distracted
- disordered
- Agape
- Astare
- astonished
- curious
- inquisitive
- entertained
- amused
- eager
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of AGOG)
Related words: (words related to AGOG)
- ASTONISH
étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden - INQUISITIVELY
In an inquisitive manner. The occasion that made him afterwards so inquisitively apply himself to the study of physic. Boyle. - DRIFTBOLT
A bolt for driving out other bolts. - ASTONISHING
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n. - DRIFTPIECE
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail. - DISTRACTION
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - DISTRACTED
Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope. - FASTENER
One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. - AMUSE
1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could - ENTERTAINER
One who entertains. - LOOSE
laus, Icel. lauss; akin to OD. loos, D. los, AS. leás false, deceitful, G. los, loose, Dan. & Sw. lös, Goth. laus, and E. lose. 1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book. Her hair, - AGAPE
Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton. - CURIOUSLY
In a curious manner. - DRIFTPIN
A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9. - DRIFTLESS
Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless. - LOOSEN
Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening - DRIFTAGE
1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. 2. Anything that drifts. - DRIFTWEED
Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin. - DISTRACTFUL
Distracting. Heywood. - RAMUSCULE
A small ramus, or branch. - HIPPOPOTAMUS
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, - MEAGERNESS; MEAGRENESS
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. - UNFASTEN
To loose; to unfix; to unbind; to untie. - CAMUS
See CAMIS - SUPERCURIOUS
Excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn. - SAGAPENUM
A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp. - COPPER-FASTENED
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.