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kick
Synonyms and Antonyms of kick
- I get a kick out of downhill skiing
bang, boot, charge, exhilaration, frisson, jollies, rush, thrill, titillation, wallop
arousal, buzz, electrification, high, intoxication
jolt, shock, surprise (also surprize)
- it was a kick for the parents to see their once-shy son star in a Broadway play
- nowadays there seem to be few words in the dictionary that do not raise a kick from one person or another
compunction, doubt, misgiving, qualm, scruple
cavil, niggle [chiefly British], quibble
argument, conflict, debate, dispute, dissent, hassle, quarrel, squabble, static
defiance, disobedience, rebellion
distrust, distrustfulness, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, indetermination, misdoubt, mistrust, mistrustfulness, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty
- I felt a kick in my hands as the jackhammer came roaring to life
kick
Synonyms and Antonyms of kick
- heʼs been kicking all week about not getting the promotion
beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
- fiscal conservatives have already started to kick about the proposed program, claiming it will increase the state's deficit substantially
conflict, debate, dispute, hassle, quarrel, squabble, wrangle
beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, keen, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
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