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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes.
1916.
Category Index
Abandon to Cynic
Abandon
Abate
Abide
Ability
Ablaze
Abortive
Abound
Abrupt
Absence
Absolute
Abstemious
Absurd
Abundant
Abuse
Accelerate
Accounted
Accumulate
Accurate
Ache
Acrobats
Action
Active
Actor
Acute
Addition
Adhere
Adhesive
Admonition
Adorable
Adrift
Advance
Adventure
Adversity
Advertising
Advice
Affable
Affairs
Affectation
Affection
Affinity
Affliction
Afraid
Age
Ageless
Aghast
Agile
Agitated
Aglow
Agony
Agree
Aimless
Alacrity
Alarm
Alert
Alike
Alive
Allure
Alone
Alter
Alternate
Amazed
Ambition
Amiable
Amorous
Ample
Amused
Amusements
Ancestors
Ancient
Angel
Anger
Angling
Answer
Antique
Anxious
Apart
Apathy
Aphorism
Appalled
Appetite
Appreciate
Approach
April
Apt
Arch
Ardent
Argument
Arid
Arise
Arm
Army
Aromatic
Around
Arrogant
Art
Arteries
Artful
Artifice
Artificial
Artless
Ascend
Ashamed
Askew
Aslant
Asleep
Aspire
Assault
Astray
Asunder
Attend
Attention
Audacious
Austere
Authority
Authors
Automatic
Automobile
Avarice
Avaricious
Averse
Awake
Aware
Away
Awful
Awkward
Babble
Bachelor
Back
Bad
Bald
Baleful
Balmy
Baneful
Barbarous
Bare
Barred
Barren
Base
Bashful
Bawl
Beam
Beard
Beat
Beau
Beautiful
Beauty
Bedraggled
Beg
Behavior
Behind
Belch
Belief
Bellow
Beloved
Bend
Benefits
Benevolence
Bent
Bequeath
Bereft
Besmear
Betray
Bewailing
Bewildering
Bewitching
Bible
Big
Bigot
Bill
Bind
Biography
Bite
Bitter
Black
Blameless
Blanched
Bland
Blank
Blast
Blaze
Bleak
Bleat
Bleeding
Blend
Bless
Blest
Blew
Blight
Blind
Blink
Blissful
Blithe
Bloated
Bloodless
Bloody
Bloom
Blossom
Blown
Blubbered
Blue
Blunder
Blunt
Blur
Blurt
Blush
Boast
Bobbing
Body
Boil
Boisterous
Bold
Bones
Bony
Books
Boom
Bore
Born
Borrowed
Bosom
Bottom
Bottomless
Bounce
Bound (Adjective
)
Bound (Verb
)
Boundless
Bounteous
Bountiful
Bounty
Bow
Bracing
Brag
Brain
Brave
Brawl
Brazen
Break
Breast
Breath
Breathe
Breed
Brief
Bright
Brighten
Brilliant
Brim
Brisk
Bristle
Brittle
Broad
Broadcast
Broke
Brood
Brow
Brown
Brutal
Bubble
Bubbles
Budded
Buffoon
Build
Bulged
Bulk
Buoyant
Burly
Burn
Burrow
Burst
Bury
Bushy
Business
Bustle
Busy
Buzz
Calamity
Callous
Calm
Calumniate
Came
Candid
Capacious
Caper
Capricious
Capture
Care
Careful
Careless
Caress
Carnation
Carol
Carouse
Carry
Carve
Cast
Casual
Catch
Caught
Cautious
Cease
Celebrated
Celebrity
Celerity
Censure
Central
Ceremony
Certain
Chagrin
Chambermaid
Chance
Change
Changeless
Character
Charitable
Charity
Charm
Chase
Chaste
Chastity
Chatter
Cheap
Cheat
Checked
Cheek
Cheeky
Cheer
Cheerful
Cheerless
Cheery
Chide
Children
Chill
Chime
Chimerical
Chirping
Choleric
Chorus
Christianity
Chubby
Chuckle
Cigar
Circle
Circulate
Circumstances
City
Civilization
Clairvoyant
Clambering
Clammy
Clamor
Clang
Clapped
Clash
Clasp
Classic
Clatter
Claw
Clean
Clear
Cleave
Clench
Cleft
Clever
Click
Climax
Climbs
Cling
Clog
Close
Closed
Clothes
Cloud
Clove
Cloyed
Clumsy
Cluster
Clutch
Coarse
Coiled
Cold
Collapse
Color
Colossal
Come
Comely
Comfort
Comfortless
Command
Comments
Commit
Common
Commonplace
Companionless
Company
Compare
Compasseth
Compassionate
Complacent
Complex
Complexion
Compliment
Composed
Concave
Conceal
Conceit
Concession
Confident
Confining
Conform
Confound
Confused
Conscience
Conscientious
Consistent
Consoling
Conspicuous
Conspirator
Constant
Consume
Contagious
Contempt
Contemptible
Contend
Content
Contention
Contentious
Continually
Continue
Contract
Contrary
Contrast
Conversation
Conviction
Convincing
Convivial
Coo
Cool
Coöperation
Copious
Coquette
Corneille
Corpulent
Correct
Corrupt
Costly
Cosy
Couch
Coughed
Counsel
Count
Countenance
Countless
Country
Couple
Courage
Courageous
Court
Courtesy
Courthouse
Courtiers
Courting
Courtly
Cover
Covert
Covetous
Coward
Cowardly
Cower
Coxcomb
Coy
Crabbed
Crack
Crackle
Crafty
Cram
Cranky
Crash
Crave
Crawl
Crazy
Creak
Cream
Creamy
Crease
Creation
Credit
Credulous
Creed
Creep
Crestfallen
Crimson
Cringe
Crinkly
Crisp
Critic
Croak
Crooked
Cross
Crossed
Crouch
Crow
Crowd
Crown
Cruel
Cruelty
Crumble
Crumple
Crush
Cry (Noun
)
Cry (Verb
)
Cunning
Cupids
Curd
Cure
Curious
Curl
Curse
Curve
Custom
Cut
Cynic
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