Synonyms(NB: words following * are antonyms)VI

1. sky-rocketing: very high;for example as an epithet used for denoting price(so, sky-rocketing prices)
2. Prussian: used as an adjective as in Prussian blue; Germanic
3. close-cropped: cut close- often used to describe hair-do
4. sternly, strictly, firmly, severely * leniently
5. stubborn, obstinate, inflexible, willful, mulish, obdurate, intractable
6. gladness: happiness, cheerfulness, delight, pleasure* sadness
7. surging, heaving, rising and falling, swelling, rolling
8. grin, smile, beam, smirk * frown
9. Cheshire Cat Grin
10. dissolution, closure, disbanding, termination, ending, suspension, conclusion * inauguration
11. resignation, acceptance, acknowledgement, acquiescence* defiance
12. sting, tingle, throb, nip, hurt, smart (sensation)
13. sigh, moan, groan, heave a sigh, exhale noisily
14. commiseration, pity, sympathy
15. depart, leave, go away, quit, disappear, make tracks, be off, head off * arrive
16. snarled, knotted, twisted, jumbled, scrambled, tousled, matted * tidy
17. smother(verb), suffocate, stifle, choke, asphyxiate, overwhelm, overpower, oppress, repress
18. oppress, subjugate, tyrannize, coerce
19. visor, screen, blind, shade
20. sulky, morose, cross, petulant, in a huff, in a mood, resentful, sullen, in a bad temper
21. courtesy, good manners, politeness, civility, courteousness, consideration * bad manners
22. inevitable, predictable, expected, foreseeable, certain, unavoidable
23. tumble, fall, fall over, fall down, stumble, trip up, topple, drop, plummet
24. lurch, pitch, stagger, rock, tilt, reel, roll, sway, totter, wobble
25. wobble, shake, vibrate, tremble, quiver, bob