Childrens Illustrated Thesaurus

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happiness

noun a feeling of great pleasure

» Shreya was overwhelmed

with happiness.

delight, ecstasy, elation,

joy, pleasure, satisfaction,

exuberance, felicity,

merriment

antonym: sadness

happy^1

adjective feeling or causing joy

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happy^2

adjective fortunate or lucky

» By happy coincidence,

Joe bumped into an old

friend on the train.

auspicious, convenient,

favourable, fortunate,

lucky, opportune, timely

antonym: unlucky

hard^1

adjective firm, solid, or rigid

» The cheese was so hard

he struggled to cut it.

firm, rigid, solid, stiff,

strong, tough

antonym: soft

hard^2

adjective requiring a lot

of effort » Clearing out

the garage was hard work,

so he always put it at the

bottom of his to-do list.

arduous, exhausting,

laborious, rigorous,

strenuous, tough

antonym: easy

hard^3

adjective difficult to understand

» Ava found her algebra

homework very hard.

baffling, complex,

complicated, difficult,

puzzling

antonym: simple

harden

verb to make or become stiff

or firm » Kat put the frosting

in the fridge to harden it.

bake, cake, freeze, set,

solidify, stiffen

antonym: soften

hardly

adverb almost not or not

quite » There is hardly

any drink left in the bottle.

barely, just, only just,

scarcely

hardship

noun difficult circumstances

» There are many countries

suffering financial hardship.

adversity, destitution,

difficulty, misfortune,

want, oppression,

privation, tribulation

harm^1

verb to injure someone

or damage something

» The bear ate our supplies,

but didn’t harm anyone.

abuse, damage, hurt,

ill-treat, ruin, wound

harm^2

noun injury or damage

» She accidentally trod on his

toe but didn’t mean to cause

him harm.

abuse, damage, hurt, injury

harmful

adjective having a bad effect

on something » Eating

chocolate is harmful to dogs.

damaging, destructive,

detrimental, hurtful,

pernicious, baleful, baneful,

deleterious, injurious

antonym: harmless

There is hardly any drink left

in the bottle.

Ava found her algebra homework

very hard.

over the moon euphoric

thrilled

overjoyed ecstatic

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