- 2. Enthusiastic, impassioned.
- 3. Highly finished, finely elaborated, delicately and intricately wrought.
Hilarious, a. Gay, jovial, jolly, joyful, merry, mirthful, in high spirits, exhilarated.
Hilarity, n. Gayety, mirth, merriment, jollity, joviality, joyousness, exhilaration, cheerfulness, glee, high spirits.
Hill, n. Eminence (less than a mountain), mount, rising ground, elevation.
Hillock, n. Knoll, mound, small hill, slight elevation.
Hilt, n. Handle (of a sword).
Hind, a. Back, hinder, posterior, rear.
Hind, n.
- 1. Female deer (of the stag or red deer).
- 2. Peasant, swain, boor, lout, rustic, clod-poll, bumpkin, clown, ploughman, bog-trotter, clod-hopper,
countryman.
Hinder, a. Hind, back, posterior, rear.
Hinder, v. a. Prevent (temporarily), impede, obstruct, stop, interrupt, retard, check, thwart, oppose, embarrass, encumber.
Hinderance, n. [Written also Hindrance.] Impediment, obstacle, stop, obstruction, interruption, check, restraint, encumbrance.
Hindmost, a. Last.
Hinge, v. n. Turn, depend, hang, be dependent.
Hinny, n. Mule.
Hinny, v. n. Neigh, whinny.
Hint, v. a. Suggest, intimate, insinuate, allude to, refer to, hint at, glance at, just mention, give an inkling of.
Hint, n. Intimation, suggestion, insinuation, allusion, slight mention.
Hint at. Suggest. See hint.
Hip, n. Haunch.
Hipped, Hippish, a. (Colloq.) Melancholy, hypochondriacal, blue, dejected, depressed, low-spirited, in low spirits.
Hippopotamus, n. River-horse.