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heated adj. impassioned, excited, intensified, aroused, quickened,
stimulated, inflamed, vehement, fiery, frenzied, frantic,
frenetic, passionate, fervent, fervid, ardent, intense, furious,
stormy, tempestuous, violent; angry, bitter: There was a heated
dispute over animal rights, which finally led to blows.
heathen n. 1 unbeliever, infidel, pagan, idolater or idolatress,
polytheist, atheist, nullifidian, sceptic, agnostic, heretic:
One often finds more mercy in a heathen than in a brother
Christian.
--adj. 2 infidel, pagan, atheist(ic), godless, nullifidian,
sceptic(al), doubting, agnostic, heretical, irreligious: After
the missionaries left, the tribe returned to their heathen
practices. 3 savage, barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized,
primitive, unenlightened, uncultured, Philistine; polytheistic,
pantheistic: Each of these tribesmen carries with him a tiny
sculptured image of the heathen god.
heave v. 1 raise, lift, hoist, haul, pull, draw, tug; move: We
heaved in the anchor and made sail. 2 throw, toss, hurl, fling,
cast, sling, pitch, let fly, send, launch, Colloq peg, chuck:
When he heaved the sword into the lake a hand rose from the
waters and caught it. 3 breathe, utter, sigh, groan, moan, gasp:
We heaved a sigh of relief when we heard that they had been
found. 4 gag, retch, vomit, be sick, regurgitate, disgorge,
Colloq throw up, Slang puke, lose one's lunch, return one's
dinner, US upchuck, spiff one's biscuits: The smell of petrol
always makes me heave.
heaven n. 1 paradise, bliss, hereafter, nirvana, Abraham's bosom,
Elysian Fields or Elysium, Valhalla, Zion, happy
hunting-grounds, Avalon, Isles of the Blessed, the Blessed or
Fortunate or Happy Isles or Islands: Will I go to heaven when I
die? 2 heavens. sky, skies, firmament, Literary welkin,
empyrean: The heavens opened and the rain started to pour down.
3 happiness, bliss, joy, rapture, ecstasy, paradise,
contentment, seventh heaven, Eden, Garden of Eden, Utopia,
heaven on earth, paradise on earth: Darby said that his years
with Joan had been sheer heaven.
heavenly adj. 1 divine, angelic, seraphic, celestial, holy, immortal,
blessed, beatific, beatified, spiritual, saintly; supernal,