ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical; rabid &c (eager) 865.
rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary † , boisterous.
impulsive, impetuous, passionate; uncontrolled, uncontrollable; ungovernable,
irrepressible, stanchless † , inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst
forth, volatile.
excited, exciting &c 824.
Int. pish!, pshaw!,
Phr. noli me tangere [Lat.]; filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd [Collins]; maggiore fretta
minore atto [It].
826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability -- N. inexcitability † ,
imperturbability, inirritability † ; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance,
patience, coolth [Coll.].
passiveness &c (physical inertness) 172; hebetude † , hebetation † ; impassibility &c
(insensibility) 823; stupefaction.
coolness, calmness &c adj.; composure, placidity, indisturbance † , imperturbation † ,
sang froid [Fr.], tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness.
staidness &c adj.; gravity, sobriety, Quakerism † ; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism,
command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water
in one's veins; presence of mind.
submission &c 725; resignation; sufferance, supportance † , endurance, longsufferance † ,
forbearance; longanimity † ; fortitude; patience of Job, patience on a monument [Twelfth
Night], patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill' [Johnson]; moderation; repression of
feelings, subjugation of feeling; restraint &c 751.
tranquillization &c (moderation) 174 [Obs.].
V. be composed &c adj.. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; take things easily, take
things as they come; take it easy, rub on, live and let live; take easily, take cooly † , take in
good part; aequam servare mentem [Lat.].
bear the brunt, bear well; go through, support, endure, brave, disregard.
tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby † ; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide
with; acquiesce; submit &c (yield) 725; submit with a good grace; resign oneself to,
reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.
make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity' [Chaucer]; put a good face
on, keep one's countenance; check &c 751; check oneself.
compose, appease &c (moderate); 174; propitiate; repress &c (restrain) 751; render
insensible &c 823; overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's
excitability &c 825; master one's feelings.
make oneself easy; make one's mind easy; set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at
rest.
calm down, cool down; gentle; thaw, grow cool.
be borne, be endured; go down.
Adj. inexcitable † , unexcitable; imperturbable; unsusceptible &c (insensible) 823;
unpassionate † , dispassionate; cold-blooded, irritable; enduring &c v.; stoical, Platonic,
philosophic, staid, stayed; sober, sober minded; grave; sober as a judge, grave as a judge;
sedate, demure, cool-headed.