"Section II: Significant Phrases" (pp65-91) from Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases (New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1917) by Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953).
A - abashed and ashamed
- abhorrence and repulsion
- abilities and attainments
- abject and hopeless
- ably and vigorously
- abrupt and perilous
- absolute and eternal
- absorbed and occupied
- abstinence and self-denial
- abstract and metaphysical
- absurd and impertinent
- abundant and sustained
- abuse and slander
- accentual and rhythmic
- accidental and temporary
- accomplished and popular
- accurate and illuminating
- achievement and character
- acquisition and possession
- active and aggressive
- actual and immediate
- acute and painful
- admirable and accomplished
- adorned and amplified
- adroitness and judgment
- adventurous and prodigal
- advice and assistance
- affable and courteous
- affectation and coquetry
- affectionate and warm-hearted
- affluent and exuberant
- affright and abhorrence
- agencies and influences
- ages and generations
- aggrandizement and plunder
- agreeable and ingenuous
- aggressive and sullen
- aghast and incredulous
- agility and briskness
- agitate and control
- agony and despair
- aids and auxiliaries
- aim and purpose
- airy and frivolous
- alarm and uneasiness
- alert and unsparing
- all and sundry
- allegiance and fidelity
- alone and undistracted
- alterations and additions
- amazement and admiration
- ambiguity and disagreement
- ambition and determination
- amiable and unpretending
- ample and admirable
- amusing and clever
- analytical and critical
- anarchy and chaos
- ancient and venerable
- anecdote and reminiscence
- anger and fury
- anguish and hopelessness
- animated and effective
- anomalies and absurdities
- antagonism and opposition
- antipathies and distastes
- antiquated and obsolete
- anxiety and trepidation
- apathy and torpor
- apologetic and uneasy
- appalling and devastating
- apparent and palpable
- appearance and surroundings
- apprehensive and anxious
- appropriate and eloquent
- approve and admire
- apt and novel
- archness and vivacity
- ardent and aspiring
- argument and inference
- arid and unprofitable
- arrangement and combination
- arrogant and overbearing
- artificial and elaborate
- artistic and literary
- artlessness and urbanity
- ashamed and speechless
- aspects and phases
- aspiring and triumphal
- assiduity and success
- assimilated and combined
- assuaged and pacified
- astonished and curious
- astound and perplex
- athletic and nimble
- atonement and forgiveness
- atrocious and abominable
- attacks and intrigues
- attention and respect
- attitudes and expressions
- attractiveness and ability
- audacity and skill
- august and splendid
- austere and icy
- available and capable
- avarice and cruelty
- avidity and earnestness
- awake and active
- awe and reverence
- awkwardness and crudity
B - babel and confusion
- backbone and sinew
- baffled and disappointed
- balanced and forceful
- barbarity and wickedness
- bards and sages
- base and unworthy
- beam and blaze
- bearing and address
- beautiful and majestic
- bedraggled and disappointed
- befogged and stupefied
- beliefs and practises
- bellowing and shouting
- benevolence and candor
- benign and hopeful
- bent and disposition
- benumbed and powerless
- bewildered and stupefied
- bigots and blockheads
- billing and cooing
- birth and breeding
- bite and sting
- bits and scraps
- bitter and disdainful
- black and solitary
- bland and ingenious
- blasphemous and profane
- bleak and unrelenting
- blend and harmonize
- blessing and benediction
- blind and unreasoning
- blundering and plundering
- blurred and confused
- bluster and vulgarity
- boast and assertion
- bold and haughty
- bombast and egotism
- bone and sinew
- boundless and unlimited
- bourgeois and snobbish
- brag and chatter
- bravado and cowardice
- brave and chivalrous
- breathless and reverential
- brevity and condensation
- bribery and corruption
- brief and pithy
- bright and vivacious
- brilliancy and grace
- brisk and enlivening
- broad and deep
- brooding and solemn
- brutal and degrading
- bulks and masses
- bungling and trifling
- businesslike and practicable
- bustle and business
C - cajoled and bullied
- calamity and sorrow
- callous and impervious
- calmness and composure
- calumny and exaggeration
- candor and kindness
- cant and hypocrisy
- capable and efficient
- capacity and ability
- capricious and unreasonable
- career and occupation
- cares and anxieties
- carping and ungenerous
- casual and transient
- causes and circumstances
- cautious and reticent
- celebrated and praised
- celerity and violence
- ceremony and splendor
- certain and verifiable
- chafe and exasperate
- chagrin and despondency
- chance and opportunity
- change and variety
- chaos and confusion
- character and temperament
- characteristic and complete
- charges and insinuations
- charm and perfection
- chaste and refined
- cheap and convenient
- checked and thwarted
- cheerfulness and gaiety
- cherish and guard
- chief and paramount
- chilled and stiffened
- choleric and sanguine
- churlishness and violence
- citation and allusion
- civility and communicativeness
- civilized and cultured
- clamorous and wild
- claptrap and platitude
- clarity and straightforwardness
- classical and perspicuous
- clatter and clang
- clear and decisive
- cleverness and acuteness
- clogged and dulled
- clumsy and smudgy
- coarse and grotesque
- coaxed and threatened
- coexistent and correlative
- cogent and conclusive
- cohesion and sequence
- cold and unemotional
- comely and vivacious
- comfort and security
- command and threaten
- common and familiar
- commotion and annoyance
- compact and complete
- comparison and discrimination
- compass and power
- competent and experienced
- complaints and imprecations
- complaisance and readiness
- complete and permanent
- complex and various
- composure and gracefulness
- comprehensive and accurate
- compression and pregnancy
- conceal and deny
- conceit and impertinence
- conceived and consummated
- concentrated and intensified
- conception and treatment
- concern and wonder
- concise and emphatic
- concrete and definite
- condemned and upbraided
- conditions and limitations
- confession and doubt
- confidence and loyalty
- confusion and dismay
- congratulations and welcomings
- connection and interdependence
- conquered and transformed
- conquest and acquisition
- consciously and purposely
- consistent and harmonious
- conspicuous and impressive
- conspired and contrived
- constant and intimate
- constructive and vital
- contemn and decry
- contempt and indignation
- contentment and serenity
- continuous and undeviating
- contorted and fantastic
- contradictions and inconsistencies
- contrast and comparison
- contrivance and disguise
- conventional and limited
- cool and indifferent
- copiousness and vivacity
- cordial and cheerful
- corruption and decay
- costly and gorgeous
- counselor and guide
- countless and indescribable
- courage and endurance
- courted and feted
- courteous and sympathetic
- coveted and deserved
- coy and furtive
- cramped and distorted
- creative and inventive
- credulity and ignorance
- creeds and dogmas
- crime and misdemeanor
- crippled and maimed
- crises and struggles
- crisp and sparkling
- critical and skeptical
- crowded and jostled
- crowned and sceptered
- crude and primitive
- cruel and rapacious
- crumbling and shapeless
- crushed and bewildered
- cultured and refined
- cumbrous and diffuse
- cunning and cruelty
- curious and inexpressible
- curved and channeled
- customs and manners
- cynical and contemptuous
D - dangers and pitfalls
- daring and resolute
- dark and starless
- dart and quiver
- dashing and careless
- dates and details
- dazzled and confounded
- debased and demoralized
- debilitating and futile
- decencies and restraints
- deception and cruelty
- decided and definite
- declamation and delivery
- decline and decay
- deductions and inferences
- deep and subtle
- deface and injure
- defame and tarnish
- deference and concession
- defiant and antagonistic
- deficient and unskilled
- definite and memorable
- deft and offensive
- degraded and dishonored
- deliberate and effective
- delicate and lambent
- delight and consolation
- delusion and trickery
- demands and expectations
- demeanor and conduct
- demoralizing and enfeebling
- denial and defense
- dense and luminous
- denunciations and censures
- deplorable and baneful
- depravity and frivolity
- depressing and discouraging
- depth and richness
- derision and skepticism
- described and classified
- desecration and decay
- designs and activities
- desires and motives
- desolation and wretchedness
- despatch and resolution
- desperation and defiance
- despise and satirize
- despoiled and destroyed
- despondency and melancholy
- despotism and coercion
- destitution and misery
- desultory and slipshod
- detached and isolated
- determined and courageous
- detestable and intolerable
- development and culture
- devoted and unwavering
- dictatorial and insolent
- diction and pronunciation
- differences and disputes
- difficult and arduous
- diffidence and constraint
- diffuseness and warmth
- dignified and austere
- digressive and wanton
- dilatory and hesitating
- diligent and sedulous
- dim and distant
- din and traffic
- directed and controlled
- disagreeable and painful
- disappointed and abashed
- disapprobation and condemnation
- disapproval and apprehension
- discipline and development
- discomfiture and degradation
- disconcerted and dismayed
- discontent and disquiet
- discords and differences
- discouraging and distressing
- discovery and invention
- discretion and moderation
- disdain and mockery
- disfigured and shapeless
- disgrace and ruin
- disgust and dismay
- dishonor and ruin
- disillusioned and ironical
- disintegration and decay
- disinterested and gracious
- disjointed and voluble
- dislike and disdain
- dislocation and chaos
- dismay and apprehension
- dispirit and discourage
- disposition and power
- disquietude and uneasiness
- dissolute and hateful
- dissolve and disappear
- distant and diverse
- distended and distorted
- distinctive and appropriate
- distinguishing and differentiating
- distress and humiliation
- distrust and aversion
- disturbed and anxious
- diverging and contracting
- docile and obedient
- dogma and ritual
- dominant and permanent
- dormant and subdued
- doubt and trepidation
- dramatic and sensational
- drastic and revolutionary
- dread and terror
- dreams and ambitions
- dreariness and desolation
- dregs and sediments
- drill and discipline
- driveling and childish
- drollery and ridicule
- drooping and disconsolate
- dubious and dangerous
- dull and spiritless
- dumb and nerveless
- dupe and victim
- duplicity and equivocation
- dust and oblivion
- duties and difficulties
- dwarfed and obscured
- dwindle and disappear
E - eagerness and ecstasy
- earnestness and animation
- ease and lightness
- ebb and flow
- eclectic and assimilated
- edifying and enchanting
- education and skill
- effective and competent
- efficiency and success
- egotism and bigotry
- elaboration and display
- elation and delight
- elegance and gentility
- elementary and simple
- elevate and ennoble
- eligibility and suitableness
- elongated and narrow
- eloquent and expressive
- elusive and exquisite
- embarrassed and concerned
- embittered and despairing
- embodiment and actualization
- emerged and flowered
- eminent and remarkable
- emoluments and honors
- emotion and passion
- emphasize and magnify
- employment and profession
- encouragement and stimulus
- energy and activity
- enfeebled and exhausted
- enfold and enwrap
- engulfed and buried
- enjoyment and satisfaction
- enlightenment and progress
- enraptured and amazed
- enriched and ennobled
- enslave and dominate
- enterprising and intelligent
- entertaining and diverting
- enthusiasm and zeal
- enticing and alluring
- entire and complete
- environment and training
- envy and despair
- ephemeral and feeble
- episodes and interludes
- epithet and description
- equality and solidarity
- equity and justice
- erratic and confused
- errors and infirmities
- essential and predominating
- estimable and agreeable
- eternal and sublime
- ethical and religious
- ever and anon
- evident and manifest
- exactitude and completeness
- exaggerate and distort
- exaltation and enthusiasm
- examination and comparison
- examples and models
- exasperations and paroxysms
- excellent and worthy
- exceptional and remarkable
- excessive and unreasonable
- excitable and irritable
- exclusive and limited
- excusable and justifiable
- execration and defiance
- exertion and excitement
- exhaustion and fatigue
- exhibition and display
- exhilarating and beneficial
- exigency and requirement
- expansive and digressive
- expediency and utility
- expensive and unprofitable
- experience and skill
- experiment and explorations
- expert and vigorous
- explanation and elucidation
- explore and examine
- expressions and exclamations
- expressive and effective
- exquisite and powerful
- extent and importance
- extraordinary and unexpected
- extravagant and grotesque
- extreme and morbid
- exuberant and infectious
F - fabulous and fabricated
- facile and brilliant
- facts and traditions
- faculties and powers
- faded and withered
- failures and misadventures
- faint and obscure
- fair and impartial
- faith and reverence
- fallacy and danger
- false and fugitive
- fame and fortune
- familiar and gracious
- famous and foremost
- fancies and sentiments
- fanciful and chimerical
- fantastic and meretricious
- fascination and awe
- fashion and frivolity
- fastidious and exacting
- fatigued and careworn
- faults and delusions
- favors and kindnesses
- fear and bewilderment
- feasible and practical
- feebleness and folly
- feeling and passion
- felicitous and exquisite
- ferocious and mercenary
- fertility and vigor
- fervor and simplicity
- feverishly and furiously
- fickle and uncertain
- fidelity and zeal
- fierce and menacing
- fiery and controversial
- final and irreversible
- finish and completeness
- firm and decisive
- first and foremost
- fitful and capricious
- fitting and appropriate
- fixity and finality
- flaming and mendacious
- flare and flicker
- flatness and insipidity
- flattery and toadyism
- flexible and spontaneous
- flickering and ambiguous
- flighty and impetuous
- flippant and contemptuous
- florid and healthy
- flotsam and jetsam
- flow and fullness
- flowery and figurative
- fluctuating and transitory
- fluency and flippancy
- fluttering and restless
- focus and concentrate
- fogs and complications
- foibles and follies
- foiled and defeated
- folly and indecorum
- fools and underlings
- force and effectiveness
- formal and cold
- formidable and profound
- formlessness and exaggeration
- fortitude and perseverance
- foul and ominous
- fragile and pale
- fragments and morsels
- fragrance and beauty
- frailties and absurdities
- frank and genial
- free and independent
- frequent and poignant
- freshness and fragrance
- fretful and timorous
- friend and benefactor
- frigid and pompous
- frivolous and empty
- froth and effervescence
- frustrated and confounded
- fuddled and contradictory
- full and sonorous
- fumbling and blundering
- fuming and bustling
- fun and satire
- function and aim
- fundamental and necessary
- furrowed and ragged
- furtive and illusive
- fury and madness
- fussing and fuming
- futile and untrustworthy
G - gaiety and grace
- gallant and proud
- galling and humiliating
- gaunt and ghastly
- gay and genial
- general and universal
- generosity and prodigality
- generous and humane
- genial and refreshing
- genius and reputation
- gentle and amiable
- genuine and infectious
- germ and root
- gesticulation and emphasis
- ghastly and inconceivable
- gifts and graces
- gigantic and portentous
- glamour and fascination
- glare and pretension
- glib and loquacious
- glitter and glamour
- gloomy and morose
- glorious and gorgeous
- glowing and exaggerated
- glum and grim
- goodness and rectitude
- goodwill and merriment
- gorgeousness and splendor
- gossiping and grumbling
- govern and overrule
- grace and dignity
- gracious and generous
- gradual and progressive
- graft and dishonesty
- grand and sublime
- grandeur and massiveness
- grandiose and oracular
- graphic and gorgeous
- gratification and enjoyment
- gratitude and generosity
- gratuitous and ungracious
- grave and stately
- graveyards and solitudes
- greatness and stability
- greed and covetousness
- grief and remorse
- grim and sullen
- grimaces and gesticulations
- grope and fumble
- grossness and brutality
- grotesque and monstrous
- grouped and combined
- growth and development
- guesses and fancies
- guidance and inspiration
- gush and hysteria
- gusto and effect
H - habits and humors
- habitual and intuitive
- hackneyed and tawdry
- haggard and pale
- handsome and amiable
- haphazard and dangerous
- happiness and pleasantness
- harass and pursue
- hard and unsparing
- hardships and indignities
- harmony and beauty
- harsh and austere
- hasty and unwarranted
- hateful and loathsome
- haughtiness and arrogance
- hauteur and disdain
- hazard and peril
- hazy and indefinite
- headstrong and foolish
- healthy and vigorous
- hearth and shrine
- heartless and hypocritical
- heat and impatience
- heaviness and weariness
- hecklings and interruptions
- hectic and pitiful
- heretics and schismatics
- heritage and privilege
- heroism and wisdom
- hesitation and irresolution
- hideous and grotesque
- high and conscientious
- hilarity and mirth
- hints and suggestions
- history and tradition
- hither and thither
- hoarse and rumbling
- hobbies and eccentricities
- hollowness and unreality
- holy and prayerful
- homeliness and simplicity
- honestly and confessedly
- honors and emoluments
- hooted and mobbed
- hopes and prospects
- horror and ghastliness
- hospitality and magnificence
- hubbub and confusion
- huge and unwieldy
- humane and sympathetic
- humility and devoutness
- humors and singularities
- hurry and bustle
- hushed and still
- husks and phantoms
- hypocrisy and impudence
I - ideas and achievements
- idle and presumptuous
- ignoble and shabby
- ignominy and misfortune
- ignorance and superstition
- illiterate and unfit
- ill-tempered and unjust
- illuminative and suggestive
- illustrative and typical
- images and impressions
- imagination and memory
- imbitter and exasperate
- imitators and disciples
- immature and unpromising
- immediate and instantaneous
- immensity and intricacy
- imminent and terrible
- immovable and unchangeable
- impalpable and spiritual
- impassioned and energetic
- impatient and restless
- imperfection and fallibility
- imperil and destroy
- imperious and ruthless
- impertinent and personal
- impinging and inexorable
- implacable and destructive
- important and formidable
- imposed and enforced
- impossibilities and absurdities
- impressible and plastic
- improvement and progress
- imprudent and thoughtless
- impulse and indignation
- inaccessible and audacious
- inactive and supine
- inadequate and misleading
- inapplicable and alien
- inarticulate and confused
- inborn and native
- incensed and alarmed
- inchoate and tentative
- incoherent and inconclusive
- incompetence and ignorance
- incomplete and erroneous
- incongruity and absurdity
- inconvenient and troublesome
- incorrigible and irrepressible
- incredulous and mortified
- indefatigable and irresistible
- indefinite and vague
- independent and democratic
- indifference and brevity
- indigence and obscurity
- indignation and chagrin
- indirectly and unconsciously
- indispensable and irreplaceable
- indistinct and misty
- indolence and indifference
- indomitable and dogged
- indorsed and applauded
- indulge and cherish
- industrious and vigilant
- ineffective and bungling
- inert and uncertain
- inevitable and assured
- inexhaustible and indomitable
- inexperienced and timid
- infallible and disdainful
- inference and suggestion
- infinite and eternal
- inflexible and unchanging
- influence and authority
- informed and competent
- ingenious and eloquent
- ingratitude and cruelty
- inharmonious and irregular
- injustice and inhumanity
- innocence and fidelity
- innuendo and suggestion
- inopportune and futile
- insanely and blindly
- inscrutable and perplexing
- insecurity and precariousness
- insensibly and graciously
- insignificant and transitory
- insincere and worthless
- insipid and silly
- insistent and incongruous
- insolence and absurdity
- inspiring and animating
- instant and momentous
- instinctive and rational
- insulted and thwarted
- intangible and indefinable
- integral and indestructible
- integrity and honor
- intelligence and insight
- intense and overpowering
- intentness and interest
- interesting and engrossing
- intimate and familiar
- intolerant and bumptious
- intractable and untameable
- intricate and endless
- intrusive and unmannerly
- intuitive and axiomatic
- invasion and aggression
- invective and innuendo
- investigation and research
- invidious and painful
- inviolate and unscathed
- invisible and silent
- involuntary and automatic
- irksome and distasteful
- irrational and excessive
- irregular and intermittent
- irreligious and immoral
- irremediable and eternal
- irrepressible and insistent
- irreverence and ingratitude
- irritable and churlish
- isolated and detached
J - jabber and chatter
- jagged and multifarious
- jargon and absurdity
- jaundiced and jealous
- jeer and scoff
- jeopardy and instability
- jests and sarcasms
- jocular and vivacious
- jostle and stumble
- joy and felicity
- jubilant and boastful
- judgment and discretion
- judicious and acute
- juggled and manipulated
- jumble and confuse
- juncture and circumstance
- jurisdiction and authority
- justice and virtue
- juvenile and budding
K - keen and pertinacious
- kind and forbearing
- kindle and intensify
- kindred and analogous
- kingly and autocratic
- knavish and tyrannical
- knowledge and conviction
- known and recognized
L - labor and drudgery
- lame and impotent
- lamentable and depressing
- languid and indifferent
- large and opulent
- lassitude and languor
- latent and lifeless
- latitude and scope
- laudable and deserving
- laughable and grotesque
- lavish and wasteful
- lawlessness and violence
- laxity and forbearance
- laziness and profligacy
- leafage and fruitage
- learning and austerity
- legends and traditions
- legitimate and logical
- leisure and tranquillity
- lengthy and diffuse
- lenient and sympathetic
- lethargy and sloth
- levity and gaiety
- liberal and ample
- liberty and freedom
- license and laxity
- likely and plausible
- limited and abbreviated
- listless and inert
- literal and exact
- literary and artistic
- lithe and sinewy
- lively and poignant
- loathsome and abject
- lofty and sonorous
- logical and consistent
- loquacity and exuberance
- loss and deterioration
- loud and passionate
- loving and reverential
- low and groveling
- loyal and devoted
- lucidity and vividness
- lucky and propitious
- lucrative and advantageous
- ludicrous and detestable
- lugubrious and unfortunate
- lukewarm and indifferent
- lull and silence
- luminous and keen
- lure and captivate
- lurid and fiery
- luscious and lasting
- luster and resplendence
- lusty and big-sounding
- luxury and pomp
M - madness and folly
- magical and secret
- magnificent and luxurious
- majestic and imposing
- malice and revenge
- malignity and spitefulness
- manifold and complex
- manly and powerful
- manner and conduct
- marvels and mysteries
- massive and compact
- masterly and convincing
- materialistic and sordid
- maternal and filial
- maudlin and grotesque
- maxims and morals
- meager and bare
- mean and debasing
- meaning and significance
- means and materials
- mechanical and monotonous
- meddling and muddling
- meditative and sympathetic
- meek and manageable
- melody and softness
- memorable and glorious
- menace and superciliousness
- merciful and chivalrous
- merciless and unpitying
- merit and virtue
- mighty and majestic
- mild and virtuous
- mince and temporize
- minds and memories
- minuteness and fidelity
- mirth and joviality
- misdemeanors and improprieties
- misery and degradation
- misrepresented and reviled
- misty and indefinite
- mobile and expressive
- mockery and imposture
- moderate and cautious
- modes and methods
- modest and retiring
- molding and upbuilding
- momentary and languid
- momentous and appalling
- monopoly and injustice
- monotony and indecorum
- monstrous and insupportable
- moody and brooding
- moral and religious
- morbid and irritable
- motionless and commanding
- motives and aims
- mud and mire
- muddled and incoherent
- murmurs and reproaches
- muscularity and morality
- mutable and fleeting
- mute and insensate
- mutilated and disfigured
- muttering and murmuring
- mutual and friendly
- mysterious and incomprehensible
- mystic and wonderful
N - nagging and squabbling
- nameless and obscure
- narrow and timorous
- natural and spontaneous
- nauseous and disgusting
- neatness and propriety
- necessarily and essentially
- needs and demands
- nefarious and malevolent
- negations and contradictions
- neglect and evade
- negotiate and bargain
- nerve and fiber
- neutral and colorless
- nicety and precision
- nimble and airy
- noble and powerful
- nodding and blinking
- noisy and scurrilous
- nonsense and absurdity
- nooks and corners
- notable and conspicuous
- noted and distinguished
- noteworthy and intelligible
- notoriety and prominence
- nourish and foster
- novelty and freshness
- novice and ignoramus
- nucleus and beginning
- nugatory and ineffectual
- nullify and destroy
- number and variety
- numerous and important
O - oaths and revilings
- obdurate and impenitent
- obedient and dutious
- obeisance and submission
- objectionable and inexpedient
- obligation and dependence
- obliquity and hypocrisy
- oblivious and insensible
- obloquy and detraction
- obnoxious and odious
- obscure and enigmatical
- obsequies and panegyrics
- obsequious and conciliating
- observations and reflections
- obstacles and disasters
- obstinate and stupid
- obstreperous and noisy
- obtrusive and vulgar
- obtuse and imbecile
- obvious and palpable
- occasional and contingent
- occult and hidden
- occupations and habits
- odd and dismal
- odious and oppressive
- offensive and aggressive
- official and authoritative
- oily and servile
- old and decrepit
- ominous and untrustworthy
- omnivorous and sordid
- oneness and unity
- onerous and perplexing
- open and inviting
- opinions and hypotheses
- opportunism and inconsistency
- opposite and discordant
- oppressed and sullen
- optimistic and reassuring
- opulence and magnitude
- oracular and occult
- order and uniformity
- organic and rational
- organization and system
- origin and discovery
- original and attractive
- ornate and variegated
- ostensible and explicit
- ostentatiousness and gaiety
- outlines and appearances
- outrageous and scandalous
- overburdened and confused
- overcome and vanquish
- overstep and contravene
- overt and unmistakable
- overwearied and outworn
- overworked and fagged
P - pains and penalties
- painstaking and cumbersome
- pale and anxious
- palpable and plain
- paltry and inglorious
- pampered and petted
- parade and display
- parched and dry
- partial and provisional
- particularly and individually
- parties and sects
- passion and prejudice
- passive and indifferent
- pastimes and diversions
- patent and pertinent
- pathos and terror
- patience and perseverance
- patriotism and reverence
- pattern and exemplar
- peaks and pinnacles
- pedagogue and pedant
- pedantries and affectations
- pedigree and genealogy
- peevishness and spleen
- pellucid and crystal
- penetrating and insidious
- penned and planned
- peppery and impetuous
- perception and recognition
- peremptorily and irrevocably
- perilous and shifting
- permanent and unchangeable
- permeate and purify
- pernicious and malign
- perplexity and confusion
- persistent and reiterated
- personal and specific
- perspicuous and flowing
- perturbed and restless
- perverted and prejudicial
- pessimistic and disenchanted
- pestilence and famine
- petted and indulged
- pettiness and prudence
- petulance and acrimony
- pharisaical and bitter
- pictorial and dramatic
- picturesque and illustrative
- pilgrim and crusader
- pillage and demolish
- piquant and palatable
- pith and brevity
- pitiful and destitute
- place and power
- plagued and persecuted
- plainness and severity
- plaintive and mournful
- plans and projects
- plastic and ductile
- plausibility and humbug
- pleasant and pungent
- pleasurable and wholesome
- pliant and submissive
- plot and verisimilitude
- plunder and sacrilege
- poetical and pastoral
- pointless and ineffective
- polite and elegant
- political and sociological
- pomp and pageantry
- ponderous and unwieldy
- poor and barren
- possession and dominion
- potent and prevailing
- power and luxury
- praise and commend
- precedence and usage
- precision and efficiency
- preference and prejudice
- pregnant and suggestive
- prejudice and predilection
- presence and address
- present and tangible
- prestige and authority
- presumptuous and futile
- pretentious and inept
- pretty and enchanting
- pride and indignation
- primary and essential
- priority and predominance
- probity and candor
- prodigal and careless
- profile and outline
- profound and philosophical
- profuse and tearful
- prolix and tedious
- prominence and importance
- promise and performance
- promptitude and dispatch
- proneness and readiness
- pronounced and diversified
- proof and illustration
- propensity and desire
- proportion and consistency
- propriety and delicacy
- prostration and loss
- protection and safety
- protesting and repelling
- protracted and fruitless
- provincialism and vulgarity
- prudent and sagacious
- puerile and sickly
- puffy and dissipated
- puissant and vigorous
- punctilious and severe
- purity and simplicity
- purpose and intention
- pusillanimous and petty
- puzzled and affected
Q - quackery and incompetence
- quaintness and oddity
- qualities and gifts
- quarrel and wrangle
- queer and affected
- querulous and plaintive
- quibble and fabricate
- quickness and agility
- quiet and unobtrusive
- quintessential and nuclear
- quips and cranks
- quirks and graces
- quivering and fearful
- quizzical and whimsical
R - racked and oppressed
- racy and incisive
- rage and apprehension
- rank and learning
- rant and gush
- rapacity and villainy
- rapidity and precision
- rapt and silent
- rapture and enthusiasm
- rare and exquisite
- rashness and heedlessness
- ready and spontaneous
- real and positive
- realistic and effective
- reasonable and practical
- rebellion and disloyalty
- rebuffs and anxieties
- receptive and responsive
- recognized and honored
- recoil and reaction
- reconciliation and peace
- recondite and abstruse
- reconnoiter and explore
- recreation and amusement
- rectitude and delicacy
- redeeming and transforming
- refined and dignified
- refreshing and invigorating
- regard and esteem
- regret and remorse
- regular and symmetrical
- rejection and scorn
- reliable and trustworthy
- relief and redress
- remarkable and interesting
- remorseful and sullen
- remote and distant
- rend and devastate
- repellent and ungracious
- repetition and reiteration
- repress and silence
- repugnance and aversion
- repulsive and loathsome
- resentment and indignation
- reserve and coyness
- resistless and implacable
- resolution and effort
- resonant and tuneful
- resourceful and unscrupulous
- respected and obeyed
- responsibilities and burdens
- restive and bored
- restless and impatient
- retaliation and revenge
- reticence and repose
- revered and cherished
- reverses and disasters
- revised and corrected
- revolution and sedition
- rhapsodies and panegyrics
- richness and fertility
- ridicule and censure
- right and praiseworthy
- rigid and inexpressive
- ripeness and plenitude
- rivals and antagonists
- roar and ring
- robust and rugged
- rococo and affected
- romantic and pathetic
- rough and barren
- roundabout and complicated
- roused and stimulated
- rude and fiery
- rugged and inaccessible
- rumors and impressions
- rushing and gurgling
- rust and disuse
S - sad and melancholy
- sagacity and virtue
- sane and simple
- sarcastic and cruel
- sayings and quibbles
- scant and incidental
- scattered and desultory
- scenes and associations
- scholastic and erudite
- scientific and exact
- scintillating and brilliant
- scoffing and unbelief
- scope and significance
- scorched and shriveled
- scorn and loathing
- scrupulous and anxious
- scrutiny and investigation
- searching and irresistible
- seared and scorched
- secondary and subsidiary
- secretive and furtive
- sedate and serious
- selfish and overbearing
- sensational and trivial
- senseless and unreasoning
- sensibilities and emotions
- sensitive and capricious
- sententious and tiresome
- sentiment and passion
- serene and quiet
- serious and studious
- severe and saturnine
- shabbiness and vulgarity
- shadowy and confused
- shame and mortification
- shams and hypocrisies
- shaped and sculptured
- sharp and vigorous
- shelter and safeguard
- shifts and compromises
- shivering and chattering
- shocked and astonished
- short and precarious
- shreds and tatters
- shrewd and diligent
- shrill and piercing
- shrinking and nervous
- shy and subdued
- significant and sinister
- signs and tokens
- silence and obscurity
- similarities and resemblances
- simple and straightforward
- simpletons and nincompoops
- sincerity and frankness
- sinewy and active
- skill and coolness
- skulk and shirk
- sleek and languid
- slight and precarious
- slipshod and untidy
- slothfulness and perversity
- slow and sluggish
- slumbering and unsuspected
- small and hampered
- smirched and tarnished
- smoothness and artifice
- sneering and sentimental
- soberly and truthfully
- softness and effeminacy
- solemn and dramatic
- solitary and idle
- solitude and depression
- sonorous and musical
- sons and scions
- soporific and sodden
- sordid and stupid
- sorrow and lamentation
- soulless and mindless
- sovereign and independent
- spacious and lofty
- sparkling and spontaneous
- spasmodic and hysterical
- speedy and inevitable
- spicy and pungent
- spiritual and invisible
- spiteful and sordid
- splash and dash
- splendor and glory
- spontaneity and intensity
- sportive and playful
- sprightly and vigorous
- spur and impulse
- spurious and misleading
- squalid and dismal
- stare and gasp
- stately and ponderous
- statesmanship and character
- staunch and influential
- stay and solace
- steadfast and resolute
- steadily and patiently
- stealthy and hostile
- stern and unbending
- stiff and cumbersome
- stifling and venomous
- still and translucent
- stimulating and wholesome
- stings and stimulants
- stir and tumult
- stolid and soulless
- strain and struggle
- strange and incomprehensible
- stratagems and plots
- strenuous and energetic
- strictly and absolutely
- strife and contention
- striking and picturesque
- strong and youthful
- structure and organization
- struggles and misgivings
- studied and artificial
- stunned and insensible
- stupor and despair
- sturdy and manly
- style and temperament
- suave and winning
- sublime and aspiring
- submission and patience
- subordinate and dependent
- substance and basis
- subtle and elusive
- suddenness and vehemence
- suffering and desperation
- suffused and transfigured
- suggestions and stimulations
- sullen and fierce
- summarize and epitomize
- sumptuous and aromatic
- sunshine and smiles
- superb and showy
- supercilious and obstinate
- superficial and obvious
- superfluous and impertinent
- suppressed and restrained
- surmises and suggestions
- surprise and wonder
- susceptibility and vulnerability
- suspense and excitement
- suspicion and innuendo
- sustained and measured
- sweet and wholesome
- swelled and bloated
- swift and stealthy
- swoop and range
- symbolism and imagery
- sympathetic and consoling
T - taciturn and laconic
- tactful and conciliatory
- talkative and effusive
- tame and insipid
- tangible and sufficient
- tangled and shapeless
- tardy and belated
- tartness and contradiction
- taste and elegance
- tattle and babble
- taunt and reproach
- tawdry and penurious
- tears and lamentations
- tedious and trivial
- temperament and taste
- temperately and judiciously
- tempest and violence
- temporal and evanescent
- tenacity and coherence
- tender and emotional
- tense and straining
- tentative and experimental
- terrible and satanical
- testiness and crabbedness
- thankfulness and acknowledgment
- theories and speculations
- thorough and effective
- threatening and formidable
- thriftless and unenterprising
- thrilling and vitalizing
- ties and associations
- time and opportunity
- timid and vacillating
- tiresome and laborious
- tolerant and kindly
- tone and treatment
- topics and instances
- tormented and tantalized
- tortuous and twisted
- tottering and hopeless
- touched and thrilled
- tractable and gracious
- traditions and practises
- training and temperament
- tranquillity and benevolence
- transfuse and irradiate
- transitory and temporary
- transparent and comprehensible
- treacherous and cowardly
- tremble and oscillate
- trenchant and straightforward
- trials and tribulations
- tricks and stratagems
- trifling and doubtful
- trite and commonplace
- trivial and ridiculous
- troublous and menacing
- truisms and trivialities
- trust and confidence
- truth and righteousness
- turbid and noisome
- turgid and bombastic
- turmoil and shouting
- twisted and perverted
- type and forerunner
- tyrant and oppressor
U - unaccountable and grotesque
- unaffected and undaunted
- unapproached and unapproachable
- unassuming and unpretending
- unchangeable and enduring
- unconsciously and innocently
- uncouth and barbarous
- unctuous and irresistible
- undeveloped and ignorant
- undignified and futile
- uneasiness and apprehension
- uneducated and inexperienced
- unfamiliar and distant
- unfettered and vigorous
- unforced and unchecked
- unfortunate and unparalleled
- unfounded and incredible
- ungracious and reluctant
- unhappiness and discomfort
- unique and original
- unity and completeness
- unjust and ungrateful
- unlimited and absolute
- unnatural and harmful
- unobserved and unsuspected
- unobtrusive and tactful
- unparalleled and inexhaustible
- unpleasant and bewildering
- unpopular and unimpressive
- unprecedented and objectionable
- unpremeditated and heartfelt
- unpromising and scanty
- unprotected and friendless
- unreal and unsubstantial
- unreasoning and uncompromising
- unrecognized and unrewarded
- unseemly and insufferable
- unseen and unsuspected
- unsmiling and critical
- unswerving and unfaltering
- unthinking and careless
- untutored and infantine
- unusual and unexpected
- unuttered and unutterable
- unwholesome and vile
- upright and credible
- uproar and confusion
- upstart and braggart
- urbanity and unction
- utter and disastrous
V - vacillation and uncertainty
- vague and indistinct
- vain and profitless
- validity and value
- vanities and vices
- vapory and chaotic
- varied and animated
- varnish and falsehood
- vassals and inferiors
- vast and superlative
- vehement and clamorous
- veiled and unreadable
- venality and corruption
- venerable and interesting
- veracity and fidelity
- verbally and literally
- versatility and sympathy
- vexation and anxiety
- vibrating and sonorous
- views and experiences
- vigilant and inflexible
- vigorous and graphic
- violent and ill-balanced
- virtuous and wise
- virulence and invective
- visible and apparent
- visionary and obscure
- vistas and backgrounds
- vital and vigorous
- vitiate and poison
- vituperation and abuse
- vivacious and agreeable
- vivid and varied
- void and nothingness
- volatile and fiery
- volubly and exuberantly
- volume and impetus
- voluminous and varied
- voluntarily and habitually
- vulgar and artificial
W - wandering and erratic
- wanton and unnecessary
- war and revelry
- warp and woof
- wasteful and circuitous
- waxing and waning
- weak and perfidious
- wealth and distinction
- wearisome and dull
- weighed and winnowed
- weighty and dominant
- weird and fantastic
- wheezing and puffing
- whims and inconsistencies
- wholesome and beautiful
- wholly and solely
- wicked and malicious
- widened and amplified
- wild and irregular
- wily and observant
- winking and blinking
- winning and unforced
- wise and beneficent
- wistful and dreamy
- wit and jocularity
- withered and wan
- woe and lamentation
- wonder and delight
- work and utility
- worldly and ambitious
- worth and excellence
- wrath and menace
- wretched and suppliant
Y - yearning and eagerness
- yielding and obedience
- yoke and bondage
- young and fragile
- youthful and callow
Z - zeal and vehemence
- zenith and climax
- zest and freshness
- zigzag and deviating