Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus. Collins Dictionaries

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unexpected storm destroyed their beach hut.

      ruin

      “You’ve ruined my painting!” David screamed angrily.

      scratch

      Natalie’s bike was scratched when it fell in the holly bush.

      spoil

      The baby knocked over a cup and spoiled my homework.

      vandalize

      Someone has vandalized the phone box on the corner of our street.

      wreck

      Rocks often wreck boats that come too close to shore.

      When you dance, you move your body in time to music.

      SOME KINDS OF DANCING:

      ballet dancing

      ballroom dancing:

      foxtrot

      quickstep

      tango

      waltz

      break dancing

      disco dancing

      folk dancing

      Highland dancing

      Irish dancing

      line dancing

      salsa

      square dancing

      tap dancing

      dangerous ADJECTIVE

      If something is dangerous, it is likely to harm you.

      alarming

      Rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate.

      deadly

      The bite of some snakes can be deadly.

      harmful

      Medicines can be harmful if taken by the wrong person.

      menacing

      The captain waved his hook at Peter in a menacing fashion.

      risky

      They decided the adventure was getting too risky.

      treacherous

      Road conditions were treacherous in the thick fog.

      unsafe

      The bridge was rotten and unsafe to cross.

      ANTONYM: safe

      dark ADJECTIVE

      When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly.

      black

      The night was black and stormy.

      dim

      They could hardly see in the dim hallway.

      gloomy

      Rooms in the old castle were damp and gloomy.

      murky

      The submarine moved slowly in the murky depths of the ocean.

      shadowy

      A shadowy figure emerged from the misty woods.

      unlit

      It looked as if no one was home as all the rooms were unlit.

      delicious ADJECTIVE

      Food that is delicious tastes or smells very nice.

      mouthwatering

      At the village fair, the smell of frying onions was mouthwatering.

      scrumptious INFORMAL

      When we got home from school, Mum made us a scrumptious apple pie.

      tasty

      Andrew enjoyed a tasty snack on his way home from football training.

      ANTONYM: horrible

      demonstrate (1) VERB

      If someone demonstrates something, they show you how to do it.

      explain

      Jamie explained how to separate the yolks and whites of eggs.

      illustrate

      Our music teacher illustrated how to play the violin.

      demonstrate (2) VERB

      If people demonstrate, they hold a public meeting or march to show they are strongly for or against something.

      march

      Sometimes thousands of people march in the capital to make their feelings known to the government.

      protest

      When people protest, they often meet to carry banners and shout slogans.

      deserted ADJECTIVE

      If a place is deserted, there are no people there.

      abandoned

      In the middle of the wood, the boys came upon an abandoned cottage.

      empty

      They saw a farmhouse and ran towards it to ask for water, but it was empty.

      destroy VERB

      To destroy something means to damage it so much it cannot be mended.

      crush

      The cottages were crushed under the feet of the angry giant.

      damage

      A tree fell in the storm and damaged our garden shed.

      demolish

      Builders demolished an empty house to make space for a new theatre.

      ruin

      People complained that the new building ruined their view.

      smash

      The jetty was smashed when a motorboat went out of control.

      wreck

      Many ships used to be wrecked on rocks around the coast before lighthouses were built to signal warnings.

      different (1) ADJECTIVE

      Something that is different from something else is not like it in one or more ways.

      assorted

      I like boxes of assorted biscuits best.

      changed

      He seemed changed somehow. Perhaps it was the short hair.

      mixed

      Alex had mixed feelings about going up a grade at school.

      opposite

      Mum’s quite opposite to me. She likes my room to be tidy and I like it to be a mess.

      various

      He had various excuses for being late.

      different (2) ADJECTIVE

      Something different is unusual and out of the ordinary.

      bizarre

      Have