up in arms
adjective
Roget 682:
active,
brisk,
brisk as a lark,
brisk as a bee;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
alive,
alive and kicking;
frisky,
spirited,
stirring.
nimble,
nimble as a squirrel;
agile;
light-footed,
nimble-footed;
featly†,
tripping.
quick,
prompt,
yare†,
instant,
ready,
alert,
spry,
sharp,
smart;
fast
etc.
(swift)
274;
quick as a lamplighter,
expeditious;
awake,
broad awake;
go-ahead,
live wide-awake [U.S.]
etc.
(intelligent)
498.
forward,
eager,
strenuous,
zealous,
enterprising,
in earnest;
resolute
etc.
604.
industrious,
assiduous,
diligent,
sedulous,
notable,
painstaking;
intent
etc.
(attention)
457;
indefatigable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unwearied;
unsleeping†,
never tired;
plodding,
hard-working
etc.
686;
businesslike,
workaday.
bustling;
restless,
restless as a hyena;
fussy,
fidgety,
pottering;
busy,
busy as hen with one chicken.
working,
at work,
on duty,
in harness;
up in arms;
on one's legs,
at call;
up and doing,
up and stirring.
busy,
occupied;
hard at work,
hard at it;
up to one's ears in,
full of business,
busy as a bee,
busy as a one-armed paperhanger.
meddling
etc.
v.;
meddlesome,
pushing,
officious,
overofficious†,
intrigant†.
astir,
stirring;
agoing†,
afoot;
on foot;
in full swing;
eventful;
on the alert,
etc.
(vigilant)
459.
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Roget 708:
opposing,
opposed
etc.
v.;
adverse,
antagonistic;
contrary
etc.
14;
at variance
etc.
24;
at issue,
at war with.
unfavorable,
unfriendly;
hostile,
inimical,
cross,
unpropitious.
in hostile array,
front to front,
with crossed bayonets,
at daggers drawn;
up in arms;
resistant
etc.
719.
competitive,
emulous.
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Roget 713:
discordant;
disagreeing
etc.
v.;
out of tune,
ajar,
on bad terms,
dissentient
etc.
489;
unreconciled,
unpacified;
contentious
etc.
720.
quarrelsome,
unpacific†;
gladiatorial,
controversial,
polemic,
disputatious;
factious;
litigious,
litigant;
pettifogging.
at odds,
at loggerheads,
at daggers drawn,
at variance,
at issue,
at cross purposes,
at sixes and sevens,
at feud,
at high words;
up in arms,
together by the ears,
in hot water,
embroiled.
torn,
disunited.
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Roget 716:
attacking
etc.
v.;
aggressive,
offensive,
obsidional†.
up in arms.
Roget 719:
resisting
etc.
v.;
resistive,
resistant;
refractory
etc.
(disobedient)
742;
recalcitrant,
renitent;
up in arms.
repulsive,
repellant.
proof against;
unconquerable
etc.
(strong)
159;
stubborn,
unconquered;
indomitable
etc.
(persevering)
604.1;
unyielding
etc.
(obstinate)
606.
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Roget 673:
preparing
etc.
v.;
in preparation,
in course of preparation,
in agitation,
in embryo,
in hand,
in train;
afoot,
afloat;
on foot,
on the stocks,
on the anvil;
under consideration
etc.
(plan)
626;
brewing,
batching,
forthcoming,
brooding;
in store for,
in reserve.
precautionary,
provident;
preparative,
preparatory;
provisional,
inchoate,
under revision;
preliminary
etc.
(precedent)
62.
prepared
etc.
v.;
in readiness;
ready,
ready to one's band,
ready made,
ready cut and dried: made to one's hand,
handy,
on the table;
in gear;
in working order,
in working gear;
snug;
in practice.
ripe,
mature,
mellow;
pukka†;
practiced
etc.
(skilled)
698;
labored,
elaborate,
highly-wrought,
smelling of the lamp,
worked up.
in full feather,
in best bib and tucker;
in harness,
at harness;
in the saddle,
in arms,
in battle array,
in war paint;
up in arms;
armed at all points,
armed to the teeth,
armed cap a pie;
sword in hand;
booted and spurred.
in utrumque paratus [Lat.],
semper paratus [Lat.];
on the alert
etc.
(vigilant)
459;
at one's post.
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Roget 722:
contending,
contentious
etc.
720;
armed,
armed to the teeth,
armed cap-a-pie;
sword in hand;
in arms,
under arms,
up in arms;
at war with;
bristling with arms;
in battle array,
in open arms,
in the field;
embattled;
battled.
unpacific†,
unpeaceful†;
belligerent,
combative,
armigerous†,
bellicose,
martial,
warlike;
military,
militant;
soldier-like,
soldierly.
chivalrous;
strategical,
internecine.
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Roget 900:
angry,
wrath,
irate;
ireful,
wrathful;
cross
etc.
(irascible)
901;
Achillean†;
sulky,
etc.
901.1;
bitter,
virulent;
acrimonious
etc.
(discourteous)
etc.
895;
violent
etc.
173.
warm,
burning;
boiling,
boiling over;
fuming,
raging;
foaming,
foaming at the mouth;
convulsed with rage.
offended
etc.
v.;
waxy,
acharne;
wrought,
worked up;
indignant,
hurt,
sore;
set against.
fierce,
wild,
rageful†,
furious,
mad with rage,
fiery,
infuriate,
rabid,
savage;
relentless
etc.
919.
flushed with anger,
flushed with rage;
in a huff,
in a stew,
in a fume,
in a pucker,
in a passion,
in a rage,
in a fury,
in a taking,
in a way;
on one's high ropes,
up in arms;
in high dudgeon.
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Moby thesaurus: against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, all ready, all set, armed, armed and ready, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at feud, at issue, at loggerheads, at odds, at square, at strife, at variance, at war, at war with, athwart, booted and spurred, briefed, coached, cocked, complaining, contra, contrariwise, counter, cross, disputatious, disputing, dissentient, dissenting, equipped, eyeball-to-eyeball, familiarized, fractious, good and ready, groomed, in arms, in battle array, in confrontation, in hostile array, in opposition, in readiness, in the saddle, informed, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, mobilized, noncooperative, objecting, obstructive, on the barricades, on the mark, planned, prearranged, prepared, prepared and ready, prepped, primed, proof against, protesting, provided, psyched up, ready, ready for anything, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resistant, resisting, resistive, retardant, retardative, ripe, set, uncooperative, unsubmissive, unyielding, vigilant, well-prepared, with crossed bayonets, withstanding ... show more.
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