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BLACK IN THE FACE

Specialty Definition: BLACK IN THE FACE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Black in the Face Extremely angry. The face discoloured with passion or distress. "Mr. Winkle pulled ... till he was black in the face."- Dickens: Pickwick Papers. "He swore himself black in the face."- Peter Pindar Wolcott . Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: BLACK IN THE FACE

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Affirmation	Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.
Excitation	Adverb: till one is black in the face.
	Adjective: excited; Verb: wrought up, up the qui vive, astir, sparkling; in a quiver; in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement; in hysterics; black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge; hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish; all of a twitter, in a pucker; with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes.
Feeling	Swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake; be agitated, be excited; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Use in Literature: BLACK IN THE FACE

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	If any young man ventured to eulogise the republic in his presence, he turned black in the face, and was angry enough to faint.
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Expressions: BLACK IN THE FACE

Expressions using "BLACK IN THE FACE": ad till one is black in the face ♦ be black in the face. Additional references.
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Modern Translation: BLACK IN THE FACE

Language		Translations for "BLACK IN THE FACE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		szederjes lesz az arca (to become black in the face), elkékül az arca (to become black in the face). (various references)

Pig Latin		ackblay inay ethay acefay

Romanian		avea faţã congestionatã (be black in the face). (various references)

Turkish		yüzü mosmor olmuş, sinirinden morarmış. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: BLACK IN THE FACE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-e-f-h-i-k-l-n-t"
	-4 letters: chatelaine.
	-5 letters: antiblack, bacchante, blackface, cantabile, catchable, chatelain, checkable, echinacea, teachable, technical, thinkable.
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INDEX

1. Quotations: Fiction
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Bibliography

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