head first



abruptly, carelessly, desperately, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, hotheadedly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impetuously,

   knightly - aristocratic, big, bighearted, bold, bold-spirited, brave, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, courtly, doughty, ducal, elevated, exalted,

   arouse - aggravate, agitate, alarm, alert, anger, animate, annoy, awake, awaken, bestir, blow the coals, blow up, bring forth, bring out, bring to light,

   fire flag - Klaxon, Mayday, SOS, alert, all clear, beacon, buzzer, fire bell, foghorn, horn, hue and cry, lighthouse, police whistle, siren, tocsin,

   even lot - block, holding, holdings, lot, share ,

   betokening - augury, foreshadow, indication, omen, portent, prefiguration, promise, shadow, sign, symbolic, token, type ,

   see in retrospect - bring back, bring to mind, call up, conjure up, evoke, go back, go back over, hark back, look back, mind, recall, recapture, recollect, reflect, remember,

   grim-faced - decorous, demure, earnest, formal, frowning, grave, grim, ill-favoured, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, sombre, staid, thoughtful,

   get hitched - couple, espouse, marry, mate, pair off, wed ,

   powder puff - base, cold cream, compact, cosmetics, foundation, greasepaint, lipstick, make-up, mascara, paint, powder, puff, rouge, talcum powder, vanity case,

   refractive - diffuse, dispersed, distorted, scattered, skew, skewed ,