shut-in
anchorite, arthritic, ascetic, barred, beleaguered, beset, bound, case, cloistered, confined, consumptive, cramped, dyspeptic, enclosed, epileptic,
dormitory - bedchamber, bedroom, boardinghouse, boudoir, chamber, cubicle, dorm, doss house, fleabag, guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn,
sound-minded - balanced, lucid, normal, rational, reasonable, right, sane, sensible, sound, together, wholesome ,
derogate from - belittle, bring down, debase, decry, degrade, depreciate, detract from, disapprove of, discredit, disgrace, disparage, hold in contempt, knock down, minimize, put down,
cringer - backslapper, brownie, courtier, creature, dupe, flatterer, flunky, groveller, helot, instrument, jackal, lackey, minion, peon, puppet,
conventicle - assembly, assignation, at home, ball, brawl, cathedral, caucus, church house, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congress, convention,
merely nominal - fanciful, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, unreal, unrealistic, unsubstantial ,
spiritualism - absolute idealism, animism, form, idealism, metaphysical idealism, necromancy, seance, sitting, solipsism, spirit, subjectivism, transcendental, universal ,
jolt - agitate, amaze, amble, assault, astonish, astound, barge, bear, bear upon, bearing, blow, bob, bobble, bombshell, boost,
in trouble - foul, in a bind, on the spot, trouble ,
pour oil on - abate, allay, alleviate, anaesthetize, appease, assuage, benumb, cushion, deaden, diminish, dull, ease, foment, lay, lessen,
sound-minded - balanced, lucid, normal, rational, reasonable, right, sane, sensible, sound, together, wholesome ,
derogate from - belittle, bring down, debase, decry, degrade, depreciate, detract from, disapprove of, discredit, disgrace, disparage, hold in contempt, knock down, minimize, put down,
cringer - backslapper, brownie, courtier, creature, dupe, flatterer, flunky, groveller, helot, instrument, jackal, lackey, minion, peon, puppet,
conventicle - assembly, assignation, at home, ball, brawl, cathedral, caucus, church house, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, congress, convention,
merely nominal - fanciful, illusory, imaginary, immaterial, unreal, unrealistic, unsubstantial ,
spiritualism - absolute idealism, animism, form, idealism, metaphysical idealism, necromancy, seance, sitting, solipsism, spirit, subjectivism, transcendental, universal ,
jolt - agitate, amaze, amble, assault, astonish, astound, barge, bear, bear upon, bearing, blow, bob, bobble, bombshell, boost,
in trouble - foul, in a bind, on the spot, trouble ,
pour oil on - abate, allay, alleviate, anaesthetize, appease, assuage, benumb, cushion, deaden, diminish, dull, ease, foment, lay, lessen,