The Ups and Downs of Synonyms (New Game)

[papermoon.lady]

I hope this new game will be fun...

In this new game, you have to select a word from the sentence of the previous poster and write a new sentence with a synonym of that word that is either longer or shorter than the original word.

The next poster then chooses a new word from your sentence, selects a synonym of that word that is either longer or shorter and writes a new sentence, and so on.

For example:

- She liked to spend a lot of time at the library, reading old books and pondering about life.

The next poster chooses a word, for example old, and a synonym of a different length, for example elderly, and then writes a new sentence.

- He visited his elderly brother in his tiny apartment and listened to some nice, relaxing music with him.

And so on...

Let's get started...

- When she entered the shop that seemed to have magically appeared overnight, she had a strange feeling of déjà vu, even if she was sure she had never seen it before, let alone entered it.

[papermoon.lady]

AMUSED - He secretly admitted to his best friend that he had bought the whole series of Mr. Bean, and that every single episode entertained him.

[countessalmirena]

SECRETLY - The Admiral looked grimly at the young man who had just put down a DVD containing that bit where Mr Bean changes into his swimsuit, and said, “You’ll need to forget comedy during this mission; it’s got to be done sub rosa.”

[veiled-lady]

SWIMSUIT - It was always the most embarrassing part of school sports in summer - changing into her bathers in front of the other girls, who she felt were ridiculing her short pudgy figure even when they were totally ignoring her.

[countessalmirena]

SCHOOL - “So, my little grubby snot-nosed unformed lumps of clay, how do you think you will survive during the first day here at the Academy of Expressionless Reactions?” demanded Major Lady Blankenfesse, letting her heavily-lidded eyes rest inimically upon each trembling child in turn.

[veiled-lady]

TREMBLING - The air was cold, the wind was biting, the rain was icy - the poor old man manning the entrance to the decrepit hall where the local residents were voting for what seemed to be the umpteenth time that year was shivering so badly that his false teeth were ratting violently on his shrivelled gums.

[papermoon.lady]

DECREPIT - He was devastated when he heard that they were going to permanently close down his local entertainment centre because it was deemed to be dilapidated and dangerous for visitors.

[countessalmirena]

ENTERTAINMENT - Basil Rilkening-Thorne raised his gloomy face and muttered, “I’ve got to play beastly croquet with beastly Uncle Horseradish –” … “Your uncle Howes-Radcliffe?” interrupted his friend Gregory, to which Basil responded “Yes, yes, and Aunt Grimface, and won’t that be jolly good fun?”

[veiled-lady]

JOLLY - She was invited to attend the latest night out with her friends, but wasn't feeling the best, and knew that she wouldn't be cheerful company, so decided to decline.

[countessalmirena]

LATEST - Andrea looked at her wardrobe’s contents with a frown; although she had some beautiful garments, they were last year’s models and she needed desperately to splurge on an orgy of shopping for the very newest in fashion,

[veiled-lady]

GARMENTS - It was almost impossible to enter the fitting rooms at the back of the store, as they were strewn with discarded clothing, and the shop assistant was more interested in gossiping with her friends than actually cleaning up after unimpressed shoppers.