Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with mob in American Collocation
mob
noun
countable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/mɑb/
angry or excited
angry
enraged
excited
frenzied
furious
hostile
infuriated
The building was torn down by an angry mob.
violent
armed
bloodthirsty
violent
Dickens wrote ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ from the point of view of the aristocrat as victim of the bloodthirsty mob.
badly behaved
drunken
rioting
riotous
rowdy
unruly
The military were called in to help clear the neighbourhood of the unruly mob.
making a noise
baying
braying
howling
jeering
noisy
She was almost dragged out of her car by the baying mob.
hungry
hungry
With bread prices at record levels, hungry mobs attacked the gates of Paris.
stupid
ignorant
An ignorant mob slaughtered most of a family because they were ‘witches’.
wanting to kill or punish someone
lynch
vigilante
Feelings were running high and she feared her son might become the victim of a lynch mob.
encourage or excite a mob
incite
rouse
He accused the newspaper of trying to incite vigilante mobs with sensationalist stories.
calm or break up a mob
calm
disperse
quell
Troops were called in to quell a mob attacking a meeting at the Courthouse.