reaction
noun
us
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reaction noun (BEHAVIOR)
There has been an immediate/widespread/hostile reaction against the government's proposed tax increases.
- answerWe're still waiting for an answer.
- reply "How far?" asked Nigel. "Not far," was the mumbled reply.
- answer105 is the correct answer.
- responseThank you for your swift response.
- reactionWhat was her reaction when she was asked for her resignation?
- retortAlan snapped back with a witty retort.
reactions [ plural ]
Her left-wing views are a reaction against the conservatism of her parents.
- The protests are a delayed reaction to last week's announcement.
- The committee kept the results of the survey to itself, fearing a bad public reaction.
- There has been a mixed reaction to the changes.
- Young people's reactions to world events are often at variance with those of their parents.
- The proposal has received a generally favorable reaction.
- backlash
- bat
- bat something back
- bite
- bite back (at someone/something)
- blowback
- overreaction
- pearl-clutching
- play it by ear idiom
- press/push someone's buttons idiom
- press/push/hit (all) the right buttons idiom
- respond
- rise
- sensitive
- strike while the iron is hot idiom
- the worm turns idiom
- ticklish
- wake
- wake up! idiom
- whitelash
reaction noun (IN SCIENCE)
[ C or U ]
chemistry
a chemical reaction
