1734 lines
34 KiB
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1734 lines
34 KiB
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"maudlin":{
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"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
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"examples":[
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"a maudlin movie about a lovable tramp"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dreamy",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moonstruck",
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"moony",
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"nostalgic",
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"starry-eyed",
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"feel-good",
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"fuzzy",
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"melodramatic",
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"soap-operatic",
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"soapy",
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"sudsy",
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"flat",
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"insipid",
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"soft-boiled",
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"tasteless",
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"vapid",
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"watery",
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"cutesy",
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"twee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unadulterated",
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"unvarnished",
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"antisentimental",
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"cynical",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-edged",
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"hardheaded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unsentimental"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"maul":{
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"to abuse physically":{
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"examples":[
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"demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"maltreat",
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"manhandle",
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"mishandle",
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"rough (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abuse",
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"ill-treat",
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"ill-use",
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"mistreat",
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"misuse",
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"roughhouse",
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"wrestle",
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"bash",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"buffet",
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"drub",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lick",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"slap",
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"thrash",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"injure",
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"wound",
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"oppress",
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"persecute",
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"wrong",
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"ambush",
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"assail",
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"attack",
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"clobber",
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"fight",
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"gang up (on)",
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"hit",
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"jump",
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"knock",
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"torment",
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"torture"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"caress",
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"fondle",
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"pet",
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"coddle",
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"mollycoddle",
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"pamper",
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"care (for)",
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"foster",
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"nurture"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"birch",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung up",
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"club",
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"curry",
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"do",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"flog",
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"hammer",
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"hide",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lash",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"mess (up)",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"punch out",
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"rough (up)",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"wallop",
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"whale",
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"whip",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cudgel",
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"cuff",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jump (on)",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"lay on",
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"paste",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"punch",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"storm",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whomp",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"fustigate",
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"horsewhip",
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"leather",
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"pistol-whip",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"strap",
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"gore",
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"lacerate",
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"wound",
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"maim",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in hammer , sledgehammer":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beetle",
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"gavel",
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"hammer",
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"mallet",
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"sledgehammer",
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"bastinado",
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"bastinade",
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"bat",
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"baton",
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"billy",
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"billy club",
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"bludgeon",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"cudgel",
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"nightstick",
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"rod",
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"rung",
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"sap",
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"shillelagh",
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"shillalah",
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"staff",
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"truncheon",
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"waddy",
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"blackjack",
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"knobkerrie",
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"mace",
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"birch",
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"crabstick",
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"hickory",
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"rattan",
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"stave",
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"switch",
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"crook",
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"crosier",
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"crozier",
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"walking stick",
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"whangee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maunderer":{
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"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
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"examples":[
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"the city has many quaint alleys and backstreets to interest the urban maunderer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drifter",
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"gadabout",
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"gypsy",
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"knockabout",
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"nomad",
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"rambler",
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"roamer",
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"rover",
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"stroller",
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"vagabond",
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"wanderer",
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"wayfarer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"laggard",
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"straggler",
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"lingerer",
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"loiterer",
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"sojourner",
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"bum",
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"hobo",
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"tramp",
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"passenger",
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"sightseer",
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"traveler",
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"traveller",
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"migrant",
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"transient",
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"vagrant",
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"ambler",
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"saunterer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"homebody",
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"denizen",
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"dweller",
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"habitant",
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"inhabitant",
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"resident",
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"settler"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mauled":{
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"to abuse physically":{
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"examples":[
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"demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"maltreated",
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"manhandled",
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"mishandled",
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"roughed (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abused",
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"ill-treated",
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"ill-used",
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"mistreated",
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"misused",
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"roughhoused",
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"wrestled",
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"bashed",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"buffeted",
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"drubbed",
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"lambasted",
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"licked",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"slapped",
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"thrashed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"injured",
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"wounded",
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"oppressed",
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"persecuted",
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"wronged",
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"ambushed",
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"assailed",
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"attacked",
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"clobbered",
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"fought",
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"ganged up (on)",
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"hit",
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"jumped",
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"knocked",
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"tormented",
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"tortured"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"caressed",
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"fondled",
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"petted",
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"coddled",
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"mollycoddled",
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"pampered",
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"cared (for)",
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"fostered",
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"nurtured"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"belted",
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"birched",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"curried",
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"did",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
|
||
|
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"licked",
|
||
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
||
|
|
"paddled",
|
||
|
|
"pelted",
|
||
|
|
"pommeled",
|
||
|
|
"pommelled",
|
||
|
|
"pounded",
|
||
|
|
"pummeled",
|
||
|
|
"pummelled",
|
||
|
|
"punched out",
|
||
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slated",
|
||
|
|
"slogged",
|
||
|
|
"switched",
|
||
|
|
"tanned",
|
||
|
|
"thrashed",
|
||
|
|
"threshed",
|
||
|
|
"thumped",
|
||
|
|
"tromped",
|
||
|
|
"walloped",
|
||
|
|
"whaled",
|
||
|
|
"whipped",
|
||
|
|
"whopped",
|
||
|
|
"whapped",
|
||
|
|
"whupped",
|
||
|
|
"worked over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assailed",
|
||
|
|
"assaulted",
|
||
|
|
"attacked",
|
||
|
|
"beset",
|
||
|
|
"boxed",
|
||
|
|
"busted",
|
||
|
|
"bust",
|
||
|
|
"chopped",
|
||
|
|
"clobbered",
|
||
|
|
"clouted",
|
||
|
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
||
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
||
|
|
"cuffed",
|
||
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"hit",
|
||
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
||
|
|
"knocked",
|
||
|
|
"laid on",
|
||
|
|
"lammed",
|
||
|
|
"pasted",
|
||
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"punched",
|
||
|
|
"raided",
|
||
|
|
"rushed",
|
||
|
|
"slammed",
|
||
|
|
"slapped",
|
||
|
|
"smacked",
|
||
|
|
"smashed",
|
||
|
|
"socked",
|
||
|
|
"spanked",
|
||
|
|
"stormed",
|
||
|
|
"swatted",
|
||
|
|
"swiped",
|
||
|
|
"thwacked",
|
||
|
|
"whacked",
|
||
|
|
"whammed",
|
||
|
|
"whomped",
|
||
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
||
|
|
"caned",
|
||
|
|
"cowhided",
|
||
|
|
"flagellated",
|
||
|
|
"fustigated",
|
||
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
||
|
|
"leathered",
|
||
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
||
|
|
"rawhided",
|
||
|
|
"scourged",
|
||
|
|
"strapped",
|
||
|
|
"gored",
|
||
|
|
"lacerated",
|
||
|
|
"wounded",
|
||
|
|
"maimed",
|
||
|
|
"mangled",
|
||
|
|
"mutilated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"maundering":{
|
||
|
|
"passing from one topic to another":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a long, maundering conversation about what was wrong with the world and how he could fix it"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"desultory",
|
||
|
|
"digressional",
|
||
|
|
"digressionary",
|
||
|
|
"digressive",
|
||
|
|
"discursive",
|
||
|
|
"excursive",
|
||
|
|
"leaping",
|
||
|
|
"meandering",
|
||
|
|
"rambling",
|
||
|
|
"wandering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
|
"deviating",
|
||
|
|
"devious",
|
||
|
|
"indirect",
|
||
|
|
"roundabout"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coherent",
|
||
|
|
"consistent",
|
||
|
|
"logical",
|
||
|
|
"direct",
|
||
|
|
"focused",
|
||
|
|
"focussed",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
|
"undeviating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in chatter , babble":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"babble",
|
||
|
|
"babbling",
|
||
|
|
"blab",
|
||
|
|
"blabbing",
|
||
|
|
"chatter",
|
||
|
|
"chattering",
|
||
|
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
|
"driveling",
|
||
|
|
"drivelling",
|
||
|
|
"gabble",
|
||
|
|
"gabbling",
|
||
|
|
"jabber",
|
||
|
|
"jabbering",
|
||
|
|
"prattle",
|
||
|
|
"prattling",
|
||
|
|
"rambling",
|
||
|
|
"rumor",
|
||
|
|
"undertone",
|
||
|
|
"whisper",
|
||
|
|
"grunt",
|
||
|
|
"grunting",
|
||
|
|
"mumble",
|
||
|
|
"murmur",
|
||
|
|
"murmuring",
|
||
|
|
"mutter",
|
||
|
|
"muttering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"maundered all over town on his day off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"batting",
|
||
|
|
"cruising",
|
||
|
|
"drifting",
|
||
|
|
"floating",
|
||
|
|
"gadding (about)",
|
||
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
||
|
|
"galavanting",
|
||
|
|
"kicking around",
|
||
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
||
|
|
"meandering",
|
||
|
|
"mooching",
|
||
|
|
"rambling",
|
||
|
|
"ranging",
|
||
|
|
"roaming",
|
||
|
|
"roving",
|
||
|
|
"traipsing",
|
||
|
|
"wandering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambling",
|
||
|
|
"sauntering",
|
||
|
|
"strolling",
|
||
|
|
"dawdling",
|
||
|
|
"moping",
|
||
|
|
"gypsying",
|
||
|
|
"hoboing",
|
||
|
|
"tramping",
|
||
|
|
"vagabonding",
|
||
|
|
"milling (about or around)",
|
||
|
|
"straggling",
|
||
|
|
"straying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blathering (on)",
|
||
|
|
"going on",
|
||
|
|
"rambling",
|
||
|
|
"rattling",
|
||
|
|
"running on"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deviating",
|
||
|
|
"digressing",
|
||
|
|
"straying",
|
||
|
|
"wandering",
|
||
|
|
"sidetracking",
|
||
|
|
"blabbering",
|
||
|
|
"blabbing",
|
||
|
|
"blithering",
|
||
|
|
"bumbling",
|
||
|
|
"burbling",
|
||
|
|
"chattering",
|
||
|
|
"chatting",
|
||
|
|
"driveling",
|
||
|
|
"drivelling",
|
||
|
|
"drooling",
|
||
|
|
"gabbing",
|
||
|
|
"gabbling",
|
||
|
|
"gibbering",
|
||
|
|
"jabbering",
|
||
|
|
"pattering",
|
||
|
|
"prating",
|
||
|
|
"prattling",
|
||
|
|
"waffling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a couple of mates maundering over their beer in a dark corner of the pub"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beefing",
|
||
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
||
|
|
"bitching",
|
||
|
|
"bleating",
|
||
|
|
"carping",
|
||
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
||
|
|
"complaining",
|
||
|
|
"crabbing",
|
||
|
|
"croaking",
|
||
|
|
"fussing",
|
||
|
|
"griping",
|
||
|
|
"grizzling",
|
||
|
|
"grouching",
|
||
|
|
"grousing",
|
||
|
|
"growling",
|
||
|
|
"grumbling",
|
||
|
|
"grumping",
|
||
|
|
"hollering",
|
||
|
|
"inveighing",
|
||
|
|
"keening",
|
||
|
|
"kicking",
|
||
|
|
"kvetching",
|
||
|
|
"moaning",
|
||
|
|
"murmuring",
|
||
|
|
"muttering",
|
||
|
|
"nagging",
|
||
|
|
"repining",
|
||
|
|
"screaming",
|
||
|
|
"squawking",
|
||
|
|
"squealing",
|
||
|
|
"wailing",
|
||
|
|
"whimpering",
|
||
|
|
"whinging",
|
||
|
|
"whingeing",
|
||
|
|
"whining",
|
||
|
|
"yammering",
|
||
|
|
"yawping",
|
||
|
|
"yauping",
|
||
|
|
"yowling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
||
|
|
"protesting",
|
||
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
||
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
||
|
|
"caviling",
|
||
|
|
"cavilling",
|
||
|
|
"quibbling",
|
||
|
|
"fretting",
|
||
|
|
"stewing",
|
||
|
|
"worrying",
|
||
|
|
"blubbering",
|
||
|
|
"crying",
|
||
|
|
"sobbing",
|
||
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
||
|
|
"bewailing",
|
||
|
|
"deploring",
|
||
|
|
"lamenting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
|
"bearing",
|
||
|
|
"countenancing",
|
||
|
|
"enduring",
|
||
|
|
"taking",
|
||
|
|
"tolerating",
|
||
|
|
"applauding",
|
||
|
|
"cheering",
|
||
|
|
"commending"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crowing",
|
||
|
|
"delighting",
|
||
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"mauling":{
|
||
|
|
"as in thrashing , pummeling":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assault",
|
||
|
|
"attack",
|
||
|
|
"bashing",
|
||
|
|
"battering",
|
||
|
|
"battery",
|
||
|
|
"batting",
|
||
|
|
"beating",
|
||
|
|
"belting",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
||
|
|
"buffeting",
|
||
|
|
"clubbing",
|
||
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
||
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
||
|
|
"drubbing",
|
||
|
|
"flogging",
|
||
|
|
"hammering",
|
||
|
|
"lacing",
|
||
|
|
"licking",
|
||
|
|
"paddling",
|
||
|
|
"pelting",
|
||
|
|
"pommeling",
|
||
|
|
"pommelling",
|
||
|
|
"pounding",
|
||
|
|
"pummeling",
|
||
|
|
"pummelling",
|
||
|
|
"smashing",
|
||
|
|
"socking",
|
||
|
|
"thrashing",
|
||
|
|
"thumping",
|
||
|
|
"tromping",
|
||
|
|
"walloping",
|
||
|
|
"whaling",
|
||
|
|
"whipping",
|
||
|
|
"damage",
|
||
|
|
"detriment",
|
||
|
|
"harm",
|
||
|
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
|
"impairment",
|
||
|
|
"injury",
|
||
|
|
"frenzy",
|
||
|
|
"fury",
|
||
|
|
"onslaught",
|
||
|
|
"outbreak",
|
||
|
|
"outrage",
|
||
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
||
|
|
"rage",
|
||
|
|
"rampage",
|
||
|
|
"revolt",
|
||
|
|
"riot",
|
||
|
|
"rupture",
|
||
|
|
"shock",
|
||
|
|
"storm",
|
||
|
|
"terror",
|
||
|
|
"threat",
|
||
|
|
"tumult",
|
||
|
|
"turbulence",
|
||
|
|
"upheaval",
|
||
|
|
"uproar",
|
||
|
|
"barbarity",
|
||
|
|
"brutality",
|
||
|
|
"savagery",
|
||
|
|
"browbeating",
|
||
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
||
|
|
"bullying",
|
||
|
|
"hectoring",
|
||
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
||
|
|
"force",
|
||
|
|
"foul play",
|
||
|
|
"violence",
|
||
|
|
"crippling",
|
||
|
|
"maiming",
|
||
|
|
"mayhem",
|
||
|
|
"mutilation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"pacificism",
|
||
|
|
"pacifism",
|
||
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to abuse physically":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"maltreating",
|
||
|
|
"manhandling",
|
||
|
|
"mishandling",
|
||
|
|
"roughing (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abusing",
|
||
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
||
|
|
"ill-using",
|
||
|
|
"mistreating",
|
||
|
|
"misusing",
|
||
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
||
|
|
"wrestling",
|
||
|
|
"bashing",
|
||
|
|
"battering",
|
||
|
|
"beating",
|
||
|
|
"buffeting",
|
||
|
|
"drubbing",
|
||
|
|
"lambasting",
|
||
|
|
"licking",
|
||
|
|
"pommeling",
|
||
|
|
"pommelling",
|
||
|
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"pounding",
|
||
|
|
"pummeling",
|
||
|
|
"pummelling",
|
||
|
|
"slapping",
|
||
|
|
"thrashing",
|
||
|
|
"harming",
|
||
|
|
"hurting",
|
||
|
|
"injuring",
|
||
|
|
"wounding",
|
||
|
|
"oppressing",
|
||
|
|
"persecuting",
|
||
|
|
"wronging",
|
||
|
|
"ambushing",
|
||
|
|
"assailing",
|
||
|
|
"attacking",
|
||
|
|
"clobbering",
|
||
|
|
"fighting",
|
||
|
|
"ganging up (on)",
|
||
|
|
"hitting",
|
||
|
|
"jumping",
|
||
|
|
"knocking",
|
||
|
|
"tormenting",
|
||
|
|
"torturing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caressing",
|
||
|
|
"fondling",
|
||
|
|
"petting",
|
||
|
|
"coddling",
|
||
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
||
|
|
"pampering",
|
||
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
||
|
|
"fostering",
|
||
|
|
"nurturing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bashing",
|
||
|
|
"basting",
|
||
|
|
"battering",
|
||
|
|
"batting",
|
||
|
|
"beating",
|
||
|
|
"belaboring",
|
||
|
|
"belting",
|
||
|
|
"birching",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
||
|
|
"buffeting",
|
||
|
|
"bunging up",
|
||
|
|
"clubbing",
|
||
|
|
"currying",
|
||
|
|
"doing",
|
||
|
|
"drubbing",
|
||
|
|
"fibbing",
|
||
|
|
"flogging",
|
||
|
|
"hammering",
|
||
|
|
"hiding",
|
||
|
|
"lacing",
|
||
|
|
"lambasting",
|
||
|
|
"lashing",
|
||
|
|
"lathering",
|
||
|
|
"licking",
|
||
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
||
|
|
"paddling",
|
||
|
|
"pelting",
|
||
|
|
"pommeling",
|
||
|
|
"pommelling",
|
||
|
|
"pounding",
|
||
|
|
"pummeling",
|
||
|
|
"pummelling",
|
||
|
|
"punching out",
|
||
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slating",
|
||
|
|
"slogging",
|
||
|
|
"switching",
|
||
|
|
"tanning",
|
||
|
|
"thrashing",
|
||
|
|
"threshing",
|
||
|
|
"thumping",
|
||
|
|
"tromping",
|
||
|
|
"walloping",
|
||
|
|
"whaling",
|
||
|
|
"whipping",
|
||
|
|
"whopping",
|
||
|
|
"whapping",
|
||
|
|
"whupping",
|
||
|
|
"working over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assailing",
|
||
|
|
"assaulting",
|
||
|
|
"attacking",
|
||
|
|
"besetting",
|
||
|
|
"boxing",
|
||
|
|
"busting",
|
||
|
|
"chopping",
|
||
|
|
"clobbering",
|
||
|
|
"clouting",
|
||
|
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
||
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
||
|
|
"cuffing",
|
||
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"hitting",
|
||
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
||
|
|
"knocking",
|
||
|
|
"lamming",
|
||
|
|
"laying on",
|
||
|
|
"pasting",
|
||
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"punching",
|
||
|
|
"raiding",
|
||
|
|
"rushing",
|
||
|
|
"slamming",
|
||
|
|
"slapping",
|
||
|
|
"smacking",
|
||
|
|
"smashing",
|
||
|
|
"socking",
|
||
|
|
"spanking",
|
||
|
|
"storming",
|
||
|
|
"swatting",
|
||
|
|
"swiping",
|
||
|
|
"thwacking",
|
||
|
|
"whacking",
|
||
|
|
"whamming",
|
||
|
|
"whomping",
|
||
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
||
|
|
"caning",
|
||
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
||
|
|
"flagellating",
|
||
|
|
"fustigating",
|
||
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
||
|
|
"leathering",
|
||
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
||
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
||
|
|
"scourging",
|
||
|
|
"strapping",
|
||
|
|
"goring",
|
||
|
|
"lacerating",
|
||
|
|
"wounding",
|
||
|
|
"maiming",
|
||
|
|
"mangling",
|
||
|
|
"mutilating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"mausolea":{
|
||
|
|
"a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"memorials",
|
||
|
|
"monuments",
|
||
|
|
"cathedrals",
|
||
|
|
"edifices",
|
||
|
|
"halls",
|
||
|
|
"palaces",
|
||
|
|
"towers",
|
||
|
|
"chambers",
|
||
|
|
"crypts",
|
||
|
|
"graves",
|
||
|
|
"graves",
|
||
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
||
|
|
"tombs",
|
||
|
|
"vaults",
|
||
|
|
"constructions",
|
||
|
|
"erections",
|
||
|
|
"structures",
|
||
|
|
"castles",
|
||
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
||
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
||
|
|
"countryseats",
|
||
|
|
"estates",
|
||
|
|
"haciendas",
|
||
|
|
"manor houses",
|
||
|
|
"manors",
|
||
|
|
"mansions",
|
||
|
|
"showplaces",
|
||
|
|
"villas"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"mausoleums":{
|
||
|
|
"a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"memorials",
|
||
|
|
"monuments",
|
||
|
|
"cathedrals",
|
||
|
|
"edifices",
|
||
|
|
"halls",
|
||
|
|
"palaces",
|
||
|
|
"towers",
|
||
|
|
"chambers",
|
||
|
|
"crypts",
|
||
|
|
"graves",
|
||
|
|
"graves",
|
||
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
||
|
|
"tombs",
|
||
|
|
"vaults",
|
||
|
|
"constructions",
|
||
|
|
"erections",
|
||
|
|
"structures",
|
||
|
|
"castles",
|
||
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
||
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
||
|
|
"countryseats",
|
||
|
|
"estates",
|
||
|
|
"haciendas",
|
||
|
|
"manor houses",
|
||
|
|
"manors",
|
||
|
|
"mansions",
|
||
|
|
"showplaces",
|
||
|
|
"villas"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"maundered":{
|
||
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"maundered all over town on his day off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"batted",
|
||
|
|
"cruised",
|
||
|
|
"drifted",
|
||
|
|
"floated",
|
||
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
||
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
||
|
|
"galavanted",
|
||
|
|
"kicked around",
|
||
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
||
|
|
"meandered",
|
||
|
|
"mooched",
|
||
|
|
"rambled",
|
||
|
|
"ranged",
|
||
|
|
"roamed",
|
||
|
|
"roved",
|
||
|
|
"traipsed",
|
||
|
|
"wandered"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambled",
|
||
|
|
"sauntered",
|
||
|
|
"strolled",
|
||
|
|
"dawdled",
|
||
|
|
"moped",
|
||
|
|
"gypsied",
|
||
|
|
"hoboed",
|
||
|
|
"tramped",
|
||
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
||
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
||
|
|
"straggled",
|
||
|
|
"strayed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blathered (on)",
|
||
|
|
"rambled",
|
||
|
|
"ran on",
|
||
|
|
"rattled",
|
||
|
|
"went on"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deviated",
|
||
|
|
"digressed",
|
||
|
|
"strayed",
|
||
|
|
"wandered",
|
||
|
|
"sidetracked",
|
||
|
|
"blabbed",
|
||
|
|
"blabbered",
|
||
|
|
"blithered",
|
||
|
|
"bumbled",
|
||
|
|
"burbled",
|
||
|
|
"chatted",
|
||
|
|
"chattered",
|
||
|
|
"driveled",
|
||
|
|
"drivelled",
|
||
|
|
"drooled",
|
||
|
|
"gabbed",
|
||
|
|
"gabbled",
|
||
|
|
"gibbered",
|
||
|
|
"jabbered",
|
||
|
|
"pattered",
|
||
|
|
"prated",
|
||
|
|
"prattled",
|
||
|
|
"waffled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a couple of mates maundering over their beer in a dark corner of the pub"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beefed",
|
||
|
|
"bellyached",
|
||
|
|
"bitched",
|
||
|
|
"bleated",
|
||
|
|
"carped",
|
||
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
||
|
|
"complained",
|
||
|
|
"crabbed",
|
||
|
|
"croaked",
|
||
|
|
"fussed",
|
||
|
|
"griped",
|
||
|
|
"grizzled",
|
||
|
|
"grouched",
|
||
|
|
"groused",
|
||
|
|
"growled",
|
||
|
|
"grumbled",
|
||
|
|
"grumped",
|
||
|
|
"hollered",
|
||
|
|
"inveighed",
|
||
|
|
"keened",
|
||
|
|
"kicked",
|
||
|
|
"kvetched",
|
||
|
|
"moaned",
|
||
|
|
"murmured",
|
||
|
|
"muttered",
|
||
|
|
"nagged",
|
||
|
|
"repined",
|
||
|
|
"screamed",
|
||
|
|
"squawked",
|
||
|
|
"squealed",
|
||
|
|
"wailed",
|
||
|
|
"whimpered",
|
||
|
|
"whined",
|
||
|
|
"whinged",
|
||
|
|
"yammered",
|
||
|
|
"yawped",
|
||
|
|
"yauped",
|
||
|
|
"yowled"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
||
|
|
"protested",
|
||
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
||
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
||
|
|
"caviled",
|
||
|
|
"cavilled",
|
||
|
|
"quibbled",
|
||
|
|
"fretted",
|
||
|
|
"stewed",
|
||
|
|
"worried",
|
||
|
|
"blubbered",
|
||
|
|
"cried",
|
||
|
|
"sobbed",
|
||
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
||
|
|
"bewailed",
|
||
|
|
"deplored",
|
||
|
|
"lamented"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accepted",
|
||
|
|
"bore",
|
||
|
|
"countenanced",
|
||
|
|
"endured",
|
||
|
|
"tolerated",
|
||
|
|
"took",
|
||
|
|
"applauded",
|
||
|
|
"cheered",
|
||
|
|
"commended"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crowed",
|
||
|
|
"delighted",
|
||
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"maunderers":{
|
||
|
|
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the city has many quaint alleys and backstreets to interest the urban maunderer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"drifters",
|
||
|
|
"gadabouts",
|
||
|
|
"gypsies",
|
||
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
||
|
|
"nomads",
|
||
|
|
"ramblers",
|
||
|
|
"roamers",
|
||
|
|
"rovers",
|
||
|
|
"strollers",
|
||
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
||
|
|
"wanderers",
|
||
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"laggards",
|
||
|
|
"stragglers",
|
||
|
|
"lingerers",
|
||
|
|
"loiterers",
|
||
|
|
"sojourners",
|
||
|
|
"bums",
|
||
|
|
"hoboes",
|
||
|
|
"hobos",
|
||
|
|
"tramps",
|
||
|
|
"passengers",
|
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"sightseers",
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"travelers",
|
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"travellers",
|
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"migrants",
|
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|
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"transients",
|
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|
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"vagrants",
|
||
|
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"amblers",
|
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|
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"saunterers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"homebodies",
|
||
|
|
"denizens",
|
||
|
|
"dwellers",
|
||
|
|
"habitants",
|
||
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
||
|
|
"residents",
|
||
|
|
"settlers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"mauls":{
|
||
|
|
"to abuse physically":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"demonstrators who claimed that they had been mauled by the police"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"maltreats",
|
||
|
|
"manhandles",
|
||
|
|
"mishandles",
|
||
|
|
"roughs (up)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abuses",
|
||
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
||
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
||
|
|
"mistreats",
|
||
|
|
"misuses",
|
||
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
||
|
|
"wrestles",
|
||
|
|
"bashes",
|
||
|
|
"batters",
|
||
|
|
"beats",
|
||
|
|
"buffets",
|
||
|
|
"drubs",
|
||
|
|
"lambastes",
|
||
|
|
"lambasts",
|
||
|
|
"licks",
|
||
|
|
"pommels",
|
||
|
|
"pounds",
|
||
|
|
"pummels",
|
||
|
|
"slaps",
|
||
|
|
"thrashes",
|
||
|
|
"harms",
|
||
|
|
"hurts",
|
||
|
|
"injures",
|
||
|
|
"wounds",
|
||
|
|
"oppresses",
|
||
|
|
"persecutes",
|
||
|
|
"wrongs",
|
||
|
|
"ambushes",
|
||
|
|
"assails",
|
||
|
|
"attacks",
|
||
|
|
"clobbers",
|
||
|
|
"fights",
|
||
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
||
|
|
"hits",
|
||
|
|
"jumps",
|
||
|
|
"knocks",
|
||
|
|
"torments",
|
||
|
|
"tortures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caresses",
|
||
|
|
"fondles",
|
||
|
|
"pets",
|
||
|
|
"coddles",
|
||
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
||
|
|
"pampers",
|
||
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
||
|
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
|
"nurtures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the irate store owner was mauling the shoplifter when the police showed up"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bashes",
|
||
|
|
"bastes",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"batters",
|
||
|
|
"beats",
|
||
|
|
"belabors",
|
||
|
|
"belts",
|
||
|
|
"birches",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
||
|
|
"buffets",
|
||
|
|
"bungs up",
|
||
|
|
"clubs",
|
||
|
|
"curries",
|
||
|
|
"does",
|
||
|
|
"drubs",
|
||
|
|
"fibs",
|
||
|
|
"flogs",
|
||
|
|
"hammers",
|
||
|
|
"hides",
|
||
|
|
"laces",
|
||
|
|
"lambastes",
|
||
|
|
"lambasts",
|
||
|
|
"lashes",
|
||
|
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
|
"licks",
|
||
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
||
|
|
"paddles",
|
||
|
|
"pelts",
|
||
|
|
"pommels",
|
||
|
|
"pounds",
|
||
|
|
"pummels",
|
||
|
|
"punches out",
|
||
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
||
|
|
"slates",
|
||
|
|
"slogs",
|
||
|
|
"switches",
|
||
|
|
"tans",
|
||
|
|
"thrashes",
|
||
|
|
"threshes",
|
||
|
|
"thumps",
|
||
|
|
"tromps",
|
||
|
|
"wallops",
|
||
|
|
"whales",
|
||
|
|
"whips",
|
||
|
|
"whops",
|
||
|
|
"whaps",
|
||
|
|
"whups",
|
||
|
|
"works over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assails",
|
||
|
|
"assaults",
|
||
|
|
"attacks",
|
||
|
|
"besets",
|
||
|
|
"boxes",
|
||
|
|
"busts",
|
||
|
|
"chops",
|
||
|
|
"clobbers",
|
||
|
|
"clouts",
|
||
|
|
"cracks",
|
||
|
|
"cudgels",
|
||
|
|
"cuffs",
|
||
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"hits",
|
||
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
||
|
|
"knocks",
|
||
|
|
"lams",
|
||
|
|
"lays on",
|
||
|
|
"pastes",
|
||
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
||
|
|
"punches",
|
||
|
|
"raids",
|
||
|
|
"rushes",
|
||
|
|
"slams",
|
||
|
|
"slaps",
|
||
|
|
"smacks",
|
||
|
|
"smashes",
|
||
|
|
"socks",
|
||
|
|
"spanks",
|
||
|
|
"storms",
|
||
|
|
"swats",
|
||
|
|
"swipes",
|
||
|
|
"thwacks",
|
||
|
|
"whacks",
|
||
|
|
"whams",
|
||
|
|
"whomps",
|
||
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
||
|
|
"canes",
|
||
|
|
"cowhides",
|
||
|
|
"flagellates",
|
||
|
|
"fustigates",
|
||
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
||
|
|
"leathers",
|
||
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
||
|
|
"rawhides",
|
||
|
|
"scourges",
|
||
|
|
"straps",
|
||
|
|
"gores",
|
||
|
|
"lacerates",
|
||
|
|
"wounds",
|
||
|
|
"maims",
|
||
|
|
"mangles",
|
||
|
|
"mutilates"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in hammers , sledgehammers":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beetles",
|
||
|
|
"gavels",
|
||
|
|
"hammers",
|
||
|
|
"mallets",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
||
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
||
|
|
"bastinades",
|
||
|
|
"batons",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"billies",
|
||
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
||
|
|
"canes",
|
||
|
|
"clubs",
|
||
|
|
"cudgels",
|
||
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
||
|
|
"rods",
|
||
|
|
"rungs",
|
||
|
|
"saps",
|
||
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
||
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
||
|
|
"staffs",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"truncheons",
|
||
|
|
"waddies",
|
||
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
||
|
|
"maces",
|
||
|
|
"birches",
|
||
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
||
|
|
"hickories",
|
||
|
|
"rattans",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"switches",
|
||
|
|
"crooks",
|
||
|
|
"crosiers",
|
||
|
|
"croziers",
|
||
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
||
|
|
"whangees"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"maunder":{
|
||
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"maundered all over town on his day off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"cruise",
|
||
|
|
"drift",
|
||
|
|
"float",
|
||
|
|
"gad (about)",
|
||
|
|
"gallivant",
|
||
|
|
"galavant",
|
||
|
|
"kick around",
|
||
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
||
|
|
"meander",
|
||
|
|
"mooch",
|
||
|
|
"ramble",
|
||
|
|
"range",
|
||
|
|
"roam",
|
||
|
|
"rove",
|
||
|
|
"traipse",
|
||
|
|
"wander"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amble",
|
||
|
|
"saunter",
|
||
|
|
"stroll",
|
||
|
|
"dawdle",
|
||
|
|
"mope",
|
||
|
|
"gypsy",
|
||
|
|
"hobo",
|
||
|
|
"tramp",
|
||
|
|
"vagabond",
|
||
|
|
"mill (about or around)",
|
||
|
|
"straggle",
|
||
|
|
"stray"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"ask her a question and she'll maunder for half an hour"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blather (on)",
|
||
|
|
"go on",
|
||
|
|
"ramble",
|
||
|
|
"rattle",
|
||
|
|
"run on"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"deviate",
|
||
|
|
"digress",
|
||
|
|
"stray",
|
||
|
|
"wander",
|
||
|
|
"sidetrack",
|
||
|
|
"blab",
|
||
|
|
"blabber",
|
||
|
|
"blither",
|
||
|
|
"bumble",
|
||
|
|
"burble",
|
||
|
|
"chat",
|
||
|
|
"chatter",
|
||
|
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
|
"drool",
|
||
|
|
"gab",
|
||
|
|
"gabble",
|
||
|
|
"gibber",
|
||
|
|
"jabber",
|
||
|
|
"patter",
|
||
|
|
"prate",
|
||
|
|
"prattle",
|
||
|
|
"waffle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a couple of mates maundering over their beer in a dark corner of the pub"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beef",
|
||
|
|
"bellyache",
|
||
|
|
"bitch",
|
||
|
|
"bleat",
|
||
|
|
"carp",
|
||
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
||
|
|
"complain",
|
||
|
|
"crab",
|
||
|
|
"croak",
|
||
|
|
"fuss",
|
||
|
|
"gripe",
|
||
|
|
"grizzle",
|
||
|
|
"grouch",
|
||
|
|
"grouse",
|
||
|
|
"growl",
|
||
|
|
"grumble",
|
||
|
|
"grump",
|
||
|
|
"holler",
|
||
|
|
"inveigh",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"kick",
|
||
|
|
"kvetch",
|
||
|
|
"moan",
|
||
|
|
"murmur",
|
||
|
|
"mutter",
|
||
|
|
"nag",
|
||
|
|
"repine",
|
||
|
|
"scream",
|
||
|
|
"squawk",
|
||
|
|
"squeal",
|
||
|
|
"wail",
|
||
|
|
"whimper",
|
||
|
|
"whine",
|
||
|
|
"whinge",
|
||
|
|
"yammer",
|
||
|
|
"yawp",
|
||
|
|
"yaup",
|
||
|
|
"yowl"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"object (to)",
|
||
|
|
"protest",
|
||
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
||
|
|
"cavil",
|
||
|
|
"quibble",
|
||
|
|
"fret",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"worry",
|
||
|
|
"blubber",
|
||
|
|
"cry",
|
||
|
|
"sob",
|
||
|
|
"bemoan",
|
||
|
|
"bewail",
|
||
|
|
"deplore",
|
||
|
|
"lament"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accept",
|
||
|
|
"bear",
|
||
|
|
"countenance",
|
||
|
|
"endure",
|
||
|
|
"take",
|
||
|
|
"tolerate",
|
||
|
|
"applaud",
|
||
|
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
|
"commend"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crow",
|
||
|
|
"delight",
|
||
|
|
"rejoice"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|