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"nerdish":{
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"much given to learning and thinking":{
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"antonyms":[
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"anti-intellectual",
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"lowbrow",
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"nonintellectual",
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"philistine"
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],
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"examples":[
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"nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"uncultivated",
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"uncultured",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"uneducated",
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"unlettered",
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"unread",
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"dumb",
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"foolish",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"moronic",
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"slow",
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"stupid",
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"unintelligent",
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"benighted",
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"unenlightened"
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],
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"related":[
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"erudite",
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"learned",
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"literate",
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"polyhistoric",
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"polymath",
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"polymathic",
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"scholarly",
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"well-read",
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"academic",
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"academical",
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"bookish",
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"professorial",
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"didactic",
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"high-toned",
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"hyperintellectual",
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"pedantic",
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"high-hat",
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"snobbish",
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"snobby",
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"snooty",
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"educated",
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"schooled",
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"brilliant",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"quick-witted",
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"smart"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blue",
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"cerebral",
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"eggheaded",
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"geeky",
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"highbrow",
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"highbrowed",
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"intellectual",
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"intellectualist",
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"intellectualistic",
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"long-haired",
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"longhair",
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"nerdy"
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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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"nerds":{
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"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"goldbricks",
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"goof-offs",
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"slackers",
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"underachievers",
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"lowbrows"
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],
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"related":[
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"double-domes",
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"highbrows",
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"intellectuals",
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"brains",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
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"academics",
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"bookmen",
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"scholars",
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"gearheads",
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"techies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bookworms",
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"dinks",
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"dorks",
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"geeks",
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"grinds",
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"swots",
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"weenies",
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"wonks"
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]
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},
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"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
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"antonyms":[
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"anti-intellectuals",
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"lowbrows",
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"philistines"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blockheads",
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"dolts",
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"dopes",
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"dumbbells",
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"dummies",
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"dunces",
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"fatheads",
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"half-wits",
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"imbeciles",
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"morons",
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"nitwits",
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"pinheads",
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"simpletons"
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],
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"related":[
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"blues",
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"bluestockings",
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"Brahmins",
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"mandarins",
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"sages",
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"intellectualizers",
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"pseuds",
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"brains",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
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"intellects",
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"thinkers",
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"whizzes",
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"wizards"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"double-domes",
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"geeks",
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"highbrows",
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"intellectualists",
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"intellectuals",
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"longhairs"
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]
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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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"nerved":{
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"inclined or willing to take risks":{
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"examples":[
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"a nerved and fearless driver of race cars"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventuresome",
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"adventurous",
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"audacious",
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"bold",
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"daring",
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"dashing",
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"emboldened",
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"enterprising",
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"free-swinging",
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"gutsy",
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"hardy",
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"nervy",
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"venturesome",
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"venturous"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brash",
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"daredevil",
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"foolhardy",
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"heedless",
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"hotheaded",
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"impetuous",
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"imprudent",
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"impulsive",
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"incautious",
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"madcap",
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"overbold",
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"overconfident",
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"rash",
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"reckless",
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"thoughtless",
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"wild",
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"brave",
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"courageous",
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"dauntless",
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"fearless",
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"gallant",
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"greathearted",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"intrepid",
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"lionhearted",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"stouthearted",
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"swashbuckling",
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"unafraid",
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"undaunted",
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"valiant",
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"valorous",
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"gritty",
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"plucky",
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"spirited",
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"spunky",
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"gadarene",
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"hasty",
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"headlong",
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"precipitate",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"crazy",
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"foolish",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"insane",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nutty",
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"scatterbrained",
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"silly",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"witless",
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"unnecessary",
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"dumb",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"moronic",
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"stupid",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chickenhearted",
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"coward",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"lily-livered",
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"milk-livered",
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"milky",
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"poltroon",
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"pusillanimous",
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"shy",
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"timid",
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"timorous",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"heedful",
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"prudent",
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"wary",
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"overcareful",
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"overcautious",
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"affrighted",
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"afraid",
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"alarmed",
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"fainthearted",
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"fearful",
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"frightened",
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"horrified",
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"scared",
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"shocked",
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"spooked",
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"startled",
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"terrified",
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"terrorized",
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"unnerved",
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"calm",
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"cool",
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"levelheaded",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise",
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"appalled",
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"concerned",
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"dismayed",
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"upset",
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"worried"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unadventurous",
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"unenterprising"
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]
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},
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"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
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"examples":[
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"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"braced",
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"forearmed",
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"fortified",
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"poised",
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"psyched (up)",
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"readied",
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"steeled",
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"strengthened"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"armed",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"seasoned",
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"toughened",
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"bolstered",
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"boosted",
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"buoyed (up)",
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"buttressed",
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"enforced",
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"propped (up)",
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"reinforced",
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"reenforced",
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"supported",
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"sustained",
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"cheered (up)",
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"comforted",
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"emboldened",
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"encouraged",
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"heartened",
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"inspired",
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"rallied",
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"roused",
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"stirred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"daunted",
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"demoralized",
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"discouraged",
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"disheartened",
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"dispirited",
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"psyched (out)",
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"shook",
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"unnerved",
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"debilitated",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"softened",
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"tired",
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"undercut",
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"undermined",
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"weakened"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nervelessly":{
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"as in ineffectually , uncertainly":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"impotently",
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"ineffectively",
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"ineffectually",
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"lamely",
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"spinelessly",
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"uncertainly",
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"bloodlessly",
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"halfheartedly",
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"languidly",
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"lazily",
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"listlessly",
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"spiritlessly",
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"delicately",
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"faintly",
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"frailly",
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"shakily",
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"feebly",
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"gently",
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"softly",
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"weakly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dynamically",
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"energetically",
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"explosively",
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"firmly",
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"forcefully",
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"forcibly",
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"hard",
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"mightily",
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"muscularly",
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"powerfully",
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"roundly",
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"stiffly",
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"stoutly",
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"strenuously",
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"strongly",
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"sturdily",
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"vigorously",
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"fiercely",
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"hammer and tongs",
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"robustly",
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"roughshod",
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"sharply",
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"vehemently",
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"violently",
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"actively",
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"animatedly",
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"briskly",
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"crisply",
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"eagerly",
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"gamely",
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"heartily",
|
||
|
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"lustily",
|
||
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"snappily",
|
||
|
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"spiritedly",
|
||
|
|
"spunkily",
|
||
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nervousness":{
|
||
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"your nervousness over your son's safety is only natural"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agita",
|
||
|
|
"agitation",
|
||
|
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
||
|
|
"apprehension",
|
||
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
||
|
|
"care",
|
||
|
|
"concern",
|
||
|
|
"concernment",
|
||
|
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
|
"disquietude",
|
||
|
|
"fear",
|
||
|
|
"nervosity",
|
||
|
|
"perturbation",
|
||
|
|
"solicitude",
|
||
|
|
"sweat",
|
||
|
|
"unease",
|
||
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
||
|
|
"worry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"strain",
|
||
|
|
"stress",
|
||
|
|
"tension",
|
||
|
|
"alarm",
|
||
|
|
"alarum",
|
||
|
|
"anguish",
|
||
|
|
"consternation",
|
||
|
|
"desperateness",
|
||
|
|
"desperation",
|
||
|
|
"discomfort",
|
||
|
|
"discomposure",
|
||
|
|
"dismay",
|
||
|
|
"distraction",
|
||
|
|
"distress",
|
||
|
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
|
"edginess",
|
||
|
|
"franticness",
|
||
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
||
|
|
"jitters",
|
||
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
||
|
|
"panic",
|
||
|
|
"tremor",
|
||
|
|
"angst",
|
||
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
||
|
|
"torment",
|
||
|
|
"upset",
|
||
|
|
"vexation",
|
||
|
|
"cold feet",
|
||
|
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
|
"dread",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"presentiment",
|
||
|
|
"suspense",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
|
"compunction",
|
||
|
|
"qualm",
|
||
|
|
"scruple"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
|
"content",
|
||
|
|
"contentment",
|
||
|
|
"ease",
|
||
|
|
"easiness",
|
||
|
|
"peace",
|
||
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
|
"placidness",
|
||
|
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
||
|
|
"comfort",
|
||
|
|
"consolation",
|
||
|
|
"relief",
|
||
|
|
"solace"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unconcern"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nervous breakdown":{
|
||
|
|
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"breakdown",
|
||
|
|
"crack-up",
|
||
|
|
"tailspin"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"frazzle",
|
||
|
|
"freak-out",
|
||
|
|
"meltdown",
|
||
|
|
"alarm",
|
||
|
|
"alarum",
|
||
|
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
|
"apprehension",
|
||
|
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
|
"excitability",
|
||
|
|
"nervousness",
|
||
|
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
|
"agitation",
|
||
|
|
"discomposure",
|
||
|
|
"perturbation",
|
||
|
|
"basket case"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aplomb",
|
||
|
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
|
"composure",
|
||
|
|
"coolness",
|
||
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
||
|
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
|
"self-possession",
|
||
|
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nerve center":{
|
||
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"axis",
|
||
|
|
"base",
|
||
|
|
"capital",
|
||
|
|
"center",
|
||
|
|
"central",
|
||
|
|
"core",
|
||
|
|
"cynosure",
|
||
|
|
"epicenter",
|
||
|
|
"eye",
|
||
|
|
"focus",
|
||
|
|
"ground zero",
|
||
|
|
"heart",
|
||
|
|
"hub",
|
||
|
|
"locus",
|
||
|
|
"mecca",
|
||
|
|
"navel",
|
||
|
|
"nexus",
|
||
|
|
"nucleus",
|
||
|
|
"omphalos",
|
||
|
|
"seat"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"headquarters",
|
||
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
||
|
|
"hive",
|
||
|
|
"hotbed",
|
||
|
|
"hot spot",
|
||
|
|
"playground",
|
||
|
|
"playland",
|
||
|
|
"kernel",
|
||
|
|
"nub",
|
||
|
|
"pith",
|
||
|
|
"deep",
|
||
|
|
"thick",
|
||
|
|
"essence",
|
||
|
|
"quintessence",
|
||
|
|
"soul",
|
||
|
|
"attraction",
|
||
|
|
"lodestone",
|
||
|
|
"loadstone",
|
||
|
|
"magnet",
|
||
|
|
"polestar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nerve-wracking":{
|
||
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
|
"anxious",
|
||
|
|
"creepy",
|
||
|
|
"disquieting",
|
||
|
|
"distressful",
|
||
|
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
|
"fraught",
|
||
|
|
"hairy",
|
||
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
||
|
|
"nervous",
|
||
|
|
"restless",
|
||
|
|
"tense",
|
||
|
|
"uneasy",
|
||
|
|
"unnerving",
|
||
|
|
"unsettling",
|
||
|
|
"worrisome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bothersome",
|
||
|
|
"troublesome",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
|
"strained",
|
||
|
|
"restive",
|
||
|
|
"unrestful",
|
||
|
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"restful",
|
||
|
|
"pacific"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calming",
|
||
|
|
"comfortable",
|
||
|
|
"easy",
|
||
|
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
|
"tranquil"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nerve-racking":{
|
||
|
|
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agitating",
|
||
|
|
"anxious",
|
||
|
|
"creepy",
|
||
|
|
"disquieting",
|
||
|
|
"distressful",
|
||
|
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
|
"fraught",
|
||
|
|
"hairy",
|
||
|
|
"nail-biting",
|
||
|
|
"nervous",
|
||
|
|
"restless",
|
||
|
|
"tense",
|
||
|
|
"uneasy",
|
||
|
|
"unnerving",
|
||
|
|
"unsettling",
|
||
|
|
"worrisome"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bothersome",
|
||
|
|
"troublesome",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
|
"strained",
|
||
|
|
"restive",
|
||
|
|
"unrestful",
|
||
|
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
|
"embarrassing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"restful",
|
||
|
|
"pacific"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calming",
|
||
|
|
"comfortable",
|
||
|
|
"easy",
|
||
|
|
"peaceful",
|
||
|
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
|
"quieting",
|
||
|
|
"tranquil"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nerts":{
|
||
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"nerts ! that's all I have to say about that idea"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"applesauce",
|
||
|
|
"balderdash",
|
||
|
|
"baloney",
|
||
|
|
"boloney",
|
||
|
|
"beans",
|
||
|
|
"bilge",
|
||
|
|
"blah",
|
||
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
||
|
|
"blarney",
|
||
|
|
"blather",
|
||
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
||
|
|
"blither",
|
||
|
|
"bosh",
|
||
|
|
"bull",
|
||
|
|
"bunk",
|
||
|
|
"bunkum",
|
||
|
|
"buncombe",
|
||
|
|
"claptrap",
|
||
|
|
"codswallop",
|
||
|
|
"crapola",
|
||
|
|
"crock",
|
||
|
|
"drivel",
|
||
|
|
"drool",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle",
|
||
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
||
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
||
|
|
"flannel",
|
||
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
||
|
|
"folderol",
|
||
|
|
"falderal",
|
||
|
|
"folly",
|
||
|
|
"foolishness",
|
||
|
|
"fudge",
|
||
|
|
"garbage",
|
||
|
|
"guff",
|
||
|
|
"hogwash",
|
||
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
||
|
|
"hokum",
|
||
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
||
|
|
"hooey",
|
||
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
||
|
|
"humbug",
|
||
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
||
|
|
"jazz",
|
||
|
|
"malarkey",
|
||
|
|
"malarky",
|
||
|
|
"moonshine",
|
||
|
|
"muck",
|
||
|
|
"nonsense",
|
||
|
|
"nuts",
|
||
|
|
"piffle",
|
||
|
|
"poppycock",
|
||
|
|
"punk",
|
||
|
|
"rot",
|
||
|
|
"rubbish",
|
||
|
|
"senselessness",
|
||
|
|
"silliness",
|
||
|
|
"slush",
|
||
|
|
"stupidity",
|
||
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
||
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
||
|
|
"tosh",
|
||
|
|
"trash",
|
||
|
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
|
"twaddle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"absurdity",
|
||
|
|
"asininity",
|
||
|
|
"fatuity",
|
||
|
|
"foolery",
|
||
|
|
"idiocy",
|
||
|
|
"imbecility",
|
||
|
|
"inaneness",
|
||
|
|
"inanity",
|
||
|
|
"insanity",
|
||
|
|
"kookiness",
|
||
|
|
"lunacy",
|
||
|
|
"absurdness",
|
||
|
|
"craziness",
|
||
|
|
"madness",
|
||
|
|
"witlessness",
|
||
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
||
|
|
"monkey business",
|
||
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
||
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
||
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
||
|
|
"gas",
|
||
|
|
"hot air",
|
||
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
||
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
||
|
|
"double-talk",
|
||
|
|
"greek",
|
||
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
||
|
|
"rationality",
|
||
|
|
"reasonability",
|
||
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
||
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
||
|
|
"common sense",
|
||
|
|
"horse sense",
|
||
|
|
"sense",
|
||
|
|
"discernment",
|
||
|
|
"judgment",
|
||
|
|
"judgement",
|
||
|
|
"wisdom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
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"plural noun"
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||
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]
|
||
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},
|
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"nerve centers":{
|
||
|
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
||
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"examples":[
|
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"Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance"
|
||
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
||
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"axes",
|
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"bases",
|
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"capitals",
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"centers",
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"centrals",
|
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|
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"cores",
|
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"cynosures",
|
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"epicenters",
|
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"eyes",
|
||
|
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"foci",
|
||
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"focuses",
|
||
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"ground zeros",
|
||
|
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"hearts",
|
||
|
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"hubs",
|
||
|
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"loci",
|
||
|
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"meccas",
|
||
|
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"navels",
|
||
|
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"nexuses",
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||
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"nexus",
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||
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"nuclei",
|
||
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"nucleuses",
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"omphali",
|
||
|
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"seats"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
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"headquarters",
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|
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"happy hunting grounds",
|
||
|
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"hives",
|
||
|
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"hotbeds",
|
||
|
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"hot spots",
|
||
|
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"playgrounds",
|
||
|
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"playlands",
|
||
|
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"kernels",
|
||
|
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"nubs",
|
||
|
|
"piths",
|
||
|
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"deeps",
|
||
|
|
"thicks",
|
||
|
|
"essences",
|
||
|
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"quintessences",
|
||
|
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"souls",
|
||
|
|
"attractions",
|
||
|
|
"lodestones",
|
||
|
|
"loadstones",
|
||
|
|
"magnets",
|
||
|
|
"polestars"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nervous Nelly":{
|
||
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"many new parents are nervous Nellies when it comes to the health of their babies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"handwringer",
|
||
|
|
"worrier",
|
||
|
|
"worrywart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"defeatist",
|
||
|
|
"fatalist",
|
||
|
|
"pessimist"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"optimist",
|
||
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nerves":{
|
||
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a veteran performer who still gets a case of the nerves before performances"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"butterflies",
|
||
|
|
"dither",
|
||
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
||
|
|
"jimjams",
|
||
|
|
"jitters",
|
||
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"shivers",
|
||
|
|
"whim-whams",
|
||
|
|
"willies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
||
|
|
"creeps",
|
||
|
|
"fidgets",
|
||
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
||
|
|
"agitation",
|
||
|
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
|
"fear",
|
||
|
|
"hysteria",
|
||
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
||
|
|
"frazzle",
|
||
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
||
|
|
"edginess",
|
||
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
||
|
|
"skittishness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aplomb",
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"composure",
|
||
|
|
"equanimity",
|
||
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
||
|
|
"self-possession",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"braces",
|
||
|
|
"forearms",
|
||
|
|
"fortifies",
|
||
|
|
"poises",
|
||
|
|
"psyches (up)",
|
||
|
|
"readies",
|
||
|
|
"steels",
|
||
|
|
"strengthens"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arms",
|
||
|
|
"hardens",
|
||
|
|
"inures",
|
||
|
|
"seasons",
|
||
|
|
"toughens",
|
||
|
|
"bolsters",
|
||
|
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
||
|
|
"buttresses",
|
||
|
|
"enforces",
|
||
|
|
"props (up)",
|
||
|
|
"reinforces",
|
||
|
|
"reenforces",
|
||
|
|
"supports",
|
||
|
|
"sustains",
|
||
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
||
|
|
"comforts",
|
||
|
|
"emboldens",
|
||
|
|
"encourages",
|
||
|
|
"heartens",
|
||
|
|
"inspires",
|
||
|
|
"rallies",
|
||
|
|
"rouses",
|
||
|
|
"stirs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"daunts",
|
||
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
||
|
|
"discourages",
|
||
|
|
"disheartens",
|
||
|
|
"dispirits",
|
||
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
||
|
|
"shakes",
|
||
|
|
"unnerves",
|
||
|
|
"debilitates",
|
||
|
|
"enervates",
|
||
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
||
|
|
"prostrates",
|
||
|
|
"saps",
|
||
|
|
"softens",
|
||
|
|
"tires",
|
||
|
|
"undercuts",
|
||
|
|
"undermines",
|
||
|
|
"weakens"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nervosity":{
|
||
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a palpable feeling of nervosity in every corner of the city after the terrorist attack"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"agita",
|
||
|
|
"agitation",
|
||
|
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
||
|
|
"apprehension",
|
||
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
||
|
|
"care",
|
||
|
|
"concern",
|
||
|
|
"concernment",
|
||
|
|
"disquiet",
|
||
|
|
"disquietude",
|
||
|
|
"fear",
|
||
|
|
"nervousness",
|
||
|
|
"perturbation",
|
||
|
|
"solicitude",
|
||
|
|
"sweat",
|
||
|
|
"unease",
|
||
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
||
|
|
"worry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"strain",
|
||
|
|
"stress",
|
||
|
|
"tension",
|
||
|
|
"alarm",
|
||
|
|
"alarum",
|
||
|
|
"anguish",
|
||
|
|
"consternation",
|
||
|
|
"desperateness",
|
||
|
|
"desperation",
|
||
|
|
"discomfort",
|
||
|
|
"discomposure",
|
||
|
|
"dismay",
|
||
|
|
"distraction",
|
||
|
|
"distress",
|
||
|
|
"disturbance",
|
||
|
|
"edginess",
|
||
|
|
"franticness",
|
||
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
||
|
|
"jitters",
|
||
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
||
|
|
"panic",
|
||
|
|
"tremor",
|
||
|
|
"angst",
|
||
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
||
|
|
"torment",
|
||
|
|
"upset",
|
||
|
|
"vexation",
|
||
|
|
"cold feet",
|
||
|
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
|
"dread",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
|
"presentiment",
|
||
|
|
"suspense",
|
||
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
||
|
|
"compunction",
|
||
|
|
"qualm",
|
||
|
|
"scruple"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"calm",
|
||
|
|
"calmness",
|
||
|
|
"content",
|
||
|
|
"contentment",
|
||
|
|
"ease",
|
||
|
|
"easiness",
|
||
|
|
"peace",
|
||
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
||
|
|
"placidity",
|
||
|
|
"placidness",
|
||
|
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
|
"quietude",
|
||
|
|
"sereneness",
|
||
|
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
||
|
|
"comfort",
|
||
|
|
"consolation",
|
||
|
|
"relief",
|
||
|
|
"solace"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unconcern"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"Nereids":{
|
||
|
|
"as in mermaids , sirens":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"mermaids",
|
||
|
|
"Oceanids",
|
||
|
|
"sea-maids",
|
||
|
|
"sea-maidens",
|
||
|
|
"sirens",
|
||
|
|
"water nymphs",
|
||
|
|
"dryads",
|
||
|
|
"hamadryads",
|
||
|
|
"naiads",
|
||
|
|
"naiades",
|
||
|
|
"nymphs",
|
||
|
|
"oreads",
|
||
|
|
"wood nymphs"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nerdy":{
|
||
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a fringe party of nerdy political activists who have no chance of getting elected"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blue",
|
||
|
|
"cerebral",
|
||
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
||
|
|
"geeky",
|
||
|
|
"highbrow",
|
||
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
||
|
|
"intellectual",
|
||
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
||
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
||
|
|
"long-haired",
|
||
|
|
"longhair",
|
||
|
|
"nerdish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
|
"cultured",
|
||
|
|
"erudite",
|
||
|
|
"learned",
|
||
|
|
"literate",
|
||
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
||
|
|
"polymath",
|
||
|
|
"polymathic",
|
||
|
|
"scholarly",
|
||
|
|
"well-read",
|
||
|
|
"academic",
|
||
|
|
"academical",
|
||
|
|
"bookish",
|
||
|
|
"professorial",
|
||
|
|
"didactic",
|
||
|
|
"high-toned",
|
||
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
||
|
|
"pedantic",
|
||
|
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
|
"snobbish",
|
||
|
|
"snobby",
|
||
|
|
"snooty",
|
||
|
|
"educated",
|
||
|
|
"schooled",
|
||
|
|
"brainy",
|
||
|
|
"bright",
|
||
|
|
"brilliant",
|
||
|
|
"clever",
|
||
|
|
"intelligent",
|
||
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
||
|
|
"smart"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
||
|
|
"uncultured",
|
||
|
|
"ignorant",
|
||
|
|
"illiterate",
|
||
|
|
"uneducated",
|
||
|
|
"unlettered",
|
||
|
|
"unread",
|
||
|
|
"dumb",
|
||
|
|
"foolish",
|
||
|
|
"idiotic",
|
||
|
|
"idiotical",
|
||
|
|
"moronic",
|
||
|
|
"slow",
|
||
|
|
"stupid",
|
||
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
||
|
|
"benighted",
|
||
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
||
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
||
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
||
|
|
"philistine"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"nervous wrecks":{
|
||
|
|
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Between her upcoming deadlines and a baby on the way, Nellie is a nervous wreck ."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"handwringers",
|
||
|
|
"nervous Nellies",
|
||
|
|
"worriers",
|
||
|
|
"worrywarts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"defeatists",
|
||
|
|
"fatalists",
|
||
|
|
"pessimists"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"optimists",
|
||
|
|
"Pollyannas"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|