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{
"Sullivan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"John 1740\u20131795 American general in Revolution":[],
"John L(awrence) 1858\u20131918 American boxer":[],
"Louis Henri 1856\u20131924 American architect":[],
"Sir Arthur Seymour 1842\u20131900 English composer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259-l\u0259-v\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201654",
"type":[
"biographical name"
]
},
"Sully":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"definitions":{
": soil , stain":[],
": to make soiled or tarnished : defile":[],
"Duc de 1560\u20131641 Maximilien de B\u00e9thune Baron":[
"de Rosny \\ d\u0259-\u200br\u014d-\u200b\u02c8n\u0113 \\"
],
"French statesman":[
"de Rosny \\ d\u0259-\u200br\u014d-\u200b\u02c8n\u0113 \\"
],
"Thomas 1783\u20131872 American (English-born) painter":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"people that sully our state parks with their trash",
"a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Overcoming a concerted effort by Republicans to sully her record and derail her nomination, Judge Jackson was confirmed on a 53-to-47 vote, with three Republicans joining all 50 members of the Democratic caucus in backing her. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Palin, in her testimony, accused The Times of deliberately fabricating lies to sully her reputation. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Palin, in her testimony, accused The Times of deliberately fabricating information to sully her reputation. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Seriously, if King wants to sully the reputation of New York with his ridiculous antics, fine. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Anyway, what would be the point of selling people on a safe space just to sully it with dangers",
"On March 16th, Josh Vlasto, a longtime adviser to Cuomo, wrote in a group text that Cohen had approached him about the effort to sully Kim. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Unplanned bathroom breaks can sully a pleasant hike. \u2014 Siena Giljum, Los Angeles Times , 12 July 2021",
"Plus, if Susie allows even a speck of her outrage to sully her son\u2019s relationship with his dad, then her offense would be worse than your hitting on Debbie. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1601, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English *sullien , probably alteration (influenced by Anglo-French suillier, soiller to soil) of sulen to soil, from Old English sylian":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)s\u0259-\u02c8l\u0113",
"s\u1d6b-\u02c8l\u0113",
"\u02c8s\u0259-l\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064708",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sulfur point":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the boiling point of sulfur \u2014 compare international temperature scale":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121442",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sulfur shelf":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": chicken of the woods":[
"About 7 feet up the trunk were large, fluorescent-orange protrusions: sulfur shelf , also known as chicken-of-the-woods for its texture and look.",
"\u2014 Hannah Allam"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113850",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sulfurous":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or containing sulfur especially with a lower valence than sulfuric compounds":[
"sulfurous esters"
],
": of, relating to, or dealing with the fire of hell : infernal":[],
": profane , blasphemous":[
"sulfurous language"
],
": resembling or emanating from sulfur and especially burning sulfur":[],
": scathing , virulent":[
"sulfurous denunciations"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For those seeking an alternative to the popular Golden Circle, the Diamond Circle winds through volcanic landscapes featuring powerful waterfalls, misty vistas and sulfurous pools. \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022",
"There are two main types of hydrotherapy in France\u2014thermalism and, for those who prefer their water salty rather than sulfurous , thalasso. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Urals is moderately heavy and sulfurous , meaning it can be replaced by crudes such as Arab Medium, produced in Saudi Arabia, and most crudes produced in Iraq. \u2014 Joe Wallace, WSJ , 7 Mar. 2022",
"In contrast, Dmitry Kiselyev, a longtime Kremlin propagandist who is known as one of the most sulfurous personalities on Russian television, opened his state television program on Sunday with a rundown of Russia\u2019s nuclear arsenal. \u2014 Robin Wright, The New Yorker , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Parts of the lake boiled and volcanic openings called fumaroles belched out hot sulfurous gases. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"His odes to unity and his faith in government seemed positively countercultural, after four years in which Trump had bathed Americans in his sulfurous brand of cynicism. \u2014 Evan Osnos, The New Yorker , 20 Jan. 2022",
"The golf course closed in 1933 and the clubhouse burned in 1951, but the hot and sulfurous waters remain in rocky pools along the shoreline. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Lo stared through the window at the blistered paint of the dumpster, the sulfurous spatters of fireworks on the pavement. \u2014 Seija Rankin, EW.com , 7 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-fy\u0259-",
"\u02c8s\u0259l-f\u0259-r\u0259s",
"also (especially for sense 1a) \u02ccs\u0259l-\u02c8fyu\u0307r-\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104436",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sulk":{
"antonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"sulkiness",
"sullenness"
],
"definitions":{
": a sulky mood or spell":[
"in a sulk"
],
": the state of one sulking":[
"\u2014 often used in plural had a case of the sulks"
],
": to be moodily silent":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"He went to sulk in his room.",
"She has been sulking all day.",
"Noun",
"a child sitting in a sulk over a minor disagreement",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"In comparison, some may sulk if they\u2019re exposed to temperatures below 60 degrees. \u2014 Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun , 6 Apr. 2022",
"That doesn\u2019t mean an end to single-family homes, or that quaint bungalows will soon sulk in the shadows of towering apartment buildings. \u2014 Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Dec. 2021",
"Yes, many people do, and many who do not will sulk when their birthdays are not acknowledged. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 June 2021",
"But this front office will not sulk and will get back to work in preparation for a crucial offseason, even without a first-round pick in hand. \u2014 Jason Patt, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
"When Last Man Standing wasn\u2019t picked up for the 10th season, fans everywhere started to sulk over how their favorite sitcom would end. \u2014 Rebecca Norris, Country Living , 20 May 2021",
"All that was left was to bury my head in the pillow and try to sulk an apology out of her. \u2014 Robert Tate Miller, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 Dec. 2020",
"Rivers had to learn that lesson long ago, to block it out and not to bring it home, not to sit and sulk with his wife, Tiffany, and their nine children. \u2014 Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star , 14 Oct. 2020",
"The Celtics entered last season with an abundance of talent, leaving coach Brad Stevens with difficult choices to make when distributing playing time, and sometimes leaving deserving players sulking about their roles. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The team is horrified to watch sweet little Hughie become corrupted by power\u2026 but there's no time to sulk . \u2014 Alex Raiman, EW.com , 10 June 2022",
"The summits abruptly ended after that since Obama's successor, President Donald Trump, had no interest in being anybody's amigo, as his campaign based on insulting Mexicans and an outrageous sulk at the G7 summit in Canada made quite clear. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 18 Nov. 2021",
"As Woodson pointed out, the Big Ten schedule offers no time to sulk . \u2014 Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Clinton and Penny reserve their darkest shade for former President Eric Dunn, a preening, bombastic one-termer who shredded the country\u2019s reputation and retreated to Florida to sulk , play golf and plot his return. \u2014 Sarah Lyall, New York Times , 11 Oct. 2021",
"Dumpty grudgingly consented in a sour and surly sulk . \u2014 John Lithgow, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"In the wild-card chase with precious few games left, the Mariners don\u2019t have time to sulk after tough losses. \u2014 San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Her anger and fatigue color her early opinions of other nuns, and Groff beautifully captures Marie\u2019s teenaged sulk . \u2014 Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times , 7 Sep. 2021",
"But rather than sulk , Ms. Meizz decided to do something about it. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Aug. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1781, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"back-formation from sulky":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259lk"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"grump",
"mope",
"pout"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050801",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sulkiness":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a light 2-wheeled vehicle (as for harness racing) having a seat for the driver only and usually no body":[],
": having wheels and usually a seat for the driver":[
"a sulky plow"
],
": relating to or indicating a sulk":[
"a sulky expression"
],
": sulking or given to spells of sulking":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She is very sulky today.",
"She's in a sulky mood.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both wrote famously about the Santa Anas \u2014 the former describing them as a driver of bar fights and murder, the latter as a cause of sulky maids and screaming peacocks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Director Pablo Larra\u00edn, the Chilean cynic whose niche is sentimentalizing Western icons (Tony Manero, Jackie) uses Stewart\u2019s sulky manner with precision. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Slater also oversaw a marketing campaign that presented his new artist as a sulky siren, transforming her into a global star and a media target. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"What comes through now is the vehemence and sulky confusion of a generation\u2019s anti-American snit. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 2 June 2021",
"There's no reason for the Countryman to look so sulky . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Cue a sulky gesture from Xhaka to the fed-up Gooners. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The number can only be called from within the U.S. TRUMP AT THE G-7 The president returned to Washington from the G-7 summit in France in a sulky mood. \u2014 David Lauter, Los Angeles Times , 30 Aug. 2019",
"There are invariably some boldface names in the throng, a few adorably sulky teenage hipsters, a clutch of serious New York theater impresarios, and a number of confused millennials. \u2014 Sally Singer, Vogue , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first floor of the barn once housed farm equipment, grain bins and feeding troughs, as well as the remnants of an old sulky . \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"Occasionally there would be an eruption of cheering, or sulky booing would break out. \u2014 Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
"The conversion from pulling a buggy to pulling a sulky resulted in the run of victories, all at Northfield, stretching from early June until late September. \u2014 Bob Roberts, cleveland , 10 Oct. 2019",
"But when Hawthorne resumed racing June 13, Curtin wasn\u2019t back in the sulky . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 June 2019",
"Proven harness racing royalty will sit in the sulky behind Bully Pulpit. \u2014 Bob Roberts, cleveland.com , 5 June 2019",
"Original race cars, vintage cycling gear, harness-racing sulkies , and other racing items will also be on display. \u2014 Philly.com , 9 May 2018",
"Uruguay famously got sulky over the shortage of European teams at the first World Cup and refused to travel over for the 1934 tournament, and Argentina joined them four years later when FIFA decided to stage a second consecutive World Cup in Europe. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The term dates to 1945, when it was used by the military psychiatrist William Menninger to define the attitude of sulky , balky soldiers. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1756, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of obsolete sulke sluggish":"Adjective",
"probably from sulky entry 1 ; from its having room for only one person":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259l-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sulky Adjective sullen , glum , morose , surly , sulky , crabbed , saturnine , gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable. remained sullen amid the festivities glum suggests a silent dispiritedness. a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy. morose job seekers who are inured to rejection surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner. a typical surly teenager sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness. grew sulky after every spat crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner. the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition. a saturnine cynic always finding fault gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness. a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news",
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"sullen",
"surly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174842",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sulky":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a light 2-wheeled vehicle (as for harness racing) having a seat for the driver only and usually no body":[],
": having wheels and usually a seat for the driver":[
"a sulky plow"
],
": relating to or indicating a sulk":[
"a sulky expression"
],
": sulking or given to spells of sulking":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"She is very sulky today.",
"She's in a sulky mood.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Both wrote famously about the Santa Anas \u2014 the former describing them as a driver of bar fights and murder, the latter as a cause of sulky maids and screaming peacocks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Director Pablo Larra\u00edn, the Chilean cynic whose niche is sentimentalizing Western icons (Tony Manero, Jackie) uses Stewart\u2019s sulky manner with precision. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 10 Nov. 2021",
"Slater also oversaw a marketing campaign that presented his new artist as a sulky siren, transforming her into a global star and a media target. \u2014 Mick Stevens, The New Yorker , 12 Aug. 2021",
"What comes through now is the vehemence and sulky confusion of a generation\u2019s anti-American snit. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 2 June 2021",
"There's no reason for the Countryman to look so sulky . \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 21 Jan. 2020",
"Cue a sulky gesture from Xhaka to the fed-up Gooners. \u2014 SI.com , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The number can only be called from within the U.S. TRUMP AT THE G-7 The president returned to Washington from the G-7 summit in France in a sulky mood. \u2014 David Lauter, Los Angeles Times , 30 Aug. 2019",
"There are invariably some boldface names in the throng, a few adorably sulky teenage hipsters, a clutch of serious New York theater impresarios, and a number of confused millennials. \u2014 Sally Singer, Vogue , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The first floor of the barn once housed farm equipment, grain bins and feeding troughs, as well as the remnants of an old sulky . \u2014 Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"Occasionally there would be an eruption of cheering, or sulky booing would break out. \u2014 Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
"The conversion from pulling a buggy to pulling a sulky resulted in the run of victories, all at Northfield, stretching from early June until late September. \u2014 Bob Roberts, cleveland , 10 Oct. 2019",
"But when Hawthorne resumed racing June 13, Curtin wasn\u2019t back in the sulky . \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 20 June 2019",
"Proven harness racing royalty will sit in the sulky behind Bully Pulpit. \u2014 Bob Roberts, cleveland.com , 5 June 2019",
"Original race cars, vintage cycling gear, harness-racing sulkies , and other racing items will also be on display. \u2014 Philly.com , 9 May 2018",
"Uruguay famously got sulky over the shortage of European teams at the first World Cup and refused to travel over for the 1934 tournament, and Argentina joined them four years later when FIFA decided to stage a second consecutive World Cup in Europe. \u2014 SI.com , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The term dates to 1945, when it was used by the military psychiatrist William Menninger to define the attitude of sulky , balky soldiers. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 22 Jan. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1744, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
"1756, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably alteration of obsolete sulke sluggish":"Adjective",
"probably from sulky entry 1 ; from its having room for only one person":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259l-k\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sulky Adjective sullen , glum , morose , surly , sulky , crabbed , saturnine , gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable. remained sullen amid the festivities glum suggests a silent dispiritedness. a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy. morose job seekers who are inured to rejection surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner. a typical surly teenager sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness. grew sulky after every spat crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner. the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition. a saturnine cynic always finding fault gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness. a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news",
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"sullen",
"surly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065351",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sullen":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"definitions":{
": dismal , gloomy":[
"a sullen morning"
],
": dull or somber in sound or color":[],
": gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed":[
"a sullen crowd"
],
": moving sluggishly":[
"a sullen river"
],
": suggesting a sullen state : lowering":[
"a sullen countenance"
]
},
"examples":[
"Economy got you down",
"The skies grew sullen and the air chillier, but it wasn't until the third day that the snow came. \u2014 Bill Bryson , A Walk In The Woods , 1999",
"Despite angry alumni calls and sullen students protests\u2014including the cancellation of all fraternity parties at the school's annual Winter Carnival\u2014the faculty unanimously voted in favor of the college's goal to make fraternities and sororities substantially coed, along with developing new social alternatives for its 4,300 undergraduates. \u2014 Anita Hamilton , Time , 1 Mar. 1999",
"sullen skies that matched our mood on the day of the funeral",
"sullen and bored at his in-laws' house, he couldn't wait for the holidays to end",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like Lip, Carmy is sullen , intelligent, scrappy, and trying to find his way out of a complicated youth. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"What Reeves is really interested in is showing us a very different kind of Bruce Wayne than in other films: millennial, rich, sullen , ineffectual, and bewildered. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
"But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Abnesti\u2019s best patient is the sullen , pliant Jeff (Miles Teller), a convict serving time for manslaughter who\u2019s haunted by memories of the misbehavior that landed him in prison. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"Although Barry never took murder lightly, per se, the show mined plenty of comedy from the ensemble surrounding its sullen protagonist, as Barry strained to pantomime the sunniness around him. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"McIlroy on Tuesday was everything the sullen and snippy Phil Mickelson was not on Monday at the U.S. Open. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English solein solitary, from Anglo-French sulein, solain , perhaps from sol, soul single, sole + - ain after Old French soltain solitary, private, from Late Latin solitaneus , ultimately from Latin solus alone":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259-l\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sullen sullen , glum , morose , surly , sulky , crabbed , saturnine , gloomy mean showing a forbidding or disagreeable mood. sullen implies a silent ill humor and a refusal to be sociable. remained sullen amid the festivities glum suggests a silent dispiritedness. a glum candidate left to ponder a stunning defeat morose adds to glum an element of bitterness or misanthropy. morose job seekers who are inured to rejection surly implies gruffness and sullenness of speech or manner. a typical surly teenager sulky suggests childish resentment expressed in peevish sullenness. grew sulky after every spat crabbed applies to a forbidding morose harshness of manner. the school's notoriously crabbed headmaster saturnine describes a heavy forbidding aspect or suggests a bitter disposition. a saturnine cynic always finding fault gloomy implies a depression in mood making for seeming sullenness or glumness. a gloomy mood ushered in by bad news",
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231948",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"sullenness":{
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
],
"definitions":{
": dismal , gloomy":[
"a sullen morning"
],
": dull or somber in sound or color":[],
": gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed":[
"a sullen crowd"
],
": moving sluggishly":[
"a sullen river"
],
": suggesting a sullen state : lowering":[
"a sullen countenance"
]
},
"examples":[
"Economy got you down",
"The skies grew sullen and the air chillier, but it wasn't until the third day that the snow came. \u2014 Bill Bryson , A Walk In The Woods , 1999",
"Despite angry alumni calls and sullen students protests\u2014including the cancellation of all fraternity parties at the school's annual Winter Carnival\u2014the faculty unanimously voted in favor of the college's goal to make fraternities and sororities substantially coed, along with developing new social alternatives for its 4,300 undergraduates. \u2014 Anita Hamilton , Time , 1 Mar. 1999",
"sullen skies that matched our mood on the day of the funeral",
"sullen and bored at his in-laws' house, he couldn't wait for the holidays to end",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Like Lip, Carmy is sullen , intelligent, scrappy, and trying to find his way out of a complicated youth. \u2014 Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com , 22 June 2022",
"What Reeves is really interested in is showing us a very different kind of Bruce Wayne than in other films: millennial, rich, sullen , ineffectual, and bewildered. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
"But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune , 28 June 2022",
"Abnesti\u2019s best patient is the sullen , pliant Jeff (Miles Teller), a convict serving time for manslaughter who\u2019s haunted by memories of the misbehavior that landed him in prison. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 June 2022",
"Although Barry never took murder lightly, per se, the show mined plenty of comedy from the ensemble surrounding its sullen protagonist, as Barry strained to pantomime the sunniness around him. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
"McIlroy on Tuesday was everything the sullen and snippy Phil Mickelson was not on Monday at the U.S. Open. \u2014 Christine Brennan, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022"
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"Overcoming a concerted effort by Republicans to sully her record and derail her nomination, Judge Jackson was confirmed on a 53-to-47 vote, with three Republicans joining all 50 members of the Democratic caucus in backing her. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Palin, in her testimony, accused The Times of deliberately fabricating lies to sully her reputation. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Palin, in her testimony, accused The Times of deliberately fabricating information to sully her reputation. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Seriously, if King wants to sully the reputation of New York with his ridiculous antics, fine. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Anyway, what would be the point of selling people on a safe space just to sully it with dangers",
"On March 16th, Josh Vlasto, a longtime adviser to Cuomo, wrote in a group text that Cohen had approached him about the effort to sully Kim. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Unplanned bathroom breaks can sully a pleasant hike. \u2014 Siena Giljum, Los Angeles Times , 12 July 2021",
"Plus, if Susie allows even a speck of her outrage to sully her son\u2019s relationship with his dad, then her offense would be worse than your hitting on Debbie. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2020"
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"Overcoming a concerted effort by Republicans to sully her record and derail her nomination, Judge Jackson was confirmed on a 53-to-47 vote, with three Republicans joining all 50 members of the Democratic caucus in backing her. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Palin, in her testimony, accused The Times of deliberately fabricating lies to sully her reputation. \u2014 Aaron Katersky, ABC News , 14 Feb. 2022",
"Palin, in her testimony, accused The Times of deliberately fabricating information to sully her reputation. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Seriously, if King wants to sully the reputation of New York with his ridiculous antics, fine. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Anyway, what would be the point of selling people on a safe space just to sully it with dangers",
"On March 16th, Josh Vlasto, a longtime adviser to Cuomo, wrote in a group text that Cohen had approached him about the effort to sully Kim. \u2014 Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker , 10 Aug. 2021",
"Unplanned bathroom breaks can sully a pleasant hike. \u2014 Siena Giljum, Los Angeles Times , 12 July 2021",
"Plus, if Susie allows even a speck of her outrage to sully her son\u2019s relationship with his dad, then her offense would be worse than your hitting on Debbie. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 June 2020"
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"In the one Manet Stephen owned, Young Woman Reclining in Spanish Costume (1862\u20131863), the plump young model provokes us with her sultry gaze, her awkward semi-recumbent position, her casually defiant cross-dressing in a male torero's shiny trousers, and the come-hither implication of her highlighted hands \u2026 \u2014 John Updike , New York Review of Books , 5 Oct. 2006",
"As the fireflies entertain humans all summer long with a magical light show, they are actually cruising the sultry nights in search of love. \"Male fireflies fly around flashing their advertisement,\" says evolutionary ecologist Sara Lewis of Tufts, one of the authors of the study, which appeared in the journal Science recently. \u2014 Betsy Mason , Orlando Sentinel , 22 July 2001",
"In an age when the gangsta rapper is king and pubescent boy and girl groups rule the charts with a tough \u2026 version of adolescent bubble-gum pop, Toni Braxton is an anomaly. Her sultry good looks, rich, husky contralto and ability to deliver a line with such mature conviction make her seem older, more experienced than her 26 years. \u2014 Gordon Chambers , Essence , April 1994",
"She looked at him with a sultry glance.",
"an actress with a sultry voice",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Clocking in at three-minutes, Bridge and Mayer deliver sultry guitarwork over a very different sonic environment. \u2014 Kevin L. Clark, Essence , 10 Apr. 2020",
"This is the darkest, moodiest, sultry shade of brunette she's ever been before. \u2014 Maya Allen, Marie Claire , 8 Oct. 2019",
"Watch Blondie's sultry rendition of the tune below. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 24 July 2019",
"The showtime line-up featured the Mighty Diamonds, Everton Blender and the sultry superstar singer, Tarrus Riley. \u2014 Dasun Imanuel, Essence , 8 Jan. 2020",
"Meanwhile, the main arena shook with the sounds of the group Fortag, led by a sultry lead singer resplendent in a sparkly, Carolina-blue sequined dress that hugged every dazzling curve. \u2014 The Masked Observer, AL.com , 26 Jan. 2018",
"View this post on Instagram A post shared by Chris Appleton (@chrisappleton1) on Feb 2, 2020 at 5:53pm PST To frame J.Lo's sultry makeup look, celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton created a bouncy, waist-length blowout worthy of her final hair flip. \u2014 Thatiana Diaz, refinery29.com , 3 Feb. 2020",
"The annual vigil at Hong Kong\u2019s Victoria Park near the bustling Causeway Bay shopping district appeared to draw tens of thousands of participants who filled several football fields and held candles in the sultry night air. \u2014 Washington Post , 5 June 2019",
"The cover art features a white backdrop with Swae on the left holding three teddy bears and a rose in his mouth which radiates with sultry vibes. \u2014 Michael Saponara, Billboard , 30 Apr. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Otherwise, the sulfur dioxide released from the bubbling lava would turn the watery fluid in your eyes\u2019 mucus membranes into sulfurous acid . \u2014 Sofie Bates, Popular Mechanics , 30 June 2020"
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"definitions":{
": any of several hypoglycemic compounds related to the sulfonamides and used in the oral treatment of diabetes":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Patients typically take insulin, metformin, sulfonylureas or newer, more expensive medications, including SGLT2 inhibitors, to control their blood sugar. \u2014 Sumathi Reddy, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2018"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Since 1990, carbon monoxide in the air has decreased by 74%, nitrogen dioxide by 57% and sulfur dioxide by 89%, according to the latest data from the Environmental Protection Agency. \u2014 Tori B. Powell, CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Scientists are working to better understand how the sulfur that\u2019s emitted, mostly as a gas, sulfur dioxide , turns into particles in colder and darker locations. \u2014 Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Mar. 2022",
"In 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines, injecting nearly 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the sky. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Fritzsche doesn\u2019t add anything else to his wines besides a judicious amount of sulfur dioxide . \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Pollutants like NOx and sulfur dioxide have direct public-health and environmental impact on local communities. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 14 Feb. 2022",
"They are usually treated with sulfur dioxide and dehydrated to help keep the color intact, or preserved in brine. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Huge volcanic eruptions can sometimes cause temporary global cooling as sulfur dioxide is pumped into the stratosphere. \u2014 Nick Perry, ajc , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Huge volcanic eruptions can sometimes cause temporary global cooling as sulfur dioxide is pumped into the stratosphere. \u2014 Nick Perry, chicagotribune.com , 17 Jan. 2022"
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": an anticarcinogenic isothiocyanate C 6 H 11 NOS 2 found in cruciferous vegetables (such as broccoli and cauliflower) that is thought to function by stimulating the production of enzymes in the body that detoxify cancer-causing substances":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some studies show that natural substances in cauliflower, like sulforaphane , may influence genes in ways that slow the biochemical process of aging. \u2014 Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com , 23 Oct. 2019",
"If that malfunction occurs because a patient's cells have been weakened by exposure to stressful conditions, the Swedes theorized, perhaps sulforaphane would help. \u2014 Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com , 30 June 2017",
"In the study, the scientists gave sulforaphane to obese patients , in the form of a concentrated broccoli sprout extract. \u2014 Tracy Staedter Live Science Contributor, Fox News , 19 June 2017",
"Before studying the compound in humans, Axelsson and colleagues first gave sulforaphane to animals. \u2014 Jessica Wapner, MSNBC Newsweek , 15 June 2017",
"For those who were not obese, the sulforaphane did not have any affect. \u2014 Tracy Staedter Live Science Contributor, Fox News , 19 June 2017",
"Finally, the researchers tested sulforaphane in people. \u2014 Tracy Staedter Live Science Contributor, Fox News , 19 June 2017"
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": any of a class of sulfur-containing dyes that are made by heating various organic compounds (such as aromatic polyamines or indophenols) with sulfur or alkali polysulfides and are used chiefly in dyeing cotton and other cellulose fibers":[]
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"Other antibiotics found to raise the risk of miscarriage include most macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole. \u2014 Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com , 2 May 2017"
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"Beer and wine offerings include Michigan wine and sulfite -free, vegan, Biodynamic wine, gluten-free and locally brewed craft beer. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 27 Jan. 2022",
"Aside from the long list of questionable ingredients, sulfite levels (which prevent wine from reacting with oxygen and inhibit the growth of unwanted bacteria) are another important aspect of natural wine, which experts agree should be limited. \u2014 Erin Parker, Glamour , 25 Feb. 2021",
"There were also drop cloths with backgrounds of castles and forests, boxes of Kodak paper that had never been used, portrait stools and a dusty bottle of sodium sulfite , a developing agent. \u2014 Maria Cramer New York Times, Star Tribune , 13 Feb. 2021",
"For a combination decanter and purifier, try \u00dcllo\u2014its decanter filters out sulfites , preservatives that some people are sensitive to. \u2014 Jessica Puckett, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 21 Apr. 2020",
"Only small amounts of sulfur dioxide, an antioxidant and preservative, may be used, and two different labels will distinguish between wines made with or without even this low level of sulfites . \u2014 Eric Asimov, New York Times , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Usual Wines only sells single-glass bottles with a generous 6.3-ounce pour, and the wines don\u2019t have any added sugar or sulfites . \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 7 Apr. 2020",
"An hour\u2019s drive west of Austin, Southold is part of the area\u2019s growing low-intervention movement and practices an ancient style of winemaking in which the grapes are kept free of pesticides and added sulfites . \u2014 Sophie Bew, New York Times , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Franck Bijon, chief winemaker at Chateau Larose-Trintaudon, makes a limited cuv\u00e9e without sulfites , a nod to the natural wine movement, and another from all five grape varieties harvested on the same day. \u2014 Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2020"
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"For two of the chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), the new advisories update ones issued back in 2016. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"Two other chemicals, perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO) have been introduced as partial replacements for the ones listed above. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 June 2022",
"One of these, called PFOS, or perfluorooctane sulfonic acid \u2014 found at airports and military sites with histories of fire foam use \u2014 tends to build up in fish. \u2014 Shantal Riley, Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The spray\u2019s formula, which includes hydrogen peroxide, citric acid, and alkylbenzene sulfonic acid , also meets the EPA\u2019s criteria for use against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. \u2014 Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com , 16 Sep. 2020",
"Perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid , or PFOS, have been used in products ranging from carpets and nonstick pans to industrial processes and fire control. \u2014 Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Mar. 2018"
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"This is also true of multiple oral antibiotics in the class known as sulfa drugs . \u2014 Claudia Wallis, Scientific American , 1 Jan. 2020",
"Cons: Can be tough to insert; not for those allergic to sulfa drugs or polyurethane. \u2014 The Editors, Marie Claire , 14 June 2019",
"The strongest connection between antibiotics and kidney stones was found in the category called sulfa drugs , which includes Bactrim. \u2014 Tom Avril, Philly.com , 10 May 2018",
"The drugs ranged from broad-spectrum penicillins, which increased the risk by 27 percent, to sulfa drugs , which were associated with more than double the risk. \u2014 Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times , 10 May 2018",
"Patients who had taken sulfa drugs were more than twice as likely to develop kidney stones three to 12 months afterward than people who had not taken the medicines, the researchers found. \u2014 Tom Avril, Philly.com , 10 May 2018"
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"Selenium sulfide is an antimicrobial agent that reduces yeast growth and slows the shedding of dead skin cells on the scalp and in turn relieves irritation and creates protection from flaking. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Bream added that with so much development being done around technologies like lithium-air, aluminum sulfide , solid-state, and graphene, that level of energy density is an inevitability. \u2014 Bradley Iger, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"After mile one, be on the lookout for the main attraction: zinc- sulfide mining remnants, such as an ore bin, with interpretative signs detailing the area\u2019s history. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online , 24 Jan. 2022",
"Hydrogen sulfide sometimes fills the air near the shrinking lake as decaying algae and other matter on the lake bottom are disturbed by winds. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 4 Nov. 2021",
"As the team writes in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, the individuals were likely exposed to mercury through cinnabar, a toxic mercury sulfide mineral that yields a bright red powder when pulverized. \u2014 David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Nov. 2021",
"Also called bit noon, among other names, its color (which is actually more red than black) and eggy, sulfuric aroma comes from iron- sulfide . \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Hydrogen sulfide is produced by decaying organic matter such as dead animals or dying plants. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 Oct. 2021",
"Cadmium minerals are very rare and include cadmoselite (a cadmium-selenide), greenockite (a cadmium- sulfide ) and otavite (a cadmium-carbonate). \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 4 July 2021"
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"The tests showed that the foam contained perfluorooctane sulfonate , also known as PFOS, and three other compounds. \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 30 July 2021",
"Since the early 2000s, chemical companies have agreed to phase out two common forms of the chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate , or PFOA and PFOS. \u2014 Kris Maher, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2020",
"The chemicals found \u2013 perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid \u2013 are in firefighting foam and implicated in some types of cancer and thyroid effects, school officials said, pointing to several scientific studies. \u2014 Martin E. Comas, OrlandoSentinel.com , 3 July 2018",
"The police department determined that the chemical was a sulfonate solution that originated from the Calumet-Penreco plant upstream. \u2014 Nick Powell, Houston Chronicle , 22 Jan. 2018",
"Alabama contaminants The main contaminants in Alabama are: Mercury Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Perfluoralkyl sulfonate (PFOS What is mercury"
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"Next came Macrobid, a combination treatment of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole . \u2014 Natalie Ma, STAT , 31 Oct. 2021",
"Antibiotics are used to treat donovanosis, including azithromycin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin and trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole . \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Laboratory testing found that 20 of these cases were resistant to common antibiotics such as chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole and tetracycline. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 25 Aug. 2021",
"My pulmonary doctor didn\u2019t tell me much except to put me on sulfamethoxazole drugs. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 1 July 2021",
"Treatment of nocardia of the lung in people with normal immune systems usually involves trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole ; since that seemed not to do well for you, minocycline is a reasonable option. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 1 July 2021",
"Seeing a doctor is important not only because the infection can be diagnosed by stool exams, but also because the parasite is treatable with trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole , an antibiotic combination, according to Dr. Sears. \u2014 Colleen Murphy, Health.com , 29 June 2021",
"The usual treatment is trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole , an antibiotic combination. \u2014 Sarah Jacoby, SELF , 9 July 2018",
"Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole is a combination of two antibiotics that is used to treat a wider variety of illnesses, including ear infections and bronchitis in addition to UTIs. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 18 Jan. 2018"
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"The Times obtained a copy of the threat sent from an individual who identified as a white, male, neo-Nazi fascist who alleges to have planted three titanium nitrite sulfuric bombs around the eastern and northern parts of campus. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 Jan. 2022",
"The water's sulfuric content promises a restful, therapeutic experience \u2014 with lush gardens, towering palm trees, and charming bird chirps further transporting visitors to their state of Zen. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 20 Nov. 2021",
"This secret oasis is accessible via the Nahanni River, a multi-week paddle trail that weaves along dramatic canyons and thundering waterfalls, with a stop at these sulfuric hot springs. \u2014 Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure , 20 Nov. 2021",
"Also called bit noon, among other names, its color (which is actually more red than black) and eggy, sulfuric aroma comes from iron-sulfide. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Local women flock here to dip in the sulfuric water, as it's believed to increase fertility. \u2014 Lola M\u00e9ndez, CNN , 16 June 2021",
"But last year, researchers discovered a potential sign of life \u2014 the element phosphine \u2014 on Venus (or more precisely, in Venus' thick, sulfuric atmosphere, which is acidic enough to dissolve a human body in minutes). \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 3 June 2021",
"The dense atmosphere shrouding Venus with toxic sulfuric yellow clouds has made the planet's surface difficult, but not impossible to peer through. \u2014 Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Mar. 2021",
"Visitors can explore hot turquoise pools, hissing sulfuric vents, and boiling mudpots from the safety of the trail. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 3 Mar. 2021"
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"1788, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230828"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232658"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an acid process for making pulp from wood in which chips are cooked at high temperature and pressure in a solution of bisulfite of calcium, magnesium, sodium, or ammonium":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232942"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the process of sulfiding":[]
},
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"\u02ccs\u0259lf\u0259\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0259n"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002457"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": any of three isomeric crystalline acids HO 3 SC 6 H 4 COOH that are sulfonic derivatives of benzoic acid, that are made either from benzoic acid by sulfonation in the case of the meta isomer or from the corresponding toluenesulfonic acid by oxidation in the case of the ortho or para isomer, and that are used in organic synthesis":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary sulf- + benzoic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004523"
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"sulphur candle":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a disinfecting candle composed chiefly of sulfur and giving off fumes of sulfur dioxide when burned":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012234"
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to treat with sulfur or a sulfur compound":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259l-f\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz",
"-fy\u0259-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1794, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012850"
},
"sulfhydryl":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": thiol sense 2":[
"\u2014 used chiefly in molecular biology"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccs\u0259lf-\u02c8(h)\u012b-dr\u0259l"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013238"
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"sulfur match":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": match entry 3 sense 2a":[]
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013240"
},
"sulfhydrate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hydrosulfide":[
"\u2014 not used systematically"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6s\u0259lf+"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary sulf- + hydrate":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013243"
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"sulfur":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a nonmetallic chemical element that is an essential element for all life, resembles oxygen in chemical properties, and is used especially in the form of sulfuric acid to extract phosphates from ores \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8s\u0259l-f\u0259r"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Both sulfur and bicarbonate sprays can be purchased locally already mixed. \u2014 oregonlive , 18 June 2022",
"Iran's worst train disaster came in 2004, when a runaway train loaded with gasoline, fertilizer, sulfur and cotton crashed near the historic city of Neyshabur, killing some 320 people, injuring 460 others and damaging five villages. \u2014 Fox News , 8 June 2022",
"Iran's worst train disaster came in 2004, when a runaway train loaded with gasoline, fertilizer, sulfur and cotton crashed near the historic city of Neyshabur, killing some 320 people, injuring 460 others and damaging five villages. \u2014 Nasser Karimi, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"Iran's worst train disaster came in 2004, when a runaway train loaded with gasoline, fertilizer, sulfur and cotton crashed near the historic city of Neyshabur, killing about 320 people, injuring 460 others and damaging five villages. \u2014 Nasser Karimi, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"Iran\u2019s worst train disaster came in 2004, when a runaway train loaded with gasoline, fertilizer, sulfur and cotton crashed near the historic city of Neyshabur, killing some 320 people, injuring 460 others and damaging five villages. \u2014 Time , 8 June 2022",
"The sulfur and tephra of a large eruption can also rain down on Earth's poles, where they are preserved in layers of ice. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"The hero ingredient is sulfur , which smells terrible on its own but is cleverly hidden in this formulation, along with zinc-PCA, which helps with both bacteria and fungus. \u2014 Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health , 13 June 2022",
"Using medical-grade ingredients such as sulfur , white charcoal powder and kaolin, Dr. Shirazi created an effective mask that will help remove excess oil, as well as buildup of dirt and grime. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 9 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English sulphur brimstone, from Latin sulpur, sulphur, sulfur":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014414"
},
"sulfoxylic acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hypothetical acid S(OH) 2 or HSO 2 H known in the form of various organic derivatives \u2014 compare formaldehydesulfoxylic acid , sulfinic acid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6s\u0259l\u02ccf\u00e4k\u00a6silik-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary sulf- + ox- + -yl + -ic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-023102"
}
}
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