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{
"torc":{
"a decorative usually metal ring worn around the neck by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a Bronze Age torque and armlet found at the burial site"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torpedo":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"po'boy",
"poor boy",
"sub",
"submarine"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torpor":{
"lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathy",
"casualness",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriosity",
"incuriousness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
]
},
"physical or mental inertness":{
"examples":[
"following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor"
],
"synonyms":[
"hebetude",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"stupor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boredom",
"indifference",
"malaise",
"laziness",
"fatigue",
"sleepiness",
"narcosis",
"idleness",
"inaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"ambition",
"enterprise"
],
"antonyms":[
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torque":{
"a decorative usually metal ring worn around the neck by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a Bronze Age torque and armlet found at the burial site"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torrid":{
"having a notably high temperature":{
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
],
"examples":[
"the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"related":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"a torrid love affair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"related":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"torpedo boat":{
"as in PT boat , assault boat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault boat",
"PT boat",
"hydrofoil",
"hydroplane",
"airboat",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"hovercraft",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"banker",
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torn (out)":{
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
"examples":[
"you'll never tear that secret out of me"
],
"synonyms":[
"corkscrewed",
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"yanked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mined",
"plucked",
"removed",
"taken (out)",
"withdrawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implanted",
"inserted",
"installed",
"instilled",
"crammed",
"jammed",
"rammed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"torpors":{
"lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathy",
"casualness",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriosity",
"incuriousness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
]
},
"physical or mental inertness":{
"examples":[
"following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor"
],
"synonyms":[
"hebetude",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"stupor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boredom",
"indifference",
"malaise",
"laziness",
"fatigue",
"sleepiness",
"narcosis",
"idleness",
"inaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"ambition",
"enterprise"
],
"antonyms":[
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tornados":{
"a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point":{
"examples":[
"A siren alerted the town that they were in the path of a tornado .",
"a tornado warning"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluster",
"gales",
"hurricanes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"windstorms",
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gusts",
"scuds",
"williwaws",
"windblasts",
"breezes",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"airs",
"breaths",
"wafts",
"puffs",
"whiffs",
"northeasters",
"northerlies",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"westerlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torques":{
"a decorative usually metal ring worn around the neck by the ancient Gauls, Germans, and Britons":{
"examples":[
"a Bronze Age torque and armlet found at the burial site"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"carcanets",
"rivi\u00e8res",
"chokers",
"collars",
"dog collars",
"leis",
"necklaces",
"ropes",
"strands",
"bangles",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"lockets",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torch":{
"a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property":{
"examples":[
"several suspicious fires in the past few months have probably been set by the same torch"
],
"synonyms":[
"arsonist",
"firebug",
"incendiary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pyromaniac",
"flamer",
"igniter",
"ignitor",
"immolator",
"inflamer",
"kindler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money"
],
"synonyms":[
"burn",
"enkindle",
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolate",
"deflagrate",
"char",
"frizzle",
"scorch",
"bake",
"broil",
"cook",
"ash",
"cremate",
"incinerate",
"kiln",
"set off",
"brighten",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"lighten",
"radiate",
"scald",
"scathe",
"sear",
"reignite",
"rekindle",
"relight",
"bank",
"stoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"stamp (out)",
"blacken",
"darken",
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure"
],
"antonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"torrent":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"the dam broke, unleashing a torrent down the dry riverbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"bath",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torch songs":{
"as in songs , folk songs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"songs",
"vocals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torn down":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"done in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaten",
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overborne",
"overborn",
"overcome",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blown up",
"broken",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"worn (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"taken down",
"unbuilt",
"undone",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"mown (down)",
"murdered",
"slain",
"slaughtered",
"taken out",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
]
},
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
"examples":[
"the new owners apparently bought the house just to tear it down and build a lavish mansion in its place"
],
"synonyms":[
"demolished",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"razed",
"unbuilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blown up",
"dynamited",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"cracked up",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"done in",
"eradicated",
"extirpated",
"finished",
"flattened",
"obliterated",
"overturned",
"pulverized",
"ravaged",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"unmade",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"rebuilt",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"restored",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"torturers":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"a sadistic torturer of men he regarded as weak, the drillmaster really had it in for one recruit"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"tormenters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"trash-talkers",
"smart alecks",
"smart alecs",
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wise guys",
"kidders",
"lampooners",
"satirists",
"accusers",
"blamers",
"troublemakers",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"molesters",
"victimizers",
"bothers",
"disturbers",
"pests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenders",
"deliverers",
"guards",
"protectors",
"rescuers",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers",
"bodyguards",
"champions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tormented":{
"as in frustrated , tortured":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tortured",
"tried",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
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"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
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"he was tormented by nightmares about the accident"
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"agonized",
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"racked",
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"attacked",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid",
"aggravated",
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"bothered",
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"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
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"griped",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"molested",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
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"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"discomforted",
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"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
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"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"crushed",
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"overpowered",
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"smote",
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"hurt",
"pained",
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"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
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"wrung",
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"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
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"verb"
]
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"a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret"
],
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"conservative",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"right-winger",
"rightist",
"traditionalist"
],
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"right",
"right-wing",
"conformist",
"neocon",
"neoconservative",
"diehard",
"standpatter",
"bourbon",
"Colonel Blimp",
"fuddy-duddy",
"square",
"stuffed shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremist",
"radical",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"reformer",
"reformist"
],
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"leftist",
"left-winger",
"lefty",
"liberal",
"progressive"
]
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"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"conventional",
"square",
"right",
"right-wing",
"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"button-down",
"buttoned-down",
"conservative",
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"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
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"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
],
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"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
],
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"noun"
]
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"tor":{
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"butte",
"cuesta",
"hogback",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"escarpment",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar",
"scarp",
"bulwark",
"embankment",
"declivity",
"drop-off",
"pitch"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torridness":{
"as in heat , torridity":{
"examples":[],
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"heat",
"hotness",
"stuffiness",
"sultriness",
"torridity",
"glow",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"balminess",
"mildness",
"temperateness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"warmness",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilliness",
"coolness",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"cold",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"iciness",
"rawness",
"sharpness",
"frost"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torched":{
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money"
],
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"burned",
"burnt",
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
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"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"ashed",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"set off",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"radiated",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted",
"banked",
"stoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
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"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to draw out by force or with effort":{
"examples":[
"you'll never tear that secret out of me"
],
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"corkscrewed",
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"yanked"
],
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"mined",
"plucked",
"removed",
"took (out)",
"withdrew"
],
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"implanted",
"inserted",
"installed",
"instilled",
"crammed",
"jammed",
"rammed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying"
],
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"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"torturer"
],
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"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"victimizer",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest"
],
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"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"torpidity":{
"as in lethargy , sluggishness":{
"examples":[],
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"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpor",
"fatigue",
"tiredness",
"weariness",
"dozing",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"doziness",
"drowsiness",
"sleepiness",
"somnolence",
"oversleeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness",
"wakefulness",
"awareness",
"consciousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tormenting":{
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"examples":[
"it was a tormenting moment as they helplessly watched the other team score in the final seconds of the game"
],
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"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bitter",
"cruel",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"torturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
]
},
"intensely or unbearably painful":{
"examples":[
"a tormenting injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"racking",
"raging",
"torturing",
"torturous",
"wrenching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acute",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fierce",
"intense",
"vehement",
"violent",
"biting",
"cutting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"shooting",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"tearing",
"tingling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"he was tormented by nightmares about the accident"
],
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"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"torturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tortured":{
"as in tormented , frustrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tried",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"put out",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog constantly tortures our cat, barking at him and chasing him down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicted",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bedeviled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"cursed",
"excruciated",
"harrowed",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"racked",
"tormented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"attacked",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"rode",
"rid",
"aggravated",
"agitated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"molested",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"flustered",
"grieved",
"perturbed",
"strained",
"stressed",
"tried",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"crushed",
"oppressed",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"smote",
"struck",
"tyrannized",
"victimized",
"hurt",
"pained",
"panged",
"pricked",
"smarted",
"stabbed",
"stung",
"wrung",
"martyred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"delivered",
"released",
"relieved",
"reprieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"succored"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"examples":[
"tortured her naturally straight hair into curls"
],
"synonyms":[
"contorted",
"deformed",
"distorted",
"misshaped",
"screwed",
"squinched",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"coiled",
"curled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"twined",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"Tories":{
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
"examples":[
"a small-town Tory who saw that society was changing, much to his regret"
],
"synonyms":[
"archconservatives",
"conservatives",
"paleoconservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"traditionalists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rights",
"right-wings",
"conformists",
"neocons",
"neoconservatives",
"diehards",
"standpatters",
"bourbons",
"fuddy-duddies",
"squares",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremists",
"radicals",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"reformers",
"reformists"
],
"antonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals",
"progressives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torches":{
"a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property":{
"examples":[
"several suspicious fires in the past few months have probably been set by the same torch"
],
"synonyms":[
"arsonists",
"firebugs",
"incendiaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pyromaniacs",
"flamers",
"igniters",
"ignitors",
"immolators",
"inflamers",
"kindlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money"
],
"synonyms":[
"burns",
"enkindles",
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolates",
"deflagrates",
"chars",
"frizzles",
"scorches",
"bakes",
"broils",
"cooks",
"ashes",
"cremates",
"incinerates",
"kilns",
"sets off",
"brightens",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"radiates",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"sears",
"reignites",
"rekindles",
"relights",
"banks",
"stokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chokes",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"stamps (out)",
"blackens",
"darkens",
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures"
],
"antonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"torpid":{
"slow to move or act":{
"examples":[
"a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"sluggish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"apathetic",
"indolent",
"languorous",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"slack",
"slothful",
"sluggard",
"sluggardly",
"dormant",
"inanimate",
"motionless",
"resting",
"sedentary",
"static",
"still",
"dead",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"drugged",
"asleep",
"drowsy",
"somnambulant",
"catatonic",
"comatose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busy",
"engaged",
"occupied",
"working",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"hardworking",
"industrious",
"sedulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"active"
]
},
"lacking in sensation or feeling":{
"examples":[
"my tongue and throat remained torpid for a time following the endoscopy"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"benumbed",
"dead",
"insensitive",
"numb",
"numbed",
"unfeeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chilled",
"nipped",
"anesthetized",
"cocainized",
"deadened",
"drugged",
"stupefied",
"blunted",
"dulled",
"obtunded",
"insensible",
"senseless",
"unconscious",
"inanimate",
"insensate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awake"
],
"antonyms":[
"feeling",
"sensible",
"sensitive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Toryism":{
"as in neoconservatism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neoconservatism",
"conservatism",
"conservativeness",
"die-hardism",
"reactionaryism",
"traditionalism",
"ultraconservatism",
"bigotry",
"illiberalism",
"conventionalism",
"conventionality",
"fogyism",
"fogeyism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"liberalism",
"liberalness",
"open-mindedness",
"progressivism",
"neoliberalism",
"extremism",
"radicalism",
"nonconformism",
"nonconformity",
"unconventionalism",
"unorthodoxy"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"it's torture for me to see you so unhappy"
],
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"agony",
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"horror",
"misery",
"murder",
"nightmare",
"torment"
],
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"affliction",
"calvary",
"cross",
"curse",
"ordeal",
"trial",
"tribulation",
"calamity",
"misfortune",
"tragedy",
"gall",
"thorn",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"recreation",
"lark",
"picnic",
"riot"
],
"antonyms":[
"heaven",
"paradise"
]
},
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"spent an afternoon in torture waiting to hear whether her brother had made it home safely"
],
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"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
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"discomfort",
"cross",
"crucible",
"trial",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"joylessness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"emergency",
"pinch",
"asperity",
"difficulty",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"ache",
"pang",
"smarting",
"soreness",
"stitch",
"throe",
"twinge",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"trouble"
],
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"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"ease",
"relief",
"peace",
"security",
"well-being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog constantly tortures our cat, barking at him and chasing him down the street"
],
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"afflict",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment"
],
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"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
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"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
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},
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"examples":[
"tortured her naturally straight hair into curls"
],
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"contort",
"deform",
"distort",
"misshape",
"screw",
"squinch",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deface",
"disfigure",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"coil",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"twine",
"wind",
"wreathe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten",
"unbend",
"uncurl"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tornadoes":{
"a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point":{
"examples":[
"A siren alerted the town that they were in the path of a tornado .",
"a tornado warning"
],
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"bluster",
"gales",
"hurricanes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"windstorms",
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gusts",
"scuds",
"williwaws",
"windblasts",
"breezes",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"airs",
"breaths",
"wafts",
"puffs",
"whiffs",
"northeasters",
"northerlies",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"westerlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torridity":{
"as in heat , torridness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heat",
"hotness",
"stuffiness",
"sultriness",
"torridness",
"glow",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"balminess",
"mildness",
"temperateness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"warmness",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilliness",
"coolness",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"cold",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"iciness",
"rawness",
"sharpness",
"frost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torturing":{
"intensely or unbearably painful":{
"examples":[
"watched the final torturing moments of the game as the lead constantly shifted between the two teams"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"racking",
"raging",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"wrenching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acute",
"exquisite",
"extreme",
"fierce",
"intense",
"vehement",
"violent",
"biting",
"cutting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"shooting",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"tearing",
"tingling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the twisting of something out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"examples":[
"fans of the natural look frown on the torturing of garden trees and shrubs into fantastic shapes"
],
"synonyms":[
"contortion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"misshaping",
"screwing",
"squinching",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defacement",
"deformity",
"disfigurement",
"malformation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog constantly tortures our cat, barking at him and chasing him down the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"anguishing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
"examples":[
"tortured her naturally straight hair into curls"
],
"synonyms":[
"contorting",
"deforming",
"distorting",
"misshaping",
"screwing",
"squinching",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"coiling",
"curling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"twining",
"winding",
"wreathing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening",
"unbending",
"uncurling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tormenter":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"shocked by the news that his chief tormentor from elementary school had written a book about the dangers of bullying"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"torturer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"victimizer",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torch song":{
"as in song , folk song":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"song",
"vocal",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix",
"hallelujah",
"paean"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tore down":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"vandals tore down the wooden fence blocking the entrance to the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
]
},
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
"examples":[
"the new owners apparently bought the house just to tear it down and build a lavish mansion in its place"
],
"synonyms":[
"demolished",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"pulled down",
"razed",
"unbuilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew up",
"dynamited",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"cracked up",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"devoured",
"did in",
"dissolved",
"eradicated",
"extirpated",
"finished",
"flattened",
"obliterated",
"overturned",
"pulverized",
"ravaged",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"unmade",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"rebuilt",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"restored",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tornado":{
"a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point":{
"examples":[
"A siren alerted the town that they were in the path of a tornado .",
"a tornado warning"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluster",
"gale",
"hurricane",
"squall",
"tempest",
"windstorm",
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gust",
"scud",
"williwaw",
"windblast",
"breeze",
"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"air",
"breath",
"waft",
"puff",
"whiff",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northerly",
"northwester",
"southeaster",
"southwester",
"westerly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torpedo boats":{
"as in PT boats , assault boats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"bankers",
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torpedo bomber":{
"as in fighter , bomber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bomber",
"fighter",
"jump jet",
"warplane",
"aerospace plane",
"rocket plane",
"amphibian",
"seaplane",
"jet",
"jetliner",
"superjet",
"supersonic",
"supersonic transport",
"trijet",
"turbojet",
"turboprop",
"biplane",
"lightplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"towplane",
"trimotor",
"triplane",
"freighter",
"tanker",
"glider",
"sailplane",
"aerodyne",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"airframe",
"airship",
"ship",
"tractor",
"airliner",
"air taxi",
"liner",
"aeroplane",
"airplane",
"plane"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"torpedo bombers":{
"as in fighters , bombers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bombers",
"fighters",
"jump jets",
"warplanes",
"aerospace planes",
"rocket planes",
"amphibians",
"seaplanes",
"jetliners",
"jets",
"superjets",
"supersonics",
"supersonic transports",
"trijets",
"turbojets",
"turboprops",
"biplanes",
"lightplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"towplanes",
"trimotors",
"triplanes",
"freighters",
"tankers",
"gliders",
"sailplanes",
"aerodynes",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"airframes",
"airships",
"ships",
"tractors",
"airliners",
"air taxis",
"liners",
"aeroplanes",
"airplanes",
"planes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}