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{
"upset":{
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"she was upset by the unexplained change in plans"
],
"synonyms":[
"aflutter",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"atwitter",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"goosey",
"het up",
"hinky",
"hung up",
"ill at ease",
"insecure",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"disquieted",
"distraught",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"freaked",
"freaked-out",
"shook-up",
"apprehensive",
"foreboding",
"hesitant",
"misgiving",
"fretful",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"vexed",
"qualmish",
"qualmy",
"flustered",
"twittered",
"undone",
"unnerved",
"unstrung",
"obsessed",
"preoccupied",
"restless",
"fidgety",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hypertense",
"skittish",
"spooky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"controlled",
"self-controlled"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"easy",
"happy-go-lucky",
"nerveless",
"relaxed"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"flurry",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"weird out",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
]
},
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
"examples":[
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsize",
"overturn",
"turn over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invert",
"overset",
"overthrow",
"pitchpole",
"topple",
"tump (over)",
"upend",
"careen",
"heel",
"keel",
"lean",
"list",
"tilt",
"tip",
"collapse",
"fall",
"founder",
"give"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stand up",
"straighten (up)",
"erect",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[
"right"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuse",
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disjoint",
"dislocate",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"stir (up)",
"unsettle",
"clutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"align",
"aline",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"classify",
"codify",
"methodize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"adjust",
"fix",
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"unscramble"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"regulate",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy"
]
},
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed":{
"examples":[
"the move to a new town is just the latest in a series of upsets for my family over the last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"derangement",
"dislocation",
"disruption",
"disturbance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsion",
"revolution",
"unsettledness",
"unsettlement",
"upheaval"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upside":{
"as in turn , shift":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"curve",
"downside",
"shift",
"swing",
"turn",
"turnabout",
"current",
"direction",
"drift",
"leaning",
"run",
"tendency",
"tide",
"trend",
"wind",
"custom",
"habit",
"propensity",
"tenor",
"way",
"countercurrent",
"countertrend",
"undercurrent",
"undertow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in on , against":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"against",
"on",
"upon",
"alongside",
"next",
"next to"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"preposition"
]
},
"upswings":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upshots":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences"
],
"related":[
"ramifications",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"echoes",
"echos",
"implications",
"repercussions",
"afterclaps",
"afterglows",
"aftershocks",
"blowbacks",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"fallouts",
"offshoots",
"ripples",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"bases",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causations",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upsweep":{
"as in upswing , upheaval":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bun , updo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"updo",
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"permanent",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle",
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"ponytail",
"queue",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rise , uprise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upturn",
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge",
"sink",
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upsetting":{
"causing worry or anxiety":{
"examples":[
"the constant arguing is upsetting to a sensitive person like your grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"perturbing",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"worrisome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"harassing",
"persecutive",
"persecutory",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"reassuring"
]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"flurrying",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
]
},
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
"examples":[
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsizing",
"overturning",
"turning over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inverting",
"oversetting",
"overthrowing",
"pitchpoling",
"toppling",
"tumping (over)",
"upending",
"careening",
"heeling",
"keeling",
"leaning",
"listing",
"tilting",
"tipping",
"collapsing",
"falling",
"foundering",
"giving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"standing up",
"straightening (up)",
"erecting",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[
"righting"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"confusing",
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disjointing",
"dislocating",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"hashing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiling",
"entangling",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"stirring (up)",
"unsettling",
"cluttering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"methodizing",
"systematizing",
"systemizing",
"adjusting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"unscrambling"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"regulating",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"upstart":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriviste",
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9",
"comer",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ups":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"climbing fuel prices have forced the delivery company to up its prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
]
},
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"examples":[
"upped the catboat's sail"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"raises",
"takes up",
"upholds",
"uplifts",
"upraises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascends",
"mounts",
"rises",
"rears",
"upends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descends",
"dips",
"falls",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"slips",
"bears",
"depresses",
"presses",
"pushes",
"sinks",
"submerges"
],
"antonyms":[
"drops",
"lowers"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the road constantly ups and downs as it makes its way over the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"aspires",
"climbs",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"thrusts",
"uprears",
"uprises",
"upthrusts",
"upturns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surges",
"towers",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"raises",
"upheaves",
"uplifts",
"upraises",
"balloons",
"blasts off",
"takes off",
"zooms",
"crests",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"tops",
"cants",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"sinks",
"slides"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls (off)",
"plunges"
]
},
"as in rises , ascents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls",
"flameouts",
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"upstarts":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these billionaire dot-commers mere upstarts"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrivistes",
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9s",
"comers",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upswing":{
"as in upheaval , upturn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upsweep",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upshot":{
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
"examples":[
"the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws"
],
"synonyms":[
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"aftermath",
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"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
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"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence"
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"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
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"repercussion",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"ripple",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off"
],
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"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
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"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
]
},
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"noun"
]
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"as in raised , elevated":{
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"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"high-rise",
"statuesque",
"altitudinous",
"high",
"lofty",
"tall",
"towering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"short",
"squat",
"flat",
"stubby",
"stumpy"
],
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"as in rose , uprose":{
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"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upturned",
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
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"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
"examples":[
"the frantic search left the room upside-down"
],
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"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
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"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"wrinkled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
"examples":[
"a fine, upstanding woman who deserves to be nominated to the state's highest court"
],
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"decent",
"ethical",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"noble",
"principled",
"respectable",
"righteous",
"stand-up",
"upright"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"irreproachable",
"unassailable",
"unimpeachable",
"chivalrous",
"classy",
"high-minded",
"menschy",
"right-minded",
"conscientious",
"fair",
"good",
"incorruptible",
"moral",
"reputable",
"respected",
"scrupulous",
"uncorrupted",
"virtuous",
"decorous",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"blackguardly",
"corrupt",
"criminal",
"crooked",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"knavish",
"mean",
"nefarious",
"rascally",
"reprehensible",
"roguish",
"rotten",
"scoundrelly",
"sinful",
"unfair",
"unscrupulous",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wretched",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"culpable",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"profligate",
"reprobate",
"shameful",
"venal"
],
"antonyms":[
"base",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"ignoble",
"low",
"unethical",
"unjust",
"unprincipled",
"unrighteous",
"unworthy"
]
},
"rising straight up":{
"examples":[
"not a single wall remained upstanding after the tornado had passed"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"raised",
"stand-up",
"standing",
"upright",
"vertical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upended",
"upraised",
"semierect",
"freestanding",
"stand-alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prostrate",
"supine",
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slanty"
],
"antonyms":[
"flat",
"recumbent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upscale":{
"appealing to affluent consumers":{
"examples":[
"a new upscale shopping center is under construction on the west end of town"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"high-end",
"upmarket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elegant",
"fashionable",
"posh",
"extravagant",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"plush",
"sumptuous",
"costly",
"expensive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheap",
"inexpensive"
],
"antonyms":[
"dime-store",
"discount",
"down-market",
"downscale",
"low-end"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"upsurge":{
"a rapid or sudden increase":{
"examples":[
"a recent upsurge in crime",
"The mayor is enjoying an upsurge of popularity."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsweep",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling",
"ascent",
"ascension",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soar",
"boost",
"hike",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a rapid or sudden increase":{
"examples":[
"a recent upsurge in crime",
"The mayor is enjoying an upsurge of popularity."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heaves",
"thrusts",
"upheavals",
"upsweeps",
"upswings",
"upthrusts",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"upwellings",
"ascensions",
"ascents",
"climbs",
"rises",
"risings",
"soars",
"boosts",
"hikes",
"raises",
"blastoffs",
"elevations",
"hoists",
"levitations",
"liftoffs",
"takeoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plops",
"declines",
"decreases",
"downs",
"comedowns",
"downfalls",
"downgrades",
"descents",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"nosedives",
"plunges"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"upsets":{
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the smallest things can upset us if we're already stressed"
],
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"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"flurries",
"frazzles",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"to turn on one's side or upside down":{
"examples":[
"the narrow boat upsets easily and should be handled with care"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsizes",
"overturns",
"turns over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inverts",
"oversets",
"overthrows",
"pitchpoles",
"topples",
"tumps (over)",
"upends",
"careens",
"heels",
"keels",
"leans",
"lists",
"tilts",
"tips",
"collapses",
"falls",
"founders",
"gives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stands up",
"straightens (up)",
"erects",
"raises"
],
"antonyms":[
"rights"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"the change in the bus schedule upset our daily routine"
],
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"confuses",
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disjoints",
"dislocates",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"hashes",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroils",
"entangles",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"stirs (up)",
"unsettles",
"clutters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"methodizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"adjusts",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"unscrambles"
],
"antonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"regulates",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies"
]
},
"an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed":{
"examples":[
"the move to a new town is just the latest in a series of upsets for my family over the last year"
],
"synonyms":[
"derangements",
"dislocations",
"disruptions",
"disturbances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"convulsions",
"revolutions",
"unsettlements",
"upheavals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}