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{
"dandle":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
],
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"synonyms":[
"baby",
"cocker",
"coddle",
"cosset",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"nurse",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"wet-nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"content",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"mother",
"oblige",
"please",
"satisfy",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"discipline",
"restrain",
"oppress",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight",
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"victimize"
],
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"antonyms":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dandy":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"that's a dandy new racing bike"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"that dandy was willing to spend all day and hundreds of dollars just to get the perfect pair of shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"popinjay",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"that new PDA is a dandy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dandyish":{
"as in foppish , sappy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"camp",
"campy",
"feminine",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"antimacho",
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"danger":{
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"examples":[
"he knew he was in danger when he received the threatening phone calls at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"distress",
"endangerment",
"harm's way",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
]
},
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"willing to face the dangers of the Arctic in quest of the Northwest Passage"
],
"synonyms":[
"hazard",
"imminence",
"menace",
"peril",
"pitfall",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snare",
"trap",
"booby trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"ward",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangerous":{
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers were specially selected to go on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
]
},
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"the common knowledge that smoking is dangerous to one's health hasn't stopped some people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"danging":{
"as in dashing , darning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"darning",
"durning",
"dashing",
"hexing",
"jinxing",
"voodooing",
"cussing (out)",
"fulminating (against)",
"railing (against)",
"reviling",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprobating",
"anathematizing",
"beshrewing",
"cursing",
"imprecating",
"maledicting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessing",
"applauding",
"commending",
"congratulating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dangled":{
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hung",
"hanged",
"slung",
"suspended",
"swung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooked",
"mounted",
"pinned",
"tacked",
"draped",
"festooned",
"garlanded",
"strung",
"extended (out)",
"jutted",
"projected",
"stuck out",
"overhung",
"protruded",
"cascaded",
"depended",
"fell",
"balanced",
"poised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dances attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"serves",
"slaves (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"ministers (to)",
"tends (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"dancing":{
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"polkaing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"treading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"darting",
"flickering",
"flicking",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dancing attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"serving",
"slaving (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"ministering (to)",
"tending (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"danders":{
"as in angers , outrages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"chafes",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages",
"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"agitations",
"discomforts",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"upsets",
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"pips",
"vexations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dance":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball",
"cotillion",
"cotillon",
"formal",
"hop",
"prom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowout",
"celebration",
"event",
"festival",
"festivity",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"masque",
"mask",
"masquerade",
"mixer",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"hoedown",
"square dance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"polka",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"tread"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"dart",
"flick",
"flicker",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"danced attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"served",
"slaved (for)",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"ministered (to)",
"tended (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"dandies":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"that dandy was willing to spend all day and hundreds of dollars just to get the perfect pair of shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"bucks",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"lounge lizards",
"macaronis",
"pretty boys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcombs",
"fancy Dans",
"popinjays",
"blades",
"cavaliers",
"dashers",
"clotheshorses",
"exquisites",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"that new PDA is a dandy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangle":{
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hang",
"sling",
"suspend",
"swing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hook",
"mount",
"pin",
"tack",
"drape",
"festoon",
"garland",
"string",
"extend (out)",
"jut",
"project",
"stick out",
"overhang",
"protrude",
"cascade",
"depend",
"fall",
"balance",
"poise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dance card":{
"as in card , plate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"card",
"exercises",
"plate",
"agenda",
"calendar",
"docket",
"program",
"schedule",
"timetable",
"arrangement",
"order",
"ordering",
"organization",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dandles":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"cockers",
"coddles",
"cossets",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"nurses",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"wet-nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"mothers",
"obliges",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"disciplines",
"restrains",
"oppresses",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"victimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuses",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dangers":{
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
"examples":[
"willing to face the dangers of the Arctic in quest of the Northwest Passage"
],
"synonyms":[
"hazards",
"imminences",
"menaces",
"perils",
"pitfalls",
"risks",
"threats",
"troubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snares",
"traps",
"booby traps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"wards",
"asylums",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dances":{
"a social gathering for dancing":{
"examples":[
"who are you taking to the dance on Saturday night?"
],
"synonyms":[
"balls",
"cotillions",
"cotillons",
"formals",
"hops",
"proms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowouts",
"celebrations",
"events",
"festivals",
"festivities",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"masquerades",
"masques",
"masks",
"mixers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"hoedowns",
"square dances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"steps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prances",
"struts",
"trips",
"boogies",
"boogeys",
"bops",
"fox-trots",
"gavottes",
"jigs",
"jitterbugs",
"jives",
"mambos",
"polkas",
"shags",
"shimmies",
"shuffles",
"tangos",
"tap-dances",
"twists",
"waltzes",
"treads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"darts",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flirts",
"flits",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"skitters",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"dander":{
"as in anger , outrage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangling":{
"extending freely from a support from above":{
"examples":[
"there was a dangling banner in one corner of the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependent",
"hanging",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"pendulous",
"suspended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooping",
"flagging",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hanging",
"slinging",
"suspending",
"swinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooking",
"mounting",
"pinning",
"tacking",
"draping",
"festooning",
"garlanding",
"stringing",
"extending (out)",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"sticking out",
"overhanging",
"protruding",
"cascading",
"depending",
"falling",
"balancing",
"poising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dance cards":{
"as in cards , plates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cards",
"exercises",
"plates",
"agendas",
"calendars",
"dockets",
"programs",
"schedules",
"timetables",
"arrangements",
"orderings",
"orders",
"organizations",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dangles":{
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"he dangled the string in front of the cat, hoping that it was in the mood for play"
],
"synonyms":[
"hangs",
"slings",
"suspends",
"swings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooks",
"mounts",
"pins",
"tacks",
"drapes",
"festoons",
"garlands",
"strings",
"extends (out)",
"juts",
"projects",
"sticks out",
"overhangs",
"protrudes",
"cascades",
"depends",
"falls",
"balances",
"poises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dankness":{
"as in wetness , sogginess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clamminess",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"wetness",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"dangs":{
"as in dashes , darns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"darns",
"durns",
"dashes",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"voodoos",
"cusses (out)",
"fulminates (against)",
"rails (against)",
"reviles",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprobates",
"anathematizes",
"beshrews",
"curses",
"imprecates",
"maledicts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blesses",
"applauds",
"commends",
"congratulates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"danced":{
"to perform a series of usually rhythmic bodily movements to music":{
"examples":[
"she can't resist dancing to her favorite rock bands"
],
"synonyms":[
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped",
"shook a leg",
"tripped the light fantastic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"polkaed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tangoed",
"tap-danced",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"trod",
"treaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"examples":[
"the lithe boxer danced around the ring, staying just out of the reach of his opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"darted",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flirted",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"fluttered",
"zipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"skittered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"danged":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"that danged company lost our payment again"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"dang",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dashed , darned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"darned",
"durned",
"dashed",
"hexed",
"jinxed",
"voodooed",
"cussed (out)",
"fulminated (against)",
"railed (against)",
"reviled",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprobated",
"anathematized",
"beshrewed",
"cursed",
"imprecated",
"maledicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"applauded",
"commended",
"congratulated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dank":{
"slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"dampish",
"moist",
"wettish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semimoist",
"dewy",
"misty",
"clammy",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"tropical",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"steeped",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"waterless",
"baked",
"bone-dry",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dance attendance (upon)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"serve",
"slave (for)",
"work (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"minister (to)",
"tend (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"dandled":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
],
"synonyms":[
"babied",
"cockered",
"coddled",
"cosseted",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"nursed",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"wet-nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"mothered",
"obliged",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"soothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"disciplined",
"restrained",
"oppressed",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"victimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"abused",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dang":{
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
"examples":[
"we need to go shovel the dang snow again"
],
"synonyms":[
"accursed",
"accurst",
"blasted",
"confounded",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"damnable",
"danged",
"darn",
"durn",
"darned",
"durned",
"deuced",
"doggone",
"doggoned",
"freaking",
"infernal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bum",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"wretched",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"shameful",
"sorry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"praiseworthy",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"we've driven too dang far to turn around now"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"as in dash , darn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"darn",
"durn",
"dash",
"hex",
"jinx",
"voodoo",
"cuss (out)",
"fulminate (against)",
"rail (against)",
"revile",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprobate",
"anathematize",
"beshrew",
"curse",
"imprecate",
"maledict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bless",
"applaud",
"commend",
"congratulate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"dandling":{
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni"
],
"synonyms":[
"babying",
"cockering",
"coddling",
"cosseting",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"nursing",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"wet-nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"mothering",
"obliging",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"disciplining",
"restraining",
"oppressing",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"victimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}