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{
"emaciating":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalescing",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"gaining"
],
"related":[
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"yielding",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"rotting",
"running down"
],
"synonyms":[
"decaying",
"drooping",
"fading",
"failing",
"flagging",
"going",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"sagging",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emanates":{
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbs",
"inhales",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"related":[
"eliminates",
"evacuates",
"excretes",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"secretes",
"ejects",
"erupts",
"gushes",
"jets",
"outpours",
"pours",
"spews",
"spouts",
"sprays",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"discharges",
"emits",
"evolves",
"exhales",
"expels",
"expires",
"gives out",
"irradiates",
"issues",
"radiates",
"releases",
"sends (out)",
"shoots",
"throws out",
"vents"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"emanation":{
"as in emission , effluence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emancipate":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"examples":[
"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"related":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"emancipating":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining"
],
"examples":[
"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"related":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"paroling",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"enfranchising",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emancipations":{
"the act of setting free from slavery":{
"antonyms":[
"enslavements"
],
"examples":[
"a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondages",
"serfdoms",
"servitudes",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"yokes",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"conquests",
"subjugations"
],
"related":[
"deliverances",
"redemptions",
"salvations",
"autonomies",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"independencies",
"liberties",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"synonyms":[
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emasculate":{
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"antonyms":[
"nerve"
],
"examples":[
"being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten"
],
"related":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"neuter",
"weaken",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"frighten",
"intimidate",
"psych (out)",
"scare",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"craze",
"derange",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"faze",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralize",
"paralyze",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embankment":{
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breakwater",
"jetty",
"seawall",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"rampart",
"canal",
"channel",
"ditch",
"gutter",
"trough",
"lock",
"barricade",
"barrier",
"block",
"floodgate",
"sluice",
"barrage",
"milldam",
"stank",
"weir"
],
"synonyms":[
"dam",
"dike",
"head",
"levee"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embargoed":{
"as in excluded , ruled out":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarkation":{
"as in embarkment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"embarkment":{
"as in embarkation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"embarrasses":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"antonyms":[
"aids",
"assists",
"facilitates",
"helps"
],
"examples":[
"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"makes way",
"opens",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"unties",
"loosens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"encourages",
"furthers",
"promotes"
],
"related":[
"balks",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"reins",
"restrains",
"binds",
"chains",
"halters",
"leashes",
"tethers",
"ties",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"delays",
"retains",
"retards",
"barricades",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"roadblocks",
"bogs (down)",
"mires",
"chokes",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suffocates",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"stumps",
"thwarts",
"derails",
"disrupts",
"sabotages",
"muzzles",
"represses",
"suppresses",
"confines",
"hedges (in)",
"hems (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogs",
"cramps",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"hog-ties",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"short-circuits",
"stymies",
"ties up",
"trammels"
]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
],
"examples":[
"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"unravels",
"untangles",
"oversimplifies"
],
"related":[
"develops",
"elaborates",
"expands",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexes",
"complexifies",
"complicates",
"entangles",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
]
},
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"relieves",
"soothes",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"assures",
"reassures"
],
"related":[
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"queers",
"shames"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarrassments":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a big suitcase filled with clothes proved to be more an embarrassment than a convenience on my trip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"related":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
]
},
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplombs",
"assurances",
"composures",
"confidences",
"equanimities",
"poises",
"self-confidences",
"self-possessions"
],
"related":[
"agitations",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposures",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"disgraces",
"ignominies",
"shames",
"debasements",
"degradations",
"humiliations",
"humble pies"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashments",
"confusions",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"flusters",
"mortifications"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embattle":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"embattling":{
"as in mobilizing , mechanizing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embayment":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy",
"a river embayment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"embed":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
],
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"related":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embellished":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"minimized",
"played down",
"understated"
],
"related":[
"dressed up",
"gussied up",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"emphasized",
"played up",
"stressed",
"caricatured",
"satirized"
],
"synonyms":[
"colored",
"elaborated (on)",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"embellishments":{
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"related":[
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims"
]
},
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"antonyms":[
"meioses",
"understatements"
],
"examples":[
"the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlements",
"disparagements"
],
"related":[
"amplifications",
"enhancements",
"fabrications",
"misrepresentations",
"hypes",
"pufferies",
"superlatives"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"colorings",
"elaborations",
"embroideries",
"exaggerations",
"hyperboles",
"magnifications",
"overstatements",
"paddings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embezzlements":{
"as in misappropriations , grafts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"embitterment":{
"as in antagonism , envenoming":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblazon":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
"related":[
"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"synonyms":[
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"not too surprisingly, rock climbing tends to attract the more emboldened seekers of outdoor adventure"
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"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"embosom":{
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"veil",
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"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
],
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"exposes",
"strips"
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},
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"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
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"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
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"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
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"rejecting",
"spurning",
"throwing over",
"turning down",
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"liking",
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"choosing",
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"deciding (on)",
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"naming",
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"circling",
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"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
],
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"giving up",
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"rejecting",
"renouncing",
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"raising",
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"copying",
"imitating",
"pretending",
"putting on",
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},
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"embracive":{
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"\"pickle\" is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar"
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"blanket",
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"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
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"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
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},
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},
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"embrocation":{
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},
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]
},
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"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
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"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
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"redraws",
"restyles",
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"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
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"changes",
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"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
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"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
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},
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"as in exoduses , evacuations":{
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},
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},
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"an applicant who is eminently qualified for the job"
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},
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]
},
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"I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep"
],
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"hove",
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"squealed",
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"yowled",
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],
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},
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"nuclei that emit gamma rays"
],
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"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
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"took up"
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"related":[
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},
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},
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"as in softening , cushioning":{
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},
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},
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"my emotions after hearing the shocking news went from utter disbelief to overwhelming sorrow"
],
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"insensitiveness",
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"unfeelingness"
],
"related":[
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"perception",
"sensation",
"sense",
"angle",
"attitude",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
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"receptiveness",
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"responsiveness",
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"the emotion that the singer is able to instill in \"Amazing Grace\" is truly stirring"
],
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"reservedness",
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"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
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"woodenness",
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"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
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"cathexis",
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"sappiness",
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"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"related":[
"appear",
"come out",
"show up",
"turn up",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go (on)",
"go off",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire",
"interfere",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"intrude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathic":{
"having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another":{
"examples":[
"gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"commiserative",
"compassionate",
"empathetic",
"humane",
"sympathetic",
"understanding"
],
"related":[
"feeling",
"perceptive",
"sensitive",
"considerate",
"gentle",
"softhearted",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"bighearted",
"charitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"largehearted",
"magnanimous",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"tolerant",
"pitying",
"ruthful",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"well-disposed",
"affectionate",
"loving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking",
"aloof",
"cool",
"indifferent",
"uncaring",
"uninterested",
"unaffectionate",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"bigoted",
"blinkered",
"narrow-minded",
"small-minded",
"brutal",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"unrelenting",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"hostile",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"unkind",
"virulent"
],
"antonyms":[
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"coldhearted",
"hard",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"obdurate",
"unfeeling",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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}
}
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