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{
"Bunyanesque":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"buckets":{
"a considerable amount":{
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"examples":[
"made buckets of money in the stock market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"related":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
]
},
"a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"carried water from the well in a bucket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cauldrons",
"kettles",
"pots",
"canteens",
"flagons",
"jars",
"jugs",
"pitchers",
"bails",
"hods",
"tanks",
"tubs",
"vats",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels"
],
"synonyms":[
"pails"
]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pours",
"fills"
],
"related":[
"bails",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"empties",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"dishes",
"slops",
"decants",
"draws",
"pumps",
"siphons",
"syphons",
"suctions"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"lades",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocks",
"sways",
"swings",
"chatters",
"quavers",
"shivers",
"thrills",
"trembles",
"twitches",
"dodders",
"wavers",
"flickers",
"fluctuates",
"flutters",
"oscillates",
"undulates",
"waves",
"beats",
"palpitates",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"pulsates",
"pulses",
"throbs"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"convulses",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"joggles",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"judders",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"vibrates",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"bucking":{
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the car bucked and stalled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bumping",
"jouncing",
"lurching",
"pitching",
"staggering",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"jogging",
"joggling",
"shaking",
"dragging",
"lugging",
"pulling",
"tugging",
"plucking",
"tweaking",
"grabbing",
"ripping",
"snapping (up)",
"snatching",
"tearing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitching",
"hoicking",
"jerking",
"jolting",
"twitching",
"yanking"
]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"examples":[
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
"synonyms":[
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"relaying",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"reaching",
"transferring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"bucking up":{
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"to become glad or hopeful":{
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"saddening"
],
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairing",
"desponding",
"brooding",
"fretting",
"moping"
],
"related":[
"rejoicing",
"livening (up)",
"reviving",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"sparkling",
"encouraging",
"gladdening",
"heartening"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightening",
"cheering (up)",
"lightening",
"looking up",
"perking (up)"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
],
"related":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"steeling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckle":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflate",
"rise",
"swell"
],
"related":[
"deflate",
"flatten",
"melt",
"melt down",
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall",
"burst",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"split",
"crack",
"crumble",
"pop",
"snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"crumple",
"founder",
"give",
"go",
"go out",
"implode",
"tumble",
"yield"
]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"devote",
"give"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"buckled (down to)":{
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"buckles (down)":{
"as in pitches in , digs in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucks up":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"saddens"
],
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairs",
"desponds",
"broods",
"frets",
"mopes"
],
"related":[
"rejoices",
"livens (up)",
"revives",
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"sparkles",
"encourages",
"gladdens",
"heartens"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightens",
"cheers (up)",
"lightens",
"looks up",
"perks (up)"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"daunts",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"depresses",
"saddens",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"hamstrings",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"intimidates",
"psychs (out)"
],
"related":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"assures",
"reassures",
"boosts",
"energizes",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"rallies",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears up",
"buoys (up)",
"cheers (up)",
"chirks (up)",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"inspirits",
"steels"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"buckskin":{
"as in chestnut , palomino":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in deerskin , cowhide":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"buckskins":{
"as in chestnuts , blacks":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in deerskins , cowhides":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"budgets":{
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we've spent a little more than our budget this year"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chests",
"coffers",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"petty cashes",
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pools"
]
},
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tour group had a whole budget of complaints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"synonyms":[
"forces",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"supplies"
]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the vacationers carefully budgeted how they would spend their limited time in Italy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conspires",
"contrives",
"devises",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"concerts",
"gets up",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"aims",
"figures",
"has on",
"intends",
"means",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"premeditates"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"blueprints",
"calculates",
"charts",
"choreographs",
"designs",
"frames",
"lays out",
"maps (out)",
"organizes",
"plans",
"prepares",
"projects",
"schemes (out)",
"shapes",
"strategizes (about)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buffer":{
"one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it took a friend serving as a buffer between the feuding siblings to get them to speak to one another again"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"troubleshooter",
"moderator",
"bargainer",
"negotiant",
"negotiator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"counselor",
"counsellor"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker"
]
},
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the excelsior acts as an additional buffer for the marble bust during shipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"baffle",
"muffler",
"padding",
"safeguard",
"shield",
"barricade",
"cordon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumper",
"cocoon",
"cushion",
"cushioning",
"fender",
"pad"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"during my walk an umbrella and thick coat buffered the freezing rain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heighten",
"intensify",
"sharpen"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"obtund",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"relieve"
],
"synonyms":[
"cushion",
"gentle",
"soften"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"buffet":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"delivered a powerful buffet to the side of the prisoner's head"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
]
},
"a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a buffet completed the kitchen set"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"taboret",
"tabouret",
"vitrine",
"cuddy",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"armoire",
"clothespress",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"cabinetry",
"shelving"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabinet",
"closet",
"console",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"locker",
"press",
"sideboard"
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},
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"examples":[
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"we'll need a new buggy if we have another baby"
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],
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]
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"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness"
],
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"the box wasn't heavy, but its bulkiness made it awkward to carry"
],
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"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
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"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
],
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"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"substantiality",
"voluminousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the town's drug dealers and bulls were well acquainted with one another"
],
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"civilian"
],
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"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
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"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
]
},
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the head office issued a bull banning the use of alcohol at all on-site social functions"
],
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"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"verdict",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"dictum",
"manifesto",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"canon",
"encyclical"
],
"synonyms":[
"decree",
"diktat",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"rescript",
"ruling",
"ukase"
]
},
"boastful speech or writing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an interview filled with the usual bull about how seriously she takes the art of acting"
],
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"oratory",
"rhapsody",
"rhetoric",
"pomposity",
"turgidity",
"wind",
"bloviation",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"jawing",
"patter",
"prating",
"yammering",
"egotism",
"self-conceit",
"self-importance",
"swagger",
"vaunt"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"bombast",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rant",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a guy who's always trying to sell some sucker a line of bull"
],
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"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"related":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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"the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question"
],
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"related":[
"ram",
"shove",
"thrust"
],
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"bore",
"bulldoze",
"crash",
"elbow",
"jam",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push",
"shoulder",
"squeeze"
]
},
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market"
],
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"belittle",
"deprecate",
"diminish",
"discount",
"laugh off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"bemoan",
"lament",
"mourn",
"regret"
],
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"harangue",
"puff",
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"gush",
"exult",
"glory",
"rejoice",
"brandish",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
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"parade",
"show off",
"magnify",
"maximize"
],
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"boast",
"brag",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bull pens":{
"as in cells , holes":{
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bull's-eyes":{
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
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"you hit the bull's-eye when you noted that the real issue here is money"
],
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"related":[
"courses",
"directions",
"drifts",
"tenors",
"bodies",
"contents",
"substances",
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"purports",
"subjects",
"themes",
"theses"
],
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"bottom lines",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"gists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"meat and potatoes",
"meats",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"points",
"roots",
"sums"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bulletined":{
"as in billed , gazetted":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
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"examples":[
"picks up a church bulletin every Sunday after Mass"
],
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"related":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"synonyms":[
"books",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines"
]
},
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
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"examples":[
"I signed up to receive the free financial bulletin daily in my in-box"
],
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"related":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
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"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
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"notifications",
"postings",
"releases"
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"bulls":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
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"examples":[
"the town's drug dealers and bulls were well acquainted with one another"
],
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"civilians"
],
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"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
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"bobbies",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the head office issued a bull banning the use of alcohol at all on-site social functions"
],
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"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"verdicts",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"manifestos",
"manifestoes",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"canons",
"encyclicals"
],
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"decrees",
"diktats",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rescripts",
"rulings",
"ukases"
]
},
"to force one's way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question"
],
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"related":[
"rams",
"shoves",
"thrusts"
],
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"bores",
"bulldozes",
"crashes",
"elbows",
"jams",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes",
"shoulders",
"squeezes"
]
},
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
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"examples":[
"no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market"
],
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"belittles",
"deprecates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"laughs off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"bemoans",
"laments",
"mourns",
"regrets"
],
"related":[
"blusters",
"harangues",
"puffs",
"prides",
"gushes",
"exults",
"glories",
"rejoices",
"brandishes",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flaunts",
"glorifies",
"parades",
"shows off",
"magnifies",
"maximizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"boasts",
"brags",
"crows",
"gasconades",
"swaggers",
"vapors",
"vaunts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"bully":{
"a person who teases, threatens, or hurts smaller, weaker, or more vulnerable persons":{
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"examples":[
"the school has a procedure for students who want to report problems with bullies"
],
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"enemy",
"abuser",
"baiter",
"giber",
"jiber",
"harasser",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"oppressor",
"persecutor",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"torturer",
"goon",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mug",
"punk",
"rough",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"cutthroat",
"felon",
"gangster",
"gunman",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
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"bullyboy",
"hector",
"intimidator"
]
},
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
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"examples":[
"the local loan shark and his bullies have ways of making people pay up"
],
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"related":[
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
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"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"that's a bully idea for reviving the town's retail center"
],
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"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
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"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"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"
]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
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"examples":[
"the kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates"
],
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"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"related":[
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"wrong",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"brutalize",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
]
},
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the manager was fired for bullying employees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"steel",
"convince",
"persuade"
],
"related":[
"bluster",
"trash-talk",
"affright",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare",
"shock",
"spook",
"startle",
"terrify",
"menace",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound",
"bludgeon",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"force",
"make",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure",
"push around",
"demoralize",
"psych (out)",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"discompose",
"disconcert",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"bogart",
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bullyrag",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"strong-arm"
]
},
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"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bullying":{
"as in browbeating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in bulldozing , browbeating":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
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"verb"
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"burke":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"blab",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"publish",
"spread",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"related":[
"black out",
"censor",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"quash",
"repress",
"smother",
"spike",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover (up)",
"hush (up)",
"suppress"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burned":{
"as in charred , scorched":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he came home burning with anger because of a reprimand at work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"bristled",
"flared (up)",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"roiled",
"shook"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"raged",
"rankled",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"steamed",
"stormed"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"all evening long we just sat there, contentedly watching the Yule log burn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"caught",
"enkindled",
"deflagrated",
"fired",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"flared (up)",
"lit (up)",
"lighted (up)",
"flickered",
"guttered",
"wavered",
"baked",
"broiled",
"charred",
"cooked",
"melted",
"roasted",
"scorched",
"sweltered",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"sparked",
"sputtered",
"beamed",
"brightened",
"radiated",
"beat (down)",
"flashed",
"glared",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"shone",
"shined",
"sparkled",
"twinkled"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazed",
"combusted",
"flamed",
"glowed"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
],
"examples":[
"he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"related":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
]
},
"to make complete use of":{
"antonyms":[
"renewed",
"replaced"
],
"examples":[
"heedlessly burning the country's resources without any concern for future generations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmented",
"enlarged",
"increased",
"bolstered",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"rebuilt",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revived",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"ate",
"used",
"bankrupted",
"cleaned (out)",
"impoverished",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"dried up",
"emptied",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"guzzled",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"wasted"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"devoured",
"drained",
"drew down",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"played out",
"spent",
"used up"
]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"antonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"examples":[
"it is not a good idea to try to burn old papers in the sink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"enkindled",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bright streetlight outside our motel room burned all night long"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"flashed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blazed",
"flamed",
"flared",
"glared"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burned-out":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
],
"examples":[
"I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"related":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"pooped",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"related":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"frazzled",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"burnishes":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"burnished the floor of the ballroom to a soft luster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"related":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burns out":{
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activates",
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"strengthens",
"vitalizes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds"
],
"related":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"busts",
"does in",
"does up",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"frazzles",
"harasses",
"kills",
"knocks out",
"outwears",
"tires",
"tuckers (out)",
"washes out",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burr":{
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard the burr of a distant engine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"howl",
"roar",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"yell"
],
"related":[
"babble",
"coo",
"gasp",
"gurgle",
"hiss",
"moan",
"murmur",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"suspiration",
"susurration",
"susurrus",
"whisper",
"whish",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"chirr",
"churr",
"drone",
"hum",
"purr",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom"
]
},
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pitch burred past the batter's ear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chirr",
"churr",
"thrum",
"fizz",
"hiss",
"murmur",
"purr",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whisper",
"coo",
"curr",
"wheeze",
"whistle",
"whoosh"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumble",
"buzz",
"drone",
"hum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"burros":{
"a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"used a burro to carry the supplies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jacks",
"jennets",
"jennies",
"hinnies",
"mules",
"pack animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"asses",
"donkeys",
"jackasses",
"mokes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burst (forth)":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame",
"flare (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bursted":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a sudden burst of industriousness whenever the boss appeared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
"related":[
"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a burst of anger that startled the other members on the panel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"one burst after another could be heard in the distance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"discharge",
"firing",
"shooting",
"blowout",
"flare-up",
"bang",
"boom",
"pop",
"airburst",
"groundburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blowup",
"bursting",
"detonation",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"outburst"
]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
]
},
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"antonyms":[
"implode"
],
"examples":[
"the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fizzle"
],
"related":[
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"discharge",
"fire",
"shoot",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mushroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"blow up",
"crump",
"detonate",
"explode",
"go off",
"pop"
]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally burst the pi\u00f1ata open with one mighty swing of the bat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"implode"
],
"related":[
"dynamite",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck",
"detonate",
"discharge",
"fragment",
"splinter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"blow up",
"demolish",
"explode",
"pop",
"shatter",
"smash"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"balloon",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"blow up",
"detonate",
"touch off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze (up)",
"break out",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame",
"flare (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bursts (in or into)":{
"as in barges (in) , breezes (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bury":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"related":[
"immure",
"inurn",
"enshrine",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"rebury",
"reinter",
"coffin"
],
"synonyms":[
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"put away",
"tomb"
]
},
"to put into a hiding place":{
"antonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit"
],
"examples":[
"buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil",
"unwrap",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show off",
"disinter",
"unearth"
],
"related":[
"hoard",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"entomb",
"inter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"secrete"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burying":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
],
"examples":[
"all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"related":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us"
],
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"idly",
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],
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"the deadline is in two days, so everyone in the department has been working busily"
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"lifelessly",
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"energetically",
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"indefatigably",
"tirelessly"
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"actively",
"assiduously",
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"industriously",
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]
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"examples":[
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"most of the local businesses belong to the association"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"conglomerates",
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"multinationals",
"associations",
"cartels",
"chains",
"combines",
"syndicates",
"trusts",
"agencies",
"dealers",
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],
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"companies",
"concerns",
"enterprises",
"establishments",
"firms",
"houses",
"interests",
"outfits"
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]
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"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
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"examples":[
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"if you want a medical malpractice lawyer, he's the best in the business"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"frontiers",
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"areas",
"arenas",
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"baronies",
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"departments",
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"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
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]
},
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"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"the interrogators demanded to know what business the suspect had in the restricted area at that time of night"
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],
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"burdens",
"chores",
"duties",
"needs",
"obligations",
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"commitments",
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"promises",
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"restraints"
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],
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"assignments",
"briefs",
"charges",
"details",
"jobs",
"missions",
"operations",
"posts"
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]
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"something to be dealt with":{
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"antonyms":[
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"allegiances",
"devotions",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
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],
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"the price for giving the drug lord the business was certain death"
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],
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"dependabilities",
"reliabilities",
"defenses",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields"
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"abandonments",
"desertions",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"guiles",
"frauds",
"talebearings",
"trickeries"
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],
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"backstabbings",
"betrayals",
"disloyalties",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"sellouts",
"treacheries",
"treasons"
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]
},
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"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"plants going about the business of photosynthesis provide the Earth with a renewable source of oxygen"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"affairs",
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"involvements",
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"capacities",
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"places",
"positions",
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"noun"
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"verb"
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"the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases"
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"ace",
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"maestro",
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"incompetent",
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],
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"blunderbuss",
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]
},
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"the new piano student butchered the sonatina"
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"blunder",
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"piffle",
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"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
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"spoil",
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"mismanage"
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"blow",
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"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
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"botch",
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"bungle",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
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"mangle",
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"the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes"
],
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"favorite",
"pet"
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"related":[
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"chump",
"dupe",
"fall guy",
"fool",
"gull",
"monkey",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker",
"victim"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"derision",
"jest",
"joke",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mock",
"mockery",
"sport",
"target"
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]
},
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"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"troublemaker",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"traducer",
"baiter",
"heckler",
"needler",
"ribber",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer",
"derider",
"insulter",
"mocker",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
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],
"related":[
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"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"pilgarlic",
"lightning rod",
"fall guy",
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"mark",
"prey",
"sitting duck",
"target",
"victim"
]
},
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"scuttlebutt",
"cistern",
"tub",
"vat",
"can",
"drum"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"cask",
"firkin",
"hogshead",
"keg",
"kilderkin",
"pipe",
"puncheon",
"rundlet",
"runlet",
"tun"
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]
},
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"as in push , kick":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"bum",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"butte":{
"a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit."
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],
"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"butted":{
"as in pushed , kicked":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"butterfingered":{
"lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands":{
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
],
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"examples":[
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"I'm so butterfingered this morning\u2014I keep dropping things"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"expert",
"masterly",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"coordinated"
],
"related":[
"uncoordinated",
"bunglesome",
"bungling",
"gauche",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"awkward",
"cack-handed",
"clumsy",
"graceless",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
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]
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"butting heads":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Our boss tries not to schedule Rosie and Mark for the same shifts, since the two often butt heads ."
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
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],
"related":[
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"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
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]
},
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"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"buttoned-down":{
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
"antonyms":[
"broad-minded",
"large-minded",
"liberal",
"nonconservative",
"nonconventional",
"nonorthodox",
"nontraditional",
"open-minded",
"progressive",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox"
],
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"examples":[
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"a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"anticonventional",
"antiestablishment",
"antitraditional",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"nonconformist",
"advanced",
"contemporary",
"modern",
"lefty",
"radical",
"ultraleft",
"ultraleftist",
"ultraprogressive",
"ultraradical"
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],
"related":[
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"conventional",
"square",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"true",
"true-blue",
"blimpish",
"neoconservative",
"Tory",
"ultraright",
"ultrarightist",
"dowdy",
"fogyish",
"fogeyish",
"fuddy-duddy",
"ossified",
"set",
"stodgy",
"right",
"right-wing",
"antiliberal",
"antimodern",
"antiprogressive",
"antireform",
"antirevolutionary"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"archconservative",
"brassbound",
"conservative",
"die-hard",
"hidebound",
"mossbacked",
"old-fashioned",
"old-line",
"old-school",
"orthodox",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"standpat",
"traditional",
"traditionalistic",
"ultraconservative",
"unprogressive"
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]
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"buy":{
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"four cartons of ice cream for four dollars is a real buy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharge",
"rip-off",
"soaking",
"markup",
"surcharge",
"extravagance",
"luxury"
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],
"related":[
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"clearance",
"closeout",
"markdown",
"cheapie",
"bonus",
"freebie",
"freebee",
"gift",
"giveaway",
"premium",
"present",
"boon",
"windfall"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bargain",
"deal",
"pennyworth",
"snip",
"steal"
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]
},
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"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
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],
"related":[
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"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take"
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]
},
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"to influence someone with a bribe":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"fix",
"tamper (with)",
"abase",
"debase",
"debauch",
"defile",
"degrade",
"demean",
"deprave",
"dishonor",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"taint",
"warp",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"motivate",
"provoke",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"goad",
"induce",
"flatter",
"persuade",
"snare",
"trap"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bribe",
"corrupt",
"have",
"pay off",
"square"
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]
},
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"to regard as right or true":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
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],
"examples":[
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"if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"challenge",
"dispute"
add MWThesaurus
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],
"related":[
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"account",
"accredit",
"understand",
"assume",
"presume",
"suppose",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"accept",
"believe",
"credit",
"swallow",
"take",
"trust"
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]
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buying":{
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
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],
"related":[
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"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"negotiating (about)",
"trading (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"bidding",
"offering",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking"
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]
},
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"to influence someone with a bribe":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"fixing",
"tampering (with)",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"dishonoring",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"tainting",
"warping",
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"motivating",
"provoking",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"goading",
"inducing",
"flattering",
"persuading",
"snaring",
"trapping"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bribing",
"corrupting",
"having",
"paying off",
"squaring"
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]
},
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"to regard as right or true":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
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],
"examples":[
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"if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
add MWThesaurus
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],
"related":[
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"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
add MWThesaurus
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],
"synonyms":[
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"accepting",
"believing",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
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]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
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]
},
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"buying it":{
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
],
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"examples":[
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"After years of ignoring his health problems, the old man finally bought it ."
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
add MWThesaurus
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],
"related":[
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"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
add MWThesaurus
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],
"synonyms":[
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"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
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]
},
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"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"buzzards":{
"a person who habitually preys upon others":{
"antonyms":[
"prey",
"preys"
],
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"examples":[
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"the real estate buzzards were really putting pressure on the one homeowner who was still refusing to sell"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"exploiters",
"users",
"leeches",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"destroyers",
"devourers"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bloodsuckers",
"harpies",
"kites",
"predators",
"sharks",
"vampires",
"vultures",
"wolves"
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]
},
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"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"that crotchety old man can be a real buzzard when he's in a bad mood\u2014which is usually the case"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
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],
"related":[
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"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"burlesques":{
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
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"examples":[
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"it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"caricatures",
"parodies",
"put-ons",
"ribs",
"send-ups",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"travesties"
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],
"related":[
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"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"satires",
"comedies",
"farces",
"humors",
"sketches",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"imitations",
"impersonations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
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"examples":[
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"burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"does",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"sends up",
"spoofs",
"travesties"
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],
"related":[
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"lampoons",
"pasquinades",
"satirizes",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"ridicules",
"apes",
"copycats",
"monkeys",
"parrots",
"duplicates",
"emulates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"acts",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"plays up",
"stretches",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"puts on",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"personates",
"plays"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckle (down)":{
"as in pitch in , dig in":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"busied":{
"to hold the attention of":{
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"examples":[
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"the video game busied the child for hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied"
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],
"related":[
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"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"bumps into":{
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
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"examples":[
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"I bumped into Kenny the other day."
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],
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"synonyms":[
"catches",
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"happens (upon)",
"meets",
"stumbles (upon)"
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],
"related":[
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"accosts",
"confronts",
"faces",
"greets",
"salutes",
"collides (with)",
"crashes (into)",
"crisscrosses",
"crosses",
"passes",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"reencounters",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"Turn any corner in the old city and you're likely to bump into a piece of history."
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],
"synonyms":[
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"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"finds",
"happens (on or upon)",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (on or upon)",
"meets",
"pitches (upon)",
"stumbles (on or onto)",
"tumbles (upon)"
],
"related":[
"lucks (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronts",
"faces",
"discovers",
"strikes",
"turns up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
},
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"bushes":{
"falling short of a standard":{
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"examples":[
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"a hopelessly bush effort at creating a romantic comedy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
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],
"related":[
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"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country":{
"examples":[
"a guide who specializes in taking adventurous tourists through the bush"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"backcountry",
"backland(s)",
"backwater",
"backwoods",
"frontier",
"hinterland",
"outback",
"outlands",
"up-country"
],
"related":[
"boonies",
"boondocks",
"country",
"countryside",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
"type":[
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"adjective",
"noun"
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]
},
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"bursts (forth)":{
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
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"examples":[
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"hives burst forth on the child's arms and face whenever she goes near that plant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flames",
"flares (up)"
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],
"related":[
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"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bungled":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"examples":[
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"bungled the job the first time she tried to do it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
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],
"related":[
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"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burn (up)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"examples":[
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"seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
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],
"related":[
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"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
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"provoke",
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"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bubbled":{
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
"examples":[
"the soapy water bubbled down the drain"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"dribbled",
"guggled",
"gurgled",
"lapped",
"plashed",
"rippled",
"splashed",
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"the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C."
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"examples":[
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"doing one's tax returns is a real bugaboo for a lot of people"
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"this perpetual bugging while I'm working is driving me nuts!"
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"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"examples":[
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"these incessant phone calls are really starting to bug me"
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"consoling",
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"examples":[
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"I hate to bug you, but could you help me move this table?"
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"trespassing"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth by friction":{
"examples":[
"she learned to buff semiprecious stones in order to make her own jewelry"
],
"synonyms":[
"file",
"grind",
"hone",
"rasp",
"rub",
"sand"
],
"related":[
"plane",
"scrape",
"sandblast",
"scour",
"burnish",
"dress",
"gloss",
"polish",
"shine",
"smooth",
"edge",
"sharpen",
"strop",
"whet",
"regrind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsen",
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"scuff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"the janitor buffed the lobby floor until it shone"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"gloss",
"grind",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"related":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"button":{
"as in switch , key":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dial",
"key",
"knob",
"lever",
"push button",
"selector",
"switch",
"actuator",
"control",
"controller",
"regulator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in color , badge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"chevron",
"clasp",
"cockade",
"color",
"ensign",
"rosette",
"star",
"bronze",
"gold",
"silver",
"distinction",
"crown",
"insignia",
"laurel",
"ribbon",
"title",
"award",
"prize",
"trophy",
"decoration",
"honor",
"citation",
"commendation",
"medal",
"medallion",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in do up , belay":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"batten",
"belay",
"do up",
"affix",
"bend",
"fasten",
"fix",
"adhere",
"bolt",
"cinch",
"clamp",
"clasp",
"clench",
"clinch",
"clip",
"glue",
"hang",
"harness",
"hasp",
"lace",
"lash",
"latch",
"nail",
"paste",
"pin",
"plaster",
"rivet",
"screw",
"shackle",
"staple",
"stick",
"strap",
"tack",
"tackle",
"tie",
"toggle",
"yoke",
"coapt",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"unite",
"reaffix",
"reattach",
"refasten",
"refix",
"resecure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"loose",
"loosen",
"unbind",
"unfix",
"unlash",
"untie",
"detach",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unhook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckle (down to)":{
"as in focus (on) , concentrate (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"attack",
"dive (into)",
"tackle",
"wade (in or into)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bungling":{
"showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)":{
"examples":[
"I refuse to let that bungling incompetent insult me again"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"botched",
"clumsy",
"fumbled",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"crude",
"green",
"incompetent",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inexperienced",
"unpolished",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"careless",
"sloppy",
"tacky",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"ill-advised",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"misdirected",
"misguided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"accomplished",
"adept",
"capable",
"clever",
"competent",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"polished",
"professional",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"diplomatic",
"easy",
"effortless",
"gracious",
"smooth",
"tactful"
],
"antonyms":[
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"facile"
]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"bungled the job the first time she tried to do it"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bumbling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bursting (in or into)":{
"as in barging (in) , breezing (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barging (in)",
"breezing (in)",
"waltzing (in)",
"accessing",
"entering",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"straying (into)",
"wandering (into)",
"crashing",
"encroaching",
"gate-crashing",
"infiltrating",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bunged up":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"he's a bit of a mess, but he says he bunged up the other guy in the fight even worse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"burking":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the executives knew that the drug had dangerous side effects, but they burked the findings"
],
"synonyms":[
"covering (up)",
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacking out",
"censoring",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"quashing",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"spiking",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"blabbing",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"publishing",
"spreading",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckboards":{
"as in caroches , barouches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"burlesque":{
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"parody",
"put-on",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
"examples":[
"burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"do",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"mock",
"parody",
"send up",
"spoof",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"pasquinade",
"satirize",
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"ridicule",
"ape",
"copycat",
"monkey",
"parrot",
"duplicate",
"emulate",
"replicate",
"reproduce",
"act",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulate",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"exaggerate",
"magnify",
"pad",
"play up",
"stretch",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"overdraw",
"overstate",
"put on",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"personate",
"play"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckling (down)":{
"as in pitching in , digging in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (oneself)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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}
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