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{
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"flagellate":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagellates":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some medieval monks believed it was necessary to flagellate themselves in order to keep their desires in check"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"flagged":{
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flowers flagging in the summer heat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distended",
"stiffened",
"rose",
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"related":[
"slouched",
"slumped",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"dropped",
"fell",
"sank",
"sunk",
"subsided",
"yielded"
],
"synonyms":[
"drooped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"lolled",
"sagged",
"swagged",
"wilted"
]
},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flagged the cars into the other parking lot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"related":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flagrant":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that was a flagrant violation of the rules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperceptible",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"invisible"
],
"related":[
"arresting",
"clear",
"distinct",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"evident",
"eye-catching",
"marked",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"plain",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"showy",
"splashy",
"absolute",
"arrant",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"sheer",
"stark",
"utter",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible",
"abominable",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"deplorable",
"execrable",
"heinous",
"lousy",
"monstrous",
"outrageous",
"preposterous",
"shameful",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
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"blatant",
"conspicuous",
"egregious",
"glaring",
"gross",
"obvious",
"patent",
"pronounced",
"rank",
"striking"
]
}
},
"flameouts":{
"a loss of status":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ascents",
"exaltations",
"rises",
"ups"
],
"examples":[
"before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout , she was one of the state's brightest political stars"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"headways",
"progresses",
"flowers",
"heydays",
"primes"
],
"related":[
"breakdowns",
"burnouts",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"defeats",
"disappointments",
"reversals",
"setbacks",
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"abasements",
"disgraces",
"humiliations"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedowns",
"declines",
"d\u00e9gringolades",
"demises",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"downs",
"falls"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flames":{
"a person with whom one is in love":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"decided to look up an old flame while she was in town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"boys",
"fellows",
"men",
"swains",
"gals",
"girlfriends",
"girls",
"inamoratas",
"ladyloves",
"lasses",
"mistresses",
"tootsies",
"amours",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"dolls",
"ducks",
"pets",
"dates",
"escorts",
"steadies",
"admirers",
"gallants",
"suitors",
"wooers",
"grooms",
"husbands",
"brides",
"wives",
"significant others",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds",
"crushes",
"heartthrobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"honeys",
"hons",
"loves",
"squeezes",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"trueloves"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catches",
"enkindles",
"deflagrates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"kindles",
"flares (up)",
"lights (up)",
"flickers",
"gutters",
"wavers",
"bakes",
"broils",
"chars",
"cooks",
"melts",
"roasts",
"scorches",
"swelters",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"sparks",
"sputters",
"beams",
"brightens",
"radiates",
"beats (down)",
"flashes",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"shines",
"sparkles",
"twinkles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"combusts",
"glows"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"bursts (forth)",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flares (up)"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares"
]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"winkles",
"winks"
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]
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
"flare":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a flare in gift card sales around graduation time"
],
"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":[
"burst",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ended the quarrel with a stunning flare of swearwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in the darkness the flare of a single match might be seen by enemy troops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"related":[
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"daylight",
"moonlight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glow",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
]
},
"to shine with a bright harsh light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flame",
"glare"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"flare (up)":{
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"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"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":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"related":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flip (out)"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"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",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flare-up":{
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"took medication to prevent a flare-up of her asthma"
],
"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":[
"burst",
"flare",
"flash",
"flicker",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there's no need for an angry flare-up , as we'll take care of the problem immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowup",
"grouch",
"rage",
"tantrum",
"ecstasy",
"rapture",
"transport",
"delirium",
"firestorm",
"frenzy",
"furor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agony",
"blaze",
"burst",
"ebullition",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"fit",
"flare",
"flash",
"flush",
"gale",
"gush",
"gust",
"outburst",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"storm"
]
},
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
],
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill out",
"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
"hush",
"quiet (down)"
],
"related":[
"anger",
"fulminate",
"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
"storm",
"tee off",
"vent",
"vituperate",
"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
"seethe",
"sizzle",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"steam",
"warm",
"burst",
"explode",
"flare (out)",
"flash",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"madden"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow up",
"flip (out)"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"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",
"burst (forth)",
"erupt",
"explode",
"flame"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"flaringly":{
"as in glaringly , blindingly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"flash point":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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},
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"tore down",
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"crossed (up)",
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},
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},
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"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"freckle",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pepper",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"flecked":{
"marked with spots":{
"antonyms":[
"unspotted"
],
"examples":[
"that flecked blue writing paper is so attractive"
],
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"solid"
],
"related":[
"spangled",
"marbled",
"moir\u00e9",
"moire",
"veined",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"piebald",
"pinto",
"roan"
],
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"dappled",
"dapple",
"dotted",
"freckled",
"mottled",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotchy",
"spotted",
"spotty",
"stippled",
"variegated"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
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"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"peppered",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"flecks":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flooring tile that is brown with flecks of white"
],
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"related":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
]
},
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wiped a fleck of cookie off his jacket"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"related":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flee":{
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"fly",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a murderer who fled on foot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"fly",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleeting":{
"lasting only for a short time":{
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"examples":[
"had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelong",
"continuing",
"durable",
"persistent",
"imperishable",
"indefectible",
"indestructible"
],
"related":[
"little",
"short",
"shortish",
"acting",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fleshing (out)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"condensing",
"shortening"
],
"examples":[
"a lengthy follow-up that fleshes out the original report on the military engagement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"contracting",
"outlining",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"related":[
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"developing",
"dilating (on or upon)",
"elaborating (on)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding"
]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
]
},
"flew off the handle":{
"to become very angry":{
"antonyms":[
"calmed (down)",
"simmered down"
],
"examples":[
"The manager flew off the handle when another customer complaint was called in."
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilled out",
"cooled (off or down)",
"relaxed",
"hushed",
"quieted (down)"
],
"related":[
"angered",
"fulminated",
"raged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"snapped",
"snarled",
"sputtered",
"stormed",
"teed off",
"vented",
"vituperated",
"bristled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"glared",
"glowered",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"warmed",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"flared (out)",
"flashed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"maddened"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"flexure":{
"as in twist , loop":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flibbertigibbety":{
"as in anxious , tense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
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]
},
"flicking":{
"to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering"
],
"related":[
"dashing",
"flying",
"sailing",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"sprinting",
"zinging",
"zooming",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"skipping",
"skittering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"roaming",
"wandering"
],
"synonyms":[
"dancing",
"darting",
"flickering",
"flirting",
"flittering",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"flicking (off)":{
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flied":{
"as in canvas":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"melt",
"sink",
"vanish"
]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you must fly to safety immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
"related":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"synonyms":[
"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"get out",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"related":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip (out)",
"skirr"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"glide",
"plane",
"soar",
"wing"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"get through",
"go down",
"go over",
"go through",
"play",
"take",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"hold up",
"pass",
"stand up",
"wash"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flight":{
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a work of 19th-century Romanticism depicting the ancient Israelites' flight from Egypt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"custody",
"detention",
"hold",
"holding",
"retention",
"endangerment",
"hazard",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"related":[
"jailbreak",
"deliverance",
"liberation",
"redemption",
"release",
"rescue",
"salvation",
"close call",
"close shave",
"near miss"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"escape",
"getaway",
"lam",
"rout",
"slip"
]
},
"travel through the air by the use of wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for centuries people had been fascinated by the flight of birds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aviation",
"aeronautics",
"ballooning",
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"paragliding",
"skydiving",
"soaring"
],
"synonyms":[
"flying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flimsy":{
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"a flimsy scarf that was more for decoration than for warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"knockabout",
"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
],
"related":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"fine",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"diaphanous",
"sheer",
"transparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"filmy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
]
},
"not likely to be true or to occur":{
"antonyms":[
"likely",
"probable"
],
"examples":[
"\"The check is in the mail\" is a pretty flimsy and tired excuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"believable",
"conceivable",
"credible",
"earthly",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"possible",
"potential",
"liable"
],
"related":[
"implausible",
"impossible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"absurd",
"bizarre",
"crazy",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"foolish",
"insane",
"nonsensical",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unreal",
"wild",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"questionable",
"unapt",
"unlikely"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"flinders":{
"as in shiver , smithereens":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
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"fling":{
"a brief romantic relationship":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an ill-advised fling with a coworker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"intrigue",
"liaison",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"attachment",
"infatuation",
"entanglement",
"flirtation",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"passion",
"calf-love",
"puppy love"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"affaire",
"amour",
"love",
"love affair",
"romance"
]
},
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"most families spend Labor Day weekend having one last summer fling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"caper",
"escapade",
"prank",
"bender",
"brannigan",
"bum",
"bust",
"carouse",
"souse",
"splore",
"toot",
"antic",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"field day",
"festivity",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"enjoyment",
"indulgence",
"pleasure",
"self-indulgence",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation"
],
"synonyms":[
"binge",
"frisk",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"lark",
"ploy",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree"
]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"take a fling at waterskiing and see how it goes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fling (off":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he flung away the used matchstick",
"flinging off dirty clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"related":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flinging":{
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flinging rocks into the pond just for the fun of it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"flings (off or away)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"related":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"casts (off)",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
]
},
"type":[]
},
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"flinty":{
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
],
"examples":[
"a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"related":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"dour",
"gruff",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"authoritarian",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
],
"examples":[
"wrestling opponents intimidating each other with flinty stares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"flipped":{
"to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flip the coin over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"transposed",
"exchanged",
"interchanged",
"shifted",
"switched",
"overturned",
"upset"
],
"synonyms":[
"inverted",
"reversed",
"turned over"
]
},
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pored (over)",
"studied"
],
"related":[
"browsed",
"dipped",
"glanced (at)",
"looked over",
"scanned"
],
"synonyms":[
"leafed",
"riffled",
"skimmed",
"thumbed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"float":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"berth",
"mooring",
"slip",
"embarcadero",
"dockyard",
"marina",
"quayage",
"shipyard",
"wharfage"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"jetty",
"landing",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"settle",
"sink"
],
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"lunge",
"plunge",
"dip",
"immerse",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"related":[
"bob",
"dangle",
"suspend",
"buoy",
"balloon",
"raft"
],
"synonyms":[
"drift",
"glide",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"ride",
"sail",
"swim",
"waft"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floats":{
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"berths",
"moorings",
"slips",
"embarcaderos",
"dockyards",
"marinas",
"quayages",
"shipyards",
"wharfages"
],
"synonyms":[
"docks",
"jetties",
"landings",
"levees",
"piers",
"quais",
"quays",
"wharves",
"wharfs"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"synonyms":[
"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"gads (about)",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"settles",
"sinks"
],
"examples":[
"a canoe floating down the river",
"particles of dust floating in the air"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"lunges",
"plunges",
"dips",
"immerses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"related":[
"bobs",
"dangles",
"suspends",
"buoys",
"balloons",
"rafts"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifts",
"glides",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"rides",
"sails",
"swims",
"wafts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flog":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
],
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"related":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coast",
"fly",
"glide",
"kilt",
"sail",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"related":[
"jog",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"wallow",
"welter",
"falter",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"fumble",
"muddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"bumble",
"flounder",
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"struggle",
"stumble",
"trudge"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flogged":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
],
"examples":[
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"related":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"synonyms":[
"barged",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasted",
"flew",
"glided",
"kilted",
"sailed",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
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"fibs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
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"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
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"mauls",
"messes (up)",
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"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
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"roughs (up)",
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"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
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"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
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"leathers",
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"switches",
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]
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"outpouring",
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"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
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"waterfall",
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"spate",
"torrent"
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"spout",
"spurt",
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"cataract",
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"flood",
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},
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"he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"
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"flow",
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"hose",
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"slosh",
"splash"
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"sluice",
"wash",
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]
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"adjective",
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"verb"
]
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},
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"flushness":{
"as in bloom , flush":{
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"fluttered":{
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"a lonely butterfly fluttering across the lawn"
],
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"hovered",
"hung",
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],
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"zinged",
"zoomed",
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"fluttered my eyelashes as I struck up a conversation with the new guy at work"
],
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"whipped"
]
},
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]
},
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"fluttery":{
"easily excited by nature":{
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"nerveless",
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"unflappable",
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],
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"a fluttery bus driver who was obviously in the wrong line of work"
],
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"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
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"volcanic",
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"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
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"tense",
"uptight",
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"intense",
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"perturbable",
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"testy",
"touchy"
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"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
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},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"flux":{
"a flowing or coming in":{
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"outflow",
"outpouring"
],
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"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
],
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"exodus",
"flight"
],
"related":[
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"flood",
"flow",
"inundation",
"overflow",
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"torrent",
"rush",
"stampede",
"river",
"stream",
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"income",
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"shigellosis",
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"diarrhea",
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"runs",
"trots",
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"vacillation",
"wavering"
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"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
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"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"jell",
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"thicken"
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"try",
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"render",
"soften",
"thin"
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"liquefy",
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"melt",
"run",
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},
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"verb"
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"a flowing or coming in":{
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"January typically brings a great flux of returns to department stores"
],
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"exoduses",
"flights"
],
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"deluges",
"floods",
"flows",
"inundations",
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"spates",
"torrents",
"rushes",
"stampedes",
"rivers",
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"tides"
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"the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another":{
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"transmogrifications",
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],
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"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
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"renders",
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"thins"
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"liquifies",
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"runs",
"thaws"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
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"to become very angry":{
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"calm (down)",
"simmer down"
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"The kids worried their parents would fly into a rage when they saw the broken television screen."
],
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"cool (off or down)",
"relax",
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"quiet (down)"
],
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"rage",
"rant",
"rave",
"snap",
"snarl",
"sputter",
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"bristle",
"burn",
"foam",
"fume",
"glare",
"glower",
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"warm",
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},
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"the billionaire has an army of assistants who are eager to flatter him at every opportunity"
],
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"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
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"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
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"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
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"to think highly of (oneself)":{
"examples":[
"don't flatter yourself that no one has ever thought of that idea before"
],
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"piqued",
"plumed",
"prided"
],
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"boasted",
"bragged",
"crowed",
"gasconaded",
"swaggered",
"swanked",
"swashed",
"vapored",
"vaunted",
"congratulated",
"felicitated"
],
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"verb"
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},
"fly at":{
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"examples":[
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
],
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"assail",
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"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"related":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
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"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
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"type":[
"phrase"
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},
"flogger":{
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"examples":[
"a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly"
],
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"lash",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip"
],
"related":[
"birch",
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"nightstick",
"staff"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"flicker":{
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"examples":[
"a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh"
],
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"dance",
"dart",
"flick",
"flirt",
"flit",
"flitter",
"flutter",
"zip"
],
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"dash",
"fly",
"sail",
"shoot",
"speed",
"sprint",
"zing",
"zoom",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"skip",
"skitter",
"meander",
"ramble",
"roam",
"wander"
],
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"float",
"hang",
"hover"
],
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},
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
"examples":[
"as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers"
],
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"film",
"flick",
"motion picture",
"movie",
"moving picture",
"picture"
],
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"animated cartoon",
"cartoon",
"docudrama",
"documentary",
"feature",
"featurette",
"short",
"short subject",
"silent",
"talkie",
"B movie",
"B picture",
"cofeature"
],
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"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
"examples":[
"usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out"
],
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"burst",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"flash",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"spurt"
],
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"recrudescence",
"recurrence",
"renewal",
"binge",
"jag",
"spree",
"boost",
"increase",
"pickup",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"epidemic",
"eruption",
"explosion",
"paroxysm",
"deluge",
"flood",
"rush",
"spate",
"surge",
"volley",
"commotion",
"furor",
"uproar"
],
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"calm",
"doldrums",
"slump"
],
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},
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
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"there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him"
],
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"glimmer",
"hint",
"suggestion",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff"
],
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"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
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"permeation",
"pervasion",
"saturation"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"the flood tide of criticism that the company received"
],
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"alluvions",
"baths",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"floods",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"related":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
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"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flipping (out)":{
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"examples":[
"a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own"
],
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"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"cracking",
"freaking (out)",
"melting down",
"wigging (out)"
],
"related":[
"choking"
],
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},
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"flaring (up)"
],
"related":[
"angering",
"fulminating",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving",
"snapping",
"snarling",
"sputtering",
"storming",
"teeing off",
"venting",
"vituperating",
"bristling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"steaming",
"warming",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"flaring (out)",
"flashing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"maddening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling out",
"cooling (off or down)",
"relaxing",
"hushing",
"quieting (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming (down)",
"simmering down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flames out":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"related":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flavor":{
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"a birthday party whose Caribbean decorations gave it a tropical flavor"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"related":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
"examples":[
"a dish that incorporates most of the trademark flavors of southeast Asia"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavoring",
"seasoning",
"spice"
],
"related":[
"sauce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste":{
"examples":[
"loved the deep flavor of the native strawberries"
],
"synonyms":[
"savor",
"savour",
"taste"
],
"related":[
"relish",
"smack",
"tang",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"aftertaste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tastelessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
"examples":[
"it seems that short skirts are the new flavor of the month"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzz",
"chic",
"craze",
"dernier cri",
"enthusiasm",
"fad",
"fashion",
"go",
"hot ticket",
"last word",
"latest",
"mode",
"rage",
"sensation",
"style",
"ton",
"trend",
"vogue"
],
"related":[
"nine days' wonder",
"nine day wonder",
"new wave",
"crush",
"infatuation",
"fervor",
"passion",
"furor",
"fuss",
"hullabaloo",
"to-do",
"uproar",
"bandwagon",
"crusade",
"cult",
"movement",
"novelty",
"wrinkle",
"caprice",
"fancy",
"whim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"standard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"try flavoring the beans with salt and oregano"
],
"synonyms":[
"lace",
"savor",
"savour",
"season",
"spice"
],
"related":[
"enhance",
"enrich",
"sauce",
"pepper",
"salt",
"aromatize",
"perfume"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"flecking":{
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"to achieve the desired effect, fleck the canvas with paint simply by flicking the brush close to the surface"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dappling",
"dotting",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"peppering",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
],
"related":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fluffs":{
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
"examples":[
"self-consciously picked the fluff off his sweater as he answered the officer's questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"flosses",
"furs",
"fuzzes",
"lints",
"naps",
"piles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"examples":[
"the flustered newscaster's fluffs included a mispronunciation of the town's name"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"bobbles",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clangers",
"clinkers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"screwups",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boobs",
"errs",
"flubs",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"screws up",
"slips up",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nods",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"foozles",
"mangles",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"murders",
"miscalculates",
"misconceives",
"miscounts",
"miscues",
"misdeems",
"misgauges",
"misjudges",
"mistakes",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misunderstands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"floruit":{
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century b.c."
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"florescence",
"flower",
"flush",
"heyday",
"high noon",
"prime",
"salad days",
"springtime"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autumn",
"Indian summer",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"efflorescence",
"flowering",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"splendor",
"belle epoque",
"belle \u00e9poque",
"golden age",
"silver age",
"comeback",
"recovery",
"revival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"downfall",
"bottom",
"nadir",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flue":{
"as in chimney , smokestack":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chimney",
"chimney stack",
"smokestack",
"channel",
"conduit",
"duct",
"leader",
"line",
"penstock",
"pipe",
"trough",
"tube",
"drain",
"drainpipe",
"funnel",
"hydrant",
"main",
"spout",
"standpipe",
"stovepipe",
"tile",
"waste pipe",
"waterspout",
"pipage",
"pipeage",
"pipeline",
"piping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flare (out)":{
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
"examples":[
"can we flare out the umbrella a little more so that more of the picnic table is sheltered"
],
"synonyms":[
"expand",
"extend",
"fan (out)",
"open",
"outspread",
"outstretch",
"spread (out)",
"stretch (out)",
"unfold",
"unfurl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overspread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"compress",
"condense",
"reduce"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"contract",
"fold"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flashed":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flamed",
"glanced",
"gleamed",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"lustered",
"lustred",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparkled",
"twinkled",
"winked",
"winkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beamed",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"flared",
"glared",
"glowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"displayed",
"disported",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"flaunted",
"laid out",
"paraded",
"produced",
"showed",
"showed off",
"sported",
"strutted",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandished",
"flourished",
"waved",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"sounded",
"trumpeted",
"divulged",
"talked (about)",
"told (of)",
"bared",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"masked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"obscured",
"occluded",
"occulted",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the disco lights flashed , and the revelers danced"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"twinkled",
"winked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruscated",
"flared",
"flickered",
"glanced",
"glimmered",
"glinted",
"glistened",
"glistered",
"glittered",
"scintillated",
"shimmered",
"spangled",
"sparked",
"sparkled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"flashed the news of the royal birth around the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fleapit":{
"as in grind house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grind house",
"art house",
"art theater",
"cinematheque",
"drive-in",
"megaplex",
"multiplex",
"plex",
"'plex",
"nickelodeon",
"cinema",
"playhouse",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flashback":{
"as in memory , recollection":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anamnesis",
"memory",
"recall",
"recollection",
"remembrance",
"reminiscence",
"memento",
"memorial",
"reminder",
"souvenir",
"token",
"association"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in history , past":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auld lang syne",
"history",
"past",
"yesterday",
"yesteryear",
"yore",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"record",
"antiquity",
"long ago",
"bygone",
"memoir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-and-by",
"future",
"futurity",
"hereafter",
"offing",
"tomorrow",
"moment",
"now",
"present",
"today"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flattening":{
"to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
"examples":[
"flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern"
],
"synonyms":[
"evening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clipping",
"cropping",
"paring",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"trimming",
"laying",
"pressing",
"spreading",
"carding",
"combing",
"raking",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsening",
"rumpling",
"wrinkling",
"bending",
"kinking",
"denting",
"pitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flightiness":{
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
"examples":[
"a warning that her usual flightiness wouldn't be tolerated at the ceremony honoring war veterans"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"frothiness",
"levity",
"light-headedness",
"light-mindedness",
"lightness",
"silliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"high-spiritedness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"childishness",
"goofiness",
"puerility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"moroseness",
"sadness",
"sullenness",
"unhappiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
]
},
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
"examples":[
"his flightiness before the bar exam was so bad that he nearly made himself sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"fidgets",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness",
"skittishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"franticness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"flares (up)":{
"to become very angry":{
"examples":[
"naturally I flared up when he insulted me"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows up",
"flips (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angers",
"fulminates",
"rages",
"rants",
"raves",
"snaps",
"snarls",
"sputters",
"storms",
"tees off",
"vents",
"vituperates",
"bristles",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"glares",
"glowers",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"steams",
"warms",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"flares (out)",
"flashes",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"maddens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills out",
"cools (off or down)",
"relaxes",
"hushes",
"quiets (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms (down)",
"simmers down"
]
},
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
"examples":[
"my allergies always flare up in the spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes (up)",
"breaks out",
"bursts (forth)",
"erupts",
"explodes",
"flames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"blows up",
"detonates",
"touches off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"flock":{
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"examples":[
"a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
"examples":[
"a flock of sheep crossing the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"drove",
"herd"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colony",
"covey",
"gaggle",
"pack",
"plump",
"pod",
"school",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"examples":[
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowd",
"mob",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beset",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"clog",
"dam",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"plug (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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}
}
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