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{
"scabby":{
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"examples":[
"that's a scabby trick to play on someone trying to help"
],
"near antonyms":[
"high-minded",
"honest",
"honorable",
"noble",
"principled",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"condemnable",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"disgusting",
"reptilian",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"shameful",
"base",
"ignoble",
"low",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"blamable",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"cruddy",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"scalding":{
"as in boiling , simmering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in bruising , tearing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in burning , scorching":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
],
"examples":[
"the scalding water of a geyser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"related":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
]
},
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scalding reviews for the overproduced horror movie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"related":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"scalper":{
"as in trafficker , smuggler":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scalps":{
"as in heads , shortens":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in skulls , crowns":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scandalized":{
"as in offended , displeased":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scanning":{
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimming",
"missing"
],
"related":[
"noticing",
"observing",
"watching",
"combing",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"analyzing",
"dissecting",
"parsing",
"delving (into)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"plumbing",
"probing",
"researching",
"studying",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"picking over",
"reinspecting",
"rereviewing",
"re-reviewing",
"resurveying"
],
"synonyms":[
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"conning",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"reviewing",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"viewing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scant":{
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"examples":[
"jobs for teenagers were scant that summer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
]
},
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heap",
"lavish",
"pour",
"rain",
"shower"
],
"related":[
"dole out",
"mete (out)",
"portion (out)",
"ration (out)",
"pinch",
"shortchange",
"conserve",
"preserve"
],
"synonyms":[
"nurse",
"skimp (on)",
"spare",
"stint (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"scanty":{
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"examples":[
"the camera's scanty instructions left me somewhat confused"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"scaramouche":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scarce":{
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"examples":[
"food was a bit scarce last winter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
]
},
"not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need":{
"antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"examples":[
"help is always scarce in the resort town during the busy summer season"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"plenitudinous",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"abounding",
"overflowing",
"teeming",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"rich",
"big",
"considerable",
"hefty",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super"
],
"related":[
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"hand-to-mouth",
"lean",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"bare",
"mere",
"minimum",
"slight",
"small"
],
"synonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"low",
"short",
"shy",
"wanting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"scarcity":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
],
"examples":[
"the scarcity of good restaurants around here is surprising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"pinch",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scared up":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"missed",
"overlooked",
"passed over"
],
"examples":[
"I can probably scare up my old textbooks if you need them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"misset",
"mis-set"
],
"related":[
"espied",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"looked for",
"searched (for or out)",
"sought"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"dredged (up)",
"dug out",
"dug up",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunted (down or up)",
"learned",
"located",
"nosed out",
"ran down",
"rooted (out)",
"routed (out)",
"rummaged",
"scouted (up)",
"tracked (down)",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scarfs":{
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the college students scarfed the entire contents of the care package in one sitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbles",
"pecks",
"picks"
],
"related":[
"overeats",
"pigs out",
"swills"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolts",
"crams",
"devours",
"gluts",
"gobbles",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"gulps",
"ingurgitates",
"inhales",
"ravens",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"wolfs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scaring":{
"to strike with fear":{
"antonyms":[
"reassuring"
],
"examples":[
"thunderstorms have always scared her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"steeling"
],
"related":[
"appalling",
"bowling over",
"dismaying",
"flooring",
"jolting",
"shaking",
"shaking up",
"amazing",
"astounding",
"awing",
"chilling",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"dispiriting",
"emasculating",
"psyching (out)",
"undoing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"unstringing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disconcerting",
"disquieting",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"frighting",
"horrifying",
"panicking",
"scarifying",
"shocking",
"spooking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"terrorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scary":{
"causing fear":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a scary movie that gave the child nightmares for weeks afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"related":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
]
},
"easily frightened":{
"antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"examples":[
"a scary horse who spooked and kicked at its own shadow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"undeterred",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky"
],
"related":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"spooky",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panicky",
"panic-stricken",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved"
],
"synonyms":[
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulous"
]
},
"filled with fear or dread":{
"antonyms":[
"fearless",
"unafraid"
],
"examples":[
"I got a little scary when I heard the noise in the basement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted"
],
"related":[
"chicken",
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"a competition for promising young scholars from across the country"
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"functional illiteracy"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"there is not a scintilla of evidence for your outrageous claims"
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"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sconces":{
"as in chandeliers , lightings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoot":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"now we've got to scoot , or we'll be late"
],
"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",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scopes":{
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the company's scope of operations now spans two continents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gamuts",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"spreads",
"bailiwicks",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"provinces",
"regions",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"frontiers",
"horizons",
"panoramas"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"ranges",
"reaches",
"realms",
"sweeps",
"widths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scores":{
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"a lingering ill will towards a person for a real or imagined wrong":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a whistle-blower who was more interested in settling a score with his employers than in exposing an injustice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"condemnations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"umbrages",
"complaints",
"dudgeons",
"huffs",
"peeves",
"piques",
"despites",
"malevolences",
"malices",
"spites",
"spleens",
"venoms",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"enmities",
"hostilities",
"rancors"
],
"synonyms":[
"downs",
"grievances",
"grudges",
"resentments"
]
},
"something (as money) which is owed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we'll pay the full score next week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quietuses",
"quittances",
"repayments",
"assets"
],
"related":[
"bonds",
"debits",
"delinquencies",
"bankruptcies",
"defaults",
"embarrassments",
"insolvencies"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrearages",
"arrears",
"debts",
"liabilities",
"obligations"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"related":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses"
],
"related":[
"triumphs",
"wins",
"bests",
"defeats"
],
"synonyms":[
"racks up",
"tallies"
]
},
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abrades",
"files",
"grazes",
"mills",
"rasps",
"scarifies",
"scratches",
"bevels",
"chamfers",
"flutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"grooves",
"scribes",
"seams"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally scored a good job after years of hard work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls short (of)",
"misses",
"fails (at)",
"loses"
],
"related":[
"acquires",
"captures",
"carries",
"draws",
"garners",
"gets",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"amounts (to)",
"approaches",
"equals",
"matches",
"measures up (to)",
"meets",
"rivals",
"ties",
"touches",
"beats",
"excels",
"outdoes",
"surpasses",
"tops"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieves",
"attains",
"bags",
"chalks up",
"clocks (up)",
"gains",
"hits",
"logs",
"makes",
"notches (up)",
"racks up",
"rings up",
"wins"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scoring":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scored her for failing to report the security breach immediately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
]
},
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he scored the winning goal in the final minute of play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing"
],
"related":[
"triumphing",
"winning",
"besting",
"defeating"
],
"synonyms":[
"racking up",
"tallying"
]
},
"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the glassblower scored the glass rod first so that it would break cleanly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abrading",
"filing",
"grazing",
"milling",
"rasping",
"scarifying",
"scratching",
"beveling",
"bevelling",
"chamfering",
"fluting"
],
"synonyms":[
"grooving",
"scribing",
"seaming"
]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally scored a good job after years of hard work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling short (of)",
"missing",
"failing (at)",
"losing"
],
"related":[
"acquiring",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"drawing",
"garnering",
"getting",
"landing",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"amounting (to)",
"approaching",
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"measuring up (to)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"tying",
"tieing",
"beating",
"excelling",
"outdoing",
"surpassing",
"topping"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieving",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"chalking up",
"clocking (up)",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"logging",
"making",
"notching (up)",
"racking up",
"ringing up",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scorn":{
"open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{
"antonyms":[
"admiration",
"esteem",
"estimation",
"favor",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"examples":[
"has nothing but scorn for newfangled ideas of any kind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"tolerance",
"adoration",
"adulation",
"deference",
"deification",
"glorification",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"lionization",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"fancy",
"fondness",
"liking",
"love"
],
"related":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"lovelessness",
"cattiness",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"odium",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"aspersion",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation"
],
"synonyms":[
"contempt",
"contemptuousness",
"despisement",
"despite",
"despitefulness",
"disdain",
"misprision"
]
},
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"approve",
"use"
],
"related":[
"dismiss",
"forget",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slur (over)",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"slight"
],
"synonyms":[
"despise",
"disregard",
"flout"
]
},
"to show contempt for":{
"antonyms":[
"honor",
"respect"
],
"examples":[
"scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"lionize",
"hallow",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"accept",
"appreciate",
"approve (of)",
"care (for)",
"countenance",
"favor",
"OK",
"okay",
"subscribe (to)"
],
"related":[
"scout",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"belittle",
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"frown (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemn",
"dis",
"diss",
"disdain",
"disrespect",
"high-hat",
"look down (on or upon)",
"slight",
"sniff (at)",
"snoot",
"snub"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scotching":{
"as in beating , whipping":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scout (up)":{
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
],
"examples":[
"I think I've scouted up a way for us to manage this"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"related":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scouting":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"sneering (at)",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"targeting",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"taking off (on)",
"travestying"
],
"synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"shooting down",
"skewering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scowled":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"antonyms":[
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled"
],
"examples":[
"scowled down at the misbehaving child"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gaped",
"gazed",
"ogled",
"stared",
"grimaced",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"growled",
"snarled",
"sneered",
"sniggered"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"scrambles":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a scramble of pens and pencils in the desk drawer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
]
},
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the toddler scrambled up the stairs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"shimmies",
"shinnies",
"shins",
"skins",
"ascends",
"breasts",
"free-climbs",
"gets up",
"mounts",
"scales",
"summits",
"surmounts",
"claws",
"sprawls",
"struggles"
],
"synonyms":[
"clambers",
"climbs",
"scrabbles",
"swarms"
]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"antonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"regulates",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies"
],
"examples":[
"scrambled the letters of the word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"methodizes",
"systematizes",
"systemizes",
"adjusts",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"unscrambles"
],
"related":[
"embroils",
"entangles",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"agitates",
"perturbs",
"stirs (up)",
"unsettles",
"clutters"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuses",
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disjoints",
"dislocates",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"hashes",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles",
"upsets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scrap":{
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"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
"examples":[
"only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project"
],
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},
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],
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"rhubarb",
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},
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"truce"
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],
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"doctor",
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"injure",
"mar",
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"mishandle",
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"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
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"muff",
"murder"
]
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"verb"
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"a screwball who liked to save lint and bits of string"
],
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"conformist",
"follower",
"sheep"
],
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"bohemian",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"quixote",
"coot",
"geezer",
"curio",
"rarity",
"freak",
"fantast",
"fantastico"
],
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"character",
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"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"weirdo",
"zany"
]
},
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"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
],
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"she's always off on some screwball plan"
],
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"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
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"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
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"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
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"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
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"weak",
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"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
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"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
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"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"senseless",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
]
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"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
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"a screwball who liked to save lint and bits of string"
],
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"conformists",
"followers",
"sheep"
],
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"bohemians",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"quixotes",
"coots",
"geezers",
"curios",
"rarities",
"freaks",
"fantasticoes",
"fantasts"
],
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"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"flakes",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"kooks",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"weirdos",
"zanies"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance"
],
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"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
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"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
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"did in",
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"hosed",
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"plucked",
"reamed",
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"rooked",
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"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
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"thimblerigged",
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]
},
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"screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine"
],
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"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
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"defaced",
"disfigured",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"coiled",
"curled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"twined",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed"
],
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"contorted",
"deformed",
"distorted",
"misshaped",
"squinched",
"tortured",
"warped"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance"
],
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"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
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"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
]
},
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"screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine"
],
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"straightens",
"unbends",
"uncurls"
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"defaces",
"disfigures",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"coils",
"curls",
"loops",
"spirals",
"twines",
"winds",
"wreathes"
],
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"deforms",
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"squinches",
"tortures",
"warps"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"screwups":{
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet"
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],
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"accuracies",
"exactitudes",
"precisions",
"inerrancies",
"infallibilities",
"perfections"
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],
"related":[
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"bloomers",
"bloopers",
"boners",
"howlers",
"pratfalls",
"foul-ups",
"snafus",
"misapprehensions",
"miscalculations",
"miscomprehensions",
"misconceptions",
"misconstructions",
"misdescriptions",
"misimpressions",
"misinterpretations",
"misjudgments",
"misreadings",
"misstatements",
"misunderstandings"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"blunders",
"bobbles",
"boo-boos",
"boobs",
"bricks",
"clangers",
"clinkers",
"errors",
"faults",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fumbles",
"gaffes",
"gaffs",
"goofs",
"inaccuracies",
"lapses",
"miscues",
"missteps",
"mistakes",
"oversights",
"slips",
"slipups",
"stumbles",
"trips"
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]
},
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"someone who bungles an effort":{
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"don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party"
],
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"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"wizards"
],
"related":[
"incompetents",
"muddlers"
],
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"blunderers",
"botchers",
"bumblers",
"bunglers",
"butchers",
"fumblers"
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
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"wasted"
],
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"had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house"
],
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"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"splurged"
],
"related":[
"conserved",
"husbanded",
"maintained",
"managed",
"preserved",
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"cut back",
"cut down",
"retrenched",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
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"pinched",
"saved",
"skimped",
"spared"
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"verb"
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"as in reprobate , debased":{
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"adjective"
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"scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills"
],
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"attained",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured"
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"scraped (up or together)",
"squeezed",
"wrested",
"wrung"
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"verb"
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"related":[],
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},
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"kept"
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"the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall"
],
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"pledged",
"promised",
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"commenced",
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"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
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"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
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"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cried off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"scrapped"
]
},
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"verb"
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"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
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"I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall"
],
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"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"swarm",
"throng"
]
},
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"when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated"
],
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"truce"
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"affray",
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"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
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"clash",
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"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
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"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
]
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"London's tube is quite a scrum during rush hour"
],
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"heaven",
"paradise",
"utopia",
"order",
"orderliness",
"organization",
"calm",
"lull",
"peace",
"respite",
"hush",
"quiet",
"silence",
"stillness"
],
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"bustle",
"commotion",
"pandemonium",
"racket",
"ruckus",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"brouhaha",
"clamor",
"clatter",
"din",
"hubbub",
"noise",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"havoc",
"hell",
"mess",
"muss",
"shambles"
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"circus",
"madhouse",
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},
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"noun"
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},
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"a very small amount":{
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"went about her business without even a scruple of suspicion"
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"boatloads",
"buckets",
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"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
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"superabundances",
"superfluities",
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"chunks",
"hunks",
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"jots",
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"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
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"shavings"
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"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
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"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
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"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
]
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"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
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"drops",
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"haets",
"halfpence",
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"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"
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"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
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"careless"
],
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"examples":[
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],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"sculpt":{
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"the colossal statue was sculpted from a single block of marble"
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"etch",
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},
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"mean",
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]
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"performs a scurrile comedy routine that is guaranteed to rile people"
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"vituperatory"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
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"everyone scurried back to work as soon as they had finished their lunch in the cafeteria"
],
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"whirl",
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"zoom"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
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},
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"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
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],
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"mean",
"nasty",
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"sorry",
"wretched"
]
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]
},
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"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
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"career",
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"hare",
"hasten",
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},
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"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
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],
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"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"noun",
"verb"
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"In the movie, she plays a doting schoolmarm in colonial New England."
],
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"the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom"
],
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"co-writers",
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"wordmongers",
"biographers",
"hagiographers",
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"memoirists",
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"fictionists",
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"essayists",
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"satirists",
"dramatists",
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"screenwriters",
"scriptwriters",
"prosaists",
"prosateurs",
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"poets",
"rhymers",
"versifiers",
"bloggers",
"columnists",
"journalists",
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"sportswriters"
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"nonauthors"
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"the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener"
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"noun"
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"eke (out)",
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"wrest",
"wring"
],
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"acquire",
"attain",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"land",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure"
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},
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"growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs"
],
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"battling",
"clashing (with)",
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"combatting",
"fighting",
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"warring (against)"
],
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"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
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"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
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"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
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"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
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"verb"
]
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"to strike with fear":{
"examples":[
"thunderstorms have always scared her"
],
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"affrights",
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"frights",
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"panics",
"scarifies",
"shocks",
"spooks",
"startles",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes"
],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appalls",
"appals",
"bowls over",
"dismays",
"floors",
"jolts",
"shakes",
"shakes up",
"amazes",
"astounds",
"awes",
"chills",
"daunts",
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"dispirits",
"emasculates",
"psychs (out)",
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"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disconcerts",
"disquiets",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
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"upsets",
"worries"
],
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"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"solaces",
"soothes",
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"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"steels"
],
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"reassures"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"as in denigrator , jeerer":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
"examples":[
"has a neat, careful script with delicate loops"
],
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"hand",
"handwriting",
"penmanship"
],
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"cacography",
"hen scratch",
"hen track",
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"scrawl",
"scribble",
"backhand",
"copperplate",
"cursive",
"print",
"running hand",
"autograph",
"John Hancock",
"John Henry",
"signature"
],
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"the written form of a story prepared for film production":{
"examples":[
"sold two scripts to the movie studio"
],
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"scenario",
"screenplay"
],
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"shooting script",
"story",
"text"
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"examples":[
"sending a thank-you note in script \u2014and not just an e-mail\u2014is the only proper way to express one's gratitude"
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"handwriting",
"longhand",
"manuscript",
"penmanship"
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"lettering",
"phonography",
"shorthand",
"steno",
"stenography"
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"print",
"type",
"typewriting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them"
],
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"amanuenses",
"calligraphers",
"copyists",
"penmen",
"scriveners"
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"the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings"
],
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"clerks",
"registers",
"registrars",
"secretaries"
],
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"bookkeepers",
"recorders",
"reporters",
"transcriptionists",
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"chroniclers",
"documenters",
"historians"
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"a person who creates a written work":{
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"authors",
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"penmen",
"pens",
"scriveners",
"writers"
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"auteurs",
"belletrists",
"belle-lettrists",
"stylists",
"wordsmiths",
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"co-authors",
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"cowriters",
"co-writers",
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"hacks",
"hatchet men",
"scribblers",
"wordmongers",
"biographers",
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"fictioneers",
"fictionists",
"novelists",
"romancers",
"storytellers",
"essayists",
"pamphleteers",
"satirists",
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"playwrights",
"scenarists",
"screenwriters",
"scriptwriters",
"prosaists",
"prosateurs",
"prosers",
"bards",
"poets",
"rhymers",
"versifiers",
"bloggers",
"columnists",
"journalists",
"newspapermen",
"paragraphers",
"reporters",
"sportswriters"
],
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"nonauthors"
]
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"to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{
"examples":[
"carefully scribed two lines into the wood"
],
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"grooves",
"scores",
"seams"
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"related":[
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"files",
"grazes",
"mills",
"rasps",
"scarifies",
"scratches",
"bevels",
"chamfers",
"flutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"several chairs were knocked over in the scuffle"
],
"synonyms":[
"battles",
"clashes",
"combats",
"conflicts",
"contests",
"dustups",
"fights",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"scraps",
"scrimmages",
"scrums",
"skirmishes",
"struggles",
"tussles"
],
"related":[
"pitched battles",
"rough-and-tumbles",
"affrays",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"brawls",
"broils",
"donnybrooks",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"mix-ups",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"blows",
"fistfights",
"fisticuffs",
"grapples",
"handgrips",
"punch-outs",
"punch-ups",
"slugfests",
"confrontations",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"jousts",
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tangles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truces"
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"she scuffled along in shoes that were much too large for her"
],
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"barges",
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"flogs",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"plods",
"pounds",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"trudges"
],
"related":[
"drags",
"flops",
"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"wafts"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezes",
"coasts",
"glides",
"slides",
"waltzes",
"whisks"
]
},
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"examples":[
"the burglar and the homeowner briefly scuffled together in the dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"grapples",
"rassles",
"tussles",
"wrestles"
],
"related":[
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"clashes (with)",
"combats",
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"duels",
"fights",
"wars (against)",
"bashes",
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"beats",
"buffets",
"hits",
"punches",
"slugs",
"strikes",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"skirmishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
"scarpered":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered"
],
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"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
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"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
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"cut out",
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"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
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"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
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"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scour":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic"
],
"synonyms":[
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"search",
"sort (through)",
"troll"
],
"related":[
"frisk",
"pat down",
"shake down",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"grub (about)",
"poke (around)",
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"skirmish",
"snoop",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"peruse",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"schoolmaster":{
"as in master , headmaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scorners":{
"as in denigrators , jeerers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scratchy":{
"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{
"examples":[
"scratchy shrubbery that's intended to keep kids and pets off the old man's property"
],
"synonyms":[
"brambly",
"prickly",
"thistly",
"thorny"
],
"related":[
"burred",
"bristly",
"coarse",
"jagged",
"rough"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"causing an unpleasant tingling sensation":{
"examples":[
"the wool pants are so scratchy that I can't stand to wear them"
],
"synonyms":[
"irritating",
"itchy",
"prickly"
],
"related":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"silken",
"silky",
"soft",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"harsh and dry in sound":{
"examples":[
"her voice was scratchy from a cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"throaty"
],
"related":[
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"scar":{
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
"examples":[
"the scars left by carelessly scratching the car door with one's keys"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"blight",
"blotch",
"defect",
"deformity",
"disfigurement",
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"fault",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"mar",
"mark",
"pockmark"
],
"related":[
"abnormality",
"distortion",
"irregularity",
"malformation",
"misshape",
"bug",
"glitch",
"kink",
"blot",
"blur",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"damage",
"defacement",
"impairment",
"injury",
"failing",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"ornament"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"at the next bend in the river, a scar of red sandstone steeply rises to over 100 feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"escarpment",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scarp"
],
"related":[
"butte",
"cuesta",
"hogback",
"tor",
"bulwark",
"embankment",
"declivity",
"drop-off",
"pitch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cut , tear":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scarcities":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"the scarcity of good restaurants around here is surprising"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunches",
"dearths",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"droughts",
"drouths",
"failures",
"famines",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"lacks",
"lacunae",
"lacunas",
"paucities",
"pinches",
"poverties",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absences",
"omissions",
"necessities",
"needs",
"privations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"oversupplies",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundances",
"adequacies",
"amplitudes",
"opulences",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"sufficiencies",
"wealths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"schematizing":{
"as in ordering , classifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"assorting",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"enumerating",
"indexing",
"ordering",
"sorting",
"tabulating",
"analyzing",
"anatomizing",
"assaying",
"breaking down",
"cutting",
"deconstructing",
"dissecting",
"assessing",
"diagnosing",
"evaluating",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"scrutinizing",
"dividing",
"reducing",
"segmenting",
"separating",
"subdividing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerating",
"aggregating",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"coalescing",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"integrating",
"synthesizing",
"unifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"scab":{
"as in scoundrel , villain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scantiness":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"the scantiness of grass meant that we had to feed the cows extra hay"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"pinch",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scratched (out)":{
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front"
],
"synonyms":[
"authored",
"penned",
"scribbled",
"wrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared",
"recast",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"rewrote",
"lettered",
"printed",
"typed",
"typewrote",
"recorded",
"took down",
"transcribed",
"autographed",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"registered",
"signed",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
"examples":[
"scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue-penciled",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"crossed (out)",
"deled",
"deleted",
"edited (out)",
"elided",
"killed",
"stroked (out)",
"struck (out)",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"wiped out",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"clipped",
"cut",
"excised",
"removed",
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"cleaned (up)",
"expurgated",
"laundered",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"abbreviated",
"cropped",
"shortened",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scribbled":{
"to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{
"examples":[
"she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"scratched",
"scrawled",
"squiggled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doodled",
"jotted (down)",
"inked",
"inscribed",
"lettered",
"penciled",
"pencilled",
"penned",
"printed",
"wrote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door"
],
"synonyms":[
"authored",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"wrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared",
"recast",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"rewrote",
"lettered",
"printed",
"typed",
"typewrote",
"recorded",
"took down",
"transcribed",
"autographed",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"registered",
"signed",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scapegoat":{
"a person or thing taking the blame for others":{
"examples":[
"companies often use the economy as a scapegoat to avoid taking responsibility for dropping sales"
],
"synonyms":[
"fall guy",
"goat",
"whipping boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"victim",
"butt",
"dupe",
"fool",
"laughingstock",
"mark",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"excuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scrabble":{
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
"examples":[
"it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"fight",
"fray",
"struggle",
"throes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"work",
"drudgery",
"grind",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"strife",
"tussle",
"war",
"warfare",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"try"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamber",
"climb",
"scramble",
"swarm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmy",
"shin",
"shinny",
"skin",
"ascend",
"breast",
"free-climb",
"get up",
"mount",
"scale",
"summit",
"surmount",
"claw",
"sprawl",
"struggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
"examples":[
"he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"fish",
"fumble",
"grope"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabble",
"cast about",
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scampering":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"the child scampered off to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"tripping",
"trotting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"cantering",
"leaping",
"loping",
"shagging",
"skipping",
"springing",
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"coursing",
"footing (it)",
"haring",
"hastening",
"hoofing (it)",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"legging (it)",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming",
"nipping",
"pattering",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"stepping (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"hobbling",
"limping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scalpel":{
"as in knife , blade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"pocketknife",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"blade",
"cutter",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"cleaver",
"hack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scoffed (at)":{
"as in rejected , shrugged off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
"kept",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scampers":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"the child scampered off to play"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trips",
"trots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounds",
"canters",
"leaps",
"lopes",
"shags",
"skips",
"springs",
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"courses",
"foots (it)",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"hoofs (it)",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"legs (it)",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms",
"nips",
"patters",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"steps (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"trudges",
"hobbles",
"limps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"schism":{
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
"examples":[
"schism within the charitable organization was preventing it from achieving its goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"strife",
"variance",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"collision",
"competition",
"contention",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"divide",
"fissure",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"miff",
"mix-up",
"quarrel",
"row",
"run-in",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"inconsonance",
"inharmoniousness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"cold war",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"rancor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace"
]
},
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"examples":[
"the schism of the Christian church into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"breakup",
"cleavage",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionalization",
"fractionation",
"partition",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"rupture",
"divorce",
"severance",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"atomization",
"dichotomization",
"polarization",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"unification",
"union"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scandal":{
"a cause of shame":{
"examples":[
"a scandal that for many years haunted the family of the banker convicted of embezzlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"opprobrium",
"reflection",
"reproach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"brand",
"slur",
"smirch",
"spot",
"stain",
"stigma",
"taint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boast",
"glory",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure"
],
"antonyms":[
"credit",
"honor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scramble":{
"to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{
"examples":[
"the toddler scrambled up the stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamber",
"climb",
"scrabble",
"swarm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shimmy",
"shin",
"shinny",
"skin",
"ascend",
"breast",
"free-climb",
"get up",
"mount",
"scale",
"summit",
"surmount",
"claw",
"sprawl",
"struggle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{
"examples":[
"scrambled the letters of the word"
],
"synonyms":[
"confuse",
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disjoint",
"dislocate",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"hash",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embroil",
"entangle",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"stir (up)",
"unsettle",
"clutter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"align",
"aline",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"classify",
"codify",
"methodize",
"systematize",
"systemize",
"adjust",
"fix",
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"unscramble"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"regulate",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy"
]
},
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a scramble of pens and pencils in the desk drawer"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"scrutinize":{
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"survey",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"categorize",
"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scouted":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media"
],
"synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"laughed (at)",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"shot down",
"skewered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"sneered (at)",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"disparaged",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"put down",
"chaffed",
"jived",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quizzed",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"rode",
"rid",
"teased",
"tweaked",
"twitted",
"baited",
"barracked",
"bugged",
"catcalled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"heckled",
"needled",
"pestered",
"ragged",
"targeted",
"taunted",
"tormented",
"aped",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"imitated",
"lampooned",
"mimicked",
"parodied",
"parroted",
"pilloried",
"satirized",
"took off (on)",
"travestied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauded",
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scarp":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"examples":[
"years of violent ocean storms had heavily eroded the beach, creating a scarp along one end of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"barranca",
"barranco",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"escarpment",
"palisade",
"precipice",
"scar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"butte",
"cuesta",
"hogback",
"tor",
"bulwark",
"embankment",
"declivity",
"drop-off",
"pitch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"schemes (out)":{
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the campaign operatives schemed out a plan for dealing with bombshells about the candidate's past indiscretions"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"blueprints",
"budgets",
"calculates",
"charts",
"choreographs",
"designs",
"frames",
"lays out",
"maps (out)",
"organizes",
"plans",
"prepares",
"projects",
"shapes",
"strategizes (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspires",
"contrives",
"devises",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"concerts",
"gets up",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"aims",
"figures",
"has on",
"intends",
"means",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"premeditates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scintillate":{
"to give off sparks":{
"examples":[
"we watched contentedly as our campfire scintillated in the darkness"
],
"synonyms":[
"spark",
"sparkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flash",
"shine",
"twinkle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"combust",
"flame",
"flare (up)",
"glow",
"light (up)",
"radiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"examples":[
"the diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscate",
"flame",
"flash",
"glance",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glister",
"glitter",
"luster",
"lustre",
"shimmer",
"spangle",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"wink",
"winkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"radiate",
"shine",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"flare",
"glare",
"glow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scissored":{
"as in sawed , hacksawed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksawed",
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"ripped",
"sheared",
"slashed",
"sliced",
"slit",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"rived",
"split",
"pierced",
"stabbed",
"bruised",
"butchered",
"hacked",
"haggled",
"lacerated",
"mangled",
"rent",
"rended",
"tore",
"carved",
"chipped",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"notched",
"anatomized",
"dissected",
"sectioned",
"chopped",
"diced",
"minced",
"amputated",
"cut off",
"severed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"scrupulosity":{
"as in scrupulousness , high-mindedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulousness",
"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness",
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"scooped":{
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucketed",
"dipped",
"laded",
"ladled",
"spooned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"emptied",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"dished",
"slopped",
"decanted",
"drew",
"pumped",
"siphoned",
"syphoned",
"suctioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poured",
"filled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sculptures":{
"as in models , carvings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carvings",
"models",
"busts",
"figureheads",
"dummies",
"forms",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"mannequins",
"dollies",
"dolls",
"hand puppets",
"marionettes",
"puppets",
"figures",
"figurines",
"statuettes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colossi"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create a three-dimensional representation of (something) using solid material":{
"examples":[
"the artist used a hammer and chisel to sculpture the horse out of ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"carves",
"sculpts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chisels",
"engraves",
"etches",
"graves",
"incises",
"inscribes",
"knaps",
"casts",
"forms",
"models",
"molds",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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}
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