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{
"wabble":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rock",
"sway",
"swing",
"chatter",
"quaver",
"shiver",
"thrill",
"tremble",
"twitch",
"dodder",
"waver",
"flicker",
"fluctuate",
"flutter",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wave",
"beat",
"palpitate",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"pulsate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bucket",
"convulse",
"jerk",
"jiggle",
"joggle",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"judder",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"vibrate"
]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blunder",
"buck",
"dodder",
"falter",
"flounder",
"halt",
"hitch",
"hobble",
"jerk",
"jolt",
"reel",
"shake",
"stagger",
"stumble",
"teeter",
"toddle",
"totter",
"tumble",
"vacillate",
"vibrate",
"waddle",
"waver",
"weave",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wag",
"waggle"
],
"synonyms":[
"careen",
"lurch",
"pitch",
"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"sway",
"toss"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"antonyms":[
"dive (in)",
"plunge (in)"
],
"examples":[
"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decide",
"budge",
"stir",
"advance",
"continue"
],
"related":[
"haw",
"hem",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"linger",
"pause",
"procrastinate",
"wait",
"back down",
"chicken (out)",
"consider",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"oscillate",
"sway",
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"waffle"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"dither",
"falter",
"halt",
"hang back",
"hesitate",
"scruple",
"shilly-shally",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"vacillate",
"waver"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flounder",
"lurch",
"stumble",
"toddle",
"quake",
"quaver",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"vibrate",
"careen",
"reel",
"stagger",
"weave"
],
"synonyms":[
"falter",
"rock",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waver"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
modifications and DB update
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"wabbled":{
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocked",
"swayed",
"swung",
"chattered",
"quavered",
"shivered",
"thrilled",
"trembled",
"twitched",
"doddered",
"wavered",
"flickered",
"fluctuated",
"fluttered",
"oscillated",
"undulated",
"waved",
"beat",
"palpitated",
"pit-a-patted",
"pitter-pattered",
"pulsated",
"pulsed",
"throbbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"bucketed",
"convulsed",
"jerked",
"jiggled",
"joggled",
"jolted",
"jounced",
"juddered",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"vibrated"
]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blundered",
"bucked",
"doddered",
"faltered",
"floundered",
"halted",
"hitched",
"hobbled",
"jerked",
"jolted",
"reeled",
"shook",
"staggered",
"stumbled",
"teetered",
"toddled",
"tottered",
"tumbled",
"vacillated",
"vibrated",
"waddled",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"oscillated",
"undulated",
"wagged",
"waggled"
],
"synonyms":[
"careened",
"lurched",
"pitched",
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swayed",
"tossed"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"antonyms":[
"dived (in)",
"dove (in)",
"plunged (in)"
],
"examples":[
"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decided",
"budged",
"stirred",
"advanced",
"continued"
],
"related":[
"hawed",
"hemmed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"lingered",
"paused",
"procrastinated",
"waited",
"backed down",
"chickened (out)",
"considered",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"oscillated",
"swayed",
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"waffled"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"dithered",
"faltered",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"hung back",
"scrupled",
"shilly-shallied",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"vacillated",
"wavered"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"floundered",
"lurched",
"stumbled",
"toddled",
"quaked",
"quavered",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"trembled",
"vibrated",
"careened",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"weaved"
],
"synonyms":[
"faltered",
"rocked",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"wavered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wabbling":{
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mayor's apparent wobbling on the issue of increased property taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"readiness"
],
"related":[
"delay",
"hawing",
"procrastination",
"waiting",
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
"misgiving",
"second thought",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indecisiveness",
"indetermination",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty",
"avoidance",
"equivocation",
"aversion",
"disinclination",
"indisposition",
"reluctance",
"unwillingness",
"faintheartedness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"synonyms":[
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"pause",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering"
]
},
"marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her wobbling gait is due to Parkinson's disease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"firm",
"settled",
"stable",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"convulsive",
"shivering",
"shivery",
"rocky",
"staggery",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"wavering",
"wavery",
"palpitating",
"pulsating",
"throbbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquiver",
"atremble",
"quaking",
"quavery",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shaky",
"shuddering",
"shuddery",
"tottering",
"tottery",
"trembling",
"trembly",
"tremulous",
"wobbly",
"wabbly"
]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocking",
"swaying",
"swinging",
"chattering",
"quavering",
"shivering",
"thrilling",
"trembling",
"twitching",
"doddering",
"wavering",
"flickering",
"fluctuating",
"fluttering",
"oscillating",
"undulating",
"waving",
"beating",
"palpitating",
"pit-a-patting",
"pitter-pattering",
"pulsating",
"pulsing",
"throbbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"bucketing",
"convulsing",
"jerking",
"jiggling",
"joggling",
"jolting",
"jouncing",
"juddering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"vibrating"
]
},
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blundering",
"bucking",
"doddering",
"faltering",
"floundering",
"halting",
"hitching",
"hobbling",
"jerking",
"jolting",
"reeling",
"shaking",
"staggering",
"stumbling",
"teetering",
"toddling",
"tottering",
"tumbling",
"vacillating",
"vibrating",
"waddling",
"wavering",
"weaving",
"oscillating",
"undulating",
"wagging",
"waggling"
],
"synonyms":[
"careening",
"lurching",
"pitching",
"rocking",
"rolling",
"seesawing",
"swaying",
"tossing"
]
},
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
"antonyms":[
"diving (in)",
"plunging (in)"
],
"examples":[
"we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deciding",
"budging",
"stirring",
"advancing",
"continuing"
],
"related":[
"hawing",
"hemming",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"lingering",
"pausing",
"procrastinating",
"waiting",
"backing down",
"chickening (out)",
"considering",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"oscillating",
"swaying",
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"waffling"
],
"synonyms":[
"balancing",
"dithering",
"faltering",
"halting",
"hanging back",
"hesitating",
"scrupling",
"shilly-shallying",
"staggering",
"teetering",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
]
},
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"floundering",
"lurching",
"stumbling",
"toddling",
"quaking",
"quavering",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"vibrating",
"careening",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"weaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"faltering",
"rocking",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"wavering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"wad":{
"a considerable amount":{
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"examples":[
"a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"related":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wealth",
"yard"
]
},
"a small uneven mass":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a wad of gum stuck to the desk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bead",
"drop",
"globule",
"block",
"body",
"bulk",
"particle",
"piece",
"portion",
"bit",
"chip",
"crumb",
"granule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"glob",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget"
]
},
"a very large amount of money":{
"antonyms":[
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"song"
],
"examples":[
"amassed\u2014and lost\u2014a wad playing the stock market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"related":[
"heap",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"assets",
"capital",
"means",
"property",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"synonyms":[
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile"
]
},
"to form into a round compact mass":{
"antonyms":[
"unroll"
],
"examples":[
"she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket",
"took the paper off the straw and wadded it up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flatten",
"open",
"smooth",
"spread",
"unfold"
],
"related":[
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump",
"bead",
"pearl",
"pellet",
"pelletize",
"sphere"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"ball",
"roll",
"round"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wadded":{
"to form into a round compact mass":{
"antonyms":[
"unrolled"
],
"examples":[
"she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket",
"took the paper off the straw and wadded it up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flattened",
"opened",
"smoothed",
"spread",
"unfolded"
],
"related":[
"bunched",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"beaded",
"pearled",
"pelleted",
"pelletized",
"sphered"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerated",
"balled",
"rolled",
"rounded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"waddle":{
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the duck waddled back into the water",
"we watched the penguins waddle over the ice together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rock",
"roll",
"seesaw",
"swag",
"sway",
"waver",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"barge",
"blunder",
"clomp",
"clump",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"pound",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"tramp",
"tromp"
],
"synonyms":[
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"teeter",
"totter"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"waddled":{
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the duck waddled back into the water",
"we watched the penguins waddle over the ice together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocked",
"rolled",
"seesawed",
"swagged",
"swayed",
"wavered",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled",
"barged",
"blundered",
"clomped",
"clumped",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"pounded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"tramped",
"tromped"
],
"synonyms":[
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"teetered",
"tottered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wads":{
"a considerable amount":{
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"examples":[
"a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"related":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
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"a wailing quality in her voice that makes her a natural for country music"
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"the state's residents are always wailing about their high taxes"
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"walking sticks":{
"as in crooks , whangees":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"wall (in)":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
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"a lake almost entirely walled in by mountains"
],
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"bound",
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"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
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"encyst",
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],
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"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
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"encase",
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"inclose",
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"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
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"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"wallets":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
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"with their humble belongings tucked into wallets of simple cloth, the pilgrims began their journey to one of Christendom's holiest shrines"
],
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"related":[
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"baggages",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
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"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"walloped":{
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"walloped their traditional rivals 20 to nothing"
],
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"knocked off",
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"overwhelmed",
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"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
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"eclipsed",
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"outdid",
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"outshined",
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"surpassed",
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"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
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"drubbed",
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"pasted",
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"skunked",
"smoked",
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"snowed under",
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"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
]
},
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"arrested for walloping a police officer"
],
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"pummelled",
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"jabbed",
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"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
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"decked",
"dumped",
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"floored",
"knocked down",
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"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
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"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
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"sapped",
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"sledgehammered",
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"conked",
"skulled"
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"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
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"bonked",
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"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
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"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
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"pasted",
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"struck",
"swatted",
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"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
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"walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit"
],
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"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
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"raided",
"rushed",
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"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
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"batted",
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"beat",
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"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
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"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
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"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
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"verb"
]
},
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"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
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"examples":[
"a wander through the woods"
],
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"related":[
"parades",
"paseos",
"promenades",
"expeditions",
"hikes",
"marches",
"peregrinations",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"travels",
"traversals",
"traverses",
"treks",
"trips",
"walkabouts",
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins",
"tours",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"safaris"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambles",
"constitutionals",
"perambulations",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"turns",
"walks"
]
},
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"examples":[
"we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives"
],
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"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"related":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
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"errs",
"falls",
"offends",
"sins",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"examples":[
"we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"synonyms":[
"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"floats",
"gads (about)",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"examples":[
"in the course of the evening the storm steadily waned"
],
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"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"related":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
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"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"examples":[
"I want a new car so badly!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"related":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"salivated (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
],
"examples":[
"that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"related":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"warranted"
]
},
"to see fit":{
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"examples":[
"do what you want"
],
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"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"fancied",
"hankered (for)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"decided",
"determined",
"resolved"
],
"synonyms":[
"chose",
"liked",
"pleased",
"willed",
"wished"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I want some ice cream for dessert, please"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"welcomed",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"liked"
]
},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"wanting":{
"falling short of a standard":{
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"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"examples":[
"we tried her cooking and found it to be very wanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wretched",
"wrong"
]
},
"not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need":{
"antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"examples":[
"at this time of year food for many wild animals is wanting"
],
"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",
"scarce",
"short",
"shy"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mitten wanting its mate"
],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"minus",
"sans",
"without"
]
},
"not present or in evidence":{
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"existent",
"present"
],
"examples":[
"grass is almost entirely wanting in that arid wasteland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"animate",
"living",
"thriving",
"current",
"going",
"prevailing",
"uncanceled",
"common",
"prevalent",
"apparent",
"conspicuous",
"evident",
"obvious",
"plain"
],
"related":[
"dead",
"departed",
"extinct",
"lost",
"perished",
"vanished",
"defunct",
"done",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"obsolete",
"over",
"pass\u00e9",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"rare",
"scarce",
"sparse",
"uncommon"
],
"synonyms":[
"absent",
"lacking",
"missing",
"nonexistent"
]
},
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I want a new car so badly!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"execrating",
"hating",
"loathing",
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning"
],
"related":[
"spoiling (for)",
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiderating",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"jonesing (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"salivating (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"yenning (for)"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
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"having",
"holding"
],
"examples":[
"that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep"
],
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"owning",
"possessing"
],
"related":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"warranting"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"do what you want"
],
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"related":[
"aching (for)",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"fancying",
"hankering (for)",
"hungering (for)",
"itching (for)",
"longing (for)",
"lusting (for or after)",
"panting (after)",
"pining (for)",
"repining (for)",
"sighing (for)",
"thirsting (for)",
"yearning (for)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"resolving"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosing",
"liking",
"pleasing",
"willing",
"wishing"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I want some ice cream for dessert, please"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"loving",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"welcoming",
"coveting",
"craving",
"desiring",
"dying (for)",
"hankering (for or after)",
"wishing (for)",
"yearning (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"liking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
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"wants":{
"a defect in character":{
"antonyms":[
"merits",
"virtues"
],
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"examples":[
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"she's well-meaning and kind, but her besetting want is a complete lack of tact"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"excellences",
"perfections",
"integrities",
"moralities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
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],
"related":[
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"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"blemishes",
"deficiencies",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"minuses",
"nits",
"Achilles' heels",
"soft spots",
"corruptions",
"depravities",
"evils",
"immoralities"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"demerits",
"derelictions",
"failings",
"faults",
"foibles",
"frailties",
"shortcomings",
"sins",
"vices",
"weaknesses"
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]
},
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"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abundances",
"adequacies",
"amplitudes",
"opulences",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"sufficiencies",
"wealths"
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],
"examples":[
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"there's a notable want of teachers in that rural school district"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"excesses",
"overabundances",
"oversupplies",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
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],
"related":[
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"absences",
"omissions",
"necessities",
"needs",
"privations"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"crunches",
"dearths",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"droughts",
"drouths",
"failures",
"famines",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"lacks",
"lacunae",
"lacunas",
"paucities",
"pinches",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies"
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]
},
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"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"I want a new car so badly!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns"
],
"related":[
"spoils (for)",
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desiderates",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"joneses (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"pines (for)",
"repines (for)",
"salivates (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"yens (for)"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
],
"examples":[
"that stray cat wants food and a clean place to sleep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
],
"related":[
"entails",
"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
"necessitates",
"needs",
"requires",
"takes",
"warrants"
]
},
"to see fit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"do what you want"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
"aches (for)",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"fancies",
"hankers (for)",
"hungers (for)",
"itches (for)",
"longs (for)",
"lusts (for or after)",
"pants (after)",
"pines (for)",
"repines (for)",
"sighs (for)",
"thirsts (for)",
"yearns (for)",
"decides",
"determines",
"resolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"chooses",
"likes",
"pleases",
"wills",
"wishes"
]
},
"to wish to have":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I want some ice cream for dessert, please"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"loves",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"welcomes",
"covets",
"craves",
"desires",
"dies (for)",
"hankers (for or after)",
"wishes (for)",
"yearns (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"likes"
]
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},
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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]
},
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"ward":{
"means or method of defending":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"frequent hand washing is an oft-recommended ward against the spread of common germs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive"
],
"related":[
"arm",
"armament",
"munitions",
"weapon",
"weaponry",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"stronghold"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"ammunition",
"armor",
"buckler",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"security",
"shield",
"wall"
]
},
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gained the ward of his cousin upon the death of her parents"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"control",
"governorship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"superintendence",
"supervision"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"care",
"custodianship",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"safekeeping",
"trust"
]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"antonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack"
],
"examples":[
"vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombard",
"storm",
"beset",
"besiege",
"overrun",
"capitulate",
"cave",
"submit",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"avert",
"prevent",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand",
"battle",
"contend",
"fight",
"war",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"save",
"buffer",
"palisade",
"picket",
"wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwark",
"cover",
"defend",
"fence",
"fend",
"forfend",
"guard",
"keep",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"secure",
"shield"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun",
"verb"
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]
},
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"warded (off)":{
"as in deflected":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
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"verb"
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]
},
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"warfare":{
"a lack of agreement or harmony":{
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"concord",
"concordance",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"examples":[
"that troubled household seems to be almost constantly in a state of warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concurrence",
"cooperation"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"conflict",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"discordance",
"discordancy",
"disharmony",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"dissonance",
"disunion",
"disunity",
"division",
"friction",
"infighting",
"inharmony",
"schism",
"strife",
"variance",
"war"
]
},
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
"companies engaged in constant warfare for dominance in the market for smart phones and tablets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"related":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"battle",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war"
]
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"warhorse":{
"a person with long experience in a specified area":{
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"antonyms":[
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"beginner",
"colt",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"recruit",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro"
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],
"examples":[
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"a warhorse who's survived far nastier campaigns in his long political career"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"apprentice",
"cub",
"boot",
"novitiate",
"amateur",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
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],
"related":[
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"doyenne",
"adept",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"guru",
"hand",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"past master",
"pro",
"professional"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"doyen",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"stager",
"vet",
"veteran"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"waring":{
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a hunter yelling to his dog, \" Ware the porcupine!\""
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"discounting",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"missing",
"overlooking"
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],
"related":[
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"attending",
"heeding",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"beholding",
"discerning",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"watching"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"guarding (against)",
"looking out (for)",
"minding",
"watching out (for)"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"warlike":{
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
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],
"examples":[
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"a seafarer's legend that the remote island was inhabited by a warlike and uncivilized tribe"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"anti-imperialist",
"antimilitarist",
"unwarlike",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"conciliatory",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"kindhearted",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"mild"
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],
"related":[
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"antagonistic",
"fierce",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bristly",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"ornery",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"stroppy",
"surly",
"testy",
"touchy",
"ugly",
"waspish",
"savage",
"vicious",
"battling",
"fighting",
"warring"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent"
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]
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"warmhearted":{
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
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"examples":[
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"a warmhearted , understanding pastor from whom many sought guidance"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
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"uncaring",
"unthinking",
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"hard-boiled",
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"heavy-handed",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
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"hateful",
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"malicious",
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"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
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"antihumanitarian",
"uncharitable"
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"attentive",
"considerate",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"affable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mild",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"warm",
"clement",
"forbearing",
"forgiving",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"soft",
"patient",
"pitying",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"altruistic",
"brotherly",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"noble",
"openhearted",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"anticruelty",
"cruelty-free"
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"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
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"sympathetic",
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"unfriendly"
],
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"chilly",
"cold",
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"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
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"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
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"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm"
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]
},
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"adjective"
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]
},
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},
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"adverb"
]
},
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"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"an unshakable belief in the essential goodness of humankind is the warp of his philosophy"
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],
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"related":[
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"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substratum",
"substructure",
"support",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
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],
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"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp and woof"
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]
},
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"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"the faulty English translation really warps the meaning of the original Russian text"
],
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"clear (up)",
"explain",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"spell out",
"decipher"
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],
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"misdescribe",
"misspeak",
"mistranslate",
"belie",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dissemble",
"gloss (over)",
"mask",
"veil",
"whitewash",
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"complicate",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mistake",
"mix (up)",
"mystify",
"obscure",
"equivocate",
"fib",
"lie",
"palter",
"prevaricate"
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],
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"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"garble",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"slant",
"twist"
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]
},
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"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
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"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
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],
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"claims that violent movies warp the values of our young people"
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],
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"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
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],
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"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
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],
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"abase",
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate"
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]
},
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"to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{
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"freezing warped the plastic, and now the cover won't fit"
],
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"straighten",
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"uncurl"
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"related":[
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"disfigure",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"coil",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"twine",
"wind",
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"distort",
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"screw",
"squinch",
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"verb"
]
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"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[
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"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
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],
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"some employees suspected that the supervisor had no warrant from the CEO for instituting the draconian work rules"
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],
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"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
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],
"related":[
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"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
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],
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"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance"
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]
},
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"to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality or performance of":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"the computer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one full year"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"attest",
"authenticate",
"avouch",
"certify",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"assure",
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pledge",
"plight",
"stipulate",
"swear",
"undertake",
"vow",
"adhere",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"insist",
"insure"
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],
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"guarantee",
"guaranty"
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]
},
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"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
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"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
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"examples":[
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"the state constitution warrants these measures"
],
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"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
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],
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"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
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"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
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],
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"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
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"okay",
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"disqualify"
],
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"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
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"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
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"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
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"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
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"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
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"accredit",
"authorize",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"vest"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
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"have",
"hold"
],
"examples":[
"the situation warrants your immediate attention"
],
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"own",
"possess"
],
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"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
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"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"want"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
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"deny",
"gainsay"
],
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"we'll all be dead before that happens, I warrant"
],
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"abandon",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"negate",
"negative",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"counter"
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"broadcast",
"proclaim",
"argue",
"rationalize",
"reason",
"confirm",
"justify",
"vindicate",
"defend",
"persevere",
"support",
"uphold",
"reaffirm",
"reassert"
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"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess",
"protest",
"purport"
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]
},
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"noun",
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"verb"
]
},
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"warranty":{
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"a one-year warranty for the refrigerator"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"oath",
"pledge",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"accord",
"bargain",
"compact",
"concordat",
"convention",
"pact",
"treaty",
"assurance",
"insurance",
"seal",
"bail",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security"
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],
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"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"surety"
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]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"wars (against)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"continually warring against their neighbors in an effort to expand their territory"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"gives up",
"submits",
"surrenders"
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],
"related":[
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"duels",
"jousts",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"bops",
"buffets",
"clobbers",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"grapples",
"scuffles",
"tussles",
"wrestles",
"bumps",
"collides"
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],
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"battles",
"clashes (with)",
"combats",
"fights",
"scrimmages (with)",
"skirmishes (with)"
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]
},
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"verb"
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]
},
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"warship":{
"as in tanker , destroyer":{
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"related":[],
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},
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wart":{
"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"type":[
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"noun"
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"rudeness",
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"careen",
"reel",
"stagger",
"weave"
],
"synonyms":[
"falter",
"rock",
"teeter",
"totter",
"wobble",
"wabble"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wax":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"antonyms":[
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"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
],
"examples":[
"the commitment of the young volunteers to the cause seems to wax and wane"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell"
]
},
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"waxing a surfboard"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"coarsen",
"rough",
"roughen",
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear"
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],
"related":[
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"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"wet"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"grease",
"lubricate",
"oil",
"slick"
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]
},
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"I can't believe I bet on a football team that ended up getting waxed 45-0"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
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]
},
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"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"waxed poetic whenever he wrote to his girlfriend"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"abide",
"be",
"continue",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay"
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],
"related":[
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"alter",
"change",
"metamorphose",
"modify",
"mutate",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"become",
"come",
"get",
"go",
"grow",
"run",
"turn"
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]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"waxy":{
"capable of being easily molded or modeled":{
"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the children made little animals with the colorful, waxy modeling clay"
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],
"near antonyms":[
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"inflexible",
"intractable",
"rigid",
"stiff"
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],
"related":[
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"adaptable",
"bendable",
"bendy",
"ductile",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"waxen",
"willowy",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"flexile",
"limber",
"resilient",
"workable",
"bending",
"giving",
"kneadable",
"tractable",
"yielding"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"shapable",
"shapeable"
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]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"waylay":{
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
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"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
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"a lonely stretch of highway along which unsuspecting tourists are often waylaid by gangs"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"storm",
"strike",
"jump",
"mug",
"pounce (on)",
"tackle",
"charge",
"sally",
"capture",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mousetrap",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"hunt",
"prey (on or upon)",
"stalk"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize"
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]
},
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"waywardness":{
"refusal to obey":{
"antonyms":[
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"tractableness"
],
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"examples":[
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"the unremitting waywardness of the child frustrated her parents at times"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"slavishness",
"submissiveness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"trainability",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness"
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],
"related":[
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"civil disobedience",
"noncooperation",
"discourteousness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impoliteness",
"impudence",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"ungraciousness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"peevishness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"knavery",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness"
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],
"synonyms":[
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"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness",
"willfulness"
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]
},
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
},
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"warranting":{
"to assume responsibility for the satisfactory quality or performance of":{
"examples":[
"the computer company unconditionally warrants all of its products for one full year"
],
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"guaranteeing",
"guarantying"
],
"related":[
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"avouching",
"certifying",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"assuring",
"bonding",
"contracting",
"covenanting",
"pledging",
"plighting",
"stipulating",
"swearing",
"undertaking",
"vowing",
"adhering",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"insuring"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the state constitution warrants these measures"
],
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"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning"
],
"related":[
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"allowing",
"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
],
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"antonyms":[
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"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"the situation warrants your immediate attention"
],
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"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting"
],
"related":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
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"examples":[
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"we'll all be dead before that happens, I warrant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"protesting",
"purporting"
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],
"related":[
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"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"proclaiming",
"arguing",
"rationalizing",
"reasoning",
"confirming",
"justifying",
"vindicating",
"defending",
"persevering",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"reaffirming",
"reasserting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"countering"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying",
"gainsaying"
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]
},
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"to give official or legal power to":{
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"examples":[
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"bailiffs are warranted to enforce the subpoena"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting"
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],
"related":[
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"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
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]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"way":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
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"examples":[
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"the town honored the local sports hero by naming after him a short way connecting two shopping centers"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike"
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],
"related":[
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"causeway",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"close",
"cul-de-sac",
"dead end",
"corridor",
"track",
"trail"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
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"examples":[
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"she's set in her ways and is not about to change"
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],
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"synonyms":[
"custom",
"fashion",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"ritual",
"second nature",
"trick",
"wont"
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],
"related":[
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"addiction",
"disposition",
"bent",
"inclination",
"proclivity",
"set",
"tendency",
"tenor",
"turn",
"bag",
"convention",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"usage",
"use",
"deportment",
"manners",
"mores",
"drill",
"groove",
"jog trot",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"regimen",
"rote",
"routine",
"rut",
"affectation",
"airs",
"pose",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"eccentricity",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an established course for traveling from one place to another":{
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"examples":[
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"took the regular way to work"
],
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"approach",
"avenue",
"passage",
"path",
"route"
],
"related":[
"bypath",
"byway",
"lane",
"laneway",
"artery",
"boulevard",
"bypass",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"passageway",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"routeway",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"turnpike",
"walk",
"walkway",
"trace",
"track",
"trail",
"airway",
"bikeway",
"cycleway",
"channel",
"gat",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"door",
"doorway",
"gate",
"gateway",
"hatch",
"portal"
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],
"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"Will Rogers' homespun waggeries struck a chord with audiences during the Great Depression"
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"quivering",
"shaking",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"vibrating",
"careening",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"weaving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"was partial to":{
"to show partiality toward":{
"examples":[
"My girlfriend likes thrillers, but I myself am partial to comedies."
],
"synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"favored",
"leaned (toward or towards)",
"liked",
"preferred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adored",
"cottoned (to)",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"chose",
"culled",
"handpicked",
"named",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desired",
"hankered (for or after)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"biased",
"biassed",
"prejudiced",
"inclined (toward)",
"tended (to)",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"misliked",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"They are both partial to weekend camping trips."
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"warp and woofs":{
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
"examples":[
"regards individual freedom and democracy as the warp and woof of any civilized society"
],
"synonyms":[
"bases",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substrata",
"substructures",
"supports",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"walloping":{
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"he needed help to mount such a walloping horse"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"as in pummeling , thrashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"walloped the branches of the pear tree with a stick in an effort to knock down some fruit"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"walloped their traditional rivals 20 to nothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"arrested for walloping a police officer"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wangled":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"wangled a way to get free tickets to the show"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wage(s)":{
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably"
],
"synonyms":[
"emolument",
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"paycheck",
"pay envelope",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"walk-through":{
"to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
"examples":[
"The manager walked the trainees through their new job duties."
],
"synonyms":[
"coach",
"counsel",
"guide",
"lead",
"mentor",
"pilot",
"shepherd",
"show",
"tutor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"godfather",
"direct",
"engineer",
"steer",
"sway",
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"squire",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"drill",
"train",
"brief",
"enlighten",
"inform",
"instruct",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"inculcate",
"indoctrinate",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"waiting on":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"They waited on wealthy hotel patrons to save up extra money for college."
],
"synonyms":[
"serving",
"slaving (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"ministering (to)",
"tending (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"He waited on his wife hand and foot when she was sick."
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"mothering",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"war cries":{
"as in battle cries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battle cries",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"catchwords",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"expressions",
"idioms",
"banners",
"catchphrases",
"cries",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wayfarers":{
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"one of the great wayfarers of American folklore, Johnny Appleseed wandered across the country, always planting apple seeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifters",
"gadabouts",
"gypsies",
"knockabouts",
"maunderers",
"nomads",
"ramblers",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"strollers",
"vagabonds",
"wanderers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggards",
"stragglers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"sojourners",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"passengers",
"sightseers",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"migrants",
"transients",
"vagrants",
"amblers",
"saunterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebodies",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"settlers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"was (to)":{
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
"examples":[
"you need to be nice to your brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted (toward)",
"dealt (with)",
"handled",
"served",
"treated",
"used"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"esteemed",
"rated",
"reckoned",
"regarded",
"viewed",
"engaged (with)",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wastrels":{
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
"examples":[
"the black sheep of the family, he ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard"
],
"synonyms":[
"fritterers",
"high rollers",
"prodigals",
"profligates",
"spenders",
"spendthrifts",
"squanderers",
"wasters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissipates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheapskates",
"misers",
"niggards",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"skinflints",
"tightwads",
"conservers",
"savers"
],
"antonyms":[
"economizers",
"penny-pinchers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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}
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