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{
"daubing":{
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
],
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"discoloring",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"collying",
"crocking"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"distaining",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coating",
"painting",
"plastering",
"greasing",
"oiling",
"gumming",
"larding",
"pitching",
"tarring",
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"synonyms":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"smearing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daughters":{
"as in sons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sons",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"spin-offs",
"descendants",
"descendents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"archetypes",
"daddies",
"foregoers",
"forerunners",
"granddaddies",
"grandaddies",
"precursors",
"predecessors",
"prototypes",
"models",
"originals",
"originators",
"sires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daub":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"smear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coat",
"paint",
"plaster",
"grease",
"oil",
"gum",
"lard",
"pitch",
"tar",
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drawing , finger painting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing",
"finger painting",
"portrait",
"etching",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"watercolor",
"delineation",
"depiction",
"representation",
"resemblance",
"view",
"caricature",
"cartoon",
"doodle",
"icon",
"ikon",
"illustration",
"image",
"likeness",
"picture",
"collage",
"montage",
"photograph",
"hieroglyph",
"hieroglyphic",
"ideogram",
"ideograph",
"pictograph",
"diagram"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"daughter":{
"as in son":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"son",
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"archetype",
"daddy",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"granddaddy",
"grandaddy",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype",
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"daunt":{
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"frustrate",
"unman",
"unnerve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bully",
"cow",
"intimidate",
"depress",
"sadden",
"weigh",
"afflict",
"try",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"distress",
"trouble",
"bother",
"irk",
"vex",
"worry",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoy (up)",
"cheer",
"gladden",
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"assure",
"reassure",
"boost",
"energize",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"inspire",
"lift",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"rally",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"nerve",
"steel"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daunting":{
"as in disheartening , disconcerting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"nagging",
"nasty",
"perturbing",
"troublesome",
"troubling",
"troublous",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrisome",
"chilling",
"frightening",
"scary",
"harassing",
"persecutive",
"persecutory",
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reassuring",
"calming",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"dreamy",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"narcotic",
"pacifying",
"relaxing",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"frustrating",
"unmanning",
"unnerving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"cowing",
"intimidating",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"weighing",
"afflicting",
"trying",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"bothering",
"irking",
"vexing",
"worrying",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"frightening",
"horrifying",
"scaring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoying (up)",
"cheering",
"gladdening",
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"nerving",
"steeling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daunted":{
"as in intimidated , unnerved":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cowed",
"intimidated",
"unnerved",
"appalled",
"dismayed",
"startled",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"phobic",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"wary",
"agitated",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"funky",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"panicked",
"panicky",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"skittish",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"worried",
"chicken",
"fainthearted",
"fearsome",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"tremulant",
"tremulous",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"horror-struck",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"scared",
"scary",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fearless",
"unafraid",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daredevil",
"daring",
"dashing",
"gutsy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"brave",
"courageous",
"gallant",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"assured",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"sanguine",
"sure",
"unperturbed",
"dauntless",
"resolute",
"undaunted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chilled",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"frustrated",
"unmanned",
"unnerved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"intimidated",
"depressed",
"saddened",
"weighed",
"afflicted",
"tried",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"bothered",
"irked",
"vexed",
"vext",
"worried",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoyed (up)",
"cheered",
"gladdened",
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"assured",
"reassured",
"boosted",
"energized",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"rallied",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"nerved",
"steeled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"daunts":{
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"examples":[
"the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"chills",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"frustrates",
"unmans",
"unnerves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeats",
"bullies",
"cows",
"intimidates",
"depresses",
"saddens",
"weighs",
"afflicts",
"tries",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"bothers",
"irks",
"vexes",
"worries",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"frightens",
"horrifies",
"scares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoys (up)",
"cheers",
"gladdens",
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"assures",
"reassures",
"boosts",
"energizes",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"rallies",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"nerves",
"steels"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dauntless":{
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
"examples":[
"dauntless heroes who are inclined to rush to danger, not away from it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"reassured",
"unafraid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dauntlessly":{
"in a fearless manner":{
"examples":[
"the early suffragettes dauntlessly pursued their cause, even in the face of public ridicule"
],
"synonyms":[
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"self-confidently",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"hastily",
"precipitately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"daubed":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"synonyms":[
"anointed",
"bedaubed",
"besmeared",
"smeared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coated",
"painted",
"plastered",
"greased",
"oiled",
"gummed",
"larded",
"pitched",
"tarred",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"daubs":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{
"examples":[
"he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face"
],
"synonyms":[
"anoints",
"bedaubs",
"besmears",
"smears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coats",
"paints",
"plasters",
"greases",
"oils",
"gums",
"lards",
"pitches",
"tars",
"tarres",
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in drawings , finger paintings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drawings",
"finger paintings",
"portraits",
"etchings",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"watercolors",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"representations",
"resemblances",
"views",
"caricatures",
"cartoons",
"doodles",
"icons",
"ikons",
"illustrations",
"images",
"likenesses",
"pictures",
"collages",
"montages",
"photographs",
"hieroglyphics",
"hieroglyphs",
"ideograms",
"ideographs",
"pictographs",
"diagrams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}