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{
"wet-nursed":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-fed",
"nursed",
"suckled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-fed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
],
"synonyms":[
"babied",
"cockered",
"coddled",
"cosseted",
"dandled",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"nursed",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"contented",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"mothered",
"obliged",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"soothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlled",
"disciplined",
"restrained",
"oppressed",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"victimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"abused",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wet-nursing":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-feeding",
"nursing",
"suckling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-feeding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
],
"synonyms":[
"babying",
"cockering",
"coddling",
"cosseting",
"dandling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"nursing",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"mothering",
"obliging",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"disciplining",
"restraining",
"oppressing",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"victimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wetted":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"I left the car windows open while it rained, and the seats got all wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"watery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"marked by or abounding with rain":{
"examples":[
"a wet and dreary day"
],
"synonyms":[
"pouring",
"precipitating",
"rainy",
"stormy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drippy",
"drizzling",
"drizzly",
"misty",
"mizzly",
"spitting",
"sprinkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"designated a driver so the others could get wet and make it home safely at the end of the night"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"things get more than a little wet during the opera's big death scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"employees of the company despised their boss as a wet and ineffectual bloke"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
]
},
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
"examples":[
"winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloudburst",
"deluge",
"downfall",
"downpour",
"rain",
"rainfall",
"rainstorm",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precipitation",
"shower",
"thundershower",
"thunderstorm",
"weather"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzle",
"mist",
"mizzle",
"scud",
"spit",
"sprinkle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"you need to wet your hair thoroughly first"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wet-nurse":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-feed",
"nurse",
"suckle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-feed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"cocker",
"coddle",
"cosset",
"dandle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"nurse",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"content",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"mother",
"oblige",
"please",
"satisfy",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"discipline",
"restrain",
"oppress",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight",
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"victimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wetting":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"you need to wet your hair thoroughly first"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wet behind the ears":{
"lacking in adult experience or maturity":{
"examples":[
"The new intern is still a little wet behind the ears ."
],
"synonyms":[
"adolescent",
"callow",
"green",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
"juvenile",
"puerile",
"raw",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babyish",
"childish",
"infantile",
"infantilized",
"infantine",
"boyish",
"girlish",
"juvenescent",
"kiddish",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"tender",
"unknowing",
"unseasoned",
"unsophisticated",
"untrained",
"untried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"precocious",
"knowing",
"savvy",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
],
"antonyms":[
"adult",
"experienced",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"ripe"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"wetness":{
"as in dankness , sogginess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clamminess",
"dankness",
"soddenness",
"sogginess",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wets down":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first",
"the stylist began by wetting down my hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathes",
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wets":{
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
"examples":[
"winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloudbursts",
"deluges",
"downfalls",
"downpours",
"rainfalls",
"rains",
"rainstorms",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precipitations",
"showers",
"thundershowers",
"thunderstorms",
"weathers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzles",
"mists",
"mizzles",
"scuds",
"spits",
"sprinkles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"you need to wet your hair thoroughly first"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathes",
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"wetland":{
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"examples":[
"the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog",
"fen",
"marsh",
"marshland",
"mire",
"moor",
"morass",
"muskeg",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"swamp",
"swampland",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swale",
"quagmire",
"guck",
"gook",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wet-nurses":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-feeds",
"nurses",
"suckles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-feeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
"examples":[
"recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"cockers",
"coddles",
"cossets",
"dandles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"nurses",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"contents",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"mothers",
"obliges",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controls",
"disciplines",
"restrains",
"oppresses",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"molests",
"outrages",
"violates",
"harasses",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injures",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures",
"victimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"abuses",
"ill-treats",
"ill-uses",
"maltreats",
"manhandles",
"mishandles",
"mistreats",
"misuses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wetting down":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first",
"the stylist began by wetting down my hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wet blanket":{
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
"examples":[
"I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket"
],
"synonyms":[
"drag",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fuddy-duddy",
"goody-goody",
"Goody Two-shoes",
"old maid",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"defeatist",
"Jeremiah",
"knocker",
"pessimist",
"complainer",
"crab",
"cynic",
"grouch",
"grump",
"sorehead",
"sourpuss",
"whiner",
"bore",
"downer",
"drip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutup",
"jester",
"live wire",
"carouser",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"rejoicer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"libertine",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"rake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wettish":{
"slightly or moderately wet":{
"examples":[
"the ground is still rather wettish after last night's downpour"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"moist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semimoist",
"dewy",
"misty",
"clammy",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"tropical",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"steeped",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"waterless",
"baked",
"bone-dry",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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},
"wet down":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first",
"the stylist began by wetting down my hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}