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{
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"anal-retentive":{
"extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"My anal-retentive brother keeps records of everything that happens in his life."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"analog":{
"something that is similar to something else in design, origin, use, etc.; something that is analogous to something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a modern analog to what happened before",
"the synthetic analog of a chemical found in a tropical tree",
"a meat analogue such as tofu"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"analyze":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"analyze the park's ecosystem before deciding whether hunting should be allowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"aggregate",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"coalesce",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"integrate",
"synthesize",
"unify"
],
"related":[
"assess",
"diagnose",
"evaluate",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"scrutinize",
"arrange",
"assort",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"categorize",
"classify",
"codify",
"diagram",
"enumerate",
"index",
"order",
"schematize",
"sort",
"tabulate",
"divide",
"reduce",
"segment",
"separate",
"subdivide"
],
"synonyms":[
"anatomize",
"assay",
"break down",
"cut",
"deconstruct",
"dissect"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"analyzing":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"analyze the park's ecosystem before deciding whether hunting should be allowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerating",
"aggregating",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"coalescing",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"integrating",
"synthesizing",
"unifying"
],
"related":[
"assessing",
"diagnosing",
"evaluating",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"scrutinizing",
"arranging",
"assorting",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"diagramming",
"diagraming",
"enumerating",
"indexing",
"ordering",
"schematizing",
"sorting",
"tabulating",
"dividing",
"reducing",
"segmenting",
"separating",
"subdividing"
],
"synonyms":[
"anatomizing",
"assaying",
"breaking down",
"cutting",
"deconstructing",
"dissecting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anamneses":{
"a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an extended, highly fruitful anamnesis that was triggered by the simple act of biting into a madeleine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flashbacks",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"memorials",
"reminders",
"souvenirs",
"tokens",
"associations"
],
"synonyms":[
"memories",
"recalls",
"recollections",
"remembrances",
"reminiscences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"anathema":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
],
"examples":[
"uttered an anathema before driving the would-be robber from the his shop"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"related":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
]
},
"something or someone that is hated":{
"antonyms":[
"love"
],
"examples":[
"the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal-rights activists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"honey",
"sweetheart",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"felicity",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"favorite",
"like",
"preference",
"treasure"
],
"related":[
"dread",
"hang-up",
"horror",
"phobia",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"annoyance",
"grievance",
"hassle",
"nuisance",
"peeve"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"b\u00eate noire",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anatomize":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"aggregate",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"coalesce",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"integrate",
"synthesize",
"unify"
],
"related":[
"assess",
"diagnose",
"evaluate",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"scrutinize",
"arrange",
"assort",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"categorize",
"classify",
"codify",
"diagram",
"enumerate",
"index",
"order",
"schematize",
"sort",
"tabulate",
"divide",
"reduce",
"segment",
"separate",
"subdivide"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyze",
"assay",
"break down",
"cut",
"deconstruct",
"dissect"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"anatomizes":{
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"aggregates",
"amalgamates",
"assimilates",
"coalesces",
"conglomerates",
"consolidates",
"integrates",
"synthesizes",
"unifies"
],
"related":[
"assesses",
"diagnoses",
"evaluates",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"scrutinizes",
"arranges",
"assorts",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"diagrams",
"enumerates",
"indexes",
"orders",
"schematizes",
"sorts",
"tabulates",
"divides",
"reduces",
"segments",
"separates",
"subdivides"
],
"synonyms":[
"analyzes",
"assays",
"breaks down",
"cuts",
"deconstructs",
"dissects"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anchorage":{
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"basin",
"dock",
"marina",
"moorage",
"mooring",
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"lagoon",
"loch",
"lough",
"narrow",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"canal",
"channel",
"sound",
"strait",
"containerport",
"home port",
"seaport"
],
"synonyms":[
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"port"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchorwoman":{
"as in anchorman , coanchor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"anesthetizing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"angered":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"angered residents demanded to know why their street hadn't been plowed three days after the snowstorm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"to make angry":{
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson\u2014she's the most easygoing person I've ever known"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"soothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"calmed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"enchanted"
],
"related":[
"affronted",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"got",
"huffed",
"irritated",
"miffed",
"nettled",
"offended",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
],
"synonyms":[
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"madded",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"ticked off"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"angle":{
"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"from this angle , that car looks gray, not brown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air",
"appearance",
"character",
"color",
"complexion",
"condition",
"face",
"look",
"semblance",
"shape",
"state",
"visage",
"period",
"stage",
"step",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"position",
"posture",
"shoes",
"slant",
"stance",
"standpoint",
"view",
"viewpoint",
"interpretation",
"reading",
"rendering",
"translation",
"version",
"article",
"case",
"component",
"count",
"detail",
"dimension",
"element",
"factor",
"instance",
"item",
"matter",
"part",
"particular",
"point",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspect",
"facet",
"hand",
"phase",
"side"
]
},
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"what's your angle on the problem?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye view",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the road around the peninsula is all angles and hairpin turns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind"
]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"straighten"
],
"related":[
"bank",
"bend",
"deviate",
"swerve",
"veer",
"decline",
"descend",
"recline",
"retreat"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"pitch",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angle (for)":{
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"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"angling":{
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"turn",
"twist",
"veer",
"bow",
"dip",
"nod"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"cock",
"inclination",
"list",
"tilt",
"tip"
]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"straightening"
],
"related":[
"banking",
"bending",
"deviating",
"swerving",
"veering",
"declining",
"descending",
"reclining",
"retreating"
],
"synonyms":[
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"pitching",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"angry":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"my sister gets really angry and practically throws a tantrum if her soccer team loses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anguishing":{
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"delivering",
"releasing",
"relieving",
"reprieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"succoring"
],
"related":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"riding",
"aggravating",
"agitating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"molesting",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"vexing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"flustering",
"grieving",
"perturbing",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"crushing",
"oppressing",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"smiting",
"striking",
"tyrannizing",
"victimizing",
"hurting",
"paining",
"panging",
"pricking",
"smarting",
"stabbing",
"stinging",
"wringing",
"martyring"
],
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"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
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"an animated group of girls loudly running down the hall"
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"Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure"
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},
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"animateness":{
"as in exuberance , vibrancy":{
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},
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"noun"
]
},
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"animosity":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
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],
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"his open animosity towards us made our meeting very uncomfortable"
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},
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"annexation":{
"as in confiscation , assumption":{
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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},
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"younger brothers can be an annoyance sometimes"
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},
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"annul":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"as in":{
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"unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people"
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"adjective"
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"the answers to the odd-numbered problems are at the back of the book"
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],
"examples":[
"love is antipodal to hate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"related":[
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"reverse",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite",
"polar"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anthologizing":{
"to bring together from several sources into a single volume or list":{
"examples":[
"anthologized an impressive array of essays championing freedom of the press"
],
"synonyms":[
"collecting",
"compiling"
],
"related":[
"editing",
"recompiling",
"redacting",
"redrafting",
"reediting",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anguish":{
"a state of great suffering of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"as a new teacher, she was in real anguish over the decision to report the cheating"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"agony",
"distress",
"excruciation",
"hurt",
"misery",
"pain",
"rack",
"strait(s)",
"torment",
"torture",
"travail",
"tribulation",
"woe"
],
"related":[
"discomfort",
"cross",
"crucible",
"trial",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"joylessness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"emergency",
"pinch",
"asperity",
"difficulty",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"ache",
"pang",
"smarting",
"soreness",
"stitch",
"throe",
"twinge",
"danger",
"jeopardy",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"ease",
"relief",
"peace",
"security",
"well-being"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
"examples":[
"words can't express my anguish at losing my cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorriness",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"related":[
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"suffering",
"torment",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"distress",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness",
"woefulness",
"wretchedness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"enjoyment",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"delight",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"pleasure",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
"examples":[
"she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflict",
"agonize",
"bedevil",
"beset",
"besiege",
"curse",
"excruciate",
"harrow",
"persecute",
"plague",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"related":[
"assail",
"attack",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"pursue",
"ride",
"aggravate",
"agitate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"molest",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"vex",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"fluster",
"grieve",
"perturb",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"crush",
"oppress",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"smite",
"strike",
"tyrannize",
"victimize",
"hurt",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"smart",
"stab",
"sting",
"wring",
"martyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"deliver",
"release",
"relieve",
"reprieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"solace",
"soothe",
"succor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"related":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anyway":{
"in spite of everything":{
"examples":[
"I know I really can't afford it, but I'm buying that new car anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"anyhow",
"anyways",
"regardless",
"whatever"
],
"related":[
"after all",
"however",
"nevertheless",
"always"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"do it anyway you feel like"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"related":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"whatever else is done or is the case":{
"examples":[
"pack an extra sweater anyway , as you never know when you might end up needing it"
],
"synonyms":[
"always",
"anyhow",
"leastways",
"leastwise"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"analyses":{
"the separation and identification of the parts of a whole":{
"examples":[
"investigators took the mysterious powder to the lab for analysis"
],
"synonyms":[
"anatomies",
"assays",
"breakdowns",
"deconstructions",
"dissections"
],
"related":[
"assessments",
"diagnoses",
"evaluations",
"examinations",
"inspections",
"investigations",
"musters",
"scrutinies",
"arrangements",
"assortments",
"categorizations",
"classifications",
"codifications",
"indexings",
"enumerations",
"inventories",
"itemizations",
"tabulations",
"divisions",
"reductions",
"segmentations",
"separations",
"subdivisions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agglomerations",
"aggregations",
"amalgamations",
"assimilations",
"coalescences",
"conglomerations",
"consolidations",
"integrations",
"syntheses",
"unifications"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
"examples":[
"gave a thorough analysis of the main character's motives"
],
"synonyms":[
"commentaries",
"comments",
"expositions",
"play-by-plays"
],
"related":[
"annotations",
"explications",
"descants",
"discants",
"notes",
"observations",
"remarks",
"reports",
"reviews",
"write-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"animators":{
"someone or something that gives life or vigor to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anchor":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
"related":[
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
"examples":[
"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
],
"synonyms":[
"buttress",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby"
],
"related":[
"backbone",
"sinew(s)",
"spine",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"moor",
"secure",
"set"
],
"related":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
"examples":[
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
],
"synonyms":[
"dock",
"land"
],
"related":[
"berth",
"moor",
"tie up",
"beach",
"ground",
"harbor",
"arrive",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"debark",
"disembark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"embark",
"launch",
"sail"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"anted (up)":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"if we can't ante up at least half of the overdue rent, we are going to be evicted"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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]
}
}
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