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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"
]
},
"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"
]
},
"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"
]
},
"angle%20%28for%29":{
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bedeviling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"cursing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I anguished over the loss of my father for years afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"cheering",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"laughing",
"ravishing",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"commiserating",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"sympathizing"
],
"related":[
"aching",
"longing (for)",
"pining (away)",
"sighing",
"smarting",
"racking",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"lamenting",
"ruing",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"taking on",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"yammering",
"yowling",
"languishing",
"regretting"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"grieving",
"hurting",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"animated":{
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"examples":[
"an animated group of girls loudly running down the hall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"related":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
]
},
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
],
"examples":[
"an animated marketplace full of vendors and holiday shoppers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed"
],
"examples":[
"Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"animosity":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"antonyms":[
"amity"
],
"examples":[
"his open animosity towards us made our meeting very uncomfortable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"related":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"synonyms":[
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annexed":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
],
"examples":[
"plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"related":[
"affixed",
"attached",
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"trim",
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"expunge",
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"liquidate",
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"remove",
"root (out)",
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"havoc",
"loot",
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"plunder",
"ravage",
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"trash",
"vandalize",
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"butcher",
"cut down",
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"execute",
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"kill off",
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"mow (down)",
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"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
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"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
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"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
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"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
]
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"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
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"win (against)",
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"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
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"overthrow",
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"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
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"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
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"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
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"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
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"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
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"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
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"demolish",
"destroy",
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"ravage",
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"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
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"abolish",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
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"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
]
},
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"verb"
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"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
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"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
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"set up"
],
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"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
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"reconditioned",
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"revamped",
"created",
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"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
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"scotched",
"skunked",
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"trimmed",
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"rooted (out)",
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"stamped (out)",
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"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
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"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
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"upset",
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"bested",
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"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
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"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
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"outshone",
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"surpassed",
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"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
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"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
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"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
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"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
]
},
"to destroy all traces of":{
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"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
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"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
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"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
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"related":[
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"demolished",
"destroyed",
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"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
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"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
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"cleaned (up)",
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"eradicated",
"erased",
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"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
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"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
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"verb"
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"noun"
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"as in published , declared":{
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"to make known openly or publicly":{
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"examples":[
"the excited coworker announced to everyone within hearing distance that she and her husband were expecting"
],
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"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"related":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
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"blurbed",
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"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
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"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
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"communicated",
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"intimated"
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"advertised",
"annunciated",
"blared",
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"blazoned",
"broadcast",
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"flashed",
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"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
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"released",
"sounded",
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
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"examples":[
"an announcement was in today's paper regarding the merger of the two banks"
],
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"related":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"synonyms":[
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
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"notifications",
"postings",
"releases"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
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"examples":[
"younger brothers can be an annoyance sometimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"related":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
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"synonyms":[
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"flashing ads, visual clutter, and other annoyances that are the price for free information on the Internet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"related":[
"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
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"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
]
},
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they have an unlisted number in the hopes that it will reduce the constant annoyance by telemarketers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Carlene made known her annoyance at having to pick up her sister's dirty clothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
],
"related":[
"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annoyer":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a bratty annoyer who wouldn't leave me alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"related":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annoys":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"examples":[
"deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn"
],
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"appeases",
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"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"related":[
"hassles",
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"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annular":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anodyne":{
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"examples":[
"the otherwise anodyne comments sounded quite inflammatory when taken out of context"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"offensive",
"painful",
"scathing",
"wounding",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"lethal",
"ruinous",
"destructive",
"insidious",
"malignant",
"noxious",
"pestilent",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"related":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"wholesome",
"benignant",
"sound",
"trustworthy",
"gentle",
"gracious",
"mild",
"nonthreatening",
"painless",
"unobjectionable",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe",
"white"
]
},
"something (as a drug) that relieves pain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dentist prescribed an anodyne after the root canal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sedative",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"painkiller"
]
},
"something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as an anodyne for the stress and superficiality of the modern world, there's nothing better than reading a literary classic of substance and insight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"security blanket",
"pacifier",
"palliative",
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"soporific",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer"
],
"synonyms":[
"anesthetic",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"anomaly":{
"a person, thing, or event that is far from normal":{
"antonyms":[
"average",
"norm",
"normal",
"par",
"standard"
],
"examples":[
"snow in July is an anomaly in most of the northern hemisphere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sample",
"specimen",
"commonplace",
"usual"
],
"related":[
"abortion",
"malformation",
"miscreation",
"mutant",
"mutation",
"character",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"kook",
"nut",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"aberrant",
"deviant",
"individualist",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"aberration",
"exception",
"irregularity",
"oddity",
"rarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnormality",
"freak",
"monster",
"monstrosity"
]
},
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her C grade is an anomaly , as she's never made anything except A's and B's before"
],
"near antonyms":[
"norm",
"ordinary",
"usual"
],
"related":[
"curiosity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"accident",
"bizarrerie",
"phenomenon",
"quirk",
"vagary",
"distortion",
"kink",
"mutation",
"variation",
"difference",
"disparity",
"inconsistence",
"inconsistency",
"error",
"mistake",
"contradiction",
"paradox"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"exception",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anonymous":{
"known but not named":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I heard the news from a person who will remain anonymous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"known",
"named",
"specified"
],
"related":[
"particular",
"specific"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"given",
"one",
"some",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"unspecified"
]
},
"not named or identified by a name":{
"antonyms":[
"baptized",
"christened",
"dubbed",
"named",
"termed"
],
"examples":[
"a beautiful manuscript illuminated by an anonymous medieval monk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denominated",
"designated",
"specified",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"tabbed",
"titled",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"known",
"notable",
"noted",
"noteworthy",
"remarkable",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"exceptional"
],
"related":[
"undetermined",
"unspecified",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unheard-of",
"unheralded",
"unknown",
"unsung",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable"
],
"synonyms":[
"faceless",
"incognito",
"innominate",
"nameless",
"unbaptized",
"unchristened",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"untitled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"anoretic":{
"as in emaciated , anorexic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"antagonize":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everything he said just antagonized the other side even more"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"related":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"set (against)",
"curdle",
"sour"
],
"synonyms":[
"embitter",
"empoison",
"envenom"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"antecessor":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"anticipation":{
"the act or state of looking forward to some occurrence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in anticipation of a job offer, she had already begun looking for an apartment in the city where the company was based"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"apprehension",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"misgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemplation",
"expectance",
"expectancy",
"expectation",
"prospect"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"antinomy":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}