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86 KiB
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4344 lines
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{
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"cube":{
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"one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"even though they worked in adjoining cubes , the two coworkers rarely acknowledged one another's existence"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cubbyhole",
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"pigeonhole",
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"snuggery",
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"alcove",
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"niche",
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"nook",
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"recess",
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"cabinet",
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"drawer",
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"locker",
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"cavity",
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"hole",
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"hollow",
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"booth",
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"box",
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"crib",
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"loge",
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"stall",
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"bunker",
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"crypt",
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"vault"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay",
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"cabin",
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"cell",
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"chamber",
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"compartment",
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"cubicle"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cuckoo":{
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"related":[
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"daredevil",
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"madman",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dumbbell",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"moron",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"pinhead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schlump",
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"schnook",
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"stock",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"butt",
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"dupe",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"monkey",
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"chump",
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"loser",
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"schlemiel",
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"shlemiel",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"berk",
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"ding-dong",
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"dingbat",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"featherhead",
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"fool",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey",
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"yo-yo"
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]
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},
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"a silly flighty person":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"didn't want to be among those cuckoos who race around the mall the day before Christmas"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"silly",
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"simpleton"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birdbrain",
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"ditz",
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"featherbrain",
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"featherhead",
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"flibbertigibbet",
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"nitwit",
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"rattlebrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"softhead"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a cuckoo woman who wandered around town carefully gathering up useless trash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"lucid",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"judicious",
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"sensible",
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"wise",
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"healthy",
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"normal",
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"well-adjusted",
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"unneurotic"
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],
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"related":[
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"dotty",
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"fey",
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"loopy",
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"off",
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"potty",
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"teched",
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"tetched",
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"touched",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
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"disordered",
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"disturbed",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoiac",
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"paranoic",
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"paranoid",
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"paranoidal",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopathic",
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"eccentric",
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"odd",
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"oddball",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"queer",
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"strange",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"witless",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable",
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"amok",
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"amuck",
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"ape",
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"ballistic",
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"bananas",
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"berserk",
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"nuclear",
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"depressed",
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"distracted",
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"distraught",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"raving",
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"wigged-out",
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"fixated",
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"monomaniac",
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"monomaniacal",
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"obsessed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"gaga",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"wud"
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]
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},
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"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
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"antonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise"
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],
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"examples":[
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"offered a completely cuckoo suggestion for using the defunct strip mall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid",
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"well-advised"
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],
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"related":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"boobish",
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"brain-dead",
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"chowderheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"clueless",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"feebleminded",
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"gormless",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"mindless",
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"moronic",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"thoughtless",
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"thick",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"vacuous",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"surd",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound",
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"weak",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"notional",
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"buffoonish",
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"clownish",
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"ill-advised",
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"unconsidered",
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"unreasoned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"foolish",
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"half-baked",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"zany"
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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|
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"noun"
|
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|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"cudgel":{
|
||
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"blackjack",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
||
|
|
"mace",
|
||
|
|
"birch",
|
||
|
|
"crabstick",
|
||
|
|
"hickory",
|
||
|
|
"rattan",
|
||
|
|
"stave",
|
||
|
|
"switch",
|
||
|
|
"beetle",
|
||
|
|
"gavel",
|
||
|
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
|
"mallet",
|
||
|
|
"maul",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
||
|
|
"crook",
|
||
|
|
"crosier",
|
||
|
|
"crozier",
|
||
|
|
"walking stick",
|
||
|
|
"whangee"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastinado",
|
||
|
|
"bastinade",
|
||
|
|
"bat",
|
||
|
|
"baton",
|
||
|
|
"billy",
|
||
|
|
"billy club",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
|
"cane",
|
||
|
|
"club",
|
||
|
|
"nightstick",
|
||
|
|
"rod",
|
||
|
|
"rung",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
||
|
|
"shillalah",
|
||
|
|
"staff",
|
||
|
|
"truncheon",
|
||
|
|
"waddy"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cudgeling":{
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cudgels":{
|
||
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
||
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
||
|
|
"maces",
|
||
|
|
"birches",
|
||
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
||
|
|
"hickories",
|
||
|
|
"rattans",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"switches",
|
||
|
|
"beetles",
|
||
|
|
"gavels",
|
||
|
|
"hammers",
|
||
|
|
"mallets",
|
||
|
|
"mauls",
|
||
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
||
|
|
"crooks",
|
||
|
|
"crosiers",
|
||
|
|
"croziers",
|
||
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
||
|
|
"whangees"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
||
|
|
"bastinades",
|
||
|
|
"batons",
|
||
|
|
"bats",
|
||
|
|
"billies",
|
||
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
||
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
||
|
|
"canes",
|
||
|
|
"clubs",
|
||
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
||
|
|
"rods",
|
||
|
|
"rungs",
|
||
|
|
"saps",
|
||
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
||
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
||
|
|
"staffs",
|
||
|
|
"staves",
|
||
|
|
"truncheons",
|
||
|
|
"waddies"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in whacks , thwacks":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cue":{
|
||
|
|
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the cue to get tickets to the concert moved with agonizing slowness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"echelon",
|
||
|
|
"rank",
|
||
|
|
"row",
|
||
|
|
"tier",
|
||
|
|
"chain",
|
||
|
|
"progression",
|
||
|
|
"sequence",
|
||
|
|
"succession",
|
||
|
|
"array"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"column",
|
||
|
|
"file",
|
||
|
|
"line",
|
||
|
|
"queue",
|
||
|
|
"range",
|
||
|
|
"string",
|
||
|
|
"train"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"answer",
|
||
|
|
"solution"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"breath",
|
||
|
|
"flicker",
|
||
|
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
|
"glimpse",
|
||
|
|
"mention",
|
||
|
|
"scent",
|
||
|
|
"whiff",
|
||
|
|
"wind",
|
||
|
|
"hunch",
|
||
|
|
"idea",
|
||
|
|
"inspiration",
|
||
|
|
"notion",
|
||
|
|
"allusion",
|
||
|
|
"implication",
|
||
|
|
"inference",
|
||
|
|
"innuendo",
|
||
|
|
"insinuation",
|
||
|
|
"denotation",
|
||
|
|
"evidence",
|
||
|
|
"guidepost",
|
||
|
|
"key",
|
||
|
|
"mark",
|
||
|
|
"overtone",
|
||
|
|
"pointer",
|
||
|
|
"sign",
|
||
|
|
"signal",
|
||
|
|
"telltale",
|
||
|
|
"token",
|
||
|
|
"assistance",
|
||
|
|
"nod",
|
||
|
|
"prompt",
|
||
|
|
"tip",
|
||
|
|
"tip-off",
|
||
|
|
"wink",
|
||
|
|
"feeling",
|
||
|
|
"foreboding",
|
||
|
|
"intuition",
|
||
|
|
"premonition",
|
||
|
|
"presentiment",
|
||
|
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
|
"augury",
|
||
|
|
"foreshadower",
|
||
|
|
"foretaste",
|
||
|
|
"harbinger",
|
||
|
|
"omen",
|
||
|
|
"portent",
|
||
|
|
"prefigurement",
|
||
|
|
"presage",
|
||
|
|
"symptom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clue",
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"indication",
|
||
|
|
"inkling",
|
||
|
|
"intimation",
|
||
|
|
"lead",
|
||
|
|
"suggestion"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"culling":{
|
||
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"declining",
|
||
|
|
"refusing",
|
||
|
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
|
"turning down"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"disapproving",
|
||
|
|
"negativing",
|
||
|
|
"repudiating",
|
||
|
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
|
"discarding",
|
||
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
||
|
|
"throwing away",
|
||
|
|
"throwing out"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"preselecting",
|
||
|
|
"appointing",
|
||
|
|
"designating",
|
||
|
|
"fixing",
|
||
|
|
"marking",
|
||
|
|
"nominating",
|
||
|
|
"setting",
|
||
|
|
"tabbing",
|
||
|
|
"tapping",
|
||
|
|
"accepting",
|
||
|
|
"adopting",
|
||
|
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
|
"espousing",
|
||
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
||
|
|
"choosing",
|
||
|
|
"electing",
|
||
|
|
"handpicking",
|
||
|
|
"naming",
|
||
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
||
|
|
"picking",
|
||
|
|
"preferring",
|
||
|
|
"selecting",
|
||
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
||
|
|
"tagging",
|
||
|
|
"taking"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"culprit":{
|
||
|
|
"a person who has committed a crime":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
||
|
|
"lawman"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"misdemeanant",
|
||
|
|
"accomplice",
|
||
|
|
"principal",
|
||
|
|
"desperado",
|
||
|
|
"outlaw",
|
||
|
|
"convict",
|
||
|
|
"jailbird",
|
||
|
|
"perp",
|
||
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
||
|
|
"evildoer",
|
||
|
|
"gallows bird",
|
||
|
|
"misdoer",
|
||
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
||
|
|
"sinner",
|
||
|
|
"transgressor",
|
||
|
|
"trespasser",
|
||
|
|
"villain",
|
||
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
||
|
|
"blackhander",
|
||
|
|
"button man",
|
||
|
|
"gangster",
|
||
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
||
|
|
"hooligan",
|
||
|
|
"mobster",
|
||
|
|
"racketeer",
|
||
|
|
"thug",
|
||
|
|
"enforcer",
|
||
|
|
"gun",
|
||
|
|
"gunman",
|
||
|
|
"gunsel",
|
||
|
|
"hit man",
|
||
|
|
"triggerman",
|
||
|
|
"backslider",
|
||
|
|
"recidivist",
|
||
|
|
"relapser",
|
||
|
|
"repeater",
|
||
|
|
"accused",
|
||
|
|
"arrestee",
|
||
|
|
"defendant",
|
||
|
|
"detainee",
|
||
|
|
"fish",
|
||
|
|
"suspect"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"criminal",
|
||
|
|
"crook",
|
||
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
||
|
|
"malefactor",
|
||
|
|
"miscreant",
|
||
|
|
"offender"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cultivate":{
|
||
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"lose"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abandon",
|
||
|
|
"desert",
|
||
|
|
"forsake",
|
||
|
|
"cast",
|
||
|
|
"discard",
|
||
|
|
"ditch",
|
||
|
|
"dump",
|
||
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
||
|
|
"jettison",
|
||
|
|
"junk",
|
||
|
|
"reject",
|
||
|
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
|
"shed",
|
||
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
||
|
|
"slough",
|
||
|
|
"sluff",
|
||
|
|
"throw away",
|
||
|
|
"throw out",
|
||
|
|
"unload"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
|
"adopt",
|
||
|
|
"embrace",
|
||
|
|
"take in",
|
||
|
|
"take on",
|
||
|
|
"gain",
|
||
|
|
"get",
|
||
|
|
"obtain",
|
||
|
|
"achieve",
|
||
|
|
"attain",
|
||
|
|
"reach",
|
||
|
|
"foster",
|
||
|
|
"nourish",
|
||
|
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
|
"promote"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquire",
|
||
|
|
"develop",
|
||
|
|
"form"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"discourage",
|
||
|
|
"frustrate",
|
||
|
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
|
"inhibit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ban",
|
||
|
|
"bar",
|
||
|
|
"enjoin",
|
||
|
|
"forbid",
|
||
|
|
"interdict",
|
||
|
|
"outlaw",
|
||
|
|
"prevent",
|
||
|
|
"prohibit",
|
||
|
|
"proscribe",
|
||
|
|
"battle",
|
||
|
|
"combat",
|
||
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
||
|
|
"counter",
|
||
|
|
"fight",
|
||
|
|
"oppose",
|
||
|
|
"repress",
|
||
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
||
|
|
"squash",
|
||
|
|
"squelch",
|
||
|
|
"stifle",
|
||
|
|
"subdue",
|
||
|
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
|
"check",
|
||
|
|
"halt",
|
||
|
|
"retard",
|
||
|
|
"encumber",
|
||
|
|
"fetter",
|
||
|
|
"hobble",
|
||
|
|
"impede",
|
||
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
||
|
|
"manacle",
|
||
|
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
|
"shackle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"advocate",
|
||
|
|
"back",
|
||
|
|
"champion",
|
||
|
|
"endorse",
|
||
|
|
"indorse",
|
||
|
|
"support",
|
||
|
|
"uphold",
|
||
|
|
"endow",
|
||
|
|
"finance",
|
||
|
|
"fund",
|
||
|
|
"patronize",
|
||
|
|
"stake",
|
||
|
|
"subsidize",
|
||
|
|
"underwrite",
|
||
|
|
"abet",
|
||
|
|
"aid",
|
||
|
|
"assist",
|
||
|
|
"advertise",
|
||
|
|
"boost",
|
||
|
|
"plug",
|
||
|
|
"publicize",
|
||
|
|
"tout",
|
||
|
|
"agitate (for)",
|
||
|
|
"campaign (for)",
|
||
|
|
"work (for)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advance",
|
||
|
|
"encourage",
|
||
|
|
"forward",
|
||
|
|
"foster",
|
||
|
|
"further",
|
||
|
|
"incubate",
|
||
|
|
"nourish",
|
||
|
|
"nurse",
|
||
|
|
"nurture",
|
||
|
|
"promote"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"kill",
|
||
|
|
"dig",
|
||
|
|
"extirpate",
|
||
|
|
"pick",
|
||
|
|
"pluck",
|
||
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
||
|
|
"uproot",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"hay",
|
||
|
|
"mow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"breed",
|
||
|
|
"produce",
|
||
|
|
"propagate",
|
||
|
|
"plant",
|
||
|
|
"sow",
|
||
|
|
"gather",
|
||
|
|
"glean",
|
||
|
|
"harvest",
|
||
|
|
"reap",
|
||
|
|
"germinate",
|
||
|
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
|
"ripen",
|
||
|
|
"root",
|
||
|
|
"sprout"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crop",
|
||
|
|
"culture",
|
||
|
|
"dress",
|
||
|
|
"grow",
|
||
|
|
"promote",
|
||
|
|
"raise",
|
||
|
|
"rear",
|
||
|
|
"tend"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"crop",
|
||
|
|
"plant",
|
||
|
|
"harvest",
|
||
|
|
"reap",
|
||
|
|
"harrow",
|
||
|
|
"hoe",
|
||
|
|
"sharecrop"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"farm",
|
||
|
|
"tend",
|
||
|
|
"till"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cultivates":{
|
||
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"loses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abandons",
|
||
|
|
"deserts",
|
||
|
|
"forsakes",
|
||
|
|
"casts",
|
||
|
|
"discards",
|
||
|
|
"ditches",
|
||
|
|
"dumps",
|
||
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
||
|
|
"jettisons",
|
||
|
|
"junks",
|
||
|
|
"rejects",
|
||
|
|
"scraps",
|
||
|
|
"sheds",
|
||
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
||
|
|
"sloughs",
|
||
|
|
"sluffs",
|
||
|
|
"throws away",
|
||
|
|
"throws out",
|
||
|
|
"unloads"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"absorbs",
|
||
|
|
"adopts",
|
||
|
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
|
"takes in",
|
||
|
|
"takes on",
|
||
|
|
"gains",
|
||
|
|
"gets",
|
||
|
|
"obtains",
|
||
|
|
"achieves",
|
||
|
|
"attains",
|
||
|
|
"reaches",
|
||
|
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
|
"nourishes",
|
||
|
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
|
"promotes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acquires",
|
||
|
|
"develops",
|
||
|
|
"forms"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"discourages",
|
||
|
|
"frustrates",
|
||
|
|
"hinders",
|
||
|
|
"inhibits"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bans",
|
||
|
|
"bars",
|
||
|
|
"enjoins",
|
||
|
|
"forbids",
|
||
|
|
"interdicts",
|
||
|
|
"outlaws",
|
||
|
|
"prevents",
|
||
|
|
"prohibits",
|
||
|
|
"proscribes",
|
||
|
|
"battles",
|
||
|
|
"combats",
|
||
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
||
|
|
"counters",
|
||
|
|
"fights",
|
||
|
|
"opposes",
|
||
|
|
"represses",
|
||
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
||
|
|
"squashes",
|
||
|
|
"squelches",
|
||
|
|
"stifles",
|
||
|
|
"subdues",
|
||
|
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
|
"arrests",
|
||
|
|
"checks",
|
||
|
|
"halts",
|
||
|
|
"retards",
|
||
|
|
"encumbers",
|
||
|
|
"fetters",
|
||
|
|
"hobbles",
|
||
|
|
"impedes",
|
||
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
||
|
|
"manacles",
|
||
|
|
"obstructs",
|
||
|
|
"shackles"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
|
"backs",
|
||
|
|
"champions",
|
||
|
|
"endorses",
|
||
|
|
"indorses",
|
||
|
|
"supports",
|
||
|
|
"upholds",
|
||
|
|
"endows",
|
||
|
|
"finances",
|
||
|
|
"funds",
|
||
|
|
"patronizes",
|
||
|
|
"stakes",
|
||
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
||
|
|
"underwrites",
|
||
|
|
"abets",
|
||
|
|
"aids",
|
||
|
|
"assists",
|
||
|
|
"advertises",
|
||
|
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
|
"plugs",
|
||
|
|
"publicizes",
|
||
|
|
"touts",
|
||
|
|
"agitates (for)",
|
||
|
|
"campaigns (for)",
|
||
|
|
"works (for)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"advances",
|
||
|
|
"encourages",
|
||
|
|
"forwards",
|
||
|
|
"fosters",
|
||
|
|
"furthers",
|
||
|
|
"incubates",
|
||
|
|
"nourishes",
|
||
|
|
"nurses",
|
||
|
|
"nurtures",
|
||
|
|
"promotes"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"kills",
|
||
|
|
"digs",
|
||
|
|
"extirpates",
|
||
|
|
"picks",
|
||
|
|
"plucks",
|
||
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
||
|
|
"uproots",
|
||
|
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
|
"hays",
|
||
|
|
"mows"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"breeds",
|
||
|
|
"produces",
|
||
|
|
"propagates",
|
||
|
|
"plants",
|
||
|
|
"sows",
|
||
|
|
"gathers",
|
||
|
|
"gleans",
|
||
|
|
"harvests",
|
||
|
|
"reaps",
|
||
|
|
"germinates",
|
||
|
|
"quickens",
|
||
|
|
"ripens",
|
||
|
|
"roots",
|
||
|
|
"sprouts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crops",
|
||
|
|
"cultures",
|
||
|
|
"dresses",
|
||
|
|
"grows",
|
||
|
|
"promotes",
|
||
|
|
"raises",
|
||
|
|
"rears",
|
||
|
|
"tends"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"crops",
|
||
|
|
"plants",
|
||
|
|
"harvests",
|
||
|
|
"reaps",
|
||
|
|
"harrows",
|
||
|
|
"hoes",
|
||
|
|
"sharecrops"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"farms",
|
||
|
|
"tends",
|
||
|
|
"tills"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cultures":{
|
||
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"customs",
|
||
|
|
"manners",
|
||
|
|
"mores",
|
||
|
|
"values",
|
||
|
|
"folklores",
|
||
|
|
"heritages",
|
||
|
|
"legacies",
|
||
|
|
"traditions",
|
||
|
|
"subcultures",
|
||
|
|
"subsocieties",
|
||
|
|
"sub-societies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"civilizations",
|
||
|
|
"lifestyles",
|
||
|
|
"lives",
|
||
|
|
"societies"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"kills",
|
||
|
|
"digs",
|
||
|
|
"extirpates",
|
||
|
|
"picks",
|
||
|
|
"plucks",
|
||
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
||
|
|
"uproots",
|
||
|
|
"cuts",
|
||
|
|
"hays",
|
||
|
|
"mows"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"breeds",
|
||
|
|
"produces",
|
||
|
|
"propagates",
|
||
|
|
"plants",
|
||
|
|
"sows",
|
||
|
|
"gathers",
|
||
|
|
"gleans",
|
||
|
|
"harvests",
|
||
|
|
"reaps",
|
||
|
|
"germinates",
|
||
|
|
"quickens",
|
||
|
|
"ripens",
|
||
|
|
"roots",
|
||
|
|
"sprouts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"crops",
|
||
|
|
"cultivates",
|
||
|
|
"dresses",
|
||
|
|
"grows",
|
||
|
|
"promotes",
|
||
|
|
"raises",
|
||
|
|
"rears",
|
||
|
|
"tends"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cunnings":{
|
||
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artless",
|
||
|
|
"guileless",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
||
|
|
"innocent",
|
||
|
|
"undesigning"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"obvious",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"patent",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"public",
|
||
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
||
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
||
|
|
"candid",
|
||
|
|
"direct",
|
||
|
|
"forthright",
|
||
|
|
"frank",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"natural",
|
||
|
|
"outspoken",
|
||
|
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"plainspoken",
|
||
|
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"real",
|
||
|
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"simple",
|
||
|
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"sincere",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
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"unaffected",
|
||
|
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"unpretending",
|
||
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
||
|
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"unvarnished",
|
||
|
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"childlike",
|
||
|
|
"impressionable",
|
||
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
||
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
||
|
|
"unworldly",
|
||
|
|
"unforced",
|
||
|
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"unstudied",
|
||
|
|
"trustful",
|
||
|
|
"trusting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"astute",
|
||
|
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"facile",
|
||
|
|
"glib",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"crooked",
|
||
|
|
"deceitful",
|
||
|
|
"deceptive",
|
||
|
|
"dishonest",
|
||
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
||
|
|
"insinuating",
|
||
|
|
"knavish",
|
||
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
||
|
|
"oblique",
|
||
|
|
"serpentine",
|
||
|
|
"shady",
|
||
|
|
"shifty",
|
||
|
|
"slippery",
|
||
|
|
"sneaky",
|
||
|
|
"treacherous",
|
||
|
|
"underhand",
|
||
|
|
"underhanded",
|
||
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
||
|
|
"backhanded",
|
||
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
||
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
||
|
|
"insincere",
|
||
|
|
"left-handed",
|
||
|
|
"mealy",
|
||
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
||
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
||
|
|
"two-faced",
|
||
|
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
|
"circular",
|
||
|
|
"roundabout",
|
||
|
|
"clandestine",
|
||
|
|
"concealed",
|
||
|
|
"covert",
|
||
|
|
"furtive",
|
||
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
||
|
|
"secret",
|
||
|
|
"stealthy",
|
||
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
||
|
|
"undercover",
|
||
|
|
"calculating",
|
||
|
|
"plotting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artful",
|
||
|
|
"beguiling",
|
||
|
|
"cagey",
|
||
|
|
"cagy",
|
||
|
|
"crafty",
|
||
|
|
"cute",
|
||
|
|
"designing",
|
||
|
|
"devious",
|
||
|
|
"dodgy",
|
||
|
|
"foxy",
|
||
|
|
"guileful",
|
||
|
|
"scheming",
|
||
|
|
"shrewd",
|
||
|
|
"slick",
|
||
|
|
"sly",
|
||
|
|
"subtle",
|
||
|
|
"tricky",
|
||
|
|
"wily"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"calculation",
|
||
|
|
"care",
|
||
|
|
"design",
|
||
|
|
"savvy",
|
||
|
|
"sharpness",
|
||
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
||
|
|
"cleverness",
|
||
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
||
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
||
|
|
"ease",
|
||
|
|
"facility",
|
||
|
|
"finesse",
|
||
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
||
|
|
"duplicity",
|
||
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
||
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artfulness",
|
||
|
|
"artifice",
|
||
|
|
"caginess",
|
||
|
|
"cageyness",
|
||
|
|
"canniness",
|
||
|
|
"craft",
|
||
|
|
"craftiness",
|
||
|
|
"cunningness",
|
||
|
|
"deviousness",
|
||
|
|
"foxiness",
|
||
|
|
"guile",
|
||
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
||
|
|
"slickness",
|
||
|
|
"slyness",
|
||
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
||
|
|
"subtleness",
|
||
|
|
"subtlety",
|
||
|
|
"wiliness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"skillful with the hands":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
||
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
||
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
||
|
|
"handless",
|
||
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
||
|
|
"unhandy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"awkward",
|
||
|
|
"bungling",
|
||
|
|
"clumsy",
|
||
|
|
"fumbling",
|
||
|
|
"gauche",
|
||
|
|
"gawky",
|
||
|
|
"graceless",
|
||
|
|
"klutzy",
|
||
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
||
|
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
|
"stilted",
|
||
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
||
|
|
"uneasy",
|
||
|
|
"ungainly",
|
||
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
||
|
|
"wooden",
|
||
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
||
|
|
"incapable",
|
||
|
|
"incompetent",
|
||
|
|
"inept",
|
||
|
|
"inexpert",
|
||
|
|
"maladroit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"agile",
|
||
|
|
"flexible",
|
||
|
|
"graceful",
|
||
|
|
"limber",
|
||
|
|
"lissome",
|
||
|
|
"lissom",
|
||
|
|
"lithe",
|
||
|
|
"lithesome",
|
||
|
|
"nimble",
|
||
|
|
"spry",
|
||
|
|
"coordinated",
|
||
|
|
"able",
|
||
|
|
"adept",
|
||
|
|
"capable",
|
||
|
|
"competent",
|
||
|
|
"expert",
|
||
|
|
"habile",
|
||
|
|
"masterful",
|
||
|
|
"masterly",
|
||
|
|
"proficient",
|
||
|
|
"qualified",
|
||
|
|
"skilled",
|
||
|
|
"skillful",
|
||
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
||
|
|
"double-jointed",
|
||
|
|
"loose-jointed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"clever",
|
||
|
|
"deft",
|
||
|
|
"dexterous",
|
||
|
|
"dextrous",
|
||
|
|
"handy"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artlessness",
|
||
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
||
|
|
"ineptness",
|
||
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
||
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
||
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
||
|
|
"crudeness",
|
||
|
|
"klutziness",
|
||
|
|
"rudeness",
|
||
|
|
"inability",
|
||
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
||
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
||
|
|
"incapability",
|
||
|
|
"incapacity",
|
||
|
|
"incompetence",
|
||
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
||
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
||
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
||
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
||
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"dexterity",
|
||
|
|
"ease",
|
||
|
|
"finesse",
|
||
|
|
"handiness",
|
||
|
|
"experience",
|
||
|
|
"expertise",
|
||
|
|
"expertness",
|
||
|
|
"know-how",
|
||
|
|
"proficiency",
|
||
|
|
"creativity",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
||
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
||
|
|
"knowledge",
|
||
|
|
"learning",
|
||
|
|
"aptitude",
|
||
|
|
"bent",
|
||
|
|
"flair",
|
||
|
|
"gift",
|
||
|
|
"knack",
|
||
|
|
"talent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adeptness",
|
||
|
|
"adroitness",
|
||
|
|
"art",
|
||
|
|
"artfulness",
|
||
|
|
"artifice",
|
||
|
|
"artistry",
|
||
|
|
"cleverness",
|
||
|
|
"craft",
|
||
|
|
"deftness",
|
||
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
||
|
|
"skill",
|
||
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artlessness",
|
||
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
||
|
|
"good faith",
|
||
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
||
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
||
|
|
"sincerity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"used cunning and subterfuge to lure unwitting victims into the fraudulent scheme"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"candidness",
|
||
|
|
"candor",
|
||
|
|
"directness",
|
||
|
|
"frankness",
|
||
|
|
"openness",
|
||
|
|
"plainness",
|
||
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
||
|
|
"honesty",
|
||
|
|
"probity",
|
||
|
|
"dependability",
|
||
|
|
"reliability",
|
||
|
|
"reliableness",
|
||
|
|
"solidity",
|
||
|
|
"trustability",
|
||
|
|
"trustiness",
|
||
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
||
|
|
"decency",
|
||
|
|
"goodness",
|
||
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
||
|
|
"integrity",
|
||
|
|
"righteousness",
|
||
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
||
|
|
"uprightness",
|
||
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"equivocation",
|
||
|
|
"lying",
|
||
|
|
"mendacity",
|
||
|
|
"prevarication",
|
||
|
|
"chicane",
|
||
|
|
"chicanery",
|
||
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
||
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
||
|
|
"jugglery",
|
||
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
||
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
||
|
|
"obliquity",
|
||
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
||
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
||
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
||
|
|
"swindling",
|
||
|
|
"trickery",
|
||
|
|
"wile",
|
||
|
|
"falsehood",
|
||
|
|
"falsity",
|
||
|
|
"fib",
|
||
|
|
"untruth",
|
||
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
||
|
|
"insincerity",
|
||
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
||
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
||
|
|
"artfulness",
|
||
|
|
"caginess",
|
||
|
|
"cageyness",
|
||
|
|
"deviousness",
|
||
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
||
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
||
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
||
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
||
|
|
"covertness",
|
||
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
||
|
|
"secrecy",
|
||
|
|
"shadiness",
|
||
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
||
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
||
|
|
"oiliness",
|
||
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
||
|
|
"slickness",
|
||
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
||
|
|
"slyness",
|
||
|
|
"smoothness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"artifice",
|
||
|
|
"cheating",
|
||
|
|
"cozenage",
|
||
|
|
"craft",
|
||
|
|
"craftiness",
|
||
|
|
"crookedness",
|
||
|
|
"crookery",
|
||
|
|
"cunningness",
|
||
|
|
"deceit",
|
||
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
||
|
|
"deception",
|
||
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
||
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
||
|
|
"dissembling",
|
||
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
||
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
||
|
|
"dupery",
|
||
|
|
"duplicity",
|
||
|
|
"fakery",
|
||
|
|
"foxiness",
|
||
|
|
"fraud",
|
||
|
|
"guile",
|
||
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
||
|
|
"wiliness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curbs":{
|
||
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"freedoms",
|
||
|
|
"latitudes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"exceptions",
|
||
|
|
"provisos",
|
||
|
|
"provisoes",
|
||
|
|
"qualifications",
|
||
|
|
"reservations",
|
||
|
|
"stipulations",
|
||
|
|
"strings",
|
||
|
|
"bans",
|
||
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
||
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"checks",
|
||
|
|
"circumscriptions",
|
||
|
|
"conditions",
|
||
|
|
"constraints",
|
||
|
|
"fetters",
|
||
|
|
"limitations",
|
||
|
|
"restraints",
|
||
|
|
"restrictions",
|
||
|
|
"strictures"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"loses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"liberates",
|
||
|
|
"loosens",
|
||
|
|
"looses",
|
||
|
|
"unleashes",
|
||
|
|
"airs",
|
||
|
|
"expresses",
|
||
|
|
"takes out",
|
||
|
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"vents"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
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"related":[
|
||
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
||
|
|
"chokes (back)",
|
||
|
|
"holds back",
|
||
|
|
"minces",
|
||
|
|
"muffles",
|
||
|
|
"pockets",
|
||
|
|
"represses",
|
||
|
|
"sinks",
|
||
|
|
"smothers",
|
||
|
|
"squelches",
|
||
|
|
"stifles",
|
||
|
|
"strangles",
|
||
|
|
"suppresses",
|
||
|
|
"swallows",
|
||
|
|
"arrests",
|
||
|
|
"interrupts",
|
||
|
|
"stops",
|
||
|
|
"blocks",
|
||
|
|
"hampers",
|
||
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
||
|
|
"hinders",
|
||
|
|
"impedes",
|
||
|
|
"obstructs",
|
||
|
|
"gags",
|
||
|
|
"muzzles",
|
||
|
|
"silences"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bridles",
|
||
|
|
"checks",
|
||
|
|
"constrains",
|
||
|
|
"contains",
|
||
|
|
"controls",
|
||
|
|
"governs",
|
||
|
|
"holds",
|
||
|
|
"inhibits",
|
||
|
|
"keeps",
|
||
|
|
"measures",
|
||
|
|
"pulls in",
|
||
|
|
"regulates",
|
||
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
||
|
|
"restrains",
|
||
|
|
"rules",
|
||
|
|
"tames"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cure":{
|
||
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"cure-all",
|
||
|
|
"nostrum",
|
||
|
|
"panacea",
|
||
|
|
"botanical",
|
||
|
|
"patent medicine",
|
||
|
|
"prescription",
|
||
|
|
"prescription drug",
|
||
|
|
"cordial",
|
||
|
|
"potion",
|
||
|
|
"tonic",
|
||
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
||
|
|
"wonder drug",
|
||
|
|
"cap",
|
||
|
|
"capsule",
|
||
|
|
"pill",
|
||
|
|
"tablet",
|
||
|
|
"injection",
|
||
|
|
"shot",
|
||
|
|
"embrocation",
|
||
|
|
"liniment",
|
||
|
|
"lotion",
|
||
|
|
"ointment",
|
||
|
|
"poultice",
|
||
|
|
"salve",
|
||
|
|
"syrup",
|
||
|
|
"sirup",
|
||
|
|
"tincture",
|
||
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
||
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
||
|
|
"serum",
|
||
|
|
"cathartic",
|
||
|
|
"purgative"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"drug",
|
||
|
|
"medicament",
|
||
|
|
"medication",
|
||
|
|
"medicinal",
|
||
|
|
"medicine",
|
||
|
|
"pharmaceutical",
|
||
|
|
"physic",
|
||
|
|
"remedy",
|
||
|
|
"specific"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"cure-all",
|
||
|
|
"elixir",
|
||
|
|
"panacea",
|
||
|
|
"answer",
|
||
|
|
"solution",
|
||
|
|
"aid",
|
||
|
|
"help",
|
||
|
|
"relief",
|
||
|
|
"succor",
|
||
|
|
"balm",
|
||
|
|
"medicinal",
|
||
|
|
"medicine",
|
||
|
|
"palliative"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antidote",
|
||
|
|
"corrective",
|
||
|
|
"curative",
|
||
|
|
"rectifier",
|
||
|
|
"remedy",
|
||
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
||
|
|
"therapy"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aggravate",
|
||
|
|
"worsen",
|
||
|
|
"misdiagnose",
|
||
|
|
"overdiagnose",
|
||
|
|
"underdiagnose"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"allay",
|
||
|
|
"alleviate",
|
||
|
|
"assuage",
|
||
|
|
"relieve",
|
||
|
|
"palliate",
|
||
|
|
"salve",
|
||
|
|
"soothe",
|
||
|
|
"ease",
|
||
|
|
"lighten",
|
||
|
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
|
"temper",
|
||
|
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
|
"nurse",
|
||
|
|
"medicate",
|
||
|
|
"treat",
|
||
|
|
"diagnose"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heal",
|
||
|
|
"mend",
|
||
|
|
"remedy"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cripple",
|
||
|
|
"damage",
|
||
|
|
"disable",
|
||
|
|
"harm",
|
||
|
|
"hurt",
|
||
|
|
"impair",
|
||
|
|
"injure",
|
||
|
|
"lacerate",
|
||
|
|
"lame",
|
||
|
|
"maim",
|
||
|
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
|
"mutilate",
|
||
|
|
"wound",
|
||
|
|
"afflict",
|
||
|
|
"ail",
|
||
|
|
"debilitate",
|
||
|
|
"enervate",
|
||
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
||
|
|
"lay up",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"sicken",
|
||
|
|
"waste",
|
||
|
|
"weaken"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
||
|
|
"care (for)",
|
||
|
|
"doctor",
|
||
|
|
"medicate",
|
||
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
||
|
|
"nurse",
|
||
|
|
"physic",
|
||
|
|
"treat",
|
||
|
|
"fortify",
|
||
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
||
|
|
"renew",
|
||
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
||
|
|
"revitalize",
|
||
|
|
"revive",
|
||
|
|
"alleviate",
|
||
|
|
"relieve",
|
||
|
|
"remedy",
|
||
|
|
"repair"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fix",
|
||
|
|
"heal",
|
||
|
|
"mend",
|
||
|
|
"rehab",
|
||
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
||
|
|
"set up"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curious":{
|
||
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"that's a pretty curious coincidence\u2014almost too curious to be believed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"average",
|
||
|
|
"commonplace",
|
||
|
|
"everyday",
|
||
|
|
"garden",
|
||
|
|
"normal",
|
||
|
|
"ordinary",
|
||
|
|
"prosaic",
|
||
|
|
"routine",
|
||
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"typical",
|
||
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
||
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
||
|
|
"usual",
|
||
|
|
"workaday",
|
||
|
|
"conformist",
|
||
|
|
"conservative",
|
||
|
|
"conventional",
|
||
|
|
"expected",
|
||
|
|
"familiar",
|
||
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
||
|
|
"predictable",
|
||
|
|
"common",
|
||
|
|
"customary",
|
||
|
|
"frequent",
|
||
|
|
"habitual",
|
||
|
|
"regular",
|
||
|
|
"wonted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"aberrant",
|
||
|
|
"abnormal",
|
||
|
|
"addlepated",
|
||
|
|
"flaky",
|
||
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
||
|
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
|
"fantastical",
|
||
|
|
"freak",
|
||
|
|
"freakish",
|
||
|
|
"freaky",
|
||
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
||
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
||
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
||
|
|
"atypical",
|
||
|
|
"rare",
|
||
|
|
"singular",
|
||
|
|
"uncommon",
|
||
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
||
|
|
"unique",
|
||
|
|
"unusual",
|
||
|
|
"unwonted",
|
||
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
||
|
|
"notable",
|
||
|
|
"noticeable",
|
||
|
|
"outstanding",
|
||
|
|
"prominent",
|
||
|
|
"salient",
|
||
|
|
"striking",
|
||
|
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
|
"outrageous",
|
||
|
|
"shocking",
|
||
|
|
"crotchety",
|
||
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
||
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
||
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
||
|
|
"out-there",
|
||
|
|
"unconventional",
|
||
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
||
|
|
"baffling",
|
||
|
|
"bewildering",
|
||
|
|
"confounding",
|
||
|
|
"mystifying",
|
||
|
|
"perplexing",
|
||
|
|
"puzzling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bizarre",
|
||
|
|
"bizarro",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"crazy",
|
||
|
|
"eccentric",
|
||
|
|
"erratic",
|
||
|
|
"far-out",
|
||
|
|
"funky",
|
||
|
|
"funny",
|
||
|
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"odd",
|
||
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
||
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
||
|
|
"offbeat",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
||
|
|
"outlandish",
|
||
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"peculiar",
|
||
|
|
"quaint",
|
||
|
|
"queer",
|
||
|
|
"queerish",
|
||
|
|
"quirky",
|
||
|
|
"remarkable",
|
||
|
|
"rum",
|
||
|
|
"screwy",
|
||
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
||
|
|
"strange",
|
||
|
|
"wacky",
|
||
|
|
"whacky",
|
||
|
|
"way-out",
|
||
|
|
"weird",
|
||
|
|
"weirdo",
|
||
|
|
"wild"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"interested in what is not one's own business":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"incurious",
|
||
|
|
"uncurious"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"curious neighbors peered out of their windows as the new people moved in"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"apathetic",
|
||
|
|
"disinterested",
|
||
|
|
"indifferent",
|
||
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
||
|
|
"uninterested"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"interfering",
|
||
|
|
"intrusive",
|
||
|
|
"meddlesome",
|
||
|
|
"meddling",
|
||
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
||
|
|
"officious",
|
||
|
|
"inquisitional",
|
||
|
|
"inquisitorial",
|
||
|
|
"interrogative",
|
||
|
|
"questioning",
|
||
|
|
"quizzical",
|
||
|
|
"concerned",
|
||
|
|
"interested"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
||
|
|
"nosy",
|
||
|
|
"nosey",
|
||
|
|
"prying",
|
||
|
|
"snoopy"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"common",
|
||
|
|
"ordinary",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"usual"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"that is one of the most curious paintings I've ever seen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
||
|
|
"expected",
|
||
|
|
"predictable",
|
||
|
|
"familiar",
|
||
|
|
"normal",
|
||
|
|
"regular",
|
||
|
|
"typical"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"bizarre",
|
||
|
|
"eccentric",
|
||
|
|
"far-out",
|
||
|
|
"kooky",
|
||
|
|
"kookie",
|
||
|
|
"oddball",
|
||
|
|
"outlandish",
|
||
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"way-out",
|
||
|
|
"aberrant",
|
||
|
|
"abnormal",
|
||
|
|
"atypical",
|
||
|
|
"exceptional",
|
||
|
|
"irregular",
|
||
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
||
|
|
"notable",
|
||
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
||
|
|
"noticeable",
|
||
|
|
"particular",
|
||
|
|
"remarkable",
|
||
|
|
"special"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
||
|
|
"funny",
|
||
|
|
"odd",
|
||
|
|
"offbeat",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
||
|
|
"peculiar",
|
||
|
|
"queer",
|
||
|
|
"rare",
|
||
|
|
"singular",
|
||
|
|
"strange",
|
||
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
||
|
|
"uncommon",
|
||
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
||
|
|
"unique",
|
||
|
|
"unusual",
|
||
|
|
"weird"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curling%20up":{
|
||
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"burrowing",
|
||
|
|
"couching",
|
||
|
|
"crouching",
|
||
|
|
"huddling",
|
||
|
|
"hunching",
|
||
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
||
|
|
"scrunching",
|
||
|
|
"squatting",
|
||
|
|
"squinching"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"nestling",
|
||
|
|
"snugging",
|
||
|
|
"snuggling"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curmudgeonliness":{
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"current":{
|
||
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the currents of fashion are always changing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"curve",
|
||
|
|
"downside",
|
||
|
|
"shift",
|
||
|
|
"swing",
|
||
|
|
"turn",
|
||
|
|
"turnabout",
|
||
|
|
"upside",
|
||
|
|
"custom",
|
||
|
|
"habit",
|
||
|
|
"propensity",
|
||
|
|
"tenor",
|
||
|
|
"way",
|
||
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
||
|
|
"countertrend",
|
||
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
||
|
|
"undertow"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"direction",
|
||
|
|
"drift",
|
||
|
|
"leaning",
|
||
|
|
"run",
|
||
|
|
"tendency",
|
||
|
|
"tide",
|
||
|
|
"trend",
|
||
|
|
"wind"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
||
|
|
"unconventional",
|
||
|
|
"unpopular",
|
||
|
|
"unusual"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"current wisdom on parenting favors allowing children lots of self-expression"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abnormal",
|
||
|
|
"exceptional",
|
||
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
||
|
|
"uncommon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"average",
|
||
|
|
"common",
|
||
|
|
"everyday",
|
||
|
|
"normal",
|
||
|
|
"ordinary",
|
||
|
|
"regular",
|
||
|
|
"routine",
|
||
|
|
"epidemic",
|
||
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
||
|
|
"universal",
|
||
|
|
"widespread",
|
||
|
|
"accustomed",
|
||
|
|
"wonted",
|
||
|
|
"fashionable",
|
||
|
|
"in",
|
||
|
|
"modish",
|
||
|
|
"stylish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"conventional",
|
||
|
|
"customary",
|
||
|
|
"going",
|
||
|
|
"popular",
|
||
|
|
"prevailing",
|
||
|
|
"prevalent",
|
||
|
|
"standard",
|
||
|
|
"stock",
|
||
|
|
"usual"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"antiquated",
|
||
|
|
"archaic",
|
||
|
|
"dated",
|
||
|
|
"fusty",
|
||
|
|
"musty",
|
||
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
||
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"old-time",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
||
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
||
|
|
"aged",
|
||
|
|
"age-old",
|
||
|
|
"ancient",
|
||
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
||
|
|
"hoary",
|
||
|
|
"old",
|
||
|
|
"venerable",
|
||
|
|
"bygone",
|
||
|
|
"former",
|
||
|
|
"late",
|
||
|
|
"olden",
|
||
|
|
"past",
|
||
|
|
"antique",
|
||
|
|
"historic",
|
||
|
|
"historical",
|
||
|
|
"retro",
|
||
|
|
"retrograde",
|
||
|
|
"kaput",
|
||
|
|
"kaputt",
|
||
|
|
"obsolete",
|
||
|
|
"outmoded",
|
||
|
|
"outworn",
|
||
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
||
|
|
"old-world",
|
||
|
|
"discarded",
|
||
|
|
"disused",
|
||
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
||
|
|
"forgotten",
|
||
|
|
"remote",
|
||
|
|
"ageless",
|
||
|
|
"dateless",
|
||
|
|
"timeless"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"fashionable",
|
||
|
|
"happening",
|
||
|
|
"in",
|
||
|
|
"modish",
|
||
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
||
|
|
"now",
|
||
|
|
"stylish",
|
||
|
|
"last",
|
||
|
|
"latest",
|
||
|
|
"modernized",
|
||
|
|
"updated",
|
||
|
|
"futuristic",
|
||
|
|
"high-tech",
|
||
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
||
|
|
"latter-day",
|
||
|
|
"recent"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"contemporary",
|
||
|
|
"designer",
|
||
|
|
"hot",
|
||
|
|
"mod",
|
||
|
|
"modern",
|
||
|
|
"modernistic",
|
||
|
|
"new",
|
||
|
|
"new age",
|
||
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"newfangled",
|
||
|
|
"present-day",
|
||
|
|
"red-hot",
|
||
|
|
"space-age",
|
||
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
||
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
||
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
||
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"existing or in progress right now":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the current fund-raising effort"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"coming",
|
||
|
|
"future",
|
||
|
|
"unborn",
|
||
|
|
"completed",
|
||
|
|
"concluded",
|
||
|
|
"done",
|
||
|
|
"ended",
|
||
|
|
"finished",
|
||
|
|
"over",
|
||
|
|
"terminated",
|
||
|
|
"through",
|
||
|
|
"up",
|
||
|
|
"ancient",
|
||
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
||
|
|
"antiquated",
|
||
|
|
"antique",
|
||
|
|
"archaic",
|
||
|
|
"dated",
|
||
|
|
"fusty",
|
||
|
|
"musty",
|
||
|
|
"noncontemporary",
|
||
|
|
"obsolete",
|
||
|
|
"old",
|
||
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
||
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"old-time",
|
||
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
||
|
|
"outworn",
|
||
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
||
|
|
"ago",
|
||
|
|
"bygone",
|
||
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
||
|
|
"former",
|
||
|
|
"past"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"contemporary",
|
||
|
|
"mod",
|
||
|
|
"modern",
|
||
|
|
"modernistic",
|
||
|
|
"new",
|
||
|
|
"newfangled",
|
||
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"recent",
|
||
|
|
"red-hot",
|
||
|
|
"space-age",
|
||
|
|
"supermodern",
|
||
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
||
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
||
|
|
"being",
|
||
|
|
"breathing",
|
||
|
|
"existent",
|
||
|
|
"existing",
|
||
|
|
"living"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"extant",
|
||
|
|
"immediate",
|
||
|
|
"instant",
|
||
|
|
"ongoing",
|
||
|
|
"present",
|
||
|
|
"present-day"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"blast",
|
||
|
|
"blow",
|
||
|
|
"flurry",
|
||
|
|
"gale",
|
||
|
|
"gust",
|
||
|
|
"headwind",
|
||
|
|
"squall",
|
||
|
|
"tailwind",
|
||
|
|
"tempest",
|
||
|
|
"tornado",
|
||
|
|
"windstorm",
|
||
|
|
"breath",
|
||
|
|
"breeze",
|
||
|
|
"puff",
|
||
|
|
"waft",
|
||
|
|
"zephyr"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"draft",
|
||
|
|
"wind"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cursing":{
|
||
|
|
"as in profanity , swearing":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blessing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"applauding",
|
||
|
|
"commending",
|
||
|
|
"congratulating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"condemning",
|
||
|
|
"damning",
|
||
|
|
"denouncing",
|
||
|
|
"execrating",
|
||
|
|
"reprobating",
|
||
|
|
"hexing",
|
||
|
|
"jinxing",
|
||
|
|
"voodooing",
|
||
|
|
"danging",
|
||
|
|
"darning",
|
||
|
|
"durning",
|
||
|
|
"dashing",
|
||
|
|
"cussing (out)",
|
||
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
||
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
||
|
|
"reviling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
||
|
|
"beshrewing",
|
||
|
|
"imprecating",
|
||
|
|
"maledicting"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"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",
|
||
|
|
"anguishing",
|
||
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
||
|
|
"besetting",
|
||
|
|
"besieging",
|
||
|
|
"excruciating",
|
||
|
|
"harrowing",
|
||
|
|
"persecuting",
|
||
|
|
"plaguing",
|
||
|
|
"racking",
|
||
|
|
"tormenting",
|
||
|
|
"torturing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
||
|
|
"confounding",
|
||
|
|
"damning",
|
||
|
|
"execrating",
|
||
|
|
"imprecating",
|
||
|
|
"fulminating",
|
||
|
|
"railing",
|
||
|
|
"ranting",
|
||
|
|
"reviling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
||
|
|
"cussing",
|
||
|
|
"swearing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blessing",
|
||
|
|
"extolling",
|
||
|
|
"glorifying",
|
||
|
|
"lauding",
|
||
|
|
"magnifying",
|
||
|
|
"praising",
|
||
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
||
|
|
"applauding",
|
||
|
|
"commending",
|
||
|
|
"complimenting",
|
||
|
|
"hailing",
|
||
|
|
"saluting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"imprecating",
|
||
|
|
"maledicting",
|
||
|
|
"criticizing",
|
||
|
|
"reproving",
|
||
|
|
"admonishing",
|
||
|
|
"chiding",
|
||
|
|
"rebuking",
|
||
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
||
|
|
"reproaching",
|
||
|
|
"blaming",
|
||
|
|
"censuring",
|
||
|
|
"reprehending",
|
||
|
|
"reprobating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"damning"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curt":{
|
||
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"civil",
|
||
|
|
"considerate",
|
||
|
|
"courteous",
|
||
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
||
|
|
"gracious",
|
||
|
|
"polite",
|
||
|
|
"politic",
|
||
|
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
|
"suave",
|
||
|
|
"tactful",
|
||
|
|
"loquacious",
|
||
|
|
"talkative",
|
||
|
|
"voluble",
|
||
|
|
"long-winded",
|
||
|
|
"prolix",
|
||
|
|
"verbose",
|
||
|
|
"courtly",
|
||
|
|
"cultivated",
|
||
|
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
|
"polished",
|
||
|
|
"refined"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"gruff",
|
||
|
|
"rough",
|
||
|
|
"snappish",
|
||
|
|
"candid",
|
||
|
|
"direct",
|
||
|
|
"forthright",
|
||
|
|
"foursquare",
|
||
|
|
"frank",
|
||
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"outspoken",
|
||
|
|
"plain",
|
||
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
||
|
|
"point-blank",
|
||
|
|
"straightforward",
|
||
|
|
"straight-out",
|
||
|
|
"artless",
|
||
|
|
"discourteous",
|
||
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
||
|
|
"impertinent",
|
||
|
|
"impolite",
|
||
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
||
|
|
"insensitive",
|
||
|
|
"rude",
|
||
|
|
"tactless",
|
||
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
||
|
|
"brief",
|
||
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
||
|
|
"laconic",
|
||
|
|
"reserved",
|
||
|
|
"reticent",
|
||
|
|
"terse",
|
||
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
||
|
|
"earnest",
|
||
|
|
"honest",
|
||
|
|
"sincere",
|
||
|
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
|
"crass",
|
||
|
|
"crude",
|
||
|
|
"low",
|
||
|
|
"uncouth",
|
||
|
|
"vulgar"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abrupt",
|
||
|
|
"bluff",
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"brusque",
|
||
|
|
"brusk",
|
||
|
|
"crusty",
|
||
|
|
"downright",
|
||
|
|
"short",
|
||
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
||
|
|
"snippy",
|
||
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"circuitous",
|
||
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
||
|
|
"diffuse",
|
||
|
|
"long-winded",
|
||
|
|
"prolix",
|
||
|
|
"rambling",
|
||
|
|
"verbose",
|
||
|
|
"windy",
|
||
|
|
"wordy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"on a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
||
|
|
"redundant",
|
||
|
|
"repetitious",
|
||
|
|
"tautological",
|
||
|
|
"tautologous",
|
||
|
|
"enlarged",
|
||
|
|
"expanded",
|
||
|
|
"supplemented",
|
||
|
|
"embellished",
|
||
|
|
"embroidered",
|
||
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
||
|
|
"inflated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"abrupt",
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"brusque",
|
||
|
|
"brusk",
|
||
|
|
"short",
|
||
|
|
"snippety",
|
||
|
|
"snippy",
|
||
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
||
|
|
"abridged",
|
||
|
|
"condensed",
|
||
|
|
"curtailed",
|
||
|
|
"shortened",
|
||
|
|
"meaty",
|
||
|
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
|
"meaningful",
|
||
|
|
"significant",
|
||
|
|
"well-turned"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
||
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
||
|
|
"brief",
|
||
|
|
"capsule",
|
||
|
|
"compact",
|
||
|
|
"compendious",
|
||
|
|
"concise",
|
||
|
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
|
"elliptical",
|
||
|
|
"elliptic",
|
||
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
||
|
|
"laconic",
|
||
|
|
"monosyllabic",
|
||
|
|
"pithy",
|
||
|
|
"sententious",
|
||
|
|
"succinct",
|
||
|
|
"summary",
|
||
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
||
|
|
"terse",
|
||
|
|
"thumbnail"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curtail":{
|
||
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elongate",
|
||
|
|
"extend",
|
||
|
|
"lengthen",
|
||
|
|
"prolong",
|
||
|
|
"protract"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"enlarge",
|
||
|
|
"expand",
|
||
|
|
"supplement",
|
||
|
|
"add",
|
||
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
||
|
|
"amplify",
|
||
|
|
"augment",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"boost",
|
||
|
|
"dilate",
|
||
|
|
"escalate",
|
||
|
|
"heighten",
|
||
|
|
"increase",
|
||
|
|
"maximize",
|
||
|
|
"pump up",
|
||
|
|
"raise",
|
||
|
|
"blow up",
|
||
|
|
"distend",
|
||
|
|
"inflate",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"abstract",
|
||
|
|
"digest",
|
||
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
||
|
|
"epitomize",
|
||
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
||
|
|
"summarize",
|
||
|
|
"sum up",
|
||
|
|
"abate",
|
||
|
|
"compress",
|
||
|
|
"constrict",
|
||
|
|
"contract",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"cut down",
|
||
|
|
"pare",
|
||
|
|
"prune",
|
||
|
|
"trim",
|
||
|
|
"decrease",
|
||
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
||
|
|
"deflate",
|
||
|
|
"diminish",
|
||
|
|
"downsize",
|
||
|
|
"dwindle",
|
||
|
|
"lessen",
|
||
|
|
"lower",
|
||
|
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
|
"modify",
|
||
|
|
"reduce",
|
||
|
|
"retrench",
|
||
|
|
"shrink",
|
||
|
|
"slash",
|
||
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
||
|
|
"taper"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
||
|
|
"abridge",
|
||
|
|
"cut back",
|
||
|
|
"dock",
|
||
|
|
"elide",
|
||
|
|
"shorten",
|
||
|
|
"syncopate",
|
||
|
|
"truncate"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curtailing":{
|
||
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elongating",
|
||
|
|
"extending",
|
||
|
|
"lengthening",
|
||
|
|
"prolonging",
|
||
|
|
"protracting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"enlarging",
|
||
|
|
"expanding",
|
||
|
|
"supplementing",
|
||
|
|
"adding",
|
||
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
||
|
|
"amplifying",
|
||
|
|
"augmenting",
|
||
|
|
"ballooning",
|
||
|
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
|
"dilating",
|
||
|
|
"escalating",
|
||
|
|
"heightening",
|
||
|
|
"increasing",
|
||
|
|
"maximizing",
|
||
|
|
"pumping up",
|
||
|
|
"raising",
|
||
|
|
"blowing up",
|
||
|
|
"distending",
|
||
|
|
"inflating",
|
||
|
|
"swelling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"abstracting",
|
||
|
|
"digesting",
|
||
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
||
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
||
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
||
|
|
"summarizing",
|
||
|
|
"summing up",
|
||
|
|
"abating",
|
||
|
|
"compressing",
|
||
|
|
"constricting",
|
||
|
|
"contracting",
|
||
|
|
"cutting",
|
||
|
|
"cutting down",
|
||
|
|
"paring",
|
||
|
|
"pruning",
|
||
|
|
"trimming",
|
||
|
|
"decreasing",
|
||
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
||
|
|
"deflating",
|
||
|
|
"diminishing",
|
||
|
|
"downsizing",
|
||
|
|
"dwindling",
|
||
|
|
"lessening",
|
||
|
|
"lowering",
|
||
|
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
|
"modifying",
|
||
|
|
"reducing",
|
||
|
|
"retrenching",
|
||
|
|
"shrinking",
|
||
|
|
"slashing",
|
||
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
||
|
|
"tapering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
||
|
|
"abridging",
|
||
|
|
"cutting back",
|
||
|
|
"docking",
|
||
|
|
"eliding",
|
||
|
|
"shortening",
|
||
|
|
"syncopating",
|
||
|
|
"truncating"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"curtailment":{
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cushioning":{
|
||
|
|
"as in softening , emollient":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"put plenty of cushioning around that bottle of wine if you're going to carry it home in your suitcase"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"baffle",
|
||
|
|
"muffler",
|
||
|
|
"padding",
|
||
|
|
"safeguard",
|
||
|
|
"shield",
|
||
|
|
"barricade",
|
||
|
|
"cordon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffer",
|
||
|
|
"bumper",
|
||
|
|
"cocoon",
|
||
|
|
"cushion",
|
||
|
|
"fender",
|
||
|
|
"pad"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"heightening",
|
||
|
|
"intensifying",
|
||
|
|
"sharpening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"baffling",
|
||
|
|
"dampening",
|
||
|
|
"deadening",
|
||
|
|
"dulling",
|
||
|
|
"obtunding",
|
||
|
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
|
"modulating",
|
||
|
|
"tempering",
|
||
|
|
"allaying",
|
||
|
|
"alleviating",
|
||
|
|
"assuaging",
|
||
|
|
"easing",
|
||
|
|
"lightening",
|
||
|
|
"mitigating",
|
||
|
|
"relieving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"buffering",
|
||
|
|
"gentling",
|
||
|
|
"softening"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"custodians":{
|
||
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"observers",
|
||
|
|
"patrols",
|
||
|
|
"spotters",
|
||
|
|
"surveillants",
|
||
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
||
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
||
|
|
"convoys",
|
||
|
|
"defenders",
|
||
|
|
"escorts",
|
||
|
|
"honor guards",
|
||
|
|
"gatekeepers",
|
||
|
|
"hacks"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"guardians",
|
||
|
|
"guards",
|
||
|
|
"keepers",
|
||
|
|
"lookouts",
|
||
|
|
"minders",
|
||
|
|
"pickets",
|
||
|
|
"sentinels",
|
||
|
|
"sentries",
|
||
|
|
"wardens",
|
||
|
|
"warders",
|
||
|
|
"watchers",
|
||
|
|
"watches",
|
||
|
|
"watchmen"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"cocurators",
|
||
|
|
"co-curators",
|
||
|
|
"curators",
|
||
|
|
"sextons",
|
||
|
|
"stewards"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caretakers",
|
||
|
|
"guardians",
|
||
|
|
"janitors",
|
||
|
|
"keepers",
|
||
|
|
"wardens",
|
||
|
|
"watchmen"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"someone that protects":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we must regard ourselves as custodians of the Earth so that its natural resources may be enjoyed by many generations to come"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
||
|
|
"champions",
|
||
|
|
"lookouts",
|
||
|
|
"sentinels",
|
||
|
|
"sentries",
|
||
|
|
"wardens",
|
||
|
|
"warders",
|
||
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
||
|
|
"watches",
|
||
|
|
"watchmen",
|
||
|
|
"conservers",
|
||
|
|
"harborers",
|
||
|
|
"keepers",
|
||
|
|
"preservers",
|
||
|
|
"savers"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"defenders",
|
||
|
|
"guardian angels",
|
||
|
|
"guardians",
|
||
|
|
"guards",
|
||
|
|
"protections",
|
||
|
|
"protectors"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cut%20a%20deal":{
|
||
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"We managed to cut a deal with the landlord in which we will be allowed to adopt a furry friend in exchange for an increase in rent."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"argue",
|
||
|
|
"bicker",
|
||
|
|
"clash",
|
||
|
|
"fight",
|
||
|
|
"hassle",
|
||
|
|
"quarrel",
|
||
|
|
"quibble",
|
||
|
|
"squabble",
|
||
|
|
"wrangle",
|
||
|
|
"comparison shop",
|
||
|
|
"shop (around)",
|
||
|
|
"barter",
|
||
|
|
"exchange",
|
||
|
|
"trade",
|
||
|
|
"hawk",
|
||
|
|
"peddle",
|
||
|
|
"buy",
|
||
|
|
"purchase"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bargain",
|
||
|
|
"chaffer",
|
||
|
|
"deal",
|
||
|
|
"dicker",
|
||
|
|
"haggle",
|
||
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
||
|
|
"negotiate",
|
||
|
|
"palter"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cut%20capers":{
|
||
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"The children cut capers through the garden."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"mope",
|
||
|
|
"pout",
|
||
|
|
"stew",
|
||
|
|
"sulk"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"bound",
|
||
|
|
"hop",
|
||
|
|
"leap",
|
||
|
|
"lope",
|
||
|
|
"skip",
|
||
|
|
"spring",
|
||
|
|
"trip",
|
||
|
|
"tumble",
|
||
|
|
"curvet",
|
||
|
|
"dance",
|
||
|
|
"prance",
|
||
|
|
"carouse",
|
||
|
|
"revel",
|
||
|
|
"roister",
|
||
|
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
|
"fool around",
|
||
|
|
"horse around",
|
||
|
|
"clown",
|
||
|
|
"cut up",
|
||
|
|
"joyride",
|
||
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
||
|
|
"skylark",
|
||
|
|
"kite"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caper",
|
||
|
|
"cavort",
|
||
|
|
"disport",
|
||
|
|
"frisk",
|
||
|
|
"frolic",
|
||
|
|
"gambol",
|
||
|
|
"lark",
|
||
|
|
"rollick",
|
||
|
|
"romp",
|
||
|
|
"sport"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cut-back":{
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elongate",
|
||
|
|
"extend",
|
||
|
|
"lengthen"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"skive",
|
||
|
|
"whittle",
|
||
|
|
"manicure",
|
||
|
|
"mow",
|
||
|
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
|
"stump",
|
||
|
|
"curtail",
|
||
|
|
"shorten"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bob",
|
||
|
|
"clip",
|
||
|
|
"crop",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"dock",
|
||
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
||
|
|
"nip",
|
||
|
|
"pare",
|
||
|
|
"poll",
|
||
|
|
"prune",
|
||
|
|
"shave",
|
||
|
|
"shear",
|
||
|
|
"snip",
|
||
|
|
"trim"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elongate",
|
||
|
|
"extend",
|
||
|
|
"lengthen",
|
||
|
|
"prolong",
|
||
|
|
"protract"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"enlarge",
|
||
|
|
"expand",
|
||
|
|
"supplement",
|
||
|
|
"add",
|
||
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
||
|
|
"amplify",
|
||
|
|
"augment",
|
||
|
|
"balloon",
|
||
|
|
"boost",
|
||
|
|
"dilate",
|
||
|
|
"escalate",
|
||
|
|
"heighten",
|
||
|
|
"increase",
|
||
|
|
"maximize",
|
||
|
|
"pump up",
|
||
|
|
"raise",
|
||
|
|
"blow up",
|
||
|
|
"distend",
|
||
|
|
"inflate",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"abstract",
|
||
|
|
"digest",
|
||
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
||
|
|
"epitomize",
|
||
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
||
|
|
"summarize",
|
||
|
|
"sum up",
|
||
|
|
"abate",
|
||
|
|
"compress",
|
||
|
|
"constrict",
|
||
|
|
"contract",
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"cut down",
|
||
|
|
"pare",
|
||
|
|
"prune",
|
||
|
|
"trim",
|
||
|
|
"decrease",
|
||
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
||
|
|
"deflate",
|
||
|
|
"diminish",
|
||
|
|
"downsize",
|
||
|
|
"dwindle",
|
||
|
|
"lessen",
|
||
|
|
"lower",
|
||
|
|
"moderate",
|
||
|
|
"modify",
|
||
|
|
"reduce",
|
||
|
|
"retrench",
|
||
|
|
"shrink",
|
||
|
|
"slash",
|
||
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
||
|
|
"taper"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
||
|
|
"abridge",
|
||
|
|
"curtail",
|
||
|
|
"dock",
|
||
|
|
"elide",
|
||
|
|
"shorten",
|
||
|
|
"syncopate",
|
||
|
|
"truncate"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cutbacks":{
|
||
|
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cutoff":{
|
||
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"continuance",
|
||
|
|
"continuation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"extension",
|
||
|
|
"persistence",
|
||
|
|
"prolongation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"mop-up",
|
||
|
|
"phaseout",
|
||
|
|
"abeyance",
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"interruption",
|
||
|
|
"layoff",
|
||
|
|
"letup",
|
||
|
|
"moratorium",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"standstill",
|
||
|
|
"suspension"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
|
"arrestment",
|
||
|
|
"cease",
|
||
|
|
"cessation",
|
||
|
|
"check",
|
||
|
|
"close",
|
||
|
|
"closedown",
|
||
|
|
"closure",
|
||
|
|
"conclusion",
|
||
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
||
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
||
|
|
"end",
|
||
|
|
"ending",
|
||
|
|
"expiration",
|
||
|
|
"finish",
|
||
|
|
"halt",
|
||
|
|
"lapse",
|
||
|
|
"offset",
|
||
|
|
"shutdown",
|
||
|
|
"shutoff",
|
||
|
|
"stay",
|
||
|
|
"stop",
|
||
|
|
"stoppage",
|
||
|
|
"surcease",
|
||
|
|
"termination"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"carry on",
|
||
|
|
"continue",
|
||
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
||
|
|
"keep up",
|
||
|
|
"run on",
|
||
|
|
"advance",
|
||
|
|
"proceed",
|
||
|
|
"progress",
|
||
|
|
"actuate",
|
||
|
|
"drive",
|
||
|
|
"impel",
|
||
|
|
"propel",
|
||
|
|
"stir"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"complete",
|
||
|
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
|
"finish",
|
||
|
|
"close (down)",
|
||
|
|
"deactivate",
|
||
|
|
"block",
|
||
|
|
"blockade",
|
||
|
|
"dam",
|
||
|
|
"delay",
|
||
|
|
"detain",
|
||
|
|
"hinder",
|
||
|
|
"hold",
|
||
|
|
"hold back",
|
||
|
|
"impede",
|
||
|
|
"kibosh",
|
||
|
|
"obstruct",
|
||
|
|
"stem",
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
|
"arrest",
|
||
|
|
"brake",
|
||
|
|
"check",
|
||
|
|
"clamp down",
|
||
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
||
|
|
"squash",
|
||
|
|
"squelch",
|
||
|
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
|
"stanch",
|
||
|
|
"staunch",
|
||
|
|
"stunt",
|
||
|
|
"suppress",
|
||
|
|
"turn back",
|
||
|
|
"pause",
|
||
|
|
"stay",
|
||
|
|
"suspend",
|
||
|
|
"abolish",
|
||
|
|
"abort",
|
||
|
|
"annul",
|
||
|
|
"demolish",
|
||
|
|
"destroy",
|
||
|
|
"dissolve",
|
||
|
|
"kill",
|
||
|
|
"ruin",
|
||
|
|
"scuttle",
|
||
|
|
"snuff"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"break",
|
||
|
|
"break off",
|
||
|
|
"break up",
|
||
|
|
"can",
|
||
|
|
"cease",
|
||
|
|
"cut out",
|
||
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
||
|
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
|
"drop",
|
||
|
|
"end",
|
||
|
|
"give over",
|
||
|
|
"halt",
|
||
|
|
"knock off",
|
||
|
|
"lay off",
|
||
|
|
"leave off",
|
||
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
||
|
|
"quit",
|
||
|
|
"shut off",
|
||
|
|
"stop"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"desegregate",
|
||
|
|
"integrate",
|
||
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"assimilate",
|
||
|
|
"associate",
|
||
|
|
"connect",
|
||
|
|
"join",
|
||
|
|
"link",
|
||
|
|
"unite",
|
||
|
|
"discharge",
|
||
|
|
"free",
|
||
|
|
"liberate",
|
||
|
|
"loose",
|
||
|
|
"release"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"quarantine",
|
||
|
|
"confine",
|
||
|
|
"immure",
|
||
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
||
|
|
"intern",
|
||
|
|
"jail",
|
||
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
||
|
|
"restrain",
|
||
|
|
"restrict",
|
||
|
|
"abstract",
|
||
|
|
"detach",
|
||
|
|
"disengage",
|
||
|
|
"remove",
|
||
|
|
"detain",
|
||
|
|
"hold",
|
||
|
|
"keep"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"insulate",
|
||
|
|
"isolate",
|
||
|
|
"seclude",
|
||
|
|
"segregate",
|
||
|
|
"separate",
|
||
|
|
"sequester"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cuts ice":{
|
||
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"Honestly, that jargon doesn't really cut any ice with me."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"affects",
|
||
|
|
"concerns",
|
||
|
|
"influences",
|
||
|
|
"sways",
|
||
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
||
|
|
"amounts (to)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"counts",
|
||
|
|
"imports",
|
||
|
|
"matters",
|
||
|
|
"means",
|
||
|
|
"signifies",
|
||
|
|
"weighs"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"phrase"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cutting":{
|
||
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"chop",
|
||
|
|
"cutlet",
|
||
|
|
"length",
|
||
|
|
"part",
|
||
|
|
"portion",
|
||
|
|
"section",
|
||
|
|
"segment",
|
||
|
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
|
"hunk",
|
||
|
|
"lump",
|
||
|
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
|
"paring",
|
||
|
|
"shaving",
|
||
|
|
"sliver",
|
||
|
|
"snippet",
|
||
|
|
"splinter"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cut",
|
||
|
|
"slice"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"balmy",
|
||
|
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
|
"mild",
|
||
|
|
"soothing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"brisk",
|
||
|
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
|
"nippy",
|
||
|
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
|
"needlelike",
|
||
|
|
"prickly",
|
||
|
|
"tingling",
|
||
|
|
"caustic",
|
||
|
|
"corrosive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"biting",
|
||
|
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"penetrating",
|
||
|
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
|
"raw",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"shrewd",
|
||
|
|
"smarting",
|
||
|
|
"stinging"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"blunted",
|
||
|
|
"dull",
|
||
|
|
"dulled",
|
||
|
|
"obtuse"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the cutting side of the sword blade"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"rounded",
|
||
|
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
|
"soft",
|
||
|
|
"even",
|
||
|
|
"flat",
|
||
|
|
"level",
|
||
|
|
"slick"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"clawlike",
|
||
|
|
"daggerlike",
|
||
|
|
"knifelike",
|
||
|
|
"jabbing",
|
||
|
|
"jagged",
|
||
|
|
"lacerating",
|
||
|
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
|
"scratching",
|
||
|
|
"stabbing",
|
||
|
|
"pointed",
|
||
|
|
"pointy",
|
||
|
|
"spiky",
|
||
|
|
"spikey"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"edged",
|
||
|
|
"edgy",
|
||
|
|
"ground",
|
||
|
|
"honed",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"sharpened",
|
||
|
|
"stropped",
|
||
|
|
"trenchant",
|
||
|
|
"whetted"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"amusing",
|
||
|
|
"droll",
|
||
|
|
"merry",
|
||
|
|
"playful",
|
||
|
|
"sportive",
|
||
|
|
"waggish",
|
||
|
|
"gentle",
|
||
|
|
"mild",
|
||
|
|
"bland",
|
||
|
|
"good-humored",
|
||
|
|
"good-natured",
|
||
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
||
|
|
"polite",
|
||
|
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
|
"suave",
|
||
|
|
"urbane",
|
||
|
|
"affable",
|
||
|
|
"cordial",
|
||
|
|
"genial",
|
||
|
|
"gracious",
|
||
|
|
"hospitable",
|
||
|
|
"sociable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"brisk",
|
||
|
|
"cross",
|
||
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
||
|
|
"sour",
|
||
|
|
"sourish",
|
||
|
|
"spiky",
|
||
|
|
"spikey",
|
||
|
|
"tartish",
|
||
|
|
"incisive",
|
||
|
|
"keen",
|
||
|
|
"poignant",
|
||
|
|
"trenchant",
|
||
|
|
"cynical",
|
||
|
|
"dry",
|
||
|
|
"ironic",
|
||
|
|
"ironical",
|
||
|
|
"wry",
|
||
|
|
"facetious",
|
||
|
|
"flippant",
|
||
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
||
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
||
|
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
|
"resentful",
|
||
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
||
|
|
"harsh",
|
||
|
|
"rough",
|
||
|
|
"severe",
|
||
|
|
"stringent",
|
||
|
|
"abrupt",
|
||
|
|
"blunt",
|
||
|
|
"brusque",
|
||
|
|
"brusk",
|
||
|
|
"concise",
|
||
|
|
"crisp",
|
||
|
|
"curt",
|
||
|
|
"gruff",
|
||
|
|
"pithy",
|
||
|
|
"snippety",
|
||
|
|
"snippy",
|
||
|
|
"succinct",
|
||
|
|
"terse",
|
||
|
|
"backhanded",
|
||
|
|
"insincere"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"acerb",
|
||
|
|
"acerbic",
|
||
|
|
"acid",
|
||
|
|
"acidic",
|
||
|
|
"acidulous",
|
||
|
|
"acrid",
|
||
|
|
"barbed",
|
||
|
|
"biting",
|
||
|
|
"caustic",
|
||
|
|
"corrosive",
|
||
|
|
"mordant",
|
||
|
|
"pungent",
|
||
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
||
|
|
"sardonic",
|
||
|
|
"satiric",
|
||
|
|
"satirical",
|
||
|
|
"scalding",
|
||
|
|
"scathing",
|
||
|
|
"sharp",
|
||
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
||
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
||
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
||
|
|
"snarky",
|
||
|
|
"tart"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"enriching",
|
||
|
|
"fortifying",
|
||
|
|
"richening",
|
||
|
|
"strengthening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
||
|
|
"larding",
|
||
|
|
"augmenting",
|
||
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
||
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
||
|
|
"supplementing",
|
||
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
||
|
|
"purifying",
|
||
|
|
"clarifying",
|
||
|
|
"cleaning",
|
||
|
|
"cleansing",
|
||
|
|
"distilling",
|
||
|
|
"filtering",
|
||
|
|
"flushing",
|
||
|
|
"leaching",
|
||
|
|
"pasteurizing",
|
||
|
|
"purging",
|
||
|
|
"refining",
|
||
|
|
"bettering",
|
||
|
|
"enhancing",
|
||
|
|
"improving",
|
||
|
|
"compacting",
|
||
|
|
"concentrating",
|
||
|
|
"condensing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"loading",
|
||
|
|
"befouling",
|
||
|
|
"contaminating",
|
||
|
|
"corrupting",
|
||
|
|
"defiling",
|
||
|
|
"dirtying",
|
||
|
|
"envenoming",
|
||
|
|
"fouling",
|
||
|
|
"infecting",
|
||
|
|
"poisoning",
|
||
|
|
"polluting",
|
||
|
|
"soiling",
|
||
|
|
"spoiling",
|
||
|
|
"sullying",
|
||
|
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"tainting",
|
||
|
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"cheapening",
|
||
|
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"debasing",
|
||
|
|
"degrading",
|
||
|
|
"manipulating",
|
||
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
||
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
||
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
||
|
|
"faking",
|
||
|
|
"falsifying",
|
||
|
|
"fudging",
|
||
|
|
"doctoring",
|
||
|
|
"spiking",
|
||
|
|
"attenuating",
|
||
|
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
|
"qualifying",
|
||
|
|
"tempering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adulterating",
|
||
|
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"diluting",
|
||
|
|
"extending",
|
||
|
|
"lacing",
|
||
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
||
|
|
"thinning",
|
||
|
|
"watering down",
|
||
|
|
"weakening"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"isolating",
|
||
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
||
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
||
|
|
"disdaining",
|
||
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
||
|
|
"rejecting",
|
||
|
|
"repelling",
|
||
|
|
"repulsing",
|
||
|
|
"scorning",
|
||
|
|
"spurning",
|
||
|
|
"disregarding",
|
||
|
|
"forgetting",
|
||
|
|
"neglecting",
|
||
|
|
"overlooking",
|
||
|
|
"overpassing",
|
||
|
|
"passing over",
|
||
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
||
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
||
|
|
"slighting",
|
||
|
|
"snubbing",
|
||
|
|
"stiff-arming",
|
||
|
|
"stiffing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"straightening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"skewing",
|
||
|
|
"arching",
|
||
|
|
"arcing",
|
||
|
|
"bending",
|
||
|
|
"bowing",
|
||
|
|
"crooking",
|
||
|
|
"curving",
|
||
|
|
"hooking",
|
||
|
|
"rounding",
|
||
|
|
"sweeping",
|
||
|
|
"wheeling",
|
||
|
|
"about-facing",
|
||
|
|
"pivoting",
|
||
|
|
"circling",
|
||
|
|
"coiling",
|
||
|
|
"curling",
|
||
|
|
"looping",
|
||
|
|
"spiraling",
|
||
|
|
"spiralling",
|
||
|
|
"turning",
|
||
|
|
"twisting",
|
||
|
|
"winding",
|
||
|
|
"weaving",
|
||
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
||
|
|
"deviating",
|
||
|
|
"straying",
|
||
|
|
"wandering",
|
||
|
|
"wavering"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"breaking",
|
||
|
|
"sheering",
|
||
|
|
"swerving",
|
||
|
|
"veering",
|
||
|
|
"yawing",
|
||
|
|
"zagging",
|
||
|
|
"zigging"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
||
|
|
"decussating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bisecting",
|
||
|
|
"crossing",
|
||
|
|
"intersecting"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"attending",
|
||
|
|
"showing up (for)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"ignoring",
|
||
|
|
"neglecting",
|
||
|
|
"passing over"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"blowing off",
|
||
|
|
"missing",
|
||
|
|
"skipping"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"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":[
|
||
|
|
"analyzing",
|
||
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
||
|
|
"assaying",
|
||
|
|
"breaking down",
|
||
|
|
"deconstructing",
|
||
|
|
"dissecting"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"elongating",
|
||
|
|
"extending",
|
||
|
|
"lengthening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"skiving",
|
||
|
|
"whittling",
|
||
|
|
"manicuring",
|
||
|
|
"mowing",
|
||
|
|
"pinching",
|
||
|
|
"stumping",
|
||
|
|
"curtailing",
|
||
|
|
"shortening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bobbing",
|
||
|
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
|
"cropping",
|
||
|
|
"cutting back",
|
||
|
|
"docking",
|
||
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
||
|
|
"nipping",
|
||
|
|
"paring",
|
||
|
|
"polling",
|
||
|
|
"pruning",
|
||
|
|
"shaving",
|
||
|
|
"shearing",
|
||
|
|
"snipping",
|
||
|
|
"trimming"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"crosscutting",
|
||
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
||
|
|
"scissoring",
|
||
|
|
"cleaving",
|
||
|
|
"riving",
|
||
|
|
"splitting",
|
||
|
|
"piercing",
|
||
|
|
"stabbing",
|
||
|
|
"bruising",
|
||
|
|
"butchering",
|
||
|
|
"hacking",
|
||
|
|
"haggling",
|
||
|
|
"lacerating",
|
||
|
|
"mangling",
|
||
|
|
"rending",
|
||
|
|
"tearing",
|
||
|
|
"carving",
|
||
|
|
"chipping",
|
||
|
|
"chiseling",
|
||
|
|
"chiselling",
|
||
|
|
"notching",
|
||
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
||
|
|
"dissecting",
|
||
|
|
"sectioning",
|
||
|
|
"chopping",
|
||
|
|
"dicing",
|
||
|
|
"mincing",
|
||
|
|
"amputating",
|
||
|
|
"cutting off",
|
||
|
|
"severing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"gashing",
|
||
|
|
"incising",
|
||
|
|
"ripping",
|
||
|
|
"shearing",
|
||
|
|
"slashing",
|
||
|
|
"slicing",
|
||
|
|
"slitting"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"clipping",
|
||
|
|
"cropping",
|
||
|
|
"curtailing",
|
||
|
|
"cutting back",
|
||
|
|
"docking",
|
||
|
|
"hacking",
|
||
|
|
"lopping",
|
||
|
|
"manicuring",
|
||
|
|
"nipping",
|
||
|
|
"paring",
|
||
|
|
"pruning",
|
||
|
|
"trimming",
|
||
|
|
"bobbing",
|
||
|
|
"shaving",
|
||
|
|
"shearing",
|
||
|
|
"snipping"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"mowing"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"cutting horse":{
|
||
|
|
"as in quarter horse , saddle horse":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|