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{
"gracelessness":{
"as in artlessness , inelegance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grading":{
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"grade these apples \"extra fancy\" and those \"fancy\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"related":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"believe it or not, that music grades pretty high with young teens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"seeding",
"counting",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"grouping",
"separating",
"setting",
"sorting",
"installing",
"instating"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"placing",
"ranking",
"rating",
"standing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grail":{
"something that is sought after but that is very hard to get or achieve":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The championship trophy was the grail they were seeking."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandeur":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"struck by the grandeur of the sun setting over the Golden Gate Bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grandness":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wanted to see the Alps in all of their wintertime grandness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being large in size":{
"antonyms":[
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness"
],
"examples":[
"were impressed with the grandness of the movie set"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"related":[
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"substantiality",
"voluminousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"granules":{
"a very small piece":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"is there one granule of truth in that statement?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"related":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grapples":{
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a grapple with his conscience, he confessed to having an affair"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concords",
"harmonies",
"peaces"
],
"related":[
"horse races",
"nail-biters",
"showdowns",
"clashes",
"collisions",
"discords",
"frictions",
"arguments",
"controversies",
"debates",
"disagreements",
"disputations",
"disputes",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"quarrels",
"rows",
"wrangles"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball games",
"battles",
"combats",
"competitions",
"conflicts",
"confrontations",
"contentions",
"contests",
"dogfights",
"duels",
"face-offs",
"matches",
"rivalries",
"strifes",
"struggles",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tugs-of-war",
"warfares",
"wars"
]
},
"the act or manner of holding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was simply unable to break my opponent's viselike grapple and lost the wrestling match"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"related":[
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"clinches",
"embraces",
"hugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
]
},
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"two sumo wrestlers grappling like a pair of mammoth bears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battles",
"clashes (with)",
"combats",
"contends",
"duels",
"fights",
"wars (against)",
"bashes",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"hits",
"punches",
"slugs",
"strikes",
"boxes",
"spars",
"brawls",
"skirmishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"rassles",
"scuffles",
"tussles",
"wrestles"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[
"misses"
],
"examples":[
"a crane grappled the sunken boat and hoisted it above water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"related":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grasped":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"the emergency operator finally grasped what he was trying to tell her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grokked",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
]
},
"to have a practical understanding of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he just doesn't grasp how important it is that he call when he'll be late"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misinterpreted",
"misknew",
"misperceived",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"cognized",
"fathomed",
"followed",
"kenned",
"perceived",
"savvied",
"had",
"possessed",
"caught on (to)",
"picked up"
],
"synonyms":[
"comprehended",
"knew",
"understood"
]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the departing soldier grasped his children a little closer than usual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamped",
"clung",
"cradled",
"grabbed",
"gripped",
"held",
"bosomed",
"embosomed",
"encircled",
"entwined",
"enveloped",
"enwound",
"folded",
"locked",
"twined",
"wrapped",
"cuddled",
"fondled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"patted",
"petted",
"snuggled",
"stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugged",
"clasped",
"crushed",
"embraced",
"enclasped",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"strained"
]
},
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the attendant grasped my arm and steered me towards the door"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"dropped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"passed",
"relinquished",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"turned over",
"unhanded"
],
"related":[
"clenched",
"clung (to)",
"clutched",
"held on (to)",
"caught",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snatched"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"took"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grassland":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gratify":{
"to give in to (a desire)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"just gratify this one whim of mine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"related":[
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"wallow",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"delight",
"please",
"pleasure",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displease"
],
"examples":[
"your presence at the holiday table would really gratify your grandmother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"related":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gladden",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"satisfy",
"suit",
"warm"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grave":{
"a final resting place for a dead person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"catacomb",
"charnel",
"charnel house",
"columbarium",
"crypt",
"mausoleum",
"vault",
"cemetery",
"churchyard",
"graveyard",
"potter's field",
"barrow",
"mound",
"tumulus"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
]
},
"having a low musical pitch or range":{
"antonyms":[
"acute",
"high",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"treble"
],
"examples":[
"a grave hexachord"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"squealing",
"thin",
"earsplitting",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"strident",
"peeping",
"tinny"
],
"related":[
"boomy",
"tubby",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"synonyms":[
"bass",
"deep",
"low",
"throaty"
]
},
"having a matter of importance as its topic":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"unserious"
],
"examples":[
"leaving gossip and celebrities to other magazines, this journal focuses on the grave issues confronting the nation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"insignificant",
"lite",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"silly",
"slight",
"small",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"related":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"portentous",
"significant",
"solid",
"substantial"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"serious",
"weighty"
]
},
"involving potential loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"going over Niagara Falls poses a grave danger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"related":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
]
},
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
],
"examples":[
"when I asked him how his dog was doing, he looked grave and said, \"Not good\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
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"origination",
"rise"
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"great divide",
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"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
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"lifetime"
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"lifelessness",
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"beguiling",
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"deluding",
"duping",
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"hoaxing",
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"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
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"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
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"the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry"
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"superficiality",
"dalliance",
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"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
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"deliberation",
"determination",
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"concentration",
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"immersion",
"intensity"
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"intentness",
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"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
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"many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide"
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"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
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"fatality",
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"killing",
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"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
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"fate",
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"passing",
"quietus",
"sleep"
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"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
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"determination",
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"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
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"courage",
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"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"guts",
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"heart",
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"stoutness",
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"virtue"
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"we were given the green light to use the town commons for our fund-raiser"
],
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"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
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"related":[
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"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
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"pass",
"concession",
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"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
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"acquiescence",
"agreement",
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"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
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"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
]
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"to give permission for or to approve of":{
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"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
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"examples":[
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"obstruct",
"censure",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"interdict",
"refuse",
"reject",
"revoke",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"deplore",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (at or on)",
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"curb",
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"endure",
"support",
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"allow",
"have",
"permit",
"suffer"
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"verb"
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"as in":{
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"to feel or express sorrow for":{
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"glory (in)",
"joy",
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"I grieve for our loss"
],
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"cheer",
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
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"moan",
"weep",
"regret",
"rue",
"bawl",
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"bleed",
"hurt",
"sorrow",
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"difficult to endure":{
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"light",
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"the months of chemotherapy seemed almost as grievous an affliction as the cancer itself"
],
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"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
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"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
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"bleak",
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"forbidding",
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"heartbreaking",
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"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
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"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
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"unendurable",
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"heavy",
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"searing",
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"trying"
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"examples":[
"the death of a spouse can be a grievous loss from which one never recovers"
],
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"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"related":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
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"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
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"galling",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
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"nonhazardous",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"a grievous wound that requires a doctor's immediate attention"
],
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"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"good",
"ultrasafe"
],
"related":[
"dicey",
"insecure",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain",
"ultrahazardous",
"chance",
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"random",
"distressing",
"sickening",
"unpleasant",
"ugly",
"wicked",
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"inimical",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilent",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"destructive",
"dire",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangerous",
"grave",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"unhealthy",
"unsafe",
"venturesome"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the grievous cost of the war in human lives weighed heavily on the president's mind"
],
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"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"rewarding",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"cheering",
"heartwarming",
"inspiring",
"fortunate",
"happy",
"lucky"
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"related":[
"troublesome",
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"awful",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"severe",
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"alarming",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"traumatic",
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"crushing",
"excruciating",
"harrowing",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intolerable",
"overwhelming",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"unbearable",
"miserable",
"pitiful",
"sad",
"wretched",
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"painful",
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"distressful",
"distressing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"lamentable",
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"tragic",
"tragical",
"unfortunate",
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
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"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
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"examples":[
"I was grievously disappointed not to be invited to the wedding"
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"well"
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"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
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"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
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"hurtfully",
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"synonyms":[
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"noun"
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"difficult to endure":{
"antonyms":[
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"light",
"soft"
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"examples":[
"this winter is supposed to be particularly grim , so stock up on firewood"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
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"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
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"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
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"disagreeable",
"hostile",
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"bitter",
"brutal",
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"cruel",
"excruciating",
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"heavy",
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"examples":[
"a grim and desolate landscape",
"a grim and short-tempered shopkeeper who didn't exactly invite friendly conversation"
],
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"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"gruff",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"with grim determination, the woman worked three jobs to put her fatherless children through college"
],
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"slackening",
"softening",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"invertebrate",
"slack",
"spineless",
"weak",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"related":[
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious",
"hard",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"uncooperative",
"willful",
"wilful",
"merciless",
"ruthless",
"unforgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"determined",
"dogged",
"implacable",
"relentless",
"unappeasable",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition":{
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"mild",
"unaggressive"
],
"examples":[
"grim warriors heading into battle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hearty",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"compliant",
"submissive",
"tame",
"benign",
"compassionate",
"kind",
"merciful",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"human",
"humane",
"civilized",
"cultured"
],
"related":[
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"scrappy",
"warlike",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"blood-and-guts",
"in-your-face",
"take-no-prisoners",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"menacing",
"threatening",
"bestial",
"brute",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"barbaric",
"uncivilized",
"wild",
"heartless",
"implacable",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"ruthless",
"unrelenting",
"wanton",
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"savage",
"vicious"
]
}
},
"grime":{
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this new product really cuts through grime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"related":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
],
"examples":[
"countless hours of work were needed to clean the floors of the old warehouse that had been grimed from a century of use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gripe":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I would rather not listen to gripes about your latest disasters in the dating game"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"grumble",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"constant complaints from the customers griped her to the point where she started snapping back"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"related":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
],
"examples":[
"her tendency to gripe constantly drove everyone away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grit":{
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
],
"examples":[
"she was an athlete with true grit , continuing her training despite bad weather and an injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"related":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"creak",
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"gnash",
"grate",
"grind",
"scrape",
"scrunch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groan":{
"a crying out in grief":{
"antonyms":[
"exultation",
"rejoicing"
],
"examples":[
"when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheering",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"related":[
"cry",
"sob",
"tears",
"agonizing",
"grieving",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"weeping",
"hand-wringing",
"regret",
"complaint",
"cri de coeur",
"outcry",
"protest",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"synonyms":[
"howl",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"moan",
"plaint",
"wail"
]
},
"a long low sound indicating pain or grief":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"related":[
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"bawl",
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"moan",
"wail"
]
},
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"crack up",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"related":[
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"sniff",
"snivel",
"whimper",
"whine",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"keen",
"lament",
"rue",
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow",
"suffer",
"bawl",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"yammer",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"synonyms":[
"moan",
"wail"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"groaned":{
"to utter a moan":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heard someone groaning in pain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackled",
"chortled",
"chuckled",
"cracked up",
"giggled",
"guffawed",
"laughed",
"snickered",
"tittered",
"twittered"
],
"related":[
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"wept",
"sniffed",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"keened",
"lamented",
"rued",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed",
"suffered",
"bawled",
"howled",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"yammered",
"yelped",
"yowled"
],
"synonyms":[
"moaned",
"wailed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grokked":{
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"missed"
],
"examples":[
"the eternal struggle of the human race to grok its place in the grand scheme of the universe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehended",
"misconceived",
"misconstrued",
"misinterpreted",
"misperceived",
"misread",
"mistook",
"misunderstood"
],
"related":[
"absorbed",
"digested",
"took in",
"realized",
"fathomed",
"penetrated",
"pierced"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciated",
"apprehended",
"assimilated",
"beheld",
"caught",
"caught on (to)",
"cognized",
"compassed",
"comprehended",
"conceived",
"cottoned (to or on to)",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"discerned",
"dug",
"got",
"grasped",
"intuited",
"knew",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"recognized",
"registered",
"savvied",
"saw",
"seized",
"sensed",
"tumbled (to)",
"twigged",
"understood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grotesqueness":{
"as in garishness , tastelessness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in ugliness , plainness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"groups":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"car buffs stood around admiring a group of classic cars in the parking lot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"related":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the next tour group was being seated for dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"related":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
]
},
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you'll find both good and bad in every ethnic group"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should first group the invertebrates by genus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"related":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"antonyms":[
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"examples":[
"group the kids together and we'll see if they're all here"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
"related":[
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"grove":{
"a small group of trees":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They passed a grove of oaks on their hike to the lake."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"grovel":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"squinch",
"blanch",
"blench",
"whiten",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"toady"
],
"synonyms":[
"cower",
"cringe",
"quail"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"crawl",
"creep",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grovelled":{
"to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flinched",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"squinched",
"blanched",
"blenched",
"whitened",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"toadied"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowered",
"cringed",
"quailed"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouched",
"squatted",
"edged",
"inched",
"nosed",
"skulked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole",
"tiptoed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellied",
"crawled",
"crept",
"slid",
"slithered",
"snaked",
"wormed",
"wriggled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grow (in)":{
"to gradually increase in":{
"antonyms":[
"decrease (in)",
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"you've grown in wisdom over the years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"decline (in)",
"diminish (in)",
"dip",
"dwindle",
"fall (in)",
"lessen",
"taper",
"taper off"
],
"related":[
"double (in)",
"triple (in)",
"accrue",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"excite",
"stimulate",
"enhance",
"enlarge",
"enrich",
"expand",
"extend",
"maximize",
"boost",
"elevate",
"jack (up)",
"mount",
"ramp (up)",
"step up"
],
"synonyms":[
"build up",
"gain",
"gather",
"pick up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"growled":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"rejoiced"
],
"examples":[
"he was growling about how much work he had to do"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"bore",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"took",
"applauded",
"cheered",
"commended"
],
"related":[
"objected (to)",
"protested",
"quarreled (with)",
"quarrelled (with)",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"quibbled",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"worried",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"sobbed",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"bleated",
"carped",
"caterwauled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"grizzled",
"grouched",
"groused",
"grumbled",
"grumped",
"hollered",
"inveighed",
"keened",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"maundered",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"nagged",
"repined",
"screamed",
"squawked",
"squealed",
"wailed",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"whinged",
"yammered",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled"
]
},
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunted",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered",
"mewled",
"puled",
"squeaked",
"whimpered"
],
"related":[
"grumbled",
"rolled",
"rumbled",
"banged",
"blared",
"blasted",
"pealed",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"squalled",
"bawled",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"hooted",
"shouted",
"whooped",
"yelled",
"belled",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"wailed",
"yowled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellowed",
"boomed",
"roared",
"thundered"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm sorry my stomach is growling , but I'm just really hungry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boomed",
"drummed",
"thundered",
"bellowed"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumbled",
"lumbered",
"rolled",
"rumbled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"grown":{
"covered with a thick healthy natural growth":{
"antonyms":[
"barren",
"leafless"
],
"examples":[
"a field lavishly grown with poppies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleak",
"depleted",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"poor",
"stark",
"unproductive",
"arid",
"dead",
"desert",
"dry",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"waterless"
],
"related":[
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"productive",
"prolific",
"rich",
"dense",
"tangled"
],
"synonyms":[
"green",
"leafy",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"overgrown",
"verdant"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you've grown so much since we last saw each other"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"backslidden",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"related":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"gotten along",
"got on",
"gotten on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grown up",
"matured",
"progressed",
"ripened"
]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he will grow angry if we don't answer his question"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"been",
"continued",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed"
],
"related":[
"altered",
"changed",
"metamorphosed",
"modified",
"mutated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted"
],
"synonyms":[
"become",
"come",
"gone",
"got",
"gotten",
"run",
"turned",
"waxed"
]
},
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dedicated home gardener who grows tomatoes in her small garden every summer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
"related":[
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sown",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"germinated",
"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted"
],
"synonyms":[
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gruff":{
"harsh and dry in sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she had a gruff speaking voice, but a surprisingly sweet singing voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"related":[
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty"
]
},
"harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"mild",
"nonintimidating",
"tender"
],
"examples":[
"I didn't exchange one word with the gruff mountaineer who sat next to me in the diner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bland",
"meek",
"mellow",
"soft",
"soothing",
"easy",
"quiet",
"tranquil",
"agreeable",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"sweet",
"glad",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"playful",
"scatterbrained",
"silly"
],
"related":[
"bleak",
"cold",
"hostile",
"inhospitable",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"adamant",
"bound",
"determined",
"firm",
"intent",
"purposeful",
"resolute",
"resolved",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"fixed",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"ironhanded",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"set",
"stiff",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"immutable",
"unchangeable",
"black",
"cheerless",
"dark",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"joyless",
"melancholic",
"moody",
"morose",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly",
"brooding",
"grave",
"humorless",
"melancholy",
"serious",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"dour",
"fierce",
"flinty",
"forbidding",
"grim",
"intimidating",
"lowering",
"louring",
"rough",
"rugged",
"severe",
"stark",
"steely",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"grumble":{
"an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a chorus of moans and grumbles when they found out that the overnight camping trip had been cancelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendation",
"compliment",
"plaudit",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"demur",
"expostulation",
"kick",
"niggle",
"objection",
"protest",
"quibble",
"remonstrance",
"stink"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"complaint",
"fuss",
"grievance",
"gripe",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"holler",
"kvetch",
"lament",
"miserere",
"moan",
"murmur",
"plaint",
"squawk",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
],
"examples":[
"he grumbled about how sore his feet were after standing all day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
]
},
"to make a low heavy rolling sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"heavily loaded trucks grumbling as they passed over the steel bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boom",
"drum",
"thunder",
"bellow"
],
"synonyms":[
"growl",
"lumber",
"roll",
"rumble"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}