4871 lines
94 KiB
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4871 lines
94 KiB
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"Pollyanna":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"pocket book":{
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"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"clutch",
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"clutch bag",
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"minaudi\u00e8re",
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"billfold",
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"wallet",
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"compact",
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"vanity",
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"poke",
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"pouch",
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"sack",
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"shoulder bag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bag",
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"handbag",
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"purse"
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]
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},
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"as in paper , pocket edition":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"pockmark":{
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"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adornment",
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"decoration",
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"embellishment",
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"enhancement",
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"ornament"
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],
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"related":[
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"abnormality",
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"distortion",
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"irregularity",
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"malformation",
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"misshape",
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"bug",
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"glitch",
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"kink",
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"blot",
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"blur",
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"spot",
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"stain",
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"taint",
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"damage",
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"defacement",
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"impairment",
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"injury",
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"failing",
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"weakness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"blotch",
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"defect",
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"deformity",
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"disfigurement",
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"excrescence",
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"excrescency",
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"fault",
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"flaw",
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"imperfection",
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"mar",
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"mark",
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"scar"
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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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"poisoned":{
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"containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonpoisonous",
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"nontoxic",
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"nonvenomous"
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],
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"examples":[
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"leaving poisoned food to try to kill the roaches"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"beneficial",
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"curative",
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"healthful",
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"healthy",
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"helpful",
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"palliative",
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"remedial",
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"salubrious",
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"salutary",
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"wholesome",
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"benign",
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"harmless",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive",
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"nonfatal",
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"nonlethal"
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],
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"related":[
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"contagious",
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"infectious",
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"infective",
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"pathogenic",
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"pestilent",
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"pestilential",
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"baneful",
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"deleterious",
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"harmful",
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"hurtful",
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"injurious",
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"malignant",
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"nocuous",
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"noxious",
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"virulent",
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"unhealthful",
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"unhealthy",
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"unwholesome",
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"calamitous",
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"deadly",
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"fatal",
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"fell",
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"lethal",
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"murderous"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"envenomed",
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"poison",
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"poisonous",
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"toxic",
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"venomous"
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]
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},
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"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cleansed",
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"purified",
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"dignified",
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"elevated",
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"ennobled",
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"enshrined",
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"glorified",
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"hallowed",
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"magnified",
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"uplifted"
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],
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"related":[
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"begrimed",
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"besmeared",
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"besmirched",
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"blackened",
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"blurred",
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"clouded",
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"dirtied",
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"discolored",
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"polluted",
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"smeared",
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"smirched",
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"smudged",
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"smutted",
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"soiled",
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"sullied",
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"tarred",
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"abased",
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"cheapened",
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"debased",
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"degraded",
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"demeaned",
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"discredited",
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"disgraced",
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"dishonored",
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"fouled",
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"lowered",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"shamed",
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"bastardized",
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"corrupted",
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"debauched",
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"demoralized",
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"depraved",
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"perverted",
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"subverted",
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"colored",
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"distorted",
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"twisted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"darkened",
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"marred",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"stained",
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"tainted",
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"tarnished",
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"touched",
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"vitiated"
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]
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},
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"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"disposed",
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"inclined",
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"predisposed",
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"influenced",
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"prepossessed",
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"convinced",
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"persuaded",
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"suggested"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"biased",
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"biassed",
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"prejudiced",
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"turned"
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]
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},
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"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
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"antonyms":[
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"elevated",
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"ennobled",
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"uplifted"
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],
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"examples":[
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"this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dignified",
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"exalted",
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"honored",
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"ameliorated",
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"amended",
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"bettered",
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"enhanced",
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"enriched",
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"improved",
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"meliorated",
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"perfected",
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"clarified",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"purified",
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"refined",
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"restored",
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"respected"
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],
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"related":[
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"diluted",
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"dirtied",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"thinned",
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"watered down",
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"weakened",
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"descended",
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"disgraced",
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"dishonored",
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"humbled",
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"humiliated",
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"shamed",
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"took down",
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"blemished",
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"damaged",
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"defaced",
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"destroyed",
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"flawed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"marred",
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"ruined",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"stained",
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"tarnished",
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"wrecked",
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"depreciated",
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"downgraded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abased",
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"bastardized",
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"cankered",
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"cheapened",
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"corrupted",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"degraded",
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"demeaned",
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"demoralized",
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"depraved",
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"deteriorated",
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"lessened",
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"perverted",
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"profaned",
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"prostituted",
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"subverted",
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"vitiated",
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"warped"
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]
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},
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"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
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"antonyms":[
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"decontaminated",
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"purified"
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],
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"examples":[
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"exhaust fumes poisoning the air"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clarified",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"cleared",
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"distilled",
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"purged",
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"filtered",
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"disinfected",
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"sanitized",
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"sterilized"
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],
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"related":[
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"infected",
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"begrimed",
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"besmirched",
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"blackened",
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"dirtied",
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"fouled up",
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"grimed",
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"mired",
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"muddied",
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"smirched",
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"smudged",
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"soiled",
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"stained",
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"sullied",
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"corrupted",
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"rotted",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"adulterated",
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"doctored",
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"diluted",
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"watered down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"befouled",
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"contaminated",
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"defiled",
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"fouled",
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"polluted",
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"tainted"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"polar":{
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"being as different as possible":{
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"antonyms":[
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"noncontradictory"
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],
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"examples":[
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"they're friends despite their polar positions on a number of issues"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alike",
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"analogous",
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"like",
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"similar",
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"equivalent",
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"identical",
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"same",
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"synonymous"
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],
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"related":[
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"adverse",
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"negative",
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"unfavorable",
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"antagonistic",
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"antipathetic",
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"counter",
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"cross",
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"hostile",
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"converse",
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"inverse",
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"obverse",
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"reverse",
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"alien",
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"disparate",
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"dissimilar",
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"divergent",
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"unalike",
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"unlike"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antipodal",
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"antipodean",
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"antithetical",
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"contradictory",
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"contrary",
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"diametric",
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"diametrical",
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"opposite"
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]
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},
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"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ardent",
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"blazing",
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"boiling",
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"broiling",
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"burning",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"fiery",
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"glowing",
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"hot",
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"igneous",
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"molten",
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"piping hot",
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"red-hot",
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"roasting",
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"scalding",
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"scorching",
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"searing",
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"seething",
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"sizzling",
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"sultry",
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"sweltering",
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"torrid",
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"ultrahot",
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"warming",
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"white-hot"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a polar air mass seemed to have settled over our area in January"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lukewarm",
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"tepid",
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"heated",
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"overheated",
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"reheated",
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"warmed",
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"snug",
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"toasty",
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"warm",
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"feverish",
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"flushed",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"canicular",
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"equatorial",
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"muggy",
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"steamy",
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"summery",
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"tropical"
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],
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"related":[
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"cryogenic",
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"subfreezing",
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"subzero",
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"ultracold",
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"cutting",
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"keen",
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"penetrating",
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"piercing",
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"sharp",
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"bracing",
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"brisk",
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"crisp",
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"invigorating",
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"rigorous",
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"chilled",
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"cooled",
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"frosted",
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"frozen",
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"iced",
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"refrigerated",
|
||
|
"unheated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"algid",
|
||
|
"arctic",
|
||
|
"bitter",
|
||
|
"bone-chilling",
|
||
|
"chill",
|
||
|
"chilly",
|
||
|
"cold",
|
||
|
"coldish",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"coolish",
|
||
|
"freezing",
|
||
|
"frigid",
|
||
|
"frosty",
|
||
|
"gelid",
|
||
|
"glacial",
|
||
|
"ice-cold",
|
||
|
"icy",
|
||
|
"nipping",
|
||
|
"nippy",
|
||
|
"numbing",
|
||
|
"shivery",
|
||
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
"wintry",
|
||
|
"wintery"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"police":{
|
||
|
"a body of officers of the law":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the National Guard will serve as backup for the metropolitan police in the event of violent protests"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bluecoat",
|
||
|
"bobby",
|
||
|
"bull",
|
||
|
"constable",
|
||
|
"cop",
|
||
|
"copper",
|
||
|
"gendarme",
|
||
|
"officer",
|
||
|
"peeler",
|
||
|
"policeman",
|
||
|
"police officer",
|
||
|
"policewoman",
|
||
|
"shamus",
|
||
|
"trooper"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"constabulary",
|
||
|
"finest",
|
||
|
"force",
|
||
|
"fuzz",
|
||
|
"heat",
|
||
|
"man",
|
||
|
"police force"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in patrol , conduct":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"judiciary",
|
||
|
"jurisprudence",
|
||
|
"justice"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"law"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"polish":{
|
||
|
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"barbarianism",
|
||
|
"barbarism",
|
||
|
"philistinism"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"acquired a great deal of polish during his year abroad"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ignorance",
|
||
|
"illiteracy",
|
||
|
"parochialism",
|
||
|
"provincialism",
|
||
|
"rusticity",
|
||
|
"unsophistication",
|
||
|
"boorishness",
|
||
|
"churlishness",
|
||
|
"clownishness",
|
||
|
"coarseness",
|
||
|
"crudeness",
|
||
|
"vulgarity"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"education",
|
||
|
"erudition",
|
||
|
"intellectualism",
|
||
|
"intellectuality",
|
||
|
"knowledge",
|
||
|
"learning",
|
||
|
"literacy",
|
||
|
"scholarship",
|
||
|
"cosmopolitanism",
|
||
|
"sophistication",
|
||
|
"urbanity",
|
||
|
"breeding",
|
||
|
"genteelness",
|
||
|
"gentility",
|
||
|
"manners",
|
||
|
"class",
|
||
|
"elegance",
|
||
|
"grace",
|
||
|
"taste",
|
||
|
"civility",
|
||
|
"courteousness",
|
||
|
"courtesy",
|
||
|
"politeness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"accomplishment",
|
||
|
"civilization",
|
||
|
"couth",
|
||
|
"cultivation",
|
||
|
"culture",
|
||
|
"refinement"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"buffed the silver plate to a high polish"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"dimness",
|
||
|
"dinginess",
|
||
|
"dirtiness",
|
||
|
"drabness",
|
||
|
"dullness",
|
||
|
"dulness",
|
||
|
"flatness",
|
||
|
"grayness",
|
||
|
"paleness",
|
||
|
"cloudiness",
|
||
|
"gloom",
|
||
|
"murkiness",
|
||
|
"obscureness",
|
||
|
"obscurity",
|
||
|
"somberness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"glare",
|
||
|
"gleam",
|
||
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
"glint",
|
||
|
"glisten",
|
||
|
"glow",
|
||
|
"shimmer",
|
||
|
"blink",
|
||
|
"flicker",
|
||
|
"sparkle",
|
||
|
"twinkle",
|
||
|
"illumination",
|
||
|
"irradiation",
|
||
|
"iridescence",
|
||
|
"luminescence",
|
||
|
"brilliance",
|
||
|
"luminosity",
|
||
|
"radiance",
|
||
|
"radiancy",
|
||
|
"refulgence",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"glaze"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"burnish",
|
||
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
"luminance",
|
||
|
"luster",
|
||
|
"lustre",
|
||
|
"sheen",
|
||
|
"shine"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abandon",
|
||
|
"desert",
|
||
|
"discontinue",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"forsake",
|
||
|
"quit"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"follow through (with)",
|
||
|
"stick out",
|
||
|
"accomplish",
|
||
|
"achieve",
|
||
|
"effect",
|
||
|
"carry out",
|
||
|
"carry through",
|
||
|
"discharge",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"execute",
|
||
|
"fulfill",
|
||
|
"fulfil",
|
||
|
"perform",
|
||
|
"ameliorate",
|
||
|
"amend",
|
||
|
"better",
|
||
|
"enhance",
|
||
|
"enrich",
|
||
|
"improve",
|
||
|
"meliorate",
|
||
|
"machine",
|
||
|
"refine",
|
||
|
"round (off or out)",
|
||
|
"shine",
|
||
|
"touch up"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"complete",
|
||
|
"consummate",
|
||
|
"finalize",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"perfect"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"rough (up)",
|
||
|
"roughen",
|
||
|
"ruffle",
|
||
|
"scuff (up)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"sleek",
|
||
|
"slick",
|
||
|
"coat",
|
||
|
"glaze",
|
||
|
"japan",
|
||
|
"lacquer",
|
||
|
"varnish",
|
||
|
"face",
|
||
|
"finish",
|
||
|
"veneer",
|
||
|
"brighten",
|
||
|
"file",
|
||
|
"rasp",
|
||
|
"sand",
|
||
|
"sandblast",
|
||
|
"sandpaper",
|
||
|
"scour",
|
||
|
"scrape",
|
||
|
"scrub",
|
||
|
"bob",
|
||
|
"bone",
|
||
|
"lap"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"buff",
|
||
|
"burnish",
|
||
|
"dress",
|
||
|
"furbish",
|
||
|
"gloss",
|
||
|
"grind",
|
||
|
"rub",
|
||
|
"shine",
|
||
|
"smooth",
|
||
|
"smoothen"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poll tax":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poller":{
|
||
|
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"interviewee",
|
||
|
"pollee",
|
||
|
"respondent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"answerer",
|
||
|
"replier",
|
||
|
"responder",
|
||
|
"attester",
|
||
|
"informant",
|
||
|
"reporter",
|
||
|
"testifier",
|
||
|
"witness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"asker",
|
||
|
"inquirer",
|
||
|
"querier",
|
||
|
"querist",
|
||
|
"questioner"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"canvasser",
|
||
|
"canvaser",
|
||
|
"interviewer",
|
||
|
"pollster"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"polluting":{
|
||
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"decontaminating",
|
||
|
"purifying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clarifying",
|
||
|
"cleaning",
|
||
|
"cleansing",
|
||
|
"clearing",
|
||
|
"distilling",
|
||
|
"purging",
|
||
|
"filtering",
|
||
|
"disinfecting",
|
||
|
"sanitizing",
|
||
|
"sterilizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"infecting",
|
||
|
"begriming",
|
||
|
"besmirching",
|
||
|
"blackening",
|
||
|
"dirtying",
|
||
|
"fouling up",
|
||
|
"griming",
|
||
|
"miring",
|
||
|
"muddying",
|
||
|
"smirching",
|
||
|
"smudging",
|
||
|
"soiling",
|
||
|
"staining",
|
||
|
"sullying",
|
||
|
"corrupting",
|
||
|
"rotting",
|
||
|
"spoiling",
|
||
|
"adulterating",
|
||
|
"doctoring",
|
||
|
"diluting",
|
||
|
"watering down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"befouling",
|
||
|
"contaminating",
|
||
|
"defiling",
|
||
|
"fouling",
|
||
|
"poisoning",
|
||
|
"tainting"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pommeled":{
|
||
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"assailed",
|
||
|
"assaulted",
|
||
|
"attacked",
|
||
|
"beset",
|
||
|
"boxed",
|
||
|
"busted",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"chopped",
|
||
|
"clobbered",
|
||
|
"clouted",
|
||
|
"cracked",
|
||
|
"cudgeled",
|
||
|
"cudgelled",
|
||
|
"cuffed",
|
||
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"hit",
|
||
|
"jumped (on)",
|
||
|
"knocked",
|
||
|
"laid on",
|
||
|
"lammed",
|
||
|
"pasted",
|
||
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"punched",
|
||
|
"raided",
|
||
|
"rushed",
|
||
|
"slammed",
|
||
|
"slapped",
|
||
|
"smacked",
|
||
|
"smashed",
|
||
|
"socked",
|
||
|
"spanked",
|
||
|
"stormed",
|
||
|
"swatted",
|
||
|
"swiped",
|
||
|
"thwacked",
|
||
|
"whacked",
|
||
|
"whammed",
|
||
|
"whomped",
|
||
|
"blackjacked",
|
||
|
"caned",
|
||
|
"cowhided",
|
||
|
"flagellated",
|
||
|
"fustigated",
|
||
|
"horsewhipped",
|
||
|
"leathered",
|
||
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
||
|
"rawhided",
|
||
|
"scourged",
|
||
|
"strapped",
|
||
|
"gored",
|
||
|
"lacerated",
|
||
|
"wounded",
|
||
|
"maimed",
|
||
|
"mangled",
|
||
|
"mutilated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashed",
|
||
|
"basted",
|
||
|
"batted",
|
||
|
"battered",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"belabored",
|
||
|
"belted",
|
||
|
"birched",
|
||
|
"bludgeoned",
|
||
|
"buffeted",
|
||
|
"bunged up",
|
||
|
"clubbed",
|
||
|
"curried",
|
||
|
"did",
|
||
|
"drubbed",
|
||
|
"fibbed",
|
||
|
"flogged",
|
||
|
"hammered",
|
||
|
"hided",
|
||
|
"laced",
|
||
|
"lambasted",
|
||
|
"lashed",
|
||
|
"lathered",
|
||
|
"licked",
|
||
|
"mauled",
|
||
|
"messed (up)",
|
||
|
"paddled",
|
||
|
"pelted",
|
||
|
"pounded",
|
||
|
"pummeled",
|
||
|
"pummelled",
|
||
|
"punched out",
|
||
|
"roughed (up)",
|
||
|
"slated",
|
||
|
"slogged",
|
||
|
"switched",
|
||
|
"tanned",
|
||
|
"thrashed",
|
||
|
"threshed",
|
||
|
"thumped",
|
||
|
"tromped",
|
||
|
"walloped",
|
||
|
"whaled",
|
||
|
"whipped",
|
||
|
"whopped",
|
||
|
"whapped",
|
||
|
"whupped",
|
||
|
"worked over"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
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]
|
||
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},
|
||
|
"pommeling":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"assailing",
|
||
|
"assaulting",
|
||
|
"attacking",
|
||
|
"besetting",
|
||
|
"boxing",
|
||
|
"busting",
|
||
|
"chopping",
|
||
|
"clobbering",
|
||
|
"clouting",
|
||
|
"cracking",
|
||
|
"cudgeling",
|
||
|
"cudgelling",
|
||
|
"cuffing",
|
||
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"hitting",
|
||
|
"jumping (on)",
|
||
|
"knocking",
|
||
|
"lamming",
|
||
|
"laying on",
|
||
|
"pasting",
|
||
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"punching",
|
||
|
"raiding",
|
||
|
"rushing",
|
||
|
"slamming",
|
||
|
"slapping",
|
||
|
"smacking",
|
||
|
"smashing",
|
||
|
"socking",
|
||
|
"spanking",
|
||
|
"storming",
|
||
|
"swatting",
|
||
|
"swiping",
|
||
|
"thwacking",
|
||
|
"whacking",
|
||
|
"whamming",
|
||
|
"whomping",
|
||
|
"blackjacking",
|
||
|
"caning",
|
||
|
"cowhiding",
|
||
|
"flagellating",
|
||
|
"fustigating",
|
||
|
"horsewhipping",
|
||
|
"leathering",
|
||
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
||
|
"rawhiding",
|
||
|
"scourging",
|
||
|
"strapping",
|
||
|
"goring",
|
||
|
"lacerating",
|
||
|
"wounding",
|
||
|
"maiming",
|
||
|
"mangling",
|
||
|
"mutilating"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashing",
|
||
|
"basting",
|
||
|
"battering",
|
||
|
"batting",
|
||
|
"beating",
|
||
|
"belaboring",
|
||
|
"belting",
|
||
|
"birching",
|
||
|
"bludgeoning",
|
||
|
"buffeting",
|
||
|
"bunging up",
|
||
|
"clubbing",
|
||
|
"currying",
|
||
|
"doing",
|
||
|
"drubbing",
|
||
|
"fibbing",
|
||
|
"flogging",
|
||
|
"hammering",
|
||
|
"hiding",
|
||
|
"lacing",
|
||
|
"lambasting",
|
||
|
"lashing",
|
||
|
"lathering",
|
||
|
"licking",
|
||
|
"mauling",
|
||
|
"messing (up)",
|
||
|
"paddling",
|
||
|
"pelting",
|
||
|
"pounding",
|
||
|
"pummeling",
|
||
|
"pummelling",
|
||
|
"punching out",
|
||
|
"roughing (up)",
|
||
|
"slating",
|
||
|
"slogging",
|
||
|
"switching",
|
||
|
"tanning",
|
||
|
"thrashing",
|
||
|
"threshing",
|
||
|
"thumping",
|
||
|
"tromping",
|
||
|
"walloping",
|
||
|
"whaling",
|
||
|
"whipping",
|
||
|
"whopping",
|
||
|
"whapping",
|
||
|
"whupping",
|
||
|
"working over"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pommels":{
|
||
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"assails",
|
||
|
"assaults",
|
||
|
"attacks",
|
||
|
"besets",
|
||
|
"boxes",
|
||
|
"busts",
|
||
|
"chops",
|
||
|
"clobbers",
|
||
|
"clouts",
|
||
|
"cracks",
|
||
|
"cudgels",
|
||
|
"cuffs",
|
||
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"hits",
|
||
|
"jumps (on)",
|
||
|
"knocks",
|
||
|
"lams",
|
||
|
"lays on",
|
||
|
"pastes",
|
||
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"punches",
|
||
|
"raids",
|
||
|
"rushes",
|
||
|
"slams",
|
||
|
"slaps",
|
||
|
"smacks",
|
||
|
"smashes",
|
||
|
"socks",
|
||
|
"spanks",
|
||
|
"storms",
|
||
|
"swats",
|
||
|
"swipes",
|
||
|
"thwacks",
|
||
|
"whacks",
|
||
|
"whams",
|
||
|
"whomps",
|
||
|
"blackjacks",
|
||
|
"canes",
|
||
|
"cowhides",
|
||
|
"flagellates",
|
||
|
"fustigates",
|
||
|
"horsewhips",
|
||
|
"leathers",
|
||
|
"pistol-whips",
|
||
|
"rawhides",
|
||
|
"scourges",
|
||
|
"straps",
|
||
|
"gores",
|
||
|
"lacerates",
|
||
|
"wounds",
|
||
|
"maims",
|
||
|
"mangles",
|
||
|
"mutilates"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashes",
|
||
|
"bastes",
|
||
|
"bats",
|
||
|
"batters",
|
||
|
"beats",
|
||
|
"belabors",
|
||
|
"belts",
|
||
|
"birches",
|
||
|
"bludgeons",
|
||
|
"buffets",
|
||
|
"bungs up",
|
||
|
"clubs",
|
||
|
"curries",
|
||
|
"does",
|
||
|
"drubs",
|
||
|
"fibs",
|
||
|
"flogs",
|
||
|
"hammers",
|
||
|
"hides",
|
||
|
"laces",
|
||
|
"lambastes",
|
||
|
"lambasts",
|
||
|
"lashes",
|
||
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
"licks",
|
||
|
"mauls",
|
||
|
"messes (up)",
|
||
|
"paddles",
|
||
|
"pelts",
|
||
|
"pounds",
|
||
|
"pummels",
|
||
|
"punches out",
|
||
|
"roughs (up)",
|
||
|
"slates",
|
||
|
"slogs",
|
||
|
"switches",
|
||
|
"tans",
|
||
|
"thrashes",
|
||
|
"threshes",
|
||
|
"thumps",
|
||
|
"tromps",
|
||
|
"wallops",
|
||
|
"whales",
|
||
|
"whips",
|
||
|
"whops",
|
||
|
"whaps",
|
||
|
"whups",
|
||
|
"works over"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pompous":{
|
||
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"humble",
|
||
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"unarrogant",
|
||
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the pompous waiter served us in the manner of a person doing some poor soul a great favor"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"bashful",
|
||
|
"cowering",
|
||
|
"cringing",
|
||
|
"demure",
|
||
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
"introverted",
|
||
|
"mousy",
|
||
|
"mousey",
|
||
|
"overmodest",
|
||
|
"self-critical",
|
||
|
"self-doubting",
|
||
|
"sheepish",
|
||
|
"shrinking",
|
||
|
"shy",
|
||
|
"subdued",
|
||
|
"timid",
|
||
|
"acquiescent",
|
||
|
"compliant",
|
||
|
"deferential",
|
||
|
"meek",
|
||
|
"passive",
|
||
|
"submissive",
|
||
|
"unaggressive",
|
||
|
"unassertive",
|
||
|
"unassuming",
|
||
|
"unobtrusive",
|
||
|
"yielding",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"reserved",
|
||
|
"retiring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"authoritarian",
|
||
|
"bossy",
|
||
|
"dominant",
|
||
|
"dominating",
|
||
|
"domineering",
|
||
|
"magisterial",
|
||
|
"pontifical",
|
||
|
"pontificating",
|
||
|
"condescending",
|
||
|
"disdainful",
|
||
|
"patronizing",
|
||
|
"impertinent",
|
||
|
"impudent",
|
||
|
"saucy",
|
||
|
"snobbish",
|
||
|
"snobby",
|
||
|
"snooty",
|
||
|
"blusterous",
|
||
|
"blustery",
|
||
|
"boastful",
|
||
|
"bombastic",
|
||
|
"braggart",
|
||
|
"bragging",
|
||
|
"braggy",
|
||
|
"cocky",
|
||
|
"swaggering",
|
||
|
"vain",
|
||
|
"vainglorious",
|
||
|
"complacent",
|
||
|
"conceited",
|
||
|
"egocentric",
|
||
|
"egoistic",
|
||
|
"egoistical",
|
||
|
"egotistic",
|
||
|
"egotistical",
|
||
|
"hubristic",
|
||
|
"narcissistic",
|
||
|
"orgulous",
|
||
|
"prideful",
|
||
|
"proud",
|
||
|
"self-affected",
|
||
|
"self-applauding",
|
||
|
"self-centered",
|
||
|
"self-complacent",
|
||
|
"self-conceited",
|
||
|
"self-pleased",
|
||
|
"self-satisfied",
|
||
|
"smug",
|
||
|
"stuck-up",
|
||
|
"self-flattering",
|
||
|
"self-loving",
|
||
|
"self-promoting",
|
||
|
"brash",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"uninhibited",
|
||
|
"unreserved",
|
||
|
"extroverted",
|
||
|
"extraverted",
|
||
|
"immodest"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
"assumptive",
|
||
|
"bumptious",
|
||
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
"chesty",
|
||
|
"haughty",
|
||
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
"huffish",
|
||
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
"important",
|
||
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
"masterful",
|
||
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
"peremptory",
|
||
|
"presuming",
|
||
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
"self-asserting",
|
||
|
"self-assertive",
|
||
|
"sniffy",
|
||
|
"stiff-necked",
|
||
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"toplofty",
|
||
|
"toploftical",
|
||
|
"uppish",
|
||
|
"uppity"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"egoless",
|
||
|
"humble",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"uncomplacent"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a pompous piano teacher who thought that the music world was lucky to have her"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
"self-critical",
|
||
|
"self-distrustful",
|
||
|
"self-doubting",
|
||
|
"self-reproachful",
|
||
|
"self-reproving",
|
||
|
"meek",
|
||
|
"timid",
|
||
|
"unassertive",
|
||
|
"down-to-earth",
|
||
|
"unarrogant",
|
||
|
"unassuming",
|
||
|
"unpretentious",
|
||
|
"bashful",
|
||
|
"demure",
|
||
|
"introverted",
|
||
|
"mousy",
|
||
|
"mousey",
|
||
|
"overmodest",
|
||
|
"retiring",
|
||
|
"sheepish",
|
||
|
"shrinking",
|
||
|
"shy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"blusterous",
|
||
|
"blustery",
|
||
|
"boastful",
|
||
|
"bombastic",
|
||
|
"braggart",
|
||
|
"bragging",
|
||
|
"braggy",
|
||
|
"cocky",
|
||
|
"swaggering",
|
||
|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
"assumptive",
|
||
|
"bumptious",
|
||
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
"chesty",
|
||
|
"disdainful",
|
||
|
"fastuous",
|
||
|
"haughty",
|
||
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
"lofty",
|
||
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
"masterful",
|
||
|
"peremptory",
|
||
|
"pontifical",
|
||
|
"self-asserting",
|
||
|
"self-assertive",
|
||
|
"snobbish",
|
||
|
"snobby",
|
||
|
"snooty",
|
||
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"toplofty",
|
||
|
"toploftical",
|
||
|
"uppish",
|
||
|
"uppity",
|
||
|
"domineering",
|
||
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
||
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
"overconfident",
|
||
|
"presuming",
|
||
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
"confident",
|
||
|
"self-assured",
|
||
|
"self-confident",
|
||
|
"self-adulatory",
|
||
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
||
|
"self-contented",
|
||
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
||
|
"self-applauding",
|
||
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
||
|
"self-glorifying",
|
||
|
"self-promoting",
|
||
|
"self-affected",
|
||
|
"self-centered",
|
||
|
"self-engrossed",
|
||
|
"selfish",
|
||
|
"condescending",
|
||
|
"patronizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"assured",
|
||
|
"biggety",
|
||
|
"biggity",
|
||
|
"bigheaded",
|
||
|
"complacent",
|
||
|
"conceited",
|
||
|
"consequential",
|
||
|
"egoistic",
|
||
|
"egoistical",
|
||
|
"egotistic",
|
||
|
"egotistical",
|
||
|
"important",
|
||
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
"prideful",
|
||
|
"proud",
|
||
|
"self-conceited",
|
||
|
"self-important",
|
||
|
"self-opinionated",
|
||
|
"self-satisfied",
|
||
|
"smug",
|
||
|
"stuck-up",
|
||
|
"swellheaded",
|
||
|
"vain",
|
||
|
"vainglorious"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"unpretentious"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a pompous gambling casino decorated to look like a palace in ancient Rome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"demure",
|
||
|
"down-to-earth",
|
||
|
"homely",
|
||
|
"humble",
|
||
|
"lowly",
|
||
|
"meek",
|
||
|
"retiring",
|
||
|
"unassertive",
|
||
|
"unassuming",
|
||
|
"bashful",
|
||
|
"diffident",
|
||
|
"mousy",
|
||
|
"mousey",
|
||
|
"overmodest",
|
||
|
"passive",
|
||
|
"quiet",
|
||
|
"reserved",
|
||
|
"shy",
|
||
|
"timid"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"airy",
|
||
|
"grandiloquent",
|
||
|
"high-flown",
|
||
|
"high-sounding",
|
||
|
"high-toned",
|
||
|
"sententious",
|
||
|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
"bumptious",
|
||
|
"complacent",
|
||
|
"conceited",
|
||
|
"egoistic",
|
||
|
"egoistical",
|
||
|
"egotistic",
|
||
|
"egotistical",
|
||
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"hoity-toity",
|
||
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
"important",
|
||
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
"prideful",
|
||
|
"proud",
|
||
|
"self-asserting",
|
||
|
"self-assertive",
|
||
|
"self-centered",
|
||
|
"self-complacent",
|
||
|
"self-conceited",
|
||
|
"self-important",
|
||
|
"self-obsessed",
|
||
|
"self-pleased",
|
||
|
"self-satisfied",
|
||
|
"smug",
|
||
|
"uppity",
|
||
|
"vain",
|
||
|
"vainglorious",
|
||
|
"self-aggrandizing",
|
||
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
||
|
"self-glorifying",
|
||
|
"self-promoting",
|
||
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
"disdainful",
|
||
|
"haughty",
|
||
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
"snobbish",
|
||
|
"snobby",
|
||
|
"stuck-up",
|
||
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"confident",
|
||
|
"self-assured",
|
||
|
"self-confident",
|
||
|
"sure",
|
||
|
"boastful",
|
||
|
"braggart",
|
||
|
"bragging",
|
||
|
"aggressive",
|
||
|
"assertive",
|
||
|
"audacious",
|
||
|
"bold",
|
||
|
"brassy",
|
||
|
"cheeky",
|
||
|
"cocky",
|
||
|
"forward",
|
||
|
"impudent",
|
||
|
"insolent",
|
||
|
"rude",
|
||
|
"flamboyant",
|
||
|
"flashy",
|
||
|
"flaunting",
|
||
|
"garish",
|
||
|
"gaudy",
|
||
|
"glitzy",
|
||
|
"showy",
|
||
|
"splashy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"affected",
|
||
|
"grandiose",
|
||
|
"high-minded",
|
||
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
"la-di-da",
|
||
|
"la-de-da",
|
||
|
"lah-de-dah",
|
||
|
"lah-dee-dah",
|
||
|
"lah-di-dah",
|
||
|
"ostentatious",
|
||
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
"snippy"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"ponder":{
|
||
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I'm pondering whether or not I should join another committee"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"dismiss",
|
||
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
||
|
"pooh",
|
||
|
"reject"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"muse (upon)",
|
||
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"reminisce",
|
||
|
"analyze",
|
||
|
"explore",
|
||
|
"review",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"reason",
|
||
|
"second-guess",
|
||
|
"speculate (about)",
|
||
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
||
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
||
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
||
|
"believe",
|
||
|
"conceive",
|
||
|
"opine",
|
||
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
"assimilate",
|
||
|
"digest",
|
||
|
"drink (in)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chew over",
|
||
|
"cogitate",
|
||
|
"consider",
|
||
|
"contemplate",
|
||
|
"debate",
|
||
|
"deliberate",
|
||
|
"entertain",
|
||
|
"eye",
|
||
|
"kick around",
|
||
|
"meditate",
|
||
|
"mull (over)",
|
||
|
"perpend",
|
||
|
"pore (over)",
|
||
|
"question",
|
||
|
"revolve",
|
||
|
"ruminate",
|
||
|
"study",
|
||
|
"think (about or over)",
|
||
|
"turn",
|
||
|
"weigh",
|
||
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pooh-poohed":{
|
||
|
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
|
||
|
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poohed":{
|
||
|
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
|
||
|
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poor":{
|
||
|
"deserving of one's pity":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"aw, the poor kitten hurt its paw"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"unimpressive",
|
||
|
"uninspiring"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"deplorable",
|
||
|
"lamentable",
|
||
|
"regrettable",
|
||
|
"emotional",
|
||
|
"impressive",
|
||
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
"affecting",
|
||
|
"moving",
|
||
|
"poignant",
|
||
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
"touching",
|
||
|
"awful",
|
||
|
"horrible",
|
||
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
"distressing",
|
||
|
"disturbing",
|
||
|
"upsetting",
|
||
|
"grievous",
|
||
|
"mournful",
|
||
|
"sad",
|
||
|
"sorrowful",
|
||
|
"woeful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"heartbreaking",
|
||
|
"heartrending",
|
||
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
"pathetic",
|
||
|
"piteous",
|
||
|
"pitiable",
|
||
|
"pitiful",
|
||
|
"rueful",
|
||
|
"sorry",
|
||
|
"wretched"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
"adequate",
|
||
|
"all right",
|
||
|
"decent",
|
||
|
"fine",
|
||
|
"OK",
|
||
|
"okay",
|
||
|
"passable",
|
||
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
"satisfactory",
|
||
|
"standard",
|
||
|
"tolerable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"classic",
|
||
|
"classical",
|
||
|
"A1",
|
||
|
"bang-up",
|
||
|
"banner",
|
||
|
"boss",
|
||
|
"capital",
|
||
|
"choice",
|
||
|
"crackerjack",
|
||
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
"divine",
|
||
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
"exceptional",
|
||
|
"fabulous",
|
||
|
"first-class",
|
||
|
"first-rate",
|
||
|
"grand",
|
||
|
"great",
|
||
|
"groovy",
|
||
|
"heavenly",
|
||
|
"high-test",
|
||
|
"jim-dandy",
|
||
|
"keen",
|
||
|
"marvelous",
|
||
|
"marvellous",
|
||
|
"mean",
|
||
|
"neat",
|
||
|
"nifty",
|
||
|
"noble",
|
||
|
"par excellence",
|
||
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
"premium",
|
||
|
"prime",
|
||
|
"sensational",
|
||
|
"slick",
|
||
|
"splendid",
|
||
|
"stellar",
|
||
|
"sterling",
|
||
|
"superb",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"superlative",
|
||
|
"supernal",
|
||
|
"swell",
|
||
|
"terrific",
|
||
|
"tip-top",
|
||
|
"top",
|
||
|
"top-notch",
|
||
|
"unsurpassed",
|
||
|
"wonderful",
|
||
|
"better",
|
||
|
"exceptional",
|
||
|
"fancy",
|
||
|
"high-grade",
|
||
|
"special",
|
||
|
"sufficient",
|
||
|
"average",
|
||
|
"borderline",
|
||
|
"fair",
|
||
|
"mediocre",
|
||
|
"middling",
|
||
|
"minimal",
|
||
|
"so-so",
|
||
|
"unexceptional",
|
||
|
"suitable",
|
||
|
"useful",
|
||
|
"worthy",
|
||
|
"gratifying",
|
||
|
"satisfying"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"abysmal",
|
||
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
"awful",
|
||
|
"bitchin'",
|
||
|
"brutal",
|
||
|
"damnable",
|
||
|
"deplorable",
|
||
|
"detestable",
|
||
|
"disastrous",
|
||
|
"dreadful",
|
||
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
"gnarly",
|
||
|
"horrendous",
|
||
|
"horrible",
|
||
|
"pathetic",
|
||
|
"stinky",
|
||
|
"sucky",
|
||
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
"unspeakable",
|
||
|
"defective",
|
||
|
"faulty",
|
||
|
"flawed",
|
||
|
"egregious",
|
||
|
"flagrant",
|
||
|
"gross",
|
||
|
"bum",
|
||
|
"cheesy",
|
||
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
"common",
|
||
|
"crappy",
|
||
|
"cut-rate",
|
||
|
"junky",
|
||
|
"lesser",
|
||
|
"low-grade",
|
||
|
"low-rent",
|
||
|
"mediocre",
|
||
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
"rubbishy",
|
||
|
"second-rate",
|
||
|
"shoddy",
|
||
|
"sleazy",
|
||
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
"abominable",
|
||
|
"odious",
|
||
|
"vile",
|
||
|
"useless",
|
||
|
"valueless",
|
||
|
"worthless",
|
||
|
"inadequate",
|
||
|
"insufficient",
|
||
|
"lacking",
|
||
|
"meager",
|
||
|
"meagre",
|
||
|
"mean",
|
||
|
"miserly",
|
||
|
"niggardly",
|
||
|
"scanty",
|
||
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
"short",
|
||
|
"skimp",
|
||
|
"skimpy",
|
||
|
"spare",
|
||
|
"stingy",
|
||
|
"miscreant",
|
||
|
"scurrilous",
|
||
|
"villainous",
|
||
|
"counterfeit",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"phony",
|
||
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
"sham"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"bastard",
|
||
|
"bush",
|
||
|
"bush-league",
|
||
|
"crummy",
|
||
|
"crumby",
|
||
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
||
|
"ill",
|
||
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
"lame",
|
||
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
"off",
|
||
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
"punk",
|
||
|
"sour",
|
||
|
"suboptimal",
|
||
|
"subpar",
|
||
|
"substandard",
|
||
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
||
|
"wack",
|
||
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
"wretched",
|
||
|
"wrong"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"affluent",
|
||
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
||
|
"fat",
|
||
|
"fat-cat",
|
||
|
"flush",
|
||
|
"moneyed",
|
||
|
"monied",
|
||
|
"opulent",
|
||
|
"rich",
|
||
|
"silk-stocking",
|
||
|
"wealthy",
|
||
|
"well-heeled",
|
||
|
"well-off",
|
||
|
"well-to-do"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"comfortable",
|
||
|
"prosperous"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"deprived",
|
||
|
"disadvantaged",
|
||
|
"dispossessed",
|
||
|
"unaffluent",
|
||
|
"underprivileged",
|
||
|
"bankrupt",
|
||
|
"bankrupted",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"busted",
|
||
|
"insolvent",
|
||
|
"possessionless",
|
||
|
"ruined",
|
||
|
"depressed",
|
||
|
"distressed",
|
||
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
||
|
"hardscrabble",
|
||
|
"pinched",
|
||
|
"poorish",
|
||
|
"reduced",
|
||
|
"straitened",
|
||
|
"cash-strapped",
|
||
|
"low",
|
||
|
"short",
|
||
|
"tapped out"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beggared",
|
||
|
"beggarly",
|
||
|
"broke",
|
||
|
"destitute",
|
||
|
"dirt-poor",
|
||
|
"down-and-out",
|
||
|
"famished",
|
||
|
"hard up",
|
||
|
"impecunious",
|
||
|
"impoverished",
|
||
|
"indigent",
|
||
|
"necessitous",
|
||
|
"needful",
|
||
|
"needy",
|
||
|
"pauperized",
|
||
|
"penniless",
|
||
|
"penurious",
|
||
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
||
|
"skint",
|
||
|
"threadbare"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abundant",
|
||
|
"ample",
|
||
|
"bountiful",
|
||
|
"copious",
|
||
|
"generous",
|
||
|
"liberal",
|
||
|
"plenteous",
|
||
|
"plentiful"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a poor crop because of the drought this year"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"adequate",
|
||
|
"enough",
|
||
|
"satisfactory",
|
||
|
"sufficient",
|
||
|
"tolerable",
|
||
|
"fat",
|
||
|
"fecund",
|
||
|
"fertile",
|
||
|
"fruitful",
|
||
|
"prolific",
|
||
|
"rich",
|
||
|
"lavish",
|
||
|
"luxuriant",
|
||
|
"blooming",
|
||
|
"bursting",
|
||
|
"flourishing",
|
||
|
"proliferative",
|
||
|
"swarming",
|
||
|
"teeming",
|
||
|
"thriving",
|
||
|
"excess",
|
||
|
"extra",
|
||
|
"surplus"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"deficient",
|
||
|
"inadequate",
|
||
|
"insufficient",
|
||
|
"lacking",
|
||
|
"short",
|
||
|
"wanting",
|
||
|
"bare",
|
||
|
"bare-bones",
|
||
|
"least",
|
||
|
"littlest",
|
||
|
"lowest",
|
||
|
"mere",
|
||
|
"minimal",
|
||
|
"slightest",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"small",
|
||
|
"thin",
|
||
|
"barren",
|
||
|
"infertile",
|
||
|
"sterile",
|
||
|
"unfruitful",
|
||
|
"unproductive"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"exiguous",
|
||
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
||
|
"light",
|
||
|
"meager",
|
||
|
"meagre",
|
||
|
"niggardly",
|
||
|
"scant",
|
||
|
"scanty",
|
||
|
"scarce",
|
||
|
"skimp",
|
||
|
"skimpy",
|
||
|
"slender",
|
||
|
"slim",
|
||
|
"spare",
|
||
|
"sparing",
|
||
|
"sparse",
|
||
|
"stingy"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"of low quality":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"excellent",
|
||
|
"fine",
|
||
|
"first-class",
|
||
|
"first-rate",
|
||
|
"good",
|
||
|
"high-grade",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"top-notch"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the poor workmanship of the goods from that store"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"elegant",
|
||
|
"handsome",
|
||
|
"tasteful",
|
||
|
"handcrafted",
|
||
|
"polished",
|
||
|
"refined"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"useless",
|
||
|
"valueless",
|
||
|
"worthless",
|
||
|
"indifferent",
|
||
|
"lackluster",
|
||
|
"second-class",
|
||
|
"brummagem",
|
||
|
"flashy",
|
||
|
"garish",
|
||
|
"gaudy",
|
||
|
"glitzy",
|
||
|
"kitsch",
|
||
|
"kitschy",
|
||
|
"meretricious",
|
||
|
"ostentatious",
|
||
|
"showy",
|
||
|
"splashy",
|
||
|
"swank",
|
||
|
"swanky",
|
||
|
"tawdry",
|
||
|
"seedy",
|
||
|
"shabby",
|
||
|
"tacky",
|
||
|
"counterfeit",
|
||
|
"fake",
|
||
|
"phony",
|
||
|
"phoney",
|
||
|
"sham",
|
||
|
"supercheap",
|
||
|
"ultracheap"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bad",
|
||
|
"bargain-basement",
|
||
|
"bum",
|
||
|
"cheap",
|
||
|
"cheapjack",
|
||
|
"cheesy",
|
||
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
"common",
|
||
|
"crappy",
|
||
|
"cut-rate",
|
||
|
"el cheapo",
|
||
|
"execrable",
|
||
|
"gimcrack",
|
||
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
"junky",
|
||
|
"lousy",
|
||
|
"low-grade",
|
||
|
"low-rent",
|
||
|
"mediocre",
|
||
|
"miserable",
|
||
|
"rotten",
|
||
|
"rubbishy",
|
||
|
"schlock",
|
||
|
"schlocky",
|
||
|
"shlock",
|
||
|
"shlocky",
|
||
|
"second-rate",
|
||
|
"shoddy",
|
||
|
"sleazy",
|
||
|
"terrible",
|
||
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
"trumpery",
|
||
|
"wretched"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"fertile",
|
||
|
"fruitful",
|
||
|
"lush",
|
||
|
"luxuriant",
|
||
|
"productive",
|
||
|
"rich"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"land that is too poor for farming"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"arable",
|
||
|
"tillable",
|
||
|
"green",
|
||
|
"sylvan",
|
||
|
"verdant"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bleak",
|
||
|
"inhospitable",
|
||
|
"lifeless",
|
||
|
"uncultivable",
|
||
|
"untillable",
|
||
|
"bankrupted",
|
||
|
"consumed",
|
||
|
"debilitated",
|
||
|
"depleted",
|
||
|
"diminished",
|
||
|
"drained",
|
||
|
"dried-up",
|
||
|
"enfeebled",
|
||
|
"exhausted",
|
||
|
"expended",
|
||
|
"lessened",
|
||
|
"reduced",
|
||
|
"spent",
|
||
|
"used up",
|
||
|
"arid",
|
||
|
"desert",
|
||
|
"droughty",
|
||
|
"dry",
|
||
|
"rainless",
|
||
|
"sere",
|
||
|
"sear",
|
||
|
"thirsty",
|
||
|
"waterless",
|
||
|
"baked",
|
||
|
"dehydrated",
|
||
|
"parched",
|
||
|
"sunbaked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"barren",
|
||
|
"bony",
|
||
|
"boney",
|
||
|
"dead",
|
||
|
"desolate",
|
||
|
"hardscrabble",
|
||
|
"impoverished",
|
||
|
"infertile",
|
||
|
"stark",
|
||
|
"unfertile",
|
||
|
"unproductive",
|
||
|
"waste"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poor-mouthing":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"acclaiming",
|
||
|
"applauding",
|
||
|
"exalting",
|
||
|
"extolling",
|
||
|
"glorifying",
|
||
|
"lauding",
|
||
|
"magnifying",
|
||
|
"praising"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"approving",
|
||
|
"countenancing",
|
||
|
"endorsing",
|
||
|
"indorsing",
|
||
|
"favoring",
|
||
|
"recommending",
|
||
|
"sanctioning",
|
||
|
"commending",
|
||
|
"complimenting",
|
||
|
"eulogizing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"discommending",
|
||
|
"abusing",
|
||
|
"scolding",
|
||
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
||
|
"disliking",
|
||
|
"censuring",
|
||
|
"condemning",
|
||
|
"criticizing",
|
||
|
"denouncing",
|
||
|
"reprehending",
|
||
|
"reprobating",
|
||
|
"aspersing",
|
||
|
"defaming",
|
||
|
"maligning",
|
||
|
"ripping",
|
||
|
"slandering",
|
||
|
"slurring",
|
||
|
"traducing",
|
||
|
"vilifying",
|
||
|
"discrediting",
|
||
|
"disgracing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
||
|
"belittling",
|
||
|
"crying down",
|
||
|
"decrying",
|
||
|
"denigrating",
|
||
|
"deprecating",
|
||
|
"depreciating",
|
||
|
"derogating",
|
||
|
"diminishing",
|
||
|
"discounting",
|
||
|
"dismissing",
|
||
|
"disparaging",
|
||
|
"dissing",
|
||
|
"kissing off",
|
||
|
"minimizing",
|
||
|
"playing down",
|
||
|
"putting down",
|
||
|
"running down",
|
||
|
"talking down",
|
||
|
"trashing",
|
||
|
"trash-talking",
|
||
|
"vilipending",
|
||
|
"writing off"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poor-spirited":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"popping%20off":{
|
||
|
"to stop living":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"breathing",
|
||
|
"living"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"coming to",
|
||
|
"reviving",
|
||
|
"lingering",
|
||
|
"being",
|
||
|
"existing",
|
||
|
"subsisting",
|
||
|
"flourishing",
|
||
|
"prospering",
|
||
|
"thriving"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"predeceasing",
|
||
|
"consuming",
|
||
|
"disappearing",
|
||
|
"drying up",
|
||
|
"fading",
|
||
|
"failing"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"checking out",
|
||
|
"conking (out)",
|
||
|
"croaking",
|
||
|
"deceasing",
|
||
|
"demising",
|
||
|
"departing",
|
||
|
"dropping",
|
||
|
"dying",
|
||
|
"ending",
|
||
|
"exiting",
|
||
|
"expiring",
|
||
|
"falling",
|
||
|
"flatlining",
|
||
|
"going",
|
||
|
"kicking in",
|
||
|
"kicking off",
|
||
|
"parting",
|
||
|
"passing away",
|
||
|
"passing (on)",
|
||
|
"pegging out",
|
||
|
"perishing",
|
||
|
"stepping out",
|
||
|
"succumbing"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pore %28over%29":{
|
||
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"disregard",
|
||
|
"ignore",
|
||
|
"overlook",
|
||
|
"slight",
|
||
|
"dismiss",
|
||
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
||
|
"pooh",
|
||
|
"reject"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"muse (upon)",
|
||
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"reminisce",
|
||
|
"analyze",
|
||
|
"explore",
|
||
|
"review",
|
||
|
"conclude",
|
||
|
"reason",
|
||
|
"second-guess",
|
||
|
"speculate (about)",
|
||
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
||
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
||
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
||
|
"believe",
|
||
|
"conceive",
|
||
|
"opine",
|
||
|
"absorb",
|
||
|
"assimilate",
|
||
|
"digest",
|
||
|
"drink (in)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"chew over",
|
||
|
"cogitate",
|
||
|
"consider",
|
||
|
"contemplate",
|
||
|
"debate",
|
||
|
"deliberate",
|
||
|
"entertain",
|
||
|
"eye",
|
||
|
"kick around",
|
||
|
"meditate",
|
||
|
"mull (over)",
|
||
|
"perpend",
|
||
|
"ponder",
|
||
|
"question",
|
||
|
"revolve",
|
||
|
"ruminate",
|
||
|
"study",
|
||
|
"think (about or over)",
|
||
|
"turn",
|
||
|
"weigh",
|
||
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"browse",
|
||
|
"dip (into)",
|
||
|
"leaf (through)",
|
||
|
"scan",
|
||
|
"skim",
|
||
|
"speed-read",
|
||
|
"thumb (through)",
|
||
|
"turn over",
|
||
|
"devour",
|
||
|
"gobble (up)",
|
||
|
"slog (through)",
|
||
|
"wade (through)",
|
||
|
"reread",
|
||
|
"proofread",
|
||
|
"decipher",
|
||
|
"review",
|
||
|
"study",
|
||
|
"apprehend",
|
||
|
"comprehend",
|
||
|
"get",
|
||
|
"grasp",
|
||
|
"make",
|
||
|
"make out",
|
||
|
"perceive",
|
||
|
"see",
|
||
|
"tumble (to)",
|
||
|
"understand"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"peruse",
|
||
|
"read"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"porny":{
|
||
|
"dealing in or with explicitly sexual material":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"G-rated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a collection of porny postcards of the type that American servicemen once brought back from Europe"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"priggish",
|
||
|
"prim",
|
||
|
"prudish",
|
||
|
"puritanical",
|
||
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
"Victorian",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decent",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"seemly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"hard-core",
|
||
|
"soft-core",
|
||
|
"bedroom",
|
||
|
"erotic",
|
||
|
"erotical",
|
||
|
"sexy",
|
||
|
"suggestive",
|
||
|
"bawdy",
|
||
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
"crude",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"gross",
|
||
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
"lustful",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
"salacious",
|
||
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
"prurient",
|
||
|
"earthy",
|
||
|
"racy",
|
||
|
"salty",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
"debasing",
|
||
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
"profane",
|
||
|
"naughty",
|
||
|
"wicked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"adult",
|
||
|
"mature",
|
||
|
"pornographic",
|
||
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"clean",
|
||
|
"decent",
|
||
|
"G-rated",
|
||
|
"nonobscene",
|
||
|
"wholesome"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"found porny magazines hidden in an old box stored in the attic of the house"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"priggish",
|
||
|
"prim",
|
||
|
"prudish",
|
||
|
"puritanical",
|
||
|
"staid",
|
||
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
"Victorian",
|
||
|
"correct",
|
||
|
"decorous",
|
||
|
"genteel",
|
||
|
"nice",
|
||
|
"polite",
|
||
|
"proper",
|
||
|
"respectable",
|
||
|
"seemly",
|
||
|
"innocuous",
|
||
|
"inoffensive",
|
||
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
"desirable",
|
||
|
"pleasant",
|
||
|
"pleasing",
|
||
|
"welcome",
|
||
|
"appropriate",
|
||
|
"becoming",
|
||
|
"fit",
|
||
|
"meet",
|
||
|
"suitable",
|
||
|
"immaculate",
|
||
|
"perfect",
|
||
|
"pure",
|
||
|
"spotless",
|
||
|
"virginal",
|
||
|
"approved",
|
||
|
"endorsed",
|
||
|
"indorsed",
|
||
|
"sanctioned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"broad",
|
||
|
"coarse-grained",
|
||
|
"gamy",
|
||
|
"gamey",
|
||
|
"off",
|
||
|
"off-color",
|
||
|
"off-colored",
|
||
|
"racy",
|
||
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
||
|
"salacious",
|
||
|
"salty",
|
||
|
"suggestive",
|
||
|
"barnyard",
|
||
|
"earthy",
|
||
|
"scatological",
|
||
|
"immodest",
|
||
|
"indecorous",
|
||
|
"indelicate",
|
||
|
"low",
|
||
|
"unbecoming",
|
||
|
"depraved",
|
||
|
"kinky",
|
||
|
"louche",
|
||
|
"naughty",
|
||
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
"perverted",
|
||
|
"wicked",
|
||
|
"exceptionable",
|
||
|
"objectionable",
|
||
|
"unacceptable",
|
||
|
"undesirable",
|
||
|
"unwanted",
|
||
|
"unwelcome",
|
||
|
"abhorrent",
|
||
|
"debasing",
|
||
|
"disgusting",
|
||
|
"loathsome",
|
||
|
"offensive",
|
||
|
"repellent",
|
||
|
"repellant",
|
||
|
"repugnant",
|
||
|
"repulsive",
|
||
|
"revolting",
|
||
|
"distasteful",
|
||
|
"obnoxious",
|
||
|
"unpleasant",
|
||
|
"blamable",
|
||
|
"blameworthy",
|
||
|
"censurable",
|
||
|
"reprehensible",
|
||
|
"atrocious",
|
||
|
"infamous",
|
||
|
"abusive",
|
||
|
"scurrilous",
|
||
|
"hard-core",
|
||
|
"soft",
|
||
|
"soft-core"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bawdy",
|
||
|
"blue",
|
||
|
"coarse",
|
||
|
"crude",
|
||
|
"dirty",
|
||
|
"filthy",
|
||
|
"foul",
|
||
|
"gross",
|
||
|
"gutter",
|
||
|
"impure",
|
||
|
"indecent",
|
||
|
"lascivious",
|
||
|
"lewd",
|
||
|
"locker-room",
|
||
|
"nasty",
|
||
|
"obscene",
|
||
|
"pornographic",
|
||
|
"profane",
|
||
|
"raunchy",
|
||
|
"ribald",
|
||
|
"smutty",
|
||
|
"stag",
|
||
|
"trashy",
|
||
|
"unprintable",
|
||
|
"vulgar",
|
||
|
"wanton",
|
||
|
"X-rated"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"poshness":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"positiveness":{
|
||
|
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"doubt",
|
||
|
"incertitude",
|
||
|
"nonconfidence",
|
||
|
"uncertainty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I can't state with any positiveness that I know what really happened"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hesitancy",
|
||
|
"hesitation",
|
||
|
"indecisiveness",
|
||
|
"irresolution",
|
||
|
"disbelief",
|
||
|
"incredulity",
|
||
|
"unbelief",
|
||
|
"anxiety",
|
||
|
"concern",
|
||
|
"misgiving",
|
||
|
"distrust",
|
||
|
"mistrust",
|
||
|
"suspicion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"authoritarianism",
|
||
|
"dogmatism",
|
||
|
"decisiveness",
|
||
|
"determination",
|
||
|
"firmness",
|
||
|
"purposefulness",
|
||
|
"resoluteness",
|
||
|
"resolution",
|
||
|
"resolve"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"assurance",
|
||
|
"assuredness",
|
||
|
"certainty",
|
||
|
"certitude",
|
||
|
"cocksureness",
|
||
|
"confidence",
|
||
|
"conviction",
|
||
|
"doubtlessness",
|
||
|
"face",
|
||
|
"satisfaction",
|
||
|
"sureness",
|
||
|
"surety"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"possible":{
|
||
|
"capable of being done or carried out":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"hopeless",
|
||
|
"impossible",
|
||
|
"impracticable",
|
||
|
"infeasible",
|
||
|
"nonviable",
|
||
|
"unattainable",
|
||
|
"undoable",
|
||
|
"unfeasible",
|
||
|
"unrealizable",
|
||
|
"unviable",
|
||
|
"unworkable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"I think that building the entire set in two days is possible , albeit difficult"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"impractical",
|
||
|
"unrealistic",
|
||
|
"doubtful",
|
||
|
"dubious",
|
||
|
"far-fetched",
|
||
|
"improbable",
|
||
|
"unlikely",
|
||
|
"implausible",
|
||
|
"inconceivable",
|
||
|
"incredible",
|
||
|
"unbelievable",
|
||
|
"futile",
|
||
|
"useless",
|
||
|
"vain",
|
||
|
"absurd",
|
||
|
"fantastic",
|
||
|
"fantastical",
|
||
|
"outlandish",
|
||
|
"preposterous",
|
||
|
"ridiculous",
|
||
|
"unthinkable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"practical",
|
||
|
"reasonable",
|
||
|
"sensible",
|
||
|
"contingent",
|
||
|
"likely",
|
||
|
"probable",
|
||
|
"acceptable",
|
||
|
"believable",
|
||
|
"conceivable",
|
||
|
"creditable",
|
||
|
"plausible",
|
||
|
"thinkable",
|
||
|
"actionable",
|
||
|
"available",
|
||
|
"usable",
|
||
|
"useable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"achievable",
|
||
|
"attainable",
|
||
|
"doable",
|
||
|
"feasible",
|
||
|
"practicable",
|
||
|
"realizable",
|
||
|
"viable",
|
||
|
"workable"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"actual",
|
||
|
"existent",
|
||
|
"factual",
|
||
|
"real"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"only one of several possible outcomes"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"authenticated",
|
||
|
"confirmed",
|
||
|
"demonstrated",
|
||
|
"established",
|
||
|
"proven",
|
||
|
"substantiated",
|
||
|
"authentic",
|
||
|
"bona fide",
|
||
|
"genuine",
|
||
|
"true"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"conceivable",
|
||
|
"generable",
|
||
|
"imaginable",
|
||
|
"plausible",
|
||
|
"thinkable",
|
||
|
"likely",
|
||
|
"probable",
|
||
|
"conjectural",
|
||
|
"hypothetical",
|
||
|
"suppositional",
|
||
|
"theoretical",
|
||
|
"theoretic",
|
||
|
"alleged",
|
||
|
"assumed",
|
||
|
"purported",
|
||
|
"reputed",
|
||
|
"supposed",
|
||
|
"achievable",
|
||
|
"attainable",
|
||
|
"doable",
|
||
|
"feasible",
|
||
|
"practicable",
|
||
|
"viable",
|
||
|
"workable"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"implicit",
|
||
|
"potential"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"possibly":{
|
||
|
"it is possible":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"likely",
|
||
|
"probably",
|
||
|
"certainly",
|
||
|
"doubtless",
|
||
|
"sure",
|
||
|
"surely",
|
||
|
"undoubtedly",
|
||
|
"assumably",
|
||
|
"presumably",
|
||
|
"presumedly",
|
||
|
"supposably",
|
||
|
"supposedly"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"conceivably",
|
||
|
"maybe",
|
||
|
"mayhap",
|
||
|
"perchance",
|
||
|
"perhaps"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adverb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"posted":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"removed",
|
||
|
"took down"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"nailed",
|
||
|
"plastered",
|
||
|
"tacked (up)",
|
||
|
"advertised",
|
||
|
"announced",
|
||
|
"billed",
|
||
|
"blazed",
|
||
|
"broadcast",
|
||
|
"broadcasted",
|
||
|
"called",
|
||
|
"declared",
|
||
|
"proclaimed",
|
||
|
"promulgated",
|
||
|
"publicized",
|
||
|
"published"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"placarded"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"set",
|
||
|
"appointed",
|
||
|
"placed",
|
||
|
"positioned"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"detailed",
|
||
|
"stationed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"posted the students' grades"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"concealed",
|
||
|
"hushed (up)",
|
||
|
"silenced",
|
||
|
"suppressed",
|
||
|
"withheld",
|
||
|
"recalled",
|
||
|
"recanted",
|
||
|
"retracted",
|
||
|
"revoked"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"barked",
|
||
|
"called (off or out)",
|
||
|
"cried",
|
||
|
"billboarded",
|
||
|
"billed",
|
||
|
"bulletined",
|
||
|
"gazetted",
|
||
|
"knelled",
|
||
|
"rang",
|
||
|
"tolled",
|
||
|
"blurbed",
|
||
|
"featured",
|
||
|
"pitched",
|
||
|
"plugged",
|
||
|
"promoted",
|
||
|
"puffed",
|
||
|
"disseminated",
|
||
|
"spread",
|
||
|
"disclosed",
|
||
|
"divulged",
|
||
|
"introduced",
|
||
|
"kithed",
|
||
|
"kythed",
|
||
|
"manifested",
|
||
|
"reported",
|
||
|
"revealed",
|
||
|
"showed",
|
||
|
"advised",
|
||
|
"apprised",
|
||
|
"handed down",
|
||
|
"informed",
|
||
|
"notified",
|
||
|
"communicated",
|
||
|
"imparted",
|
||
|
"intimated"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"advertised",
|
||
|
"announced",
|
||
|
"annunciated",
|
||
|
"blared",
|
||
|
"blazed",
|
||
|
"blazoned",
|
||
|
"broadcast",
|
||
|
"broadcasted",
|
||
|
"declared",
|
||
|
"enunciated",
|
||
|
"flashed",
|
||
|
"gave out",
|
||
|
"heralded",
|
||
|
"placarded",
|
||
|
"proclaimed",
|
||
|
"promulgated",
|
||
|
"publicized",
|
||
|
"published",
|
||
|
"released",
|
||
|
"sounded",
|
||
|
"trumpeted"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to send through the postal system":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"got",
|
||
|
"received"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"airmailed",
|
||
|
"franked",
|
||
|
"addressed",
|
||
|
"consigned",
|
||
|
"directed",
|
||
|
"dispatched",
|
||
|
"forwarded",
|
||
|
"remitted",
|
||
|
"routed",
|
||
|
"shipped",
|
||
|
"transmitted",
|
||
|
"transported",
|
||
|
"registered"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"mailed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pot":{
|
||
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ace",
|
||
|
"bit",
|
||
|
"dab",
|
||
|
"dram",
|
||
|
"driblet",
|
||
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
"handful",
|
||
|
"hint",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"little",
|
||
|
"mite",
|
||
|
"mouthful",
|
||
|
"nip",
|
||
|
"ounce",
|
||
|
"peanuts",
|
||
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
"pittance",
|
||
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
"shade",
|
||
|
"shadow",
|
||
|
"smidgen",
|
||
|
"smidgeon",
|
||
|
"smidgin",
|
||
|
"smidge",
|
||
|
"speck",
|
||
|
"spot",
|
||
|
"sprinkle",
|
||
|
"sprinkling",
|
||
|
"strain",
|
||
|
"streak",
|
||
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
"tad",
|
||
|
"taste",
|
||
|
"touch",
|
||
|
"trace"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"made a pot of money in the real estate market"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"atom",
|
||
|
"crumb",
|
||
|
"dot",
|
||
|
"fleck",
|
||
|
"flyspeck",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"grain",
|
||
|
"granule",
|
||
|
"iota",
|
||
|
"jot",
|
||
|
"modicum",
|
||
|
"molecule",
|
||
|
"mote",
|
||
|
"nubbin",
|
||
|
"particle",
|
||
|
"ray",
|
||
|
"scintilla",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"shred",
|
||
|
"tittle",
|
||
|
"whit",
|
||
|
"smatter",
|
||
|
"smattering",
|
||
|
"dash",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"morsel",
|
||
|
"shot",
|
||
|
"piece",
|
||
|
"portion",
|
||
|
"section",
|
||
|
"absence",
|
||
|
"dearth",
|
||
|
"famine",
|
||
|
"lack",
|
||
|
"paucity",
|
||
|
"poverty",
|
||
|
"scarceness",
|
||
|
"scarcity",
|
||
|
"shortage",
|
||
|
"undersupply",
|
||
|
"want",
|
||
|
"deficiency",
|
||
|
"deficit",
|
||
|
"inadequacy",
|
||
|
"insufficiency",
|
||
|
"meagerness",
|
||
|
"scantiness",
|
||
|
"scantness",
|
||
|
"skimpiness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"epidemic",
|
||
|
"plague",
|
||
|
"rash",
|
||
|
"bonanza",
|
||
|
"embarrassment",
|
||
|
"excess",
|
||
|
"overabundance",
|
||
|
"overage",
|
||
|
"overkill",
|
||
|
"overmuch",
|
||
|
"oversupply",
|
||
|
"plethora",
|
||
|
"redundancy",
|
||
|
"superabundance",
|
||
|
"superfluity",
|
||
|
"surfeit",
|
||
|
"surplus",
|
||
|
"deluge",
|
||
|
"flood",
|
||
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
"army",
|
||
|
"bevy",
|
||
|
"cram",
|
||
|
"crowd",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"flock",
|
||
|
"herd",
|
||
|
"horde",
|
||
|
"host",
|
||
|
"legion",
|
||
|
"mob",
|
||
|
"multitude",
|
||
|
"press",
|
||
|
"score",
|
||
|
"sea",
|
||
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
"throng",
|
||
|
"gazillion",
|
||
|
"jillion",
|
||
|
"kazillion",
|
||
|
"million",
|
||
|
"thousands",
|
||
|
"trillion",
|
||
|
"zillion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
"carload",
|
||
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
"deal",
|
||
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
"heap",
|
||
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
"loads",
|
||
|
"lot",
|
||
|
"mass",
|
||
|
"mess",
|
||
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
"much",
|
||
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
"pack",
|
||
|
"passel",
|
||
|
"peck",
|
||
|
"pile",
|
||
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
"potful",
|
||
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
"raft",
|
||
|
"reams",
|
||
|
"scads",
|
||
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
"sight",
|
||
|
"slew",
|
||
|
"spate",
|
||
|
"stack",
|
||
|
"store",
|
||
|
"ton",
|
||
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
"volume",
|
||
|
"wad",
|
||
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
"yard"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"vowed that he would never get a pot , that telltale sign of middle age"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"breadbasket",
|
||
|
"stomach",
|
||
|
"tummy",
|
||
|
"chubbiness",
|
||
|
"corpulence",
|
||
|
"fat",
|
||
|
"fatness",
|
||
|
"fleshiness",
|
||
|
"obesity",
|
||
|
"overweight",
|
||
|
"paunchiness",
|
||
|
"plumpness",
|
||
|
"portliness",
|
||
|
"pudginess",
|
||
|
"chunkiness",
|
||
|
"heaviness",
|
||
|
"stoutness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bay window",
|
||
|
"beer belly",
|
||
|
"belly",
|
||
|
"corporation",
|
||
|
"gut",
|
||
|
"paunch",
|
||
|
"potbelly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"the total of the bets at stake at one time":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"fund",
|
||
|
"kitty",
|
||
|
"bet",
|
||
|
"stake",
|
||
|
"wager"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"jack",
|
||
|
"jackpot",
|
||
|
"pool"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"potful":{
|
||
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"ace",
|
||
|
"bit",
|
||
|
"dab",
|
||
|
"dram",
|
||
|
"driblet",
|
||
|
"glimmer",
|
||
|
"handful",
|
||
|
"hint",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"little",
|
||
|
"mite",
|
||
|
"mouthful",
|
||
|
"nip",
|
||
|
"ounce",
|
||
|
"peanuts",
|
||
|
"pinch",
|
||
|
"pittance",
|
||
|
"scruple",
|
||
|
"shade",
|
||
|
"shadow",
|
||
|
"smidgen",
|
||
|
"smidgeon",
|
||
|
"smidgin",
|
||
|
"smidge",
|
||
|
"speck",
|
||
|
"spot",
|
||
|
"sprinkle",
|
||
|
"sprinkling",
|
||
|
"strain",
|
||
|
"streak",
|
||
|
"suspicion",
|
||
|
"tad",
|
||
|
"taste",
|
||
|
"touch",
|
||
|
"trace"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"visitors to the theme park will have a potful of fun"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"atom",
|
||
|
"crumb",
|
||
|
"dot",
|
||
|
"fleck",
|
||
|
"flyspeck",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"grain",
|
||
|
"granule",
|
||
|
"iota",
|
||
|
"jot",
|
||
|
"modicum",
|
||
|
"molecule",
|
||
|
"mote",
|
||
|
"nubbin",
|
||
|
"particle",
|
||
|
"ray",
|
||
|
"scintilla",
|
||
|
"scrap",
|
||
|
"shred",
|
||
|
"tittle",
|
||
|
"whit",
|
||
|
"smatter",
|
||
|
"smattering",
|
||
|
"dash",
|
||
|
"drop",
|
||
|
"morsel",
|
||
|
"shot",
|
||
|
"piece",
|
||
|
"portion",
|
||
|
"section",
|
||
|
"absence",
|
||
|
"dearth",
|
||
|
"famine",
|
||
|
"lack",
|
||
|
"paucity",
|
||
|
"poverty",
|
||
|
"scarceness",
|
||
|
"scarcity",
|
||
|
"shortage",
|
||
|
"undersupply",
|
||
|
"want",
|
||
|
"deficiency",
|
||
|
"deficit",
|
||
|
"inadequacy",
|
||
|
"insufficiency",
|
||
|
"meagerness",
|
||
|
"scantiness",
|
||
|
"scantness",
|
||
|
"skimpiness"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"epidemic",
|
||
|
"plague",
|
||
|
"rash",
|
||
|
"bonanza",
|
||
|
"embarrassment",
|
||
|
"excess",
|
||
|
"overabundance",
|
||
|
"overage",
|
||
|
"overkill",
|
||
|
"overmuch",
|
||
|
"oversupply",
|
||
|
"plethora",
|
||
|
"redundancy",
|
||
|
"superabundance",
|
||
|
"superfluity",
|
||
|
"surfeit",
|
||
|
"surplus",
|
||
|
"deluge",
|
||
|
"flood",
|
||
|
"overflow",
|
||
|
"army",
|
||
|
"bevy",
|
||
|
"cram",
|
||
|
"crowd",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"drove",
|
||
|
"flock",
|
||
|
"herd",
|
||
|
"horde",
|
||
|
"host",
|
||
|
"legion",
|
||
|
"mob",
|
||
|
"multitude",
|
||
|
"press",
|
||
|
"score",
|
||
|
"sea",
|
||
|
"swarm",
|
||
|
"throng",
|
||
|
"gazillion",
|
||
|
"jillion",
|
||
|
"kazillion",
|
||
|
"million",
|
||
|
"thousands",
|
||
|
"trillion",
|
||
|
"zillion"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
"barrel",
|
||
|
"basketful",
|
||
|
"boatload",
|
||
|
"bucket",
|
||
|
"bunch",
|
||
|
"bundle",
|
||
|
"bushel",
|
||
|
"carload",
|
||
|
"chunk",
|
||
|
"deal",
|
||
|
"dozen",
|
||
|
"fistful",
|
||
|
"gobs",
|
||
|
"good deal",
|
||
|
"heap",
|
||
|
"hundred",
|
||
|
"lashings",
|
||
|
"lashins",
|
||
|
"loads",
|
||
|
"lot",
|
||
|
"mass",
|
||
|
"mess",
|
||
|
"mountain",
|
||
|
"much",
|
||
|
"multiplicity",
|
||
|
"myriad",
|
||
|
"oodles",
|
||
|
"pack",
|
||
|
"passel",
|
||
|
"peck",
|
||
|
"pile",
|
||
|
"plateful",
|
||
|
"plenitude",
|
||
|
"plentitude",
|
||
|
"plenty",
|
||
|
"pot",
|
||
|
"profusion",
|
||
|
"quantity",
|
||
|
"raft",
|
||
|
"reams",
|
||
|
"scads",
|
||
|
"sheaf",
|
||
|
"shipload",
|
||
|
"sight",
|
||
|
"slew",
|
||
|
"spate",
|
||
|
"stack",
|
||
|
"store",
|
||
|
"ton",
|
||
|
"truckload",
|
||
|
"volume",
|
||
|
"wad",
|
||
|
"wealth",
|
||
|
"yard"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pothers":{
|
||
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"always in a pother over the state of her garden"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
"dudgeons",
|
||
|
"piques",
|
||
|
"alarms",
|
||
|
"alarums",
|
||
|
"hand-wringings",
|
||
|
"panics",
|
||
|
"ados",
|
||
|
"agitations",
|
||
|
"deliriums",
|
||
|
"distractions",
|
||
|
"furors",
|
||
|
"hysterias",
|
||
|
"uproars",
|
||
|
"nervous breakdowns"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"dithers",
|
||
|
"flusters",
|
||
|
"frets",
|
||
|
"fusses",
|
||
|
"huffs",
|
||
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
"stews",
|
||
|
"sweats",
|
||
|
"swelters",
|
||
|
"swivets",
|
||
|
"tizzies",
|
||
|
"twitters"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"calms",
|
||
|
"hushes",
|
||
|
"peaces",
|
||
|
"quiets",
|
||
|
"quietudes",
|
||
|
"rests",
|
||
|
"tranquillities",
|
||
|
"tranquilities",
|
||
|
"orders"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"cacophonies",
|
||
|
"clamors",
|
||
|
"dins",
|
||
|
"howls",
|
||
|
"hue and cries",
|
||
|
"noises",
|
||
|
"outcries",
|
||
|
"rackets",
|
||
|
"roars",
|
||
|
"disorders",
|
||
|
"upheavals",
|
||
|
"eruptions",
|
||
|
"flare-ups",
|
||
|
"flurries",
|
||
|
"flutters",
|
||
|
"outbreaks",
|
||
|
"outbursts",
|
||
|
"brawls",
|
||
|
"fracases",
|
||
|
"fracas",
|
||
|
"frays",
|
||
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
"melees",
|
||
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
||
|
"scuffles",
|
||
|
"dithers",
|
||
|
"fevers",
|
||
|
"frets",
|
||
|
"lathers",
|
||
|
"tizzies"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"ados",
|
||
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
||
|
"ballyhoos",
|
||
|
"blathers",
|
||
|
"bluster",
|
||
|
"bobberies",
|
||
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
"bustles",
|
||
|
"clatters",
|
||
|
"clutters",
|
||
|
"coils",
|
||
|
"commotions",
|
||
|
"corroborees",
|
||
|
"disturbances",
|
||
|
"dos",
|
||
|
"do's",
|
||
|
"foofaraws",
|
||
|
"fun",
|
||
|
"furores",
|
||
|
"furors",
|
||
|
"fusses",
|
||
|
"helter-skelters",
|
||
|
"hoo-has",
|
||
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
||
|
"hooplas",
|
||
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
||
|
"hubbubs",
|
||
|
"hullabaloos",
|
||
|
"hurlies",
|
||
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
||
|
"hurricanes",
|
||
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
||
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
||
|
"kerfuffles",
|
||
|
"moils",
|
||
|
"pandemoniums",
|
||
|
"rows",
|
||
|
"ruckuses",
|
||
|
"ructions",
|
||
|
"rumpuses",
|
||
|
"shindys",
|
||
|
"shindies",
|
||
|
"splores",
|
||
|
"squalls",
|
||
|
"stews",
|
||
|
"stirs",
|
||
|
"storms",
|
||
|
"to-dos",
|
||
|
"tumults",
|
||
|
"turmoils",
|
||
|
"uproars",
|
||
|
"welters",
|
||
|
"whirls",
|
||
|
"williwaws",
|
||
|
"zoos"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"potion":{
|
||
|
"a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a potion that is supposed to improve health",
|
||
|
"The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess.",
|
||
|
"medical potions",
|
||
|
"sleeping potions"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"potted":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"sober",
|
||
|
"straight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"abstemious",
|
||
|
"abstinent",
|
||
|
"dry",
|
||
|
"temperate",
|
||
|
"teetotal",
|
||
|
"clearheaded",
|
||
|
"cool",
|
||
|
"level",
|
||
|
"steady"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"maudlin",
|
||
|
"beery",
|
||
|
"befuddled",
|
||
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
||
|
"crapulous",
|
||
|
"dopey",
|
||
|
"dopy",
|
||
|
"rocky",
|
||
|
"strung out",
|
||
|
"stupefied",
|
||
|
"debauched",
|
||
|
"dissipated",
|
||
|
"dissolute",
|
||
|
"alcoholic",
|
||
|
"bibulous",
|
||
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"besotted",
|
||
|
"blasted",
|
||
|
"blind",
|
||
|
"blitzed",
|
||
|
"blotto",
|
||
|
"bombed",
|
||
|
"boozy",
|
||
|
"canned",
|
||
|
"cockeyed",
|
||
|
"crocked",
|
||
|
"drunk",
|
||
|
"drunken",
|
||
|
"fried",
|
||
|
"gassed",
|
||
|
"hammered",
|
||
|
"high",
|
||
|
"impaired",
|
||
|
"inebriate",
|
||
|
"inebriated",
|
||
|
"intoxicated",
|
||
|
"juiced",
|
||
|
"lit",
|
||
|
"lit up",
|
||
|
"loaded",
|
||
|
"looped",
|
||
|
"oiled",
|
||
|
"pickled",
|
||
|
"pie-eyed",
|
||
|
"plastered",
|
||
|
"ripped",
|
||
|
"sloshed",
|
||
|
"smashed",
|
||
|
"sottish",
|
||
|
"soused",
|
||
|
"sozzled",
|
||
|
"squiffed",
|
||
|
"squiffy",
|
||
|
"stewed",
|
||
|
"stiff",
|
||
|
"stinking",
|
||
|
"stoned",
|
||
|
"tanked",
|
||
|
"tiddly",
|
||
|
"tight",
|
||
|
"tipsy",
|
||
|
"wasted",
|
||
|
"wet",
|
||
|
"wiped out"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"potters%20%28around%29":{
|
||
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"buckles (down)",
|
||
|
"knuckles down",
|
||
|
"sets (to)",
|
||
|
"settles (down)"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"dallies",
|
||
|
"dawdles",
|
||
|
"dillydallies",
|
||
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
||
|
"idles",
|
||
|
"loafs",
|
||
|
"lolls",
|
||
|
"lounges",
|
||
|
"clowns (around)",
|
||
|
"horses around",
|
||
|
"diddles (with)",
|
||
|
"tinkers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"doodles",
|
||
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
||
|
"fools around",
|
||
|
"fribbles",
|
||
|
"goofs (around)",
|
||
|
"hangs about",
|
||
|
"kicks around",
|
||
|
"messes around",
|
||
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
||
|
"plays",
|
||
|
"putters (around)",
|
||
|
"trifles"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"potty":{
|
||
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"commode",
|
||
|
"pan",
|
||
|
"pot",
|
||
|
"garderobe",
|
||
|
"jakes",
|
||
|
"outhouse",
|
||
|
"privy",
|
||
|
"half bath",
|
||
|
"powder room",
|
||
|
"ladies",
|
||
|
"ladies' room",
|
||
|
"men's room"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bath",
|
||
|
"bathroom",
|
||
|
"bog",
|
||
|
"can",
|
||
|
"cloakroom",
|
||
|
"comfort station",
|
||
|
"convenience",
|
||
|
"head",
|
||
|
"john",
|
||
|
"latrine",
|
||
|
"lavatory",
|
||
|
"loo",
|
||
|
"restroom",
|
||
|
"toilet",
|
||
|
"washroom",
|
||
|
"water closet"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"a ridiculous woman with pretentious airs and potty pronunciations for everyday words"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"democratic",
|
||
|
"egalitarian",
|
||
|
"egoless",
|
||
|
"humble",
|
||
|
"modest",
|
||
|
"unpretentious",
|
||
|
"antielitist"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"aloof",
|
||
|
"arrogant",
|
||
|
"bumptious",
|
||
|
"haughty",
|
||
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
||
|
"highfalutin",
|
||
|
"hifalutin",
|
||
|
"high-handed",
|
||
|
"hoity-toity",
|
||
|
"huffish",
|
||
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
"imperious",
|
||
|
"lordly",
|
||
|
"overweening",
|
||
|
"peremptory",
|
||
|
"pompous",
|
||
|
"presumptuous",
|
||
|
"pretentious",
|
||
|
"supercilious",
|
||
|
"superior",
|
||
|
"toplofty",
|
||
|
"toploftical",
|
||
|
"uppity",
|
||
|
"biggety",
|
||
|
"biggity",
|
||
|
"bigheaded",
|
||
|
"egoistic",
|
||
|
"egoistical",
|
||
|
"egotistic",
|
||
|
"egotistical",
|
||
|
"prideful",
|
||
|
"self-conceited",
|
||
|
"self-important",
|
||
|
"self-satisfied",
|
||
|
"smug",
|
||
|
"stuck-up",
|
||
|
"swelled-headed",
|
||
|
"swellheaded"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"aristocratic",
|
||
|
"elitist",
|
||
|
"high-hat",
|
||
|
"persnickety",
|
||
|
"ritzy",
|
||
|
"snobbish",
|
||
|
"snobby",
|
||
|
"snooty",
|
||
|
"snotty",
|
||
|
"toffee-nosed"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pounce (on":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pound":{
|
||
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"give the nail a final pound with the hammer"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"counter",
|
||
|
"counterblow",
|
||
|
"counterpunch",
|
||
|
"counterstroke",
|
||
|
"body blow",
|
||
|
"hand",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"knee",
|
||
|
"left",
|
||
|
"one-two",
|
||
|
"rabbit punch",
|
||
|
"right",
|
||
|
"right-hander",
|
||
|
"roundhouse",
|
||
|
"shiver",
|
||
|
"sidewinder",
|
||
|
"sucker punch",
|
||
|
"swing",
|
||
|
"uppercut",
|
||
|
"cruncher",
|
||
|
"kayo",
|
||
|
"knockdown",
|
||
|
"knockout",
|
||
|
"KO",
|
||
|
"bastinado",
|
||
|
"bastinade",
|
||
|
"battering",
|
||
|
"beating",
|
||
|
"bludgeoning",
|
||
|
"clobbering",
|
||
|
"cudgeling",
|
||
|
"cudgelling",
|
||
|
"drubbing",
|
||
|
"hammering",
|
||
|
"lambasting",
|
||
|
"licking",
|
||
|
"pasting",
|
||
|
"pounding",
|
||
|
"pummeling",
|
||
|
"pummelling",
|
||
|
"thrashing",
|
||
|
"flogging",
|
||
|
"walloping",
|
||
|
"whip",
|
||
|
"whipping"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bang",
|
||
|
"bash",
|
||
|
"bat",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"belt",
|
||
|
"biff",
|
||
|
"blow",
|
||
|
"bop",
|
||
|
"box",
|
||
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"chop",
|
||
|
"clap",
|
||
|
"clip",
|
||
|
"clout",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
"dab",
|
||
|
"douse",
|
||
|
"fillip",
|
||
|
"hack",
|
||
|
"haymaker",
|
||
|
"hit",
|
||
|
"hook",
|
||
|
"knock",
|
||
|
"larrup",
|
||
|
"lash",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
"pick",
|
||
|
"plump",
|
||
|
"poke",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"rap",
|
||
|
"slam",
|
||
|
"slap",
|
||
|
"slug",
|
||
|
"smack",
|
||
|
"smash",
|
||
|
"sock",
|
||
|
"spank",
|
||
|
"stinger",
|
||
|
"stripe",
|
||
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
"swat",
|
||
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
"switch",
|
||
|
"thud",
|
||
|
"thump",
|
||
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
"welt",
|
||
|
"whack",
|
||
|
"wham",
|
||
|
"whop",
|
||
|
"whap"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"kennel",
|
||
|
"run",
|
||
|
"kraal",
|
||
|
"stockade",
|
||
|
"cote",
|
||
|
"dovecote",
|
||
|
"dovecot",
|
||
|
"henhouse",
|
||
|
"fold",
|
||
|
"sheepfold",
|
||
|
"pigpen",
|
||
|
"aquarium",
|
||
|
"terrarium",
|
||
|
"live-box",
|
||
|
"fence"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"cage",
|
||
|
"coop",
|
||
|
"corral",
|
||
|
"hutch",
|
||
|
"pen"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"pounding nails into boards all day long"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"batter",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
"bung",
|
||
|
"chop",
|
||
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
"drub",
|
||
|
"lace",
|
||
|
"lambaste",
|
||
|
"lambast",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
"maul",
|
||
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
"pepper",
|
||
|
"pommel",
|
||
|
"pummel",
|
||
|
"rough",
|
||
|
"scuff",
|
||
|
"bunt",
|
||
|
"flick",
|
||
|
"stroke",
|
||
|
"tap",
|
||
|
"bump",
|
||
|
"butt",
|
||
|
"jab",
|
||
|
"jostle",
|
||
|
"kick",
|
||
|
"knee",
|
||
|
"poke",
|
||
|
"prod",
|
||
|
"push",
|
||
|
"shove",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
||
|
"cream",
|
||
|
"deck",
|
||
|
"dump",
|
||
|
"fell",
|
||
|
"floor",
|
||
|
"knock down",
|
||
|
"level",
|
||
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
||
|
"sucker punch",
|
||
|
"cane",
|
||
|
"club",
|
||
|
"cudgel",
|
||
|
"flail",
|
||
|
"flog",
|
||
|
"lash",
|
||
|
"sap",
|
||
|
"slash",
|
||
|
"sledge",
|
||
|
"sledgehammer",
|
||
|
"spear",
|
||
|
"stab",
|
||
|
"switch",
|
||
|
"thrash",
|
||
|
"whip",
|
||
|
"bean",
|
||
|
"brain",
|
||
|
"conk",
|
||
|
"skull"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bang",
|
||
|
"bash",
|
||
|
"bat",
|
||
|
"belt",
|
||
|
"biff",
|
||
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
"bob",
|
||
|
"bonk",
|
||
|
"bop",
|
||
|
"box",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"clap",
|
||
|
"clip",
|
||
|
"clobber",
|
||
|
"clock",
|
||
|
"clout",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
"hit",
|
||
|
"knock",
|
||
|
"nail",
|
||
|
"paste",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"rap",
|
||
|
"slam",
|
||
|
"slap",
|
||
|
"slog",
|
||
|
"slug",
|
||
|
"smack",
|
||
|
"smite",
|
||
|
"sock",
|
||
|
"strike",
|
||
|
"swat",
|
||
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
"tag",
|
||
|
"thump",
|
||
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
"whack",
|
||
|
"whale",
|
||
|
"zap"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
"breeze",
|
||
|
"coast",
|
||
|
"glide",
|
||
|
"slide",
|
||
|
"waltz",
|
||
|
"whisk"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"pounding down the road as fast as he could run"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"drift",
|
||
|
"float",
|
||
|
"hang",
|
||
|
"hover",
|
||
|
"poise",
|
||
|
"waft"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"drag",
|
||
|
"flop",
|
||
|
"haul",
|
||
|
"blunder",
|
||
|
"careen",
|
||
|
"dodder",
|
||
|
"lurch",
|
||
|
"reel",
|
||
|
"stagger",
|
||
|
"sway",
|
||
|
"teeter",
|
||
|
"totter",
|
||
|
"waddle",
|
||
|
"weave",
|
||
|
"wobble",
|
||
|
"wabble"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"barge",
|
||
|
"clump",
|
||
|
"flog",
|
||
|
"flounder",
|
||
|
"galumph",
|
||
|
"lumber",
|
||
|
"lump",
|
||
|
"plod",
|
||
|
"scuff",
|
||
|
"scuffle",
|
||
|
"shamble",
|
||
|
"shuffle",
|
||
|
"slog",
|
||
|
"slough",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"stomp",
|
||
|
"stumble",
|
||
|
"stump",
|
||
|
"tramp",
|
||
|
"tromp",
|
||
|
"trudge"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to reduce to fine particles":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"grate",
|
||
|
"kibble",
|
||
|
"crumble",
|
||
|
"crunch",
|
||
|
"break",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"dash",
|
||
|
"fracture",
|
||
|
"fragment",
|
||
|
"shatter",
|
||
|
"smash",
|
||
|
"splinter",
|
||
|
"micronize"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"atomize",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"bray",
|
||
|
"comminute",
|
||
|
"crush",
|
||
|
"disintegrate",
|
||
|
"grind",
|
||
|
"mill",
|
||
|
"mull",
|
||
|
"powder",
|
||
|
"pulverize"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"pounding out a depression in the metal"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"chase",
|
||
|
"planish",
|
||
|
"fashion",
|
||
|
"form",
|
||
|
"knead",
|
||
|
"model",
|
||
|
"mold",
|
||
|
"pat",
|
||
|
"work",
|
||
|
"coin",
|
||
|
"mint",
|
||
|
"stamp",
|
||
|
"abate",
|
||
|
"boast",
|
||
|
"carve",
|
||
|
"chisel",
|
||
|
"cut",
|
||
|
"grave",
|
||
|
"hew",
|
||
|
"knap",
|
||
|
"sculpt",
|
||
|
"sculpture"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"draw",
|
||
|
"forge",
|
||
|
"hammer"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"assail",
|
||
|
"assault",
|
||
|
"attack",
|
||
|
"beset",
|
||
|
"box",
|
||
|
"bust",
|
||
|
"chop",
|
||
|
"clobber",
|
||
|
"clout",
|
||
|
"crack",
|
||
|
"cudgel",
|
||
|
"cuff",
|
||
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"hit",
|
||
|
"jump (on)",
|
||
|
"knock",
|
||
|
"lam",
|
||
|
"lay on",
|
||
|
"paste",
|
||
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
||
|
"punch",
|
||
|
"raid",
|
||
|
"rush",
|
||
|
"slam",
|
||
|
"slap",
|
||
|
"smack",
|
||
|
"smash",
|
||
|
"sock",
|
||
|
"spank",
|
||
|
"storm",
|
||
|
"swat",
|
||
|
"swipe",
|
||
|
"thwack",
|
||
|
"whack",
|
||
|
"wham",
|
||
|
"whomp",
|
||
|
"blackjack",
|
||
|
"cane",
|
||
|
"cowhide",
|
||
|
"flagellate",
|
||
|
"fustigate",
|
||
|
"horsewhip",
|
||
|
"leather",
|
||
|
"pistol-whip",
|
||
|
"rawhide",
|
||
|
"scourge",
|
||
|
"strap",
|
||
|
"gore",
|
||
|
"lacerate",
|
||
|
"wound",
|
||
|
"maim",
|
||
|
"mangle",
|
||
|
"mutilate"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"bash",
|
||
|
"baste",
|
||
|
"bat",
|
||
|
"batter",
|
||
|
"beat",
|
||
|
"belabor",
|
||
|
"belt",
|
||
|
"birch",
|
||
|
"bludgeon",
|
||
|
"buffet",
|
||
|
"bung up",
|
||
|
"club",
|
||
|
"curry",
|
||
|
"do",
|
||
|
"drub",
|
||
|
"fib",
|
||
|
"flog",
|
||
|
"hammer",
|
||
|
"hide",
|
||
|
"lace",
|
||
|
"lambaste",
|
||
|
"lambast",
|
||
|
"lash",
|
||
|
"lather",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"maul",
|
||
|
"mess (up)",
|
||
|
"paddle",
|
||
|
"pelt",
|
||
|
"pommel",
|
||
|
"pummel",
|
||
|
"punch out",
|
||
|
"rough (up)",
|
||
|
"slate",
|
||
|
"slog",
|
||
|
"switch",
|
||
|
"tan",
|
||
|
"thrash",
|
||
|
"thresh",
|
||
|
"thump",
|
||
|
"tromp",
|
||
|
"wallop",
|
||
|
"whale",
|
||
|
"whip",
|
||
|
"whop",
|
||
|
"whap",
|
||
|
"whup",
|
||
|
"work over"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pound (down)":{
|
||
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"lap",
|
||
|
"lick",
|
||
|
"suck",
|
||
|
"consume",
|
||
|
"down",
|
||
|
"ingurgitate",
|
||
|
"kill",
|
||
|
"mouth (down)",
|
||
|
"put away",
|
||
|
"nip",
|
||
|
"tipple",
|
||
|
"pledge",
|
||
|
"toast",
|
||
|
"wine"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"belt (down)",
|
||
|
"drink",
|
||
|
"gulp",
|
||
|
"guzzle",
|
||
|
"hoist",
|
||
|
"imbibe",
|
||
|
"knock back",
|
||
|
"quaff",
|
||
|
"sip",
|
||
|
"slug (down)",
|
||
|
"slurp",
|
||
|
"sup",
|
||
|
"swig",
|
||
|
"swill",
|
||
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pourparlers":{
|
||
|
"as in":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pouting":{
|
||
|
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"stayed in a pouting mood until her boyfriend apologized, though he didn't have the vaguest idea what he was apologizing for"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
"sociable",
|
||
|
"cheerful",
|
||
|
"cheery",
|
||
|
"gladsome",
|
||
|
"good-humored",
|
||
|
"good-natured",
|
||
|
"good-tempered",
|
||
|
"perky",
|
||
|
"sunny",
|
||
|
"carefree",
|
||
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
||
|
"relaxed"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"related":[
|
||
|
"dour",
|
||
|
"gloomy",
|
||
|
"morose",
|
||
|
"choleric",
|
||
|
"crabby",
|
||
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
"cross",
|
||
|
"crotchety",
|
||
|
"grouchy",
|
||
|
"grumpy",
|
||
|
"irascible",
|
||
|
"irritable",
|
||
|
"peevish",
|
||
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
"pettish",
|
||
|
"petulant",
|
||
|
"prickly",
|
||
|
"quick-tempered",
|
||
|
"raspy",
|
||
|
"ratty",
|
||
|
"short-tempered",
|
||
|
"snappish",
|
||
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
"snarky",
|
||
|
"snippety",
|
||
|
"snippy",
|
||
|
"testy",
|
||
|
"waspish",
|
||
|
"brooding",
|
||
|
"moping",
|
||
|
"bearish",
|
||
|
"bilious",
|
||
|
"cantankerous",
|
||
|
"disagreeable",
|
||
|
"dyspeptic",
|
||
|
"ill-humored",
|
||
|
"ill-natured",
|
||
|
"ill-tempered",
|
||
|
"ornery",
|
||
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
"sensitive",
|
||
|
"temperamental",
|
||
|
"tetchy",
|
||
|
"thin-skinned",
|
||
|
"touchy"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"glum",
|
||
|
"mopey",
|
||
|
"pouty",
|
||
|
"sulky",
|
||
|
"sullen",
|
||
|
"surly"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
"her lips pouted as she glared at him silently"
|
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compressing",
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"condensing",
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"constricting",
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"contracting",
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"shrinking"
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],
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"related":[
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"doming",
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"blowing up",
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"inflating",
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"dilating",
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"distending",
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"expanding",
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"mushrooming",
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"snowballing",
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"elongating",
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"extending",
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"lengthening",
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"stretching"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bagging",
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"ballooning",
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"beetling",
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"bellying",
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"billowing",
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"bulging",
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"bunching",
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"jutting",
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"overhanging",
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"poking",
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"pooching",
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"pouching",
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"projecting",
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"protruding",
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"standing out",
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"starting",
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"sticking out",
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"swelling"
|
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]
|
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},
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||
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"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
|
||
|
"pouted and didn't say a word to anyone all morning"
|
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|
],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
||
|
"brooding",
|
||
|
"dwelling (on)",
|
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|
"mulling (over)",
|
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|
"musing (over)",
|
||
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"pondering",
|
||
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"frowning",
|
||
|
"glowering",
|
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"lowering",
|
||
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"louring",
|
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|
"scowling",
|
||
|
"carrying on",
|
||
|
"taking on",
|
||
|
"petting"
|
||
|
],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
"grumping",
|
||
|
"moping",
|
||
|
"sulking"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"adjective",
|
||
|
"verb"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"pox":{
|
||
|
"as in curse , spell":{
|
||
|
"antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
"related":[],
|
||
|
"synonyms":[]
|
||
|
},
|
||
|
"type":[
|
||
|
"noun"
|
||
|
]
|
||
|
}
|
||
|
}
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