dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/wr_mwt.json

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{
"wrangled":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"fought",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wreak":{
"to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrestle%20%28with%29":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time"
],
"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",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrestling":{
"to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending",
"dueling",
"duelling",
"fighting",
"warring (against)",
"bashing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"hitting",
"punching",
"slugging",
"striking",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"skirmishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"grappling",
"rassling",
"scuffling",
"tussling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wrests":{
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implants",
"inserts",
"installs",
"instills",
"crams",
"jams",
"rams",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
],
"related":[
"mines",
"plucks",
"removes",
"takes (out)",
"withdraws"
],
"synonyms":[
"corkscrews",
"extracts",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"tears (out)",
"uproots",
"wrings",
"yanks"
]
},
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bleeds",
"fleeces",
"gouges",
"milks",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"cheats",
"racketeers",
"swindles",
"coerces",
"compels",
"forces"
],
"synonyms":[
"exacts",
"extorts",
"wrings"
]
},
"to get with great difficulty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"lands",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures"
],
"synonyms":[
"ekes (out)",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"scrounges",
"squeezes",
"wrings"
]
},
"to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"draws",
"dredges (up)",
"extracts",
"jerks",
"lugs",
"plucks",
"pulls",
"tugs",
"tweaks",
"yanks",
"jimmies",
"levers",
"pries",
"budges",
"dislocates",
"displaces",
"disturbs",
"removes",
"shifts",
"transfers",
"transposes"
],
"synonyms":[
"twists",
"wrenches",
"wrings"
]
},
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reattaches"
],
"related":[
"grabs",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snatches",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"amputates",
"cuts (off)",
"dissevers",
"severs",
"extracts",
"forces",
"jerks",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
],
"synonyms":[
"rips",
"tears",
"wrenches",
"yanks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wring (out)":{
"as in dry , drain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"write-up":{
"a written description or review of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"There's a write-up of the restaurant in the paper."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}