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"belatedly":{
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"after the due, usual, or proper time":{
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"examples":[
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"she belatedly realized that it had been her friend's birthday the day before"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delinquently",
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"late",
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"tardily"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"afterward",
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"afterwards",
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"anon",
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"eventually",
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"later",
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"latterly",
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"subsequently",
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"thereafter",
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"dilatorily",
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"laggardly",
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"pokily",
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"slow",
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"slowly",
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"sluggishly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immediately",
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"promptly",
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"punctually",
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"pronto",
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"quickly",
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"rapidly",
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"snappily",
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"speedily",
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"swiftly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"beforehand",
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"early",
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"inopportunely",
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"precociously",
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"prematurely",
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"unseasonably"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"belaying":{
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"to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure":{
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"examples":[
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"The climber belayed the rope."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battening",
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"buttoning",
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"doing up",
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"affixing",
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"bending",
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"fastening",
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"fixing",
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"adhering",
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"bolting",
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"cinching",
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"clamping",
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"clasping",
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"clenching",
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"clinching",
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"clipping",
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"gluing",
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"glueing",
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"hanging",
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"harnessing",
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"hasping",
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"lacing",
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"lashing",
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"latching",
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"nailing",
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"pasting",
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"pinning",
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"plastering",
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"riveting",
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"screwing",
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"shackling",
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"stapling",
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"sticking",
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"strapping",
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"tacking",
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"tackling",
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"toggling",
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"tying",
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"tieing",
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"yoking",
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"coapting",
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"connecting",
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"joining",
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"linking",
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"uniting",
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"reaffixing",
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"reattaching",
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"refastening",
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"refixing",
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"resecuring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breaking up",
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"disconnecting",
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"disjoining",
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"disjointing",
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"dissevering",
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"dissociating",
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"disuniting",
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"dividing",
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"divorcing",
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"parting",
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"separating",
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"severing",
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"splitting",
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"sundering",
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"uncoupling",
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"unlinking",
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"unyoking",
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"loosening",
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"loosing",
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"unbinding",
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"unfixing",
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"unlashing",
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"untying",
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"untieing",
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"detaching",
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"undoing",
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"unfastening",
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"unhooking"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beleaguers":{
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"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
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"examples":[
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"beleaguered the castle for months"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"besieges",
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"blockades",
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"invests",
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"leaguers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barricades",
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"blocks",
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"cuts off",
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"dams",
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"encircles",
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"assails",
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"confines",
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"insulates",
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"isolates",
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"quarantines"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipates",
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"frees",
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"liberates",
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"releases",
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"rescues"
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"believability":{
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"as in credibility , plausibility":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"credibility",
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"plausibility",
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"plausibleness",
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"honesty",
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"integrity",
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"probity",
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"truthfulness",
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"veracity",
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"verity",
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"honor",
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"honorableness",
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"incorruptibility",
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"rectitude",
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"righteousness",
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"right-mindedness",
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"scrupulosity",
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"scrupulousness",
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"uprightness",
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"artlessness",
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"forthrightness",
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"frankness",
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"good faith",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"plainspokenness",
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"sincerity",
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"straightforwardness",
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"dependability",
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"reliability",
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"reliableness",
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"trustability",
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"trustiness",
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"trustworthiness",
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"accuracy",
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"objectivity",
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"authenticity",
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"correctness",
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"genuineness",
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"truth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"implausibility",
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"incredibility",
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"incredibleness",
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"artifice",
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"cozenage",
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"crookedness",
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"deception",
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"fakery",
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"falseness",
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"falsity",
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"fraudulentness",
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"hypocrisy",
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"insincerity",
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"two-facedness",
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"beguilement",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"cunningness",
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"furtiveness",
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"guile",
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"indirection",
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"insidiousness",
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"oiliness",
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"perfidy",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"smoothness",
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"treacherousness",
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"trickery",
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"underhandedness",
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"unscrupulousness",
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"wiliness",
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"equivocation",
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"prevarication",
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"exaggeration",
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"inaccuracy",
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
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"dishonesty",
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"lying",
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"mendaciousness",
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"mendacity",
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"untruthfulness"
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"believing":{
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"as in sure , convinced":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"certain",
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"confident",
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"convinced",
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"overconfident",
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"secure",
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"sure",
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"unquestioning",
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"unsuspecting",
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"unsuspicious",
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"unwary",
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"confiding",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"artless",
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"childlike",
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"credulous",
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"guileless",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"simple",
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"unsophisticated",
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"dependent",
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"hopeful",
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"reliant"
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"near antonyms":[
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"questioning",
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"skeptical",
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"uncertain",
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"distrustful",
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"doubtful",
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"doubting",
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"mistrustful",
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"trustless",
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"untrusting",
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"disbelieving",
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"incredulous",
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"unbelieving",
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"unconvinced",
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"undecided",
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"unpersuaded",
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"dubious",
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"hesitant",
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"leery",
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"leary",
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"oversuspicious",
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"skeptical",
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"suspicious",
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"uncertain",
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"unsure",
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"wary"
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"antonyms":[]
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"to regard as right or true":{
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"examples":[
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"only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal"
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"synonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"buying",
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"crediting",
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"swallowing",
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"taking",
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"trusting"
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"near synonyms":[
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"accounting",
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"accrediting",
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"understanding",
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"assuming",
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"presuming",
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"supposing",
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"concluding",
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"deducing",
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"inferring"
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrusting",
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"doubting",
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"misdoubting",
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"mistrusting",
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"questioning",
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"suspecting",
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"challenging",
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"disputing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disbelieving",
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"discrediting",
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"rejecting"
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]
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},
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"to have as an opinion":{
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"examples":[
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"despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that \"people are really good at heart\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allowing",
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"conceiving",
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"considering",
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"deeming",
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"esteeming",
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"feeling",
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"figuring",
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"guessing",
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"holding",
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"imagining",
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"judging",
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"reckoning",
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"supposing",
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"thinking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"regarding",
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"viewing",
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"accepting",
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"perceiving",
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"depending",
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"relying",
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"trusting",
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"assuming",
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"presuming",
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"presupposing",
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"surmising",
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"concluding",
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"deducing",
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"inferring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrusting",
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"doubting",
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"mistrusting",
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"questioning",
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"suspecting",
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"disbelieving",
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"discrediting",
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"rejecting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belittlers":{
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"as in denigrators , jeerers":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decriers",
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"denigrators",
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"deriders",
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"detractors",
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"gibers",
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"jibers",
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"insulters",
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"jeerers",
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"scoffers",
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"scorners",
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"baiters",
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"harassers",
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"hecklers",
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"mockers",
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"needlers",
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"persecutors",
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"ridiculers",
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"taunters",
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"teasers",
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"teases",
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"tormentors",
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"carpers",
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"castigators",
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"cavilers",
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"cavillers",
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"censurers",
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"criticizers",
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"critics",
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"disparagers",
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"faultfinders",
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"hypercritics",
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"knockers",
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"nigglers",
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"nitpickers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commenders",
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"praisers",
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"comforters",
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"solaces",
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"soothers",
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"succorers",
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"bodyguards",
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"champions"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belittles":{
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"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
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"examples":[
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"belittled the action star's acting ability"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bad-mouths",
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"cries down",
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"decries",
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"denigrates",
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"deprecates",
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"depreciates",
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"derogates",
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"diminishes",
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"discounts",
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"dismisses",
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"disparages",
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"disses",
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|
"kisses off",
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|
"minimizes",
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|
"plays down",
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|
"poor-mouths",
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"puts down",
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"runs down",
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"talks down",
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|
|
"trashes",
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|
"trash-talks",
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|
|
"vilipends",
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|
|
"writes off"
|
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|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"discommends",
|
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|
|
"abuses",
|
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|
|
"scolds",
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|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
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|
|
"dislikes",
|
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|
|
"censures",
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|
|
"condemns",
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|
|
"criticizes",
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|
|
"denounces",
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|
|
"reprehends",
|
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|
|
"reprobates",
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|
|
"asperses",
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|
|
"defames",
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|
|
"maligns",
|
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|
|
"rips",
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|
|
"slanders",
|
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|
|
"slurs",
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|
|
"traduces",
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|
|
"vilifies",
|
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|
|
"discredits",
|
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|
|
"disgraces"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"approves",
|
|
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|
|
"countenances",
|
|
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|
|
"endorses",
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|
|
"indorses",
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|
|
"favors",
|
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|
|
"recommends",
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|
|
"sanctions",
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|
|
"commends",
|
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|
|
"compliments",
|
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|
|
"eulogizes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
|
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
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|
|
"exalts",
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|
|
"extols",
|
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|
|
"extolls",
|
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|
|
"glorifies",
|
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|
|
"lauds",
|
|
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|
|
"magnifies",
|
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|
|
"praises"
|
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|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belle epoques":{
|
|
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|
|
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
|
|
|
"renaissances"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
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|
|
"millennia",
|
|
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|
|
"millenniums",
|
|
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|
|
"blooms",
|
|
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|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
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|
|
"flowers",
|
|
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|
|
"flushes",
|
|
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|
|
"glories",
|
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|
|
"heydays",
|
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|
|
"primes",
|
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|
|
"salad days",
|
|
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|
|
"acmes",
|
|
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|
|
"apexes",
|
|
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|
|
"apices",
|
|
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|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
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|
|
"meridians",
|
|
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|
|
"peaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
|
|
|
"summits",
|
|
|
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dark ages"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belled":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in howled , wailed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
|
|
|
"howled",
|
|
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|
|
"wailed",
|
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|
|
"yowled",
|
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|
|
"bawled",
|
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|
|
"called",
|
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|
|
"cried",
|
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|
|
"hollered",
|
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|
|
"hooted",
|
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|
|
"shouted",
|
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|
|
"whooped",
|
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|
|
"yelled",
|
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|
|
"banged",
|
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|
|
"blared",
|
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|
|
"blasted",
|
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|
|
"pealed",
|
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|
|
"screamed",
|
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|
|
"screeched",
|
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|
|
"shrieked",
|
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|
|
"squalled",
|
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|
|
"grumbled",
|
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|
|
"rolled",
|
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|
|
"rumbled",
|
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|
|
"bellowed",
|
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|
|
"boomed",
|
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|
|
"growled",
|
|
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|
|
"roared",
|
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|
|
"thundered"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
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|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
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|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
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|
|
"murmured",
|
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|
|
"muttered",
|
|
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|
|
"whispered",
|
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|
|
"mewled",
|
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|
|
"puled",
|
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|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
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|
|
"whimpered"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellicose":{
|
|
|
|
|
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bellicose hockey players who seem to spend more time fighting than playing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
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|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
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|
|
"argumentative",
|
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|
|
"assaultive",
|
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|
|
"belligerent",
|
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|
|
"brawly",
|
|
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|
|
"chippy",
|
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|
|
"combative",
|
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|
|
"confrontational",
|
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|
|
"contentious",
|
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|
|
"discordant",
|
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|
|
"disputatious",
|
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|
|
"feisty",
|
|
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|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
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|
|
"militant",
|
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|
|
"pugnacious",
|
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|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
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|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
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|
|
"truculent",
|
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|
|
"warlike"
|
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|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
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|
|
"fierce",
|
|
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|
|
"hostile",
|
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|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
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|
|
"acidic",
|
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|
|
"bearish",
|
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|
|
"bilious",
|
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|
|
"bristly",
|
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|
|
"choleric",
|
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|
|
"crabby",
|
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|
|
"cranky",
|
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|
|
"cross",
|
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|
|
"disagreeable",
|
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|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
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|
|
"fractious",
|
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|
|
"fretful",
|
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|
|
"grouchy",
|
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|
|
"grumpy",
|
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|
|
"huffy",
|
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|
"ill-humored",
|
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|
|
"ill-natured",
|
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|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
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|
|
"irascible",
|
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|
|
"irritable",
|
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|
|
"ornery",
|
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|
"peevish",
|
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|
|
"pettish",
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|
|
"petulant",
|
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|
|
"prickly",
|
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|
|
"querulous",
|
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|
|
"rude",
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|
|
"snappish",
|
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|
|
"snappy",
|
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|
|
"stroppy",
|
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|
|
"surly",
|
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|
|
"testy",
|
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|
|
"touchy",
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|
|
"ugly",
|
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|
|
"waspish",
|
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|
|
"savage",
|
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|
|
"vicious",
|
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|
|
"battling",
|
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|
|
"fighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"warring"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"anti-imperialist",
|
|
|
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
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|
|
"affable",
|
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|
|
"amiable",
|
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|
|
"amicable",
|
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|
|
"benevolent",
|
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|
|
"complaisant",
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|
|
"conciliatory",
|
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"cordial",
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"easygoing",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"ingratiating",
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"kindhearted",
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"obliging",
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"pleasant",
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"sociable",
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"calm",
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"quiet",
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"relaxed",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"benign",
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"gentle",
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"kindly",
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"mild"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonaggressive",
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"nonbelligerent",
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"pacific",
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"peaceable",
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"peaceful",
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"unbelligerent",
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"uncombative",
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"uncontentious"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"belligerently":{
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"as in angrily":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"angrily",
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"coldly",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"frigidly",
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"hostilely",
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"begrudgingly",
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"grudgingly",
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"obnoxiously",
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"provocatively",
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"contemptuously",
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"disdainfully",
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"rudely",
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"scornfully",
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"parsimoniously",
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"stingily",
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"ungenerously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amply",
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"bounteously",
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"bountifully",
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"freehandedly",
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"freeheartedly",
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"generously",
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"handsomely",
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"lavishly",
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"liberally",
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"munificently",
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"openhandedly",
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"unstintingly",
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"well",
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"considerately",
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"courteously",
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"hospitably",
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"kindly",
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"nicely",
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"reasonably",
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"sweetly",
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"thoughtfully",
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"affably",
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"amiably",
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"cheerfully",
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"cheerily",
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"congenially",
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"cordially",
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"friendlily",
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"genially",
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"good-heartedly",
|
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"good-naturedly",
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"graciously"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"bellow":{
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"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
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"examples":[
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"the cow bellowed for her calf"
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
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|
"boom",
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|
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"growl",
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"roar",
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|
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"thunder"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grumble",
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"roll",
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"rumble",
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"bang",
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"blare",
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"blast",
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"peal",
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"scream",
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"screech",
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"shriek",
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"squall",
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"bawl",
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"call",
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"cry",
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"holler",
|
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|
|
"hoot",
|
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"shout",
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"whoop",
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"yell",
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"bell",
|
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|
"caterwaul",
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"howl",
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"wail",
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"yowl"
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],
|
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|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"grunt",
|
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|
|
"mouth",
|
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|
|
"mumble",
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|
|
"murmur",
|
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|
|
"mutter",
|
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|
|
"whisper",
|
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|
|
"mewl",
|
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|
|
"pule",
|
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|
|
"squeak",
|
|
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|
|
"whimper"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"bawl",
|
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|
|
"bay",
|
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|
|
"call",
|
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|
|
"cry",
|
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|
|
"holler",
|
|
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|
|
"hollo",
|
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|
|
"halloo",
|
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|
|
|
"hallo",
|
|
|
|
|
"roar",
|
|
|
|
|
"shout",
|
|
|
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
|
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
|
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
|
|
|
"yell"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crow",
|
|
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|
|
"whoop",
|
|
|
|
|
"scream",
|
|
|
|
|
"screech",
|
|
|
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
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|
|
"squeak",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
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|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
|
|
|
"howl",
|
|
|
|
|
"ululate",
|
|
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|
|
"wail",
|
|
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|
|
"yawp",
|
|
|
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
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|
|
"yowl",
|
|
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|
|
"hail",
|
|
|
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
|
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
|
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
|
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"as in howl , roar":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bark",
|
|
|
|
|
"bay",
|
|
|
|
|
"blat",
|
|
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|
|
"bleat",
|
|
|
|
|
"bray",
|
|
|
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
|
|
|
"calling",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
|
|
|
"caw",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheep",
|
|
|
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
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|
|
"cluck",
|
|
|
|
|
"coo",
|
|
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|
|
"crake",
|
|
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|
|
"croak",
|
|
|
|
|
"crow",
|
|
|
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
|
|
|
"honk",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
|
|
|
"howl",
|
|
|
|
|
"low",
|
|
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|
|
"meow",
|
|
|
|
|
"miaow",
|
|
|
|
|
"mew",
|
|
|
|
|
"moo",
|
|
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|
|
"neigh",
|
|
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|
|
"oink",
|
|
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|
|
"peep",
|
|
|
|
|
"quack",
|
|
|
|
|
"roar",
|
|
|
|
|
"screech",
|
|
|
|
|
"squall",
|
|
|
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
|
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
|
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
|
|
|
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
|
|
|
"whinny",
|
|
|
|
|
"yap",
|
|
|
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
|
|
|
"yip",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
|
|
|
"call",
|
|
|
|
|
"cry",
|
|
|
|
|
"note"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellowing":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the cow bellowed for her calf"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"booming",
|
|
|
|
|
"growling",
|
|
|
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
|
|
|
"thundering"
|
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|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
|
|
|
"rumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"banging",
|
|
|
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
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|
|
"pealing",
|
|
|
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
|
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
|
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
|
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
|
|
|
"calling",
|
|
|
|
|
"crying",
|
|
|
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
|
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
|
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
|
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
|
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"belling",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
|
|
|
"howling",
|
|
|
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
|
|
|
"mouthing",
|
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|
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
|
|
|
"muttering",
|
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|
|
"whispering",
|
|
|
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
|
|
|
"puling",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"whimpering"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
|
|
|
"baying",
|
|
|
|
|
"calling",
|
|
|
|
|
"crying",
|
|
|
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
|
|
|
"holloing",
|
|
|
|
|
"hallooing",
|
|
|
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
|
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
|
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
|
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
|
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
|
|
|
"yelling"
|
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|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
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|
|
"whooping",
|
|
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|
|
"screaming",
|
|
|
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
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|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
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|
|
"squealing",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
|
|
|
"howling",
|
|
|
|
|
"ululating",
|
|
|
|
|
"wailing",
|
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|
|
"yawping",
|
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|
|
"yauping",
|
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|
|
"yowling",
|
|
|
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaking out",
|
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|
|
|
"speaking up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
|
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
|
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bells and whistles":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in blazonry , emblazonry":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
|
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
|
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
|
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
|
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
|
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
|
|
|
"finery",
|
|
|
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
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"frippery",
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"frosting",
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"froufrou",
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"adornment",
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"beautifier",
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"caparison",
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"decoration",
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"doodad",
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"embellisher",
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"embellishment",
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"frill",
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"garnish",
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"garnishment",
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"garniture",
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"ornament",
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"ornamentation",
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"setoff",
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"trim",
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"fal-lal",
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"flounce",
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"flourish",
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"furbelow",
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"ruffle",
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"enhancement",
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"enrichment",
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"improvement",
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"appliqu\u00e9",
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"embossment",
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"embroidery",
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"fancywork",
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"bedizenment",
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"gilt",
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"glitter",
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"design",
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"figure",
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"pattern",
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"furnishings",
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"regalia",
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"trappings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemish",
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"defacement",
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"disfigurement",
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"scar",
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"blot",
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"spot",
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"stain"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"belly":{
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"a need or desire for food":{
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"examples":[
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"as dinnertime approached he could think only of his belly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appetite",
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"emptiness",
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"famishment",
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"hunger",
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"munchies",
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"stomach"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rapaciousness",
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"rapacity",
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"ravenousness",
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"voraciousness",
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"voracity",
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"malnutrition",
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"starvation",
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"undernourishment",
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"craving",
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"sweet tooth",
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"famine",
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"fast",
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"hunger strike",
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"gluttony",
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"gourmandism",
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"greed",
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"hoggishness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fill",
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"fullness",
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"glut",
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"repleteness",
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"repletion",
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"satiation",
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"satiety",
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"satisfaction",
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"surfeit"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"inappetence"
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]
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},
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"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
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"examples":[
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"worked hard to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay window",
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"beer belly",
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"corporation",
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"gut",
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"paunch",
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"pot",
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"potbelly"
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],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
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"breadbasket",
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|
|
"stomach",
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|
|
"tummy",
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|
|
"chubbiness",
|
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|
|
"corpulence",
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|
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"fat",
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|
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"fatness",
|
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|
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"fleshiness",
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|
|
"obesity",
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|
|
"overweight",
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|
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"paunchiness",
|
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|
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"plumpness",
|
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|
|
"portliness",
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|
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"pudginess",
|
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|
|
"chunkiness",
|
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|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
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|
|
"stoutness"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"a baby with a round little belly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abdomen",
|
|
|
|
|
"breadbasket",
|
|
|
|
|
"gut",
|
|
|
|
|
"solar plexus",
|
|
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|
|
"stomach",
|
|
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|
|
"tummy"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"middle",
|
|
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|
|
"midriff",
|
|
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|
|
"waist",
|
|
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|
|
"paunch",
|
|
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|
|
"potbelly",
|
|
|
|
|
"thorax"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"in my belly I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, as the details of his story just didn't add up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blood",
|
|
|
|
|
"bone(s)",
|
|
|
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
|
|
|
"breast",
|
|
|
|
|
"core",
|
|
|
|
|
"gut",
|
|
|
|
|
"heart",
|
|
|
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
|
|
|
"inner space",
|
|
|
|
|
"inside",
|
|
|
|
|
"quick",
|
|
|
|
|
"soul"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"conscience",
|
|
|
|
|
"mind"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bag",
|
|
|
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
|
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
|
|
|
"billow",
|
|
|
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
|
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
|
|
|
"jut",
|
|
|
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
|
|
|
"poke",
|
|
|
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
|
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
|
|
|
"pout",
|
|
|
|
|
"project",
|
|
|
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
|
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
|
|
|
"start",
|
|
|
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
|
|
|
"swell"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dome",
|
|
|
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
|
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
|
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
|
|
|
"distend",
|
|
|
|
|
"expand",
|
|
|
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
|
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
|
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
|
|
|
"extend",
|
|
|
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
|
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"compress",
|
|
|
|
|
"condense",
|
|
|
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
|
|
|
"contract",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
|
|
|
"creep",
|
|
|
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
|
|
|
"slide",
|
|
|
|
|
"slither",
|
|
|
|
|
"snake",
|
|
|
|
|
"worm",
|
|
|
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
|
|
|
"squat",
|
|
|
|
|
"edge",
|
|
|
|
|
"inch",
|
|
|
|
|
"nose",
|
|
|
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
|
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
|
|
|
"steal",
|
|
|
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly laughs":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"humorous anecdotes that are likely to evoke lots of smiles but few belly laughs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
|
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
|
|
|
"cachinnations",
|
|
|
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
|
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
|
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
|
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
|
|
|
"guffaws",
|
|
|
|
|
"hee-haws",
|
|
|
|
|
"horselaughs",
|
|
|
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
|
|
|
"laughters",
|
|
|
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
|
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
|
|
|
"titters",
|
|
|
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crows",
|
|
|
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
|
|
|
"grins",
|
|
|
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
|
|
|
"smiles",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cries",
|
|
|
|
|
"groans",
|
|
|
|
|
"moans",
|
|
|
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
|
|
|
"wails",
|
|
|
|
|
"faces",
|
|
|
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
|
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
|
|
|
"lours",
|
|
|
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
|
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"scowls"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellyache":{
|
|
|
|
|
"abdominal pain especially when focused in the digestive organs":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"eating too many apples will give you a bellyache"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"collywobbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"stomachache"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"colic",
|
|
|
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
|
|
|
"gripes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beef",
|
|
|
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
|
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
|
|
|
"carp",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
|
|
|
"complain",
|
|
|
|
|
"crab",
|
|
|
|
|
"croak",
|
|
|
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
|
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
|
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
|
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
|
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
|
|
|
"growl",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"grump",
|
|
|
|
|
"holler",
|
|
|
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
|
|
|
"keen",
|
|
|
|
|
"kick",
|
|
|
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
|
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
|
|
|
"moan",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
|
|
|
"nag",
|
|
|
|
|
"repine",
|
|
|
|
|
"scream",
|
|
|
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
|
|
|
"wail",
|
|
|
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
|
|
|
"whine",
|
|
|
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
|
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
|
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
|
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
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"object (to)",
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"protest",
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"quarrel (with)",
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"cavil",
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"quibble",
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"fret",
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"stew",
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"worry",
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"blubber",
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"cry",
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"sob",
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"bemoan",
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"bewail",
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"deplore",
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"lament"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accept",
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"bear",
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"countenance",
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"endure",
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"take",
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"tolerate",
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"applaud",
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"cheer",
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"commend"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crow",
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"delight",
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"rejoice"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bellyached":{
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefed",
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"bitched",
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"bleated",
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"carped",
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"caterwauled",
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"complained",
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"crabbed",
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"croaked",
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"fussed",
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"griped",
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"grizzled",
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"grouched",
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"groused",
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"growled",
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"grumbled",
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"grumped",
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"hollered",
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"inveighed",
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"keened",
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"kicked",
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"kvetched",
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"maundered",
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"moaned",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"nagged",
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"repined",
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"screamed",
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"squawked",
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"squealed",
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"wailed",
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"whimpered",
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"whined",
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"whinged",
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"yammered",
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"yawped",
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"yauped",
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"yowled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"objected (to)",
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"protested",
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"quarreled (with)",
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"quarrelled (with)",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"quibbled",
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"fretted",
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"stewed",
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"worried",
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"bemoaned",
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"bewailed",
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"deplored",
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"lamented"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"bore",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"tolerated",
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"took",
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"applauded",
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"cheered",
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"commended"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"delighted",
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"rejoiced"
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
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"verb"
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|
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]
|
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},
|
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"bellyful":{
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"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
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"examples":[
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"a bellyful of complaints about the new security procedures"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"excess",
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"fat",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overflow",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"overplus",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"plus",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
|
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"surplusage"
|
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],
|
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|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"abundance",
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"bounty",
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|
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"plentitude",
|
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|
|
"plenty",
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"profusion",
|
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|
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"sufficiency",
|
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|
|
"overproduction",
|
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|
|
"overstock"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"dearth",
|
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|
|
"lack",
|
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|
|
"scarcity",
|
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|
|
"want"
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"deficiency",
|
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|
|
"deficit",
|
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|
|
"insufficiency",
|
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|
|
"undersupply"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellyfuls":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a bellyful of complaints about the new security procedures"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"excesses",
|
|
|
|
|
"fat",
|
|
|
|
|
"overabundances",
|
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|
|
"overages",
|
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|
|
"overflows",
|
|
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|
|
"overkills",
|
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|
|
"overmuch",
|
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|
|
"overpluses",
|
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|
|
"oversupplies",
|
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|
|
"plethoras",
|
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|
|
"pluses",
|
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|
|
"plusses",
|
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|
|
"redundancies",
|
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|
|
"superabundances",
|
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|
|
"superfluities",
|
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|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
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|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
|
|
|
"surpluses"
|
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"abundances",
|
|
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|
|
"bounties",
|
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|
|
"plenties",
|
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|
|
"plentitudes",
|
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|
|
"profusions",
|
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|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
|
|
|
"overproductions",
|
|
|
|
|
"overstocks"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
|
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
|
|
|
"wants"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
|
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
|
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
|
|
|
"undersupplies"
|
2022-07-10 04:31:07 +00:00
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belt (down)":{
|
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|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"drink",
|
|
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|
|
"gulp",
|
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|
|
"guzzle",
|
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|
|
"hoist",
|
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|
|
"imbibe",
|
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|
|
"knock back",
|
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|
|
"pound (down)",
|
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|
|
"quaff",
|
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|
|
"sip",
|
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|
|
"slug (down)",
|
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|
|
"slurp",
|
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|
|
"sup",
|
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|
|
"swig",
|
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|
|
"swill",
|
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|
|
"toss (down or off)"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"lap",
|
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|
|
"lick",
|
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|
|
"suck",
|
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|
|
"consume",
|
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|
|
"down",
|
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|
|
"ingurgitate",
|
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|
|
"kill",
|
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|
|
"mouth (down)",
|
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|
|
"put away",
|
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|
|
"nip",
|
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|
|
"tipple",
|
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|
|
"pledge",
|
|
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|
|
"toast",
|
|
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|
|
"wine"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"belted":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"belted the baseball out of the park"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"banged",
|
|
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|
|
"bashed",
|
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|
|
"batted",
|
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|
|
"biffed",
|
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|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
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|
|
"bobbed",
|
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|
|
"bonked",
|
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|
|
"bopped",
|
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|
|
"boxed",
|
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|
|
"busted",
|
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|
|
"bust",
|
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|
|
"clapped",
|
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|
|
"clapt",
|
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|
|
"clipped",
|
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|
|
"clobbered",
|
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|
|
"clocked",
|
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|
|
"clouted",
|
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|
|
"cracked",
|
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|
|
"hammered",
|
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|
|
"hit",
|
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|
|
"knocked",
|
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|
|
"nailed",
|
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|
|
"pasted",
|
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|
|
"pounded",
|
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"punched",
|
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|
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"rapped",
|
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|
|
"slammed",
|
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"slapped",
|
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"slogged",
|
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|
|
"slugged",
|
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|
"smacked",
|
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|
|
"smote",
|
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|
"socked",
|
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|
|
"struck",
|
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|
|
"swatted",
|
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|
|
"swiped",
|
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|
|
"tagged",
|
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|
|
"thumped",
|
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|
|
"thwacked",
|
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|
|
"walloped",
|
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|
|
"whacked",
|
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|
|
"whaled",
|
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|
|
"zapped"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"battered",
|
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|
|
"beat",
|
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|
|
"buffeted",
|
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|
|
"bunged",
|
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|
|
"chopped",
|
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|
|
"cuffed",
|
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"drubbed",
|
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|
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"laced",
|
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|
|
"lambasted",
|
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|
|
"licked",
|
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|
|
"mangled",
|
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|
|
"mauled",
|
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|
|
"pelted",
|
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|
|
"peppered",
|
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|
|
"pommeled",
|
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|
|
"pommelled",
|
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|
|
"pummeled",
|
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|
|
"pummelled",
|
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|
|
"roughed",
|
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|
|
"scuffed",
|
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|
|
"bunted",
|
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|
|
"flicked",
|
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|
|
"stroked",
|
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|
|
"tapped",
|
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|
|
"bumped",
|
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"butted",
|
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"jabbed",
|
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|
|
"jostled",
|
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"kicked",
|
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"kneed",
|
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"poked",
|
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|
|
"prodded",
|
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"pushed",
|
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|
|
"shoved",
|
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|
|
"stamped",
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|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
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|
"creamed",
|
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"decked",
|
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|
"dumped",
|
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"felled",
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"floored",
|
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"knocked down",
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"leveled",
|
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|
"levelled",
|
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|
"rabbit-punched",
|
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|
|
"sucker punched",
|
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|
"caned",
|
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|
|
"clubbed",
|
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|
|
"cudgeled",
|
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|
|
"cudgelled",
|
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|
|
"flailed",
|
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|
|
"flogged",
|
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|
|
"lashed",
|
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|
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"sapped",
|
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|
|
"slashed",
|
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|
|
"sledged",
|
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|
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"sledgehammered",
|
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|
|
"speared",
|
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|
|
"stabbed",
|
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|
|
"switched",
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"thrashed",
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"whipped",
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"beaned",
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"brained",
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"conked",
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"skulled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
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"examples":[
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"belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banded",
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"begirt",
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"begirded",
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"engirded",
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"engirdled",
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"enwound",
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"girded",
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"girt",
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"girdled",
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"girted",
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"girthed",
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"wrapped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tied up",
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"trussed",
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"circled",
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"enwreathed",
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"looped",
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"wound",
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"winded",
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"wreathed",
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"bandaged",
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"enswathed",
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"swathed",
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"chained",
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"corded",
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"enchained",
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"lashed",
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"roped",
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"shackled",
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"taped",
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"wired"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unbound",
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"unlashed",
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"unshackled",
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"untied",
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"unwound"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ungirded",
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"unwrapped"
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]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"belted the punching bag relentlessly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"birched",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"curried",
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"did",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mauled",
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"messed (up)",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"punched out",
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"roughed (up)",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"walloped",
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"whaled",
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"whipped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over"
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],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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|
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"busted",
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|
|
"bust",
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|
|
"chopped",
|
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|
|
"clobbered",
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|
|
"clouted",
|
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|
|
"cracked",
|
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|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
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|
|
"cudgelled",
|
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|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
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|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
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|
|
"hit",
|
|
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|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
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|
|
"knocked",
|
|
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|
|
"laid on",
|
|
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|
|
"lammed",
|
|
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|
|
"pasted",
|
|
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|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
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|
|
"punched",
|
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|
|
"raided",
|
|
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|
|
"rushed",
|
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|
|
"slammed",
|
|
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|
|
"slapped",
|
|
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|
|
"smacked",
|
|
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|
|
"smashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"socked",
|
|
|
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
|
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
|
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
|
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
|
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
|
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
|
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
|
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
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|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
|
|
|
"caned",
|
|
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|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
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|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
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|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
|
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
|
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
|
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
|
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
|
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
|
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
|
|
|
"gored",
|
|
|
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
|
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
|
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the boy went belting along on his skateboard"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
|
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
|
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
|
|
|
"blew",
|
|
|
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
|
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
|
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
|
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
|
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
|
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
|
|
|
"careened",
|
|
|
|
|
"careered",
|
|
|
|
|
"chased",
|
|
|
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
|
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
|
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"drove",
|
|
|
|
|
"flew",
|
|
|
|
|
"hared",
|
|
|
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
|
|
|
"hied",
|
|
|
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
|
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
|
|
|
"humped",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
|
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
|
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
|
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
|
|
|
"motored",
|
|
|
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
|
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
|
|
|
"raced",
|
|
|
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
|
|
|
"ran",
|
|
|
|
|
"run",
|
|
|
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
|
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
|
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
|
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
|
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
|
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
|
|
|
"shot",
|
|
|
|
|
"sped",
|
|
|
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
|
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
|
|
|
"tore",
|
|
|
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
|
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
|
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
|
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
|
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
|
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
|
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
|
|
|
"darted",
|
|
|
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
|
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
|
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
|
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
|
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
|
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
|
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
|
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
|
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
|
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
|
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
|
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
|
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
|
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
|
|
|
"outran",
|
|
|
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
|
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
|
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
|
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
|
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
|
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
|
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
|
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
|
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
|
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
|
|
|
"poked",
|
|
|
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
|
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
|
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
|
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
|
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
|
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
|
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
|
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
|
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
|
|
|
"crept",
|
|
|
|
|
"poked"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belted up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
|
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
|
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
|
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
|
|
|
"piped down",
|
|
|
|
|
"quieted (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"cooled (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
|
|
|
"hemmed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
|
|
|
"talked"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beltway":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in parkway , bypass":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
|
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
|
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
|
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
|
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
|
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
|
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
|
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
|
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
|
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
|
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
|
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
|
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
|
|
|
"through street",
|
|
|
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
|
|
|
"artery",
|
|
|
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
|
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
|
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
|
|
|
"drag",
|
|
|
|
|
"drive",
|
|
|
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
|
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
|
|
|
"high road",
|
|
|
|
|
"highway",
|
|
|
|
|
"pass",
|
|
|
|
|
"pike",
|
|
|
|
|
"road",
|
|
|
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
|
|
|
"route",
|
|
|
|
|
"row",
|
|
|
|
|
"street",
|
|
|
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
|
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
|
|
|
"trace",
|
|
|
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
|
|
|
"way",
|
|
|
|
|
"high street",
|
|
|
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
|
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
|
|
|
"branch",
|
|
|
|
|
"bystreet",
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"byway",
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"crossroad",
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"secondary road",
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"shunpike",
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"side road",
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"side street",
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"alley",
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"alleyway",
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"circle",
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"lane",
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"laneway",
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"mews",
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"place"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"belvedere":{
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"a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views":{
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"examples":[
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"a Greek revival belvedere stands majestically on a grassy knoll overlooking the river"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alcove",
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"casino",
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"gazebo",
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"kiosk",
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"pavilion",
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"summerhouse"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"trellis"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"belted (down)":{
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"to swallow in liquid form":{
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"examples":[
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"I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drank",
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"gulped",
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"guzzled",
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"hoisted",
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"imbibed",
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"knocked back",
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"pounded (down)",
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"quaffed",
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"sipped",
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"slugged (down)",
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"slurped",
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"supped",
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"swigged",
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"swilled",
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"tossed (down or off)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lapped",
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"licked",
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"sucked",
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"consumed",
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"downed",
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"ingurgitated",
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"killed",
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"mouthed (down)",
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"put away",
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"nipped",
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"tippled",
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"pledged",
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"toasted",
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"wined"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bellwethers":{
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"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
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"examples":[
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"the state has a long history of being an early and reliable bellwether in presidential elections"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"leaders",
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"pacemakers",
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"pacers",
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"pacesetters",
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"trendsetters",
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"trend-setters"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"foregoers",
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"forerunners",
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"harbingers",
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"heralds",
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"precursors",
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"groundbreakers",
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"innovators",
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"pioneers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"Johnny-come-latelies",
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"Johnnies-come-lately",
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"me-tooers"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"followers",
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"imitators"
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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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"belles \u00e9poques":{
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"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
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"examples":[
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"that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"golden ages",
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"renaissances"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"silver ages",
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"millennia",
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"millenniums",
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"blooms",
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"blossoms",
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"flowers",
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"flushes",
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"glories",
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"heydays",
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"primes",
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"salad days",
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"acmes",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"climaxes",
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"meridians",
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"peaks",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits",
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|
|
"zeniths"
|
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|
],
|
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|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
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|
|
"dark ages"
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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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|
"belaud":{
|
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|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
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|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
"adulate",
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|
|
"blarney",
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|
|
"butter up",
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"flatter",
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|
|
"hero-worship",
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|
"honey",
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|
|
"massage",
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|
"overpraise",
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|
|
"puff",
|
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|
|
"soft-soap",
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|
|
"stroke"
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],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"blandish",
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|
|
"cajole",
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|
|
"coax",
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|
|
"sweet-talk",
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|
"wheedle",
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|
|
"fawn",
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|
|
"kowtow",
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|
|
"suck (up to)",
|
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|
"toady",
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|
"idolize",
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|
|
"worship",
|
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|
|
"eulogize",
|
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|
|
"extol",
|
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|
|
"extoll",
|
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|
|
"laud",
|
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|
|
"praise",
|
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|
|
"applaud",
|
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|
|
"commend",
|
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|
|
"compliment",
|
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|
|
"congratulate",
|
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|
|
"felicitate",
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|
|
"drool",
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|
|
"gush",
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|
|
"slaver",
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|
|
"slobber",
|
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|
|
"endear",
|
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|
|
"ingratiate",
|
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|
|
"court",
|
|
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|
|
"romance",
|
|
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|
|
"woo"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
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|
|
"belittle",
|
|
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|
|
"decry",
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|
|
"depreciate",
|
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|
|
"disparage",
|
|
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|
|
"put down"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
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|
|
"verb"
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
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|
|
"believers":{
|
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|
|
"one who professes a religious faith":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"for believers , it was sufficient proof that a miracle had occurred"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
|
"religionists"
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"fundamentalists",
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|
|
"cultists",
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|
|
"pietists",
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"zealots",
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|
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"deists",
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|
|
"monotheists",
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|
|
"polytheists",
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"theist",
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|
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"churchgoers",
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|
|
"communicants",
|
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|
|
"congregants"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
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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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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"belle-lettristic":{
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|
|
"as in highbrowed , donnish":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
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|
|
"bombastic",
|
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|
|
"declamatory",
|
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|
|
"florid",
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|
"flowery",
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"grandiloquent",
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|
"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"pompous",
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|
"stilted",
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|
"elevated",
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"eloquent",
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"formal",
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"high-flown",
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"lofty",
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"majestic",
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"stately",
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|
"towering",
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|
"academic",
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|
"academical",
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"donnish",
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"inkhorn",
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"pedantic",
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"scholastic",
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"bookish",
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"erudite",
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"learned",
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|
"literary",
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"highbrow",
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"highbrowed",
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|
"intellectual",
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"educated",
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|
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"schooled"
|
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|
|
],
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|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
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|
|
"colloquial",
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|
"nonliterary",
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|
|
"unbookish",
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|
|
"chatty",
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|
"conversational",
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"familiar",
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"informal",
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"slangy",
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"illiterate"
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|
|
],
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
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|
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"type":[
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|
"adjective"
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|
]
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|
},
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|
|
"believable":{
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|
|
"worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable":{
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|
|
"examples":[
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"she had a believable excuse for missing the deadline"
|
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|
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],
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"credible",
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|
"creditable",
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"likely",
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"plausible",
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"presumptive",
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"probable"
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|
],
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|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
"cogent",
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|
|
"compelling",
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|
"conclusive",
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|
"convincing",
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"decisive",
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"effective",
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"forceful",
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"persuasive",
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"satisfying",
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"strong",
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"telling",
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"acceptable",
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"cogitable",
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"conceivable",
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"imaginable",
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"possible",
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"practical",
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"reasonable",
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"dependable",
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"reliable",
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"trustworthy",
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"sophistic",
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"sophistical",
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|
"specious"
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"absurd",
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|
|
"doubtful",
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|
"dubious",
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"fantastic",
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|
"fantastical",
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"flimsy",
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"outlandish",
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"preposterous",
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"questionable",
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"ridiculous",
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"impossible",
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"inconceivable",
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"unimaginable",
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"unthinkable",
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"skeptical",
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"suspect",
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"suspicious",
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"uncertain",
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"unsure",
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"hopeless",
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"unworkable",
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"useless"
|
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|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"far-fetched",
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"implausible",
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"improbable",
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"incredible",
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"unbelievable",
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"unlikely",
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"unplausible"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"belfries":{
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"a person's mental ability":{
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"examples":[
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"The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry ."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gray matter",
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"intellect",
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"intelligence",
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"loaf",
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"noodle",
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"reason",
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"skull",
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"brain",
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"cerebrum",
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"head",
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"mind",
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"psyche",
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"thinker",
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"acumen",
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"alertness",
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"astuteness",
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"brilliance",
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"insight",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"mentality",
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"perception",
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"perspicacity",
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"sagacity",
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"sapience",
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"wisdom",
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"wit",
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"awareness",
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"cognizance",
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"consciousness",
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"self-awareness",
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"self-consciousness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belletrist":{
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"as in stylist , auteur":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"auteur",
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"stylist",
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"wordsmith",
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"author",
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"litterateur",
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"litt\u00e9rateur",
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"pen",
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"penman",
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"scribe",
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"scrivener",
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"writer",
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"coauthor",
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"coscenarist",
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"cowriter",
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"ghostwriter",
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"hack",
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"hatchet man",
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"scribbler",
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"wordmonger",
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"biographer",
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"hagiographer",
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"autobiographer",
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"memoirist",
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"memorialist",
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"fabulist",
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"fictioneer",
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"fictionist",
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"novelist",
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"romancer",
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"storyteller",
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"essayist",
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"pamphleteer",
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"satirist",
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"dramatist",
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"playwright",
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"scenarist",
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"screenwriter",
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"scriptwriter",
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"prosaist",
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"prosateur",
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|
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"proser"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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|
|
"nonauthor"
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|
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],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
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"noun"
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]
|
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},
|
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|
|
"belle epoque":{
|
|
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|
|
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
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|
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|
|
"that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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|
|
"golden age",
|
|
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|
|
"renaissance"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"silver age",
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|
|
"millennium",
|
|
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|
|
"bloom",
|
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|
|
"blossom",
|
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|
|
"flower",
|
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|
|
"flush",
|
|
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|
|
"glory",
|
|
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|
|
"heyday",
|
|
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|
|
"prime",
|
|
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|
|
"salad days",
|
|
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|
|
"acme",
|
|
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|
|
"apex",
|
|
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|
|
"climax",
|
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|
|
"meridian",
|
|
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|
|
"peak",
|
|
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|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
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|
|
"summit",
|
|
|
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dark age"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belligerent":{
|
|
|
|
|
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the player became quite belligerent and was thrown out of the game"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
|
|
|
"agonistic",
|
|
|
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
|
|
|
"assaultive",
|
|
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|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
|
|
|
"brawly",
|
|
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|
|
"chippy",
|
|
|
|
|
"combative",
|
|
|
|
|
"confrontational",
|
|
|
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
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|
|
"discordant",
|
|
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|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
|
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
|
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
|
|
|
"militant",
|
|
|
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
|
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
|
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
|
|
|
"warlike"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
|
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
|
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
|
|
|
"hot-tempered",
|
|
|
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
|
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
|
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
|
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
|
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
|
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
|
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
|
|
|
"cross",
|
|
|
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
|
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
|
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
|
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
|
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
|
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
|
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
|
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
|
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
|
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
|
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
|
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
|
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
|
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
|
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
|
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
|
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
|
|
|
"rude",
|
|
|
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
|
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
|
|
|
"stroppy",
|
|
|
|
|
"surly",
|
|
|
|
|
"testy",
|
|
|
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
|
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
|
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
|
|
|
"savage",
|
|
|
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
|
|
|
"battling",
|
|
|
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"warring"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"anti-imperialist",
|
|
|
|
|
"antimilitarist",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwarlike",
|
|
|
|
|
"affable",
|
|
|
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
|
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
|
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
|
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
|
|
|
"conciliatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
|
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
|
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
|
|
|
"genial",
|
|
|
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
|
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
|
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
|
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
|
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
|
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
|
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
|
|
|
"calm",
|
|
|
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
|
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
|
|
|
"serene",
|
|
|
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
|
|
|
"benign",
|
|
|
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
|
|
|
"mild"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonaggressive",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
|
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
|
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
|
|
|
"unbelligerent",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncombative",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncontentious"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"as in combatant":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
|
|
|
"dogface",
|
|
|
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
|
|
|
"legionary",
|
|
|
|
|
"legionnaire",
|
|
|
|
|
"man-at-arms",
|
|
|
|
|
"regular",
|
|
|
|
|
"serviceman",
|
|
|
|
|
"soldier",
|
|
|
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
|
|
|
"warrior",
|
|
|
|
|
"servicewoman",
|
|
|
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
|
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
|
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
|
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
|
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
|
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
|
|
|
"footman",
|
|
|
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
|
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
|
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
|
|
|
"commando",
|
|
|
|
|
"raider",
|
|
|
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
|
|
|
"marine",
|
|
|
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
|
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
|
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
|
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
|
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
|
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
|
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
|
|
|
"archer",
|
|
|
|
|
"crossbowman"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"civilian",
|
|
|
|
|
"noncombatant"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belying":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to give a misleading impression of":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"his bright smile belied his actual mood, which was really one of great sadness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"misrepresenting"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
|
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
|
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
|
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
|
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
|
|
|
"masking",
|
|
|
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
|
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
|
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
|
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
|
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
|
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
|
|
|
"misrendering",
|
|
|
|
|
"misreporting",
|
|
|
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
|
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
|
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
|
|
|
"pretending"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"baring",
|
|
|
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
|
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
|
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
|
|
|
"evincing",
|
|
|
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
|
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
|
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
|
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
|
|
|
"parading",
|
|
|
|
|
"showing off"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
|
|
|
"representing"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the latest information belies the old theory"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
|
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
|
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconfirming",
|
|
|
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
|
|
|
"disproving",
|
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"falsifying",
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"rebutting",
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"refuting",
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"shooting down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"overthrowing",
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"overturning",
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"challenging",
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"contesting",
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"querying",
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"questioning",
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"doubting",
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"mistrusting",
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"debating",
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"discussing",
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"hashing (over)",
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"mooting",
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"talking over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"documenting",
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"evidencing",
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"evincing",
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"recording",
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"showing",
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"supporting",
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"witnessing",
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"backing (up)",
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"buttressing",
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"corroborating",
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"substantiating",
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"adducing",
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"attesting",
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"authenticating",
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"certifying",
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"identifying",
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"demonstrating",
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"displaying",
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"illustrating",
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"manifesting"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"confirming",
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"establishing",
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"proving",
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"validating",
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"verifying"
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]
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},
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"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
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"examples":[
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"the security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanketing",
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"blotting out",
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"covering",
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"curtaining",
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"disguising",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"obscuring",
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"occulting",
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"papering over",
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"screening",
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"shrouding",
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"suppressing",
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"veiling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"burying",
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"camouflaging",
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"covering (up)",
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"smothering",
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"gilding",
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"glossing (over)",
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"varnishing",
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"whitewashing",
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"beclouding",
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"bedimming",
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"befogging",
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"blocking",
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"clouding",
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"darkening",
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"eclipsing",
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"obstructing",
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"occluding",
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"overcasting",
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"overshadowing",
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"shading"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bringing out",
|
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"presenting",
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"clarifying",
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"illuminating",
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"advertising",
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"airing",
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"broadcasting",
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"getting out",
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"proclaiming",
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"publicizing",
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"publishing",
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"spreading"
|
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|
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],
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
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"baring",
|
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|
|
"disclosing",
|
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|
|
"displaying",
|
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|
|
"divulging",
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|
|
"exposing",
|
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|
|
"revealing",
|
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|
|
"showing",
|
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|
|
"uncloaking",
|
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|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
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|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
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|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
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|
|
"verb"
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|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
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|
|
"belligerency":{
|
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|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"an inveterate belligerency that needs to be addressed by classes in anger management"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"aggression",
|
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|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
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|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
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|
|
"bellicosity",
|
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|
|
"belligerence",
|
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|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
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|
|
"contentiousness",
|
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|
|
"defiance",
|
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|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
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|
|
"feistiness",
|
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|
|
"fight",
|
|
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|
|
"militance",
|
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|
|
"militancy",
|
|
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|
|
"militantness",
|
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|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
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|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
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|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"antagonism",
|
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|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
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|
|
"hostility",
|
|
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|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
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|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
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|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
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|
|
"jingoism",
|
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|
|
"militarism",
|
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|
|
"acidity",
|
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|
|
"biliousness",
|
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|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
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|
|
"crankiness",
|
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|
|
"crossness",
|
|
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|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
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|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
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|
|
"fretfulness",
|
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|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
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|
|
"grumpiness",
|
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|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
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|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
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|
|
"irritability",
|
|
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|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
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|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
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|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
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|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
|
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
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|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
|
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
|
|
|
"affability",
|
|
|
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
|
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
|
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
|
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
|
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
|
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
|
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
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|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
|
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
|
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
|
|
|
"placability"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belches":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"with a loud belch he concluded his pig-out and rose at last from the table"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"burps",
|
|
|
|
|
"eructations"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"hiccups",
|
|
|
|
|
"hiccoughs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the volcano belched lava and ash for days"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
|
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
|
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
|
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
|
|
|
"expels",
|
|
|
|
|
"jets",
|
|
|
|
|
"spews",
|
|
|
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
|
|
|
"pours",
|
|
|
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
|
|
|
"streams",
|
|
|
|
|
"surges",
|
|
|
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
|
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
|
|
|
"issues",
|
|
|
|
|
"releases",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
|
|
|
"spits",
|
|
|
|
|
"springs",
|
|
|
|
|
"vents",
|
|
|
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
|
|
|
"emits",
|
|
|
|
|
"fires",
|
|
|
|
|
"casts",
|
|
|
|
|
"flings",
|
|
|
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
|
|
|
"launches",
|
|
|
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
|
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"contains",
|
|
|
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
|
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belabored":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
|
"harped (on)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"accented",
|
|
|
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
|
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
|
|
|
"paid (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
|
|
|
"underlined",
|
|
|
|
|
"underscored"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
|
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
|
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
|
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
|
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
|
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
|
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abused",
|
|
|
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
|
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
|
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
|
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
|
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
|
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
|
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
|
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
|
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
|
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"berated",
|
|
|
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
|
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
|
|
|
"harried",
|
|
|
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
|
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
|
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
|
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
|
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
|
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
|
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
|
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
|
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
|
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
|
|
|
"put down",
|
|
|
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
|
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
|
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
|
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
|
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
|
|
|
"chid",
|
|
|
|
|
"chided",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
|
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
|
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
|
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"commended",
|
|
|
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"complimented",
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"hailed",
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"lauded",
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"praised"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belted",
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"birched",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"curried",
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"did",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mauled",
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"messed (up)",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"punched out",
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"roughed (up)",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"walloped",
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"whaled",
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"whipped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"chopped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"cuffed",
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"descended (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jumped (on)",
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"knocked",
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"laid on",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"pounced (on or upon)",
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"punched",
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"raided",
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"rushed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"stormed",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked",
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"whammed",
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"whomped",
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"blackjacked",
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"caned",
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"cowhided",
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"flagellated",
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"fustigated",
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"horsewhipped",
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"leathered",
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"pistol-whipped",
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"rawhided",
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"scourged",
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"strapped",
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"gored",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beldam":{
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"a mean or ugly old woman":{
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"examples":[
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"knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"carline",
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"carlin",
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"crone",
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|
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"hag",
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|
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"hellcat",
|
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|
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"trot",
|
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|
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"witch"
|
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|
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],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"harpy",
|
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|
|
"shrew",
|
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|
|
"virago"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
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|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"bellyachers":{
|
|
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|
|
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"one of the biggest bellyachers about the lousy coffee at work"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"babies",
|
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|
|
"complainers",
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|
|
"crybabies",
|
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|
|
"fussbudgets",
|
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|
|
"fussers",
|
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|
|
"fusspots",
|
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|
|
"gripers",
|
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|
|
"grumblers",
|
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|
|
"kvetchers",
|
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|
|
"kvetches",
|
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|
|
"snivelers",
|
|
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|
|
"whiners"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bawlers",
|
|
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|
|
"bleaters",
|
|
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|
|
"moaners",
|
|
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|
|
"screamers",
|
|
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|
|
"squawkers",
|
|
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|
|
"wailers",
|
|
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|
|
"weepers",
|
|
|
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"malcontents"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there's always at least one bellyacher who doesn't like the food on the cruise ship"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bears",
|
|
|
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
|
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
|
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
|
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
|
|
|
"crosspatches",
|
|
|
|
|
"curmudgeons",
|
|
|
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
|
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
|
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
|
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
|
|
|
"growlers",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmurers",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutterers",
|
|
|
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
|
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
|
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
|
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
|
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
|
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
|
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoilsports",
|
|
|
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
|
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
|
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
|
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
|
|
|
"naggers",
|
|
|
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
|
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
|
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
|
|
|
"repiners",
|
|
|
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
|
|
|
"hypochondriacs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
|
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
|
|
|
"happy campers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belittling":{
|
|
|
|
|
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there's no need for belittling comments about your brother's trumpet playing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
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|
|
"decrying",
|
|
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|
|
"degrading",
|
|
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|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
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|
|
"denigrative",
|
|
|
|
|
"denigratory",
|
|
|
|
|
"deprecatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
|
|
|
"derogative",
|
|
|
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"detractive",
|
|
|
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"pejorative",
|
|
|
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
|
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncomplimentary"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
|
|
|
"calumnious",
|
|
|
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
|
|
|
"libelous",
|
|
|
|
|
"libellous",
|
|
|
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
|
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
|
|
|
"slanderous",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
|
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
|
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
|
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
|
|
|
"catty",
|
|
|
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
|
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
|
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
|
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
|
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
|
|
|
"malign",
|
|
|
|
|
"malignant",
|
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|
|
"mean",
|
|
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|
|
"nasty",
|
|
|
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
|
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
|
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
|
|
|
"critical",
|
|
|
|
|
"denunciative",
|
|
|
|
|
"denunciatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
|
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
|
|
|
"envious",
|
|
|
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
|
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
|
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
|
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
|
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
|
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
|
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
|
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
|
|
|
"approving",
|
|
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|
|
"friendly",
|
|
|
|
|
"positive",
|
|
|
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
|
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
|
|
|
"kind",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
|
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
|
|
|
"unmalicious",
|
|
|
|
|
"warm",
|
|
|
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"commendatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"complimentary",
|
|
|
|
|
"laudative",
|
|
|
|
|
"laudatory"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belittled the action star's acting ability"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
|
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
|
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
|
|
|
"denigrating",
|
|
|
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
|
|
|
"derogating",
|
|
|
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
|
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
|
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
|
|
|
"kissing off",
|
|
|
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
|
|
|
"poor-mouthing",
|
|
|
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
|
|
|
"running down",
|
|
|
|
|
"talking down",
|
|
|
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"trash-talking",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilipending",
|
|
|
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
|
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
|
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
|
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
|
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
|
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
|
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
|
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
|
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
|
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"maligning",
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"ripping",
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"slandering",
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"slurring",
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"traducing",
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"vilifying",
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"discrediting",
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"disgracing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approving",
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"countenancing",
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"endorsing",
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"indorsing",
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"favoring",
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"recommending",
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"sanctioning",
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"commending",
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"complimenting",
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"eulogizing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acclaiming",
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"applauding",
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"exalting",
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"extolling",
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"glorifying",
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"lauding",
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"magnifying",
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"praising"
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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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"belated":{
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"not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time":{
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"examples":[
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"a belated birthday card"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"behind",
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"behindhand",
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"delinquent",
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"late",
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"latish",
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"overdue",
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"tardy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"delayed",
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"detained",
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"postponed",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dilatory",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"laggard",
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"lagging",
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"poky",
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"pokey",
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"slow",
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"sluggish",
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"unhurried"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"opportune",
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"seasonable",
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"timely",
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"prompt",
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"punctual"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"early",
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"inopportune",
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"precocious",
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"premature",
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"unseasonable",
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"untimely"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"beleaguer":{
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"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
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"examples":[
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"beleaguered the castle for months"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"besiege",
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"blockade",
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|
|
"invest",
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|
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"leaguer"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"barricade",
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"block",
|
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|
|
"cut off",
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"dam",
|
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|
|
"encircle",
|
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|
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"assail",
|
|
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|
|
"assault",
|
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|
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"attack",
|
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|
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"beset",
|
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|
|
"confine",
|
|
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|
|
"insulate",
|
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|
|
"isolate",
|
|
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|
|
"quarantine"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
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|
|
"free",
|
|
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|
|
"liberate",
|
|
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|
|
"release",
|
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|
|
"rescue"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
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|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"bellied up":{
|
|
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|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"approached",
|
|
|
|
|
"came up",
|
|
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|
|
"closed",
|
|
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|
|
"closed in",
|
|
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|
|
"drew on",
|
|
|
|
|
"neared",
|
|
|
|
|
"nighed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"arrived",
|
|
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|
|
"attained",
|
|
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|
|
"came",
|
|
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|
|
"gained",
|
|
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|
|
"hit",
|
|
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|
|
"landed",
|
|
|
|
|
"made",
|
|
|
|
|
"reached",
|
|
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|
|
"showed up",
|
|
|
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
|
|
|
"waltzed (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"crept up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sneaked up",
|
|
|
|
|
"snuck up",
|
|
|
|
|
"adjoined",
|
|
|
|
|
"bordered",
|
|
|
|
|
"touched",
|
|
|
|
|
"verged"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
|
|
|
"departed",
|
|
|
|
|
"exited",
|
|
|
|
|
"left",
|
|
|
|
|
"lit",
|
|
|
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
|
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
|
|
|
"quit",
|
|
|
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
|
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
|
|
|
"removed",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"took off",
|
|
|
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
|
|
|
"went"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"backed (up or away)",
|
|
|
|
|
"receded",
|
|
|
|
|
"retired",
|
|
|
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
|
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belonging":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the warm welcome they received from the community gave them a sense of belonging"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"chumminess",
|
|
|
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
|
|
|
"inseparability",
|
|
|
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
|
|
|
"nearness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"immediacy",
|
|
|
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
|
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
|
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
|
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
|
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
|
|
|
"affection",
|
|
|
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
|
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
|
|
|
"love",
|
|
|
|
|
"passion",
|
|
|
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
|
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
|
|
|
"amity",
|
|
|
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
|
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
|
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
|
|
|
"affability",
|
|
|
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
|
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
|
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutuality",
|
|
|
|
|
"cliquishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"clubbiness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
|
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
|
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
|
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
|
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"distance"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"packed up all their belongings and moved across the country"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
|
|
|
"duds",
|
|
|
|
|
"effects",
|
|
|
|
|
"gear",
|
|
|
|
|
"goods",
|
|
|
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
|
|
|
"movables",
|
|
|
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
|
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
|
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
|
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
|
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
|
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
|
|
|
"possession",
|
|
|
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
|
|
|
"things"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
|
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
|
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
|
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
|
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
|
|
|
"estate",
|
|
|
|
|
"property",
|
|
|
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
|
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
|
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to have or be in a usual or proper place":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"going"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"placing",
|
|
|
|
|
"staying",
|
|
|
|
|
"fitting (in)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"appertaining",
|
|
|
|
|
"pertaining"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"having",
|
|
|
|
|
"holding",
|
|
|
|
|
"owning",
|
|
|
|
|
"possessing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belittlements":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"an unconscionable belittlement of his assistant in public"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"denigrations",
|
|
|
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
|
|
|
"derogations",
|
|
|
|
|
"detractions",
|
|
|
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
|
|
|
"put-downs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aspersions",
|
|
|
|
|
"calumnies",
|
|
|
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
|
|
|
"libels",
|
|
|
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilifications",
|
|
|
|
|
"derisions",
|
|
|
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
|
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
|
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
|
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
|
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
|
|
|
"censures",
|
|
|
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
|
|
|
"denouncements",
|
|
|
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
|
|
|
"de-emphases",
|
|
|
|
|
"minimizations"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
|
|
|
"praises",
|
|
|
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
|
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
|
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
|
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
|
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
|
|
|
"pufferies"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggrandizements",
|
|
|
|
|
"ennoblements",
|
|
|
|
|
"exaltations",
|
|
|
|
|
"glorifications",
|
|
|
|
|
"magnifications"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beloved":{
|
|
|
|
|
"granted special treatment or attention":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"her beloved cat sleeps in its own little bed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
|
|
|
"darling",
|
|
|
|
|
"dear",
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"fair-haired",
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"favored",
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"favorite",
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"fond",
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"loved",
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"pet",
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"precious",
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"special",
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"sweet",
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"white-headed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"admired",
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"adored",
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"appreciated",
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"esteemed",
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"relished",
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"revered",
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"prized",
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"treasured",
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"preferred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"despised",
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"detested",
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"disdained",
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"disfavored",
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"disliked",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"unfavorite",
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"abandoned",
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"forgotten",
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"ignored",
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"alienated",
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"estranged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unbeloved"
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]
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},
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"a person with whom one is in love":{
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"examples":[
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"searching for some incredibly romantic spot in which to ask his beloved to marry him"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"darling",
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"dear",
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"flame",
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"hon",
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"honey",
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"love",
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"squeeze",
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"sweet",
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"sweetheart",
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"sweetie",
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"sweetie pie",
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"truelove"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beau",
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"boy",
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"boyfriend",
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"fellow",
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"man",
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"swain",
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"gal",
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"girl",
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"girlfriend",
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"inamorata",
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"ladylove",
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"lass",
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"mistress",
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"tootsie",
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"amour",
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"lover",
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"paramour",
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"doll",
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"duck(s)",
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"pet",
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"date",
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"escort",
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"steady",
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"admirer",
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"gallant",
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"suitor",
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"wooer",
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"groom",
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"husband",
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"bride",
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"wife",
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"significant other",
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"fianc\u00e9",
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"intended",
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"crush",
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"heartthrob"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"below par":{
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"falling short of a standard":{
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"examples":[
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"They hired their child a tutor after learning that his performance in language arts was below par ."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush",
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"bush-league",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wack",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"abysmal",
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"bitchin'",
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"brutal",
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"damnable",
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"deplorable",
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"detestable",
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"disastrous",
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"dreadful",
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"execrable",
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"gnarly",
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"horrendous",
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"horrible",
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"pathetic",
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"stinky",
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"sucky",
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"terrible",
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"unspeakable",
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"defective",
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"faulty",
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"flawed",
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"egregious",
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"flagrant",
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"gross",
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"bum",
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"cheesy",
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"coarse",
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"common",
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"crappy",
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"cut-rate",
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"junky",
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"lesser",
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"low-grade",
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"low-rent",
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"mediocre",
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"miserable",
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"reprehensible",
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"rotten",
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"rubbishy",
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|
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"second-rate",
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"shoddy",
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"sleazy",
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"trashy",
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|
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"abominable",
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|
|
"odious",
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|
|
"vile",
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|
|
"useless",
|
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|
|
"valueless",
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|
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"worthless",
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|
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"inadequate",
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|
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"insufficient",
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"lacking",
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|
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"meager",
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|
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"meagre",
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|
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"mean",
|
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|
|
"miserly",
|
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|
|
"niggardly",
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|
|
"scanty",
|
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|
|
"shabby",
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|
|
"short",
|
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|
|
"skimp",
|
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|
|
"skimpy",
|
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|
|
"spare",
|
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|
|
"stingy",
|
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|
|
"miscreant",
|
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|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
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|
|
"villainous",
|
|
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|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
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|
|
"fake",
|
|
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|
|
"phony",
|
|
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|
|
"phoney",
|
|
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|
|
"sham"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"classic",
|
|
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|
|
"classical",
|
|
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|
|
"A1",
|
|
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|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
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|
|
"banner",
|
|
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|
|
"boss",
|
|
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|
|
"capital",
|
|
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|
|
"choice",
|
|
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|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
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|
|
"dandy",
|
|
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|
|
"divine",
|
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|
|
"excellent",
|
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|
|
"exceptional",
|
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|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
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|
|
"fine",
|
|
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|
|
"first-class",
|
|
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|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
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|
|
"grand",
|
|
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|
|
"great",
|
|
|
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
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|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
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|
|
"high-test",
|
|
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|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
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|
|
"keen",
|
|
|
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
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|
|
"marvellous",
|
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|
|
"mean",
|
|
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|
|
"neat",
|
|
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|
|
"nifty",
|
|
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|
|
"noble",
|
|
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|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
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|
|
"perfect",
|
|
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|
|
"premium",
|
|
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|
|
"prime",
|
|
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|
|
"sensational",
|
|
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|
|
"slick",
|
|
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|
|
"splendid",
|
|
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|
|
"stellar",
|
|
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|
|
"sterling",
|
|
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|
|
"superb",
|
|
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|
|
"superior",
|
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|
|
"superlative",
|
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|
|
"supernal",
|
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|
|
"swell",
|
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|
|
"terrific",
|
|
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|
|
"tip-top",
|
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|
|
"top",
|
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|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
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|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
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|
|
"wonderful",
|
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|
|
"better",
|
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|
|
"exceptional",
|
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|
|
"fancy",
|
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|
|
"high-grade",
|
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|
|
"special",
|
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|
|
"sufficient",
|
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|
|
"average",
|
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|
|
"borderline",
|
|
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|
|
"fair",
|
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|
|
"mediocre",
|
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|
|
"middling",
|
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|
|
"minimal",
|
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|
|
"so-so",
|
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|
|
"unexceptional",
|
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|
|
"suitable",
|
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|
|
"useful",
|
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|
|
"worthy",
|
|
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|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
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|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
|
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
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|
|
"all right",
|
|
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|
|
"decent",
|
|
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|
|
"fine",
|
|
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|
|
"OK",
|
|
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|
|
"okay",
|
|
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|
|
"passable",
|
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|
|
"respectable",
|
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|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
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|
|
"standard",
|
|
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|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beleaguerments":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the devastating beleaguerment of Leningrad that lasted from September 1941 to January 1944"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
|
|
|
"investments",
|
|
|
|
|
"leaguers",
|
|
|
|
|
"sieges"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"counterblockades",
|
|
|
|
|
"counter-blockades",
|
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|
|
|
"containments",
|
|
|
|
|
"encirclements",
|
|
|
|
|
"encompassments",
|
|
|
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
|
|
|
"insulations",
|
|
|
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
|
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
|
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
|
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
|
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
|
|
|
"internments"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellwether":{
|
|
|
|
|
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the state has a long history of being an early and reliable bellwether in presidential elections"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"leader",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacemaker",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacer",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacesetter",
|
|
|
|
|
"trendsetter"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
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|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
|
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
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|
|
"herald",
|
|
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|
|
"precursor",
|
|
|
|
|
"groundbreaker",
|
|
|
|
|
"innovator",
|
|
|
|
|
"pioneer"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"Johnny-come-lately",
|
|
|
|
|
"me-tooer"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"follower",
|
|
|
|
|
"imitator"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belied":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to give a misleading impression of":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"his bright smile belied his actual mood, which was really one of great sadness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"misrepresented"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
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|
"near synonyms":[
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"contradicted",
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"camouflaged",
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"cloaked",
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"concealed",
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"counterfeited",
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"disguised",
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"hid",
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"masked",
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"obscured",
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"colored",
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"deceived",
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"distorted",
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"falsified",
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"garbled",
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"misled",
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"misrendered",
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"misreported",
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"twisted",
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"dissembled",
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"feigned",
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"pretended"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bared",
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"demonstrated",
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"disclosed",
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"discovered",
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"evinced",
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"exhibited",
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"exposed",
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"revealed",
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"flaunted",
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"paraded",
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"showed off"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"betrayed",
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"represented"
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]
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},
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"to prove to be false":{
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"examples":[
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"the latest information belies the old theory"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"confounded",
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"confuted",
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"debunked",
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"disconfirmed",
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"discredited",
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"disproved",
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"falsified",
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"rebutted",
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"refuted",
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"shot down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"overthrew",
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"overturned",
|
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"challenged",
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"contested",
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"queried",
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"questioned",
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"doubted",
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"mistrusted",
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"debated",
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"discussed",
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"hashed (over)",
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"mooted",
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"talked over"
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],
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|
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"near antonyms":[
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"documented",
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"evidenced",
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|
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"evinced",
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"recorded",
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"showed",
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"supported",
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"witnessed",
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"backed (up)",
|
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"buttressed",
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"corroborated",
|
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"substantiated",
|
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|
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"adduced",
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|
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"attested",
|
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|
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"authenticated",
|
|
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|
|
"certified",
|
|
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|
|
"identified",
|
|
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|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
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|
|
"displayed",
|
|
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|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
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|
|
"manifested"
|
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|
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],
|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"confirmed",
|
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|
|
"established",
|
|
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|
|
"proved",
|
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|
|
"validated",
|
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|
|
"verified"
|
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|
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]
|
|
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|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"blanketed",
|
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|
|
"blotted out",
|
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|
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"cloaked",
|
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|
|
"concealed",
|
|
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|
|
"covered",
|
|
|
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
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|
|
"disguised",
|
|
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|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
|
|
|
"hid",
|
|
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|
|
"masked",
|
|
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|
|
"obscured",
|
|
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|
|
"occulted",
|
|
|
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
|
|
|
"screened",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
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|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
|
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"buried",
|
|
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|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
|
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
|
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
|
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
|
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
|
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
|
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
|
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
|
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
|
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
|
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
|
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
|
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
|
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
|
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
|
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
|
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
|
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
|
|
|
"presented",
|
|
|
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
|
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
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|
|
"aired",
|
|
|
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
|
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
|
|
|
"got out",
|
|
|
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
|
|
|
"published",
|
|
|
|
|
"spread"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bared",
|
|
|
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
|
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
|
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
|
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
|
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
|
|
|
"showed",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
|
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
|
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belched":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the volcano belched lava and ash for days"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
|
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
|
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
|
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
|
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
|
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
|
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
|
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
|
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
|
|
|
"poured",
|
|
|
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
|
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
|
|
|
"surged",
|
|
|
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
|
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
|
|
|
"issued",
|
|
|
|
|
"released",
|
|
|
|
|
"shot",
|
|
|
|
|
"spit",
|
|
|
|
|
"spat",
|
|
|
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
|
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
|
|
|
"vented",
|
|
|
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
|
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
|
|
|
"fired",
|
|
|
|
|
"cast",
|
|
|
|
|
"flung",
|
|
|
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
|
|
|
"hove",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
|
|
|
"launched",
|
|
|
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
|
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"contained",
|
|
|
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
|
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"below the belt":{
|
|
|
|
|
"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"That mean joke really hit below the belt ."
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
|
|
|
"foul",
|
|
|
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
|
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
|
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
|
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
|
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
|
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
|
|
|
"low",
|
|
|
|
|
"mean",
|
|
|
|
|
"ungentlemanly",
|
|
|
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
|
|
|
"unchivalrous",
|
|
|
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
|
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
|
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
|
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
|
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"just",
|
|
|
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
|
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
|
|
|
"moral",
|
|
|
|
|
"principled",
|
|
|
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
|
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
|
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
|
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
|
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clean",
|
|
|
|
|
"fair",
|
|
|
|
|
"legal",
|
|
|
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
|
|
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belles":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in peaches , charmers":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
|
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
|
|
|
"babes",
|
|
|
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
|
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
|
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuties",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuteys",
|
|
|
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
|
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
|
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
|
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
|
|
|
"fox",
|
|
|
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
|
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
|
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"queens",
|
|
|
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
|
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
|
|
|
"cover girls",
|
|
|
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
|
|
|
"houris",
|
|
|
|
|
"cutie-pies",
|
|
|
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
|
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
|
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
|
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
|
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
|
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
|
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
|
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
|
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
|
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
|
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bags",
|
|
|
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"crones",
|
|
|
|
|
"hags",
|
|
|
|
|
"witches"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly-landing":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in crash-landing":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crash-landing",
|
|
|
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"landing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"perching",
|
|
|
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
|
|
|
"settling",
|
|
|
|
|
"touching down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
|
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
|
|
|
"arising",
|
|
|
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
|
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"rising",
|
|
|
|
|
"floating",
|
|
|
|
|
"flying",
|
|
|
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
|
|
|
"planing",
|
|
|
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
|
|
|
"winging",
|
|
|
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
|
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a period of high artistic or cultural development":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"golden age",
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"renaissance"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"silver age",
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"millennium",
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"bloom",
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"blossom",
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"flower",
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"flush",
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"glory",
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"heyday",
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"prime",
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"salad days",
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"acme",
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"apex",
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"climax",
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"meridian",
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"peak",
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"pinnacle",
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"summit",
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"zenith"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"dark age"
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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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"belittled":{
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"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
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"examples":[
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"belittled the action star's acting ability"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bad-mouthed",
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"cried down",
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"decried",
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"denigrated",
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"deprecated",
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"depreciated",
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"derogated",
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"diminished",
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"discounted",
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"dismissed",
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"disparaged",
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"dissed",
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"kissed off",
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"minimized",
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"played down",
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"poor-mouthed",
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"put down",
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"ran down",
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"talked down",
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"trashed",
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"trash-talked",
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"vilipended",
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"wrote off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discommended",
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"abused",
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"scolded",
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"disapproved (of)",
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"disliked",
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"censured",
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"condemned",
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"criticized",
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"denounced",
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"reprehended",
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"reprobated",
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"aspersed",
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"defamed",
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"maligned",
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"ripped",
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"slandered",
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"slurred",
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"traduced",
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"vilified",
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"discredited",
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"disgraced"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approved",
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"countenanced",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"favored",
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"recommended",
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"sanctioned",
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"commended",
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"complimented",
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"eulogized"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acclaimed",
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"applauded",
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"exalted",
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"extolled",
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"glorified",
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"lauded",
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"magnified",
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"praised"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"belting":{
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"as in thumping , thrashing":{
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"examples":[],
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|
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"synonyms":[],
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|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"assault",
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|
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"attack",
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|
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"bashing",
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|
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"battering",
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"battery",
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"batting",
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"beating",
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"bludgeoning",
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|
|
"buffeting",
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"clubbing",
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|
|
"cudgeling",
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|
|
"cudgelling",
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|
|
"drubbing",
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|
|
"flogging",
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|
|
"hammering",
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|
|
"lacing",
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|
|
"licking",
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|
|
"mauling",
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|
|
"paddling",
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|
|
"pelting",
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|
|
"pommeling",
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|
|
"pommelling",
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|
|
"pounding",
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|
|
"pummeling",
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|
|
"pummelling",
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|
|
"smashing",
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|
|
"socking",
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|
|
"thrashing",
|
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|
|
"thumping",
|
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|
|
"tromping",
|
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|
|
"walloping",
|
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|
|
"whaling",
|
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|
|
"whipping",
|
|
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|
|
"damage",
|
|
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|
|
"detriment",
|
|
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|
|
"harm",
|
|
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|
|
"hurt",
|
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|
|
"impairment",
|
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|
|
"injury",
|
|
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|
|
"frenzy",
|
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|
|
"fury",
|
|
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|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
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|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
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|
|
"outrage",
|
|
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|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
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|
|
"rage",
|
|
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|
|
"rampage",
|
|
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|
|
"revolt",
|
|
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|
|
"riot",
|
|
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|
|
"rupture",
|
|
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|
|
"shock",
|
|
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|
|
"storm",
|
|
|
|
|
"terror",
|
|
|
|
|
"threat",
|
|
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|
|
"tumult",
|
|
|
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
|
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
|
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
|
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
|
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
|
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
|
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
|
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
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|
|
"bullying",
|
|
|
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
|
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
|
|
|
|
"force",
|
|
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|
|
"foul play",
|
|
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|
|
"violence",
|
|
|
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
|
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
|
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutilation"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacifism",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the baseball out of the park"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"banging",
|
|
|
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"batting",
|
|
|
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
|
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
|
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
|
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
|
|
|
"busting",
|
|
|
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
|
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
|
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
|
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
|
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
|
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
|
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
|
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
|
|
|
"punching",
|
|
|
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
|
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
|
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
|
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
|
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
|
|
|
"socking",
|
|
|
|
|
"striking",
|
|
|
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
|
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
|
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
|
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
|
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
|
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
|
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
|
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
|
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"battering",
|
|
|
|
|
"beating",
|
|
|
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
|
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
|
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"licking",
|
|
|
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
|
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
|
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
|
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
|
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
|
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
|
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
|
|
|
"butting",
|
|
|
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
|
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
|
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
|
|
|
"poking",
|
|
|
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
|
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
|
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
|
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
|
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
|
|
|
"decking",
|
|
|
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
|
|
|
"felling",
|
|
|
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
|
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
|
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
|
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
|
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
|
|
|
"caning",
|
|
|
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
|
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
|
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
|
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"switching",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
|
|
|
"braining",
|
|
|
|
|
"conking",
|
|
|
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"banding",
|
|
|
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
|
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
|
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
|
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
|
|
|
"girding",
|
|
|
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
|
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
|
|
|
"girting",
|
|
|
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
|
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
|
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
|
|
|
"circling",
|
|
|
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"looping",
|
|
|
|
|
"winding",
|
|
|
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
|
|
|
"cording",
|
|
|
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"roping",
|
|
|
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
|
|
|
"taping",
|
|
|
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
|
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
|
|
|
"untying",
|
|
|
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the punching bag relentlessly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"basting",
|
|
|
|
|
"battering",
|
|
|
|
|
"batting",
|
|
|
|
|
"beating",
|
|
|
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
|
|
|
"birching",
|
|
|
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
|
|
|
"buffeting",
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"bunging up",
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"clubbing",
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"currying",
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"doing",
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"drubbing",
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"fibbing",
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"flogging",
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"hammering",
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"hiding",
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"lacing",
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"lambasting",
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"lashing",
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"lathering",
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"licking",
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"mauling",
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"messing (up)",
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"paddling",
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"pelting",
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pounding",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"punching out",
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"roughing (up)",
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"slating",
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"slogging",
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"switching",
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"tanning",
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"thrashing",
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"threshing",
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"thumping",
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"tromping",
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"walloping",
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"whaling",
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"whipping",
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"whopping",
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"whapping",
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"whupping",
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"working over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailing",
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"assaulting",
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"attacking",
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"besetting",
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"boxing",
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"busting",
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"chopping",
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"clobbering",
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"clouting",
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"cracking",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"cuffing",
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"descending (on or upon)",
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"hitting",
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"jumping (on)",
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"knocking",
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"lamming",
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"laying on",
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"pasting",
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"pouncing (on or upon)",
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"punching",
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"raiding",
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"rushing",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"smacking",
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"smashing",
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"socking",
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"spanking",
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"storming",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"thwacking",
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"whacking",
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"whamming",
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"whomping",
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"blackjacking",
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"caning",
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"cowhiding",
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"flagellating",
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"fustigating",
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"horsewhipping",
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"leathering",
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"pistol-whipping",
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"rawhiding",
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"scourging",
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"strapping",
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"goring",
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"lacerating",
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"wounding",
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"maiming",
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"mangling",
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"mutilating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
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"examples":[
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"the boy went belting along on his skateboard"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"barrelling",
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|
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"blasting",
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"blazing",
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|
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"blowing",
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|
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"bolting",
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|
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"bombing",
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"bowling",
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"breezing",
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|
|
"bundling",
|
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|
|
"bustling",
|
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|
|
"buzzing",
|
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|
|
"cannonballing",
|
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|
|
"careening",
|
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|
|
"careering",
|
|
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|
|
"chasing",
|
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|
|
"coursing",
|
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|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
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|
|
"dashing",
|
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|
|
"driving",
|
|
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|
|
"flying",
|
|
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|
|
"haring",
|
|
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|
|
"hastening",
|
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|
|
"highballing",
|
|
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|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
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|
|
"humping",
|
|
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|
|
"hurling",
|
|
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|
|
"hurrying",
|
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|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
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|
|
"hustling",
|
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|
|
"hying",
|
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|
|
"hieing",
|
|
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|
|
"jetting",
|
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|
|
"jumping",
|
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|
|
"motoring",
|
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|
|
"nipping",
|
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|
|
"pelting",
|
|
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|
|
"racing",
|
|
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|
|
"ramming",
|
|
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|
|
"ripping",
|
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|
|
"rocketing",
|
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|
|
"running",
|
|
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|
|
"rushing",
|
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|
|
"rustling",
|
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|
|
"scooting",
|
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|
|
"scurrying",
|
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|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
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|
|
"shooting",
|
|
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|
|
"speeding",
|
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|
|
"stepping",
|
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|
|
"tearing",
|
|
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|
|
"traveling",
|
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|
|
"travelling",
|
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|
|
"trotting",
|
|
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|
|
"whirling",
|
|
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|
|
"whisking",
|
|
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|
|
"zipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
|
|
|
"darting",
|
|
|
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
|
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
|
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
|
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
|
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
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|
|
"galloping",
|
|
|
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
|
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
|
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
|
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
|
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
|
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
|
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
|
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
|
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
|
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
|
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
|
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
|
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
|
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
|
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
|
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
|
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
|
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
|
|
|
"poking",
|
|
|
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
|
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
|
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
|
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
|
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
|
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
|
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
|
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
|
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
|
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
|
|
|
"poking"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belting up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
|
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
|
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
|
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
|
|
|
"piping down",
|
|
|
|
|
"quieting (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"cooling (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
|
|
|
"hemming"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"talking"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belt-tightenings":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in economies , frugalities":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
|
|
|
"economies",
|
|
|
|
|
"frugalities",
|
|
|
|
|
"parsimonies",
|
|
|
|
|
"penny-pinchings",
|
|
|
|
|
"savings",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrifts",
|
|
|
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
|
|
|
"austerities",
|
|
|
|
|
"moderations",
|
|
|
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
|
|
|
"temperances"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
|
|
|
"prodigalities",
|
|
|
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
|
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
|
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
|
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
|
|
|
"losses",
|
|
|
|
|
"wastages"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly flop":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in header , swan dive":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"header",
|
|
|
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
|
|
|
"swan dive",
|
|
|
|
|
"descent",
|
|
|
|
|
"drop",
|
|
|
|
|
"fall",
|
|
|
|
|
"plump",
|
|
|
|
|
"slip",
|
|
|
|
|
"spill",
|
|
|
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"dip",
|
|
|
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
|
|
|
"submersion",
|
|
|
|
|
"dive",
|
|
|
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
|
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"jump",
|
|
|
|
|
"leap"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"as in plunk , plump":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"plump",
|
|
|
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
|
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
|
|
|
"dip",
|
|
|
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
|
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
|
|
|
"dive",
|
|
|
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
|
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
|
|
|
"sound"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"surface"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly-land":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in crash-land":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crash-land",
|
|
|
|
|
"alight",
|
|
|
|
|
"land",
|
|
|
|
|
"light",
|
|
|
|
|
"perch",
|
|
|
|
|
"roost",
|
|
|
|
|
"settle",
|
|
|
|
|
"touch down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
|
|
|
"take off",
|
|
|
|
|
"arise",
|
|
|
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
|
|
|
"climb",
|
|
|
|
|
"rise",
|
|
|
|
|
"float",
|
|
|
|
|
"fly",
|
|
|
|
|
"glide",
|
|
|
|
|
"plane",
|
|
|
|
|
"soar",
|
|
|
|
|
"wing",
|
|
|
|
|
"hang",
|
|
|
|
|
"hover"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly laugh":{
|
|
|
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"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
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"examples":[
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"humorous anecdotes that are likely to evoke lots of smiles but few belly laughs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"cachinnation",
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"cackle",
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"chortle",
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"chuckle",
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"giggle",
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"guffaw",
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"hee-haw",
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"horselaugh",
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"laugh",
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"laughter",
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"snicker",
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"snigger",
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"titter",
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"twitter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crow",
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"whoop",
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"grin",
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"simper",
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"smile",
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"smirk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cry",
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"groan",
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"moan",
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"sob",
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"wail",
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"face",
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"frown",
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"grimace",
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"lower",
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"lour",
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"mouth",
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"pout",
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"scowl"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belly flops":{
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"as in headers , swan dives":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"headers",
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"jackknives",
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"swan dives",
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"descents",
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"drops",
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"falls",
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"plumps",
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"slips",
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"spills",
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"stumbles",
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"tumbles",
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"dips",
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"immersions",
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"submersions",
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"dives",
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"pitches",
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"plunges"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"jumps",
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"leaps"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in plunks , plumps":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"plumps",
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"plunks",
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"plonks",
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"dips",
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"immerses",
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"submerges",
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"dives",
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"pitches",
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"plunges",
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"sounds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"surfaces"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belittler":{
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"as in denigrator , jeerer":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decrier",
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"denigrator",
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"derider",
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"detractor",
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"giber",
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"jiber",
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"insulter",
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"jeerer",
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"scoffer",
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"scorner",
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"baiter",
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"harasser",
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"heckler",
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"mocker",
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"needler",
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"persecutor",
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"ridiculer",
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"taunter",
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"tease",
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"teaser",
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"tormentor",
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"carper",
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"castigator",
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"caviler",
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"caviller",
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"censurer",
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"critic",
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"criticizer",
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"disparager",
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|
"faultfinder",
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|
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"hypercritic",
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|
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"knocker",
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"niggler",
|
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|
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"nitpicker"
|
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],
|
|
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|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"commender",
|
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|
|
"praiser",
|
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|
|
"comforter",
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|
|
"solace",
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|
|
"soother",
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|
"succorer",
|
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|
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"bodyguard",
|
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|
|
"champion"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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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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},
|
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|
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"believed":{
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|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"accepted",
|
|
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|
|
"bought",
|
|
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|
|
"credited",
|
|
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|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
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|
|
"took",
|
|
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|
|
"trusted"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"accounted",
|
|
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|
|
"accredited",
|
|
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|
|
"understood",
|
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|
|
"assumed",
|
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|
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"presumed",
|
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|
|
"supposed",
|
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|
|
"concluded",
|
|
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|
|
"deduced",
|
|
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|
|
"inferred"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
|
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
|
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
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|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
|
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
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|
|
"suspected",
|
|
|
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
|
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
|
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to have as an opinion":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that \"people are really good at heart\""
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"allowed",
|
|
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|
|
"conceived",
|
|
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|
|
"considered",
|
|
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|
|
"deemed",
|
|
|
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
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|
|
"felt",
|
|
|
|
|
"figured",
|
|
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|
|
"guessed",
|
|
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|
|
"held",
|
|
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|
|
"imagined",
|
|
|
|
|
"judged",
|
|
|
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
|
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
|
|
|
"thought"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
|
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
|
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
|
|
|
"depended",
|
|
|
|
|
"relied",
|
|
|
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
|
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
|
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
|
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
|
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
|
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
|
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
|
|
|
"inferred"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
|
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
|
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
|
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
|
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
|
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
|
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beldames":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"carlines",
|
|
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|
|
"carlins",
|
|
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|
|
"crones",
|
|
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|
|
"hags",
|
|
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|
|
"hellcats",
|
|
|
|
|
"trots",
|
|
|
|
|
"witches"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
|
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
|
|
|
"viragos"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belauds":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
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|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
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|
|
"butters up",
|
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|
|
"flatters",
|
|
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|
|
"hero-worships",
|
|
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|
|
"honeys",
|
|
|
|
|
"massages",
|
|
|
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
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|
|
"puffs",
|
|
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|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
|
|
|
"strokes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
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|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
|
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
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|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
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|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
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|
|
"fawns",
|
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|
|
"kowtows",
|
|
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|
|
"sucks (up to)",
|
|
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|
|
"toadies",
|
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|
|
"idolizes",
|
|
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|
|
"worships",
|
|
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|
|
"eulogizes",
|
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|
|
"extols",
|
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|
|
"extolls",
|
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|
|
"lauds",
|
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|
|
"praises",
|
|
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|
|
"applauds",
|
|
|
|
|
"commends",
|
|
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|
|
"compliments",
|
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|
|
"congratulates",
|
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|
|
"felicitates",
|
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|
|
"drools",
|
|
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|
|
"gushes",
|
|
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|
|
"slavers",
|
|
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|
|
"slobbers",
|
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|
|
|
"endears",
|
|
|
|
|
"ingratiates",
|
|
|
|
|
"courts",
|
|
|
|
|
"romances",
|
|
|
|
|
"woos"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
|
|
|
"decries",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
|
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belonged":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to have or be in a usual or proper place":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"went"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"placed",
|
|
|
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
|
|
|
"fitted (in)",
|
|
|
|
|
"fit (in)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"appertained",
|
|
|
|
|
"pertained"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"had",
|
|
|
|
|
"held",
|
|
|
|
|
"owned",
|
|
|
|
|
"possessed"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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},
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"beleaguerment":{
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"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
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"examples":[
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"the devastating beleaguerment of Leningrad that lasted from September 1941 to January 1944"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blockade",
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"investment",
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"leaguer",
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"siege"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"counterblockade",
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"containment",
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"encirclement",
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"encompassment",
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"confinement",
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"insulation",
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"isolation",
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"quarantine",
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"seclusion",
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"segregation",
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"sequestration",
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"incarceration",
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"internment"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belling":{
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"as in howling , wailing":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"caterwauling",
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"howling",
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"wailing",
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"yowling",
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"bawling",
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"calling",
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"crying",
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"hollering",
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"hooting",
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"shouting",
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"whooping",
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"yelling",
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"banging",
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"blaring",
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"blasting",
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"pealing",
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"screaming",
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"screeching",
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"shrieking",
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"squalling",
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"grumbling",
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"rolling",
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"rumbling",
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"bellowing",
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"booming",
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"growling",
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"roaring",
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"thundering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grunting",
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"mouthing",
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"mumbling",
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"murmuring",
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"muttering",
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"whispering",
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"mewling",
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"puling",
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"squeaking",
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"whimpering"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bellyacher":{
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"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
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"examples":[
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"one of the biggest bellyachers about the lousy coffee at work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baby",
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"complainer",
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"crybaby",
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"fussbudget",
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"fusser",
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"fusspot",
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"griper",
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"grumbler",
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"kvetch",
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"kvetcher",
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"sniveler",
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"whiner"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawler",
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"bleater",
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"moaner",
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"screamer",
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"squawker",
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"wailer",
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"weeper",
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"crab",
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"grump",
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"malcontent"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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|
|
"happy camper"
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],
|
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|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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|
|
"an irritable and complaining person":{
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"examples":[
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|
"there's always at least one bellyacher who doesn't like the food on the cruise ship"
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],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
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|
|
"bear",
|
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|
|
"complainer",
|
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|
|
"crab",
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|
|
"crank",
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|
|
"croaker",
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|
|
"crosspatch",
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|
|
"curmudgeon",
|
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|
|
"fusser",
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|
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"griper",
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|
|
"grouch",
|
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|
|
"grouser",
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|
|
"growler",
|
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|
|
"grumbler",
|
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|
|
"grump",
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|
|
"murmurer",
|
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|
|
"mutterer",
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|
|
"sourpuss",
|
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|
|
"whiner"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"hunks",
|
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|
|
"malcontent",
|
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|
|
"sorehead",
|
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|
|
"grinch",
|
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|
|
"killjoy",
|
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|
|
"party pooper",
|
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|
|
"spoilsport",
|
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|
|
"defeatist",
|
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|
|
"pessimist",
|
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|
|
"faultfinder",
|
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|
|
"kicker",
|
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|
|
"nagger",
|
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|
|
"nitpicker",
|
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|
|
"objector",
|
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|
|
"quibbler",
|
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|
|
"repiner",
|
|
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|
|
"crock",
|
|
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|
|
"hypochondriac"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
|
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
|
|
|
"happy camper"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belters":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in singers , songstresses":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"carolers",
|
|
|
|
|
"carollers",
|
|
|
|
|
"singers",
|
|
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|
|
"songsters",
|
|
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|
|
"vocalists",
|
|
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|
|
"vocalizers",
|
|
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|
|
"voices",
|
|
|
|
|
"crooners",
|
|
|
|
|
"harmonizers",
|
|
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|
|
"hummers",
|
|
|
|
|
"warblers",
|
|
|
|
|
"yodelers",
|
|
|
|
|
"chanteuses",
|
|
|
|
|
"songstresses",
|
|
|
|
|
"cantors",
|
|
|
|
|
"chanters",
|
|
|
|
|
"choristers",
|
|
|
|
|
"bards",
|
|
|
|
|
"troubadours",
|
|
|
|
|
"chansonniers",
|
|
|
|
|
"serenaders"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belaboring":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
|
"harping (on)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
|
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
|
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"paying (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
|
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
|
|
|
"underscoring"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
|
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
|
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
|
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
|
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
|
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
|
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
|
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
|
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
|
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
|
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
|
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
|
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
|
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"berating",
|
|
|
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
|
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
|
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
|
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
|
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
|
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
|
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
|
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
|
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
|
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
|
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
|
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
|
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
|
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
|
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
|
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
|
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
|
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
|
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
|
|
|
"commending",
|
|
|
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
|
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
|
|
|
"praising"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"basting",
|
|
|
|
|
"battering",
|
|
|
|
|
"batting",
|
|
|
|
|
"beating",
|
|
|
|
|
"belting",
|
|
|
|
|
"birching",
|
|
|
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
|
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
|
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
|
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"currying",
|
|
|
|
|
"doing",
|
|
|
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
|
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
|
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
|
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
|
|
|
"licking",
|
|
|
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
|
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
|
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
|
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"slating",
|
|
|
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
|
|
|
"switching",
|
|
|
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
|
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
|
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
|
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
|
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
|
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
|
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
|
|
|
"working over"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
|
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
|
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
|
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
|
|
|
"busting",
|
|
|
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
|
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
|
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
|
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
|
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
|
|
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"descending (on or upon)",
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"hitting",
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"jumping (on)",
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"knocking",
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"lamming",
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"laying on",
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"pasting",
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"pouncing (on or upon)",
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"punching",
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"raiding",
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"rushing",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"smacking",
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"smashing",
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"socking",
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"spanking",
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"storming",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"thwacking",
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"whacking",
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"whamming",
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"whomping",
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"blackjacking",
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"caning",
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"cowhiding",
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"flagellating",
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"fustigating",
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"horsewhipping",
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"leathering",
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"pistol-whipping",
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"rawhiding",
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"scourging",
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"strapping",
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"goring",
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"lacerating",
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"wounding",
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"maiming",
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"mangling",
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"mutilating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belch":{
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"an expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth":{
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"examples":[
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"with a loud belch he concluded his pig-out and rose at last from the table"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burp",
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"eructation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hiccup",
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"hiccough"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
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"examples":[
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"the volcano belched lava and ash for days"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disgorge",
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"eject",
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"eruct",
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"erupt",
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"expel",
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"jet",
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"spew",
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"spout",
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"spurt"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gush",
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"pour",
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"squirt",
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"stream",
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"surge",
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"emanate",
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"exhale",
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"issue",
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"release",
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"shoot",
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"spit",
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"spring",
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"vent",
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"discharge",
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"emit",
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"fire",
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"cast",
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"fling",
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"heave",
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"hurl",
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"launch",
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"pitch",
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"toss"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bottle (up)",
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"contain",
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"restrain",
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"shut (in or up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belly flopping":{
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"as in plunking , plumping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"plumping",
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"plunking",
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"plonking",
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"dipping",
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"immersing",
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"submerging",
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"diving",
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"pitching",
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"plunging",
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"sounding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"surfacing"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bellying":{
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"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"examples":[
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"the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up"
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],
|
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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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"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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"pouting",
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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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|
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"swelling"
|
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],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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"doming",
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|
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"blowing up",
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|
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"inflating",
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"dilating",
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|
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"distending",
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"expanding",
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"mushrooming",
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|
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"snowballing",
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"elongating",
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|
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"extending",
|
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|
|
"lengthening",
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|
|
"stretching"
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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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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"crawling",
|
|
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|
|
"creeping",
|
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|
|
"groveling",
|
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|
|
"grovelling",
|
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|
|
"sliding",
|
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|
|
"slithering",
|
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|
|
"snaking",
|
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|
|
"worming",
|
|
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|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
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|
|
"squatting",
|
|
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|
|
"edging",
|
|
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|
|
"inching",
|
|
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|
|
"nosing",
|
|
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|
|
"skulking",
|
|
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|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
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|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belt-tightening":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in pinching , straitening":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
|
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
|
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
|
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
|
|
|
"privation",
|
|
|
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
|
|
|
"misery",
|
|
|
|
|
"woe",
|
|
|
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
|
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
|
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
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|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
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|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
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|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
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|
|
"beggary",
|
|
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|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
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|
|
"destitution",
|
|
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|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
|
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
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|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
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|
|
"indigence",
|
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|
|
"necessity",
|
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|
|
"need",
|
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|
|
"neediness",
|
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|
|
"pauperism",
|
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|
|
"penuriousness",
|
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|
|
"penury",
|
|
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|
|
"poorness",
|
|
|
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
|
|
|
"want"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
|
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
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|
|
"affluence",
|
|
|
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
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|
|
"richness",
|
|
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|
|
"wealth",
|
|
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|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellyaching":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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|
|
"beefing",
|
|
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|
|
"bitching",
|
|
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|
|
"bleating",
|
|
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|
|
"carping",
|
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|
|
"caterwauling",
|
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|
|
"complaining",
|
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|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
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|
|
"croaking",
|
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|
|
"fussing",
|
|
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|
|
"griping",
|
|
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|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
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|
|
"grouching",
|
|
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|
|
"grousing",
|
|
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|
|
"growling",
|
|
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|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
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|
|
"grumping",
|
|
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|
|
"hollering",
|
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|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
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|
|
"keening",
|
|
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|
|
"kicking",
|
|
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|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
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|
|
"maundering",
|
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|
|
"moaning",
|
|
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|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
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|
|
"muttering",
|
|
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|
|
"nagging",
|
|
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|
|
"repining",
|
|
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|
|
"screaming",
|
|
|
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
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|
|
"squealing",
|
|
|
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
|
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
|
|
|
"whingeing",
|
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|
|
"whining",
|
|
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|
|
"yammering",
|
|
|
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
|
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
|
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
|
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
|
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
|
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
|
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
|
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
|
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
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|
|
"crying",
|
|
|
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
|
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
|
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
|
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
|
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
|
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
|
|
|
"taking",
|
|
|
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
|
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
|
|
|
"commending"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
|
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bell":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in howl , wail":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
|
|
|
"howl",
|
|
|
|
|
"wail",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
|
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
|
|
|
"call",
|
|
|
|
|
"cry",
|
|
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|
|
"holler",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
|
|
|
"shout",
|
|
|
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
|
|
|
"yell",
|
|
|
|
|
"bang",
|
|
|
|
|
"blare",
|
|
|
|
|
"blast",
|
|
|
|
|
"peal",
|
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"scream",
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"screech",
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"shriek",
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"squall",
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"grumble",
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"roll",
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"rumble",
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"bellow",
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"boom",
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"growl",
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"roar",
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"thunder"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grunt",
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"mouth",
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"mumble",
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"murmur",
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"mutter",
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"whisper",
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"mewl",
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"pule",
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"squeak",
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"whimper"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belong":{
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"to have or be in a usual or proper place":{
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"examples":[
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"your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"go"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"place",
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"stay",
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"fit (in)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
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"examples":[
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"those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appertain",
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"pertain"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"have",
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"hold",
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"own",
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"possess"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belowground":{
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"being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth":{
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"examples":[
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"a vast belowground network of tunnels"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"subsurface",
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"subterranean",
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"underground"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"aboveground",
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"surface"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"beliefs":{
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"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
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"examples":[
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"a belief in UFO's led him to relentlessly scan the nighttime skies"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"credences",
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"credits",
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"faiths"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"axioms",
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"laws",
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"precepts",
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"principles",
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"tenets",
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"assurances",
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"certainties",
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"certitudes",
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"convictions",
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"confidences",
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"dependences",
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"dependances",
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"reliances",
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"trusts",
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"hopes",
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"doctrines",
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"dogmas",
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"dogmata",
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"philosophies",
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"dogmatisms",
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"fanaticisms",
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"insistences"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"distrust",
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"mistrust",
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|
"skepticism",
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"suspicions",
|
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|
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"uncertainties"
|
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],
|
|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"disbeliefs",
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|
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"discredit",
|
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|
|
"doubts",
|
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|
|
"nonbeliefs"
|
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]
|
|
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},
|
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|
|
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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|
|
"it's my belief that the sky is blue because our eyes perceive the color blue easily"
|
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|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"convictions",
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"eyes",
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"feelings",
|
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"judgments",
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"judgements",
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"minds",
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"notions",
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"opinions",
|
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|
|
"persuasions",
|
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|
|
"sentiments",
|
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|
|
"verdicts",
|
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|
|
"views"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"says",
|
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|
|
"impressions",
|
|
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|
|
"perceptions",
|
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|
|
"takes",
|
|
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|
|
"attitudes",
|
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|
|
"assumptions",
|
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|
|
"presumptions",
|
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|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
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|
|
"conclusions",
|
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|
|
"decisions",
|
|
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|
|
"determinations",
|
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|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
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|
|
"esteems",
|
|
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|
|
"estimates",
|
|
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|
|
"estimations",
|
|
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|
|
"credences",
|
|
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|
|
"credits",
|
|
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|
|
"faiths",
|
|
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|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
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|
|
"concepts",
|
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|
|
"ideas",
|
|
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|
|
"thoughts",
|
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|
|
"positions",
|
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|
|
"stances",
|
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|
|
"stands",
|
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|
|
"comments",
|
|
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|
|
"obiter dicta",
|
|
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|
|
"observations",
|
|
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|
|
"reflections",
|
|
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|
|
"remarks",
|
|
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|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
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|
|
"guesses",
|
|
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|
|
"hunches",
|
|
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|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
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|
|
"surmises",
|
|
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|
|
"theories",
|
|
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|
|
"advice",
|
|
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|
|
"inputs",
|
|
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|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
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|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
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|
|
"angles",
|
|
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|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
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|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
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|
|
"shoes",
|
|
|
|
|
"slants",
|
|
|
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
|
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
|
|
|
"counterviews"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"facts",
|
|
|
|
|
"truths"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellows":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the cow bellowed for her calf"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"booms",
|
|
|
|
|
"growls",
|
|
|
|
|
"roars",
|
|
|
|
|
"thunders"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
|
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
|
|
|
"blares",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
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|
|
"peals",
|
|
|
|
|
"screams",
|
|
|
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
|
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
|
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
|
|
|
"calls",
|
|
|
|
|
"cries",
|
|
|
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
|
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
|
|
|
"yells",
|
|
|
|
|
"bells",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
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|
|
"howls",
|
|
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|
|
"wails",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
|
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
|
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
|
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
|
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
|
|
|
"pules",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"whimpers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
|
|
|
"bays",
|
|
|
|
|
"calls",
|
|
|
|
|
"cries",
|
|
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|
|
"hollers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hollos",
|
|
|
|
|
"halloos",
|
|
|
|
|
"roars",
|
|
|
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
|
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
|
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
|
|
|
"yells"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crows",
|
|
|
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
|
|
|
"screams",
|
|
|
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
|
|
|
"howls",
|
|
|
|
|
"ululates",
|
|
|
|
|
"wails",
|
|
|
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
|
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
|
|
|
"hails",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
|
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
|
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"as in howls , roars":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"barks",
|
|
|
|
|
"bays",
|
|
|
|
|
"blats",
|
|
|
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
|
|
|
"brays",
|
|
|
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
|
|
|
"callings",
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
|
|
|
"caws",
|
|
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|
|
"cheeps",
|
|
|
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
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|
|
"clucks",
|
|
|
|
|
"coos",
|
|
|
|
|
"crakes",
|
|
|
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"crows",
|
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|
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
|
|
|
"honks",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
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|
|
"howls",
|
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|
|
"lows",
|
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|
|
"meows",
|
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|
|
|
"miaows",
|
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|
|
|
"mews",
|
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|
|
"moos",
|
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|
|
"neighs",
|
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|
|
"oinks",
|
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|
|
"peeps",
|
|
|
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"roars",
|
|
|
|
|
"screeches",
|
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|
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
|
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
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|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
|
|
|
"trumpets",
|
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|
|
|
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
|
|
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|
|
"twitters",
|
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|
|
"whinnies",
|
|
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|
|
"yaps",
|
|
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|
|
"yelps",
|
|
|
|
|
"yips",
|
|
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|
|
"yowls",
|
|
|
|
|
"calls",
|
|
|
|
|
"cries",
|
|
|
|
|
"notes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belching":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the volcano belched lava and ash for days"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
|
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
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|
|
"eructing",
|
|
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"erupting",
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"expelling",
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"jetting",
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"spewing",
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"spouting",
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"spurting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gushing",
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"pouring",
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"squirting",
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"streaming",
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"surging",
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"emanating",
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"exhaling",
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"issuing",
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"releasing",
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"shooting",
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"spitting",
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"springing",
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"venting",
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"discharging",
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"emitting",
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"firing",
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"casting",
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"flinging",
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"heaving",
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"hurling",
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"launching",
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"pitching",
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"tossing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bottling (up)",
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"containing",
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"restraining",
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"shutting (in or up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belter":{
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"as in singer , songstress":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"caroler",
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"caroller",
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"singer",
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"songster",
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"vocalist",
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"vocalizer",
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"voice",
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"crooner",
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"harmonizer",
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"hummer",
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"warbler",
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"yodeler",
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"chanteuse",
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"songstress",
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"cantor",
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"chanter",
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"chorister",
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"bard",
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"troubadour",
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"chansonnier",
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"serenader"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"bellying up":{
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"to come near or nearer":{
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"examples":[
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"belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"approaching",
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"closing",
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"closing in",
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"coming up",
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"drawing on",
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"nearing",
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"nighing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arriving",
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"attaining",
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"coming",
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"gaining",
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"hitting",
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"landing",
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"making",
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"reaching",
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"showing up",
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"turning up",
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"waltzing (up)",
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"creeping up",
|
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"sneaking up",
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"adjoining",
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"bordering",
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"touching",
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"verging"
|
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|
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],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
"clearing out",
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"departing",
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"exiting",
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"going",
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"leaving",
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"lighting out",
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"pulling out",
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"quitting",
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"removing",
|
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|
"running away",
|
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"shoving (off)",
|
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"taking off",
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|
|
"walking out"
|
|
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|
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],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"backing (up or away)",
|
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|
|
"receding",
|
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|
|
"retiring",
|
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|
|
"retreating",
|
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|
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"withdrawing"
|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belvederes":{
|
|
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|
|
"a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a Greek revival belvedere stands majestically on a grassy knoll overlooking the river"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
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|
|
"casinos",
|
|
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|
|
"gazebos",
|
|
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|
|
"kiosks",
|
|
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|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
|
|
|
"summerhouses"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"trellises"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belletrists":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in stylists , auteurs":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
|
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
|
|
|
"authors",
|
|
|
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
|
|
|
"pens",
|
|
|
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
|
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
|
|
|
"writers",
|
|
|
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
|
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
|
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
|
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
|
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
|
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
|
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
|
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
|
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
|
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
|
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
|
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
|
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
|
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
|
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
|
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
|
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
|
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
|
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
|
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
|
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
|
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
|
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
|
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
|
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
|
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
|
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
|
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
|
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
|
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"prosers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belongs":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to have or be in a usual or proper place":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"goes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"places",
|
|
|
|
|
"stays",
|
|
|
|
|
"fits (in)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"appertains",
|
|
|
|
|
"pertains"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"has",
|
|
|
|
|
"holds",
|
|
|
|
|
"owns",
|
|
|
|
|
"possesses"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belle-lettrist":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in stylist , auteur":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
|
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
|
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
|
|
|
"author",
|
|
|
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
|
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
|
|
|
"pen",
|
|
|
|
|
"penman",
|
|
|
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
|
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
|
|
|
"writer",
|
|
|
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
|
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
|
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
|
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
|
|
|
"hack",
|
|
|
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
|
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
|
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
|
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
|
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
|
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
|
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
|
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
|
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
|
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
|
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
|
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
|
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
|
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
|
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
|
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
|
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
|
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
|
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
|
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
|
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
|
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
|
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
|
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
|
|
|
"proser"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly flopped":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in plunked , plumped":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
|
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
|
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
|
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
|
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
|
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
|
|
|
"dived",
|
|
|
|
|
"dove",
|
|
|
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
|
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
|
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellies":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"worked hard to get rid of his belly in time to attend his class reunion"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bay windows",
|
|
|
|
|
"beer bellies",
|
|
|
|
|
"corporations",
|
|
|
|
|
"guts",
|
|
|
|
|
"paunches",
|
|
|
|
|
"potbellies",
|
|
|
|
|
"pots"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"breadbaskets",
|
|
|
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
|
|
|
"tummies",
|
|
|
|
|
"corpulences",
|
|
|
|
|
"fat",
|
|
|
|
|
"obesities",
|
|
|
|
|
"overweights"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a baby with a round little belly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abdomens",
|
|
|
|
|
"breadbaskets",
|
|
|
|
|
"guts",
|
|
|
|
|
"solar plexuses",
|
|
|
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
|
|
|
"tummies"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"middles",
|
|
|
|
|
"midriffs",
|
|
|
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"waists",
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"paunches",
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"potbellies",
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"thoraxes",
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"thoraces"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
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"examples":[
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"in my belly I knew that he wasn't telling the truth, as the details of his story just didn't add up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blood",
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"bones",
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"bosoms",
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"breasts",
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"cores",
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"guts",
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"hearts",
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"heartstrings",
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"inner spaces",
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"insides",
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"quicks",
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"souls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"consciences",
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"minds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"examples":[
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"the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bags",
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"balloons",
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"beetles",
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"billows",
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"bulges",
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"bunches",
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"juts",
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"overhangs",
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"pokes",
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"pooches",
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"pouches",
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"pouts",
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"projects",
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"protrudes",
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"stands out",
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"starts",
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"sticks out",
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"swells"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"domes",
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"blows up",
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"inflates",
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"dilates",
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"distends",
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"expands",
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"mushrooms",
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"snowballs",
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"elongates",
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"extends",
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"lengthens",
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"stretches"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"shrinks"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
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"examples":[
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"recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawls",
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"creeps",
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"grovels",
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"slides",
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|
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"slithers",
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"snakes",
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"worms",
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"wriggles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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|
"crouches",
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"squats",
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|
"edges",
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|
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"inches",
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|
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"noses",
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|
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"skulks",
|
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|
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"sneaks",
|
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|
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"steals",
|
|
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|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
"noun",
|
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"belabor":{
|
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|
|
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
"stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
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|
|
"harp (on)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"accent",
|
|
|
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
|
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
|
|
|
"pay (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"stress",
|
|
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|
|
"underline",
|
|
|
|
|
"underscore"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
|
|
|
"forget",
|
|
|
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
|
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
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|
|
"overpass",
|
|
|
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
|
|
|
"slight",
|
|
|
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
|
|
|
"assail",
|
|
|
|
|
"attack",
|
|
|
|
|
"bash",
|
|
|
|
|
"blast",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
|
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
|
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
|
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
|
|
|
"savage",
|
|
|
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
|
|
|
"slam",
|
|
|
|
|
"trash",
|
|
|
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"berate",
|
|
|
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
|
|
|
"harass",
|
|
|
|
|
"harry",
|
|
|
|
|
"revile",
|
|
|
|
|
"scold",
|
|
|
|
|
"whip",
|
|
|
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
|
|
|
"curse",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
|
|
|
"profane",
|
|
|
|
|
"affront",
|
|
|
|
|
"insult",
|
|
|
|
|
"slur",
|
|
|
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
|
|
|
"put down",
|
|
|
|
|
"libel",
|
|
|
|
|
"slander",
|
|
|
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
|
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
|
|
|
"chide",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
|
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
|
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
|
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
|
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
|
|
|
"commend",
|
|
|
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
|
|
|
"hail",
|
|
|
|
|
"laud",
|
|
|
|
|
"praise"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bash",
|
|
|
|
|
"baste",
|
|
|
|
|
"bat",
|
|
|
|
|
"batter",
|
|
|
|
|
"beat",
|
|
|
|
|
"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",
|
|
|
|
|
"pound",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
|
|
|
"punch out",
|
|
|
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"slate",
|
|
|
|
|
"slog",
|
|
|
|
|
"switch",
|
|
|
|
|
"tan",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
|
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
|
|
|
"thump",
|
|
|
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
|
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
|
|
|
"whale",
|
|
|
|
|
"whip",
|
|
|
|
|
"whop",
|
|
|
|
|
"whap",
|
|
|
|
|
"whup",
|
|
|
|
|
"work over"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"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"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellies up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
|
|
|
"closes",
|
|
|
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
|
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
|
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
|
|
|
"nears",
|
|
|
|
|
"nighs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
|
|
|
"attains",
|
|
|
|
|
"comes",
|
|
|
|
|
"gains",
|
|
|
|
|
"hits",
|
|
|
|
|
"lands",
|
|
|
|
|
"makes",
|
|
|
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
|
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
|
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
|
|
|
"waltzes (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"creeps up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sneaks up",
|
|
|
|
|
"adjoins",
|
|
|
|
|
"borders",
|
|
|
|
|
"touches",
|
|
|
|
|
"verges"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
|
|
|
"departs",
|
|
|
|
|
"exits",
|
|
|
|
|
"goes",
|
|
|
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
|
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
|
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
|
|
|
"quits",
|
|
|
|
|
"removes",
|
|
|
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
|
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"backs (up or away)",
|
|
|
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
|
|
|
"retires",
|
|
|
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
|
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
|
|
|
]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belongings":{
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"transportable items that one owns":{
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"examples":[
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"packed up all their belongings and moved across the country"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chattels",
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"duds",
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"effects",
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"gear",
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"goods",
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"holdings",
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"movables",
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"moveables",
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"paraphernalia",
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"personal effects",
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"personal property",
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"personalty",
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"plunder",
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"possession",
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"stuff",
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"things"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"treasures",
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"valuables",
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"appointments",
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"fixtures",
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"furnishings",
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"estate",
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"property",
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"tangibles",
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"collateral"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"immovables",
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"real estate"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belief":{
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"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
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"examples":[
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"a belief in UFO's led him to relentlessly scan the nighttime skies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"credence",
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"credit",
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"faith"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"axiom",
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"law",
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"precept",
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"principle",
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"tenet",
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"assurance",
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"certainty",
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"certitude",
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"conviction",
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"positiveness",
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"sureness",
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"confidence",
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"dependence",
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"dependance",
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"reliance",
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"trust",
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"hope",
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"doctrine",
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"dogma",
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"philosophy",
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"dogmatism",
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"fanaticism",
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"insistence"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrust",
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"mistrust",
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"skepticism",
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"suspicion",
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"uncertainty"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disbelief",
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"discredit",
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"doubt",
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"nonbelief",
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"unbelief"
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]
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},
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"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
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"examples":[
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"it's my belief that the sky is blue because our eyes perceive the color blue easily"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conviction",
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"eye",
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"feeling",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"mind",
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"notion",
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"opinion",
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"persuasion",
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"sentiment",
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"verdict",
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"view"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"say",
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"impression",
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"perception",
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"take",
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"attitude",
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"assumption",
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"presumption",
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|
"presupposition",
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|
|
"conclusion",
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|
|
"decision",
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|
"determination",
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|
"deliverance",
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|
"esteem",
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|
"estimate",
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"estimation",
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|
"credence",
|
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"credit",
|
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|
|
"faith",
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|
|
"concept",
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"conception",
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"idea",
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"thought",
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"position",
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|
"stance",
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|
"stand",
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|
"comment",
|
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|
|
"obiter dictum",
|
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|
|
"observation",
|
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|
|
"reflection",
|
|
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|
|
"remark",
|
|
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|
|
"conjecture",
|
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|
|
"guess",
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|
|
"hunch",
|
|
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|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
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|
|
"surmise",
|
|
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|
|
"theory",
|
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|
|
"advice",
|
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|
|
"input",
|
|
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|
|
"recommendation",
|
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|
|
"suggestion",
|
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|
|
"angle",
|
|
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|
|
"outlook",
|
|
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|
|
"perspective",
|
|
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|
|
"shoes",
|
|
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|
|
"slant",
|
|
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|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
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|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
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|
|
"counterview"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"fact",
|
|
|
|
|
"truth"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belt up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
|
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
|
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
|
|
|
"hush",
|
|
|
|
|
"pipe down",
|
|
|
|
|
"quiet (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"calm (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"cool (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"haw",
|
|
|
|
|
"hem"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
|
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
|
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"speak",
|
|
|
|
|
"talk"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belting (down)":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
|
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
|
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
|
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
|
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounding (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"slugging (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
|
|
|
"supping",
|
|
|
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
|
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
|
|
|
"tossing (down or off)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
|
|
|
"licking",
|
|
|
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
|
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
|
|
|
"downing",
|
|
|
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
|
|
|
"killing",
|
|
|
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
|
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"tippling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
|
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"wining"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bells":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in howls , wails":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
|
|
|
"howls",
|
|
|
|
|
"wails",
|
|
|
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
|
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
|
|
|
"calls",
|
|
|
|
|
"cries",
|
|
|
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
|
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
|
|
|
"yells",
|
|
|
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
|
|
|
"blares",
|
|
|
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
|
|
|
"peals",
|
|
|
|
|
"screams",
|
|
|
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
|
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
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|
|
"rolls",
|
|
|
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
|
|
|
"booms",
|
|
|
|
|
"growls",
|
|
|
|
|
"roars",
|
|
|
|
|
"thunders"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
|
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
|
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
|
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
|
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
|
|
|
"pules",
|
|
|
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"whimpers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
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|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beleaguered":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beleaguered the castle for months"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
|
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
|
|
|
"invested",
|
|
|
|
|
"leaguered"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
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|
|
"blocked",
|
|
|
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
|
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
|
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
|
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
|
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
|
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
|
|
|
"beset",
|
|
|
|
|
"confined",
|
|
|
|
|
"insulated",
|
|
|
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarantined"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
|
|
|
"freed",
|
|
|
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
|
|
|
"released",
|
|
|
|
|
"rescued"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beldams":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a mean or ugly old woman":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"carlines",
|
|
|
|
|
"carlins",
|
|
|
|
|
"crones",
|
|
|
|
|
"hags",
|
|
|
|
|
"hellcats",
|
|
|
|
|
"trots",
|
|
|
|
|
"witches"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
|
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
|
|
|
"viragos"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belfry":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a person's mental ability":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry ."
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"gray matter",
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"intellect",
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"intelligence",
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"loaf",
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"noodle",
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"reason",
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"skull",
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"brain",
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"cerebrum",
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"head",
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"mind",
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"psyche",
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"thinker",
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"acumen",
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"alertness",
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"astuteness",
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"brilliance",
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"insight",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"mentality",
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"perception",
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"perspicacity",
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"sagacity",
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"sapience",
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"wisdom",
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"wit",
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"awareness",
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"cognizance",
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"consciousness",
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"self-awareness",
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"self-consciousness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belle-lettrists":{
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"as in stylists , auteurs":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"auteurs",
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"stylists",
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"wordsmiths",
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"authors",
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"litterateurs",
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"litt\u00e9rateurs",
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"penmen",
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"pens",
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"scribes",
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"scriveners",
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"writers",
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"coauthors",
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"co-authors",
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"coscenarists",
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"co-scenarists",
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"cowriters",
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"co-writers",
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"ghostwriters",
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"hacks",
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"hatchet men",
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"scribblers",
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"wordmongers",
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"biographers",
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"hagiographers",
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"autobiographers",
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"memoirists",
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"memorialists",
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"fabulists",
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"fictioneers",
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"fictionists",
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"novelists",
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"romancers",
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"storytellers",
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"essayists",
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"pamphleteers",
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"satirists",
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"dramatists",
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"playwrights",
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"scenarists",
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"screenwriters",
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"scriptwriters",
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"prosaists",
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"prosateurs",
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"prosers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"nonauthors"
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],
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|
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"antonyms":[]
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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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|
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"belittle":{
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|
|
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
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|
"examples":[
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|
|
"belittled the action star's acting ability"
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],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
|
"bad-mouth",
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|
|
"cry down",
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|
|
"decry",
|
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|
|
"denigrate",
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|
|
"deprecate",
|
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|
|
"depreciate",
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|
|
"derogate",
|
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|
|
"diminish",
|
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|
|
"dis",
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|
|
"diss",
|
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|
|
"discount",
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|
|
"dismiss",
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|
|
"disparage",
|
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|
|
"kiss off",
|
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|
|
"minimize",
|
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|
|
"play down",
|
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|
|
"poor-mouth",
|
|
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|
|
"put down",
|
|
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|
|
"run down",
|
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|
|
"talk down",
|
|
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|
|
"trash",
|
|
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|
|
"trash-talk",
|
|
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|
|
"vilipend",
|
|
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|
|
"write off"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"discommend",
|
|
|
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
|
|
|
"scold",
|
|
|
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
|
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
|
|
|
"censure",
|
|
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|
|
"condemn",
|
|
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|
|
"criticize",
|
|
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|
|
"denounce",
|
|
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|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
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|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
|
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
|
|
|
"defame",
|
|
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|
|
"malign",
|
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|
|
"rip",
|
|
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|
|
"slander",
|
|
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|
|
"slur",
|
|
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|
|
"traduce",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
|
|
|
"disgrace"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"approve",
|
|
|
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
|
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
|
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
|
|
|
"favor",
|
|
|
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
|
|
|
"commend",
|
|
|
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
|
|
|
"eulogize"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
|
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
|
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
|
|
|
"extol",
|
|
|
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
|
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
|
|
|
"laud",
|
|
|
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
|
|
|
"praise"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belays":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"The climber belayed the rope."
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"battens",
|
|
|
|
|
"buttons",
|
|
|
|
|
"does up",
|
|
|
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
|
|
|
"bends",
|
|
|
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
|
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
|
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
|
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
|
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
|
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
|
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
|
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
|
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
|
|
|
"clips",
|
|
|
|
|
"glues",
|
|
|
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
|
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
|
|
|
"hasps",
|
|
|
|
|
"laces",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"latches",
|
|
|
|
|
"nails",
|
|
|
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
|
|
|
"pins",
|
|
|
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
|
|
|
"rivets",
|
|
|
|
|
"screws",
|
|
|
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
|
|
|
"staples",
|
|
|
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
|
|
|
"straps",
|
|
|
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
|
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"ties",
|
|
|
|
|
"toggles",
|
|
|
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
|
|
|
"coapts",
|
|
|
|
|
"connects",
|
|
|
|
|
"joins",
|
|
|
|
|
"links",
|
|
|
|
|
"unites",
|
|
|
|
|
"reaffixes",
|
|
|
|
|
"reattaches",
|
|
|
|
|
"refastens",
|
|
|
|
|
"refixes",
|
|
|
|
|
"resecures"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
|
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
|
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
|
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
|
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
|
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
|
|
|
"divides",
|
|
|
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
|
|
|
"parts",
|
|
|
|
|
"separates",
|
|
|
|
|
"severs",
|
|
|
|
|
"splits",
|
|
|
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
|
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
|
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
|
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
|
|
|
"looses",
|
|
|
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
|
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
|
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"unties",
|
|
|
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
|
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
|
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
|
|
|
"unhooks"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"believably":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in credibly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
|
|
|
"externally",
|
|
|
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
|
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
|
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
|
|
|
"likely",
|
|
|
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"probably",
|
|
|
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
|
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
|
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
|
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
|
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
|
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
|
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
|
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
|
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
|
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
|
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
|
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
|
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
|
|
|
"professedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
|
|
|
"allegedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"purportedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"reportedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"reputedly",
|
|
|
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
|
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
|
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
|
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
|
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
|
|
|
"self-evidently",
|
|
|
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
|
|
|
"positively",
|
|
|
|
|
"surely"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
|
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
|
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
|
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bell-bottoms":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in jeans , corduroys":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"baggies",
|
|
|
|
|
"blue jeans",
|
|
|
|
|
"cargo pants",
|
|
|
|
|
"cords",
|
|
|
|
|
"corduroys",
|
|
|
|
|
"denims",
|
|
|
|
|
"jeans",
|
|
|
|
|
"breech",
|
|
|
|
|
"britches",
|
|
|
|
|
"pantaloons",
|
|
|
|
|
"pants",
|
|
|
|
|
"slacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"trousers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hose",
|
|
|
|
|
"legging",
|
|
|
|
|
"leggin",
|
|
|
|
|
"sweatpants",
|
|
|
|
|
"pants suit",
|
|
|
|
|
"pantsuit",
|
|
|
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
|
|
|
"knee breeches",
|
|
|
|
|
"knickerbockers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellied":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the sails slowly bellied as the wind picked up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
|
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
|
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
|
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
|
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
|
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
|
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
|
|
|
"poked",
|
|
|
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
|
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
|
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
|
|
|
"projected",
|
|
|
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
|
|
|
"started",
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"stood out",
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"stuck out",
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"swelled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"domed",
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"blew up",
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"inflated",
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"dilated",
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"distended",
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"expanded",
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"mushroomed",
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"snowballed",
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"elongated",
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"extended",
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"lengthened",
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"stretched"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
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"examples":[
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"recruits were forced to belly over the obstacle course under simulated enemy fire"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawled",
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"crept",
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"groveled",
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"grovelled",
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"slid",
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"slithered",
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"snaked",
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"wormed",
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"wriggled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crouched",
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"squatted",
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"edged",
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"inched",
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"nosed",
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"skulked",
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"sneaked",
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"snuck",
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"stole",
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"tiptoed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belt":{
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"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
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"examples":[
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"delivered a shattering belt to the rock with a hammer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"bat",
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"beat",
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"biff",
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"blow",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"buffet",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"dab",
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"douse",
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"fillip",
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"hack",
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"haymaker",
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"hit",
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"hook",
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"knock",
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"larrup",
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"lash",
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"lick",
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"pelt",
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"pick",
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"plump",
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"poke",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"rap",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"stinger",
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"stripe",
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"stroke",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"switch",
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"thud",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"welt",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whop",
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"whap"
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],
|
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|
"near synonyms":[
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"counter",
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"counterblow",
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"counterpunch",
|
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"counterstroke",
|
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|
"body blow",
|
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"hand",
|
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|
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"kick",
|
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"knee",
|
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"left",
|
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"one-two",
|
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|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
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|
"right",
|
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|
|
"right-hander",
|
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|
|
"roundhouse",
|
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|
|
"shiver",
|
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|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
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|
|
"sucker punch",
|
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|
|
"swing",
|
|
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|
|
"uppercut",
|
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|
|
"cruncher",
|
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|
|
"kayo",
|
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|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
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|
|
"knockout",
|
|
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|
|
"KO",
|
|
|
|
|
"bastinado",
|
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|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
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|
|
"battering",
|
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|
|
"beating",
|
|
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|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
|
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
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|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
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|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
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|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
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|
|
"hammering",
|
|
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|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"licking",
|
|
|
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
|
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
|
|
|
"whip",
|
|
|
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"he knocked back a belt of whiskey before leaving"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"draft",
|
|
|
|
|
"drag",
|
|
|
|
|
"drink",
|
|
|
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
|
|
|
"nip",
|
|
|
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
|
|
|
"shot",
|
|
|
|
|
"sip",
|
|
|
|
|
"slug",
|
|
|
|
|
"snort",
|
|
|
|
|
"sup",
|
|
|
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
|
|
|
"swig",
|
|
|
|
|
"swill"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dram",
|
|
|
|
|
"drop"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a drugstore cowboy who loves his fancily decorated belt"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
|
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
|
|
|
"cummerbund",
|
|
|
|
|
"cumberbund",
|
|
|
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
|
|
|
"sash",
|
|
|
|
|
"self-belt"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"band",
|
|
|
|
|
"waistband",
|
|
|
|
|
"circle",
|
|
|
|
|
"loop",
|
|
|
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
|
|
|
"ring",
|
|
|
|
|
"baldric",
|
|
|
|
|
"bandolier",
|
|
|
|
|
"bandoleer",
|
|
|
|
|
"Sam Browne belt",
|
|
|
|
|
"cestus",
|
|
|
|
|
"obi"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"that part of the country is sometimes called \"the farm belt \" because of the number of farms there"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
|
|
|
"land",
|
|
|
|
|
"neck",
|
|
|
|
|
"part(s)",
|
|
|
|
|
"region",
|
|
|
|
|
"tract",
|
|
|
|
|
"zone"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"district",
|
|
|
|
|
"domain",
|
|
|
|
|
"latitude(s)",
|
|
|
|
|
"range",
|
|
|
|
|
"realm",
|
|
|
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
|
|
|
"territory",
|
|
|
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
|
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the baseball out of the park"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bang",
|
|
|
|
|
"bash",
|
|
|
|
|
"bat",
|
|
|
|
|
"biff",
|
|
|
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
|
|
|
"bob",
|
|
|
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
|
|
|
"bop",
|
|
|
|
|
"box",
|
|
|
|
|
"bust",
|
|
|
|
|
"clap",
|
|
|
|
|
"clip",
|
|
|
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
|
|
|
"clock",
|
|
|
|
|
"clout",
|
|
|
|
|
"crack",
|
|
|
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
|
|
|
"hit",
|
|
|
|
|
"knock",
|
|
|
|
|
"nail",
|
|
|
|
|
"paste",
|
|
|
|
|
"pound",
|
|
|
|
|
"punch",
|
|
|
|
|
"rap",
|
|
|
|
|
"slam",
|
|
|
|
|
"slap",
|
|
|
|
|
"slog",
|
|
|
|
|
"slug",
|
|
|
|
|
"smack",
|
|
|
|
|
"smite",
|
|
|
|
|
"sock",
|
|
|
|
|
"strike",
|
|
|
|
|
"swat",
|
|
|
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
|
|
|
"tag",
|
|
|
|
|
"thump",
|
|
|
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
|
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
|
|
|
"whack",
|
|
|
|
|
"whale",
|
|
|
|
|
"zap"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"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"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"band",
|
|
|
|
|
"begird",
|
|
|
|
|
"engird",
|
|
|
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
|
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
|
|
|
"gird",
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"girdle",
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"girt",
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"girth",
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"wrap"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"tie up",
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"truss",
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"circle",
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"enwreathe",
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"loop",
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"wind",
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"wreathe",
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"bandage",
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"enswathe",
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"swathe",
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"chain",
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"cord",
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"enchain",
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"lash",
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"rope",
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"shackle",
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"tape",
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"wire"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unbind",
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"unlash",
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"unshackle",
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"untie",
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"unwind"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ungird",
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"unwrap"
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]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"belted the punching bag relentlessly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"birch",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung up",
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"club",
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"curry",
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"do",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"flog",
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"hammer",
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"hide",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lash",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"maul",
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"mess (up)",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"punch out",
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"rough (up)",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"wallop",
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"whale",
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"whip",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cudgel",
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"cuff",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jump (on)",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"lay on",
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"paste",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"punch",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"storm",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whomp",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"fustigate",
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"horsewhip",
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"leather",
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"pistol-whip",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
|
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"strap",
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"gore",
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"lacerate",
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"wound",
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"maim",
|
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"mangle",
|
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|
|
"mutilate"
|
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|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the boy went belting along on his skateboard"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"barrel",
|
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|
|
"blast",
|
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|
|
"blaze",
|
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|
|
"blow",
|
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|
|
"bolt",
|
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|
|
"bomb",
|
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|
|
"bowl",
|
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|
|
"breeze",
|
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|
|
"bundle",
|
|
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|
|
"bustle",
|
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|
|
"buzz",
|
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|
|
"cannonball",
|
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|
|
"careen",
|
|
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|
|
"career",
|
|
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|
|
"chase",
|
|
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|
|
"course",
|
|
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|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
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|
|
"dash",
|
|
|
|
|
"drive",
|
|
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|
|
"fly",
|
|
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|
|
"hare",
|
|
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|
|
"hasten",
|
|
|
|
|
"hie",
|
|
|
|
|
"highball",
|
|
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|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
|
|
|
"hump",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
|
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
|
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
|
|
|
"jet",
|
|
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|
|
"jump",
|
|
|
|
|
"motor",
|
|
|
|
|
"nip",
|
|
|
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
|
|
|
"race",
|
|
|
|
|
"ram",
|
|
|
|
|
"rip",
|
|
|
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
|
|
|
"run",
|
|
|
|
|
"rush",
|
|
|
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
|
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
|
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
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|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
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|
|
"shoot",
|
|
|
|
|
"speed",
|
|
|
|
|
"step",
|
|
|
|
|
"tear",
|
|
|
|
|
"travel",
|
|
|
|
|
"trot",
|
|
|
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
|
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
|
|
|
"zip",
|
|
|
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
|
|
|
"dart",
|
|
|
|
|
"flit",
|
|
|
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
|
|
|
"scud",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
|
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
|
|
|
"streak",
|
|
|
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
|
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
|
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
|
|
|
"jog",
|
|
|
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
|
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
|
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
|
|
|
"step out",
|
|
|
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
|
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
|
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
|
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
|
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
|
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
|
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
|
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dally",
|
|
|
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
|
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
|
|
|
"drag",
|
|
|
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lag",
|
|
|
|
|
"linger",
|
|
|
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
|
|
|
"poke",
|
|
|
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
|
|
|
"amble",
|
|
|
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
|
|
|
"plod",
|
|
|
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
|
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
|
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
|
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
|
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
|
|
|
"creep",
|
|
|
|
|
"poke"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belligerents":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in combatants":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"combatants",
|
|
|
|
|
"dogfaces",
|
|
|
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
|
|
|
"legionaries",
|
|
|
|
|
"legionnaires",
|
|
|
|
|
"men-at-arms",
|
|
|
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
|
|
|
"servicemen",
|
|
|
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
|
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
|
|
|
"warriors",
|
|
|
|
|
"servicewomen",
|
|
|
|
|
"carabineers",
|
|
|
|
|
"carabiniers",
|
|
|
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
|
|
|
|
"cavalrymen",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuirassiers",
|
|
|
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
|
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
|
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
|
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
|
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
|
|
|
"infantrymen",
|
|
|
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
|
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
|
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
|
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
|
|
|
"marines",
|
|
|
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
|
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
|
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
|
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
|
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
|
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
|
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
|
|
|
"archers",
|
|
|
|
|
"crossbowmen"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"civilians",
|
|
|
|
|
"noncombatants"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belly up to the buffet table and help yourselves"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"approach",
|
|
|
|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
|
"close in",
|
|
|
|
|
"come up",
|
|
|
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
|
|
|
"near",
|
|
|
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
|
|
|
"attain",
|
|
|
|
|
"come",
|
|
|
|
|
"gain",
|
|
|
|
|
"hit",
|
|
|
|
|
"land",
|
|
|
|
|
"make",
|
|
|
|
|
"reach",
|
|
|
|
|
"show up",
|
|
|
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
|
|
|
"waltz (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"creep up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sneak up",
|
|
|
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
|
|
|
"border",
|
|
|
|
|
"touch",
|
|
|
|
|
"verge"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
|
|
|
"depart",
|
|
|
|
|
"exit",
|
|
|
|
|
"go",
|
|
|
|
|
"leave",
|
|
|
|
|
"light out",
|
|
|
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
|
|
|
"quit",
|
|
|
|
|
"remove",
|
|
|
|
|
"run away",
|
|
|
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"take off",
|
|
|
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"back (up or away)",
|
|
|
|
|
"recede",
|
|
|
|
|
"retire",
|
|
|
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
|
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellowed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the cow bellowed for her calf"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
|
|
|
"growled",
|
|
|
|
|
"roared",
|
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"thundered"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grumbled",
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"rolled",
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"rumbled",
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"banged",
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"blared",
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"blasted",
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"pealed",
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"screamed",
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"screeched",
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"shrieked",
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"squalled",
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"bawled",
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"called",
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"cried",
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"hollered",
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"hooted",
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"shouted",
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"whooped",
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"yelled",
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"belled",
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"caterwauled",
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"howled",
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"wailed",
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"yowled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"grunted",
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"mouthed",
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"mumbled",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"whispered",
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"mewled",
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"puled",
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"squeaked",
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"whimpered"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
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"examples":[
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"a drill instructor bellowing orders at new recruits during basic training"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawled",
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"bayed",
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"called",
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"cried",
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"hollered",
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"holloed",
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"hallooed",
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"roared",
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"shouted",
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"sounded off",
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"thundered",
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"vociferated",
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"yelled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"whooped",
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"screamed",
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"screeched",
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"shrieked",
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"shrilled",
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"squeaked",
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"squealed",
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"caterwauled",
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"howled",
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"ululated",
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"wailed",
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"yawped",
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"yauped",
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"yowled",
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"hailed",
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"spoke out",
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"spoke up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"mumbled",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"whispered"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"believes":{
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"to regard as right or true":{
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"examples":[
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"only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accepts",
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"buys",
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"credits",
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"swallows",
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"takes",
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"trusts"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accounts",
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"accredits",
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"understands",
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"assumes",
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"presumes",
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"supposes",
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"concludes",
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"deduces",
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"infers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrusts",
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"doubts",
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"misdoubts",
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"mistrusts",
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"questions",
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"suspects",
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"challenges",
|
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"disputes"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"disbelieves",
|
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|
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"discredits",
|
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"rejects"
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]
|
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},
|
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"to have as an opinion":{
|
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"examples":[
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|
"despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that \"people are really good at heart\""
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"allows",
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"conceives",
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"considers",
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"deems",
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"esteems",
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"feels",
|
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"figures",
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"guesses",
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"holds",
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"imagines",
|
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"judges",
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"reckons",
|
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"supposes",
|
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|
|
"thinks"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"regards",
|
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|
|
"views",
|
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|
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"accepts",
|
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|
|
"perceives",
|
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|
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"depends",
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|
|
"relies",
|
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|
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"trusts",
|
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|
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"assumes",
|
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|
|
"presumes",
|
|
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|
|
"presupposes",
|
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|
|
"surmises",
|
|
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|
|
"concludes",
|
|
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|
|
"deduces",
|
|
|
|
|
"infers"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
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|
|
"doubts",
|
|
|
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
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|
|
"questions",
|
|
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|
|
"suspects",
|
|
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|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
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|
|
"rejects"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"beleaguering":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"beleaguered the castle for months"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"besieging",
|
|
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|
|
"blockading",
|
|
|
|
|
"investing",
|
|
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|
|
"leaguering"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
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|
|
"blocking",
|
|
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|
|
"cutting off",
|
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|
|
"damming",
|
|
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|
|
"encircling",
|
|
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|
|
"assailing",
|
|
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|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
|
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
|
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
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|
|
"confining",
|
|
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|
|
"insulating",
|
|
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|
|
"isolating",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarantining"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
|
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
|
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
|
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
|
|
|
"rescuing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"below":{
|
|
|
|
|
"in a lower position than":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"for the photo she sat below everyone else, on the floor actually"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
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|
|
"neath",
|
|
|
|
|
"under"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"above",
|
|
|
|
|
"over"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"subsequent to in time or order":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"that ranks a little below a root canal on my list of things I'd want to experience"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"after",
|
|
|
|
|
"apr\u00e8s",
|
|
|
|
|
"behind",
|
|
|
|
|
"following",
|
|
|
|
|
"next to",
|
|
|
|
|
"past"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"since"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"toward",
|
|
|
|
|
"towards"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"afore",
|
|
|
|
|
"ahead of",
|
|
|
|
|
"before",
|
|
|
|
|
"ere",
|
|
|
|
|
"of",
|
|
|
|
|
"previous to",
|
|
|
|
|
"prior to",
|
|
|
|
|
"to"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"in or to a lower place":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the skipper climbed below to fix the engine"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beneath",
|
|
|
|
|
"under",
|
|
|
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beside",
|
|
|
|
|
"near",
|
|
|
|
|
"nearby"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
|
|
|
"overhead"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"up"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"toward or in a lower position":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"when rock climbing I just know that if I look below , I'll become paralyzed with fear"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"down",
|
|
|
|
|
"downward",
|
|
|
|
|
"downwards",
|
|
|
|
|
"over"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"facedown",
|
|
|
|
|
"low",
|
|
|
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
|
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
|
|
|
"downstairs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aloft"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"up",
|
|
|
|
|
"upward",
|
|
|
|
|
"upwards",
|
|
|
|
|
"upwardly"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"as in lower , under":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"lower",
|
|
|
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
|
|
|
"nether",
|
|
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|
|
"under",
|
|
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|
|
"bottom",
|
|
|
|
|
"bottommost",
|
|
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|
|
"low",
|
|
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|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
|
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
|
|
|
"rock-bottom",
|
|
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|
|
"undermost",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
|
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
|
|
|
"sunken"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"highest",
|
|
|
|
|
"loftiest",
|
|
|
|
|
"top",
|
|
|
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
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|
|
"upmost",
|
|
|
|
|
"uppermost",
|
|
|
|
|
"higher",
|
|
|
|
|
"loftier",
|
|
|
|
|
"upper",
|
|
|
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
|
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
|
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
|
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
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|
|
"raised",
|
|
|
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
|
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
|
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
|
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"believe":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"only the most naive car buyer would have believed the salesman's claim that the dealership was actually losing money on the deal"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"accept",
|
|
|
|
|
"buy",
|
|
|
|
|
"credit",
|
|
|
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
|
|
|
"take",
|
|
|
|
|
"trust"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"account",
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"accredit",
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"understand",
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"assume",
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"presume",
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"suppose",
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"conclude",
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"deduce",
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"infer"
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrust",
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"doubt",
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"misdoubt",
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"mistrust",
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"question",
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"suspect",
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"challenge",
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"dispute"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disbelieve",
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"discredit",
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"reject"
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"to have as an opinion":{
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"examples":[
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"despite the horrors she witnessed and endured, Anne Frank steadfastly believed that \"people are really good at heart\""
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"synonyms":[
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"allow",
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"conceive",
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"consider",
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"deem",
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"esteem",
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"feel",
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"figure",
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"guess",
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"hold",
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"imagine",
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"judge",
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"reckon",
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"suppose",
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"think"
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"near synonyms":[
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"regard",
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"view",
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"accept",
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"perceive",
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"depend",
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"rely",
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"trust",
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"assume",
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"presume",
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"presuppose",
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"surmise",
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"conclude",
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"deduce",
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"infer"
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrust",
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"doubt",
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"mistrust",
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"question",
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"suspect",
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"disbelieve",
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"discredit",
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"reject"
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"type":[
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"verb"
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},
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"belay":{
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"to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure":{
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"examples":[
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"The climber belayed the rope."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"batten",
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"button",
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"do up",
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"affix",
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"bend",
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"fasten",
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"fix",
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"adhere",
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"bolt",
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"cinch",
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"clamp",
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"clasp",
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"clench",
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"clinch",
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"clip",
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"glue",
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"hang",
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"harness",
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"hasp",
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"lace",
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"lash",
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"latch",
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"nail",
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"paste",
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"pin",
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"plaster",
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"rivet",
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"screw",
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"shackle",
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"staple",
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"stick",
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"strap",
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"tack",
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"tackle",
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"tie",
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"toggle",
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"yoke",
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"coapt",
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"connect",
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"join",
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"link",
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"unite",
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"reaffix",
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"reattach",
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"refasten",
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"refix",
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"resecure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"break up",
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"disconnect",
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"disjoin",
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"disjoint",
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"dissever",
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"dissociate",
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"disunite",
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"divide",
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"divorce",
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"part",
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"separate",
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"sever",
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"split",
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"sunder",
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"uncouple",
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"unlink",
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"unyoke",
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"unbind",
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"unfix",
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"unlash",
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"untie",
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"detach",
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"undo",
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"unfasten",
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"unhook"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belabors":{
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"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"stop belaboring the fact that they're already in debt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dwells (on or upon)",
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"harps (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accents",
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"accentuates",
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"emphasizes",
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"pays (up)",
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"points (up)",
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"stresses",
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"underlines",
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"underscores"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"disregards",
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"forgets",
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"ignores",
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"overlooks",
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"overpasses",
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"passes over",
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"slights",
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"slurs (over)"
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]
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},
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"there's no need to belabor other people's flaws when you're hardly perfect yourself"
|
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abuses",
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"assails",
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"attacks",
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"bashes",
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"blasts",
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"castigates",
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"excoriates",
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"jumps (on)",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"potshots",
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"savages",
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"scathes",
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"slams",
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"trashes",
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"vituperates"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"berates",
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"harangues",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"reviles",
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"scolds",
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"whips",
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"blasphemes",
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"curses",
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"execrates",
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"imprecates",
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"profanes",
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"affronts",
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"insults",
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"slurs",
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"asperses",
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"bad-mouths",
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"belittles",
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"blackguards",
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"disparages",
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"puts down",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"traduces",
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"vilifies",
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"chastises",
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"chides",
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"criticizes",
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"laces (into)",
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"rebukes",
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"reprimands",
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"fulminates",
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"lashes (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaims",
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"commends",
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"compliments",
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"hails",
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"lauds",
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"praises"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"with a whip he belabored a horse almost to the point of death"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashes",
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"bastes",
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"bats",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"belts",
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"birches",
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"bludgeons",
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"buffets",
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"bungs up",
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"clubs",
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"curries",
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"does",
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"drubs",
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"fibs",
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"flogs",
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"hammers",
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"hides",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lashes",
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"lathers",
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"licks",
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"mauls",
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"messes (up)",
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"paddles",
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"pelts",
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"pommels",
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"pounds",
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"pummels",
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"punches out",
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"roughs (up)",
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"slates",
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"slogs",
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"switches",
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"tans",
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"thrashes",
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"threshes",
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"thumps",
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"tromps",
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"wallops",
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"whales",
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"whips",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups",
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"works over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assails",
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"clobbers",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cudgels",
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"cuffs",
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"descends (on or upon)",
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"hits",
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"jumps (on)",
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"knocks",
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"lams",
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"lays on",
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"pastes",
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"pounces (on or upon)",
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"punches",
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"raids",
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"rushes",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"storms",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"thwacks",
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"whacks",
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"whams",
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"whomps",
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"blackjacks",
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"canes",
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"cowhides",
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"flagellates",
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"fustigates",
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"horsewhips",
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"leathers",
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"pistol-whips",
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"rawhides",
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"scourges",
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"straps",
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"gores",
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"lacerates",
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"wounds",
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"maims",
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"mangles",
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"mutilates"
|
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],
|
|
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|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
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},
|
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
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"verb"
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|
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]
|
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},
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"beltways":{
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|
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"as in parkways , bypasses":{
|
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bypasses",
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"parkways",
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"ring roads",
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"autobahns",
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"autoroutes",
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"autostradas",
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"autostrade",
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"dual carriageways",
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"interstates",
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"motorways",
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"superhighways",
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"corniches",
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"switchbacks",
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"causeways",
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"through streets",
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"arterials",
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"arteries",
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"avenues",
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"boulevards",
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"carriageways",
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"drags",
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"drives",
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"expressways",
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"freeways",
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"high roads",
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"highways",
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"passes",
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"pike",
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"pikes",
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"roads",
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"roadways",
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"routes",
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"rows",
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"streets",
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"thoroughfares",
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"thruways",
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"traces",
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"turnpikes",
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"ways",
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"high streets",
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"Main Streets",
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"backstreets",
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"branches",
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"bystreets",
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"byways",
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"crossroads",
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"secondary roads",
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"shunpikes",
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"side roads",
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"side streets",
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"alleys",
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"alleyways",
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"circles",
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"lanes",
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"laneways",
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"mews",
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"places"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"believer":{
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"one who professes a religious faith":{
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"examples":[
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"for believers , it was sufficient proof that a miracle had occurred"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"religionist"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fundamentalist",
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"cultist",
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"pietist",
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"zealot",
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"deist",
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"monotheist",
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"polytheist",
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"theist",
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"churchgoer",
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"communicant",
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"congregant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"belauded":{
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"to praise too much":{
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"examples":[
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"critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adulated",
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"blarneyed",
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"buttered up",
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"flattered",
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"hero-worshipped",
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"hero-worshiped",
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"honeyed",
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"honied",
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|
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"massaged",
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|
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"overpraised",
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"puffed",
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"soft-soaped",
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|
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"stroked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blandished",
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"cajoled",
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|
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"coaxed",
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|
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"sweet-talked",
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"wheedled",
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|
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"fawned",
|
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|
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"kowtowed",
|
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|
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"sucked (up to)",
|
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|
"toadied",
|
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|
|
"idolized",
|
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|
|
"worshipped",
|
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|
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"worshiped",
|
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|
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"eulogized",
|
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|
|
"extolled",
|
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|
|
"lauded",
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|
|
"praised",
|
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|
|
"applauded",
|
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|
|
"commended",
|
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|
|
"complimented",
|
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|
|
"congratulated",
|
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|
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"felicitated",
|
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|
|
"drooled",
|
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|
|
"gushed",
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|
|
"slavered",
|
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|
|
"slobbered",
|
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|
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"endeared",
|
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|
|
"ingratiated",
|
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|
|
"courted",
|
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|
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"romanced",
|
|
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|
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"wooed"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
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|
|
"belittled",
|
|
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|
|
"decried",
|
|
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|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
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|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
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|
|
"put down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"belie":{
|
|
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|
|
"to give a misleading impression of":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"his bright smile belied his actual mood, which was really one of great sadness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"misrepresent"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"contradict",
|
|
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|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
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|
|
"cloak",
|
|
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|
|
"conceal",
|
|
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|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
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|
|
"disguise",
|
|
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|
|
"hide",
|
|
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|
|
"mask",
|
|
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|
|
"obscure",
|
|
|
|
|
"color",
|
|
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|
|
"deceive",
|
|
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|
|
"distort",
|
|
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|
|
"falsify",
|
|
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|
|
"garble",
|
|
|
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
|
|
|
"misrender",
|
|
|
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
|
|
|
"twist",
|
|
|
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
|
|
|
"feign",
|
|
|
|
|
"pretend"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bare",
|
|
|
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
|
|
|
"discover",
|
|
|
|
|
"evince",
|
|
|
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
|
|
|
"expose",
|
|
|
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
|
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
|
|
|
"parade",
|
|
|
|
|
"show off"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"betray",
|
|
|
|
|
"represent"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the latest information belies the old theory"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"confound",
|
|
|
|
|
"confute",
|
|
|
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
|
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
|
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
|
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
|
|
|
"refute",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
|
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
|
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
|
|
|
"contest",
|
|
|
|
|
"query",
|
|
|
|
|
"question",
|
|
|
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
|
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
|
|
|
"debate",
|
|
|
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
|
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
|
|
|
"moot",
|
|
|
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"document",
|
|
|
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
|
|
|
"evince",
|
|
|
|
|
"record",
|
|
|
|
|
"show",
|
|
|
|
|
"support",
|
|
|
|
|
"witness",
|
|
|
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
|
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
|
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
|
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
|
|
|
"attest",
|
|
|
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
|
|
|
"certify",
|
|
|
|
|
"identify",
|
|
|
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"display",
|
|
|
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
|
|
|
"establish",
|
|
|
|
|
"prove",
|
|
|
|
|
"validate",
|
|
|
|
|
"verify"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
|
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
|
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
|
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
|
|
|
"cover",
|
|
|
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
|
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
|
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
|
|
|
"hide",
|
|
|
|
|
"mask",
|
|
|
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
|
|
|
"occult",
|
|
|
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
|
|
|
"screen",
|
|
|
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
|
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
|
|
|
"veil"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bury",
|
|
|
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
|
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"smother",
|
|
|
|
|
"gild",
|
|
|
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
|
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
|
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
|
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
|
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
|
|
|
"befog",
|
|
|
|
|
"block",
|
|
|
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
|
|
|
"darken",
|
|
|
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
|
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
|
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
|
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
|
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
|
|
|
"shade"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
|
|
|
"present",
|
|
|
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
|
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
|
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
|
|
|
"air",
|
|
|
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
|
|
|
"get out",
|
|
|
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
|
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
|
|
|
"publish",
|
|
|
|
|
"spread"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bare",
|
|
|
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
|
|
|
"display",
|
|
|
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
|
|
|
"expose",
|
|
|
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
|
|
|
"show",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
|
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
|
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belauding":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to praise too much":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
|
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
|
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
|
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
|
|
|
"hero-worshipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"hero-worshiping",
|
|
|
|
|
"honeying",
|
|
|
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
|
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
|
|
|
"stroking"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
|
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
|
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
|
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
|
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
|
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
|
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
|
|
|
"sucking (up to)",
|
|
|
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
|
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
|
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
|
|
|
"lauding",
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"praising",
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"applauding",
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"commending",
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"complimenting",
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"congratulating",
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"felicitating",
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"drooling",
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"gushing",
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"slavering",
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"slobbering",
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"endearing",
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"ingratiating",
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"courting",
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"romancing",
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"wooing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bad-mouthing",
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"belittling",
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"decrying",
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"depreciating",
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"disparaging",
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"putting down"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"belly-lands":{
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"as in crash-lands":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crash-lands",
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"alights",
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"lands",
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"lights",
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"perches",
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"roosts",
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"settles",
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"touches down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blasts off",
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"takes off",
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"arises",
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"ascends",
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"climbs",
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"rises",
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"flies",
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"floats",
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"glides",
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"planes",
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"soars",
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"wings",
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"hangs",
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"hovers"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"beldame":{
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"a mean or ugly old woman":{
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"examples":[
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"knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"carline",
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"carlin",
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|
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"crone",
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|
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"hag",
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|
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"hellcat",
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|
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"trot",
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|
|
|
"witch"
|
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|
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],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"harpy",
|
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|
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"shrew",
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|
|
|
|
"virago"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
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|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"belts up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to stop talking":{
|
|
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|
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"examples":[
|
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|
|
|
"the schoolboy ordered his mates to belt up about the prank"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
|
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
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|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
|
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
|
|
|
"pipes down",
|
|
|
|
|
"quiets (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"shuts up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"calms (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"cools (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"haws",
|
|
|
|
|
"hems"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
|
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
|
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
|
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"talks"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belittlement":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"an unconscionable belittlement of his assistant in public"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"denigration",
|
|
|
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
|
|
|
"derogation",
|
|
|
|
|
"detraction",
|
|
|
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
|
|
|
"put-down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aspersion",
|
|
|
|
|
"backbiting",
|
|
|
|
|
"calumny",
|
|
|
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
|
|
|
"libel",
|
|
|
|
|
"slander",
|
|
|
|
|
"vilification",
|
|
|
|
|
"derision",
|
|
|
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
|
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
|
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
|
|
|
"invective",
|
|
|
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
|
|
|
"censure",
|
|
|
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
|
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
|
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
|
|
|
"de-emphasis",
|
|
|
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
|
|
|
"soft-pedaling"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
|
|
|
"praise",
|
|
|
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
|
|
|
"approval",
|
|
|
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
|
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
|
|
|
"hype",
|
|
|
|
|
"puffery"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
|
|
|
"ennoblement",
|
|
|
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
|
|
|
"glorification",
|
|
|
|
|
"magnification"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belligerence":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the dominant male wolf was able to withstand the belligerence of younger challengers"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
|
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
|
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
|
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fight",
|
|
|
|
|
"militance",
|
|
|
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
|
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
|
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
|
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
|
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
|
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
|
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
|
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
|
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
|
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
|
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
|
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
|
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
|
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
|
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
|
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
|
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
|
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
|
|
|
"affability",
|
|
|
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
|
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
|
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
|
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
|
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
|
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
|
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
|
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
|
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
|
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
|
|
|
"placability"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belts (down)":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"I belted down a can of soda and rushed back out to the game"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
|
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
|
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
|
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
|
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"sips",
|
|
|
|
|
"slugs (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
|
|
|
"sups",
|
|
|
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
|
|
|
"swills",
|
|
|
|
|
"tosses (down or off)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"laps",
|
|
|
|
|
"licks",
|
|
|
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
|
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
|
|
|
"downs",
|
|
|
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
|
|
|
"kills",
|
|
|
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
|
|
|
"nips",
|
|
|
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
|
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
|
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
|
|
|
"wines"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belly-landed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in crash-landed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crash-landed",
|
|
|
|
|
"alighted",
|
|
|
|
|
"alit",
|
|
|
|
|
"landed",
|
|
|
|
|
"lit",
|
|
|
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
|
|
|
"perched",
|
|
|
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
|
|
|
"settled",
|
|
|
|
|
"touched down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
|
|
|
"took off",
|
|
|
|
|
"arose",
|
|
|
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
|
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
|
|
|
"rose",
|
|
|
|
|
"flew",
|
|
|
|
|
"floated",
|
|
|
|
|
"glided",
|
|
|
|
|
"planed",
|
|
|
|
|
"soared",
|
|
|
|
|
"winged",
|
|
|
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
|
|
|
"hung",
|
|
|
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belts":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"delivered a shattering belt to the rock with a hammer"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
|
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"bats",
|
|
|
|
|
"beats",
|
|
|
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"blows",
|
|
|
|
|
"bops",
|
|
|
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
|
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
|
|
|
"busts",
|
|
|
|
|
"chops",
|
|
|
|
|
"claps",
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"clips",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cuffs",
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"dabs",
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"douses",
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"fillips",
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"hacks",
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"haymakers",
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"hits",
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"hooks",
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"knocks",
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"larrups",
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"lashes",
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"licks",
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"pelts",
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"picks",
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"plumps",
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"pokes",
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"pounds",
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"punches",
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"raps",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"stingers",
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"stripes",
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"strokes",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"switches",
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"thuds",
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"thumps",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"welts",
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"whacks",
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"whams",
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"whops",
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"whaps"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"counterblows",
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"counter-blows",
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"counterpunches",
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"counters",
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"counterstrokes",
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"counter-strokes",
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"body blows",
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"hands",
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"kicks",
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"knees",
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"lefts",
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"one-twos",
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"rabbit punches",
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"right-handers",
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"rights",
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"roundhouses",
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"shivers",
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"sidewinders",
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"sucker punches",
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"swings",
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"uppercuts",
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"crunchers",
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"kayos",
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"knockdowns",
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"knockouts",
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"KOs",
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"bastinadoes",
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"bastinades",
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"batterings",
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"beatings",
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"drubbings",
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"lickings",
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"pastings",
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"thrashings",
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"wallopings",
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"whippings",
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"whips"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
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"examples":[
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"he knocked back a belt of whiskey before leaving"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drafts",
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"drags",
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"drinks",
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"gulps",
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"nips",
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"quaffs",
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"shots",
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"sips",
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"slugs",
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"snorts",
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"sups",
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"swallows",
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"swigs",
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"swills"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drams",
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"drops"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
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"examples":[
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"a drugstore cowboy who loves his fancily decorated belt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ceintures",
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"cinctures",
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"cummerbunds",
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"cumberbunds",
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"girdles",
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"sashes",
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"self-belts"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"bands",
|
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"waistbands",
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|
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"circles",
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|
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"loops",
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"ribbons",
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|
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"rings",
|
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|
|
"baldrics",
|
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|
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"bandoliers",
|
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|
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"bandoleers",
|
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|
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"Sam Browne belts",
|
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|
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"cesti",
|
|
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|
|
"obis"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
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|
|
"examples":[
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|
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"that part of the country is sometimes called \"the farm belt \" because of the number of farms there"
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|
|
],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[
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"corridors",
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"lands",
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|
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"necks",
|
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|
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"parts",
|
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|
|
"regions",
|
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|
|
"tracts",
|
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|
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"zones"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"districts",
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|
|
"domains",
|
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|
|
"latitudes",
|
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|
|
"ranges",
|
|
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|
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"realms",
|
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|
|
"terrains",
|
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|
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"territories",
|
|
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|
|
"neighborhoods",
|
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|
|
"vicinities"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the baseball out of the park"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"bangs",
|
|
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|
|
"bashes",
|
|
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|
|
"bats",
|
|
|
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
|
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
|
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
|
|
|
"bops",
|
|
|
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
|
|
|
"busts",
|
|
|
|
|
"claps",
|
|
|
|
|
"clips",
|
|
|
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
|
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
|
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
|
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
|
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hits",
|
|
|
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
|
|
|
"nails",
|
|
|
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
|
|
|
"punches",
|
|
|
|
|
"raps",
|
|
|
|
|
"slams",
|
|
|
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
|
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
|
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
|
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"smites",
|
|
|
|
|
"socks",
|
|
|
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
|
|
|
"swats",
|
|
|
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
|
|
|
"tags",
|
|
|
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
|
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
|
|
|
"whales",
|
|
|
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"batters",
|
|
|
|
|
"beats",
|
|
|
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
|
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
|
|
|
"chops",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
|
|
|
"laces",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
|
|
|
"licks",
|
|
|
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
|
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
|
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
|
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
|
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
|
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
|
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
|
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
|
|
|
"taps",
|
|
|
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"butts",
|
|
|
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
|
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
|
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
|
|
|
"knees",
|
|
|
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
|
|
|
"prods",
|
|
|
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
|
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
|
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
|
|
|
"creams",
|
|
|
|
|
"decks",
|
|
|
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"fells",
|
|
|
|
|
"floors",
|
|
|
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
|
|
|
"levels",
|
|
|
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
|
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
|
|
|
"canes",
|
|
|
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
|
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
|
|
|
"flails",
|
|
|
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"saps",
|
|
|
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
|
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
|
|
|
"spears",
|
|
|
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
|
|
|
"switches",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"whips",
|
|
|
|
|
"beans",
|
|
|
|
|
"brains",
|
|
|
|
|
"conks",
|
|
|
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the little boy's pants tightly so they would stay up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bands",
|
|
|
|
|
"begirds",
|
|
|
|
|
"engirdles",
|
|
|
|
|
"engirds",
|
|
|
|
|
"enwinds",
|
|
|
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
|
|
|
"girds",
|
|
|
|
|
"girths",
|
|
|
|
|
"girts",
|
|
|
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
|
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
|
|
|
"circles",
|
|
|
|
|
"enwreathes",
|
|
|
|
|
"loops",
|
|
|
|
|
"winds",
|
|
|
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
|
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
|
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
|
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
|
|
|
"chains",
|
|
|
|
|
"cords",
|
|
|
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
|
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
|
|
|
"tapes",
|
|
|
|
|
"wires"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
|
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"unshackles",
|
|
|
|
|
"unties",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ungirds",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwraps"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"belted the punching bag relentlessly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
|
|
|
"bats",
|
|
|
|
|
"batters",
|
|
|
|
|
"beats",
|
|
|
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
|
|
|
"birches",
|
|
|
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
|
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
|
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
|
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
|
|
|
"curries",
|
|
|
|
|
"does",
|
|
|
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
|
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
|
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
|
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
|
|
|
"hides",
|
|
|
|
|
"laces",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
|
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
|
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
|
|
|
"licks",
|
|
|
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
|
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
|
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
|
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
|
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
|
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
|
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
|
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"slates",
|
|
|
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
|
|
|
"switches",
|
|
|
|
|
"tans",
|
|
|
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
|
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
|
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
|
|
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"wallops",
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"whales",
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"whips",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups",
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"works over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assails",
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"clobbers",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cudgels",
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"cuffs",
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"descends (on or upon)",
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"hits",
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"jumps (on)",
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"knocks",
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"lams",
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"lays on",
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"pastes",
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"pounces (on or upon)",
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"punches",
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"raids",
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"rushes",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"storms",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"thwacks",
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"whacks",
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"whams",
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"whomps",
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"blackjacks",
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"canes",
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"cowhides",
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"flagellates",
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"fustigates",
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"horsewhips",
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"leathers",
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"pistol-whips",
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"rawhides",
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"scourges",
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"straps",
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"gores",
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"lacerates",
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"wounds",
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"maims",
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"mangles",
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"mutilates"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
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"examples":[
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"the boy went belting along on his skateboard"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrels",
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"blasts",
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"blazes",
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"blows",
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"bolts",
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"bombs",
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"bowls",
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"breezes",
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"bundles",
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"bustles",
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"buzzes",
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"cannonballs",
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"careens",
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"careers",
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"chases",
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"courses",
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"cracks (on)",
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"dashes",
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"drives",
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"flies",
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"hares",
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"hastens",
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"hies",
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"highballs",
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"hotfoots (it)",
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"humps",
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"hurls",
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"hurries",
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"hurtles",
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"hustles",
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"jets",
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"jumps",
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"motors",
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"nips",
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"pelts",
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"races",
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"rams",
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"rips",
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"rockets",
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"runs",
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"rushes",
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"rustles",
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"scoots",
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"scurries",
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"scuttles",
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"shoots",
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"speeds",
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"steps",
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"tears",
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"travels",
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"trots",
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"whirls",
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"whisks",
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"zips",
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"zooms"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beetles",
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"darts",
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"flits",
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"scampers",
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"scuds",
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"scuffles",
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"stampedes",
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"streaks",
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"whizzes",
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"gallops",
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"jogs",
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"sprints",
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"accelerates",
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"quickens",
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"steps out",
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"catches up",
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"fast-forwards",
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"outpaces",
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"outruns",
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"outstrips",
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"overtakes",
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"arrows",
|
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"beelines"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dallies",
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"dawdles",
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"dillydallies",
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"drags",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"lags",
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"lingers",
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"loiters",
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"pokes",
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"tarries",
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"ambles",
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"lumbers",
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"plods",
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"saunters",
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"shuffles",
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"strolls",
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|
|
"decelerates",
|
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|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"crawls",
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"creeps",
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"pokes"
|
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]
|
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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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|
|
"verb"
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|
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]
|
|
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|
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},
|
|
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|
|
"beloveds":{
|
|
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|
|
"a person with whom one is in love":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"searching for some incredibly romantic spot in which to ask his beloved to marry him"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"darlings",
|
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|
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"dears",
|
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|
|
"flames",
|
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|
|
"honeys",
|
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|
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"hons",
|
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|
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"loves",
|
|
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|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
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|
|
"sweethearts",
|
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|
|
"sweetie pies",
|
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|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
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|
|
"sweets",
|
|
|
|
|
"trueloves"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
|
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
|
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
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|
|
"boys",
|
|
|
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
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|
|
"men",
|
|
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|
|
"swains",
|
|
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|
|
"gals",
|
|
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|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
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|
|
"girls",
|
|
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|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
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|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
|
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
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|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
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|
|
"tootsies",
|
|
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|
|
"amours",
|
|
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|
|
"lovers",
|
|
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|
|
"paramours",
|
|
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|
|
"dolls",
|
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|
|
"ducks",
|
|
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|
|
"pets",
|
|
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|
|
"dates",
|
|
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|
|
"escorts",
|
|
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|
|
"steadies",
|
|
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|
|
"admirers",
|
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|
|
"gallants",
|
|
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|
|
"suitors",
|
|
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|
|
"wooers",
|
|
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|
|
"grooms",
|
|
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|
|
"husbands",
|
|
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|
|
"brides",
|
|
|
|
|
"wives",
|
|
|
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
|
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
|
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
|
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
|
|
|
"heartthrobs"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belies":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to give a misleading impression of":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"his bright smile belied his actual mood, which was really one of great sadness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"misrepresents"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
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|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
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|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
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|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
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|
|
"disguises",
|
|
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|
|
"hides",
|
|
|
|
|
"masks",
|
|
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|
|
"obscures",
|
|
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|
|
"colors",
|
|
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|
|
"deceives",
|
|
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|
|
"distorts",
|
|
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|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
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|
|
"garbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
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|
|
"misrenders",
|
|
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|
|
"misreports",
|
|
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|
|
"twists",
|
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|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
|
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
|
|
|
"pretends"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bares",
|
|
|
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
|
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
|
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
|
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
|
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
|
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
|
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
|
|
|
"flaunts",
|
|
|
|
|
"parades",
|
|
|
|
|
"shows off"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
|
|
|
"represents"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the latest information belies the old theory"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
|
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
|
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
|
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
|
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
|
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
|
|
|
"shoots down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
|
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
|
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
|
|
|
"contests",
|
|
|
|
|
"queries",
|
|
|
|
|
"questions",
|
|
|
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
|
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
|
|
|
"debates",
|
|
|
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
|
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
|
|
|
"moots",
|
|
|
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"documents",
|
|
|
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
|
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
|
|
|
"records",
|
|
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|
|
"shows",
|
|
|
|
|
"supports",
|
|
|
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
|
|
|
"backs (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
|
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
|
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
|
|
|
"adduces",
|
|
|
|
|
"attests",
|
|
|
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
|
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
|
|
|
"displays",
|
|
|
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
|
|
|
"manifests"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
|
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
|
|
|
"proves",
|
|
|
|
|
"validates",
|
|
|
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
|
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
|
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
|
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
|
|
|
"covers",
|
|
|
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
|
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
|
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
|
|
|
"hides",
|
|
|
|
|
"masks",
|
|
|
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
|
|
|
"occults",
|
|
|
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
|
|
|
"screens",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
|
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
|
|
|
"veils"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"buries",
|
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"camouflages",
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"covers (up)",
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"smothers",
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"gilds",
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"glosses (over)",
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"varnishes",
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"whitewashes",
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"beclouds",
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"bedims",
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"befogs",
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"blocks",
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"clouds",
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"darkens",
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"eclipses",
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"obstructs",
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"occludes",
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"overcasts",
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"overshadows",
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"shades"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brings out",
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"presents",
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"clarifies",
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"illuminates",
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"advertises",
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"airs",
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"broadcasts",
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"gets out",
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"proclaims",
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"publicizes",
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"publishes",
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"spreads"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bares",
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"discloses",
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"displays",
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"divulges",
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"exposes",
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"reveals",
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"shows",
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"uncloaks",
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"uncovers",
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"unmasks",
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"unveils"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bellyaches":{
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"examples":[
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"tired of the kids bellyaching every time they're asked to mow the lawn or take out the trash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
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"bitches",
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"bleats",
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"carps",
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"caterwauls",
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"complains",
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"crabs",
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"croaks",
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"fusses",
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"gripes",
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"grizzles",
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"grouches",
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"grouses",
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"growls",
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"grumbles",
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"grumps",
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"hollers",
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"inveighs",
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"keens",
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"kicks",
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"kvetches",
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"maunders",
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"moans",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters",
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"nags",
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"repines",
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"screams",
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"squawks",
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"squeals",
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"wails",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"whinges",
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"yammers",
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"yawps",
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"yaups",
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"yowls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"objects (to)",
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"protests",
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"quarrels (with)",
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"cavils",
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"quibbles",
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"frets",
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"stews",
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"worries",
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"blubbers",
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"cries",
|
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"sobs",
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"bemoans",
|
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"bewails",
|
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|
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"deplores",
|
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|
|
"laments"
|
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|
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],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"accepts",
|
|
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|
|
"bears",
|
|
|
|
|
"countenances",
|
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|
|
"endures",
|
|
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|
|
"takes",
|
|
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|
|
"tolerates",
|
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|
|
"applauds",
|
|
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|
|
"cheers",
|
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|
|
"commends"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"crows",
|
|
|
|
|
"delights",
|
|
|
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"bellicosity":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the candidate criticized her opponent's bellicosity as divisive"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
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|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
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|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
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|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
|
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
|
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
|
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fight",
|
|
|
|
|
"militance",
|
|
|
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
|
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
|
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
|
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
|
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
|
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
|
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
|
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
|
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
|
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
|
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
|
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
|
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
|
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
|
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
|
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
|
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
|
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
|
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
|
|
|
"affability",
|
|
|
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
|
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
|
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
|
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
|
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
|
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
|
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
|
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
|
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
|
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
|
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
|
|
|
"placability"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belatedness":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the quality or state of being late":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the belatedness of the payment resulted in us being charged overdue fees"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
|
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
|
|
|
"tardiness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
|
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
|
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
|
|
|
"punctuality"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"earliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"prematureness",
|
|
|
|
|
"prematurity"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belletristic":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in highbrowed , donnish":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
|
|
|
"declamatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"florid",
|
|
|
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
|
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
|
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
|
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
|
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
|
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
|
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
|
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
|
|
|
"formal",
|
|
|
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
|
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
|
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
|
|
|
"stately",
|
|
|
|
|
"towering",
|
|
|
|
|
"academic",
|
|
|
|
|
"academical",
|
|
|
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
|
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
|
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
|
|
|
"scholastic",
|
|
|
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
|
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
|
|
|
"learned",
|
|
|
|
|
"literary",
|
|
|
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
|
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
|
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
|
|
|
"educated",
|
|
|
|
|
"schooled"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonliterary",
|
|
|
|
|
"unbookish",
|
|
|
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
|
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
|
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
|
|
|
"informal",
|
|
|
|
|
"slangy",
|
|
|
|
|
"illiterate"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belle":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in peach , charmer":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
|
|
|
"peach",
|
|
|
|
|
"babe",
|
|
|
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
|
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
|
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
|
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
|
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
|
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
|
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
|
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
|
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
|
|
|
"fox",
|
|
|
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
|
|
|
"honey",
|
|
|
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
|
|
|
"queen",
|
|
|
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
|
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
|
|
|
"cover girl",
|
|
|
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
|
|
|
"houri",
|
|
|
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
|
|
|
"dish",
|
|
|
|
|
"doll",
|
|
|
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
|
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
|
|
|
"looker",
|
|
|
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
|
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
|
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
|
|
|
"siren",
|
|
|
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
|
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bag",
|
|
|
|
|
"frump",
|
|
|
|
|
"crone",
|
|
|
|
|
"hag",
|
|
|
|
|
"witch"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"belayed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"to attach (a rope) to something so that it is secure":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"The climber belayed the rope."
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"battened",
|
|
|
|
|
"buttoned",
|
|
|
|
|
"did up",
|
|
|
|
|
"affixed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bent",
|
|
|
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
|
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
|
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
|
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
|
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
|
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
|
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
|
|
|
"clenched",
|
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"clinched",
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"clipped",
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"glued",
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"harnessed",
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"hasped",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"laced",
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"lashed",
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"latched",
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"nailed",
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"pasted",
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"pinned",
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"plastered",
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"riveted",
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"screwed",
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"shackled",
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"stapled",
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"strapped",
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"stuck",
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"tacked",
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"tackled",
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"tied",
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"toggled",
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"yoked",
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"coapted",
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"connected",
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"joined",
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"linked",
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"united",
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"reaffixed",
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"reattached",
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"refastened",
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"refixed",
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"resecured"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broke up",
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"disconnected",
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"disjoined",
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"disjointed",
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"dissevered",
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"dissociated",
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"disunited",
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"divided",
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"divorced",
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"parted",
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"separated",
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"severed",
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"split",
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"sundered",
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"uncoupled",
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"unlinked",
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"unyoked",
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"loosed",
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"loosened",
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"unbound",
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"unfixed",
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"unlashed",
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"untied",
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"detached",
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"undid",
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"unfastened",
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"unhooked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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}
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