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{
"aphoristic":{
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
"examples":[
"retorted with the aphoristic comment, \"No one said life is fair\""
],
"synonyms":[
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"telegraphic",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"short",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"well-turned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pleonastic",
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"tautologous",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"inflated"
],
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aphrodisiac":{
"of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{
"examples":[
"the tomato's supposed aphrodisiac qualities have caused it to be also known as \"the love apple\""
],
"synonyms":[
"amatory",
"amorous",
"erogenous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"erotogenic",
"sexy",
"steamy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autoerotic",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"bawdy",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"obscene",
"prurient",
"racy",
"spicy",
"suggestive",
"titillating",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"pornographic",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"fetishistic",
"perversive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"decorous",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonerotic",
"unerotic",
"unsexy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aphorism":{
"an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{
"examples":[
"what does the aphorism \"Hindsight is 20/20\" mean?"
],
"synonyms":[
"adage",
"apothegm",
"byword",
"epigram",
"maxim",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"sententia",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"platitude",
"wheeze",
"expression",
"felicity",
"axiom",
"motto",
"precept",
"truism",
"truth",
"formula",
"comment",
"note",
"reflection",
"remark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aphorisms":{
"an often stated observation regarding something from common experience":{
"examples":[
"what does the aphorism \"Hindsight is 20/20\" mean?"
],
"synonyms":[
"adages",
"apothegms",
"bywords",
"epigrams",
"maxims",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"sententiae",
"words"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bromides",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"platitudes",
"wheezes",
"expressions",
"felicities",
"axioms",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"precepts",
"truisms",
"truths",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"comments",
"notes",
"reflections",
"remarks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aphoristically":{
"as in sententiously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sententiously",
"briefly",
"compactly",
"concisely",
"crisply",
"curtly",
"elliptically",
"laconically",
"pithily",
"shortly",
"succinctly",
"summarily",
"tersely",
"exactly",
"precisely",
"abruptly",
"bluffly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"monosyllabically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffusely",
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily",
"redundantly",
"repetitiously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"aphrodisiacal":{
"of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{
"examples":[
"the tomato's supposed aphrodisiac qualities have caused it to be also known as \"the love apple\""
],
"synonyms":[
"amatory",
"amorous",
"erogenous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"erotogenic",
"sexy",
"steamy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autoerotic",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"bawdy",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"obscene",
"prurient",
"racy",
"spicy",
"suggestive",
"titillating",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"pornographic",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"fetishistic",
"perversive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"decorous",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonerotic",
"unerotic",
"unsexy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}