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{
"Gloria Patri":{
"as in paean , hallelujah":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"processional",
"recessional"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"global":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"do a global search and replace the misspelling throughout the whole document"
],
"synonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"covering everything or all important points":{
"examples":[
"published a global report on the plight of Third World economies"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"embracive",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having every part of the surface the same distance from the center":{
"examples":[
"one of the fair's more striking pavilions was a global structure with a monorail running through its center"
],
"synonyms":[
"globular",
"round",
"spherical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annular",
"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"ringlike",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"balled",
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"globular":{
"having every part of the surface the same distance from the center":{
"examples":[
"the globular streetlights give the pedestrian mall a Gay Nineties look"
],
"synonyms":[
"global",
"round",
"spherical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annular",
"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"ringlike",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"balled",
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"globule":{
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fat globules of hot wax dripping onto the table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gobbet",
"dewdrop",
"raindrop",
"tear",
"teardrop",
"spatter",
"dribble",
"trickle"
],
"synonyms":[
"bead",
"blob",
"driblet",
"drip",
"drop",
"droplet",
"glob"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloom":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"examples":[
"has been in a perpetual gloom since his dog died"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"a time or place of little or no light":{
"examples":[
"the gloom of a rainy night is the perfect setting for a mystery story"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloaming",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"midnight",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness"
]
},
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"we just sat there, glooming , as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"frown",
"glare",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"ogle",
"stare",
"grimace",
"pout",
"sulk",
"growl",
"snarl",
"sneer",
"snigger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beam",
"grin",
"smile"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"darken",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frown",
"scowl",
"glare",
"stare",
"brood",
"mope",
"pet",
"pout",
"sulk",
"anger",
"bristle",
"fume",
"rage",
"steam",
"storm",
"intimidate",
"menace",
"threaten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"cheer (up)",
"lighten",
"perk (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloominess":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"examples":[
"even in the depths of her gloominess she never lost hope entirely"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloomy":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the cold rain made for a gloomy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"has been gloomy ever since the breakup with his girlfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"that house would be less gloomy if some of the overgrown trees and shrubs were cleared away"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"glorify":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"examples":[
"a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"magnify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"idealize",
"romanticize",
"sanitize",
"sugarcoat",
"acclaim",
"extol",
"extoll",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"let us now glorify the Lord"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"deify",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"honor",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"apotheosize",
"canonize",
"dignify",
"exalt",
"lionize",
"magnify",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"affront",
"dishonor",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"ridicule",
"scorn",
"slight",
"displease",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"blow up",
"crack up",
"cry up",
"tout",
"trumpet",
"tub-thump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"magnify",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"advance",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"boost",
"herald",
"offer",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"lay down",
"make out",
"proclaim",
"pronounce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise",
"resound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
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},
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"examples":[
"don't let the job title \"team spirit coordinator\" fool you\u2014he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorize",
"glamourize",
"glamour (up)",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heroicize",
"heroize",
"euphemize",
"poeticize",
"soften",
"sweeten",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idolize",
"aggrandize",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"enthrone",
"magnify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[
"deglamorize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glorious":{
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
"examples":[
"the advent of the printing press in the West ushered in a glorious new era of learning"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"epic",
"gallant",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colossal",
"monstrous",
"prodigious",
"stupendous",
"tremendous",
"kingly",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"awesome",
"awful",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"formidable",
"impressive",
"prepossessing",
"redoubtable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"inflated",
"operatic",
"overblown",
"pompous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"superb",
"terrific",
"wonderful",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"palatial",
"palatine",
"sumptuous",
"gorgeous",
"resplendent",
"splendiferous",
"extraordinary",
"killer",
"remarkable",
"sensational",
"striking",
"celestial",
"divine",
"heavenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowly",
"modest",
"unprepossessing",
"average",
"common",
"mediocre",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate",
"abject",
"mean",
"meretricious",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"paltry",
"petty",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
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"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gloss":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"used a computer to give her astrological predictions the gloss of real science"
],
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"related":[
"cotton candy",
"fluff",
"tinsel",
"fig leaf",
"charade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"pose",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"veneer",
"window dressing"
]
},
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the surface has such a high gloss , you can see your face reflected in it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"flatness",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"gloom",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"somberness"
],
"related":[
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glow",
"shimmer",
"blink",
"flicker",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"illumination",
"irradiation",
"iridescence",
"luminescence",
"brilliance",
"luminosity",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"refulgence",
"finish",
"glaze"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnish",
"luminance",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"sheen",
"shine"
]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the action of the water will serve to gloss the seal's coat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"related":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"grind",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloss (over)":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloze (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoat",
"varnish",
"apologize",
"atone",
"confess",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glossed":{
"as in polished , brushed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the action of the water will serve to gloss the seal's coat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughed (up)",
"roughened",
"ruffled",
"scuffed (up)"
],
"related":[
"sleeked",
"slicked",
"coated",
"glazed",
"japanned",
"lacquered",
"varnished",
"faced",
"finished",
"veneered",
"brightened",
"filed",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"bobbed",
"boned",
"lapped"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"dressed",
"furbished",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shone",
"shined",
"smoothed",
"smoothened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"glossiness":{
"as in flamboyance , flashiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"showiness",
"slickness",
"splashiness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"flawlessness",
"perfection",
"desirability",
"desirableness",
"foxiness",
"lusciousness",
"nubility",
"pulchritude",
"seductiveness",
"sex appeal",
"sexiness",
"shapeliness",
"charm",
"delightfulness",
"elegance",
"exquisiteness",
"gloriousness",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"sublimeness",
"sublimity",
"superbness",
"allure",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"fascination",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"aesthetics",
"esthetics",
"attractiveness",
"beauteousness",
"beautifulness",
"beauty",
"comeliness",
"cuteness",
"fairness",
"gorgeousness",
"handsomeness",
"looks",
"loveliness",
"prettiness",
"sightliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grotesqueness",
"hideousness",
"homeliness",
"plainness",
"ugliness",
"unattractiveness",
"unbecomingness",
"unloveliness",
"unsightliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dreadfulness",
"foulness",
"ghastliness",
"horribleness",
"loathsomeness",
"nastiness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repulsiveness",
"terribleness",
"vileness",
"blemish",
"flaw",
"imperfection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glove":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloves":{
"as in ropes , lassos":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloving":{
"as in roping , lassoing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glow":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"the glow of the restaurant's table lamps is especially flattering to diners"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"flare",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"light",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"daylight",
"moonlight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"the coals glowed red-hot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaze",
"burn",
"combust",
"flame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"enkindle",
"deflagrate",
"fire",
"ignite",
"kindle",
"flare (up)",
"light (up)",
"flicker",
"gutter",
"waver",
"bake",
"broil",
"char",
"cook",
"melt",
"roast",
"scorch",
"swelter",
"smolder",
"smoulder",
"spark",
"sputter",
"beam",
"brighten",
"radiate",
"beat (down)",
"flash",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glitter",
"scintillate",
"shimmer",
"shine",
"sparkle",
"twinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"flush",
"redden"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"glows":{
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
"examples":[
"the glow of the restaurant's table lamps is especially flattering to diners"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"flares",
"fluorescences",
"glares",
"gleams",
"illuminations",
"incandescences",
"lights",
"luminescences",
"radiances",
"shines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flashes",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glitters",
"scintillations",
"shimmers",
"sparkles",
"twinkles",
"daylights",
"moonlights",
"sunlights",
"sunshines",
"afterglows",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"beams",
"halos",
"haloes",
"rays",
"shafts",
"streaks",
"streams",
"sunbeams",
"glistens",
"glosses",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"polishes",
"reflections",
"sheens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darks",
"dusks",
"glooms",
"nights",
"shadows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"the coals glowed red-hot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazes",
"burns",
"combusts",
"flames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"enkindles",
"deflagrates",
"fires",
"ignites",
"kindles",
"flares (up)",
"lights (up)",
"flickers",
"gutters",
"wavers",
"bakes",
"broils",
"chars",
"cooks",
"melts",
"roasts",
"scorches",
"swelters",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"sparks",
"sputters",
"beams",
"brightens",
"radiates",
"beats (down)",
"flashes",
"glares",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glitters",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"shines",
"sparkles",
"twinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blushes",
"colors",
"crimsons",
"flushes",
"reddens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadines",
"rouges",
"ruddles",
"abashes",
"chagrins",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"humiliates",
"mortifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloze (over)":{
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"note",
"object (to)"
],
"related":[
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate",
"waive",
"wave (aside or off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink (at)",
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"discount",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"gloss (over)",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"paper over",
"pardon",
"pass over",
"remit",
"shrug off",
"whitewash",
"wink (at)"
]
},
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sugarcoat",
"varnish",
"apologize",
"atone",
"confess",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloss (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glozing (over)":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorizing",
"excusing",
"explaining away",
"extenuating",
"glossing (over)",
"palliating",
"whitewashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoating",
"varnishing",
"apologizing",
"atoning",
"confessing",
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lessening",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glossing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glommed":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glorifications":{
"as in exaltations , aggrandizements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"magnifications",
"advancements",
"ascents",
"creations",
"elevations",
"preferences",
"preferments",
"promotions",
"rises",
"upgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasements",
"comedowns",
"degradations",
"demotions",
"downgrades",
"reductions",
"depositions",
"dethronements",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"expulsions",
"impeachments",
"ousters",
"overthrows",
"removals",
"suspensions",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reverences , adorations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adorations",
"deferences",
"reverences",
"venerations",
"adulations",
"deifications",
"hero worships",
"idolatries",
"idolizations",
"worships",
"idealizations",
"romanticizations",
"affections",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"likings",
"loves",
"appreciations",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"approvals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"dismissals",
"disregards",
"hatreds",
"loathings",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glop":{
"a thick semiliquid substance (as food) that is unattractive":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant served glop that brought back unpleasant memories of my high school cafeteria"
],
"synonyms":[
"slop",
"swill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crud",
"goo",
"goop",
"guck",
"gook",
"gunk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glory":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"the theater director gave the stage crew all the glory for the successful production"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"bay(s)",
"credit",
"distinction",
"homage",
"honor",
"kudos",
"laud",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clame",
"sun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"renown",
"repute",
"compliment",
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"toast",
"tribute",
"acclamation",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"praise",
"rave",
"rhapsody",
"citation",
"commendation",
"kudo",
"note",
"recommendation",
"elevation",
"enshrinement",
"enthronement",
"exaltation",
"glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
"examples":[
"the new art museum has become the glory of the college campus"
],
"synonyms":[
"boast",
"credit",
"crown jewel",
"honor",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure",
"trophy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece",
"attraction",
"feature",
"highlight",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"blemish",
"blot",
"defect",
"shame",
"slur",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"stain",
"stigma",
"eyesore",
"fright",
"horror",
"mess"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"was overwhelmed by the imperial glory of Rome"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
"examples":[
"an altarpiece depicting God seated on His throne and bathed in celestial glory"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"halo",
"nimbus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"starburst",
"sunburst",
"aura",
"corona"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series"
],
"synonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"exuberate",
"exult",
"joy",
"jubilate",
"kvell",
"rejoice",
"triumph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloat",
"preen",
"swell",
"boast",
"brag",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show off",
"strut",
"swagger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"grieve",
"lament",
"regret",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"how delightful":{
"examples":[
"glory ! I thought I'd never see this day come"
],
"synonyms":[
"ha",
"hah",
"hallelujah",
"hey",
"hooray",
"hurrah",
"hurray",
"hot dog",
"huzzah",
"wahoo",
"whee",
"whoopee",
"yahoo",
"yippee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"wow",
"zowie",
"ooh",
"gee",
"gee whiz",
"gosh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alack",
"alas",
"aw",
"boo"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"glorying":{
"having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the Olympic athletes were told to stifle the glorying antics and to accept their medals with some measure of humility"
],
"synonyms":[
"cock-a-hoop",
"crank",
"crowing",
"exultant",
"exulting",
"jubilant",
"prideful",
"proud",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"arrogant",
"boastful",
"cocky",
"conquering",
"victorious",
"winning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crestfallen",
"defeated",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exuberating",
"exulting",
"joying",
"jubilating",
"kvelling",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloating",
"preening",
"swelling",
"boasting",
"bragging",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"showing off",
"strutting",
"swaggering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"grieving",
"lamenting",
"regretting",
"weeping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gloaming":{
"a time or place of little or no light":{
"examples":[
"lovers would often retreat to the gloaming of the park's many secluded recesses to steal a kiss"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"blackness",
"candlelight",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dusk",
"gloom",
"murk",
"night",
"semidarkness",
"shade",
"shadows",
"twilight",
"umbra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"midnight",
"blackout",
"brownout",
"dimout",
"shadiness",
"umbrage",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"somberness",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess",
"haziness",
"mistiness",
"murkiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"gloominess",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"half-light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moonlight",
"starlight",
"sunlight",
"effulgence",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"shine",
"sunshine",
"incandescence",
"luminance",
"luminescence",
"luminosity",
"luminousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaze",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"day",
"daylight",
"glare",
"glow",
"light",
"lightness"
]
},
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will"
],
"synonyms":[
"crepuscule",
"crepuscle",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"nighttime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"day",
"daytime",
"light",
"forenoon"
],
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloat":{
"to show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person's failure":{
"examples":[
"After such a tough campaign, they're gloating over their victory in the election.",
"All right, you won. There's no need to gloat about it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"preen",
"swell",
"crow",
"delight",
"exuberate",
"exult",
"glory",
"jubilate",
"joy",
"kvell",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"boast",
"brag",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show off",
"strut",
"swagger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"grieve",
"lament",
"regret",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"globally":{
"as in universally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"universally",
"broadly",
"extensively",
"generally",
"widely",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"roundly",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally"
],
"near antonyms":[
"marginally",
"narrowly",
"desultorily",
"haphazardly",
"hit-or-miss",
"randomly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"glozed (over)":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorized",
"excused",
"explained away",
"extenuated",
"glossed (over)",
"palliated",
"whitewashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoated",
"varnished",
"apologized",
"atoned",
"confessed",
"accounted (for)",
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"minimized",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lessened",
"lightened",
"mitigated",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glossed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloomily":{
"as in glumly , darkly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"gloating":{
"to show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person's failure":{
"examples":[
"After such a tough campaign, they're gloating over their victory in the election.",
"All right, you won. There's no need to gloat about it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"preening",
"swelling",
"crowing",
"delighting",
"exuberating",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"joying",
"jubilating",
"kvelling",
"rejoicing",
"triumphing",
"boasting",
"bragging",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"showing off",
"strutting",
"swaggering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"grieving",
"lamenting",
"regretting",
"weeping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glossing (over)":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorizing",
"excusing",
"explaining away",
"extenuating",
"glozing (over)",
"palliating",
"whitewashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoating",
"varnishing",
"apologizing",
"atoning",
"confessing",
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lessening",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking (at)",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"discounting",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"papering over",
"pardoning",
"passing over",
"remitting",
"shrugging off",
"whitewashing",
"winking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"waiving",
"waving (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"noting",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glossed (over)":{
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to gloss over her misbehavior, but keep in mind that she's been under a lot of stress lately"
],
"synonyms":[
"deodorized",
"excused",
"explained away",
"extenuated",
"glozed (over)",
"palliated",
"whitewashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sugarcoated",
"varnished",
"apologized",
"atoned",
"confessed",
"accounted (for)",
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"minimized",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lessened",
"lightened",
"mitigated",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
"examples":[
"this biographer tends to gloss over his subject's many character flaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked (at)",
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"discounted",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"forgave",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"papered over",
"pardoned",
"passed over",
"remitted",
"shrugged off",
"whitewashed",
"winked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated",
"waived",
"waved (aside or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"noted",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glorifies":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"examples":[
"a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"exalts",
"magnifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes",
"sanitizes",
"sugarcoats",
"acclaims",
"extols",
"extolls",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"abases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"let us now glorify the Lord"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"deifies",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"honors",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"apotheosizes",
"canonizes",
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"lionizes",
"magnifies",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"affronts",
"dishonors",
"disrespects",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"ridicules",
"scorns",
"slights",
"displeases",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoos",
"blows up",
"cracks up",
"cries up",
"touts",
"trumpets",
"tub-thumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes",
"advances",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"boosts",
"heralds",
"offers",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"lays down",
"makes out",
"proclaims",
"pronounces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"carols",
"celebrates",
"emblazons",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hymns",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises",
"resounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"belauds",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"renowns",
"salutes",
"chants",
"cheers",
"eulogizes",
"rhapsodizes",
"cites",
"flatters",
"cracks up",
"recommends",
"touts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"examples":[
"don't let the job title \"team spirit coordinator\" fool you\u2014he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorizes",
"glamourizes",
"glamours (up)",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heroicizes",
"heroizes",
"euphemizes",
"poeticizes",
"softens",
"sweetens",
"adulates",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"aggrandizes",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enthrones",
"magnifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[
"deglamorizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glorification":{
"as in exaltation , aggrandizement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"magnification",
"advancement",
"ascent",
"creation",
"elevation",
"preference",
"preferment",
"promotion",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"upgrading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasement",
"comedown",
"degradation",
"demotion",
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"reduction",
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"expulsion",
"impeachment",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal",
"suspension",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reverence , adoration":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adoration",
"deference",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"adulation",
"deification",
"hero worship",
"idolatry",
"idolization",
"worship",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"idealization",
"romanticization",
"affection",
"fancy",
"favor",
"fondness",
"like",
"liking",
"love",
"appreciation",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"approval"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemnation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"dismissal",
"disregard",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"globules":{
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
"examples":[
"fat globules of hot wax dripping onto the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"beads",
"blobs",
"driblets",
"drips",
"droplets",
"drops",
"globs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gobbets",
"dewdrops",
"raindrops",
"teardrops",
"tears",
"spatters",
"dribbles",
"trickles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glowingly":{
"in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{
"examples":[
"the cat's eyes shone glowingly from the dark corner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly",
"splendidly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"pellucidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"glories":{
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
"examples":[
"the theater director gave the stage crew all the glory for the successful production"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"applauses",
"bays",
"credits",
"distinctions",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"lauds",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames",
"suns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrities",
"fames",
"renowns",
"reputes",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"citations",
"commendations",
"kudos",
"notes",
"recommendations",
"elevations",
"enshrinements",
"enthronements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
"examples":[
"the new art museum has become the glory of the college campus"
],
"synonyms":[
"boasts",
"credits",
"crown jewels",
"honors",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures",
"trophies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"attractions",
"features",
"highlights",
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"merits",
"values",
"virtues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"blemishes",
"blots",
"defects",
"shames",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"eyesores",
"frights",
"horrors",
"messes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
"examples":[
"an altarpiece depicting God seated on His throne and bathed in celestial glory"
],
"synonyms":[
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"halos",
"haloes",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"starbursts",
"sunbursts",
"auras",
"coronas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series"
],
"synonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"exuberates",
"exults",
"joys",
"jubilates",
"kvells",
"rejoices",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloats",
"preens",
"swells",
"boasts",
"brags",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"shows off",
"struts",
"swaggers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"grieves",
"laments",
"regrets",
"weeps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"glossary":{
"a list giving information about the meanings of specialized words":{
"examples":[
"The book includes a glossary of financial terms."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dictionary",
"lexicon",
"wordbook",
"gloss",
"nomenclator",
"thesaurus",
"vocabulary",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"encyclopedia",
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"index",
"inventory",
"manifest",
"payroll",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable",
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloriousness":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the indisputable gloriousness of the Taj Mahal"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"sublimeness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gloried":{
"to feel or express joy or triumph":{
"examples":[
"the whole city gloried in the home team's winning of the World Series"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exuberated",
"exulted",
"joyed",
"jubilated",
"kvelled",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloated",
"preened",
"swelled",
"boasted",
"bragged",
"flaunted",
"paraded",
"showed off",
"strutted",
"swaggered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"grieved",
"lamented",
"regretted",
"wept"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glowing":{
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
"examples":[
"enjoyed the warmth of the glowing fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant"
]
},
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"was glowing after spending an afternoon outside splitting firewood"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
]
},
"having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)":{
"examples":[
"her glowing face made it evident she'd been offered the job"
],
"synonyms":[
"aglow",
"beaming",
"bright",
"radiant",
"sunny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brilliant",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"gleaming",
"luminous",
"refulgent",
"shining",
"starry",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"optimistic",
"upbeat",
"jocund",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blooming",
"rosy",
"blissful",
"chuffed",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blank",
"flat",
"listless",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"unemotional",
"black",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"dismal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"melancholy",
"sullen",
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"glowing declarations of everlasting love"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"to be on fire especially brightly":{
"examples":[
"the coals glowed red-hot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"flaming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catching",
"enkindling",
"deflagrating",
"firing",
"igniting",
"kindling",
"flaring (up)",
"lighting (up)",
"flickering",
"guttering",
"wavering",
"baking",
"broiling",
"charring",
"cooking",
"melting",
"roasting",
"scorching",
"sweltering",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"sparking",
"sputtering",
"beaming",
"brightening",
"radiating",
"beating (down)",
"flashing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glittering",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"twinkling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"when they found out he had won the tournament, his parents glowed with pride"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blushing",
"coloring",
"crimsoning",
"flushing",
"reddening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadining",
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"glob":{
"a small uneven mass":{
"examples":[
"found a glob of chewing gum under my theater seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clot",
"clump",
"dollop",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"lump",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bead",
"drop",
"globule",
"block",
"body",
"bulk",
"particle",
"piece",
"portion",
"bit",
"chip",
"crumb",
"granule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
"examples":[
"add a glob or two of molasses to the batter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bead",
"blob",
"driblet",
"drip",
"drop",
"droplet",
"globule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gobbet",
"dewdrop",
"raindrop",
"tear",
"teardrop",
"spatter",
"dribble",
"trickle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Gloria Patris":{
"as in paeans , hallelujahs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"masses",
"oratorios",
"anthems",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"processionals",
"recessionals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glosses":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"examples":[
"used a computer to give her astrological predictions the gloss of real science"
],
"synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"veneers",
"window dressings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotton candies",
"fluffs",
"tinsels",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"charades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"poses",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"the action of the water will serve to gloss the seal's coat"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"grinds",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gloved":{
"as in roped , lassoed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glowered":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowned",
"glared",
"gloomed",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaped",
"gazed",
"ogled",
"stared",
"grimaced",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"growled",
"snarled",
"sneered",
"sniggered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"the old man just sat in his rocking chair, his face glowering at the prospect of unwanted company"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkened",
"gloomed",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowned",
"scowled",
"glared",
"stared",
"brooded",
"moped",
"petted",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"angered",
"bristled",
"fumed",
"raged",
"steamed",
"stormed",
"intimidated",
"menaced",
"threatened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"cheered (up)",
"lightened",
"perked (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glottal":{
"as in velar , uvular":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"uvular",
"velar",
"choked",
"cracked",
"strained",
"strangled",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"cawing",
"raucous",
"screeching",
"squawking",
"strident",
"abrasive",
"cacophonous",
"discordant",
"grinding",
"jarring",
"rough",
"scraping",
"scratching",
"coarse",
"croaking",
"croaky",
"grating",
"gravel",
"gravelly",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rasping",
"raspy",
"rusty",
"scratchy",
"throaty",
"growling",
"growly",
"guttural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gliding",
"golden",
"liquid",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"soothing",
"sweet",
"tender",
"satiny",
"silken",
"smooth",
"soft",
"velvety",
"euphonious",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"melodic",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"glooming":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"we just sat there, glooming , as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaping",
"gazing",
"ogling",
"staring",
"grimacing",
"pouting",
"sulking",
"growling",
"snarling",
"sneering",
"sniggering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beaming",
"grinning",
"smiling"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkening",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowning",
"scowling",
"glaring",
"staring",
"brooding",
"moping",
"petting",
"pouting",
"sulking",
"angering",
"bristling",
"fuming",
"raging",
"steaming",
"storming",
"intimidating",
"menacing",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"cheering (up)",
"lightening",
"perking (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloomed":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"we just sat there, glooming , as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowned",
"glared",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaped",
"gazed",
"ogled",
"stared",
"grimaced",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"growled",
"snarled",
"sneered",
"sniggered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beamed",
"grinned",
"smiled"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkened",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowned",
"scowled",
"glared",
"stared",
"brooded",
"moped",
"petted",
"pouted",
"sulked",
"angered",
"bristled",
"fumed",
"raged",
"steamed",
"stormed",
"intimidated",
"menaced",
"threatened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"cheered (up)",
"lightened",
"perked (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glooms":{
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"we just sat there, glooming , as we waited and waited for our dinners to arrive"
],
"synonyms":[
"frowns",
"glares",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gazes",
"ogles",
"stares",
"grimaces",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"growls",
"snarls",
"sneers",
"sniggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beams",
"grins",
"smiles"
]
},
"to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{
"examples":[
"he continued to gloom over the fact that he had been passed over for promotion to district manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"darkens",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowns",
"scowls",
"glares",
"stares",
"broods",
"mopes",
"pets",
"pouts",
"sulks",
"angers",
"bristles",
"fumes",
"rages",
"steams",
"storms",
"intimidates",
"menaces",
"threatens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"cheers (up)",
"lightens",
"perks (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glorifying":{
"as in reverent , reverential":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reverent",
"reverential",
"venerating",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving",
"appreciative",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"approving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condemning",
"contemptuous",
"disapproving",
"hateful",
"loathing",
"scornful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in exalting , enshrining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canonizing",
"enshrining",
"exalting",
"dedicatory",
"testimonial",
"epitaphial",
"epitaphic",
"commemorating",
"commemorative",
"honorary",
"memorial",
"memorializing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"examples":[
"a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"exalting",
"magnifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing",
"sanitizing",
"sugarcoating",
"acclaiming",
"extolling",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"abasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating"
]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"let us now glorify the Lord"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"deifying",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"honoring",
"loving",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"apotheosizing",
"canonizing",
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"lionizing",
"magnifying",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaspheming",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"violating",
"affronting",
"dishonoring",
"disrespecting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"piquing",
"ridiculing",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"displeasing",
"defaming",
"disparaging",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"smearing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"blowing up",
"cracking up",
"crying up",
"touting",
"trumpeting",
"tub-thumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"advancing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"boosting",
"heralding",
"offering",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"laying down",
"making out",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising",
"resounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant":{
"examples":[
"don't let the job title \"team spirit coordinator\" fool you\u2014he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader"
],
"synonyms":[
"glamorizing",
"glamourizing",
"glamouring (up)",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heroicizing",
"heroizing",
"euphemizing",
"poeticizing",
"softening",
"sweetening",
"adulating",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"aggrandizing",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enthroning",
"magnifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down"
],
"antonyms":[
"deglamorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gloated":{
"to show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person's failure":{
"examples":[
"After such a tough campaign, they're gloating over their victory in the election.",
"All right, you won. There's no need to gloat about it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"preened",
"swelled",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exuberated",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"jubilated",
"kvelled",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"boasted",
"bragged",
"flaunted",
"paraded",
"showed off",
"strutted",
"swaggered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"grieved",
"lamented",
"regretted",
"wept"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"glossy":{
"having a shiny surface or finish":{
"examples":[
"the glossy finish on the gym floor",
"a sports car with an interior upholstered with glossy leather"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glistening",
"lustrous",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"satin",
"satiny",
"sleek"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"eggshell",
"semigloss",
"semilustrous",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"glassy",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"gleaming",
"glittering",
"reflective",
"shining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lackluster",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"glories (in)":{
"as in delights , rejoices (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delights",
"exults (in)",
"joys",
"rejoices (in)",
"beams",
"cheers",
"grins",
"laughs",
"smiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"grieves (for)",
"laments",
"mourns",
"wails (for)",
"elegizes",
"cries (for)",
"keens",
"moans",
"weeps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloms":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gloamings":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will"
],
"synonyms":[
"crepuscules",
"crepuscles",
"dusks",
"evenfalls",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"eves",
"nightfalls",
"nights",
"sundowns",
"sunsets",
"twilights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"darks",
"nighttimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"days",
"daytimes",
"lights",
"forenoons"
],
"antonyms":[
"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"sunups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glory (in)":{
"as in delight , rejoice (in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delight",
"exult (in)",
"joy",
"rejoice (in)",
"beam",
"cheer",
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"grieve (for)",
"lament",
"mourn",
"wail (for)",
"elegize",
"cry (for)",
"keen",
"moan",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"globes":{
"a more or less round body or mass":{
"examples":[
"the glassblower shaped the molten mass into a globe of remarkable thinness and clarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"balls",
"orbs",
"spheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beads",
"globules",
"eggs",
"ellipses",
"loops",
"ovals",
"spheroids",
"circles",
"rings",
"rondures",
"rounds",
"chunks",
"clumps",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocks",
"cubes",
"rectangles",
"squares"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the celestial body on which we live":{
"examples":[
"New Year's celebrations around the globe"
],
"synonyms":[
"earths",
"planets",
"worlds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cosmoses",
"creations",
"natures",
"universes",
"balls",
"orbs",
"spheres",
"macrocosms",
"microcosmoses",
"microcosms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"glomming":{
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}