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2539 lines
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"pet peeve":{
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"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
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"examples":[
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"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hang-up",
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"problem",
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"aggravation",
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"aggro",
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"annoyance",
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"bother",
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"botheration",
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"bugbear",
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"exasperation",
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"frustration",
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"hair shirt",
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"hassle",
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"headache",
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"inconvenience",
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"irk",
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"irritant",
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"nuisance",
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"peeve",
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"pest",
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"rub",
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"ruffle",
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"thorn",
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"trial",
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"vexation",
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"discomfort",
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"fleabite",
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"pinprick",
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"affront",
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"insult",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"upset",
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"worry",
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"affliction",
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"albatross",
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"burden",
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"cross",
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"curse",
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"menace",
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"millstone",
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"plague",
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"sore",
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"anxiety",
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"plight",
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"predicament",
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"tribulation",
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"trouble",
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"annoyer",
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"disturber",
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"harasser",
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"mischief",
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"offender",
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"pandora's box"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"delight",
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"joy",
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"pleasure"
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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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"peter (out)":{
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"as in give out , fade (away)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"evaporate",
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"fade (away)",
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"fritter (away)",
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"give out",
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"melt (away)",
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"tail (off)",
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"vanish",
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"compress",
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"condense",
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"constrict",
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"contract",
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"slacken",
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"slow (down)",
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"abate",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"de-escalate",
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"die (away or down or out)",
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"diminish",
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"drain (away)",
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"drop (off)",
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"dwindle",
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"ease",
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"ebb",
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"fall",
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"fall away",
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"lessen",
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"let up",
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"lower",
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"moderate",
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"pall",
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"phase down",
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"ratchet (down)",
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"rachet (down)",
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"recede",
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"relent",
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"remit",
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"shrink",
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"subside",
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"taper",
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"taper off",
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"wane",
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"alleviate",
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"relax",
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"flag",
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"sink",
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"weaken",
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"cave (in)",
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"collapse",
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"deflate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"balloon",
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"build",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"grow",
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"increase",
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"intensify",
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"mount",
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"mushroom",
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"pick up",
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"rise",
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"snowball",
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"soar",
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"swell",
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"wax",
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"appear",
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"emerge",
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"show up",
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"blow up",
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"distend",
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"elongate",
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"lengthen"
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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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"petered (out)":{
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"as in gave out , faded (away)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
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"tailed (off)",
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"vanished",
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
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"abated",
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"moderated",
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"palled",
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"phased down",
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"ratcheted (down)",
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"racheted (down)",
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"receded",
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"relented",
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"remitted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"subsided",
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"tapered",
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"tapered off",
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"waned",
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"alleviated",
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"relaxed",
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"flagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"deflated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"ballooned",
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"built",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
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"waxed",
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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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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"petitioned":{
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"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
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"examples":[
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"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appealed (to)",
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"begged",
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"beseeched",
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"besought",
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"besieged",
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"conjured",
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"entreated",
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"impetrated",
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"implored",
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"importuned",
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"pleaded (to)",
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"pled (to)",
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"plead (to)",
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"prayed",
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"solicited",
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"supplicated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bludged",
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"cadged",
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"mooched",
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"sponged",
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"asked",
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"desired",
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"invoked",
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"requested",
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"sued",
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"claimed",
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"coerced",
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"commanded",
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"compelled",
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"demanded",
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"forced",
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"insisted",
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"required"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hinted",
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"implied",
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"intimated",
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"suggested",
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"appeased",
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"conciliated",
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"gratified",
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"mollified",
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"obliged",
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"pacified",
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"placated",
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"pleased",
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"satisfied",
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"comforted",
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"consoled",
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"contented",
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"quieted"
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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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"petrified":{
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"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
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"examples":[
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"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"castrated",
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"damped",
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"dampened",
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"deadened",
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"dehydrated",
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"desiccated",
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"devitalized",
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"enervated",
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"gelded",
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"lobotomized"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"burned out",
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"burnt out",
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"debilitated",
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"did in",
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"drained",
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"enfeebled",
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"exhausted",
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"fatigued",
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"sapped",
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"tuckered (out)",
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"undermined",
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"weakened",
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"wore",
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"wore out",
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"daunted",
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"demoralized",
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"discouraged",
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"disheartened",
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"dispirited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aroused",
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"roused",
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"stirred",
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"charged",
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"electrified",
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"galvanized",
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"excited",
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"fermented",
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"fired",
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"fomented",
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"incited",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"instigated",
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"kindled",
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"provoked",
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"sparked",
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"triggered",
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"whipped (up)",
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"abetted",
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"boosted",
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"buoyed",
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"cheered",
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"emboldened",
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"fortified",
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"heartened",
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"inspired",
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"lifted",
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"reactivated",
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"reanimated",
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"reawakened",
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"reawoke",
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"reawaked",
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"recharged",
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"reenergized",
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"re-energized",
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"refreshed",
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"regenerated",
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"rejuvenated",
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"rekindled",
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"renewed",
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"resurrected",
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"resuscitated",
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"revitalized",
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"revived"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"braced",
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"energized",
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"enlivened",
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"invigorated",
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"quickened",
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"stimulated",
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"vitalized",
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"vivified"
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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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"pettiness":{
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"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
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"examples":[
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"the astonishing pettiness of most of the things that she fusses over"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"immateriality",
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"inconsequence",
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"inconsequentiality",
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"inconsiderableness",
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"insignificance",
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"insignificancy",
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"littleness",
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"negligibility",
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"nullity",
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"slightness",
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"smallness",
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"triviality"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"emptiness",
|
||
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
||
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"substance",
|
||
|
|
"value",
|
||
|
|
"worth"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bigness",
|
||
|
|
"consequence",
|
||
|
|
"import",
|
||
|
|
"importance",
|
||
|
|
"magnitude",
|
||
|
|
"moment",
|
||
|
|
"significance",
|
||
|
|
"weight",
|
||
|
|
"weightiness"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petting":{
|
||
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a cat who loves to be petted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caressing",
|
||
|
|
"fondling",
|
||
|
|
"gentling",
|
||
|
|
"loving",
|
||
|
|
"patting",
|
||
|
|
"stroking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"billing",
|
||
|
|
"canoodling",
|
||
|
|
"cuddling",
|
||
|
|
"necking",
|
||
|
|
"nestling",
|
||
|
|
"nosing",
|
||
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
||
|
|
"snuggling",
|
||
|
|
"spooning",
|
||
|
|
"feeling up",
|
||
|
|
"pawing",
|
||
|
|
"cradling",
|
||
|
|
"embracing",
|
||
|
|
"enfolding",
|
||
|
|
"hugging",
|
||
|
|
"bouncing",
|
||
|
|
"dandling",
|
||
|
|
"kneading",
|
||
|
|
"massaging",
|
||
|
|
"babying",
|
||
|
|
"coddling",
|
||
|
|
"indulging",
|
||
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
||
|
|
"pampering",
|
||
|
|
"spoiling"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pettish":{
|
||
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"choleric",
|
||
|
|
"crabby",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"cross",
|
||
|
|
"crotchety",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"grouchy",
|
||
|
|
"grumpy",
|
||
|
|
"irascible",
|
||
|
|
"irritable",
|
||
|
|
"peevish",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"petulant",
|
||
|
|
"prickly",
|
||
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"raspy",
|
||
|
|
"ratty",
|
||
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"snappish",
|
||
|
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
|
"snarky",
|
||
|
|
"snippety",
|
||
|
|
"snippy",
|
||
|
|
"stuffy",
|
||
|
|
"testy",
|
||
|
|
"waspish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bearish",
|
||
|
|
"bilious",
|
||
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
||
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
||
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
||
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
||
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
||
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
||
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"off-color",
|
||
|
|
"off-colored",
|
||
|
|
"ornery",
|
||
|
|
"querulous",
|
||
|
|
"snarly",
|
||
|
|
"surly",
|
||
|
|
"argumentative",
|
||
|
|
"bellicose",
|
||
|
|
"belligerent",
|
||
|
|
"combative",
|
||
|
|
"contentious",
|
||
|
|
"disputatious",
|
||
|
|
"fractious",
|
||
|
|
"fretful",
|
||
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
||
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
||
|
|
"scrappy",
|
||
|
|
"truculent",
|
||
|
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
|
"pouty",
|
||
|
|
"sensitive",
|
||
|
|
"short",
|
||
|
|
"sulky",
|
||
|
|
"sullen",
|
||
|
|
"tetchy",
|
||
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
||
|
|
"touchy",
|
||
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
||
|
|
"passionate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affable",
|
||
|
|
"companionable",
|
||
|
|
"cordial",
|
||
|
|
"extroverted",
|
||
|
|
"extraverted",
|
||
|
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
|
"genial",
|
||
|
|
"gregarious",
|
||
|
|
"outgoing",
|
||
|
|
"sociable",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"amiable",
|
||
|
|
"good-natured",
|
||
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"sweet",
|
||
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
||
|
|
"carefree",
|
||
|
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
||
|
|
"relaxed",
|
||
|
|
"forbearing",
|
||
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
||
|
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
|
"patient",
|
||
|
|
"stoic",
|
||
|
|
"stoical",
|
||
|
|
"tolerant",
|
||
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
||
|
|
"understanding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petty":{
|
||
|
|
"not broad or open in views or opinions":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
||
|
|
"catholic",
|
||
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
||
|
|
"liberal",
|
||
|
|
"open",
|
||
|
|
"open-minded",
|
||
|
|
"receptive",
|
||
|
|
"tolerant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a petty little town that was not ethnically diverse and very happy about the situation"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"impartial",
|
||
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
||
|
|
"objective",
|
||
|
|
"unbiased",
|
||
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
||
|
|
"freethinking"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"inflexible",
|
||
|
|
"ironbound",
|
||
|
|
"obdurate",
|
||
|
|
"obstinate",
|
||
|
|
"rigid",
|
||
|
|
"set",
|
||
|
|
"stubborn",
|
||
|
|
"unyielding",
|
||
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
||
|
|
"bigoted",
|
||
|
|
"intolerant",
|
||
|
|
"biased",
|
||
|
|
"discriminating",
|
||
|
|
"discriminatory",
|
||
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
||
|
|
"one-sided",
|
||
|
|
"partial",
|
||
|
|
"partisan",
|
||
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
||
|
|
"brassbound",
|
||
|
|
"hidebound",
|
||
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
||
|
|
"reactionary",
|
||
|
|
"stodgy",
|
||
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
||
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
||
|
|
"stuffy",
|
||
|
|
"dogmatic",
|
||
|
|
"dogmatical",
|
||
|
|
"opinionated",
|
||
|
|
"opinionative",
|
||
|
|
"limited",
|
||
|
|
"hick",
|
||
|
|
"unsophisticated"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"illiberal",
|
||
|
|
"insular",
|
||
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"narrow",
|
||
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
||
|
|
"parochial",
|
||
|
|
"picayune",
|
||
|
|
"provincial",
|
||
|
|
"sectarian",
|
||
|
|
"small",
|
||
|
|
"small-minded"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"big",
|
||
|
|
"consequential",
|
||
|
|
"considerable",
|
||
|
|
"important",
|
||
|
|
"material",
|
||
|
|
"significant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"obsessed over even petty problems"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"serious",
|
||
|
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
|
"weighty",
|
||
|
|
"eventful",
|
||
|
|
"momentous",
|
||
|
|
"pivotal",
|
||
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
||
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
||
|
|
"outstanding",
|
||
|
|
"prominent",
|
||
|
|
"remarkable",
|
||
|
|
"striking",
|
||
|
|
"appreciable",
|
||
|
|
"discernible",
|
||
|
|
"discernable",
|
||
|
|
"measurable"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"related":[
|
||
|
|
"inferior",
|
||
|
|
"mean",
|
||
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
||
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"puny",
|
||
|
|
"tiny",
|
||
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
||
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
||
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
||
|
|
"quibbling",
|
||
|
|
"one-horse",
|
||
|
|
"small-fry",
|
||
|
|
"two-bit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"chicken",
|
||
|
|
"de minimis",
|
||
|
|
"footling",
|
||
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
||
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
||
|
|
"insignificant",
|
||
|
|
"measly",
|
||
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
||
|
|
"minute",
|
||
|
|
"negligible",
|
||
|
|
"niggling",
|
||
|
|
"no-account",
|
||
|
|
"nominal",
|
||
|
|
"paltry",
|
||
|
|
"peanut",
|
||
|
|
"picayune",
|
||
|
|
"piddling",
|
||
|
|
"piddly",
|
||
|
|
"piffling",
|
||
|
|
"pimping",
|
||
|
|
"slight",
|
||
|
|
"trifling",
|
||
|
|
"trivial"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petulant":{
|
||
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"choleric",
|
||
|
|
"crabby",
|
||
|
|
"cranky",
|
||
|
|
"cross",
|
||
|
|
"crotchety",
|
||
|
|
"fiery",
|
||
|
|
"grouchy",
|
||
|
|
"grumpy",
|
||
|
|
"irascible",
|
||
|
|
"irritable",
|
||
|
|
"peevish",
|
||
|
|
"perverse",
|
||
|
|
"pettish",
|
||
|
|
"prickly",
|
||
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"raspy",
|
||
|
|
"ratty",
|
||
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"snappish",
|
||
|
|
"snappy",
|
||
|
|
"snarky",
|
||
|
|
"snippety",
|
||
|
|
"snippy",
|
||
|
|
"stuffy",
|
||
|
|
"testy",
|
||
|
|
"waspish"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bearish",
|
||
|
|
"bilious",
|
||
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
||
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
||
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
||
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
||
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
||
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
||
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"off-color",
|
||
|
|
"off-colored",
|
||
|
|
"ornery",
|
||
|
|
"querulous",
|
||
|
|
"snarly",
|
||
|
|
"surly",
|
||
|
|
"argumentative",
|
||
|
|
"bellicose",
|
||
|
|
"belligerent",
|
||
|
|
"combative",
|
||
|
|
"contentious",
|
||
|
|
"disputatious",
|
||
|
|
"fractious",
|
||
|
|
"fretful",
|
||
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
||
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
||
|
|
"scrappy",
|
||
|
|
"truculent",
|
||
|
|
"huffy",
|
||
|
|
"pouty",
|
||
|
|
"sensitive",
|
||
|
|
"short",
|
||
|
|
"sulky",
|
||
|
|
"sullen",
|
||
|
|
"tetchy",
|
||
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
||
|
|
"touchy",
|
||
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
||
|
|
"passionate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"affable",
|
||
|
|
"companionable",
|
||
|
|
"cordial",
|
||
|
|
"extroverted",
|
||
|
|
"extraverted",
|
||
|
|
"friendly",
|
||
|
|
"genial",
|
||
|
|
"gregarious",
|
||
|
|
"outgoing",
|
||
|
|
"sociable",
|
||
|
|
"agreeable",
|
||
|
|
"amiable",
|
||
|
|
"good-natured",
|
||
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
||
|
|
"sweet",
|
||
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
||
|
|
"carefree",
|
||
|
|
"easygoing",
|
||
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
||
|
|
"relaxed",
|
||
|
|
"forbearing",
|
||
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
||
|
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
|
"patient",
|
||
|
|
"stoic",
|
||
|
|
"stoical",
|
||
|
|
"tolerant",
|
||
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
||
|
|
"understanding"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petite":{
|
||
|
|
"having a small and thin body \u2014 usually used to describe a woman or girl":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"She's petite and has short black hair.",
|
||
|
|
"a petite young woman"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"baby",
|
||
|
|
"diminutive",
|
||
|
|
"dwarf",
|
||
|
|
"elfin",
|
||
|
|
"half-pint",
|
||
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
||
|
|
"little",
|
||
|
|
"micro",
|
||
|
|
"mini",
|
||
|
|
"minikin",
|
||
|
|
"model",
|
||
|
|
"pocket",
|
||
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
||
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
||
|
|
"pygmy",
|
||
|
|
"small",
|
||
|
|
"smallish",
|
||
|
|
"atomic",
|
||
|
|
"bitsy",
|
||
|
|
"bitty",
|
||
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
||
|
|
"itty-bitty",
|
||
|
|
"itsy-bitsy",
|
||
|
|
"little bitty",
|
||
|
|
"microminiature",
|
||
|
|
"microscopic",
|
||
|
|
"microscopical",
|
||
|
|
"miniature",
|
||
|
|
"minuscule",
|
||
|
|
"minute",
|
||
|
|
"teensy",
|
||
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
||
|
|
"teeny",
|
||
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
||
|
|
"tiny",
|
||
|
|
"wee",
|
||
|
|
"weeny",
|
||
|
|
"weensy",
|
||
|
|
"dinky",
|
||
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
||
|
|
"insignificant",
|
||
|
|
"pint-size",
|
||
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
||
|
|
"puny",
|
||
|
|
"scrubby",
|
||
|
|
"undersized",
|
||
|
|
"undersize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"big",
|
||
|
|
"bulky",
|
||
|
|
"bumper",
|
||
|
|
"considerable",
|
||
|
|
"extensive",
|
||
|
|
"good",
|
||
|
|
"goodly",
|
||
|
|
"grand",
|
||
|
|
"great",
|
||
|
|
"gross",
|
||
|
|
"handsome",
|
||
|
|
"hefty",
|
||
|
|
"hulking",
|
||
|
|
"jumbo",
|
||
|
|
"king-size",
|
||
|
|
"king-sized",
|
||
|
|
"large",
|
||
|
|
"largish",
|
||
|
|
"major",
|
||
|
|
"outsize",
|
||
|
|
"outsized",
|
||
|
|
"overgrown",
|
||
|
|
"overscale",
|
||
|
|
"overscaled",
|
||
|
|
"oversize",
|
||
|
|
"oversized",
|
||
|
|
"sizable",
|
||
|
|
"sizeable",
|
||
|
|
"substantial",
|
||
|
|
"super",
|
||
|
|
"whacking",
|
||
|
|
"whopping"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petcocks":{
|
||
|
|
"as in valves , spigots":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cocks",
|
||
|
|
"faucets",
|
||
|
|
"gates",
|
||
|
|
"spigots",
|
||
|
|
"stopcocks",
|
||
|
|
"taps",
|
||
|
|
"valves",
|
||
|
|
"hydrants",
|
||
|
|
"spouts"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petitioning (for)":{
|
||
|
|
"as in requiring , insisting (on)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
|
"enjoining",
|
||
|
|
"exacting",
|
||
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
||
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
||
|
|
"requiring",
|
||
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
||
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
||
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
||
|
|
"claiming",
|
||
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
||
|
|
"importuning",
|
||
|
|
"urging",
|
||
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
||
|
|
"inviting",
|
||
|
|
"invoking",
|
||
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
||
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
||
|
|
"calling (for)",
|
||
|
|
"desiring",
|
||
|
|
"pleading (for)",
|
||
|
|
"questing",
|
||
|
|
"requesting",
|
||
|
|
"seeking",
|
||
|
|
"soliciting",
|
||
|
|
"speaking (for)",
|
||
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"peters (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"as in gives out , fades (away)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"evaporates",
|
||
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
||
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
||
|
|
"gives out",
|
||
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
||
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
||
|
|
"vanishes",
|
||
|
|
"compresses",
|
||
|
|
"condenses",
|
||
|
|
"constricts",
|
||
|
|
"contracts",
|
||
|
|
"slackens",
|
||
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
||
|
|
"abates",
|
||
|
|
"declines",
|
||
|
|
"decreases",
|
||
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
||
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
||
|
|
"diminishes",
|
||
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
||
|
|
"drops (off)",
|
||
|
|
"dwindles",
|
||
|
|
"eases",
|
||
|
|
"ebbs",
|
||
|
|
"falls",
|
||
|
|
"falls away",
|
||
|
|
"lessens",
|
||
|
|
"lets up",
|
||
|
|
"lowers",
|
||
|
|
"moderates",
|
||
|
|
"palls",
|
||
|
|
"phases down",
|
||
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
||
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
||
|
|
"recedes",
|
||
|
|
"relents",
|
||
|
|
"remits",
|
||
|
|
"shrinks",
|
||
|
|
"subsides",
|
||
|
|
"tapers",
|
||
|
|
"tapers off",
|
||
|
|
"wanes",
|
||
|
|
"alleviates",
|
||
|
|
"relaxes",
|
||
|
|
"flags",
|
||
|
|
"sinks",
|
||
|
|
"weakens",
|
||
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
||
|
|
"collapses",
|
||
|
|
"deflates"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accumulates",
|
||
|
|
"balloons",
|
||
|
|
"builds",
|
||
|
|
"burgeons",
|
||
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
||
|
|
"enlarges",
|
||
|
|
"escalates",
|
||
|
|
"expands",
|
||
|
|
"grows",
|
||
|
|
"increases",
|
||
|
|
"intensifies",
|
||
|
|
"mounts",
|
||
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
||
|
|
"picks up",
|
||
|
|
"rises",
|
||
|
|
"snowballs",
|
||
|
|
"soars",
|
||
|
|
"swells",
|
||
|
|
"waxes",
|
||
|
|
"appears",
|
||
|
|
"emerges",
|
||
|
|
"shows up",
|
||
|
|
"blows up",
|
||
|
|
"distends",
|
||
|
|
"elongates",
|
||
|
|
"lengthens"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petrifying":{
|
||
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"castrating",
|
||
|
|
"dampening",
|
||
|
|
"damping",
|
||
|
|
"deadening",
|
||
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
||
|
|
"desiccating",
|
||
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
||
|
|
"enervating",
|
||
|
|
"gelding",
|
||
|
|
"lobotomizing"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burning out",
|
||
|
|
"debilitating",
|
||
|
|
"doing in",
|
||
|
|
"draining",
|
||
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
||
|
|
"exhausting",
|
||
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
||
|
|
"sapping",
|
||
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
||
|
|
"undermining",
|
||
|
|
"weakening",
|
||
|
|
"wearing",
|
||
|
|
"wearing out",
|
||
|
|
"daunting",
|
||
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
||
|
|
"discouraging",
|
||
|
|
"disheartening",
|
||
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arousing",
|
||
|
|
"rousing",
|
||
|
|
"stirring",
|
||
|
|
"charging",
|
||
|
|
"electrifying",
|
||
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
||
|
|
"exciting",
|
||
|
|
"fermenting",
|
||
|
|
"firing",
|
||
|
|
"fomenting",
|
||
|
|
"inciting",
|
||
|
|
"inflaming",
|
||
|
|
"enflaming",
|
||
|
|
"instigating",
|
||
|
|
"kindling",
|
||
|
|
"provoking",
|
||
|
|
"sparking",
|
||
|
|
"triggering",
|
||
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
||
|
|
"abetting",
|
||
|
|
"boosting",
|
||
|
|
"buoying",
|
||
|
|
"cheering",
|
||
|
|
"emboldening",
|
||
|
|
"fortifying",
|
||
|
|
"heartening",
|
||
|
|
"inspiring",
|
||
|
|
"lifting",
|
||
|
|
"reactivating",
|
||
|
|
"reanimating",
|
||
|
|
"reawakening",
|
||
|
|
"reawaking",
|
||
|
|
"recharging",
|
||
|
|
"reenergizing",
|
||
|
|
"re-energizing",
|
||
|
|
"refreshing",
|
||
|
|
"regenerating",
|
||
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
||
|
|
"rekindling",
|
||
|
|
"renewing",
|
||
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
||
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
||
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
||
|
|
"reviving"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bracing",
|
||
|
|
"energizing",
|
||
|
|
"enlivening",
|
||
|
|
"invigorating",
|
||
|
|
"quickening",
|
||
|
|
"stimulating",
|
||
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
||
|
|
"vivifying"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petit-ma\u00eetre":{
|
||
|
|
"as in Beau Brummell , blood":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beau",
|
||
|
|
"Beau Brummell",
|
||
|
|
"blade",
|
||
|
|
"blood",
|
||
|
|
"buck",
|
||
|
|
"dandy",
|
||
|
|
"dude",
|
||
|
|
"fop",
|
||
|
|
"gallant",
|
||
|
|
"jay",
|
||
|
|
"Galahad",
|
||
|
|
"knight",
|
||
|
|
"prince",
|
||
|
|
"captivator",
|
||
|
|
"charmer",
|
||
|
|
"ladies' man",
|
||
|
|
"lady's man",
|
||
|
|
"smoothy",
|
||
|
|
"smoothie",
|
||
|
|
"cavalier",
|
||
|
|
"gentleman",
|
||
|
|
"aristocrat",
|
||
|
|
"patrician",
|
||
|
|
"swell"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petitioning":{
|
||
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
||
|
|
"begging",
|
||
|
|
"beseeching",
|
||
|
|
"besieging",
|
||
|
|
"conjuring",
|
||
|
|
"entreating",
|
||
|
|
"impetrating",
|
||
|
|
"imploring",
|
||
|
|
"importuning",
|
||
|
|
"pleading (to)",
|
||
|
|
"praying",
|
||
|
|
"soliciting",
|
||
|
|
"supplicating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bludging",
|
||
|
|
"cadging",
|
||
|
|
"mooching",
|
||
|
|
"sponging",
|
||
|
|
"asking",
|
||
|
|
"desiring",
|
||
|
|
"invoking",
|
||
|
|
"requesting",
|
||
|
|
"suing",
|
||
|
|
"claiming",
|
||
|
|
"coercing",
|
||
|
|
"commanding",
|
||
|
|
"compelling",
|
||
|
|
"demanding",
|
||
|
|
"forcing",
|
||
|
|
"insisting",
|
||
|
|
"requiring"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hinting",
|
||
|
|
"implying",
|
||
|
|
"intimating",
|
||
|
|
"suggesting",
|
||
|
|
"appeasing",
|
||
|
|
"conciliating",
|
||
|
|
"gratifying",
|
||
|
|
"mollifying",
|
||
|
|
"obliging",
|
||
|
|
"pacifying",
|
||
|
|
"placating",
|
||
|
|
"pleasing",
|
||
|
|
"satisfying",
|
||
|
|
"comforting",
|
||
|
|
"consoling",
|
||
|
|
"contenting",
|
||
|
|
"quieting"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petty larcenies":{
|
||
|
|
"as in petit larcenies":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"petit larcenies",
|
||
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
||
|
|
"grafts",
|
||
|
|
"misapplications",
|
||
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
||
|
|
"peculations",
|
||
|
|
"pilferages",
|
||
|
|
"burglaries",
|
||
|
|
"housebreakings",
|
||
|
|
"abductions",
|
||
|
|
"carjackings",
|
||
|
|
"hijackings",
|
||
|
|
"highjackings",
|
||
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
||
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
||
|
|
"larcenies",
|
||
|
|
"robberies",
|
||
|
|
"thefts",
|
||
|
|
"thieveries",
|
||
|
|
"despoilments",
|
||
|
|
"despoliations",
|
||
|
|
"pillages",
|
||
|
|
"rapines",
|
||
|
|
"spoliations",
|
||
|
|
"black marketeerings",
|
||
|
|
"banditries",
|
||
|
|
"piracies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petits-ma\u00eetres":{
|
||
|
|
"as in Beau Brummells , blood":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"Beau Brummells",
|
||
|
|
"beaux",
|
||
|
|
"beaus",
|
||
|
|
"blades",
|
||
|
|
"blood",
|
||
|
|
"bucks",
|
||
|
|
"dandies",
|
||
|
|
"dudes",
|
||
|
|
"fops",
|
||
|
|
"gallants",
|
||
|
|
"jays",
|
||
|
|
"Galahads",
|
||
|
|
"knights",
|
||
|
|
"princes",
|
||
|
|
"captivators",
|
||
|
|
"charmers",
|
||
|
|
"ladies' men",
|
||
|
|
"lady's men",
|
||
|
|
"smoothies",
|
||
|
|
"cavaliers",
|
||
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
||
|
|
"aristocrats",
|
||
|
|
"patricians",
|
||
|
|
"swells"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petit larcenies":{
|
||
|
|
"as in petty larcenies":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"petty larcenies",
|
||
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
||
|
|
"grafts",
|
||
|
|
"misapplications",
|
||
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
||
|
|
"peculations",
|
||
|
|
"pilferages",
|
||
|
|
"burglaries",
|
||
|
|
"housebreakings",
|
||
|
|
"abductions",
|
||
|
|
"carjackings",
|
||
|
|
"hijackings",
|
||
|
|
"highjackings",
|
||
|
|
"kidnappings",
|
||
|
|
"kidnapings",
|
||
|
|
"larcenies",
|
||
|
|
"robberies",
|
||
|
|
"thefts",
|
||
|
|
"thieveries",
|
||
|
|
"despoilments",
|
||
|
|
"despoliations",
|
||
|
|
"pillages",
|
||
|
|
"rapines",
|
||
|
|
"spoliations",
|
||
|
|
"black marketeerings",
|
||
|
|
"banditries",
|
||
|
|
"piracies"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pets":{
|
||
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the teacher's pet was always getting special privileges"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"darlings",
|
||
|
|
"faves",
|
||
|
|
"favs",
|
||
|
|
"favorites",
|
||
|
|
"minions",
|
||
|
|
"preferences",
|
||
|
|
"speeds"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beloveds",
|
||
|
|
"dears",
|
||
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
||
|
|
"jewels",
|
||
|
|
"prizes",
|
||
|
|
"treasures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"abominations",
|
||
|
|
"anathemas",
|
||
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
||
|
|
"bugbears"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a cat who loves to be petted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caresses",
|
||
|
|
"fondles",
|
||
|
|
"gentles",
|
||
|
|
"loves",
|
||
|
|
"pats",
|
||
|
|
"strokes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bills",
|
||
|
|
"canoodles",
|
||
|
|
"cuddles",
|
||
|
|
"necks",
|
||
|
|
"nestles",
|
||
|
|
"noses",
|
||
|
|
"nuzzles",
|
||
|
|
"snuggles",
|
||
|
|
"spoons",
|
||
|
|
"feels up",
|
||
|
|
"paws",
|
||
|
|
"cradles",
|
||
|
|
"embraces",
|
||
|
|
"enfolds",
|
||
|
|
"hugs",
|
||
|
|
"bounces",
|
||
|
|
"dandles",
|
||
|
|
"kneads",
|
||
|
|
"massages",
|
||
|
|
"babies",
|
||
|
|
"coddles",
|
||
|
|
"indulges",
|
||
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
||
|
|
"pampers",
|
||
|
|
"spoils"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petty cashes":{
|
||
|
|
"as in pocket moneys , spending moneys":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"pin money",
|
||
|
|
"pocket moneys",
|
||
|
|
"spending moneys",
|
||
|
|
"bankrolls",
|
||
|
|
"caches",
|
||
|
|
"collections",
|
||
|
|
"cushions",
|
||
|
|
"hoards",
|
||
|
|
"pocketbooks",
|
||
|
|
"reserves",
|
||
|
|
"treasures",
|
||
|
|
"assets",
|
||
|
|
"savings",
|
||
|
|
"savings accounts",
|
||
|
|
"chests",
|
||
|
|
"coffers",
|
||
|
|
"accounts",
|
||
|
|
"budgets",
|
||
|
|
"deposits",
|
||
|
|
"funds",
|
||
|
|
"kitties",
|
||
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
||
|
|
"pools"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petitioner":{
|
||
|
|
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"the lottery winner was beset by a horde of petitioners , all of whom thought that they were most deserving of his charity"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"pleader",
|
||
|
|
"solicitor",
|
||
|
|
"suitor",
|
||
|
|
"suppliant",
|
||
|
|
"supplicant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"beggar",
|
||
|
|
"mendicant",
|
||
|
|
"panhandler",
|
||
|
|
"cadger",
|
||
|
|
"moocher",
|
||
|
|
"schnorrer",
|
||
|
|
"asker",
|
||
|
|
"requester",
|
||
|
|
"suer"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petrifies":{
|
||
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"castrates",
|
||
|
|
"dampens",
|
||
|
|
"damps",
|
||
|
|
"deadens",
|
||
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
||
|
|
"desiccates",
|
||
|
|
"devitalizes",
|
||
|
|
"enervates",
|
||
|
|
"gelds",
|
||
|
|
"lobotomizes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burns out",
|
||
|
|
"debilitates",
|
||
|
|
"does in",
|
||
|
|
"drains",
|
||
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
||
|
|
"exhausts",
|
||
|
|
"fatigues",
|
||
|
|
"saps",
|
||
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
||
|
|
"undermines",
|
||
|
|
"weakens",
|
||
|
|
"wears",
|
||
|
|
"wears out",
|
||
|
|
"daunts",
|
||
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
||
|
|
"discourages",
|
||
|
|
"disheartens",
|
||
|
|
"dispirits"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arouses",
|
||
|
|
"rouses",
|
||
|
|
"stirs",
|
||
|
|
"charges",
|
||
|
|
"electrifies",
|
||
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
||
|
|
"excites",
|
||
|
|
"ferments",
|
||
|
|
"fires",
|
||
|
|
"foments",
|
||
|
|
"incites",
|
||
|
|
"inflames",
|
||
|
|
"enflames",
|
||
|
|
"instigates",
|
||
|
|
"kindles",
|
||
|
|
"provokes",
|
||
|
|
"sparks",
|
||
|
|
"triggers",
|
||
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
||
|
|
"abets",
|
||
|
|
"boosts",
|
||
|
|
"buoys",
|
||
|
|
"cheers",
|
||
|
|
"emboldens",
|
||
|
|
"fortifies",
|
||
|
|
"heartens",
|
||
|
|
"inspires",
|
||
|
|
"lifts",
|
||
|
|
"reactivates",
|
||
|
|
"reanimates",
|
||
|
|
"reawakens",
|
||
|
|
"reawakes",
|
||
|
|
"recharges",
|
||
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
||
|
|
"refreshes",
|
||
|
|
"regenerates",
|
||
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
||
|
|
"rekindles",
|
||
|
|
"renews",
|
||
|
|
"resurrects",
|
||
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
||
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
||
|
|
"revives"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"braces",
|
||
|
|
"energizes",
|
||
|
|
"enlivens",
|
||
|
|
"invigorates",
|
||
|
|
"quickens",
|
||
|
|
"stimulates",
|
||
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
||
|
|
"vivifies"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petrify":{
|
||
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"groupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"castrate",
|
||
|
|
"damp",
|
||
|
|
"dampen",
|
||
|
|
"deaden",
|
||
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
||
|
|
"desiccate",
|
||
|
|
"devitalize",
|
||
|
|
"enervate",
|
||
|
|
"geld",
|
||
|
|
"lobotomize"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"burn out",
|
||
|
|
"debilitate",
|
||
|
|
"do in",
|
||
|
|
"drain",
|
||
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
||
|
|
"exhaust",
|
||
|
|
"fatigue",
|
||
|
|
"sap",
|
||
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
||
|
|
"undermine",
|
||
|
|
"weaken",
|
||
|
|
"wear",
|
||
|
|
"wear out",
|
||
|
|
"daunt",
|
||
|
|
"demoralize",
|
||
|
|
"discourage",
|
||
|
|
"dishearten",
|
||
|
|
"dispirit"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"arouse",
|
||
|
|
"rouse",
|
||
|
|
"stir",
|
||
|
|
"charge",
|
||
|
|
"electrify",
|
||
|
|
"galvanize",
|
||
|
|
"excite",
|
||
|
|
"ferment",
|
||
|
|
"fire",
|
||
|
|
"foment",
|
||
|
|
"incite",
|
||
|
|
"inflame",
|
||
|
|
"enflame",
|
||
|
|
"instigate",
|
||
|
|
"kindle",
|
||
|
|
"provoke",
|
||
|
|
"spark",
|
||
|
|
"trigger",
|
||
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
||
|
|
"abet",
|
||
|
|
"boost",
|
||
|
|
"buoy",
|
||
|
|
"cheer",
|
||
|
|
"embolden",
|
||
|
|
"fortify",
|
||
|
|
"hearten",
|
||
|
|
"inspire",
|
||
|
|
"lift",
|
||
|
|
"reactivate",
|
||
|
|
"reanimate",
|
||
|
|
"reawake",
|
||
|
|
"reawaken",
|
||
|
|
"recharge",
|
||
|
|
"reenergize",
|
||
|
|
"refresh",
|
||
|
|
"regenerate",
|
||
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
||
|
|
"rekindle",
|
||
|
|
"renew",
|
||
|
|
"resurrect",
|
||
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
||
|
|
"revitalize",
|
||
|
|
"revive"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"brace",
|
||
|
|
"energize",
|
||
|
|
"enliven",
|
||
|
|
"invigorate",
|
||
|
|
"quicken",
|
||
|
|
"stimulate",
|
||
|
|
"vitalize",
|
||
|
|
"vivify"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petiteness":{
|
||
|
|
"as in inadequateness , diminutiveness":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"meagerness",
|
||
|
|
"poorness",
|
||
|
|
"scantiness",
|
||
|
|
"scantness",
|
||
|
|
"scarceness",
|
||
|
|
"scarcity",
|
||
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
||
|
|
"slenderness",
|
||
|
|
"slimness",
|
||
|
|
"spareness",
|
||
|
|
"sparseness",
|
||
|
|
"sparsity",
|
||
|
|
"stinginess",
|
||
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
||
|
|
"fineness",
|
||
|
|
"littleness",
|
||
|
|
"puniness",
|
||
|
|
"slightness",
|
||
|
|
"smallness",
|
||
|
|
"deficiency",
|
||
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
||
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
||
|
|
"minuteness",
|
||
|
|
"tininess"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bigness",
|
||
|
|
"grandness",
|
||
|
|
"greatness",
|
||
|
|
"largeness",
|
||
|
|
"magnitude",
|
||
|
|
"enormity",
|
||
|
|
"enormousness",
|
||
|
|
"grossness",
|
||
|
|
"hugeness",
|
||
|
|
"immenseness",
|
||
|
|
"immensity",
|
||
|
|
"magnitude",
|
||
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
||
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
||
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
||
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
||
|
|
"vastness",
|
||
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
||
|
|
"extravagance",
|
||
|
|
"extremeness",
|
||
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
||
|
|
"abundance",
|
||
|
|
"ampleness",
|
||
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
||
|
|
"copiousness",
|
||
|
|
"generosity",
|
||
|
|
"healthiness",
|
||
|
|
"liberality",
|
||
|
|
"adequacy",
|
||
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
||
|
|
"heaviness",
|
||
|
|
"heftiness",
|
||
|
|
"weightiness",
|
||
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
||
|
|
"massiveness",
|
||
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petticoat":{
|
||
|
|
"as in distaff":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"distaff",
|
||
|
|
"ladylike",
|
||
|
|
"ultrafeminine",
|
||
|
|
"effeminate",
|
||
|
|
"effete",
|
||
|
|
"epicene",
|
||
|
|
"sissified",
|
||
|
|
"sissy",
|
||
|
|
"unmanly",
|
||
|
|
"girlie",
|
||
|
|
"girly",
|
||
|
|
"girlish",
|
||
|
|
"female",
|
||
|
|
"feminine",
|
||
|
|
"womanish",
|
||
|
|
"womanlike",
|
||
|
|
"womanly"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"unfeminine",
|
||
|
|
"unwomanly",
|
||
|
|
"boyish",
|
||
|
|
"hoydenish",
|
||
|
|
"tomboyish",
|
||
|
|
"male",
|
||
|
|
"manlike",
|
||
|
|
"manly",
|
||
|
|
"mannish",
|
||
|
|
"masculine",
|
||
|
|
"virile",
|
||
|
|
"androgynous",
|
||
|
|
"neuter",
|
||
|
|
"Amazonian",
|
||
|
|
"butch",
|
||
|
|
"hairy-chested",
|
||
|
|
"hypermasculine",
|
||
|
|
"macho"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"adjective"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petcock":{
|
||
|
|
"as in valve , spigot":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cock",
|
||
|
|
"faucet",
|
||
|
|
"gate",
|
||
|
|
"spigot",
|
||
|
|
"stopcock",
|
||
|
|
"tap",
|
||
|
|
"valve",
|
||
|
|
"hydrant",
|
||
|
|
"spout"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pettifogger":{
|
||
|
|
"as in Philadelphia lawyer , ambulance chaser":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambulance chaser",
|
||
|
|
"Philadelphia lawyer",
|
||
|
|
"shyster",
|
||
|
|
"advocate",
|
||
|
|
"attorney",
|
||
|
|
"attorney-at-law",
|
||
|
|
"counsel",
|
||
|
|
"counselor",
|
||
|
|
"counsellor",
|
||
|
|
"counselor-at-law",
|
||
|
|
"lawyer",
|
||
|
|
"legal eagle",
|
||
|
|
"cocounsel",
|
||
|
|
"district attorney",
|
||
|
|
"prosecuting attorney",
|
||
|
|
"prosecutor",
|
||
|
|
"solicitor",
|
||
|
|
"criminal lawyer",
|
||
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
||
|
|
"public defender",
|
||
|
|
"trial lawyer",
|
||
|
|
"solicitor",
|
||
|
|
"jurist",
|
||
|
|
"lawgiver",
|
||
|
|
"lawmaker",
|
||
|
|
"legislator",
|
||
|
|
"solon"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in hairsplitter , quibbler":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"criticaster",
|
||
|
|
"hairsplitter",
|
||
|
|
"quibbler",
|
||
|
|
"perfectionist",
|
||
|
|
"purist",
|
||
|
|
"critic",
|
||
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
||
|
|
"educationist",
|
||
|
|
"educator",
|
||
|
|
"instructor",
|
||
|
|
"pedagogue",
|
||
|
|
"pedagog",
|
||
|
|
"preceptor",
|
||
|
|
"schoolteacher",
|
||
|
|
"teacher",
|
||
|
|
"academe",
|
||
|
|
"academic",
|
||
|
|
"academician",
|
||
|
|
"didact",
|
||
|
|
"pedant"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petition":{
|
||
|
|
"an earnest request":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"adjuration",
|
||
|
|
"appeal",
|
||
|
|
"conjuration",
|
||
|
|
"cry",
|
||
|
|
"desire",
|
||
|
|
"entreaty",
|
||
|
|
"plea",
|
||
|
|
"pleading",
|
||
|
|
"prayer",
|
||
|
|
"solicitation",
|
||
|
|
"suit",
|
||
|
|
"suppliance",
|
||
|
|
"supplication"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"application",
|
||
|
|
"requisition",
|
||
|
|
"call",
|
||
|
|
"claim",
|
||
|
|
"demand",
|
||
|
|
"insistence"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
||
|
|
"beg",
|
||
|
|
"beseech",
|
||
|
|
"besiege",
|
||
|
|
"conjure",
|
||
|
|
"entreat",
|
||
|
|
"impetrate",
|
||
|
|
"implore",
|
||
|
|
"importune",
|
||
|
|
"plead (to)",
|
||
|
|
"pray",
|
||
|
|
"solicit",
|
||
|
|
"supplicate"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"bludge",
|
||
|
|
"cadge",
|
||
|
|
"mooch",
|
||
|
|
"sponge",
|
||
|
|
"ask",
|
||
|
|
"desire",
|
||
|
|
"invoke",
|
||
|
|
"request",
|
||
|
|
"sue",
|
||
|
|
"claim",
|
||
|
|
"coerce",
|
||
|
|
"command",
|
||
|
|
"compel",
|
||
|
|
"demand",
|
||
|
|
"force",
|
||
|
|
"insist",
|
||
|
|
"require"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hint",
|
||
|
|
"imply",
|
||
|
|
"intimate",
|
||
|
|
"suggest",
|
||
|
|
"appease",
|
||
|
|
"conciliate",
|
||
|
|
"gratify",
|
||
|
|
"mollify",
|
||
|
|
"oblige",
|
||
|
|
"pacify",
|
||
|
|
"placate",
|
||
|
|
"please",
|
||
|
|
"satisfy",
|
||
|
|
"comfort",
|
||
|
|
"console",
|
||
|
|
"content",
|
||
|
|
"quiet"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun",
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petering (out)":{
|
||
|
|
"as in giving out , fading (away)":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"evaporating",
|
||
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
||
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
||
|
|
"giving out",
|
||
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
||
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
||
|
|
"vanishing",
|
||
|
|
"compressing",
|
||
|
|
"condensing",
|
||
|
|
"constricting",
|
||
|
|
"contracting",
|
||
|
|
"slackening",
|
||
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
||
|
|
"abating",
|
||
|
|
"declining",
|
||
|
|
"decreasing",
|
||
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
||
|
|
"diminishing",
|
||
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
||
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
||
|
|
"dwindling",
|
||
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
||
|
|
"easing",
|
||
|
|
"ebbing",
|
||
|
|
"falling",
|
||
|
|
"falling away",
|
||
|
|
"lessening",
|
||
|
|
"letting up",
|
||
|
|
"lowering",
|
||
|
|
"moderating",
|
||
|
|
"palling",
|
||
|
|
"phasing down",
|
||
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
||
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
||
|
|
"receding",
|
||
|
|
"relenting",
|
||
|
|
"remitting",
|
||
|
|
"shrinking",
|
||
|
|
"subsiding",
|
||
|
|
"tapering",
|
||
|
|
"tapering off",
|
||
|
|
"waning",
|
||
|
|
"alleviating",
|
||
|
|
"relaxing",
|
||
|
|
"flagging",
|
||
|
|
"sinking",
|
||
|
|
"weakening",
|
||
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
||
|
|
"collapsing",
|
||
|
|
"deflating"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"accumulating",
|
||
|
|
"ballooning",
|
||
|
|
"building",
|
||
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
||
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
||
|
|
"enlarging",
|
||
|
|
"escalating",
|
||
|
|
"expanding",
|
||
|
|
"growing",
|
||
|
|
"increasing",
|
||
|
|
"intensifying",
|
||
|
|
"mounting",
|
||
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
||
|
|
"picking up",
|
||
|
|
"rising",
|
||
|
|
"snowballing",
|
||
|
|
"soaring",
|
||
|
|
"swelling",
|
||
|
|
"waxing",
|
||
|
|
"appearing",
|
||
|
|
"emerging",
|
||
|
|
"showing up",
|
||
|
|
"blowing up",
|
||
|
|
"distending",
|
||
|
|
"elongating",
|
||
|
|
"lengthening"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"verb"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petted":{
|
||
|
|
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"a cat who loves to be petted"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"caressed",
|
||
|
|
"fondled",
|
||
|
|
"gentled",
|
||
|
|
"loved",
|
||
|
|
"patted",
|
||
|
|
"stroked"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"billed",
|
||
|
|
"canoodled",
|
||
|
|
"cuddled",
|
||
|
|
"necked",
|
||
|
|
"nestled",
|
||
|
|
"nosed",
|
||
|
|
"nuzzled",
|
||
|
|
"snuggled",
|
||
|
|
"spooned",
|
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"felt up",
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"pawed",
|
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"cradled",
|
||
|
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"embraced",
|
||
|
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"enfolded",
|
||
|
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"hugged",
|
||
|
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"bounced",
|
||
|
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"dandled",
|
||
|
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"kneaded",
|
||
|
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"massaged",
|
||
|
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"babied",
|
||
|
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"coddled",
|
||
|
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"indulged",
|
||
|
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"mollycoddled",
|
||
|
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"pampered",
|
||
|
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"spoiled",
|
||
|
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"spoilt"
|
||
|
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],
|
||
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
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"type":[
|
||
|
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"verb"
|
||
|
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]
|
||
|
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},
|
||
|
|
"petulance":{
|
||
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
||
|
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"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"biliousness",
|
||
|
|
"choler",
|
||
|
|
"crankiness",
|
||
|
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"crossness",
|
||
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
||
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
||
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
||
|
|
"huffiness",
|
||
|
|
"irascibility",
|
||
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
||
|
|
"irritability",
|
||
|
|
"irritableness",
|
||
|
|
"peevishness",
|
||
|
|
"perverseness",
|
||
|
|
"perversity",
|
||
|
|
"pettishness",
|
||
|
|
"testiness",
|
||
|
|
"waspishness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
||
|
|
"crustiness",
|
||
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
||
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
||
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
||
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
||
|
|
"orneriness",
|
||
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
||
|
|
"surliness",
|
||
|
|
"aggression",
|
||
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
||
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
||
|
|
"belligerence",
|
||
|
|
"belligerency",
|
||
|
|
"combativeness",
|
||
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
||
|
|
"contrariness",
|
||
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
||
|
|
"feistiness",
|
||
|
|
"fight",
|
||
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
||
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
||
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
||
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
||
|
|
"truculence",
|
||
|
|
"truculency",
|
||
|
|
"fussiness",
|
||
|
|
"querulousness",
|
||
|
|
"rudeness",
|
||
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
||
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
||
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
||
|
|
"touchiness",
|
||
|
|
"animosity",
|
||
|
|
"antagonism",
|
||
|
|
"antipathy",
|
||
|
|
"fierceness",
|
||
|
|
"hostility",
|
||
|
|
"jaundice",
|
||
|
|
"rancor",
|
||
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
||
|
|
"anger",
|
||
|
|
"exasperation",
|
||
|
|
"fury",
|
||
|
|
"indignation",
|
||
|
|
"rage",
|
||
|
|
"spleen",
|
||
|
|
"wrath",
|
||
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
||
|
|
"passion"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"forbearance",
|
||
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
||
|
|
"patience",
|
||
|
|
"tolerance",
|
||
|
|
"understanding",
|
||
|
|
"affability",
|
||
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
||
|
|
"amenity",
|
||
|
|
"amicability",
|
||
|
|
"cordiality",
|
||
|
|
"friendliness",
|
||
|
|
"geniality",
|
||
|
|
"sociability",
|
||
|
|
"amiability",
|
||
|
|
"amiableness",
|
||
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
||
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
||
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
||
|
|
"coolness",
|
||
|
|
"serenity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
||
|
|
"tranquility",
|
||
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
||
|
|
"gentleness",
|
||
|
|
"kindliness",
|
||
|
|
"mildness"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"petit larceny":{
|
||
|
|
"as in petty larceny":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
||
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
||
|
|
"embezzling",
|
||
|
|
"graft",
|
||
|
|
"misapplication",
|
||
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
||
|
|
"peculation",
|
||
|
|
"filching",
|
||
|
|
"pilferage",
|
||
|
|
"pilfering",
|
||
|
|
"purloining",
|
||
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
||
|
|
"burglary",
|
||
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
||
|
|
"abduction",
|
||
|
|
"carjacking",
|
||
|
|
"hijacking",
|
||
|
|
"highjacking",
|
||
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
||
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
||
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
||
|
|
"larceny",
|
||
|
|
"robbery",
|
||
|
|
"stealing",
|
||
|
|
"theft",
|
||
|
|
"thievery",
|
||
|
|
"despoilment",
|
||
|
|
"despoliation",
|
||
|
|
"looting",
|
||
|
|
"pillage",
|
||
|
|
"plundering",
|
||
|
|
"rapine",
|
||
|
|
"spoliation",
|
||
|
|
"poaching",
|
||
|
|
"rustling",
|
||
|
|
"black marketeering",
|
||
|
|
"smuggling",
|
||
|
|
"banditry",
|
||
|
|
"piracy"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pet peeves":{
|
||
|
|
"something that annoys or bothers a person very much":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[
|
||
|
|
"One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway."
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
||
|
|
"problems",
|
||
|
|
"aggravations",
|
||
|
|
"aggros",
|
||
|
|
"annoyances",
|
||
|
|
"botherations",
|
||
|
|
"bothers",
|
||
|
|
"bugbears",
|
||
|
|
"exasperations",
|
||
|
|
"frustrations",
|
||
|
|
"hair shirts",
|
||
|
|
"hassles",
|
||
|
|
"headaches",
|
||
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
||
|
|
"irks",
|
||
|
|
"irritants",
|
||
|
|
"nuisances",
|
||
|
|
"peeves",
|
||
|
|
"pests",
|
||
|
|
"rubs",
|
||
|
|
"ruffles",
|
||
|
|
"thorns",
|
||
|
|
"trials",
|
||
|
|
"vexations",
|
||
|
|
"discomforts",
|
||
|
|
"fleabites",
|
||
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
||
|
|
"affronts",
|
||
|
|
"insults",
|
||
|
|
"offenses",
|
||
|
|
"offences",
|
||
|
|
"upsets",
|
||
|
|
"worries",
|
||
|
|
"afflictions",
|
||
|
|
"albatross",
|
||
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
||
|
|
"burdens",
|
||
|
|
"crosses",
|
||
|
|
"curses",
|
||
|
|
"menaces",
|
||
|
|
"millstones",
|
||
|
|
"plagues",
|
||
|
|
"sores",
|
||
|
|
"anxieties",
|
||
|
|
"plights",
|
||
|
|
"predicaments",
|
||
|
|
"tribulations",
|
||
|
|
"troubles",
|
||
|
|
"annoyers",
|
||
|
|
"disturbers",
|
||
|
|
"harassers",
|
||
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
||
|
|
"offenders",
|
||
|
|
"pandora's boxes"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"delights",
|
||
|
|
"joys",
|
||
|
|
"pleasures"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"pettifoggers":{
|
||
|
|
"as in Philadelphia lawyers , ambulance chasers":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"ambulance chasers",
|
||
|
|
"Philadelphia lawyers",
|
||
|
|
"shysters",
|
||
|
|
"advocates",
|
||
|
|
"attorneys",
|
||
|
|
"attorneys-at-law",
|
||
|
|
"counselors",
|
||
|
|
"counsellors",
|
||
|
|
"counselors-at-law",
|
||
|
|
"counsels",
|
||
|
|
"lawyers",
|
||
|
|
"legal eagles",
|
||
|
|
"cocounsels",
|
||
|
|
"co-counsels",
|
||
|
|
"district attorneys",
|
||
|
|
"prosecuting attorneys",
|
||
|
|
"prosecutors",
|
||
|
|
"solicitors",
|
||
|
|
"criminal lawyers",
|
||
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
||
|
|
"public defenders",
|
||
|
|
"trial lawyers",
|
||
|
|
"solicitors",
|
||
|
|
"jurists",
|
||
|
|
"lawgivers",
|
||
|
|
"lawmakers",
|
||
|
|
"legislators",
|
||
|
|
"solons"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"as in hairsplitters , quibblers":{
|
||
|
|
"examples":[],
|
||
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
||
|
|
"criticasters",
|
||
|
|
"hairsplitters",
|
||
|
|
"quibblers",
|
||
|
|
"perfectionists",
|
||
|
|
"purists",
|
||
|
|
"critics",
|
||
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
||
|
|
"educationists",
|
||
|
|
"educators",
|
||
|
|
"instructors",
|
||
|
|
"pedagogues",
|
||
|
|
"pedagogs",
|
||
|
|
"preceptors",
|
||
|
|
"schoolteachers",
|
||
|
|
"teachers",
|
||
|
|
"academes",
|
||
|
|
"academicians",
|
||
|
|
"academics",
|
||
|
|
"didacts",
|
||
|
|
"pedants"
|
||
|
|
],
|
||
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
||
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
||
|
|
},
|
||
|
|
"type":[
|
||
|
|
"noun"
|
||
|
|
]
|
||
|
|
}
|
||
|
|
}
|