dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/afl_MW.json

{
  "aflame":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": afire":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Soon the camera swerves to a television screen, where the Twin Towers are aflame . \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Cybersecurity Twitter was recently aflame when ransomware groups sent out phishing attacks from compromised Exchange servers, pointing to malware hosted on OneDrive. \u2014 Ryan Kalember, Fortune , 6 Dec. 2021",
      "Tuesday morning, trees were still aflame and a flank of the fire was moving largely unchecked into the Desolation Wilderness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Sep. 2021",
      "In 2014, as tensions were aflame in Ferguson, Mo., after the shooting of Michael Brown, then-private citizen Donald Trump took to Twitter to mock the President. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 9 July 2021",
      "Governments have spoken out, protests have taken place, social media is aflame . \u2014 New York Times , 14 May 2021",
      "Twitter was practically aflame with reactions during both the East and West Coast airings of the special on Sunday. \u2014 Brian Stelter, CNN , 8 Mar. 2021",
      "Demonstrators rocked a police van, set it ablaze, scrawled graffiti across its charred body and set it aflame again as officers retreated. \u2014 Sudhin Thanawala, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 May 2020",
      "Demonstrators rocked a police van, set it ablaze, scrawled graffiti across its charred body and set it aflame again as officers retreated. \u2014 Grace Hauck, USA TODAY , 30 May 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 1 + flame entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8fl\u0101m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ablaze",
      "afire",
      "alight",
      "blazing",
      "burning",
      "combusting",
      "conflagrant",
      "fiery",
      "flaming",
      "ignited",
      "inflamed",
      "enflamed",
      "kindled",
      "lit",
      "lighted"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045210",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adjective or adverb"
    ]
  },
  "aflutter":{
    "antonyms":[
      "calm",
      "collected",
      "cool",
      "easy",
      "happy-go-lucky",
      "nerveless",
      "relaxed"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": being in a flutter : fluttering":[],
      ": filled with or marked by the presence of fluttering things":[
        "roofs aflutter with flags"
      ],
      ": nervously excited":[
        "all aflutter at the news"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Her heart was aflutter at the thought of his return.",
      "Jonathan was all aflutter about proposing to Shelley that evening.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Send hearts aflutter with a selection of lingerie that strikes a softly sultry note. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 1 Feb. 2022",
      "Twitter, too, was aflutter with fashion reactions, and websites across the world splashed wire images of the Duchess across their homepage. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 11 Oct. 2021",
      "The Twitter world was aflutter Sunday morning, immediately after word got out that the Orlando Magic had made former Dallas Mavericks assistant Jamahl Mosley their 15th head coach franchise history. \u2014 Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com , 11 July 2021",
      "Your heart might be aflutter if a special someone moves closer to you. \u2014 Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive , 21 June 2021",
      "After all, The Queen's Gambit displayed quite an appreciation for design, with fans aflutter over the delightfully 1960s interiors of Beth Harmon's home as well as her increasingly daring\u2014and ever stylish\u2014fashion choices throughout the series. \u2014 Hadley Keller, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2020",
      "But social media was aflutter with images of lightly walked streets and short waits for attractions. \u2014 Christopher Palmeri, Fortune , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "But social media was aflutter with images of lightly walked streets and short waits for attractions. \u2014 Christopher Palmeri, Fortune , 6 Aug. 2019",
      "During the fest, the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Butterfly Conservatory will be aflutter with winged creatures and tropical plants. \u2014 Sarah Gish, kansascity , 27 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "a- entry 1 + flutter entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8fl\u0259-t\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "antsy",
      "anxious",
      "atwitter",
      "dithery",
      "edgy",
      "goosey",
      "het up",
      "hinky",
      "hung up",
      "ill at ease",
      "insecure",
      "jittery",
      "jumpy",
      "nervous",
      "nervy",
      "perturbed",
      "queasy",
      "queazy",
      "tense",
      "troubled",
      "uneasy",
      "unquiet",
      "upset",
      "uptight",
      "worried"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015135",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}