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{
"doohickies":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"dinguses",
"doodads",
"hickeys",
"thingamabobs",
"thingamajigs",
"thingumajigs",
"thingummies",
"whatchamacallits",
"whatnots",
"whatsits",
"whatses",
"what-is-its"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dooming":{
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"destining",
"fating",
"foredooming",
"foreordaining",
"ordaining",
"predestining",
"predetermining",
"preordaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinating",
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"preconceiving",
"prejudging",
"condemning",
"sentencing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"portending",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"examples":[
"doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemning",
"damning",
"sentencing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"judging",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punishing",
"concluding",
"deciding",
"decreeing",
"determining",
"finding",
"opining",
"resolving",
"ruling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardoning",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dooms":{
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
"examples":[
"the judge solemnly pronounced his doom before a hushed courtroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"findings",
"holdings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"rulings",
"sentences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inquests",
"verdicts",
"authorities",
"decrees",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"orders",
"arbitraments",
"awards",
"declarations",
"deliverances",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"pronouncements",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"determinations",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"disciplines",
"penalties",
"punishments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
"examples":[
"it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumstances",
"destinies",
"fates",
"fortunes",
"kismets",
"lots",
"portions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidents",
"casualties",
"chances",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"luck",
"predestinations",
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"developments",
"effects",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"deaths",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dissolutions",
"ends",
"exits",
"expirations",
"expiries",
"fates",
"graves",
"great divides",
"passages",
"passings",
"quietuses",
"sleeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"martyrdoms",
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides",
"annihilations",
"destructions",
"endings",
"exterminations",
"ruins",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existences",
"lives",
"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
"rises"
],
"antonyms":[
"births",
"nativities"
]
},
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"destines",
"fates",
"foredooms",
"foreordains",
"ordains",
"predestines",
"predetermines",
"preordains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinates",
"augurs",
"forecasts",
"foretells",
"predicts",
"presages",
"prognosticates",
"prophesies",
"preconceives",
"prejudges",
"condemns",
"sentences",
"bodes",
"forebodes",
"forbodes",
"portends",
"anticipates",
"divines",
"foreknows",
"foresees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"examples":[
"doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemns",
"damns",
"sentences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudges",
"judges",
"castigates",
"censures",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"concludes",
"decides",
"decrees",
"determines",
"finds",
"opines",
"resolves",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardons",
"reprieves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"doorway":{
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"the doorway to a life of luxury and leisure"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"entrance",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"authorization",
"certification",
"permission",
"qualification",
"open door",
"welcome mat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"ejection",
"expulsion",
"ouster",
"rejection",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{
"examples":[
"he stood in the doorway until we finally invited him in"
],
"synonyms":[
"door",
"entrance",
"gate",
"gateway",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hatch",
"hatchway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"door":{
"a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened":{
"examples":[
"we locked the door to the room so that no one could get in"
],
"synonyms":[
"gate",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"Dutch door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"portcullis",
"postern",
"revolving door",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{
"examples":[
"a steady stream of visitors through the front door"
],
"synonyms":[
"doorway",
"entrance",
"gate",
"gateway",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hatch",
"hatchway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"education unlocks the door to advancement"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approval",
"authorization",
"certification",
"permission",
"qualification",
"open door",
"welcome mat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"ejection",
"expulsion",
"ouster",
"rejection",
"removal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doodling":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"clowning (around)",
"horsing around",
"diddling (with)",
"tinkering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"doofuses":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"I don't want to be partnered on the project with that doofus"
],
"synonyms":[
"berks",
"boobies",
"charlies",
"charleys",
"cuckoos",
"ding-a-lings",
"dingbats",
"ding-dongs",
"dipsticks",
"featherheads",
"fools",
"geese",
"gits",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"mooncalves",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"madmen",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"goons",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks",
"stocks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"butts",
"dupes",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"that actor invariably plays a doofus on screen but he's anything but one in real life"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomsayer":{
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
"examples":[
"doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cassandra",
"Chicken Little",
"doomsdayer",
"doomster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"fatalist",
"naysayer",
"negativist",
"pessimist",
"handwringer",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dooryard":{
"as in backyard , churchyard":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"campus",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza",
"acres",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"demesne",
"ground",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomed":{
"facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{
"examples":[
"at that point it was obvious to all that the astronauts were doomed"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"done",
"done for",
"finished",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"ruined",
"sunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endangered",
"imperiled",
"imperilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
"examples":[
"the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"destined",
"fated",
"foredoomed",
"foreordained",
"ordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predestinated",
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"preconceived",
"prejudged",
"condemned",
"sentenced",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"portended",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to impose a judicial punishment on":{
"examples":[
"doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole"
],
"synonyms":[
"condemned",
"damned",
"sentenced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"judged",
"castigated",
"censured",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished",
"concluded",
"decided",
"decreed",
"determined",
"found",
"opined",
"resolved",
"ruled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pardoned",
"reprieved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"doozies":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doozie":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doodly-squats":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"damns",
"darns",
"durns",
"diddlies",
"diddly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"licks",
"modicums",
"raps",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doodly-squat":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"fig",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomsayers":{
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
"examples":[
"doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cassandras",
"Chicken Littles",
"doomsdayers",
"doomsters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"fatalists",
"naysayers",
"negativists",
"pessimists",
"handwringers",
"worriers",
"worrywarts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomsdays":{
"the day the world ends or is destroyed":{
"examples":[
"a warning that doomsday is near",
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"end-times",
"apocalypses",
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"tragedies",
"bloodbaths",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"upheavals",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"blasts",
"blows",
"double whammies",
"one-twos",
"one-two punches"
],
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"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the day the world ends or is destroyed":{
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"a warning that doomsday is near",
"doomsday predictions"
],
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"end-time",
"apocalypse",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"tragedy",
"bloodbath",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"convulsion",
"paroxysm",
"upheaval",
"accident",
"casualty",
"fatality",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"blast",
"blow",
"double whammy",
"one-two",
"one-two punch"
],
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"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doozers":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
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"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doodad":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
"examples":[
"where does this little doodad go?"
],
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"dingus",
"doohickey",
"hickey",
"thingamabob",
"thingamajig",
"thingumajig",
"thingummy",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"whatsit",
"whatsis",
"what-is-it"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels"
],
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"bauble",
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"gaud",
"gewgaw",
"geegaw",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"conversation piece",
"collectible",
"collectable",
"collector's item"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"the array of doodads that some drivers hang from their rearview mirror"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doozy":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doodley-squats":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"examples":[
"tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"continentals",
"damns",
"darns",
"durns",
"diddlies",
"diddly-squats",
"figs",
"ghosts",
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"licks",
"modicums",
"raps",
"squats",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"whits",
"whoops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"pins",
"rays",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"semblances",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomsdayer":{
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
"examples":[
"once again doomsdayers were issuing warnings about the dangers of nuclear proliferation"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cassandra",
"Chicken Little",
"doomsayer",
"doomster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"fatalist",
"naysayer",
"negativist",
"pessimist",
"handwringer",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doorman":{
"a person who tends a door":{
"examples":[
"we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab"
],
"synonyms":[
"doorkeeper",
"gatekeeper",
"janitor",
"porter"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doodads":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
"examples":[
"where does this little doodad go?"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinguses",
"doohickeys",
"doohickies",
"hickeys",
"thingamabobs",
"thingamajigs",
"thingumajigs",
"thingummies",
"whatchamacallits",
"whatnots",
"whatsits",
"whatses",
"what-is-its"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels"
],
"synonyms":[
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"conversation pieces",
"collectibles",
"collectables",
"collector's items"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"the array of doodads that some drivers hang from their rearview mirror"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doo-doo":{
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"a three-year-old who thought talking about doo-doo was the funniest thing ever"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomster":{
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
"examples":[
"from time immemorial doomsters have been saying that the world is going to hell in a handbasket"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cassandra",
"Chicken Little",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"fatalist",
"naysayer",
"negativist",
"pessimist",
"handwringer",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doormen":{
"a person who tends a door":{
"examples":[
"we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab"
],
"synonyms":[
"doorkeepers",
"gatekeepers",
"janitors",
"porters"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doo-doos":{
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"a three-year-old who thought talking about doo-doo was the funniest thing ever"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doormats":{
"a person without strength of character":{
"examples":[
"a doormat who always gave in to his father's demands"
],
"synonyms":[
"jellyfish",
"namby-pambies",
"pushovers",
"reeds",
"weaklings",
"wimps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cowards",
"mice",
"milquetoasts",
"nebbishes",
"nervous Nellies",
"pussies",
"wusses",
"wussies",
"sheep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mensches"
],
"antonyms":[
"stalwarts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doohickey":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
"examples":[
"screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade"
],
"synonyms":[
"dingus",
"doodad",
"hickey",
"thingamabob",
"thingamajig",
"thingumajig",
"thingummy",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"whatsit",
"whatsis",
"what-is-it"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"doomy":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"the surging doomy music in the background was an unmistakable sign that things would not end well for the movie's hero"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"direful",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"doorkeeper":{
"a person who tends a door":{
"examples":[
"the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages"
],
"synonyms":[
"doorman",
"gatekeeper",
"janitor",
"porter"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}