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{
"crystal gazings":{
"as in astrologies , oneiromancies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"astrologies",
"geomancies",
"hydromancies",
"oneiromancies",
"pyromancies",
"rhabdomancies",
"auguries",
"divinations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crying up":{
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"blowing up",
"cracking up",
"glorifying",
"touting",
"trumpeting",
"tub-thumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"advancing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"boosting",
"heralding",
"offering",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"laying down",
"making out",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crying down":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she cried down any party to which she wasn't invited"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crystallizes":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
"synonyms":[
"forms",
"jells",
"shapes (up)",
"solidifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associates",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"fuses",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cryptic":{
"being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain":{
"examples":[
"puzzled by the cryptic e-mail message left on his computer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcane",
"deep",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"occult",
"uncanny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkling",
"fuzzy",
"murky",
"obscure",
"shadowy",
"vague",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"imponderable",
"incomprehensible",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unsearchable",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"metaphysical",
"mystical",
"numinous",
"supernatural",
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"baffling",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"disorienting",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"understandable",
"apparent",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the oracle offered only cryptic predictions that could be interpreted any number of different ways"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"complex",
"complicated",
"difficult",
"obtuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crystalize":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
"synonyms":[
"form",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associate",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"fuse",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"join",
"link (up)",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break down",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crystallize":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
"synonyms":[
"form",
"jell",
"shape (up)",
"solidify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associate",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"fuse",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"join",
"link (up)",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break down",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cry (out)":{
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"\"I can't stand it!\" he cried out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blat",
"blurt (out)",
"bolt",
"ejaculate",
"exclaim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"leak",
"bellow",
"bleat",
"crow",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"roar",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yowl",
"aah",
"ah",
"ooh",
"interject"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cry off":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"their film deal had been abruptly cried off , and now the filmmakers were back to square one"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"cancel",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"scrap",
"scrub"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"nullify",
"void",
"write off",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"countermand",
"reverse",
"roll back",
"break off",
"discontinue",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"hold back",
"interrupt",
"suspend",
"give up",
"relinquish",
"surrender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engage",
"pledge",
"promise",
"begin",
"commence",
"initiate",
"start",
"take on",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"antonyms":[
"continue",
"keep"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cry (for)":{
"as in weep , moan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"keen",
"moan",
"weep",
"elegize",
"regret",
"rue",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"grieve (for)",
"lament",
"mourn",
"wail (for)",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"sob",
"agonize",
"bleed",
"hurt",
"sorrow",
"suffer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight",
"exult (in)",
"glory (in)",
"joy",
"rejoice (in)",
"beam",
"cheer",
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ask , clamor (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"entail",
"involve",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"necessitate",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"want",
"warrant",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crying (out)":{
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"\"I can't stand it!\" he cried out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatting",
"blurting (out)",
"bolting",
"ejaculating",
"exclaiming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"leaking",
"bellowing",
"bleating",
"crowing",
"hollering",
"hooting",
"howling",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"whooping",
"yowling",
"aahing",
"ahing",
"oohing",
"interjecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crybabies":{
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"car trips that were often spoiled by a couple of crybabies in the back seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"fussbudgets",
"fussers",
"fusspots",
"gripers",
"grumblers",
"kvetchers",
"kvetches",
"snivelers",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawlers",
"bleaters",
"moaners",
"screamers",
"squawkers",
"wailers",
"weepers",
"crabs",
"grumps",
"malcontents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crying":{
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"a crying need for more activities for young people in this town"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"necessitous",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"as in weeping , whining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blubbering",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"groan",
"moan",
"wail",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"bawl",
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"blubbing",
"sobbing",
"weeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greeting",
"grieving",
"keening",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"howling",
"screaming",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"mewling",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter one's distinctive animal sound":{
"examples":[
"we knew that we were getting very close to the ocean when we could hear sea gulls crying"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"singing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"a mother crying for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"hollering",
"holloing",
"hallooing",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"sounding off",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowing",
"whooping",
"screaming",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"shrilling",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"caterwauling",
"howling",
"ululating",
"wailing",
"yawping",
"yauping",
"yowling",
"hailing",
"speaking out",
"speaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"whispering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cryogenic":{
"as in subfreezing , subzero":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crying (for)":{
"as in weeping , moaning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"keening",
"moaning",
"weeping",
"elegizing",
"regretting",
"ruing",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"deploring",
"grieving (for)",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"wailing (for)",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"sobbing",
"agonizing",
"bleeding",
"hurting",
"sorrowing",
"suffering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighting",
"exulting (in)",
"glorying (in)",
"joying",
"rejoicing (in)",
"beaming",
"cheering",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in asking , clamoring (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"entailing",
"involving",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cryptonym":{
"as in pen name , nom de guerre":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alias",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym",
"appellation",
"appellative",
"cognomen",
"compellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nomenclature",
"title",
"baptismal name",
"Christian name",
"first name",
"forename",
"given name",
"family name",
"maiden name",
"middle name",
"surname",
"matronymic",
"patronymic",
"byname",
"diminutive",
"epithet",
"hypocorism",
"nickname",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet",
"banner",
"rubric",
"tag",
"binomial",
"monomial",
"trivial name",
"vernacular"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crystals":{
"as in glasswares":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glasswares",
"chinas",
"chinawares",
"crockeries",
"earthenwares",
"porcelains",
"potteries",
"stonewares",
"wares",
"plates",
"saucers",
"place settings",
"settings",
"setups",
"cups",
"demitasses",
"glasses",
"goblets",
"mugs",
"teacups",
"dinnerwares",
"tablewares",
"bowls",
"casseroles",
"chargers",
"platters",
"tureens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crypts":{
"an underground burial chamber":{
"examples":[
"the old church's crypt is the final resting place for the president and his beloved wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"vaults"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cry down":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"she cried down any party to which she wasn't invited"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
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"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"cry up":{
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"blow up",
"crack up",
"glorify",
"tout",
"trumpet",
"tub-thump"
],
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"acclaim",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"magnify",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"advance",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"boost",
"herald",
"offer",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"lay down",
"make out",
"proclaim",
"pronounce"
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},
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"verb"
]
},
"crystallizing":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
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"forming",
"jelling",
"shaping (up)",
"solidifying"
],
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"associating",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"fusing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking down",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
"crystal":{
"easily seen through":{
"examples":[
"an unspoiled region with majestic mountains and crystal streams"
],
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"clear",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized",
"glassy",
"vitreous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"tinted",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
]
},
"as in glassware":{
"examples":[],
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"glassware",
"china",
"chinaware",
"crockery",
"earthenware",
"porcelain",
"pottery",
"stoneware",
"ware",
"plate",
"saucer",
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"cup",
"demitasse",
"glass",
"goblet",
"mug",
"teacup",
"dinnerware",
"tableware",
"bowl",
"casserole",
"charger",
"platter",
"tureen"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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},
"crystalizing":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
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"forming",
"jelling",
"shaping (up)",
"solidifying"
],
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"coalescing",
"cohering",
"fusing",
"combining",
"conjoining",
"conjugating",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"joining",
"linking (up)",
"unifying",
"uniting"
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"breaking down",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"crystal gazers":{
"as in astrologers , rhabdomancers":{
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"astrologers",
"palmists",
"rhabdomancers",
"mystics",
"oracles",
"Cassandras",
"doomsayers",
"doomsdayers",
"Jeremiahs",
"prophetesses",
"sibyls",
"wisewomen",
"augurs",
"diviners",
"forecasters",
"foreseers",
"foretellers",
"fortune-tellers",
"futurists",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"soothsayers",
"visionaries"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"crystal gazing":{
"as in astrology , oneiromancy":{
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"astrology",
"geomancy",
"hydromancy",
"oneiromancy",
"pyromancy",
"rhabdomancy",
"augury",
"divination"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to take on a definite form":{
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"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
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"jells",
"shapes (up)",
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"coalesces",
"coheres",
"fuses",
"combines",
"conjoins",
"conjugates",
"connects",
"couples",
"joins",
"links (up)",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
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"breaks down",
"decays",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in pen names , noms de guerre":{
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"aliases",
"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms",
"appellations",
"appellatives",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"compellations",
"denominations",
"denotations",
"designations",
"handles",
"monikers",
"monickers",
"nomenclatures",
"titles",
"baptismal names",
"Christian names",
"first names",
"forenames",
"given names",
"family names",
"maiden names",
"middle names",
"surnames",
"matronymics",
"patronymics",
"bynames",
"diminutives",
"epithets",
"hypocorisms",
"nicknames",
"sobriquets",
"soubriquets",
"banners",
"rubrics",
"tags",
"binomials",
"monomials",
"trivial names",
"vernaculars"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cry":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"blub",
"blubber",
"sob",
"weep"
],
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"greet",
"grieve",
"keen",
"lament",
"mourn",
"howl",
"scream",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"mewl",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter one's distinctive animal sound":{
"examples":[
"we knew that we were getting very close to the ocean when we could hear sea gulls crying"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"sing"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"a mother crying for help"
],
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"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"holler",
"hollo",
"halloo",
"hallo",
"roar",
"shout",
"sound off",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crow",
"whoop",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"caterwaul",
"howl",
"ululate",
"wail",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl",
"hail",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
"examples":[
"a cry of despair arose when the smoke of the bomb blast cleared"
],
"synonyms":[
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yowl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ejaculation",
"interjection",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"shrill",
"squall",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"yelp",
"bawl",
"bellow",
"clamor",
"outcry",
"roar",
"caterwaul",
"plaint",
"wail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"gasp",
"whimper",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a natural vocal sound made by an animal":{
"examples":[
"the lonesome cry of a coyote"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"note"
],
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"bark",
"bay",
"bellow",
"blat",
"bleat",
"bray",
"cackle",
"calling",
"caterwaul",
"caw",
"cheep",
"chirp",
"cluck",
"coo",
"crake",
"croak",
"crow",
"grunt",
"honk",
"hoot",
"howl",
"low",
"meow",
"miaow",
"mew",
"moo",
"neigh",
"oink",
"peep",
"quack",
"roar",
"screech",
"squall",
"squawk",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"trumpet",
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
"twitter",
"whinny",
"yap",
"yelp",
"yip",
"yowl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"\"A chance to change America\" was the cry on which the candidate was hoping to win the White House"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"catchphrase",
"shibboleth",
"slogan",
"tagline",
"watchword"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"idiom",
"catchword",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"maxim",
"motto",
"battle cry",
"war cry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the king was deaf to their cries"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden short emotional utterance":{
"examples":[
"cries of disbelief greeted the announcement of the surprise winner for best picture"
],
"synonyms":[
"ejaculation",
"exclamation",
"interjection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aah",
"ah",
"ooh",
"holler",
"hoot",
"howl",
"shout",
"whoop",
"yell",
"yelp",
"yowl",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeak",
"squeal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crystalized":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
"synonyms":[
"formed",
"jelled",
"shaped (up)",
"solidified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associated",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"fused",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"unified",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke down",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crystal clear":{
"easily seen through":{
"examples":[
"drank thirstily of the crystal-clear water from the spring"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized",
"glassy",
"vitreous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"tinted",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
]
},
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"what could be more crystal-clear than an emphatic \"No!\""
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crybaby":{
"a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things":{
"examples":[
"car trips that were often spoiled by a couple of crybabies in the back seat"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"fussbudget",
"fusser",
"fusspot",
"griper",
"grumbler",
"kvetch",
"kvetcher",
"sniveler",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bawler",
"bleater",
"moaner",
"screamer",
"squawker",
"wailer",
"weeper",
"crab",
"grump",
"malcontent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crystallized":{
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize"
],
"synonyms":[
"formed",
"jelled",
"shaped (up)",
"solidified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associated",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"fused",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"unified",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke down",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crypt":{
"an underground burial chamber":{
"examples":[
"the old church's crypt is the final resting place for the president and his beloved wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"catacomb(s)",
"vault"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crystalline":{
"easily seen through":{
"examples":[
"we could see fish swimming beneath the crystalline ice of the frozen lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystal clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized",
"glassy",
"vitreous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"tinted",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloudy",
"opaque"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crystal gazer":{
"as in astrologer , rhabdomancer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"astrologer",
"palmist",
"rhabdomancer",
"mystic",
"oracle",
"Cassandra",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer",
"Jeremiah",
"prophetess",
"sibyl",
"wisewoman",
"augur",
"diviner",
"forecaster",
"foreseer",
"foreteller",
"fortune-teller",
"futurist",
"prognosticator",
"prophesier",
"prophet",
"seer",
"soothsayer",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crying off":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"examples":[
"their film deal had been abruptly cried off , and now the filmmakers were back to square one"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"scrapping",
"scrubbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"voiding",
"writing off",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"countermanding",
"reversing",
"rolling back",
"breaking off",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"halting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"holding back",
"interrupting",
"suspending",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaging",
"pledging",
"promising",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"initiating",
"starting",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"keeping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}