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{
"bumped (up)":{
"as in maximized , ratcheted (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maximized",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimized",
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumps":{
"a small rounded mass of swollen tissue":{
"examples":[
"that's a nasty bump on your arm where you hit the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"knots",
"lumps",
"nodes",
"nodules",
"swellings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growths",
"tumors",
"warts",
"humps",
"hunches",
"bruises",
"contusions",
"welts",
"blisters",
"boils",
"blobs",
"chunks",
"clods",
"clumps",
"gobbets",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"knobs",
"nubbles",
"nubs",
"nuggets",
"wads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the bump was punishment for insubordination"
],
"synonyms":[
"demotions",
"reductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downgrades",
"dismissals",
"firings",
"layoffs",
"sackings",
"abasements",
"debasements",
"humiliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"I felt the bump of the other car, but there was no damage to either vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"collisions",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"impingements",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"bashings",
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bumps into":{
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"I bumped into Kenny the other day."
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"happens (upon)",
"meets",
"stumbles (upon)"
],
"related":[
"accosts",
"confronts",
"faces",
"greets",
"salutes",
"collides (with)",
"crashes (into)",
"crisscrosses",
"crosses",
"passes",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"reencounters",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"Turn any corner in the old city and you're likely to bump into a piece of history."
],
"synonyms":[
"chances (upon)",
"encounters",
"finds",
"happens (on or upon)",
"hits (upon)",
"lights (on or upon)",
"meets",
"pitches (upon)",
"stumbles (on or onto)",
"tumbles (upon)"
],
"related":[
"lucks (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronts",
"faces",
"discovers",
"strikes",
"turns up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bump (up)":{
"as in maximize , ratchet (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maximize",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"swell",
"up",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimize",
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bummer":{
"something (as a situation or event) that is depressing":{
"examples":[
"boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"downer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bore",
"drag",
"accident",
"fatality",
"mishap",
"woe",
"calamity",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"misfortune",
"tragedy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pick-me-up",
"trip"
],
"antonyms":[
"upper"
]
},
"something that disappoints":{
"examples":[
"the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringdown",
"disappointment",
"letdown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticlimax",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"near antonyms":[
"success",
"winner",
"relief"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"frost",
"lemon",
"loser",
"miss",
"shipwreck",
"turkey",
"washout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-ran",
"disappointment",
"dog",
"has-been",
"near miss",
"botch",
"hash",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"nonevent",
"nonstarter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"phenomenon"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"smash",
"success",
"winner"
]
},
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"a lifelong bummer , he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiff",
"bum",
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"swaggie",
"swagman",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"derelict",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"stiff",
"dodger",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bumming (out)":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"that sort of news really bums me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdening",
"dashing",
"dejecting",
"depressing",
"getting down",
"oppressing",
"saddening",
"weighing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailing",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"afflicting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"assuring",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"exciting",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"buoying",
"cheering (up)",
"gladdening",
"lightening",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bums (out)":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"that sort of news really bums me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdens",
"dashes",
"dejects",
"depresses",
"gets down",
"oppresses",
"saddens",
"weighs down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ails",
"distresses",
"troubles",
"afflicts",
"torments",
"tortures",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"unnerves",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"assures",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"excites",
"inspires",
"stimulates",
"elates",
"exhilarates",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"boosts",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightens",
"buoys",
"cheers (up)",
"gladdens",
"lightens",
"rejoices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumptious":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"a bumptious young man whose family wealth gave him a sense of entitlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bummers":{
"something (as a situation or event) that is depressing":{
"examples":[
"boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer"
],
"synonyms":[
"downers",
"downs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bores",
"drags",
"accidents",
"fatalities",
"mishaps",
"woes",
"calamities",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"misfortunes",
"tragedies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pick-me-ups",
"trips"
],
"antonyms":[
"uppers"
]
},
"something that disappoints":{
"examples":[
"the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringdowns",
"disappointments",
"letdowns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anticlimaxes",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"successes",
"winners",
"reliefs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"frosts",
"lemons",
"losers",
"misses",
"shipwrecks",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"also-rans",
"disappointments",
"dogs",
"has-beens",
"near misses",
"botches",
"hashes",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"nonevents",
"nonstarters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners"
]
},
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"a lifelong bummer , he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiffs",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"sundowners",
"swaggies",
"swagmen",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"vagrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"beggars",
"derelicts",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"stiffs",
"dodgers",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bum's rushes":{
"as in sacks , birds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birds",
"boots",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"pink slips",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"redundancies",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bump into":{
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"I bumped into Kenny the other day."
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"chance (upon)",
"encounter",
"happen (upon)",
"meet",
"stumble (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accost",
"confront",
"face",
"greet",
"salute",
"collide (with)",
"crash (into)",
"crisscross",
"cross",
"pass",
"hit (upon)",
"light (upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"reencounter",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shake",
"shun"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"Turn any corner in the old city and you're likely to bump into a piece of history."
],
"synonyms":[
"chance (upon)",
"encounter",
"find",
"happen (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"light (on or upon)",
"meet",
"pitch (upon)",
"stumble (on or onto)",
"tumble (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"luck (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confront",
"face",
"discover",
"strike",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bump off":{
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumbled":{
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"a fly bumbling around the room while we were trying to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"burred",
"buzzed",
"droned",
"hummed",
"whirred",
"whished",
"whizzed",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirred",
"churred",
"thrummed",
"fizzed",
"hissed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"rustled",
"sighed",
"sizzled",
"swished",
"whispered",
"cooed",
"curred",
"wheezed",
"whistled",
"whooshed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"accused the White House staff of bumbling the announcement of the replacement for the cabinet post"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundered",
"flogged",
"floundered",
"limped",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"struggled",
"stumbled",
"trudged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogged",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"wallowed",
"weltered",
"faltered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"fumbled",
"muddled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasted",
"flew",
"glided",
"kilted",
"sailed",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"overcome with stage fright, I could only bumble through the speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"prattled",
"sputtered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbered",
"blathered",
"bleated",
"blithered",
"gabbed",
"jangled",
"jawed",
"pattered",
"prated",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"smattered",
"tittle-tattled",
"trolled",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"chuntered",
"maundered",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"stammered",
"stuttered",
"screeched",
"shouted",
"shrieked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"pronounced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumptiousness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"for unbridled bumptiousness , it would be hard to beat that upstart"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bum-rushed":{
"as in swarmed , mobbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"bushwhacked",
"charged",
"descended (on or upon)",
"jumped (on)",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"raided",
"rushed",
"set on",
"sicced",
"sicked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"trashed",
"turned (on)",
"went in (on)",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"banged away (at)",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bum":{
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"that was bum advice that you got from that website"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"examples":[
"I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise"
],
"synonyms":[
"backside",
"behind",
"booty",
"bootie",
"bottom",
"breech",
"buns",
"butt",
"buttocks",
"caboose",
"can",
"cheeks",
"derriere",
"derri\u00e8re",
"duff",
"fanny",
"fundament",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinie",
"hunkers",
"keister",
"keester",
"nates",
"posterior",
"rear",
"rear end",
"rump",
"seat",
"tail",
"tail end",
"tush"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beam",
"stern",
"moon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idle worthless person":{
"examples":[
"if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum"
],
"synonyms":[
"derelict",
"do-nothing",
"good-for-nothing",
"ne'er-do-well",
"no-account",
"no-good",
"no-goodnik",
"slacker",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"panhandler",
"dodger",
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif",
"drone",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"down-and-out",
"down-and-outer",
"indigent",
"pauper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"success",
"winner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiff",
"bummer",
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"swaggie",
"swagman",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"derelict",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"stiff",
"dodger",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"spent most of the summer just bumming around the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bums (around)":{
"as in hangs , lounges (around or about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dawdles",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lounges (around or about)",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"screws around",
"slacks (off)",
"dabbles",
"fiddles (around)",
"messes around",
"putters (around)",
"jests",
"jokes",
"teases",
"delights",
"pleases",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"dabbles",
"trifles",
"cavorts",
"frisks",
"gambols",
"romps",
"dallies",
"disports",
"frolics",
"plays",
"recreates",
"rollicks",
"skylarks",
"sports",
"toys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"labors",
"plods",
"plugs (away)",
"slaves",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"works"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumblers":{
"someone who bungles an effort":{
"examples":[
"we can't trust that bumbler to do anything right"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunderbusses",
"blunderers",
"botchers",
"bunglers",
"butchers",
"fumblers",
"screwups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incompetents",
"muddlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bumped into":{
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"I bumped into Kenny the other day."
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"happened (upon)",
"met",
"stumbled (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosted",
"confronted",
"faced",
"greeted",
"saluted",
"collided (with)",
"crashed (into)",
"crisscrossed",
"crossed",
"passed",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (upon)",
"lighted (upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"reencountered",
"re-encountered",
"remet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"Turn any corner in the old city and you're likely to bump into a piece of history."
],
"synonyms":[
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"found",
"happened (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (on or upon)",
"lighted (on or upon)",
"met",
"pitched (upon)",
"stumbled (on or onto)",
"tumbled (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronted",
"faced",
"discovered",
"struck",
"turned up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bumping off":{
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bummed (around)":{
"as in hung , lounged (around or about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dawdled",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lounged (around or about)",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"screwed around",
"slacked (off)",
"dabbled",
"fiddled (around)",
"messed around",
"puttered (around)",
"jested",
"joked",
"teased",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"dabbled",
"trifled",
"cavorted",
"frisked",
"gamboled",
"gambolled",
"romped",
"dallied",
"disported",
"frolicked",
"played",
"recreated",
"rollicked",
"skylarked",
"sported",
"toyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"labored",
"plodded",
"plugged (away)",
"slaved",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bum-rush":{
"as in swarm , mob":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumming (around)":{
"as in hanging , lounging (around or about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dawdling",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging (around or about)",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"screwing around",
"slacking (off)",
"dabbling",
"fiddling (around)",
"messing around",
"puttering (around)",
"jesting",
"joking",
"teasing",
"delighting",
"pleasing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"dabbling",
"trifling",
"cavorting",
"frisking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"dallying",
"disporting",
"frolicking",
"playing",
"recreating",
"rollicking",
"skylarking",
"sporting",
"toying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"laboring",
"plodding",
"plugging (away)",
"slaving",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumpkins":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"the bumpkin was overwhelmed by the city's confusing subway system"
],
"synonyms":[
"chawbacons",
"churls",
"clodhoppers",
"cornballs",
"countrymen",
"hayseed",
"hayseeds",
"hicks",
"provincials",
"rubes",
"rustics",
"yokels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boors",
"clods",
"clowns",
"gawks",
"louts",
"oafs",
"greenhorns",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones",
"backwoodsmen",
"mountaineers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slickers",
"smoothies",
"metropolitans",
"suburbanites",
"urbanites"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitans",
"cosmopolites",
"sophisticates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bum-rushes":{
"as in swarms , mobs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sets on",
"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bump":{
"a small rounded mass of swollen tissue":{
"examples":[
"that's a nasty bump on your arm where you hit the table"
],
"synonyms":[
"knot",
"lump",
"node",
"nodule",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"growth",
"tumor",
"wart",
"hump",
"hunch",
"bruise",
"contusion",
"welt",
"blister",
"boil",
"blob",
"chunk",
"clod",
"clump",
"gob",
"gobbet",
"hunk",
"knob",
"nub",
"nubble",
"nugget",
"wad"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the bump was punishment for insubordination"
],
"synonyms":[
"demotion",
"reduction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"layoff",
"sacking",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"humiliation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"I felt the bump of the other car, but there was no damage to either vehicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bumpkin":{
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
"examples":[
"the bumpkin was overwhelmed by the city's confusing subway system"
],
"synonyms":[
"chawbacon",
"churl",
"clodhopper",
"cornball",
"countryman",
"hayseed",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rube",
"rustic",
"yokel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boor",
"clod",
"clown",
"gawk",
"lout",
"oaf",
"greenhorn",
"tenderfoot",
"peasant",
"peon",
"backwoodsman",
"mountaineer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slicker",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"metropolitan",
"suburbanite",
"urbanite"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"sophisticate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bumpy":{
"marked by a series of sharp quick motions":{
"examples":[
"a bumpy ride over a badly rutted road"
],
"synonyms":[
"choppy",
"herky-jerky",
"jerky",
"jouncy",
"rough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erratic",
"fitful",
"irregular",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"unsteady",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"placid",
"smooth",
"steady",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not having a level or smooth surface":{
"examples":[
"the bumpy road made the jeep bounce all over"
],
"synonyms":[
"broken",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"ragged",
"rough",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby",
"burred",
"harsh",
"sandpapery",
"scraggly",
"scratchy",
"nonuniform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bum (around)":{
"as in hang , lounge (around or about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dawdle",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"idle",
"loaf",
"lounge (around or about)",
"relax",
"rest",
"screw around",
"slack (off)",
"dabble",
"fiddle (around)",
"mess around",
"putter (around)",
"jest",
"joke",
"tease",
"delight",
"please",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"dabble",
"trifle",
"cavort",
"frisk",
"gambol",
"romp",
"dally",
"disport",
"frolic",
"play",
"recreate",
"rollick",
"skylark",
"sport",
"toy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"labor",
"plod",
"plug (away)",
"slave",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumps off":{
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumped off":{
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"these drug dealers mean business, and they'll bump off anyone who gets in their way"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"took out",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumboat":{
"as in jolly boat , lifeboat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"auxiliary",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"banker",
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"boat",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bumble":{
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"a fly bumbling around the room while we were trying to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"burr",
"buzz",
"drone",
"hum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whish",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirr",
"churr",
"thrum",
"fizz",
"hiss",
"murmur",
"purr",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"sizzle",
"swish",
"whisper",
"coo",
"curr",
"wheeze",
"whistle",
"whoosh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"accused the White House staff of bumbling the announcement of the replacement for the cabinet post"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"flog",
"flounder",
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"struggle",
"stumble",
"trudge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jog",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"wallow",
"welter",
"falter",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"fumble",
"muddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coast",
"fly",
"glide",
"kilt",
"sail",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"overcome with stage fright, I could only bumble through the speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"chat",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"drool",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"sputter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabber",
"blather",
"bleat",
"blither",
"gab",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"patter",
"prate",
"rattle",
"run on",
"smatter",
"tittle-tattle",
"troll",
"yak",
"yack",
"chunter",
"maunder",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"stammer",
"stutter",
"screech",
"shout",
"shriek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulate",
"enunciate",
"pronounce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bumbling":{
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
"examples":[
"a fly bumbling around the room while we were trying to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"burring",
"buzzing",
"droning",
"humming",
"whirring",
"whishing",
"whizzing",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chirring",
"churring",
"thrumming",
"fizzing",
"hissing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"rustling",
"sighing",
"sizzling",
"swishing",
"whispering",
"cooing",
"curring",
"wheezing",
"whistling",
"whooshing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"accused the White House staff of bumbling the announcement of the replacement for the cabinet post"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"boggling",
"bollixing (up)",
"booting",
"botching",
"buggering (up)",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"dubbing",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"foozling",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mucking up",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"screwing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"gumming (up)",
"muddling",
"piffling",
"blemishing",
"blighting",
"damaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"destroying",
"wrecking",
"mishandling",
"mismanaging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"helping",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
"examples":[
"I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end"
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"flogging",
"floundering",
"limping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"struggling",
"stumbling",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jogging",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"wallowing",
"weltering",
"faltering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"fumbling",
"muddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coasting",
"flying",
"gliding",
"kilting",
"sailing",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
"examples":[
"overcome with stage fright, I could only bumble through the speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbling",
"chattering",
"chatting",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"drooling",
"gabbling",
"gibbering",
"jabbering",
"prattling",
"sputtering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blabbering",
"blathering",
"bleating",
"blithering",
"gabbing",
"jangling",
"jawing",
"pattering",
"prating",
"rattling",
"running on",
"smattering",
"tittle-tattling",
"trolling",
"yakking",
"yacking",
"chuntering",
"maundering",
"mouthing",
"mumbling",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"stammering",
"stuttering",
"screeching",
"shouting",
"shrieking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"articulating",
"enunciating",
"pronouncing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bummed (out)":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"that sort of news really bums me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdened",
"dashed",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"got down",
"oppressed",
"saddened",
"weighed down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailed",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"afflicted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"unnerved",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"assured",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"excited",
"inspired",
"stimulated",
"elated",
"exhilarated",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightened",
"buoyed",
"cheered (up)",
"gladdened",
"lightened",
"rejoiced"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bum (out)":{
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"that sort of news really bums me out"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"dash",
"deject",
"depress",
"get down",
"oppress",
"sadden",
"weigh down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ail",
"distress",
"trouble",
"afflict",
"torment",
"torture",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"unnerve",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"assure",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"excite",
"inspire",
"stimulate",
"elate",
"exhilarate",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"boost",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}