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"downfall", "downgrade", "plummeting", "sinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "headway", "progress", "progression", "betterment", "improvement" ], "antonyms":[ "ascent", "climb", "rise", "rising", "soaring", "upswing", "upturn" ] }, "a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{ "examples":[ "the family patriarch's heartbreaking descent into infirmity and senility" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitation", "decay", "decaying", "declension", "decline", "degeneration", "deterioration", "ebbing", "enfeeblement", "weakening" ], "near synonyms":[ "atrophy", "exhaustion", "drooping", "flagging", "limping", "regression", "relapse", "setback" ], "near antonyms":[ "invigoration", "strengthening", "progress", "rejuvenation", "rejuvenescence" ], "antonyms":[ "comeback", "improvement", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehabilitation", "revitalization", "snapback" ] }, "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution" ], 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"augmentation", "boost", "enhancement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "supplement" ], "antonyms":[ "ascent", "rise", "upswing" ] }, "a loss of status":{ "examples":[ "for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans" ], "synonyms":[ "comedown", "decline", "d\u00e9gringolade", "demise", "down", "downfall", "fall", "flameout", "G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung" ], "near synonyms":[ "breakdown", "burnout", "collapse", "crash", "meltdown", "ruin", "undoing", "defeat", "disappointment", "reversal", "setback", "bottom", "nadir", "abasement", "disgrace", "humiliation" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "headway", "progress", "flower", "heyday", "prime" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizement", "ascent", "exaltation", "rise", "up" ] }, "a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{ "examples":[ "the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town" ], "synonyms":[ "foray", "incursion", "inroad", "invasion", "irruption", "raid" ], "near synonyms":[ "pillage", "plunder", "aggression", "assault", "coup de main", "offense", "offence", "offensive", "onset", "onslaught", "rush", "siege", "storm", "strike", "charge", "sally", "sortie", "ambuscade", "ambush", "surprise", "surprize", "trap", "air raid", "blitz", "blitzkrieg", "bombardment", "counteraggression", "counterassault", "counterattack", "counteroffensive", "counterstrike" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{ "examples":[ "the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "assault", "attack", "attempt", "blitz", "blitzkrieg", "charge", "coup de main", "offense", "offence", "offensive", "onset", "onslaught", "raid", "rush", "strike" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambuscade", "ambush", "counteraggression", "counterassault", "counterattack", "counteroffensive", "counterstrike", "sally", "sortie", "envelopment", "flanking", "breakthrough", "foray", "incursion", "invasion", "pillage", "ravage", "sack", "air raid", "bombardment", "bombing", "siege", "storm", "barrage", "cannonade", "fusillade", "hail", "salvo", "volley", "whammy" ], "near antonyms":[ "defense", "defensive", "guard", "shield", "opposition", "resistance", "protection", "security", "shelter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "a person of Finnish descent" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestry", "birth", "blood", "bloodline", "breeding", "extraction", "family tree", "genealogy", "line", "lineage", "origin", "parentage", "pedigree", "stock", "strain" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredity", "succession", "family", "house", "kin", "kindred", "relations", "relatives", "race" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "child", "heir", "inheritor", "son", "successor" ], "antonyms":[ "issue", "posterity", "progeny", "seed" ] }, "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents" ], "synonyms":[ "declension", "decline", "declivity", "dip", "downgrade", "downhill", "fall", "hang", "hanging" ], "near synonyms":[ "basin", "depression", "hollow" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grade", "gradient", "hill", "inclination", "incline", "lean", "pitch", "rake", "tilt" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivity", "ascent", "rise", "upgrade", "uphill", "uprise" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descents":{ "the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{ "examples":[ "the airplane began its gradual descent to the landing field" ], "synonyms":[ "dips", "dives", "downs", "drops", "falls", "nosedives", "plunges" ], "near synonyms":[ "comedowns", "declines", "downfalls", "downgrades" ], "near antonyms":[ "advances", "headways", "progresses", "progressions", "betterments", "improvements" ], "antonyms":[ "ascents", "climbs", "rises", "risings", "soarings", "upswings", "upturns" ] }, "a change to a lower state or level":{ "examples":[ "the nation's rapid descent into anarchy after the revolution" ], "synonyms":[ "decadences", "declensions", "declinations", "declines", "degeneracies", "degenerations", "degradations", "d\u00e9gringolades", "deteriorations", "devolutions", "downfalls", "downgrades", "ebbs", "eclipses", "falls" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark ages", "nadirs", "sunsets", "decays", "breakups", "decompositions", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "abasements", "debasements", "depreciations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "havoc", "ruinations", "ruins", "abatements", "decreases", "decrements", "de-escalations", "deflations", "diminishments", "diminutions", "dips", "downslides", "downtrends", "downturns", "drop-offs", "drops", "falloffs", "losses", "reductions", "sags", "shrinkages", "slips", "slumps" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "developments", "evolutions", "growths", "flowerings", "renewals", "restorations", "revitalizations", "accretions", "accruals", "addenda", "addendums", "additions", "augmentations", "boosts", "enhancements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "supplements" ], "antonyms":[ "ascents", "rises", "upswings" ] }, "a loss of status":{ "examples":[ "for throwing the game, the ballplayer underwent a huge descent in the eyes of the fans" ], "synonyms":[ "comedowns", "declines", "d\u00e9gringolades", "demises", "downfalls", "downs", "falls", "flameouts" ], "near synonyms":[ "breakdowns", "burnouts", "collapses", "crashes", "meltdowns", "ruins", "undoings", "defeats", "disappointments", "reversals", "setbacks", "bottoms", "nadirs", "abasements", "disgraces", "humiliations" ], "near antonyms":[ "advances", "headways", "progresses", "flowers", "heydays", "primes" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizements", "ascents", "exaltations", "rises", "ups" ] }, "a sudden attack on and entrance into hostile territory":{ "examples":[ "the lightning descent of the invading army on that unsuspecting border town" ], "synonyms":[ "forays", "incursions", "inroads", "invasions", "irruptions", "raids" ], "near synonyms":[ "pillages", "plunders", "aggressions", "assaults", "coups de main", "offenses", "offences", "offensives", "onsets", "onslaughts", "rushes", "sieges", "storms", "strikes", "charges", "sallies", "sorties", "ambuscades", "ambushes", "surprises", "surprizes", "traps", "air raids", "blitzes", "blitzkriegs", "bombardments", "counteraggressions", "counter-aggressions", "counterassaults", "counter-assaults", "counterattacks", "counter-attacks", "counteroffensives", "counterstrikes", "counter-strikes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{ "examples":[ "the descent of the voracious locusts on the wheat fields" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressions", "assaults", "attacks", "attempts", "blitzes", "blitzkriegs", "charges", "coups de main", "offenses", "offences", "offensives", "onsets", "onslaughts", "raids", "rushes", "strikes" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambuscades", "ambushes", "counteraggressions", "counter-aggressions", "counterassaults", "counter-assaults", "counterattacks", "counter-attacks", "counteroffensives", "counterstrikes", "counter-strikes", "sallies", "sorties", "envelopments", "breakthroughs", "forays", "incursions", "invasions", "pillages", "ravages", "sacks", "air raids", "bombardments", "bombings", "sieges", "storms", "barrages", "cannonades", "fusillades", "hails", "salvos", "salvoes", "volleys", "whammies" ], "near antonyms":[ "defenses", "defensives", "guards", "shields", "oppositions", "resistances", "protections", "securities", "shelters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "a person of Finnish descent" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestries", "births", "blood", "bloodlines", "breedings", "extractions", "family trees", "genealogies", "lineages", "lines", "origins", "parentages", "pedigrees", "stocks", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredities", "successions", "families", "houses", "kindreds", "kins", "relations", "relatives", "races" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "offsprings", "children", "heirs", "inheritors", "sons", "successors" ], "antonyms":[ "issues", "posterities", "progenies", "seed", "seeds" ] }, "a downward slope":{ "examples":[ "on bicycle tours the ascents always seem to outnumber the descents" ], "synonyms":[ "declensions", "declines", "declivities", "dips", "downgrades", "downhills", "falls", "hangings", "hangs" ], "near synonyms":[ "basins", "depressions", "hollows" ], "near antonyms":[ "glacis", "grades", "gradients", "hills", "inclinations", "inclines", "leans", "pitches", "rakes", "tilts" ], "antonyms":[ "acclivities", "ascents", "rises", "upgrades", "uphills", "uprises" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descried":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertained", "detected", "determined", "discovered", "dredged (up)", "dug out", "dug up", "ferreted (out)", "found", "found out", "got", "hit (on or upon)", "hunted (down or up)", "learned", "located", "nosed out", "ran down", "rooted (out)", "routed (out)", "rummaged", "scared up", "scouted (up)", "tracked (down)", "turned up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espied", "sighted", "spotted", "looked for", "searched (for or out)", "sought" ], "near antonyms":[ "lost", "mislaid", "misplaced", "misset", "mis-set" ], "antonyms":[ "missed", "overlooked", "passed over" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "examples":[ "could just descry the ship coming over the horizon" ], "synonyms":[ "beheld", "caught", "discerned", "distinguished", "espied", "eyed", "looked (at)", "noted", "noticed", "observed", "perceived", "regarded", "remarked", "saw", "sighted", "spied", "spotted", "viewed", "witnessed" ], "near synonyms":[ "identified", "made out", "picked out", "picked up", "attended (to)", "considered", "heeded", "marked", "minded", "studied", "watched", "examined", "inspected", "scanned", "scrutinized", "surveyed", "glanced (at)", "glimpsed", "peered (at)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "overpassed", "passed over", "missed", "overlooked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descriptions":{ "a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{ "examples":[ "we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him" ], "synonyms":[ "definitions", "delineations", "depictions", "pictures", "portraits", "portraitures", "portrayals", "renderings", "sketches", "vignettes" ], "near synonyms":[ "accounts", "anecdotes", "anecdota", "chronicles", "narratives", "reports", "stories", "tales", "yarns", "demonstrations", "exemplifications", "illustrations", "clarifications", "elucidations", "explanations", "explications", "expositions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{ "examples":[ "fixes small appliances and other things of that description" ], "synonyms":[ "breeds", "classes", "feathers", "genres", "ilks", "kidneys", "kinds", "likes", "manners", "natures", "orders", "sorts", "species", "strains", "stripes", "types", "varieties" ], "near synonyms":[ "models", "samples", "specimens", "brackets", "bunches", "categories", "divisions", "families", "grades", "groupings", "groups", "lots", "persuasions", "ranks", "sets", "suites" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descriptive":{ "having many features or details":{ "examples":[ "He told a descriptive story about his trip to Spain that captured our attention.", "An overly descriptive account of the movie that left little to the imagination." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "graphic", "graphical", "picturesque", "vivid", "depicted", "expressive", "faithful", "lifelike", "natural", "photographic", "realistic", "enumerated", "inventoried", "itemized", "listed", "numerated", "delineated", "specific", "specified", "abundant", "copious", "comprehensive", "encyclopedic", "exhausting", "exhaustive", "inclusionary", "inclusive", "in-depth", "omnibus", "panoramic", "thoroughgoing", "accurate", "correct", "exact", "precise", "complete", "entire", "replete", "distinct", "explicit", "sharp", "mapped (out)", "blow-by-blow", "circumstantial", "detailed", "elaborate", "full", "minute", "particular", "particularized", "thorough" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambiguous", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "nondescript", "sketchy", "vague", "bird's-eye", "broad", "general", "nonspecific", "overall", "unspecified", "compendious", "summary", "brief", "compact", "concise", "crisp", "pithy", "short", "succinct", "terse", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "cut", "pruned", "shortened", "trimmed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "descry":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertain", "detect", "determine", "dig out", "dig up", "discover", "dredge (up)", "ferret (out)", "find", "find out", "get", "hit (on or upon)", "hunt (down or up)", "learn", "locate", "nose out", "root (out)", "rout (out)", "rummage", "run down", "scare up", "scout (up)", "track (down)", "turn up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espy", "sight", "spot", "look for", "search (for or out)", "seek" ], "near antonyms":[ "lose", "mislay", "misplace", "misset" ], "antonyms":[ "miss", "overlook", "pass over" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "examples":[ "could just descry the ship coming over the horizon" ], "synonyms":[ "behold", "catch", "discern", "distinguish", "espy", "eye", "look (at)", "note", "notice", "observe", "perceive", "regard", "remark", "see", "sight", "spot", "spy", "view", "witness" ], "near synonyms":[ "identify", "make out", "pick out", "pick up", "attend (to)", "consider", "heed", "mark", "mind", "study", "watch", "examine", "inspect", "scan", "scrutinize", "survey", "glance (at)", "glimpse", "peer (at)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overpass", "pass over", "miss", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecrate":{ "to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{ "examples":[ "vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti" ], "synonyms":[ "defile", "profane", "violate" ], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrate", "desacralize", "desanctify", "blaspheme", "curse", "swear", "befoul", "contaminate", "foul", "poison", "pollute", "soil", "sully", "taint", "affront", "defame", "insult", "offend", "outrage", "annihilate", "crush", "decimate", "demolish", "desolate", "destroy", "devastate", "ravage", "raze", "ruin", "waste", "wreck", "despoil", "loot", "pillage", "plunder", "raid", "ransack", "rob", "sack", "spoil", "strip" ], "near antonyms":[ "bless", "consecrate", "dedicate", "hallow", "sanctify", "honor", "respect", "cleanse", "purge", "purify" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecration":{ "an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{ "examples":[ "the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar" ], "synonyms":[ "blasphemy", "defilement", "impiety", "irreverence", "profanation", "sacrilege" ], "near synonyms":[ "cursing", "profanity", "swearing", "affront", "insult", "violation", "contamination", "corruption", "debasement", "pollution", "sin", "trespass" ], "near antonyms":[ "consecration", "purification", "sanctification", "reverence", "veneration" ], "antonyms":[ "adoration", "glorification", "worship" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desegregate":{ "as in integrate , reintegrate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "integrate", "reintegrate", "assimilate", "associate", "connect", "join", "link", "unite", "discharge", "free", "liberate", "loose", "release" ], "near antonyms":[ "cut off", "insulate", "isolate", "seclude", "segregate", "separate", "sequester", "quarantine", "confine", "immure", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "lock (up)", "restrain", "restrict" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deserted":{ "left unoccupied or unused":{ "examples":[ "we had the deserted beach all to ourselves" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "derelict", "desolate", "disused", "forgotten", "forsaken", "rejected", "vacant", "vacated", "void" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignored", "neglected", "unattended", "untended", "castaway", "cast-off", "discarded", "jettisoned", "junked", "refuse", "waste", "godforsaken", "miserable", "shabby", "wretched", "empty", "idle" ], "near antonyms":[ "reclaimed", "recovered", "redeemed", "rescued", "retrieved", "salvaged", "saved", "reconditioned", "rehabbed", "rehabilitated", "restored", "repeopled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival" ], "synonyms":[ "defected (from)", "ratted (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandoned", "abdicated", "abjured", "apostatized", "cut off", "disowned", "forsook", "quit", "quitted", "rejected", "renounced", "repudiated", "spurned", "reneged", "departed", "left", "went", "withdrew" ], "near antonyms":[ "adhered (to)", "clung (to)", "stuck (to or with)", "cherished", "cultivated", "fostered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to remain behind":{ "examples":[ "deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "forsook", "left", "marooned", "quit", "quitted", "stranded" ], "near synonyms":[ "discarded", "ditched", "dumped", "flung", "jettisoned", "junked", "scrapped", "shed", "shucked (off)", "threw away", "threw out", "delivered", "gave up", "handed over", "relinquished", "surrendered", "yielded", "escaped", "retreated (from)", "took off (from)", "vacated", "withdrew (from)", "abjured", "cut off", "disowned", "rejected", "renounced", "repudiated", "separated (from)", "sacrificed", "distanced", "disregarded", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected" ], "near antonyms":[ "had", "harbored", "held", "kept", "owned", "possessed", "reserved", "retained", "withheld", "redeemed", "rescued", "saved" ], "antonyms":[ "reclaimed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desiccated":{ "as in dry , shriveled":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dehydrated", "dry", "sere", "sear", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "withered", "juiceless", "sapless" ], "near antonyms":[ "fleshy", "juicy", "pulpy", "succulent", "sappy", "watery" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{ "examples":[ "that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history" ], "synonyms":[ "castrated", "damped", "dampened", "deadened", "dehydrated", "devitalized", "enervated", "gelded", "lobotomized", "petrified" ], "near synonyms":[ "burned out", "burnt out", "debilitated", "did in", "drained", "enfeebled", "exhausted", "fatigued", "sapped", "tuckered (out)", "undermined", "weakened", "wore", "wore out", "daunted", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited" ], "near antonyms":[ "aroused", "roused", "stirred", "charged", "electrified", "galvanized", "excited", "fermented", "fired", "fomented", "incited", "inflamed", "enflamed", "instigated", "kindled", "provoked", "sparked", "triggered", "whipped (up)", "abetted", "boosted", "buoyed", "cheered", "emboldened", "fortified", "heartened", "inspired", "lifted", "reactivated", "reanimated", "reawakened", "reawoke", "reawaked", "recharged", "reenergized", "re-energized", "refreshed", "regenerated", "rejuvenated", "rekindled", "renewed", "resurrected", "resuscitated", "revitalized", "revived" ], "antonyms":[ "braced", "energized", "enlivened", "invigorated", "quickened", "stimulated", "vitalized", "vivified" ] }, "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrated", "dried", "parched", "scorched", "seared" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidified", "drained", "evaporated", "mummified", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "withered", "wizened", "air-dried", "baked" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathed", "deluged", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "saturated", "soaked", "sopped", "soused", "waterlogged", "damped", "dampened", "humidified", "moistened", "rehydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "submerged", "swamped" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrated", "washed", "watered", "wet", "wetted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "designated hitter":{ "a person or thing that takes the place of another":{ "examples":[ "you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips" ], "synonyms":[ "backup", "cover", "fill-in", "locum tenens", "pinch hitter", "relief", "replacement", "reserve", "stand-in", "sub", "substitute" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternate", "understudy", "apology", "makeshift", "stopgap", "agent", "assignee", "attorney", "commissary", "delegate", "deputy", "envoy", "factor", "procurator", "proxy", "rep", "representative", "surrogate", "assistant", "reliever", "second", "successor", "superseder" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desirably":{ "as in gladly , wishfully":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gladly", "wishfully", "electively", "optionally", "obligingly", "voluntarily", "alternately", "alternatively", "either", "instead", "fain", "first", "preferably", "rather", "readily", "soon", "willingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "involuntarily", "unwillingly", "reluctantly", "forcibly", "willy-nilly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "desiring":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday" ], "synonyms":[ "aching (for)", "coveting", "craving", "desiderating", "dying (for)", "hankering (for or after)", "hungering (for)", "itching (for)", "jonesing (for)", "longing (for)", "lusting (for or after)", "panting (after)", "pining (for)", "repining (for)", "salivating (for)", "sighing (for)", "thirsting (for)", "wanting", "wishing (for)", "yearning (for)", "yenning (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoiling (for)", "adoring", "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "grooving (on)", "liking", "loving", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "favoring", "preferring", "admiring", "appreciating", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "declining", "refusing", "rejecting", "spurning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a request for":{ "examples":[ "the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "asking (for)", "bespeaking", "calling (for)", "pleading (for)", "questing", "requesting", "seeking", "soliciting", "speaking (for)", "suing (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "applying (for)", "begging (for)", "claiming", "clamoring (for)", "importuning", "urging", "wishing (for)", "demanding", "enjoining", "exacting", "insisting (on)", "petitioning (for)", "pressing (for)", "requiring", "requisitioning", "inviting", "invoking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desolated":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "totally desolated the city with aerial bombs" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilated", "creamed", "decimated", "demolished", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "extinguished", "nuked", "pulled down", "pulverized", "razed", "rubbed out", "ruined", "shattered", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "vaporized", "wasted", "wracked", "wrecked" ], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "clobbered", "conquered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "routed", "scotched", "skunked", "subdued", "surmounted", "thrashed", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "won (against)", "blasted", "blew up", "broke", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "deteriorated", "disfigured", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "dynamited", "harmed", "impaired", "injured", "mangled", "marred", "mutilated", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "eroded", "scoured", "swept (away)", "washed out", "wore (away)", "dilapidated", "disassembled", "dismantled", "gutted", "took down", "unbuilt", "undid", "unmade", "blotted out", "effaced", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extirpated", "liquidated", "obliterated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "snuffed (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out", "despoiled", "havocked", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "trampled", "trashed", "vandalized", "assassinated", "butchered", "cut down", "dispatched", "executed", "felled", "killed", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "murdered", "slaughtered", "slew", "took out", "zapped" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "reconditioned", "repaired", "revamped", "created", "invented", "assembled", "fabricated", "fashioned", "forged", "formed", "framed", "made", "manufactured", "molded", "produced", "shaped", "brought about", "constituted", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "conserved", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "remodeled", "renovated", "restored" ], "antonyms":[ "built", "constructed", "erected", "put up", "raised", "reared", "set up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despairing":{ "emphasizing or expecting the worst":{ "examples":[ "despairing predictions regarding the effects of global overpopulation" ], "synonyms":[ "bearish", "defeatist", "downbeat", "hopeless", "pessimistic" ], "near synonyms":[ "cynical", "fatalistic", "nihilist", "nihilistic", "desperate", "discouraging", "disheartening", "inauspicious", "unlikely", "unpromising", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "morose", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "grim", "contrary", "hostile", "negative" ], "near antonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "likely", "promising", "propitious", "cheering", "comforting", "reassuring", "favorable", "good", "positive", "idealist", "romantic", "utopian", "visionary", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "sunny" ], "antonyms":[ "hopeful", "optimistic", "Panglossian", "Pollyanna", "Pollyannaish", "Pollyannish", "rose-colored", "rosy", "upbeat" ] }, "feeling or showing no hope":{ "examples":[ "despairing applicants need to be reminded that most students are eventually accepted somewhere" ], "synonyms":[ "desperate", "despondent", "forlorn", "hopeless" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "downcast", "downhearted", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched", "abject", "disappointed", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "grieving", "wailing", "weeping", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "funereal", "cynical", "pessimistic", "accepting", "resigned" ], "near antonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "blithe", "blithesome", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "lightsome", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraged", "heartened", "animated", "jaunty", "lively", "perky", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "blissful", "buoyant", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ], "antonyms":[ "hopeful", "optimistic" ] }, "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project" ], "synonyms":[ "desponding" ], "near synonyms":[ "giving up", "surrendering", "yielding", "darkening", "saddening", "agonizing", "bleeding", "grieving", "hurting", "mourning", "sorrowing", "suffering", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "near antonyms":[ "exulting", "rejoicing", "assuring", "encouraging", "heartening", "reassuring", "hoping" ], "antonyms":[ "brightening", "cheering (up)", "perking (up)" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "despairingly":{ "as in dejectedly , abjectly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "desperadoes":{ "a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{ "examples":[ "A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bandits", "bravos", "bravoes", "outlaws", "baddies", "beasts", "brutes", "caitiffs", "devils", "evildoers", "fiends", "heavies", "hounds", "knaves", "meanies", "miscreants", "monsters", "nazis", "no-goods", "rapscallions", "rascals", "reprobates", "rogues", "savages", "scalawags", "scallywags", "scamps", "scapegraces", "scoundrels", "varlets", "villains", "wretches", "villainesses", "crooks", "culprits", "felons", "lawbreakers", "malefactors", "offenders", "perpetrators", "perps", "transgressors", "sinners", "trespassers", "wrongdoers", "cads", "heels", "serpents", "snakes", "vipers", "cons", "convicts", "jailbirds", "assassins", "cutthroats", "gangsters", "goons", "gunmen", "hoodlums", "hooligans", "racketeers", "ruffians", "thugs", "roughs", "rowdies", "toughs", "losers", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "ne'er-do-wells", "stinkers", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels", "innocents", "saints", "heroes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desperate":{ "feeling or showing no hope":{ "examples":[ "desperate cancer patients who are vulnerable to the claims of unscrupulous quacks" ], "synonyms":[ "despairing", "despondent", "forlorn", "hopeless" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "downcast", "downhearted", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched", "abject", "disappointed", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "grieving", "wailing", "weeping", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "funereal", "cynical", "pessimistic", "accepting", "resigned" ], "near antonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "blithe", "blithesome", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "lightsome", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraged", "heartened", "animated", "jaunty", "lively", "perky", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "blissful", "buoyant", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ], "antonyms":[ "hopeful", "optimistic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "desperation":{ "utter loss of hope":{ "examples":[ "during the famine her desperation drove her to do things she wouldn't have normally considered" ], "synonyms":[ "despair", "despond", "despondence", "despondency", "forlornness", "hopelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolor", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "gloom", "gloominess", "joylessness", "melancholy", "mopes", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "self-despair", "self-pity", "dolefulness", "mournfulness", "sorrowfulness", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "cynicism", "pessimism", "acceptance", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "sunniness", "optimism", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "antonyms":[ "hope", "hopefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despising":{ "to dislike strongly":{ "examples":[ "I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!" ], "synonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing" ], "near synonyms":[ "deploring", "deprecating", "disapproving (of)", "discountenancing", "disdaining", "disfavoring", "scorning" ], "near antonyms":[ "desiring", "fancying", "favoring", "liking", "preferring", "enjoying", "relishing", "admiring", "adoring", "approving (of)", "esteeming", "hallowing", "idolizing", "revering", "venerating", "worshipping", "worshiping", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring" ], "antonyms":[ "loving" ] }, "to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{ "examples":[ "a traitor hated and despised by the whole community" ], "synonyms":[ "disregarding", "flouting", "scorning" ], "near synonyms":[ "dismissing", "forgetting", "neglecting", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "slurring (over)", "belittling", "deprecating", "disparaging", "slighting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "approving", "using" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despiteful":{ "having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{ "examples":[ "despiteful treatment of his poor relations during their visit" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bitchy", "catty", "cruel", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "vicious", "virulent" ], "near synonyms":[ "devious", "scoundrelly", "scurvy", "snakelike", "acrimonious", "bitter", "envious", "jaundiced", "jealous", "rancorous", "resentful", "vindictive", "vitriolic", "contemptuous", "deprecating", "derogatory", "disdainful", "disparaging", "mean-spirited", "obnoxious", "opprobrious", "scornful", "snide", "snotty", "unkind", "unkindly", "unloving", "baleful", "baneful", "evil", "harsh", "hostile", "inimical", "acrid", "caustic", "poisonous", "scathing", "venomous" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassionate", "good", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "sympathetic", "warm", "warmhearted", "affable", "agreeable", "amiable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gracious", "nice", "pleasant", "affectionate", "amorous", "sweet", "tender", "tenderhearted", "humane", "altruistic", "high-minded", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "noble", "philanthropic", "philanthropical" ], "antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benign", "benignant", "loving", "unmalicious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "despoilment":{ "as in robbery , looting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "depredation", "despoliation", "looting", "marauding", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "raiding", "robbery", "sacking", "piracy", "pirating", "privateering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despondence":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "examples":[ "her slumping posture betrayed a growing despondence" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despond", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "utter loss of hope":{ "examples":[ "the ability to endure defeat without despondence has allowed him to weather the ups and downs of an acting career" ], "synonyms":[ "despair", "desperation", "despond", "despondency", "forlornness", "hopelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolor", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "gloom", "gloominess", "joylessness", "melancholy", "mopes", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "self-despair", "self-pity", "dolefulness", "mournfulness", "sorrowfulness", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "cynicism", "pessimism", "acceptance", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "sunniness", "optimism", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "antonyms":[ "hope", "hopefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destroyed":{ "as in ruined , devastated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolished", "devastated", "pulverized", "ruinate", "ruined", "wrecked", "collapsed", "imploded", "damaged", "defaced", "disintegrated", "dynamited", "mangled", "mutilated", "cracked", "slivered", "splintered", "split", "eradicated", "exterminated", "extirpated", "obliterated", "wiped out", "blasted", "detonated", "exploded", "breakable", "brittle", "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "frangible", "broken", "busted", "fractured", "fragmented", "shattered", "smashed" ], "near antonyms":[ "unbroken", "fixed", "healed", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "repaired", "infrangible", "unbreakable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside", "their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilated", "creamed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "devastated", "did in", "extinguished", "nuked", "pulled down", "pulverized", "razed", "rubbed out", "ruined", "shattered", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "vaporized", "wasted", "wracked", "wrecked" ], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "clobbered", "conquered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "routed", "scotched", "skunked", "subdued", "surmounted", "thrashed", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "won (against)", "blasted", "blew up", "broke", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "deteriorated", "disfigured", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "dynamited", "harmed", 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"impairs", "injures", "mangles", "mars", "mutilates", "spoils", "vitiates", "erodes", "scours", "sweeps (away)", "washes out", "wears (away)", "dilapidates", "disassembles", "dismantles", "guts", "takes down", "unbuilds", "undoes", "unmakes", "blots out", "effaces", "eradicates", "expunges", "exterminates", "extirpates", "liquidates", "obliterates", "removes", "roots (out)", "snuffs (out)", "stamps (out)", "wipes out", "despoils", "havocs", "loots", "pillages", "plunders", "ravages", "sacks", "tramples", "trashes", "vandalizes", "assassinates", "butchers", "cuts down", "dispatches", "executes", "fells", "kills", "kills off", "massacres", "mows (down)", "murders", "slaughters", "slays", "takes out", "zaps" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "reconditions", "repairs", "revamps", "creates", "invents", "assembles", "fabricates", "fashions", "forges", "forms", "frames", "makes", "manufactures", "molds", "produces", "shapes", "brings about", "constitutes", "establishes", "fathers", "founds", "institutes", "organizes", "conserves", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "remodels", "renovates", "restores" ], "antonyms":[ "builds", "constructs", "erects", "puts up", "raises", "rears", "sets up" ] }, "to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{ "examples":[ "wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state" ], "synonyms":[ "devastates", "ravages", "ruins", "scourges" ], "near synonyms":[ "despoils", "forays", "harries", "loots", "marauds", "pillages", "plunders", "sacks", "strips", "annihilates", "desolates", "eradicates", "expunges", "extinguishes", "extirpates", "nukes", "obliterates", "rubs out", "shatters", "smashes", "totals", "vaporizes", "wastes", "wipes out", "wracks", "wrecks", "decimates", "mows", "demolishes", "razes", "crushes", "overpowers", "overruns", "overthrows", "overwhelms" ], "near antonyms":[ "reconditions", "recovers", "redeems", "rehabilitates", "restores", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "repairs", "revamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of life":{ "examples":[ "regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse" ], "synonyms":[ "carries off", "claims", "croaks", "dispatches", "does in", "fells", "kills", "slays", "takes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumps off", "butchers", "cuts down", "finishes", "gets", "ices", "knocks off", "murders", "neutralizes", "offs", "puts away", "rubs out", "scrags", "snuffs", "takes out", "wastes", "whacks", "annihilates", "blots out", "decimates", "kills off", "massacres", "mows", "slaughters", "smites", "assassinates", "executes", "martyrs", "terminates", "euthanizes", "euthanatizes", "puts down", "suicides" ], "near antonyms":[ "raises", "restores", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revives", "nurtures" ], "antonyms":[ "animates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desultorily":{ "without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{ "examples":[ "sat watching the movie, desultorily eating popcorn" ], "synonyms":[ "aimlessly", "anyhow", "anyway", "anywise", "erratically", "haphazard", "haphazardly", "helter-skelter", "hit or miss", "irregularly", "randomly", "willy-nilly" ], "near synonyms":[ "arbitrarily", "capriciously", "carelessly", "casually", "indiscriminately", "informally", "offhand", "offhandedly", "promiscuously", "whimsically", "accidentally", "fortuitously", "inadvertently", "unconsciously", "unintentionally", "unwittingly", "disconnectedly", "disjointedly", "fitfully", "intermittently", "spottily", "unpredictably", "higgledy-piggledy", "topsy-turvy" ], "near antonyms":[ "carefully", "formally", "gingerly", "meticulously", "orderly", "punctiliously", "deliberately", "intentionally", "purposefully", "purposely" ], "antonyms":[ "methodically", "systematically" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "desirous":{ "showing urgent desire or interest":{ "examples":[ "management is very desirous of finishing the project on time and within budget" ], "synonyms":[ "agog", "antsy", "anxious", "ardent", "athirst", "avid", "crazy", "eager", "enthused", "enthusiastic", "excited", "geeked", "great", "greedy", "gung ho", "hepped up", "hopped-up", "hot", "hungry", "impatient", "juiced", "keen", "nuts", "pumped", "raring", "solicitous", "stoked", "thirsty", "voracious", "wild" ], "near synonyms":[ "engaged", "interested", "happy", "hung up", "obsessed", "ambitious", "appetent", "covetous", "craving", "hankering", "longing", "pining", "breathless", "restive", "restless", "amenable", "disposed", "game", "glad", "inclined", "ready", "unreluctant", "willing" ], "near antonyms":[ "casual", "incurious", "insouciant", "nonchalant", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "aloof", "detached", "disinterested", "impassive", "stolid", "halfhearted", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languorous", "lukewarm", "spiritless", "averse", "disinclined", "hesitant", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant", "unwilling" ], "antonyms":[ "apathetic", "indifferent", "uneager", "unenthusiastic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "deserter":{ "a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{ "examples":[ "we had orders to find and capture the deserters before they could reveal our location" ], "synonyms":[ "apostate", "defector", "recreant", "renegade" ], "near synonyms":[ "betrayer", "double-crosser", "quisling", "traitor", "traitress", "traitoress", "turnabout", "turncoat", "abandoner", "come-outer", "dropout", "leaver", "defier", "insurgent", "insurrectionary", "insurrectionist", "mutineer", "rebel", "red", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "revolutionizer", "discontent", "malcontent", "recusant", "refusenik", "refusnik", "refuser" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherent", "disciple", "follower", "supporter", "fanatic", "militant", "partisan", "partizan", "zealot" ], "antonyms":[ "loyalist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desperado":{ "a violent criminal who is not afraid of getting hurt or caught":{ "examples":[ "A documentary about some notorious desperados of the Wild West." ], 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"looter", "marauder", "pillager", "plunderer", "raider", "robber", "buccaneer", "corsair", "freebooter", "pirate", "rover", "privateer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in destroyer , saboteur":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolisher", "desecrater", "desecrator", "destroyer", "ravager", "ruiner", "saboteur", "waster", "wrecker", "defacer", "vandal", "graffitist", "tagger" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserver", "preserver", "protector", "saver", "conservator", "preservationist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desegregates":{ "as in integrates , reintegrates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "integrates", "reintegrates", "assimilates", "associates", "connects", "joins", "links", "unites", "discharges", "frees", "liberates", "looses", "releases" ], "near antonyms":[ "cuts off", "insulates", "isolates", "secludes", "segregates", "separates", "sequesters", "quarantines", "confines", "immures", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "locks (up)", "restrains", "restricts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desire":{ "a strong wish for something":{ "examples":[ "a desire for adventure and excitement prompted him to travel to Africa" ], "synonyms":[ "appetency", "appetite", "craving", "drive", "hankering", "hunger", "itch", "jones", "letch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "thirst", "thirstiness", "urge", "yearning", "yen" ], "near synonyms":[ "compulsion", "impulse", "impulsion", "will", "zeal", "liking", "love", "taste", "weakness", "eagerness", "impatience", "want", "wish", "necessity", "need", "requirement", "obsession", "acquisitiveness", "avarice", "avariciousness", "avidity", "covetousness", "cupidity", "greed", "greediness", "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "caco\u00ebthes", "mania" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disgust", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "distaste", "hatred", "loathing", "nausea", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "apathy", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "antonyms":[] }, "sexual appetite":{ "examples":[ "ads for drugs that increase desire" ], "synonyms":[ "concupiscence", "eroticism", "horniness", "hots", "itch", "lech", "letch", "libidinousness", "lust", "lustfulness", "lustihood", "passion", "salaciousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "libido", "ardor", "heat", "rut", "erotomania", "hypersexuality", "lecherousness", "lechery", "nymphomania", "satyriasis", "venery" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstinence", "celibacy", "chastity", "frigidity", "frigidness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an earnest request":{ "examples":[ "at the delegate's desire , the voice vote on the controversial measure was followed by an actual roll call" ], "synonyms":[ "adjuration", "appeal", "conjuration", "cry", "entreaty", "petition", "plea", "pleading", "prayer", "solicitation", "suit", "suppliance", "supplication" ], "near synonyms":[ "application", "requisition", "call", "claim", "demand", "insistence" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday" ], "synonyms":[ "ache (for)", "covet", "crave", "desiderate", "die (for)", "hanker (for or after)", "hunger (for)", "itch (for)", "jones (for)", "long (for)", "lust (for or after)", "pant (after)", "pine (for)", "repine (for)", "salivate (for)", "sigh (for)", "thirst (for)", "want", "wish (for)", "yearn (for)", "yen (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoil (for)", "adore", "delight (in)", "dig", "enjoy", "fancy", "groove (on)", "like", "love", "relish", "revel (in)", "favor", "prefer", "admire", "appreciate", "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe", "decline", "refuse", "reject", "spurn" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a request for":{ "examples":[ "the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "ask (for)", "bespeak", "call (for)", "plead (for)", "quest", "request", "seek", "solicit", "speak (for)", "sue (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "apply (for)", "beg (for)", "claim", "clamor (for)", "importune", "urge", "wish (for)", "demand", "enjoin", "exact", "insist (on)", "petition (for)", "press (for)", "require", "requisition", "invite", "invoke" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "desexing":{ "to remove the sex organs of":{ "examples":[ "desex the baby chickens destined for market" ], "synonyms":[ "altering", "fixing", "neutering" ], "near synonyms":[ "castrating", "emasculating", "gelding", "spaying", "sterilizing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despoiled":{ "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "examples":[ "the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence" ], "synonyms":[ "looted", "marauded", "pillaged", "plundered", "ransacked", "sacked" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke in", "burglarized", "ripped off", "stole (from)", "combed", "hunted", "raked", "rifled", "rummaged", "harried", "raided", "ravished" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecrates":{ "to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{ "examples":[ "vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti" ], "synonyms":[ "defiles", "profanes", "violates" ], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrates", "desacralizes", "desanctifies", "blasphemes", "curses", "swears", "befouls", "contaminates", "fouls", "poisons", "pollutes", "soils", "sullies", "taints", "affronts", "defames", "insults", "offends", "outrages", "annihilates", "crushes", "decimates", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "ravages", "razes", "ruins", "wastes", "wrecks", "despoils", "loots", "pillages", "plunders", "raids", "ransacks", "robs", "sacks", "spoils", "strips" ], "near antonyms":[ "blesses", "consecrates", "dedicates", "hallows", "sanctifies", "honors", "respects", "cleanses", "purges", "purifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desisting (from)":{ "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "examples":[ "ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "breaking off", "breaking up", "canning", "ceasing", "cutting off", "cutting out", "discontinuing", "dropping", "ending", "giving over", "halting", "knocking off", "laying off", "leaving off", "packing (up or in)", "quitting", "shutting off", "stopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "completing", "concluding", "finishing", "closing (down)", "deactivating", "blockading", "blocking", "damming", "delaying", "detaining", "hindering", "holding", "holding back", "impeding", "kiboshing", "obstructing", "stemming", "calling", "suspending", "arresting", "braking", "checking", "clamping down", "reining (in)", "squashing", "squelching", "stamping", "stanching", "staunching", "stunting", "suppressing", "turning back", "pausing", "staying", "suspending", "abolishing", "aborting", "annulling", "demolishing", "destroying", "dissolving", "killing", "ruining", "scuttling", "snuffing" ], "near antonyms":[ "carrying on", "continuing", "following through (with)", "keeping up", "running on", "advancing", "proceeding", "progressing", "actuating", "driving", "impelling", "propelling", "stirring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destroying":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside", "their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilating", "creaming", "decimating", "demolishing", "desolating", "devastating", "doing in", "extinguishing", "nuking", "pulling down", "pulverizing", "razing", "rubbing out", "ruining", "shattering", "smashing", "tearing down", "totaling", "totalling", "vaporizing", "wasting", "wracking", "wrecking" ], "near synonyms":[ "beating", "besting", "clobbering", "conquering", "crushing", "defeating", "drubbing", "licking", "mastering", "overbearing", "overcoming", "overmatching", "prevailing (over)", "routing", "scotching", "skunking", "subduing", "surmounting", "thrashing", "trimming", "triumphing (over)", "trouncing", "walloping", "whipping", "winning (against)", "blasting", "blowing up", "breaking", "crippling", "damaging", "defacing", "deteriorating", "disfiguring", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "dynamiting", "harming", "impairing", "injuring", "mangling", "marring", "mutilating", "spoiling", "vitiating", "eroding", "scouring", "sweeping (away)", "washing out", "wearing (away)", "dilapidating", "disassembling", "dismantling", "gutting", "taking down", "unbuilding", "undoing", "unmaking", "blotting out", "effacing", "eradicating", "expunging", "exterminating", "extirpating", "liquidating", "obliterating", "removing", "rooting (out)", "snuffing (out)", "stamping (out)", "wiping out", "despoiling", "havocking", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "ravaging", "sacking", "trampling", "trashing", "vandalizing", "assassinating", "butchering", "cutting down", "dispatching", "executing", "felling", "killing", "killing off", "massacring", "mowing (down)", "murdering", "slaughtering", "slaying", "taking out", "zapping" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "mending", "patching", "reconditioning", "repairing", "revamping", "creating", "inventing", "assembling", "fabricating", "fashioning", "forging", "forming", "framing", "making", "manufacturing", "molding", "producing", "shaping", "bringing about", "constituting", "establishing", "fathering", "founding", "instituting", "organizing", "conserving", "preserving", "protecting", "saving", "rebuilding", "reconstructing", "remodeling", "renovating", "restoring" ], "antonyms":[ "building", "constructing", "erecting", "putting up", "raising", "rearing", "setting up" ] }, "to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{ "examples":[ "wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state" ], "synonyms":[ "devastating", "ravaging", "ruining", "scourging" ], "near synonyms":[ "despoiling", "foraying", "harrying", "looting", "marauding", "pillaging", "plundering", "sacking", "stripping", "annihilating", "desolating", "eradicating", "expunging", "extinguishing", "extirpating", "nuking", "obliterating", "rubbing out", "shattering", "smashing", "totaling", "totalling", "vaporizing", "wasting", "wiping out", "wracking", "wrecking", "decimating", "mowing", "demolishing", "razing", "crushing", "overpowering", "overrunning", "overthrowing", "overwhelming" ], "near antonyms":[ "reconditioning", "recovering", "redeeming", "rehabilitating", "restoring", "fixing", "mending", "patching", "repairing", "revamping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of life":{ "examples":[ "regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse" ], "synonyms":[ "carrying off", "claiming", "croaking", "dispatching", "doing in", "felling", "killing", "slaying", "taking" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumping off", "butchering", "cutting down", "finishing", "getting", "icing", "knocking off", "murdering", "neutralizing", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "scragging", "snuffing", "taking out", "wasting", "whacking", "annihilating", "blotting out", "decimating", "killing off", "massacring", "mowing", "slaughtering", "smiting", "assassinating", "executing", "martyring", "terminating", "euthanizing", "euthanatizing", "putting down", "suiciding" ], "near antonyms":[ "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving", "nurturing" ], "antonyms":[ "animating" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desacralizing":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrating", "desanctifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiling", "desecrating", "profaning", "violating" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonizing", "deifying", "venerating", "spiritualizing", "chastening", "cleansing", "purifying", "exorcising", "exorcizing", "expurgating" ], "antonyms":[ "blessing", "consecrating", "hallowing", "sacralizing", "sanctifying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deselecting":{ "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control" ], "synonyms":[ "balking (at)", "declining", "disapproving", "negativing", "nixing", "passing", "passing up", "refusing", "rejecting", "reprobating", "repudiating", "spurning", "throwing out", "throwing over", "turning down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowing off", "disdaining", "rebuffing", "scorning", "scouting", "shooting down", "overruling", "vetoing", "forbidding", "prohibiting", "proscribing", "dismissing", "ignoring", "abstaining (from)", "forbearing", "refraining (from)", "denying", "disavowing", "disclaiming", "disputing", "gainsaying", "sticking", "abjuring", "forswearing", "foreswearing", "recanting", "renouncing", "retracting", "taking back", "unsaying", "withdrawing", "avoiding", "bypassing", "detouring", "contradicting", "denying", "disowning", "negating", "controverting", "disagreeing (with)", "disproving", "disputing", "rebutting", "refuting", "backing down", "backing off", "backtracking", "disallowing", "recalling", "reneging", "revoking" ], "near antonyms":[ "condoning", "countenancing", "swallowing", "tolerating", "adopting", "embracing", "receiving", "taking", "welcoming", "acceding", "acquiescing", "agreeing", "assenting", "consenting", "choosing", "handpicking", "selecting", "espousing", "supporting" ], "antonyms":[ "accepting", "agreeing (to)", "approving" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desegregated":{ "as in integrated , reintegrated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "integrated", "reintegrated", "assimilated", "associated", "connected", "joined", "linked", "united", "discharged", "freed", "liberated", "loosed", "released" ], "near antonyms":[ "cut off", "insulated", "isolated", "secluded", "segregated", "separated", "sequestered", "quarantined", "confined", "immured", "incarcerated", "interned", "jailed", "locked (up)", "restrained", "restricted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despicable":{ "arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{ "examples":[ "even within the prison population, pedophiles are regarded as particularly despicable" ], "synonyms":[ "cheap", "contemptible", "cruddy", "deplorable", "dirty", "grubby", "lame", "lousy", "mean", "nasty", "paltry", "pitiable", "pitiful", "ratty", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sneaking", "sorry", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "condemnable", "detestable", "execrable", "hateful", "loathsome", "odious", "disgusting", "reptilian", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "revulsive", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "shameful", "base", "ignoble", "low", "shabby", "sordid", "squalid", "vile", "blamable", "censurable", "reprehensible", "reproachable", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous" ], "near antonyms":[ "high-minded", "honest", "honorable", "noble", "principled", "redoubtable", "reputable", "right-minded", "scrupulous", "upright", "ethical", "good", "moral", "right", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "antonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy" ] }, "not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{ "examples":[ "the cad's despicable behavior toward women" ], "synonyms":[ "base", "contemptible", "currish", "detestable", "dirty", "dishonorable", "execrable", "ignoble", "ignominious", "low", "low-down", "low-minded", "mean", "nasty", "paltry", "snide", "sordid", "vile", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "bad", "evil", "foul", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "wicked", "wrong", "cruel", "vicious", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "degenerate", "depraved", "dissolute", "perverted", "atrocious", "villainous", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "shameful", "unworthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "ethical", "honest", "just", "principled", "righteous", "right-minded", "scrupulous", "commendable", "excellent", "exemplary", "good", "moral", "right", "decent", "proper", "reputable", "respectable", "seemly", "blameless", "guiltless", "incorruptible", "irreproachable", "uncorrupted", "unerring" ], "antonyms":[ "high", "high-minded", "honorable", "lofty", "noble", "straight", "upright", "venerable", "virtuous" ] }, "deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)":{ "examples":[ "a despicable attempt at making a movie comedy" ], "synonyms":[ "contemptible", "miserable", "pathetic", "pitiable", "pitiful", "sad", "sorry", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplorable", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "ignominious", "infamous", "misbegotten", "notorious", "shameful", "abhorrent", "abominable", "beastly", "detestable", "hateful", "lousy", "odious", "stinking", "bad", "inferior", "lame", "poor", "disgusting", "dishonorable", "shameful", "meritless", "unworthy", "worthless", "scandalous", "shocking", "sordid", "unsavory" ], "near antonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy", "redoubtable", "notable", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "reputable", "worthy", "excellent", "flawless", "perfect", "honorable", "noble", "honest", "straight" ], "antonyms":[ "decent", "presentable", "respectable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "desolating":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "totally desolated the city with aerial bombs" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilating", "creaming", "decimating", "demolishing", "destroying", "devastating", "doing in", "extinguishing", "nuking", "pulling down", "pulverizing", "razing", "rubbing out", "ruining", "shattering", "smashing", "tearing down", "totaling", "totalling", "vaporizing", "wasting", "wracking", "wrecking" ], "near synonyms":[ "beating", "besting", "clobbering", "conquering", "crushing", "defeating", "drubbing", "licking", "mastering", "overbearing", "overcoming", "overmatching", "prevailing (over)", "routing", "scotching", "skunking", "subduing", "surmounting", "thrashing", "trimming", "triumphing (over)", "trouncing", "walloping", "whipping", "winning (against)", "blasting", "blowing up", "breaking", "crippling", "damaging", "defacing", "deteriorating", "disfiguring", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "dynamiting", "harming", "impairing", "injuring", "mangling", "marring", "mutilating", "spoiling", "vitiating", "eroding", "scouring", "sweeping (away)", "washing out", "wearing (away)", "dilapidating", "disassembling", "dismantling", "gutting", "taking down", "unbuilding", "undoing", "unmaking", "blotting out", "effacing", "eradicating", "expunging", "exterminating", "extirpating", "liquidating", "obliterating", "removing", "rooting (out)", "snuffing (out)", "stamping (out)", "wiping out", "despoiling", "havocking", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "ravaging", "sacking", "trampling", "trashing", "vandalizing", "assassinating", "butchering", "cutting down", "dispatching", "executing", "felling", "killing", "killing off", "massacring", "mowing (down)", "murdering", "slaughtering", "slaying", "taking out", "zapping" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "mending", "patching", "reconditioning", "repairing", "revamping", "creating", "inventing", "assembling", "fabricating", "fashioning", "forging", "forming", "framing", "making", "manufacturing", "molding", "producing", "shaping", "bringing about", "constituting", "establishing", "fathering", "founding", "instituting", "organizing", "conserving", "preserving", "protecting", "saving", "rebuilding", "reconstructing", "remodeling", "renovating", "restoring" ], "antonyms":[ "building", "constructing", "erecting", "putting up", "raising", "rearing", "setting up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destiny":{ "a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{ "examples":[ "I just knew that it wasn't my destiny to end up in a dead-end job" ], "synonyms":[ "circumstance", "doom", "fate", "fortune", "kismet", "lot", "portion" ], "near synonyms":[ "accident", "casualty", "chance", "hap", "happenchance", "happenstance", "hazard", "luck", "predestination", "aftereffect", "aftermath", "conclusion", "consequence", "development", "effect", "fruit", "issue", "outcome", "outgrowth", "result", "resultant", "sequel", "sequence", "upshot" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desacralizes":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrates", "desanctifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiles", "desecrates", "profanes", "violates" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonizes", "deifies", "venerates", "spiritualizes", "chastens", "cleanses", "purifies", "exorcises", "exorcizes", "expurgates" ], "antonyms":[ "blesses", "consecrates", "hallows", "sacralizes", "sanctifies" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desexes":{ "to remove the sex organs of":{ "examples":[ "desex the baby chickens destined for market" ], "synonyms":[ "alters", "fixes", "neuters" ], "near synonyms":[ "castrates", "emasculates", "gelds", "spays", "sterilizes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desisting":{ "as in ending , winding up":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ceasing", "closing", "concluding", "discontinuing", "dying", "ending", "expiring", "finishing", "lapsing", "leaving off", "passing", "quitting", "stopping", "terminating", "winding up", "abating", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "letting up", "moderating", "subsiding", "waning" ], "near antonyms":[ "leftover", "remaining", "lingering", "residual", "abiding", "biding", "continuing", "enduring", "holding on", "holding up", "keeping up", "lasting", "perduring", "persisting", "running on" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in terminating , discontinuing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "concluding", "discontinuing", "finishing", "halting", "quitting", "terminating", "ceasing", "ending", "stopping", "disappearing", "dissolving", "evaporating", "vanishing", "departing", "dying", "expiring", "passing away", "perishing" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualizing", "appearing", "arising", "beginning", "breaking", "commencing", "dawning", "engendering", "forming", "materializing", "originating", "setting in", "springing", "starting", "being", "breathing", "existing", "living", "subsisting", "arriving", "coming on", "emerging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desired":{ "as in welcome , wanted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "wanted", "welcome" ], "near antonyms":[ "undesired", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "unasked", "unbidden", "unbid", "uninvited", "unsolicited", "unsought", "objectionable", "offensive", "unacceptable", "undesirable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday" ], "synonyms":[ "ached (for)", "coveted", "craved", "desiderated", "died (for)", "hankered (for or after)", "hungered (for)", "itched (for)", "jonesed (for)", "longed (for)", "lusted (for or after)", "panted (after)", "pined (for)", "repined (for)", "salivated (for)", "sighed (for)", "thirsted (for)", "wanted", "wished (for)", "yearned (for)", "yenned (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoiled (for)", "spoilt (for)", "adored", "delighted (in)", "dug", "enjoyed", "fancied", "grooved (on)", "liked", "loved", "relished", "reveled (in)", "revelled (in)", "favored", "preferred", "admired", "appreciated", "cherished", "prized", "treasured", "valued" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorred", "abominated", "despised", "detested", "execrated", "hated", "loathed", "declined", "refused", "rejected", "spurned" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a request for":{ "examples":[ "the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "asked (for)", "bespoke", "called (for)", "pleaded (for)", "pled (for)", "plead (for)", "quested", "requested", "solicited", "sought", "spoke (for)", "sued (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "applied (for)", "begged (for)", "claimed", "clamored (for)", "importuned", "urged", "wished (for)", "demanded", "enjoined", "exacted", "insisted (on)", "petitioned (for)", "pressed (for)", "required", "requisitioned", "invited", "invoked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "despotic":{ "exercising power or authority without interference by others":{ "examples":[ "a nation ruled by a series of despotic rulers, each seemingly worse than the last" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "arbitrary", "autocratic", "autocratical", "czarist", "tsarist", "tzarist", "dictatorial", "monocratic", "tyrannical", "tyrannic", "tyrannous" ], "near synonyms":[ "authoritarian", "jackbooted", "oppressive", "totalitarian", "antidemocratic", "antirepublican", "high-handed", "magisterial", "domineering", "imperious", "masterful", "all-powerful", "almighty", "omnipotent", "autonomous", "self-governing", "self-ruling", "sovereign", "sovran", "unconditional", "unlimited" ], "near antonyms":[ "circumscribed", "restrained", "restricted", "constitutional", "lawful", "democratic", "republican" ], "antonyms":[ "limited" ] }, "fond of ordering people around":{ "examples":[ "the despotic coach demands that his players obey him without question" ], "synonyms":[ "authoritarian", "authoritative", "autocratic", "autocratical", "bossy", "dictatorial", "domineering", "imperious", "masterful", "overbearing", "peremptory", "tyrannical", "tyrannic", "tyrannous" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrogant", "assumptive", "disdainful", "fastuous", "haughty", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "huffy", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "overweening", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "proud", "self-asserting", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity", "commanding", "controlling", "dictating", "regimental", "arbitrary", "high-handed", "imperial", "directorial", "magisterial", "aggressive", "assertive", "self-assertive", "imperative", "conceited", "narcissistic", "pompous", "vain", "all-powerful", "almighty", "omnipotent", "firm", "stern" ], "near antonyms":[ "humble", "meek", "modest", "unassuming", "amenable", "docile", "obedient", "tractable", "indecisive", "irresolute", "acquiescent", "compliant", "passive", "resigned", "submissive", "yielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "desist":{ "as in terminate , discontinue":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conclude", "discontinue", "finish", "halt", "quit", "terminate", "cease", "end", "stop", "disappear", "dissolve", "evaporate", "vanish", "depart", "die", "expire", "pass away", "perish" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualize", "appear", "arise", "begin", "break", "commence", "dawn", "engender", "form", "materialize", "originate", "set in", "spring", "start", "be", "breathe", "exist", "live", "subsist", "arrive", "come on", "emerge" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desirousness":{ "urgent desire or interest":{ "examples":[ "her desirousness for advancement in the corporation is such that she works harder and longer than anyone else" ], "synonyms":[ "appetite", "ardor", "avidity", "avidness", "eagerness", "enthusiasm", "excitement", "hunger", "impatience", "keenness", "lust", "thirst" ], "near synonyms":[ "alacrity", "quickness", "ambition", "gusto", "zest", "appetence", "appetency", "fervency", "passion", "warmth", "zeal", "amenability", "readiness", "willingness" ], "near antonyms":[ "casualness", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern", "aloofness", "detachment", "impassivity", "languidness", "languor", "halfheartedness", "lukewarmness" ], "antonyms":[ "apathy", "indifference" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descanted":{ "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{ "examples":[ "an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare" ], "synonyms":[ "declaimed", "discoursed", "expatiated", "harangued", "lectured", "orated", "spoke", "talked" ], "near synonyms":[ "recited", "soliloquized", "disserted", "expounded", "pontificated", "sermonized", "mouthed", "spouted", "filibustered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce musical sounds with the voice":{ "examples":[ "the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line" ], "synonyms":[ "caroled", "carolled", "chanted", "sang", "sung", "vocalized" ], "near synonyms":[ "belted", "crooned", "harmonized", "hummed", "lilted", "quavered", "scatted", "sharped", "slurred", "trilled", "trolled", "warbled", "yodeled", "yodelled", "serenaded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despoiling":{ "as in looting , pillaging":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "depredation", "despoilment", "looting", "marauding", "pillage", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "predation", "ransacking", "sacking", "spoliation", "sabotage", "demolishing", "demolishment", "desecrating", "desecration", "destruction", "ravage", "ravaging", "ruin", "ruination", "wrecking", "defacement", "defacing", "trashing", "vandalism", "vandalization" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "salvage", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "examples":[ "the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence" ], "synonyms":[ "looting", "marauding", "pillaging", "plundering", "ransacking", "sacking" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking in", "burglarizing", "ripping off", "stealing (from)", "combing", "hunting", "raking", "rifling", "rummaging", "harrying", "raiding", "ravishing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "descries":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertains", "detects", "determines", "digs out", "digs up", "discovers", "dredges (up)", "ferrets (out)", "finds", "finds out", "gets", "hits (on or upon)", "hunts (down or up)", "learns", "locates", "noses out", "roots (out)", "routs (out)", "rummages", "runs down", "scares up", "scouts (up)", "tracks (down)", "turns up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espies", "sights", "spots", "looks for", "searches (for or out)", "seeks" ], "near antonyms":[ "loses", "mislays", "misplaces", "missets" ], "antonyms":[ "misses", "overlooks", "passes over" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "examples":[ "could just descry the ship coming over the horizon" ], "synonyms":[ "beholds", "catches", "discerns", "distinguishes", "espies", "eyes", "looks (at)", "notes", "notices", "observes", "perceives", "regards", "remarks", "sees", "sights", "spies", "spots", "views", "witnesses", "gets a load of", "lays eyes on", "sets eyes on" ], "near synonyms":[ "identifies", "makes out", "picks out", "picks up", "attends (to)", "considers", "heeds", "marks", "minds", "studies", "watches", "examines", "inspects", "scans", "scrutinizes", "surveys", "glances (at)", "glimpses", "peers (at)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overpasses", "passes over", "misses", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "designs":{ "a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{ "examples":[ "she always achieves her objective by design rather than by luck" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangements", "blueprints", "game plans", "games", "ground plans", "master plans", "plans", "programs", "projects", "road maps", "schemes", "strategies", "systems" ], "near synonyms":[ "collusions", "conspiracies", "plots", "contrivances", "devices", "gambits", "maneuvers", "ruses", "stratagems", "subterfuges", "tricks", "counterplans", "counterstrategies", "counter-strategies", "means", "tactics", "techniques", "ways", "procedures", "protocols", "conceptions", "ideas", "projets", "proposals", "specifications", "specifics", "aims", "intentions", "intents", "purposes", "diagrams", "formulas", "formulae", "layouts", "maps", "patterns", "platforms", "policies", "recipes", "setups" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends":{ "examples":[ "the thief had devised an elaborate design to get the invaluable artwork" ], "synonyms":[ "conspiracies", "intrigues", "machinations", "plots", "schemes" ], "near synonyms":[ "counterconspiracies", "counter-conspiracies", "counterplots", "frame-ups", "manipulations", "subterfuges", "trickeries", "artifices", "contrivances", "cover-ups", "dodges", "drafts", "maneuvers", "stratagems", "tricks", "cabals", "confederacies", "rings", "games", "gimmicks", "rackets", "ground plans", "programs", "strategies", "systems", "collusions", "complicities", "connivances", "conspirations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{ "examples":[ "my design in writing to you is to ask for your support" ], "synonyms":[ "aims", "ambitions", "aspirations", "bournes", "bourns", "dreams", "ends", "goals", "ideals", "ideas", "intentions", "intents", "marks", "meanings", "objectives", "objects", "plans", "points", "pretensions", "purposes", "targets", "things" ], "near synonyms":[ "grails", "holy grails", "plots", "projects", "schemes", "desires", "hopes", "minds", "wishes", "nirvanas", "destinations", "termini", "terminuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "methods", "ways" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{ "examples":[ "the curtains have a lovely floral design" ], "synonyms":[ "figures", "motifs", "motives", "patterns" ], "near synonyms":[ "schemes", "devices", "adornments", "caparisons", "decorations", "embellishments", "frills", "garnishes", "ornaments", "trims" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{ "examples":[ "the design of the building's lobby encourages the free flow of traffic" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangements", "compositions", "configurations", "constellations", "formats", "forms", "getups", "layouts", "makeups", "ordonnances", "patterns" ], "near synonyms":[ "motifs", "themes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company" ], "synonyms":[ "aims", "allows", "aspires", "calculates", "contemplates", "goes", "intends", "looks", "means", "meditates", "plans", "proposes", "purports", "purposes" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreams", "hopes", "wishes", "considers", "debates", "mulls (over)", "ponders", "attempts", "endeavors", "strives", "struggles", "tries", "plots", "schemes", "accomplishes", "achieves", "effects", "executes", "performs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "examples":[ "the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency" ], "synonyms":[ "arranges", "blueprints", "budgets", "calculates", "charts", "choreographs", "frames", "lays out", "maps (out)", "organizes", "plans", "prepares", "projects", "schemes (out)", "shapes", "strategizes (about)" ], "near synonyms":[ "conspires", "contrives", "devises", "intrigues", "machinates", "plots", "puts up", "concerts", "gets up", "drafts", "outlines", "sketches", "aims", "figures", "has on", "intends", "means", "contemplates", "meditates", "premeditates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "described":{ "to give a representation or account of in words":{ "examples":[ "he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could" ], "synonyms":[ "delineated", "depicted", "drew", "imaged", "limned", "painted", "pictured", "portrayed", "rendered", "set out", "sketched" ], "near synonyms":[ "characterized", "defined", "labeled", "labelled", "qualified", "represented", "demonstrated", "illustrated", "narrated", "recited", "recounted", "rehearsed", "related", "reported", "told", "displayed", "exhibited", "showed", "hinted", "suggested", "drafted", "outlined", "silhouetted", "traced", "vignetted", "summarized", "summed up", "touched off", "redescribed", "reimaged" ], "near antonyms":[ "colored", "distorted", "falsified", "garbled", "misdescribed", "misrepresented", "misstated", "perverted", "twisted", "warped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{ "examples":[ "a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length" ], "synonyms":[ "charted", "chronicled", "narrated", "recited", "recounted", "rehearsed", "related", "reported", "told" ], "near synonyms":[ "delivered", "gave", "reeled off", "stated", "uttered", "voiced", "detailed", "enumerated", "itemized", "particularized", "bared", "disclosed", "divulged", "exposed", "let on (about)", "revealed", "delineated", "depicted", "expressed", "rendered", "sketched" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{ "examples":[ "how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?" ], "synonyms":[ "charactered", "characterized", "defined", "depicted", "portrayed", "represented" ], "near synonyms":[ "categorized", "classified", "pigeonholed", "typed", "colored", "identified", "indicated", "named", "specified", "distinguished", "individualized", "marked", "particularized", "stamped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descended":{ "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the pathway descends to the river bank" ], "synonyms":[ "declined", "dipped", "dropped", "fell", "plunged", "sank", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "angled", "canted", "cocked", "heeled", "inclined", "leaned", "listed", "reclined", "slanted", "sloped", "tilted", "tipped" ], "near antonyms":[ "evened", "flattened", "leveled", "levelled", "planed", "smoothed", "straightened" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "climbed", "mounted", "rose", "uprose", "upswept", "upturned" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophied", "crumbled", "decayed", "declined", "degenerated", "deteriorated", "devolved", "ebbed", "regressed", "retrograded", "rotted", "sank", "sunk", "worsened" ], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "de-escalated", "diminished", "downsized", "dwindled", "receded", "waned", "broke down", "corrupted", "decomposed", "degraded", "dilapidated", "disintegrated", "moldered", "putrefied", "soured", "spoiled", "spoilt", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced", "debilitated", "undermined", "drooped", "failed", "fell", "flagged", "lagged", "languished", "ran down", "sagged", "slipped", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "wilted" ], "near antonyms":[ "bettered", "upgraded", "enhanced", "enriched", "fortified", "heightened", "intensified", "strengthened", "advanced", "developed", "marched", "proceeded", "progressed" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorated", "improved", "meliorated" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind", "wait for the elevator to descend" ], "synonyms":[ "crashed", "cratered", "declined", "dipped", "dived", "dove", "dropped", "fell", "lowered", "nose-dived", "plummeted", "plunged", "sank", "sunk", "skidded", "tumbled" ], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (down)", "diminished", "drooped", "dwindled", "ebbed", "lessened", "let up", "moderated", "subsided", "tapered off", "waned", "receded", "retreated" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mushroomed", "picked up", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "lifted", "mounted", "rose", "soared", "spiked", "upped" ] }, "to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{ "examples":[ "the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit" ], "synonyms":[ "alighted", "alit", "disembarked", "dismounted", "got down", "lit", "lighted" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplaned", "detrained" ], "near antonyms":[ "boarded", "climbed (aboard)", "got in", "mounted", "enplaned", "emplaned", "entrained" ], "antonyms":[ "embarked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descends (on or upon)":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "assails", "assaults", "attacks", "besets", "bushwhacks", "charges", "goes in (on)", "jumps (on)", "pounces (on or upon)", "raids", "rushes", "sets on", "sics", "sicks", "storms", "strikes", "trashes", "turns (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushes", "gangs up (on)", "mobs", "swarms", "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", "envelops", "flanks" ], "near antonyms":[ "covers", "defends", "guards", "protects", "secures", "shields" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "designation":{ "a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{ "examples":[ "we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation" ], "synonyms":[ "appellation", "appellative", "cognomen", "compellation", "denomination", "denotation", "handle", "moniker", "monicker", "name", "nomenclature", "title" ], "near synonyms":[ "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", "alias", "cryptonym", "nom de guerre", "nom de plume", "pen name", "pseudonym", "binomial", "monomial", "trivial name", "vernacular", "misnomer", "brand name", "label", "trademark", "trade name" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty":{ "examples":[ "the surprising designation of an unknown as the running mate raised a few eyebrows" ], "synonyms":[ "appointment", "assignment", "commission" ], "near synonyms":[ "billet", "gig", "job", "office", "place", "position", "situation", "spot", "station", "authorization", "delegation", "deputation", "emplacement", "placement", "ranking", "anointing", "anointment", "induction", "installation", "installment", "instalment", "instating", "investiture", "investment", "ordination", "choice", "choosing", "destination", "election", "nomination", "picking", "selection", "singling (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackball", "rejection", "deposition", "dethronement", "ejection", "eviction", "ouster", "overthrow", "removal" ], "antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismissal", "dismission", "expulsion", "firing" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destroyer":{ "as in saboteur , wrecker":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolisher", "desecrater", "desecrator", "despoiler", "ravager", "ruiner", "saboteur", "waster", "wrecker", "defacer", "vandal", "graffitist", "tagger" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserver", "preserver", "protector", "saver", "conservator", "preservationist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in warship , tanker":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carrier", "argosy", "barge", "coaster", "collier", "containership", "corvette", "cruiser", "cutter", "ferryboat", "flagship", "freighter", "icebreaker", "ironclad", "lightship", "liner", "man-of-war", "man-o'-war", "merchantman", "merchant ship", "motor ship", "packet", "steamer", "steamship", "superliner", "supertanker", "tanker", "trader", "tramp", "transport", "warship", "watercraft", "boat", "keel", "ship", "vessel", "bark", "barque", "brig", "brigantine", "caravel", "clipper", "junk", "ketch", "sailboat", "schooner", "square-rigger", "tall ship", "windjammer", "xebec", "yacht" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in devourer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "devourer", "leech", "sponge", "sponger", "exploiter", "user", "bloodsucker", "buzzard", "harpy", "kite", "predator", "shark", "vampire", "vulture", "wolf" ], "near antonyms":[ "prey" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desolates":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "totally desolated the city with aerial bombs" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilates", "creams", "decimates", "demolishes", "destroys", "devastates", "does in", "extinguishes", "nukes", "pulls down", "pulverizes", "razes", "rubs out", "ruins", "shatters", "smashes", "tears down", "totals", "vaporizes", "wastes", "wracks", "wrecks" ], "near synonyms":[ "beats", "bests", "clobbers", "conquers", "crushes", "defeats", "drubs", "licks", "masters", "overbears", "overcomes", "overmatches", "prevails (over)", "routs", "scotches", "skunks", "subdues", "surmounts", "thrashes", "trims", "triumphs (over)", "trounces", "wallops", "whips", "wins (against)", "blasts", "blows up", "breaks", "cripples", "damages", "defaces", "deteriorates", "disfigures", "disintegrates", "dissolves", "dynamites", "harms", "impairs", "injures", "mangles", "mars", "mutilates", "spoils", "vitiates", "erodes", "scours", "sweeps (away)", "washes out", "wears (away)", "dilapidates", "disassembles", "dismantles", "guts", "takes down", "unbuilds", "undoes", "unmakes", "blots out", "effaces", "eradicates", "expunges", "exterminates", "extirpates", "liquidates", "obliterates", "removes", "roots (out)", "snuffs (out)", "stamps (out)", "wipes out", "despoils", "havocs", "loots", "pillages", "plunders", "ravages", "sacks", "tramples", "trashes", "vandalizes", "assassinates", "butchers", "cuts down", "dispatches", "executes", "fells", "kills", "kills off", "massacres", "mows (down)", "murders", "slaughters", "slays", "takes out", "zaps" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "reconditions", "repairs", "revamps", "creates", "invents", "assembles", "fabricates", "fashions", "forges", "forms", "frames", "makes", "manufactures", "molds", "produces", "shapes", "brings about", "constitutes", "establishes", "fathers", "founds", "institutes", "organizes", "conserves", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "remodels", "renovates", "restores" ], "antonyms":[ "builds", "constructs", "erects", "puts up", "raises", "rears", "sets up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desexed":{ "as in neutered , altered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "altered", "neutered", "sterilized", "barren", "fruitless", "impotent", "infertile", "sterile", "unfruitful", "castrated", "emasculated", "gelded", "spayed", "unproductive" ], "near antonyms":[ "fat", "fertile", "fruitful", "fecund", "luxuriant", "productive", "prolific", "enriched", "fertilized", "rich", "impregnated", "pregnant", "potent", "bearing", "producing", "yielding", "blooming", "bursting", "flourishing", "swarming", "teeming" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove the sex organs of":{ "examples":[ "desex the baby chickens destined for market" ], "synonyms":[ "altered", "fixed", "neutered" ], "near synonyms":[ "castrated", "emasculated", "gelded", "spayed", "sterilized" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "deserve":{ "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "the team really deserved that victory after the way they played" ], "synonyms":[ "earn", "merit", "rate" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitle", "qualify" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "deserts":{ "suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{ "examples":[ "the robbers got their just deserts" ], "synonyms":[ "castigation", "chastisement", "comeuppance", "correction", "discipline", "nemesis", "penalty", "punishment", "wrath" ], "near synonyms":[ "reprisal", "retaliation", "retribution", "revenge", "vengeance", "assessment", "charge", "fine", "mulct", "example", "sentence", "confinement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "condemnation", "damnation", "denouncement", "censure", "criticism", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproof" ], "near antonyms":[ "amnesty", "indemnity", "pardon", "parole", "acquittal", "exculpation", "exoneration", "vindication", "exemption", "immunity", "impunity", "release", "commutation", "reprieve", "absolution", "forgiveness", "remission", "remitment", "condonation", "disregard", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival" ], "synonyms":[ "defects (from)", "rats (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandons", "abdicates", "abjures", "apostatizes", "cuts off", "disowns", "forsakes", "quits", "rejects", "renounces", "repudiates", "spurns", "reneges", "departs", "goes", "leaves", "withdraws" ], "near antonyms":[ "adheres (to)", "clings (to)", "sticks (to or with)", "cherishes", "cultivates", "fosters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to remain behind":{ "examples":[ "deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping" ], "synonyms":[ "abandons", "forsakes", "leaves", "maroons", "quits", "strands" ], "near synonyms":[ "discards", "ditches", "dumps", "flings", "jettisons", "junks", "scraps", "sheds", "shucks (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "delivers", "gives up", "hands over", "relinquishes", "surrenders", "yields", "escapes", "retreats (from)", "takes off (from)", "vacates", "withdraws (from)", "abjures", "cuts off", "disowns", "rejects", "renounces", "repudiates", "separates (from)", "sacrifices", "distances", "disregards", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects" ], "near antonyms":[ "harbors", "has", "holds", "keeps", "owns", "possesses", "reserves", "retains", "withholds", "redeems", "rescues", "saves" ], "antonyms":[ "reclaims" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "destructive":{ "causing or tending to cause destruction":{ "examples":[ "the destructive storm blew down trees all over town, and blew the roof off our neighbor's house" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilatory", "calamitous", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "devastating", "devastative", "disastrous", "ruinous" ], "near synonyms":[ "antibiotic", "biocidal", "baleful", "deadly", "deathly", "fatal", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "murderous", "pestilent", "poisonous", "virulent", "vital", "deleterious", "detrimental", "harmful", "pernicious" ], "near antonyms":[ "preservative", "protective", "constructive", "creative", "formative", "productive", "harmless", "innocent", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "ameliorative", "helpful", "useful", "healthful", "healthy", "nonfatal", "nonlethal", "salubrious", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[ "nondestructive" ] }, "bringing about ruin or misfortune":{ "examples":[ "technology used for destructive ends" ], "synonyms":[ "calamitous", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "catastrophic", "damning", "disastrous", "fatal", "fateful", "ruinous", "unfortunate" ], "near synonyms":[ "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "hapless", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "luckless", "adverse", "baleful", "baneful", "damaging", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "prejudicial" ], "near antonyms":[ "fluky", "flukey", "fortuitous", "fortunate", "happy", "lucky", "providential", "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "optimistic", "promising", "propitious", "rose-colored", "rosy", "upbeat" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "descendent":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "the descendant branches of a weeping willow" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declined", "declining", "descending", "drooping", "droopy", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "as in child":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "child", "scion", "succeeder", "successor", "issue", "offspring", "progeny", "seed", "claimant", "heir apparent", "representative", "coheir", "coheiress", "heiress", "assignee", "beneficiary", "devisee", "grantee", "heir", "heir at law", "inheritor", "legatee" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "desacralized":{ "as in unconsecrated , deconsecrated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "unconsecrated", "unhallowed", "nonreligious", "unspiritual", "earthly", "mundane", "profane", "secular", "temporal", "worldly" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrate", "consecrated", "hallowed", "holy", "sacral", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "sanctified", "adored", "enshrined", "glorified", "revered", "venerated", "worshipped", "worshiped", "ceremonial", "liturgical", "priestly", "religious", "ritual", "sacramental", "spiritual" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desanctified" ], 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in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company" ], "synonyms":[ "aimed", "allowed", "aspired", "calculated", "contemplated", "intended", "looked", "meant", "meditated", "planned", "proposed", "purported", "purposed", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreamed", "dreamt", "hoped", "wished", "considered", "debated", "mulled (over)", "pondered", "attempted", "endeavored", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "tried", "plotted", "schemed", "accomplished", "achieved", "effected", "executed", "performed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "examples":[ "the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency" ], "synonyms":[ "arranged", "blueprinted", "budgeted", "calculated", "charted", "choreographed", "framed", "laid out", "mapped (out)", "organized", "planned", "prepared", "projected", "schemed (out)", "shaped", "strategized (about)" ], "near synonyms":[ "conspired", "contrived", "devised", "intrigued", "machinated", "plotted", "put up", "concerted", "got up", "drafted", "outlined", "sketched", "aimed", "figured", "had on", "intended", "meant", "contemplated", "meditated", "premeditated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desensitized":{ "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "examples":[ "having lived through the horrors of war, the soldiers had seemingly become desensitized to virtually all human suffering" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ], "near synonyms":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "designing":{ "clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{ "examples":[ "a fraudulent scheme contrived by a group of greedy and designing people" ], "synonyms":[ "artful", "beguiling", "cagey", "cagy", "crafty", "cunning", "cute", "devious", "dodgy", "foxy", "guileful", "scheming", "shrewd", "slick", "sly", "subtle", "tricky", "wily" ], "near synonyms":[ "astute", "facile", "glib", "sharp", "crooked", "deceitful", "deceptive", "dishonest", "fraudulent", "insinuating", "knavish", "Machiavellian", "oblique", "serpentine", "shady", "shifty", "slippery", "sneaky", "treacherous", "underhand", "underhanded", "unscrupulous", "backhanded", "double-dealing", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "mealy", "mealymouthed", "smooth-tongued", "two-faced", "circuitous", "circular", "roundabout", "clandestine", "concealed", "covert", "furtive", "hugger-mugger", "secret", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "calculating", "plotting" ], "near antonyms":[ "obvious", "open", "patent", "plain", "public", "unconcealed", "aboveboard", "candid", "direct", "forthright", "frank", "honest", "natural", "outspoken", "plainspoken", "real", "simple", "sincere", "straightforward", "unaffected", "unpretending", "unpretentious", "unvarnished", "childlike", "impressionable", "simpleminded", "unsophisticated", "unworldly", "unforced", "unstudied", "trustful", "trusting" ], "antonyms":[ "artless", "guileless", "ingenuous", "innocent", "undesigning" ] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company" ], "synonyms":[ "aiming", "allowing", "aspiring", "calculating", "contemplating", "going", "intending", "looking", "meaning", "meditating", "planning", "proposing", "purporting", "purposing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreaming", "hoping", "wishing", "considering", "debating", "mulling (over)", "pondering", "attempting", "endeavoring", "striving", "struggling", "trying", "plotting", "scheming", "accomplishing", "achieving", "effecting", "executing", "performing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "examples":[ "the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency" ], "synonyms":[ "arranging", "blueprinting", "budgeting", "calculating", "charting", "choreographing", "framing", "laying out", "mapping (out)", "organizing", "planning", "preparing", "projecting", "scheming (out)", "shaping", "strategizing (about)" ], "near synonyms":[ "conspiring", "contriving", "devising", "intriguing", "machinating", "plotting", "putting up", "concerting", "getting up", "drafting", "outlining", "sketching", "aiming", "figuring", "having on", "intending", "meaning", "contemplating", "meditating", "premeditating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "designedly":{ "with full awareness of what one is doing":{ "examples":[ "the puzzle was designedly difficult to decipher" ], "synonyms":[ "advisedly", "consciously", "deliberately", "intentionally", "knowingly", "purposefully", "purposely", "purposively", "willfully", "wittingly" ], "near synonyms":[ "calculatedly", "studiedly", "voluntarily", "willingly", "premeditatedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "accidentally", "incidentally", "haphazardly", "randomly", "involuntarily", "unwillingly", "impulsively", "instinctively", "spontaneously" ], "antonyms":[ "inadvertently", "unconsciously", "unintentionally", "unknowingly", "unwittingly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "desertions":{ "the act of abandoning":{ "examples":[ "the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts" ], "synonyms":[ "abandonments", "derelictions" ], "near synonyms":[ "defections", "tergiversations", "discards", "dumpings" ], "near antonyms":[ "retentions", "recoupments", "repossessions", "retrievals" ], "antonyms":[ "reclamations" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desolation":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "examples":[ "his desolation after his twin brother died was incurable" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despond", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{ "examples":[ "looked out over the vast untamed desolation to the north" ], "synonyms":[ "barren", "desert", "heath", "no-man's-land", "waste", "wasteland" ], "near synonyms":[ "badland", "brush", "bush", "dust bowl", "open", "open air", "outdoors", "out-of-doors", "nature", "wild", "wilderness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{ "examples":[ "the desolation of the abandoned garden" ], "synonyms":[ "dilapidation", "disrepair", "neglect", "seediness" ], "near synonyms":[ "inattention", "negligence", "abandonment", "desertion", "decay", "decrepitude", "dereliction", "deterioration", "disintegration", "dumpiness", "ruin", "ruination" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "upkeep" ], "antonyms":[ "keeping", "repair" ] }, "the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{ "examples":[ "the nuclear attack resulted in a scene of utter desolation" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilation", "decimation", "demolishment", "demolition", "destruction", "devastation", "extermination", "extinction", "havoc", "loss", "mincemeat", "obliteration", "ruin", "ruination", "wastage", "wreckage" ], "near synonyms":[ "depredation", "despoilment", "despoliation", "breakup", "collapse", "disintegration", "dissolution", "assassination", "execution", "killing", "massacre", "slaughter", "dismantlement", "effacement", "eradication" ], "near antonyms":[ "rescue", "salvage", "salvation", "saving", "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "reclamation", "reconstruction", "re-creation", "refurbishment", "regeneracy", "remodeling", "renovation", "restoration" ], "antonyms":[ "building", "construction", "erection", "raising" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desiccate":{ "to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{ "examples":[ "that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history" ], "synonyms":[ "castrate", "damp", "dampen", "deaden", "dehydrate", "devitalize", "enervate", "geld", "lobotomize", "petrify" ], "near synonyms":[ "burn out", "debilitate", "do in", "drain", "enfeeble", "exhaust", "fatigue", "sap", "tucker (out)", "undermine", "weaken", "wear", "wear out", "daunt", "demoralize", "discourage", "dishearten", "dispirit" ], "near antonyms":[ "arouse", "rouse", "stir", "charge", "electrify", "galvanize", "excite", "ferment", "fire", "foment", "incite", "inflame", "enflame", "instigate", "kindle", "provoke", "spark", "trigger", "whip (up)", "abet", "boost", "buoy", "cheer", "embolden", "fortify", "hearten", "inspire", "lift", "reactivate", "reanimate", "reawake", "reawaken", "recharge", "reenergize", "refresh", "regenerate", "rejuvenate", "rekindle", "renew", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revitalize", "revive" ], "antonyms":[ "brace", "energize", "enliven", "invigorate", "quicken", "stimulate", "vitalize", "vivify" ] }, "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrate", "dry", "parch", "scorch", "sear" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidify", "drain", "evaporate", "mummify", "shrivel", "wither", "wizen", "air-dry", "bake" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathe", "deluge", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "drown", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "saturate", "soak", "sop", "souse", "waterlog", "damp", "dampen", "humidify", "moisten", "rehydrate", "dip", "dunk", "submerge", "swamp" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrate", "wash", "water", "wet" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "describing":{ "to give a representation or account of in words":{ "examples":[ "he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could" ], "synonyms":[ "delineating", "depicting", "drawing", "imaging", "limning", "painting", "picturing", "portraying", "rendering", "setting out", "sketching" ], "near synonyms":[ "characterizing", "defining", "labeling", "labelling", "qualifying", "representing", "demonstrating", "illustrating", "narrating", "reciting", "recounting", "rehearsing", "relating", "reporting", "telling", "displaying", "exhibiting", "showing", "hinting", "suggesting", "drafting", "outlining", "silhouetting", "tracing", "vignetting", "summarizing", "summing up", "touching off", "redescribing", "reimaging" ], "near antonyms":[ "coloring", "distorting", "falsifying", "garbling", "misdescribing", "misrepresenting", "misstating", "perverting", "twisting", "warping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{ "examples":[ "a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length" ], "synonyms":[ "charting", "chronicling", "narrating", "reciting", "recounting", "rehearsing", "relating", "reporting", "telling" ], "near synonyms":[ "delivering", "giving", "reeling off", "stating", "uttering", "voicing", "detailing", "enumerating", "itemizing", "particularizing", "baring", "disclosing", "divulging", "exposing", "letting on (about)", "revealing", "delineating", "depicting", "expressing", "rendering", "sketching" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{ "examples":[ "how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?" ], "synonyms":[ "charactering", "characterizing", "defining", "depicting", "portraying", "representing" ], "near synonyms":[ "categorizing", "classifying", "pigeonholing", "typing", "coloring", "identifying", "indicating", "naming", "specifying", "distinguishing", "individualizing", "marking", "particularizing", "stamping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despaired":{ "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project" ], "synonyms":[ "desponded" ], "near synonyms":[ "gave up", "surrendered", "yielded", "darkened", "saddened", "agonized", "bled", "grieved", "hurt", "mourned", "sorrowed", "suffered", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited" ], "near antonyms":[ "exulted", "rejoiced", "assured", "encouraged", "heartened", "reassured", "hoped" ], "antonyms":[ "brightened", "cheered (up)", "perked (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despond":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "examples":[ "he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "utter loss of hope":{ "examples":[ "loss of his job threw him into a deep despond" ], "synonyms":[ "despair", "desperation", "despondence", "despondency", "forlornness", "hopelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolor", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "gloom", "gloominess", "joylessness", "melancholy", "mopes", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "self-despair", "self-pity", "dolefulness", "mournfulness", "sorrowfulness", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "cynicism", "pessimism", "acceptance", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "sunniness", "optimism", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "antonyms":[ "hope", "hopefulness" ] }, "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we must not despond even though we live in trying times" ], "synonyms":[ "despair" ], "near synonyms":[ "give up", "surrender", "yield", "darken", "sadden", "agonize", "bleed", "grieve", "hurt", "mourn", "sorrow", "suffer", "discourage", "dishearten", "dispirit" ], "near antonyms":[ "exult", "rejoice", "assure", "encourage", "hearten", "reassure", "hope" ], "antonyms":[ "brighten", "cheer (up)", "perk (up)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "deselects":{ "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control" ], "synonyms":[ "balks (at)", "declines", "disapproves", "negatives", "nixes", "passes", "passes up", "refuses", "rejects", "reprobates", "repudiates", "spurns", "throws out", "throws over", "turns down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blows off", "disdains", "rebuffs", "scorns", "scouts", "shoots down", "overrules", "vetoes", "forbids", "prohibits", "proscribes", "dismisses", "ignores", "abstains (from)", "forbears", "refrains (from)", "denies", "disavows", "disclaims", "disputes", "gainsays", "sticks", "abjures", "forswears", "foreswears", "recants", "renounces", "retracts", "takes back", "unsays", "withdraws", "avoids", "bypasses", "detours", "contradicts", "denies", "disowns", "negates", "controverts", "disagrees (with)", "disproves", "disputes", "rebuts", "refutes", "backs down", "backs off", "backtracks", "disallows", "recalls", "reneges", "revokes" ], "near antonyms":[ "condones", "countenances", "swallows", "tolerates", "adopts", "embraces", "receives", "takes", "welcomes", "accedes", "acquiesces", "agrees", "assents", "consents", "chooses", "handpicks", "selects", "espouses", "supports" ], "antonyms":[ "accepts", "agrees (to)", "approves" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desanctifying":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "desanctified the church building and converted it into condos" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrating", "desacralizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiling", "desecrating", "profaning", "violating" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonizing", "deifying", "venerating", "spiritualizing", "chastening", "cleansing", "purifying", "exorcising", "exorcizing", "expurgating" ], "antonyms":[ "blessing", "consecrating", "hallowing", "sacralizing", "sanctifying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despoliations":{ "as in depredations , despoilments":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "depredations", "despoilments", "annihilations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "devastations", "exterminations", "extinctions", "havoc", "losses", "mincemeats", "obliterations", "ruinations", "ruins", "wastages", "wreckages", "breakups", "collapses", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "assassinations", "executions", "killings", "massacres", "slaughters", "dismantlements", "effacements", "eradications" ], "near antonyms":[ "buildings", "constructions", "erections", "rescues", "salvages", "salvations", "savings", "conservations", "preservations", "protections", "reclamations", "reconstructions", "re-creations", "refurbishments", "regeneracies", "renovations", "restorations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desires":{ "an earnest request":{ "examples":[ "at the delegate's desire , the voice vote on the controversial measure was followed by an actual roll call" ], "synonyms":[ "adjurations", "appeals", "conjurations", "cries", "entreaties", "petitions", "pleadings", "pleas", "prayers", "solicitations", "suits", "suppliances", "supplications" ], "near synonyms":[ "applications", "requisitions", "calls", "claims", "demands", "insistences" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "he greatly desired a new mountain bike for his next birthday" ], "synonyms":[ "aches (for)", "covets", "craves", "desiderates", "dies (for)", "hankers (for or after)", "hungers (for)", "itches (for)", "joneses (for)", "longs (for)", "lusts (for or after)", "pants (after)", "pines (for)", "repines (for)", "salivates (for)", "sighs (for)", "thirsts (for)", "wants", "wishes (for)", "yearns (for)", "yens (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoils (for)", "adores", "delights (in)", "digs", "enjoys", "fancies", "grooves (on)", "likes", "loves", "relishes", "revels (in)", "favors", "prefers", "admires", "appreciates", "cherishes", "prizes", "treasures", "values" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "despises", "detests", "execrates", "hates", "loathes", "declines", "refuses", "rejects", "spurns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a request for":{ "examples":[ "the host desires a response to the dinner invitation by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "asks (for)", "bespeaks", "calls (for)", "pleads (for)", "quests", "requests", "seeks", "solicits", "speaks (for)", "sues (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "applies (for)", "begs (for)", "claims", "clamors (for)", "importunes", "urges", "wishes (for)", "demands", "enjoins", "exacts", "insists (on)", "petitions (for)", "presses (for)", "requires", "requisitions", "invites", "invokes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "descants":{ "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{ "examples":[ "an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare" ], "synonyms":[ "declaims", "discourses", "expatiates", "harangues", "lectures", "orates", "speaks", "talks" ], "near synonyms":[ "recites", "soliloquizes", "disserts", "expounds", "pontificates", "sermonizes", "mouths", "spouts", "filibusters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce musical sounds with the voice":{ "examples":[ "the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line" ], "synonyms":[ "carols", "chants", "sings", "vocalizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "belts", "croons", "harmonizes", "hums", "lilts", "quavers", "scats", "sharps", "slurs", "trills", "trolls", "warbles", "yodels", "serenades" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in choruses , croons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arias", "arie", "art songs", "barcaroles", "barcarolles", "blues", "chansons", "chanteys", "chanties", "shanties", "chants", "choruses", "croons", "folk songs", "glees", "lullabies", "madrigals", "motets", "part-songs", "pops", "rockers", "roundelays", "rounds", "serenades", "standards", "ballads", "ditties", "jingles", "lays", "lyrics", "solos", "songs", "vocals", "anthems", "cantatas", "canticles", "carols", "chorales", "hymns", "noels", "psalms", "spirituals", "dirges", "laments", "requiems", "threnodies", "hallelujahs", "paeans", "drinking songs", "fight songs", "torch songs", "covers", "medleys", "remixes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in notes , remarks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "notes", "observations", "remarks", "annotations", "explications", "reports", "reviews", "write-ups", "analyses", "commentaries", "comments", "expositions", "play-by-plays" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "descendant":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "the descendant branches of a weeping willow" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declined", "declining", "descending", "drooping", "droopy", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "as in child":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "child", "scion", "succeeder", "successor", "issue", "offspring", "progeny", "seed", "claimant", "heir apparent", "representative", "coheir", "coheiress", "heiress", "assignee", "beneficiary", "devisee", "grantee", "heir", "heir at law", "inheritor", "legatee" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "destine":{ "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball" ], "synonyms":[ "doom", "fate", "foredoom", "foreordain", "ordain", "predestine", "predetermine", "preordain" ], "near synonyms":[ "predestinate", "augur", "forecast", "foretell", "predict", "presage", "prognosticate", "prophesy", "preconceive", "prejudge", "condemn", "sentence", "bode", "forebode", "forbode", "portend", "anticipate", "divine", "foreknow", "foresee" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despite":{ "without being prevented by":{ "examples":[ "we went to the party despite the bad weather outside" ], "synonyms":[ "notwithstanding", "regardless of", "with" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{ "examples":[ "pointedly ignored his false friend out of despite" ], "synonyms":[ "contempt", "contemptuousness", "despisement", "despitefulness", "disdain", "misprision", "scorn" ], "near synonyms":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "detestation", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "lovelessness", "cattiness", "hatefulness", "invidiousness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "spite", "spitefulness", "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "odium", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "gall", "grudge", "hostility", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "bile", "jaundice", "rancor", "spleen", "venom", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "aspersion", "belittlement", "deprecation", "depreciation", "detraction", "diminishment", "disparagement", "derision", "mockery", "ridicule", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "censure", "condemnation", "denunciation" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "tolerance", "adoration", "adulation", "deference", "deification", "glorification", "idolatry", "idolization", "lionization", "reverence", "veneration", "worship", "affection", "fancy", "fondness", "liking", "love" ], "antonyms":[ "admiration", "esteem", "estimation", "favor", "regard", "respect" ] }, "the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{ "examples":[ "sheer despite was the sole reason for her hurtful comments" ], "synonyms":[ "cattiness", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignance", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "venom", "viciousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "abusiveness", "cruelty", "abhorrence", "abomination", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "grudge", "hostility", "ill will", "jaundice", "mean-spiritedness", "rancor", "resentment", "despicableness", "invidiousness", "vengefulness", "vindictiveness", "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "bitchery", "bitchiness", "contempt", "disdain", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "scorn", "bile", "rancor", "virulence", "vitriol" ], "near antonyms":[ "devotion", "love", "passion", "amiability", "amicability", "amity", "civility", "cordiality", "friendliness", "hospitality", "adoration", "ardor", "infatuation", "veneration", "worship", "affection", "charity", "kindliness", "kindness", "comity", "empathy", "friendship", "goodwill", "sympathy", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{ "examples":[ "baffled as to why working-class voters would vote in despite of their own economic interests" ], "synonyms":[ "detriment", "disadvantage", "disfavor", "penalty" ], "near synonyms":[ "deficit", "deprivation", "expense", "loss", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "injury", "prejudice" ], "near antonyms":[ "gain" ], "antonyms":[ "advantage", "favor" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "preposition" ] }, "descrying":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "we couldn't descry the reasons for his sudden departure" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertaining", "detecting", "determining", "digging out", "digging up", "discovering", "dredging (up)", "ferreting (out)", "finding", "finding out", "getting", "hitting (on or upon)", "hunting (down or up)", "learning", "locating", "nosing out", "rooting (out)", "routing (out)", "rummaging", "running down", "scaring up", "scouting (up)", "tracking (down)", "turning up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espying", "sighting", "spotting", "looking for", "searching (for or out)", "seeking" ], "near antonyms":[ "losing", "mislaying", "misplacing", "missetting", "mis-setting" ], "antonyms":[ "missing", "overlooking", "passing over" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "examples":[ "could just descry the ship coming over the horizon" ], "synonyms":[ "beholding", "catching", "discerning", "distinguishing", "espying", "eyeing", "eying", "looking (at)", "noticing", "noting", "observing", "perceiving", "regarding", "remarking", "seeing", "sighting", "spotting", "spying", "viewing", "witnessing" ], "near synonyms":[ "identifying", "making out", "picking out", "picking up", "attending (to)", "considering", "heeding", "marking", "minding", "studying", "watching", "examining", "inspecting", "scanning", "scrutinizing", "surveying", "glancing (at)", "glimpsing", "peering (at)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overpassing", "passing over", "missing", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecrated":{ "to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{ "examples":[ "vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti" ], "synonyms":[ "defiled", "profaned", "violated" ], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized", "desanctified", "blasphemed", "cursed", "swore", "befouled", "contaminated", "fouled", "poisoned", "polluted", "soiled", "sullied", "tainted", "affronted", "defamed", "insulted", "offended", "outraged", "annihilated", "crushed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "ravaged", "razed", "ruined", "wasted", "wrecked", "despoiled", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "raided", "ransacked", "robbed", "sacked", "spoiled", "spoilt", "stripped", "stript" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrated", "dedicated", "hallowed", "sanctified", "honored", "respected", "cleansed", "purged", "purified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desisted":{ "as in terminated , discontinued":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "concluded", "discontinued", "finished", "halted", "quit", "quitted", "terminated", "ceased", "ended", "stopped", "disappeared", "dissolved", "evaporated", "vanished", "departed", "died", "expired", "passed away", "perished" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualized", "appeared", "arose", "began", "broke", "commenced", "dawned", "engendered", "formed", "materialized", "originated", "set in", "sprang", "sprung", "started", "breathed", "existed", "lived", "subsisted", "was", "arrived", "came on", "emerged" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despots":{ "a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{ "examples":[ "the despot exiled political dissidents to remote labor camps, where they were left to rot" ], "synonyms":[ "caesars", "dictators", "f\u00fchrers", "fuehrers", "oppressors", "pharaohs", "strongmen", "tyrannizers", "tyrants" ], "near synonyms":[ "autarchs", "autocrats", "monocrats", "authoritarians", "Big Brothers", "paramounts", "potentates", "totalitarians", "caudillos", "overlords", "warlords", "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "dominators", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "overlords", "rulers", "kings", "lords", "monarchs", "princes", "queens", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "magnates", "moguls", "tycoons", "disciplinarians", "discipliners", "enforcers", "martinets", "taskmasters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deserving":{ "having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward":{ "examples":[ "gifts donated to deserving children every Christmas" ], "synonyms":[ "good", "meritorious", "worthy" ], "near synonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "praiseworthy", "invaluable", "priceless", "cherished", "prized", "treasured", "choice", "excellent", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "primary", "prime", "special" ], "near antonyms":[ "base", "cheap", "inferior", "second-rate", "substandard", "bad", "defective", "flawed", "imperfect", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory" ], "antonyms":[ "no-good", "undeserving", "valueless", "worthless" ] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "the team really deserved that victory after the way they played" ], "synonyms":[ "earning", "meriting", "rating" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitling", "qualifying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desanctify":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "desanctified the church building and converted it into condos" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrate", "desacralize" ], "near synonyms":[ "defile", "desecrate", "profane", "violate" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonize", "deify", "venerate", "spiritualize", "chasten", "cleanse", "purify", "exorcise", "exorcize", "expurgate" ], "antonyms":[ "bless", "consecrate", "hallow", "sacralize", "sanctify" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descrambled":{ "as in unscrambled":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unscrambled", "broke", "cracked", "deciphered", "decoded", "decrypted", "rendered", "translated", "doped (out)", "figured out", "puzzled (out)", "solved", "unraveled", "unriddled", "worked", "wrought", "worked out" ], "near antonyms":[ "ciphered", "coded", "enciphered", "encoded", "encrypted", "garbled", "jumbled (up)", "mixed (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "designates":{ "to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{ "examples":[ "the designated time for the meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "appoints", "fixes", "names", "sets" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopts", "assigns", "chooses", "determines", "establishes", "opts (for)", "picks", "pins (down)", "prefers", "selects", "settles", "singles (out)", "specifies", "arranges", "coordinates", "orchestrates", "advertises", "announces", "declares", "publishes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{ "examples":[ "he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm" ], "synonyms":[ "appoints", "assigns", "attaches", "commissions", "constitutes", "details", "names", "nominates", "places" ], "near synonyms":[ "authorizes", "delegates", "deputes", "deputizes", "anoints", "consecrates", "creates", "inaugurates", "inducts", "installs", "instates", "institutes", "invests", "makes", "ordains", "crowns", "enthrones", "thrones", "chooses", "destines", "drafts", "elects", "handpicks", "selects", "singles (out)", "votes (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackballs", "deposes", "dethrones", "displaces", "ejects", "evicts", "ousts", "overthrows", "removes", "throws out", "uncrowns", "unmakes", "unseats" ], "antonyms":[ "discharges", "dismisses", "expels", "fires" ] }, "to give a name to":{ "examples":[ "he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans" ], "synonyms":[ "baptizes", "calls", "christens", "clepes", "denominates", "dubs", "entitles", "labels", "names", "nominates", "styles", "terms", "titles" ], "near synonyms":[ "brands", "stigmatizes", "tags", "denotes", "specifies", "miscalls", "misnames", "mistitles", "code-names", "nicknames", "rechristens", "relabels", "renames", "surnames" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descends":{ "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the pathway descends to the river bank" ], "synonyms":[ "declines", "dips", "drops", "falls", "plunges", "sinks" ], "near synonyms":[ "angles", "cants", "cocks", "heels", "inclines", "leans", "lists", "reclines", "slants", "slopes", "tilts", "tips" ], "near antonyms":[ "evens", "flattens", "levels", "planes", "smooths", "smoothes", "straightens" ], "antonyms":[ "arises", "ascends", "climbs", "mounts", "rises", "uprises", "upsweeps", "upturns" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophies", "crumbles", "decays", "declines", "degenerates", "deteriorates", "devolves", "ebbs", "regresses", "retrogrades", "rots", "sinks", "worsens" ], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "de-escalates", "diminishes", "downsizes", "dwindles", "recedes", "wanes", "breaks down", "corrupts", "decomposes", "degrades", "dilapidates", "disintegrates", "molders", "putrefies", "sours", "spoils", "lessens", "lowers", "reduces", "debilitates", "undermines", "droops", "fails", "falls", "flags", "lags", "languishes", "runs down", "sags", "slips", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts" ], "near antonyms":[ "betters", "upgrades", "enhances", "enriches", "fortifies", "heightens", "intensifies", "strengthens", "advances", "develops", "marches", "proceeds", "progresses" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "improves", "meliorates" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind", "wait for the elevator to descend" ], "synonyms":[ "crashes", "craters", "declines", "dips", "dives", "drops", "falls", "lowers", "nose-dives", "plummets", "plunges", "sinks", "skids", "tumbles" ], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (down)", "diminishes", "droops", "dwindles", "ebbs", "lessens", "lets up", "moderates", "subsides", "tapers off", "wanes", "recedes", "retreats" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mushrooms", "picks up", "snowballs", "swells", "waxes" ], "antonyms":[ "arises", "ascends", "lifts", "mounts", "rises", "soars", "spikes", "ups" ] }, "to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{ "examples":[ "the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit" ], "synonyms":[ "alights", "disembarks", "dismounts", "gets down", "lights" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplanes", "detrains" ], "near antonyms":[ "boards", "climbs (aboard)", "gets in", "mounts", "enplanes", "emplanes", "entrains" ], "antonyms":[ "embarks" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descending":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "with descending heads the mourners made their way to the burial site" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declined", "declining", "descendant", "descendent", "drooping", "droopy", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the pathway descends to the river bank" ], "synonyms":[ "declining", "dipping", "dropping", "falling", "plunging", "sinking" ], "near synonyms":[ "angling", "canting", "cocking", "heeling", "inclining", "leaning", "listing", "reclining", "slanting", "sloping", "tilting", "tipping" ], "near antonyms":[ "evening", "flattening", "leveling", "levelling", "planing", "smoothing", "straightening" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "climbing", "mounting", "rising", "uprising", "upsweeping", "upturning" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophying", "crumbling", "decaying", "declining", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "devolving", "ebbing", "regressing", "retrograding", "rotting", "sinking", "worsening" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "downsizing", "dwindling", "receding", "waning", "breaking down", "corrupting", "decomposing", "degrading", "dilapidating", "disintegrating", "moldering", "putrefying", "souring", "spoiling", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing", "debilitating", "undermining", "drooping", "failing", "falling", "flagging", "lagging", "languishing", "running down", "sagging", "slipping", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting" ], "near antonyms":[ "bettering", "upgrading", "enhancing", "enriching", "fortifying", "heightening", "intensifying", "strengthening", "advancing", "developing", "marching", "proceeding", "progressing" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorating", "improving", "meliorating" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind", "wait for the elevator to descend" ], "synonyms":[ "crashing", "cratering", "declining", "dipping", "diving", "dropping", "falling", "lowering", "nose-diving", "plummeting", "plunging", "sinking", "skidding", "tumbling" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "drooping", "dwindling", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "subsiding", "tapering off", "waning", "receding", "retreating" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mushrooming", "picking up", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "lifting", "mounting", "rising", "soaring", "spiking", "upping" ] }, "to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{ "examples":[ "the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit" ], "synonyms":[ "alighting", "disembarking", "dismounting", "getting down", "lighting" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplaning", "detraining" ], "near antonyms":[ "boarding", "climbing (aboard)", "getting in", "mounting", "enplaning", "emplaning", "entraining" ], "antonyms":[ "embarking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "destructions":{ "the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{ "examples":[ "the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "devastations", "exterminations", "extinctions", "havoc", "losses", "mincemeats", "obliterations", "ruinations", "ruins", "wastages", "wreckages" ], "near synonyms":[ "depredations", "despoilments", "despoliations", "breakups", "collapses", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "assassinations", "executions", "killings", "massacres", "slaughters", "dismantlements", "effacements", "eradications" ], "near antonyms":[ "rescues", "salvages", "salvations", "savings", "conservations", "preservations", "protections", "reclamations", "reconstructions", "re-creations", "refurbishments", "regeneracies", "renovations", "restorations" ], "antonyms":[ "buildings", "constructions", "erections" ] }, "something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{ "examples":[ "alcohol will be her destruction if we don't intervene to help her" ], "synonyms":[ "deaths", "downfalls", "ruinations", "ruins", "undoings" ], "near synonyms":[ "banes", "curses", "torments", "Achilles' heels", "tragic flaws" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despicableness":{ "as in cursedness , deplorableness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accursedness", "cursedness", "deplorableness", "detestableness", "execrableness", "hatefulness", "loathsomeness", "reprehensibleness", "badness", "baseness", "depravedness", "depravity", "diabolicalness", "evil", "evilness", "foulness", "heinousness", "immorality", "iniquitousness", "iniquity", "invidiousness", "sinfulness", "ungodliness", "viciousness", "vileness", "wickedness", "creepiness", "eeriness", "fearfulness", "fearsomeness", "ghostliness", "ghoulishness", "scariness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "awfulness", "dreadfulness", "frightfulness", "ghastliness", "grisliness", "gruesomeness", "hideousness", "horridness", "horror", "monstrosity", "repulsiveness", "agony", "anguish", "hellishness", "misery", "torment", "torture" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeableness", "delightfulness", "pleasantness", "pleasurableness", "allurement", "appeal", "attraction", "attractiveness", "desirability", "desirableness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desecrations":{ "an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{ "examples":[ "the communicants were aghast at the desecration of the altar" ], "synonyms":[ "blasphemies", "defilements", "impieties", "irreverences", "profanations", "sacrileges" ], "near synonyms":[ "profanities", "affronts", "insults", "violations", "contaminations", "corruptions", "debasements", "pollutions", "sins", "trespasses" ], "near antonyms":[ "consecrations", "purifications", "sanctifications", "reverences", "venerations" ], "antonyms":[ "adorations", "glorifications", "worships" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desecrator":{ "as in destroyer , saboteur":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolisher", "despoiler", "destroyer", "ravager", "ruiner", "saboteur", "waster", "wrecker", "defacer", "vandal", "graffitist", "tagger" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserver", "preserver", "protector", "saver", "conservator", "preservationist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "designated":{ "as in specified , denominated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "denominated", "specified", "baptized", "christened", "dubbed", "named", "termed", "labeled", "labelled", "tabbed", "titled", "celebrated", "famed", "famous", "known", "notable", "noted", "noteworthy", "remarkable", "renowned", "well-known", "exceptional" ], "near antonyms":[ "anonymous", "faceless", "incognito", "innominate", "nameless", "unbaptized", "unchristened", "unidentified", "unnamed", "untitled", "undetermined", "unspecified", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unheard-of", "unheralded", "unknown", "unsung" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{ "examples":[ "the designated time for the meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "appointed", "fixed", "named", "set" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopted", "assigned", "chose", "determined", "established", "opted (for)", "picked", "pinned (down)", "preferred", "selected", "settled", "singled (out)", "specified", "arranged", "coordinated", "orchestrated", "advertised", "announced", "declared", "published" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{ "examples":[ "he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm" ], "synonyms":[ "appointed", "assigned", "attached", "commissioned", "constituted", "detailed", "named", "nominated", "placed" ], "near synonyms":[ "authorized", "delegated", "deputed", "deputized", "anointed", "consecrated", "created", "inaugurated", "inducted", "installed", "instated", "instituted", "invested", "made", "ordained", "crowned", "enthroned", "throned", "chose", "destined", "drafted", "elected", "handpicked", "selected", "singled (out)", "voted (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackballed", "deposed", "dethroned", "displaced", "ejected", "evicted", "ousted", "overthrew", "removed", "threw out", "uncrowned", "unmade", "unseated" ], "antonyms":[ "discharged", "dismissed", "expelled", "fired" ] }, "to give a name to":{ "examples":[ "he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans" ], "synonyms":[ "baptized", "baptised", "called", "christened", "cleped", "denominated", "dubbed", "entitled", "labeled", "labelled", "named", "nominated", "styled", "termed", "titled" ], "near synonyms":[ "branded", "stigmatized", "tagged", "denoted", "specified", "miscalled", "misnamed", "mistitled", "code-named", "nicknamed", "rechristened", "relabeled", "relabelled", "renamed", "surnamed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desert(s)":{ "suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{ "examples":[ "the robbers got their just deserts" ], "synonyms":[ "castigation", "chastisement", "comeuppance", "correction", "discipline", "nemesis", "penalty", "punishment", "wrath" ], "near synonyms":[ "reprisal", "retaliation", "retribution", "revenge", "vengeance", "assessment", "charge", "fine", "mulct", "example", "sentence", "confinement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "condemnation", "damnation", "denouncement", "censure", "criticism", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproof" ], "near antonyms":[ "amnesty", "indemnity", "pardon", "parole", "acquittal", "exculpation", "exoneration", "vindication", "exemption", "immunity", "impunity", "release", "commutation", "reprieve", "absolution", "forgiveness", "remission", "remitment", "condonation", "disregard", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival" ], "synonyms":[ "defects (from)", "rats (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandons", "abdicates", "abjures", "apostatizes", "cuts off", "disowns", "forsakes", "quits", "rejects", "renounces", "repudiates", "spurns", "reneges", "departs", "goes", "leaves", "withdraws" ], "near antonyms":[ "adheres (to)", "clings (to)", "sticks (to or with)", "cherishes", "cultivates", "fosters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to remain behind":{ "examples":[ "deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping" ], "synonyms":[ "abandons", "forsakes", "leaves", "maroons", "quits", "strands" ], "near synonyms":[ "discards", "ditches", "dumps", "flings", "jettisons", "junks", "scraps", "sheds", "shucks (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "delivers", "gives up", "hands over", "relinquishes", "surrenders", "yields", "escapes", "retreats (from)", "takes off (from)", "vacates", "withdraws (from)", "abjures", "cuts off", "disowns", "rejects", "renounces", "repudiates", "separates (from)", "sacrifices", "distances", "disregards", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects" ], "near antonyms":[ "harbors", "has", "holds", "keeps", "owns", "possesses", "reserves", "retains", "withholds", "redeems", "rescues", "saves" ], "antonyms":[ "reclaims" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "despair":{ "utter loss of hope":{ "examples":[ "the endless drought drove the farmers to despair" ], "synonyms":[ "desperation", "despond", "despondence", "despondency", "forlornness", "hopelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolor", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "gloom", "gloominess", "joylessness", "melancholy", "mopes", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "self-despair", "self-pity", "dolefulness", "mournfulness", "sorrowfulness", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "cynicism", "pessimism", "acceptance", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "sunniness", "optimism", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "antonyms":[ "hope", "hopefulness" ] }, "the state of being discouraged":{ "examples":[ "the other team's temporary lead caused some momentary despair" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralization", "despondency", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "dismay", "dispiritedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "dumps", "gloom", "melancholy", "mopes", "defeatism", "pessimism", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimism", "sanguinity" ], "antonyms":[ "encouragement" ] }, "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project" ], "synonyms":[ "despond" ], "near synonyms":[ "give up", "surrender", "yield", "darken", "sadden", "agonize", "bleed", "grieve", "hurt", "mourn", "sorrow", "suffer", "discourage", "dishearten", "dispirit" ], "near antonyms":[ "exult", "rejoice", "assure", "encourage", "hearten", "reassure", "hope" ], "antonyms":[ "brighten", "cheer (up)", "perk (up)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "desex":{ "to remove the sex organs of":{ "examples":[ "desex the baby chickens destined for market" ], "synonyms":[ "alter", "fix", "neuter" ], "near synonyms":[ "castrate", "emasculate", "geld", "spay", "sterilize" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecrating":{ "as in profane , blasphemous":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blasphemous", "irreverent", "profanatory", "profane", "sacrilegious", "discourteous", "insolent", "rude", "uncivil", "disrespectful", "undutiful" ], "near antonyms":[ "reverent", "reverential", "worshipful", "devout", "godly", "holy", "pious", "religious", "sainted", "saintly", "ascetic", "ascetical", "prayerful", "spiritual" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in destruction , desecration":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolishing", "demolishment", "desecration", "destruction", "ravage", "ravaging", "ruin", "ruination", "wrecking", "defacement", "defacing", "trashing", "vandalism", "vandalization", "sabotage", "depredation", "despoiling", "despoilment", "looting", "marauding", "pillage", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "predation", "ransacking", "sacking", "spoliation" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "salvage", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect":{ "examples":[ "vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti" ], "synonyms":[ "defiling", "profaning", "violating" ], "near synonyms":[ "deconsecrating", "desacralizing", "desanctifying", "blaspheming", "cursing", "swearing", "befouling", "contaminating", "fouling", "poisoning", "polluting", "soiling", "sullying", "tainting", "affronting", "defaming", "insulting", "offending", "outraging", "annihilating", "crushing", "decimating", "demolishing", "desolating", "destroying", "devastating", "ravaging", "razing", "ruining", "wasting", "wrecking", "despoiling", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "raiding", "ransacking", "robbing", "sacking", "spoiling", "stripping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessing", "consecrating", "dedicating", "hallowing", "sanctifying", "honoring", "respecting", "cleansing", "purging", "purifying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "desponds":{ "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we must not despond even though we live in trying times" ], "synonyms":[ "despairs" ], "near synonyms":[ "gives up", "surrenders", "yields", "darkens", "saddens", "agonizes", "bleeds", "grieves", "hurts", "mourns", "sorrows", "suffers", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "near antonyms":[ "exults", "rejoices", "assures", "encourages", "heartens", "reassures", "hopes" ], "antonyms":[ "brightens", "cheers (up)", "perks (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desks":{ "a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{ "examples":[ "the city desk of a prominent newspaper" ], "synonyms":[ "agencies", "arms", "branches", "bureaus", "bureaux", "departments", "divisions", "offices", "services" ], "near synonyms":[ "subdepartments", "sub-departments", "subdivisions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desponding":{ "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we must not despond even though we live in trying times" ], "synonyms":[ "despairing" ], "near synonyms":[ "giving up", "surrendering", "yielding", "darkening", "saddening", "agonizing", "bleeding", "grieving", "hurting", "mourning", "sorrowing", "suffering", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "near antonyms":[ "exulting", "rejoicing", "assuring", "encouraging", "heartening", "reassuring", "hoping" ], "antonyms":[ "brightening", "cheering (up)", "perking (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desirableness":{ "suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{ "examples":[ "began to question the desirableness of a life of indolence on a tropical isle" ], "synonyms":[ "advisability", "advisableness", "desirability", "expedience", "expediency", "judiciousness", "prudence", "wisdom" ], "near synonyms":[ "advantageousness", "beneficialness", "profitability", "feasibility", "practicality", "usefulness", "opportuneness", "seasonableness", "timeliness" ], "near antonyms":[ "impracticality", "infeasibility", "inopportuneness", "unseasonableness", "untimeliness" ], "antonyms":[ "imprudence", "inadvisability", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "injudiciousness", "unwisdom" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deserves":{ "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "the team really deserved that victory after the way they played" ], "synonyms":[ "earns", "merits", "rates" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitles", "qualifies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despotism":{ "a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{ "examples":[ "by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy" ], "synonyms":[ "absolutism", "autarchy", "authoritarianism", "autocracy", "Caesarism", "czarism", "tsarism", "tzarism", "dictatorship", "totalism", "totalitarianism", "tyranny" ], "near synonyms":[ "monarchism", "monarchy", "monocracy", "Big Brother", "Big Brotherism", "Communism", "fascism", "Nazism", "domination", "oppression" ], "near antonyms":[ "democracy", "self-governance", "self-government", "self-rule", "freedom", "self-determination", "autonomy", "sovereignty", "sovranty" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despisement":{ "open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect":{ "examples":[ "an expression of total despisement for the \"unwashed masses\"" ], "synonyms":[ "contempt", "contemptuousness", "despite", "despitefulness", "disdain", "misprision", "scorn" ], "near synonyms":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "detestation", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "lovelessness", "cattiness", "hatefulness", "invidiousness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "spite", "spitefulness", "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "odium", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "gall", "grudge", "hostility", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "bile", "jaundice", "rancor", "spleen", "venom", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "aspersion", "belittlement", "deprecation", "depreciation", "detraction", "diminishment", "disparagement", "derision", "mockery", "ridicule", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "censure", "condemnation", "denunciation" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "tolerance", "adoration", "adulation", "deference", "deification", "glorification", "idolatry", "idolization", "lionization", "reverence", "veneration", "worship", "affection", "fancy", "fondness", "liking", "love" ], "antonyms":[ "admiration", "esteem", "estimation", "favor", "regard", "respect" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descendants":{ "as in children":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "children", "scions", "succeeders", "successors", "issues", "offspring", "offsprings", "progenies", "seed", "seeds", "claimants", "heirs apparent", "representatives", "coheiresses", "co-heiresses", "coheirs", "co-heirs", "heiresses", "assignees", "beneficiaries", "devisees", "grantees", "heirs", "heirs at law", "inheritors", "legatees" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desserts":{ "sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal":{ "examples":[ "She doesn't care for rich desserts .", "a chocolate dessert" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "candies", "junkets", "sweetmeats", "sweets", "bits", "cates", "dainties", "delectables", "delicacies", "goodies", "kickshaws", "tidbits", "titbits", "treats", "viands", "morsels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desecrators":{ "as in destroyers , saboteurs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolishers", "despoilers", "destroyers", "ravagers", "ruiners", "saboteurs", "wasters", "wreckers", "defacers", "vandals", "graffitists", "taggers" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservers", "preservers", "protectors", "savers", "conservators", "preservationists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desert":{ "land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{ "examples":[ "we were lost in the desert for days without food" ], "synonyms":[ "barren", "desolation", "heath", "no-man's-land", "waste", "wasteland" ], "near synonyms":[ "badland", "brush", "bush", "dust bowl", "open", "open air", "outdoors", "out-of-doors", "nature", "wild", "wilderness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{ "examples":[ "the robbers got their just deserts" ], "synonyms":[ "castigation", "chastisement", "comeuppance", "correction", "discipline", "nemesis", "penalty", "punishment", "wrath" ], "near synonyms":[ "reprisal", "retaliation", "retribution", "revenge", "vengeance", "assessment", "charge", "fine", "mulct", "example", "sentence", "confinement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "condemnation", "damnation", "denouncement", "censure", "criticism", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproof" ], "near antonyms":[ "amnesty", "indemnity", "pardon", "parole", "acquittal", "exculpation", "exoneration", "vindication", "exemption", "immunity", "impunity", "release", "commutation", "reprieve", "absolution", "forgiveness", "remission", "remitment", "condonation", "disregard", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival" ], "synonyms":[ "defect (from)", "rat (on)", "go back on", "jump ship", "run out on", "walk out on" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandon", "abdicate", "abjure", "apostatize", "cut off", "disown", "forsake", "quit", "reject", "renounce", "repudiate", "spurn", "renege", "depart", "go", "leave", "withdraw" ], "near antonyms":[ "adhere (to)", "cling (to)", "stick (to or with)", "cherish", "cultivate", "foster" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to remain behind":{ "examples":[ "deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping" ], "synonyms":[ "abandon", "forsake", "leave", "maroon", "quit", "strand", "walk away from", "walk out on" ], "near synonyms":[ "discard", "ditch", "dump", "fling", "jettison", "junk", "scrap", "shed", "shuck (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "deliver", "give up", "hand over", "relinquish", "surrender", "yield", "escape", "retreat (from)", "take off (from)", "vacate", "withdraw (from)", "abjure", "cut off", "disown", "reject", "renounce", "repudiate", "separate (from)", "sacrifice", "distance", "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect" ], "near antonyms":[ "harbor", "have", "hold", "keep", "own", "possess", "reserve", "retain", "withhold", "redeem", "rescue", "save" ], "antonyms":[ "reclaim" ] }, "as in dry , arid":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arid", "droughty", "dry", "rainless", "sere", "sear", "thirsty", "waterless", "bankrupted", "consumed", "debilitated", "depleted", "diminished", "drained", "dried-up", "enfeebled", "exhausted", "expended", "lessened", "reduced", "spent", "used up", "baked", "dehydrated", "parched", "sunbaked", "uncultivable", "untillable", "bleak", "inhospitable", "lifeless", "barren", "bony", "boney", "dead", "desolate", "hardscrabble", "impoverished", "infertile", "poor", "stark", "unfertile", "unproductive", "waste" ], "near antonyms":[ "fertile", "fruitful", "lush", "luxuriant", "productive", "rich", "arable", "tillable", "green", "sylvan", "verdant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "despised":{ "as in hated , loathed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abhorred", "abominated", "detested", "disdained", "disfavored", "disliked", "execrated", "hated", "loathed", "unfavorite", "unbeloved", "abandoned", "forgotten", "ignored", "alienated", "estranged" ], "near antonyms":[ "beloved", "cherished", "darling", "dear", "fair-haired", "favored", "favorite", "fond", "loved", "pet", "precious", "special", "sweet", "white-headed", "admired", "adored", "appreciated", "esteemed", "relished", "revered", "prized", "treasured" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to dislike strongly":{ "examples":[ "I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!" ], "synonyms":[ "abhorred", "abominated", "detested", "execrated", "hated", "loathed" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplored", "deprecated", "disapproved (of)", "discountenanced", "disdained", "disfavored", "scorned" ], "near antonyms":[ "desired", "fancied", "favored", "liked", "preferred", "enjoyed", "relished", "admired", "adored", "approved (of)", "esteemed", "hallowed", "idolized", "revered", "venerated", "worshipped", "worshiped", "cherished", "prized", "treasured" ], "antonyms":[ "loved" ] }, "to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{ "examples":[ "a traitor hated and despised by the whole community" ], "synonyms":[ "disregarded", "flouted", "scorned" ], "near synonyms":[ "dismissed", "forgot", "neglected", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "slurred (over)", "belittled", "deprecated", "disparaged", "slighted" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "approved", "used" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desiderated":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve" ], "synonyms":[ "ached (for)", "coveted", "craved", "desired", "died (for)", "hankered (for or after)", "hungered (for)", "itched (for)", "jonesed (for)", "longed (for)", "lusted (for or after)", "panted (after)", "pined (for)", "repined (for)", "salivated (for)", "sighed (for)", "thirsted (for)", "wanted", "wished (for)", "yearned (for)", "yenned (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoiled (for)", "spoilt (for)", "adored", "delighted (in)", "dug", "enjoyed", "fancied", "grooved (on)", "liked", "loved", "relished", "reveled (in)", "revelled (in)", "favored", "preferred", "admired", "appreciated", "cherished", "prized", "treasured", "valued" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorred", "abominated", "despised", "detested", "execrated", "hated", "loathed", "declined", "refused", "rejected", "spurned" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despondency":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "examples":[ "in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despond", "despondence", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "the state of being discouraged":{ "examples":[ "in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralization", "despair", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "dismay", "dispiritedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "dumps", "gloom", "melancholy", "mopes", "defeatism", "pessimism", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimism", "sanguinity" ], "antonyms":[ "encouragement" ] }, "utter loss of hope":{ "examples":[ "never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash" ], "synonyms":[ "despair", "desperation", "despond", "despondence", "forlornness", "hopelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolor", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "gloom", "gloominess", "joylessness", "melancholy", "mopes", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "self-despair", "self-pity", "dolefulness", "mournfulness", "sorrowfulness", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "cynicism", "pessimism", "acceptance", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "sunniness", "optimism", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "antonyms":[ "hope", "hopefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destroyers":{ "as in saboteurs , wreckers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolishers", "desecraters", "desecrators", "despoilers", "ravagers", "ruiners", "saboteurs", "wasters", "wreckers", "defacers", "vandals", "graffitists", "taggers" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservers", "preservers", "protectors", "savers", "conservators", "preservationists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in warships , tankers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carriers", "argosies", "barges", "coasters", "colliers", "containerships", "corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "men-of-war", "men-o'-war", "merchantmen", "merchant ships", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "boats", "keels", "ships", "vessels", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in devourers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "devourers", "leeches", "spongers", "sponges", "exploiters", "users", "bloodsuckers", "buzzards", "harpies", "kites", "predators", "sharks", "vampires", "vultures", "wolves" ], "near antonyms":[ "prey", "preys" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desiderate":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve" ], "synonyms":[ "ache (for)", "covet", "crave", "desire", "die (for)", "hanker (for or after)", "hunger (for)", "itch (for)", "jones (for)", "long (for)", "lust (for or after)", "pant (after)", "pine (for)", "repine (for)", "salivate (for)", "sigh (for)", "thirst (for)", "want", "wish (for)", "yearn (for)", "yen (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoil (for)", "adore", "delight (in)", "dig", "enjoy", "fancy", "groove (on)", "like", "love", "relish", "revel (in)", "favor", "prefer", "admire", "appreciate", "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe", "decline", "refuse", "reject", "spurn" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desponded":{ "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we must not despond even though we live in trying times" ], "synonyms":[ "despaired" ], "near synonyms":[ "gave up", "surrendered", "yielded", "darkened", "saddened", "agonized", "bled", "grieved", "hurt", "mourned", "sorrowed", "suffered", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited" ], "near antonyms":[ "exulted", "rejoiced", "assured", "encouraged", "heartened", "reassured", "hoped" ], "antonyms":[ "brightened", "cheered (up)", "perked (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descended (on or upon)":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "bushwhacked", "charged", "jumped (on)", "pounced (on or upon)", "raided", "rushed", "set on", "sicced", "sicked", "stormed", "struck", "trashed", "turned (on)", "went in (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushed", "ganged up (on)", "mobbed", "swarmed", "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", "enveloped", "flanked" ], "near antonyms":[ "covered", "defended", "guarded", "protected", "secured", "shielded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "desperately":{ "to a great degree":{ "examples":[ "all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong" ], "synonyms":[ "achingly", "almighty", "archly", "awful", "awfully", "badly", "beastly", "blisteringly", "bone", "colossally", "corking", "cracking", "damn", "damned", "dang", "deadly", "eminently", "enormously", "especially", "ever", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "fiercely", "filthy", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaring", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "sorely", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "vastly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolutely", "altogether", "completely", "downright", "entirely", "flat-out", "fully", "positively", "purely", "radically", "thoroughly", "totally", "utterly", "wholly", "deeply", "profoundly", "exceptionally", "notably", "remarkably", "considerably", "extensively", "significantly", "substantially", "appreciably", "discernibly", "markedly", "noticeably", "obviously", "palpably", "plainly", "visibly", "abundantly", "plentifully", "astronomically", "grandly", "monstrously", "monumentally", "excessively", "obscenely", "overmuch", "amazingly", "astonishingly", "staggeringly" ], "near antonyms":[ "meagerly", "scantily", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely" ], "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "desolateness":{ "as in disconsolateness , joylessness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despair", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "distress", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "misery", "mopes", "oppression", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness", "woefulness", "wretchedness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "suffering", "torment", "contrition", "guilt", "regret", "remorse", "rue", "self-reproach", "shame", "affliction", "anguish", "dolefulness", "dolor", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "sorriness", "sorrow", "woe", "melancholia", "self-pity" ], "near antonyms":[ "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "delight", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "glee", "gleefulness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "pleasure", "rapture", "rapturousness", "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "merrymaking", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "enjoyment", "content", "contentedness", "contentment" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in bleakness , barrenness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barrenness", "bleakness", "nothingness", "availability", "clearness", "openness", "blankness", "vacuum", "void", "depletion", "dryness", "exhaustion", "hollowness", "bareness", "emptiness", "vacancy", "vacantness", "vacuity" ], "near antonyms":[ "fullness", "fulness", "completeness", "abundance", "fatness", "repleteness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desideratum":{ "something that is needed or wanted":{ "examples":[ "a list of political desiderata" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "desideration", "wish", "condition", "demand", "essential", "must", "must-have", "necessary", "necessity", "need", "needful", "requirement", "requisite", "sine qua non", "precondition", "prerequisite", "advantage", "edge", "plus" ], "near antonyms":[ "amenity", "comfort", "extra", "extravagance", "frill", "indulgence", "luxury", "superfluity", "surplus", "surplusage", "nonessential", "nonnecessity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despondent":{ "feeling or showing no hope":{ "examples":[ "after four days and still no word that the missing plane had been located, the relatives were despondent" ], "synonyms":[ "despairing", "desperate", "forlorn", "hopeless" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "downcast", "downhearted", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched", "abject", "disappointed", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "grieving", "wailing", "weeping", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "funereal", "cynical", "pessimistic", "accepting", "resigned" ], "near antonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "blithe", "blithesome", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "lightsome", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraged", "heartened", "animated", "jaunty", "lively", "perky", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "blissful", "buoyant", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ], "antonyms":[ "hopeful", "optimistic" ] }, "feeling unhappiness":{ "examples":[ "feeling despondent over the death of another close friend" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "blue", "brokenhearted", "cast down", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "down in the mouth", "downcast", "downhearted", "droopy", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "heavyhearted", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholic", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggrieved", "distressed", "troubled", "uneasy", "unquiet", "upset", "worried", "despairing", "hopeless", "sunk", "disappointed", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "suicidal", "dolorous", "lachrymose", "lugubrious", "plaintive", "tearful", "regretful", "rueful", "agonized", "anguished", "grieving", "wailing", "weeping", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "funereal", "gray", "grey", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen" ], "near antonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "overjoyed", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical", "blithe", "blithesome", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "lightsome", "merry", "mirthful", "excited", "thrilled", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "encouraged", "heartened", "animated", "bouncing", "energetic", "frisky", "jaunty", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "content", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "beaming", "grinning", "laughing", "smiling", "boon", "carefree", "careless", "cavalier", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "lighthearted", "unconcerned" ], "antonyms":[ "blissful", "buoyant", "buoyed", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "designating":{ "to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{ "examples":[ "the designated time for the meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "appointing", "fixing", "naming", "setting" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopting", "assigning", "choosing", "determining", "establishing", "opting (for)", "picking", "pinning (down)", "preferring", "selecting", "settling", "singling (out)", "specifying", "arranging", "coordinating", "orchestrating", "advertising", "announcing", "declaring", "publishing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{ "examples":[ "he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm" ], "synonyms":[ "appointing", "assigning", "attaching", "commissioning", "constituting", "detailing", "naming", "nominating", "placing" ], "near synonyms":[ "authorizing", "delegating", "deputing", "deputizing", "anointing", "consecrating", "creating", "inaugurating", "inducting", "installing", "instating", "instituting", "investing", "making", "ordaining", "crowning", "enthroning", "throning", "choosing", "destining", "drafting", "electing", "handpicking", "selecting", "singling (out)", "voting (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackballing", "deposing", "dethroning", "displacing", "ejecting", "evicting", "ousting", "overthrowing", "removing", "throwing out", "uncrowning", "unmaking", "unseating" ], "antonyms":[ "discharging", "dismissing", "expelling", "firing" ] }, "to give a name to":{ "examples":[ "he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans" ], "synonyms":[ "baptizing", "baptising", "calling", "christening", "cleping", "denominating", "dubbing", "entitling", "labeling", "labelling", "naming", "nominating", "styling", "terming", "titling" ], "near synonyms":[ "branding", "stigmatizing", "tagging", "denoting", "specifying", "miscalling", "misnaming", "mistitling", "code-naming", "nicknaming", "rechristening", "relabeling", "relabelling", "renaming", "surnaming" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destination":{ "a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed":{ "examples":[ "A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "choice", "choosing", "election", "nomination", "picking", "selection", "singling (out)", "assignment", "commission", "designation", "billet", "gig", "job", "office", "place", "position", "situation", "spot", "station", "authorization", "delegation", "deputation", "emplacement", "placement", "ranking", "anointing", "anointment", "appointment", "induction", "installation", "installment", "instalment", "instating", "investiture", "investment", "ordination" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackball", "rejection", "deposition", "dethronement", "ejection", "eviction", "ouster", "overthrow", "removal", "discharge", "dismissal", "dismission", "expulsion", "firing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "designers":{ "one who creates or introduces something new":{ "examples":[ "credited as the designer of the first sneaker specifically intended for distance running" ], "synonyms":[ "contrivers", "developers", "devisers", "formulators", "innovators", "introducers", "inventors", "originators" ], "near 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(out)", "undermines", "weakens", "wears", "wears out", "daunts", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "near antonyms":[ "arouses", "rouses", "stirs", "charges", "electrifies", "galvanizes", "excites", "ferments", "fires", "foments", "incites", "inflames", "enflames", "instigates", "kindles", "provokes", "sparks", "triggers", "whips (up)", "abets", "boosts", "buoys", "cheers", "emboldens", "fortifies", "heartens", "inspires", "lifts", "reactivates", "reanimates", "reawakens", "reawakes", "recharges", "reenergizes", "refreshes", "regenerates", "rejuvenates", "rekindles", "renews", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revitalizes", "revives" ], "antonyms":[ "braces", "energizes", "enlivens", "invigorates", "quickens", "stimulates", "vitalizes", "vivifies" ] }, "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidifies", "drains", "evaporates", "mummifies", "shrivels", "withers", "wizens", "air-dries", "bakes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathes", "deluges", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "inundates", "overflows", "saturates", "soaks", "sops", "souses", "waterlogs", "dampens", "damps", "humidifies", "moistens", "rehydrates", "dips", "dunks", "submerges", "swamps" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrates", "washes", "waters", "wets" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destinations":{ "a duty that is given to a person; a post to which someone is appointed":{ "examples":[ "A destination as department chair was her reward for years of dedicated service." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "choices", "elections", "nominations", "selections", "assignments", "commissions", "designations", "billets", "gigs", "jobs", "offices", "places", "positions", "situations", "spots", "stations", "authorizations", "delegations", "deputations", "emplacements", "placements", "rankings", "anointments", "appointments", "inductions", "installations", "installments", "instalments", "investitures", "investments", "ordinations" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackballs", "rejections", "depositions", "dethronements", "ejections", "evictions", "ousters", "overthrows", "removals", "discharges", "dismissals", "dismissions", "expulsions", "firings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despoils":{ "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "examples":[ "the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence" ], "synonyms":[ "loots", "marauds", "pillages", "plunders", "ransacks", "sacks" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks in", "burglarizes", "rips off", "steals (from)", "combs", "hunts", "rakes", "rifles", "rummages", "harries", "raids", "ravishes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despoil":{ "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "examples":[ "the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence" ], "synonyms":[ "loot", "maraud", "pillage", "plunder", "ransack", "sack" ], "near synonyms":[ "break in", "burglarize", "rip off", "steal (from)", "comb", "hunt", "rake", "rifle", "rummage", "harry", "raid", "ravish" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descend":{ "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the pathway descends to the river bank" ], "synonyms":[ "decline", "dip", "drop", "fall", "plunge", "sink" ], "near synonyms":[ "angle", "cant", "cock", "heel", "incline", "lean", "list", "recline", "slant", "slope", "tilt", "tip" ], "near antonyms":[ "even", "flatten", "level", "plane", "smooth", "straighten" ], "antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "climb", "mount", "rise", "uprise", "upsweep", "upturn" ] }, "to become worse or of less value":{ "examples":[ "the order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room" ], "synonyms":[ "atrophy", "crumble", "decay", "decline", "degenerate", "deteriorate", "devolve", "ebb", "regress", "retrograde", "rot", "sink", "worsen" ], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "diminish", "downsize", "dwindle", "recede", "wane", "break down", "corrupt", "decompose", "degrade", "dilapidate", "disintegrate", "molder", "putrefy", "sour", "spoil", "lessen", "lower", "reduce", "debilitate", "undermine", "droop", "fail", "fall", "flag", "lag", "languish", "run down", "sag", "slip", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt" ], "near antonyms":[ "better", "upgrade", "enhance", "enrich", "fortify", "heighten", "intensify", "strengthen", "advance", "develop", "march", "proceed", "progress" ], "antonyms":[ "ameliorate", "improve", "meliorate" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind", "wait for the elevator to descend" ], "synonyms":[ "crash", "crater", "decline", "dip", "dive", "drop", "fall", "lower", "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "sink", "skid", "tumble" ], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "die (down)", "diminish", "droop", "dwindle", "ebb", "lessen", "let up", "moderate", "subside", "taper off", "wane", "recede", "retreat" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mushroom", "pick up", "snowball", "swell", "wax" ], "antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "lift", "mount", "rise", "soar", "spike", "up" ] }, "to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{ "examples":[ "the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit" ], "synonyms":[ "alight", "disembark", "dismount", "get down", "light" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplane", "detrain" ], "near antonyms":[ "board", "climb (aboard)", "get in", "mount", "enplane", "emplane", "entrain" ], "antonyms":[ "embark" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destitution":{ "the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{ "examples":[ "widespread destitution in Third World countries" ], "synonyms":[ "beggary", "destituteness", "impecuniosity", "impecuniousness", "impoverishment", "indigence", "necessity", "need", "neediness", "pauperism", "penuriousness", "penury", "poorness", "poverty", "want" ], "near synonyms":[ "gutter", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "exigency", "emergency", "rainy day", "austerity", "deprivation", "privation", "bankruptcy", "insolvency", "belt-tightening", "pinching", "straitening" ], "near antonyms":[ "luxury", "prosperity" ], "antonyms":[ "affluence", "opulence", "richness", "wealth", "wealthiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "designated hitters":{ "a person or thing that takes the place of another":{ "examples":[ "you'll have to be my designated hitter in the office while I'm on business trips" ], "synonyms":[ "backups", "covers", "fill-ins", "locum tenentes", "pinch hitters", "reliefs", "replacements", "reserves", "stand-ins", "subs", "substitutes" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternates", "understudies", "apologies", "makeshifts", "stopgaps", "agents", "assignees", "attorneys", "commissaries", "delegates", "deputies", "envoys", "factors", "procurators", "proxies", "representatives", "reps", "surrogates", "assistants", "relievers", "seconds", "successors", "superseders" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desolations":{ "land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{ "examples":[ "looked out over the vast untamed desolation to the north" ], "synonyms":[ "barrens", "deserts", "heaths", "no-man's-lands", "wastelands", "wastes" ], "near synonyms":[ "badlands", "brushes", "bushes", "dust bowls", "outdoors", "natures", "wildernesses", "wilds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{ "examples":[ "the desolation of the abandoned garden" ], "synonyms":[ "dilapidations", "disrepairs", "neglects" ], "near synonyms":[ "inattentions", "negligences", "abandonments", "desertions", "decays", "decrepitudes", "derelictions", "deteriorations", "disintegrations", "ruinations", "ruins" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservations", "preservations", "upkeeps" ], "antonyms":[ "repair" ] }, "the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{ "examples":[ "the nuclear attack resulted in a scene of utter desolation" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "destructions", "devastations", "exterminations", "extinctions", "havoc", "losses", "mincemeats", "obliterations", "ruinations", "ruins", "wastages", "wreckages" ], "near synonyms":[ "depredations", "despoilments", "despoliations", "breakups", "collapses", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "assassinations", "executions", "killings", "massacres", "slaughters", "dismantlements", "effacements", "eradications" ], "near antonyms":[ "rescues", "salvages", "salvations", "savings", "conservations", "preservations", "protections", "reclamations", "reconstructions", "re-creations", "refurbishments", "regeneracies", "renovations", "restorations" ], "antonyms":[ "buildings", "constructions", "erections" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desiderations":{ "as in wishes , desiderata":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "desiderata", "wishes", "conditions", "demands", "essentials", "must-haves", "musts", "necessaries", "necessities", "needfuls", "needs", "requirements", "requisites", "sine qua nons", "sine quibus non", "preconditions", "prerequisites", "advantages", "edges", "pluses", "plusses" ], "near antonyms":[ "amenities", "comforts", "extras", "extravagances", "frills", "indulgences", "luxuries", "superfluities", "surplusages", "surpluses", "nonessentials", "nonnecessities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deserting":{ "to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{ "examples":[ "the volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival" ], "synonyms":[ "defecting (from)", "ratting (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandoning", "abdicating", "abjuring", "apostatizing", "cutting off", "disowning", "forsaking", "quitting", "rejecting", "renouncing", "repudiating", "spurning", "reneging", "departing", "going", "leaving", "withdrawing" ], "near antonyms":[ "adhering (to)", "clinging (to)", "sticking (to or with)", "cherishing", "cultivating", "fostering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to remain behind":{ "examples":[ "deserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoning", "forsaking", "leaving", "marooning", "quitting", "stranding" ], "near synonyms":[ "discarding", "ditching", "dumping", "flinging", "jettisoning", "junking", "scrapping", "shedding", "shucking (off)", "throwing away", "throwing out", "delivering", "giving up", "handing over", "relinquishing", "surrendering", "yielding", "escaping", "retreating (from)", "taking off (from)", "vacating", "withdrawing (from)", "abjuring", "cutting off", "disowning", "rejecting", "renouncing", "repudiating", "separating (from)", "sacrificing", "distancing", "disregarding", "forgetting", "ignoring", "neglecting" ], "near antonyms":[ "harboring", "having", "holding", "keeping", "owning", "possessing", "reserving", "retaining", "withholding", "redeeming", "rescuing", "saving" ], "antonyms":[ "reclaiming" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despises":{ "to dislike strongly":{ "examples":[ "I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!" ], "synonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "detests", "execrates", "hates", "loathes" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplores", "deprecates", "disapproves (of)", "discountenances", "disdains", "disfavors", "scorns" ], "near antonyms":[ "desires", "fancies", "favors", "likes", "prefers", "enjoys", "relishes", "admires", "adores", "approves (of)", "esteems", "hallows", "idolizes", "reveres", "venerates", "worships", "cherishes", "prizes", "treasures" ], "antonyms":[ "loves" ] }, "to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{ "examples":[ "a traitor hated and despised by the whole community" ], "synonyms":[ "disregards", "flouts", "scorns" ], "near synonyms":[ "dismisses", "forgets", "neglects", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "slurs (over)", "belittles", "deprecates", "disparages", "slights" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "approves", "uses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desertlike":{ "as in desertic , desert":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "desert", "desertic", "xerothermic", "rainless", "baked", "dehydrated", "parched", "sunbaked", "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "air-dry", "arid", "droughty", "dry", "sere", "sear", "thirsty", "waterless" ], "near antonyms":[ "damp", "dank", "humid", "moist", "wet", "awash", "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "watery", "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "despites":{ "the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{ "examples":[ "baffled as to why working-class voters would vote in despite of their own economic interests" ], "synonyms":[ "detriments", "disadvantages", "disfavors", "penalties" ], "near synonyms":[ "deficits", "deprivations", "expenses", "losses", "damages", "harms", "hurts", "injuries", "prejudices" ], "near antonyms":[ "gains" ], "antonyms":[ "advantages", "favors" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descrambling":{ "as in unscrambling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unscrambling", "breaking", "cracking", "deciphering", "decoding", "decrypting", "rendering", "translating", "doping (out)", "figuring out", "puzzling (out)", "solving", "unraveling", "unriddling", "working", "working out" ], "near antonyms":[ "ciphering", "coding", "enciphering", "encoding", "encrypting", "garbling", "jumbling (up)", "mixing (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecraters":{ "as in destroyers , saboteurs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolishers", "despoilers", "destroyers", "ravagers", "ruiners", "saboteurs", "wasters", "wreckers", "defacers", "vandals", "graffitists", "taggers" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservers", "preservers", "protectors", "savers", "conservators", "preservationists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desperateness":{ "as in desperation , franticness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "alarm", "alarum", "anguish", "consternation", "desperation", "discomfort", "discomposure", "dismay", "distraction", "distress", "disturbance", "edginess", "franticness", "hand-wringing", "jitters", "jumpiness", "panic", "tremor", "agita", "agitation", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "care", "concern", "concernment", "disquiet", "disquietude", "fear", "nervosity", "nervousness", "perturbation", "solicitude", "sweat", "unease", "uneasiness", "worry", "strain", "stress", "tension", "angst", "fearfulness", "torment", "upset", "vexation", "cold feet", "doubt", "dread", "foreboding", "incertitude", "misgiving", "presentiment", "suspense", "uncertainty", "compunction", "qualm", "scruple" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "calmness", "content", "contentment", "ease", "easiness", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "placidness", "quiet", "quietude", "sereneness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness", "comfort", "consolation", "relief", "solace", "unconcern" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desirability":{ "suitability for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{ "examples":[ "the desirability of immortality becomes a little less certain after some consideration of the consequences" ], "synonyms":[ "advisability", "advisableness", "desirableness", "expedience", "expediency", "judiciousness", "prudence", "wisdom" ], "near synonyms":[ "advantageousness", "beneficialness", "profitability", "feasibility", "practicality", "usefulness", "opportuneness", "seasonableness", "timeliness" ], "near antonyms":[ "impracticality", "infeasibility", "inopportuneness", "unseasonableness", "untimeliness" ], "antonyms":[ "imprudence", "inadvisability", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "injudiciousness", "unwisdom" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desultory":{ "lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{ "examples":[ "a desultory search for something of interest on TV" ], "synonyms":[ "aimless", "arbitrary", "catch-as-catch-can", "erratic", "haphazard", "helter-skelter", "hit-or-miss", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray" ], "near synonyms":[ "accidental", "casual", "chance", "chancy", "contingent", "fluky", "flukey", "fortuitous", "inadvertent", "incidental", "lucky", "unconsidered", "unintended", "unintentional", "unplanned", "unpremeditated", "scattershot", "shotgun", "irregular", "odd", "sporadic", "spot", "directionless", "objectless", "purposeless", "indiscriminate", "unsystematic", "undirected", "disorderly", "disorganized", "undiscriminating", "unselective" ], "near antonyms":[ "established", "fixed", "regular", "set", "stable", "steady", "constant", "continuous", "even", "arranged", "managed", "orchestrated", "ordered", "planned", "aware", "conscious", "deliberate", "purposeful", "thoughtful", "willful", "wilful" ], "antonyms":[ "methodical", "methodic", "nonrandom", "orderly", "organized", "regular", "systematic", "systematized" ] }, "passing from one topic to another":{ "examples":[ "a desultory discussion about the news of the day" ], "synonyms":[ "digressional", "digressionary", "digressive", "discursive", "excursive", "leaping", "maundering", "meandering", "rambling", "wandering" ], "near synonyms":[ "circuitous", "deviating", "devious", "indirect", "roundabout" ], "near antonyms":[ "coherent", "consistent", "logical", "direct", "focused", "focussed", "straightforward", "undeviating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "describes":{ "to give a representation or account of in words":{ 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"accompanied", "attended", "escorted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "left unoccupied or unused":{ "examples":[ "a desolate mining town that had its brief heyday more than a century ago" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "derelict", "deserted", "disused", "forgotten", "forsaken", "rejected", "vacant", "vacated", "void" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignored", "neglected", "unattended", "untended", "castaway", "cast-off", "discarded", "jettisoned", "junked", "refuse", "waste", "godforsaken", "miserable", "shabby", "wretched", "empty", "idle" ], "near antonyms":[ "reclaimed", "recovered", "redeemed", "rescued", "retrieved", "salvaged", "saved", "reconditioned", "rehabbed", "rehabilitated", "restored", "repeopled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{ "examples":[ "wild, desolate plains on which only the hardiest could survive" ], "synonyms":[ "barren", "bony", "boney", "dead", "hardscrabble", "impoverished", "infertile", "poor", "stark", "unfertile", "unproductive", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "bleak", "inhospitable", "lifeless", "uncultivable", "untillable", "bankrupted", "consumed", "debilitated", "depleted", "diminished", "drained", "dried-up", "enfeebled", "exhausted", "expended", "lessened", "reduced", "spent", "used up", "arid", "desert", "droughty", "dry", "rainless", "sere", "sear", "thirsty", "waterless", "baked", "dehydrated", "parched", "sunbaked" ], "near antonyms":[ "arable", "tillable", "green", "sylvan", "verdant" ], "antonyms":[ "fertile", "fruitful", "lush", "luxuriant", "productive", "rich" ] }, "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "totally desolated the city with aerial bombs" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilate", "cream", "decimate", "demolish", "destroy", "devastate", "do in", "extinguish", "nuke", "pull down", "pulverize", "raze", "rub out", "ruin", "shatter", "smash", "tear down", "total", "vaporize", "waste", "wrack", "wreck" ], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "best", "clobber", 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"slaughter", "slay", "take out", "zap" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctor", "fix", "mend", "patch", "recondition", "repair", "revamp", "create", "invent", "assemble", "fabricate", "fashion", "forge", "form", "frame", "make", "manufacture", "mold", "produce", "shape", "bring about", "constitute", "establish", "father", "found", "institute", "organize", "conserve", "preserve", "protect", "save", "rebuild", "reconstruct", "remodel", "renovate", "restore" ], "antonyms":[ "build", "construct", "erect", "put up", "raise", "rear", "set up" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "despoilers":{ "as in robbers , plunderers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "looters", "marauders", "pillagers", "plunderers", "raiders", "robbers", "buccaneers", "corsairs", "freebooters", "pirates", "rovers", "privateers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in destroyers , saboteurs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolishers", "desecraters", "desecrators", "destroyers", "ravagers", "ruiners", "saboteurs", "wasters", "wreckers", "defacers", "vandals", "graffitists", "taggers" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservers", "preservers", "protectors", "savers", "conservators", "preservationists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "designee":{ "one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{ "examples":[ "the director or a designee shall sign the report" ], "synonyms":[ "appointee", "nominee", "selectee" ], "near synonyms":[ "candidate", "assignee", "licensee", "licentiate", "permittee", "inductee", "agent", "delegate", "delegatee", "deputy", "choice", "draftee", "endorsee", "pick", "selection" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desist (from)":{ "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "examples":[ "ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "break off", "break up", "can", "cease", "cut off", "cut out", "discontinue", "drop", "end", 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"mockery", "ridicule", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "censure", "condemnation", "denunciation" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "tolerance", "adoration", "adulation", "deference", "deification", "glorification", "idolatry", "idolization", "lionization", "reverence", "veneration", "worship", "affection", "fancy", "fondness", "liking", "love" ], "antonyms":[ "admiration", "esteem", "estimation", "favor", "regard", "respect" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dessert":{ "sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal":{ "examples":[ "She doesn't care for rich desserts .", "a chocolate dessert" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "candy", "junket", "sweet", "sweetmeat", "bit", "cate", "dainty", "delicacy", "delectable", "goody", "goodie", "kickshaw", "tidbit", "titbit", "treat", "viand", "morsel" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destituteness":{ "the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{ "examples":[ "the appalling destituteness of the people in that underdeveloped country" ], "synonyms":[ "beggary", "destitution", "impecuniosity", "impecuniousness", "impoverishment", "indigence", "necessity", "need", "neediness", "pauperism", "penuriousness", "penury", "poorness", "poverty", "want" ], "near synonyms":[ "gutter", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "exigency", "emergency", "rainy day", "austerity", "deprivation", "privation", "bankruptcy", "insolvency", "belt-tightening", "pinching", "straitening" ], "near antonyms":[ "luxury", "prosperity" ], "antonyms":[ "affluence", "opulence", "richness", "wealth", "wealthiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desegregation":{ "as in integration":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "integration" ], "near antonyms":[ "racialism", "racism", "apartheid", "segregation", "separatism", "eugenics" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "designer":{ "one who creates or introduces something new":{ "examples":[ "credited as the designer of the first sneaker specifically intended 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"up-to-the-minute" ], "near synonyms":[ "fashionable", "happening", "in", "modish", "nouvelle", "now", "stylish", "last", "latest", "modernized", "updated", "futuristic", "high-tech", "hi-tech", "latter-day", "recent" ], "near antonyms":[ "anachronistic", "aged", "age-old", "ancient", "antediluvian", "hoary", "old", "venerable", "bygone", "former", "late", "olden", "past", "antique", "historic", "historical", "retro", "retrograde", "kaput", "kaputt", "obsolete", "outmoded", "outworn", "unmodernized", "old-world", "discarded", "disused", "moth-eaten", "forgotten", "remote", "ageless", "dateless", "timeless" ], "antonyms":[ "antiquated", "archaic", "dated", "fusty", "musty", "oldfangled", "old-fashioned", "old-time", "out-of-date", "pass\u00e9" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "desuetude":{ "lack of use":{ "examples":[ "despite the long years of desuetude , the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine" ], "synonyms":[ "disuse", "idleness", "inactivity" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandonment", "desertion", "neglect", "abeyance", "dormancy", "latency", "quiescence" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "use" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desirable":{ "sexually attractive":{ "examples":[ "the desirable young stars of a television reality show" ], "synonyms":[ "bodacious", "dishy", "hot", "luscious", "sexy", "toothsome" ], "near synonyms":[ "foxy", "nubile", "hunky", "studly", "alluring", "seductive", "sultry", "vampish", "vampy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances":{ "examples":[ "a desirable location for the new house" ], "synonyms":[ "advisable", "expedient", "judicious", "politic", "prudent", "tactical", "wise" ], "near synonyms":[ "advantageous", "beneficial", "profitable", "useful", "utilitarian", "feasible", "possible", "practicable", "practical", "opportune", "seasonable", "timely", "opportunistic", "self-seeking" ], "near antonyms":[ "impractical", "profitless", "unfeasible", "unprofitable", "inopportune", "unseasonable", "untimely" ], "antonyms":[ "impolitic", "imprudent", "inadvisable", "inexpedient", "injudicious", "unwise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "destined":{ "as in predestined , fated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fated", "foreordained", "predestined", "predetermined", "preordained", "likely", "possible", "probable", "inexorable", "relentless", "unremitting", "unstoppable", "decided", "definite", "settled", "certain", "ineluctable", "ineludible", "inescapable", "inevitable", "necessary", "sure", "unavoidable", "unescapable" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoidable", "evadable", "uncertain", "unsure", "preventable", "preventible", "doubtful", "dubious", "questionable", "shaky", "unclear", "undecided", "unsettled", "undependable", "unreliable", "improbable", "unlikely" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball" ], "synonyms":[ "doomed", "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":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "deserters":{ "a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right":{ "examples":[ "we had orders to find and capture the deserters before they could reveal our location" ], "synonyms":[ "apostates", "defectors", "recreants", "renegades" ], "near synonyms":[ "betrayers", "double-crossers", "quislings", "traitors", "traitresses", "traitoresses", "turnabouts", "turncoats", "abandoners", "come-outers", "dropouts", "leavers", "defiers", "insurgents", "insurrectionaries", "insurrectionists", "mutineers", "rebels", "reds", "revolters", "revolutionaries", "revolutionists", "revolutionizers", "discontents", "malcontents", "recusants", "refuseniks", "refusniks", "refusers" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherents", "disciples", "followers", "supporters", "fanatics", "militants", "partisans", "partizans", "zealots" ], "antonyms":[ "loyalists" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despondencies":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "examples":[ "in despondency because he couldn't seem to settle into a lasting relationship" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despond", "despondence", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "the state of being discouraged":{ "examples":[ "in their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season" ], "synonyms":[ "demoralization", "despair", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "dismay", "dispiritedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "dumps", "gloom", "melancholy", "mopes", "defeatism", "pessimism", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimism", "sanguinity" ], "antonyms":[ "encouragement" ] }, "utter loss of hope":{ "examples":[ "never once gave into despondency and self-pity during her long recovery from her injuries in the car crash" ], "synonyms":[ "despair", "desperation", "despond", "despondence", "forlornness", "hopelessness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolor", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "gloom", "gloominess", "joylessness", "melancholy", "mopes", "oppression", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "self-despair", "self-pity", "dolefulness", "mournfulness", "sorrowfulness", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "cynicism", "pessimism", "acceptance", "resignation" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "sunniness", "optimism", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "gleefulness", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ], "antonyms":[ "hope", "hopefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descramble":{ "as in unscramble":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unscramble", "break", "crack", "decipher", "decode", "decrypt", "render", "translate", "dope (out)", "figure out", "puzzle (out)", "solve", "unravel", "unriddle", "work", "work out" ], "near antonyms":[ "cipher", "code", "encipher", "encode", "encrypt", "garble", "jumble (up)", "mix (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "describe":{ "to give a representation or account of in words":{ "examples":[ "he tried to describe the dream he had last night as accurately as he could" ], "synonyms":[ "delineate", "depict", "draw", "image", "limn", "paint", "picture", "portray", "render", "set out", "sketch" ], "near synonyms":[ "characterize", "define", "label", "qualify", "represent", "demonstrate", "illustrate", "narrate", "recite", "recount", "rehearse", "relate", "report", "tell", "display", "exhibit", "show", "hint", "suggest", "draft", "outline", "silhouette", "trace", "vignette", "summarize", "sum up", "touch off", "redescribe", "reimage" ], "near antonyms":[ "color", "distort", "falsify", "garble", "misdescribe", "misrepresent", "misstate", "pervert", "twist", "warp" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{ "examples":[ "a biography of Washington that describes the decisive Battle of Yorktown at great length" ], "synonyms":[ "chart", "chronicle", "narrate", "recite", "recount", "rehearse", "relate", "report", "tell" ], "near synonyms":[ "deliver", "give", "reel off", "state", "utter", "voice", "detail", "enumerate", "itemize", "particularize", "bare", "disclose", "divulge", "expose", "let on (about)", "reveal", "delineate", "depict", "express", "render", "sketch" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{ "examples":[ "how would you describe the Inupiat people you encountered in Alaska?" ], "synonyms":[ "character", "characterize", "define", "depict", "portray", "represent" ], "near synonyms":[ "categorize", "classify", "pigeonhole", "type", "color", "identify", "indicate", "name", "specify", "distinguish", "individualize", "mark", "particularize", "stamp" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destining":{ "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball" ], "synonyms":[ "dooming", "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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descending (on or upon)":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "bushwhacking", "charging", "going in (on)", "jumping (on)", "pouncing (on or upon)", "raiding", "rushing", "setting on", "siccing", "sicking", "storming", "striking", "trashing", "turning (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rushing", "ganging up (on)", "mobbing", "swarming", "mugging", "robbing", "ambuscading", "ambushing", "surprising", "surprizing", "waylaying", "blitzing", "bombarding", "bombing", "nuking", "barraging", "cannonading", "cannoning", "banging away (at)", "battering", "buffeting", "plastering", "beleaguering", "besieging", "pressing", "harrying", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "ravaging", "sacking", "foraying", "invading", "overrunning", "enveloping", "flanking" ], "near antonyms":[ "covering", "defending", "guarding", "protecting", "securing", "shielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "destines":{ "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball" ], "synonyms":[ "dooms", "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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "design":{ "a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{ "examples":[ "she always achieves her objective by design rather than by luck" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangement", "blueprint", "game", "game plan", "ground plan", "master plan", "plan", "program", "project", "road map", "scheme", "strategy", "system" ], "near synonyms":[ "collusion", "conspiracy", "plot", "contrivance", "device", "gambit", "maneuver", "ruse", "stratagem", "subterfuge", "trick", "counterplan", "counterstrategy", "means", "tactic", "technique", "way", "procedure", "protocol", "conception", "idea", "projet", "proposal", "specific(s)", "specification(s)", "aim", "intent", "intention", "purpose", "diagram", "formula", "layout", "map", "pattern", "platform", "policy", "recipe", "setup" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends":{ "examples":[ "the thief had devised an elaborate design to get the invaluable artwork" ], "synonyms":[ "conspiracy", "intrigue", "machination", "plot", "scheme" ], "near synonyms":[ "counterconspiracy", "counterplot", "frame-up", "manipulation", "subterfuge", "trickery", "artifice", "contrivance", "cover-up", "dodge", "draft", "maneuver", "stratagem", "trick", "cabal", "confederacy", "ring", "game", "gimmick", "racket", "ground plan", "program", "strategy", "system", "collusion", "complicity", "connivance", "conniving", "conspiration" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{ "examples":[ "my design in writing to you is to ask for your support" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "ambition", "aspiration", "bourne", "bourn", "dream", "end", "goal", "idea", "ideal", "intent", "intention", "mark", "meaning", "object", "objective", "plan", "point", "pretension", "purpose", "target", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "grail", "holy grail", "plot", "project", "scheme", "desire", "hope", "mind", "wish", "nirvana", "destination", "terminus" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "method", "way" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{ "examples":[ "the curtains have a lovely floral design" ], "synonyms":[ "figure", "motif", "motive", "pattern" ], "near synonyms":[ "scheme", "device", "adornment", "caparison", "decoration", "embellishment", "frill", "garnish", "ornament", "trim" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{ "examples":[ "the design of the building's lobby encourages the free flow of traffic" ], "synonyms":[ "arrangement", "composition", "configuration", "constellation", "form", "format", "getup", "layout", "makeup", "ordonnance", "pattern" ], "near synonyms":[ "motif", "theme" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "allow", "aspire", "calculate", "contemplate", "go", "intend", "look", "mean", "meditate", "plan", "propose", "purport", "purpose" ], "near synonyms":[ "dream", "hope", "wish", "consider", "debate", "mull (over)", "ponder", "attempt", "endeavor", "strive", "struggle", "try", "plot", "scheme", "accomplish", "achieve", "effect", "execute", "perform" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{ "examples":[ "the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency" ], "synonyms":[ "arrange", "blueprint", "budget", "calculate", "chart", "choreograph", "frame", "lay out", "map (out)", "organize", "plan", "prepare", "project", "scheme (out)", "shape", "strategize (about)" ], "near synonyms":[ "conspire", "contrive", "devise", "intrigue", "machinate", "plot", "put up", "concert", "get up", "draft", "outline", "sketch", "aim", "figure", "have on", "intend", "mean", "contemplate", "meditate", "premeditate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "desacralize":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "complained that contemporary society has desacralized and trivialized the celebration of Christmas" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrate", "desanctify" ], "near synonyms":[ "defile", "desecrate", "profane", "violate" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonize", "deify", "venerate", "spiritualize", "chasten", "cleanse", "purify", "exorcise", "exorcize", "expurgate" ], "antonyms":[ "bless", "consecrate", "hallow", "sacralize", "sanctify" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despairs":{ "to lose all hope or confidence":{ "examples":[ "we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project" ], "synonyms":[ "desponds" ], "near synonyms":[ "gives up", "surrenders", "yields", "darkens", "saddens", "agonizes", "bleeds", "grieves", "hurts", "mourns", "sorrows", "suffers", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "near antonyms":[ "exults", "rejoices", "assures", "encourages", "heartens", "reassures", "hopes" ], "antonyms":[ "brightens", "cheers (up)", "perks (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descend (on":{ "to take sudden, violent action against":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "assail", "assault", "attack", "beset", "bushwhack", "charge", "go in (on)", "jump (on)", "pounce (on or upon)", "raid", "rush", "set on", "sic", "sick", "storm", "strike", "trash", "turn (on)", "beat up on", "fly at", "go at", "light into", "pitch into", "round on", "set at", "set upon", "tear into" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum-rush", "gang up (on)", "mob", "swarm", "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", "envelop", "flank" ], "near antonyms":[ "cover", "defend", "guard", "protect", "secure", "shield" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "designate":{ "to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{ "examples":[ "the designated time for the meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "appoint", "fix", "name", "set" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopt", "assign", "choose", "determine", "establish", "opt (for)", "pick", "pin (down)", "prefer", "select", "settle", "single (out)", "specify", "arrange", "coordinate", "orchestrate", "advertise", "announce", "declare", "publish" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{ "examples":[ "he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm" ], "synonyms":[ "appoint", "assign", "attach", "commission", "constitute", "detail", "name", "nominate", "place" ], "near synonyms":[ "authorize", "delegate", "depute", "deputize", "anoint", "consecrate", "create", "inaugurate", "induct", "install", "instate", "institute", "invest", "make", "ordain", "crown", "enthrone", "throne", "choose", "destine", "draft", "elect", "handpick", "select", "single (out)", "vote (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackball", "depose", "dethrone", "displace", "eject", "evict", "oust", "overthrow", "remove", "throw out", "uncrown", "unmake", "unseat" ], "antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismiss", "expel", "fire" ] }, "to give a name to":{ "examples":[ "he was designated \"Air Jordan\" by his fans" ], "synonyms":[ "baptize", "call", "christen", "clepe", "denominate", "dub", "entitle", "label", "name", "nominate", "style", "term", "title" ], "near synonyms":[ "brand", "stigmatize", "tag", "denote", "specify", "miscall", "misname", "mistitle", "code-name", "nickname", "rechristen", "relabel", "rename", "surname" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desiderates":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve" ], "synonyms":[ "aches (for)", "covets", "craves", "desires", "dies (for)", "hankers (for or after)", "hungers (for)", "itches (for)", "joneses (for)", "longs (for)", "lusts (for or after)", "pants (after)", "pines (for)", "repines (for)", "salivates (for)", "sighs (for)", "thirsts (for)", "wants", "wishes (for)", "yearns (for)", "yens (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoils (for)", "adores", "delights (in)", "digs", "enjoys", "fancies", "grooves (on)", "likes", "loves", "relishes", "revels (in)", "favors", "prefers", "admires", "appreciates", "cherishes", "prizes", "treasures", "values" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "despises", "detests", "execrates", "hates", "loathes", "declines", "refuses", "rejects", "spurns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "designees":{ "one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{ "examples":[ "the director or a designee shall sign the report" ], "synonyms":[ "appointees", "nominees", "selectees" ], "near synonyms":[ "candidates", "assignees", "licensees", "licentiates", "permittees", "inductees", "agents", "delegatees", "delegates", "deputies", "choices", "draftees", "endorsees", "picks", "selections" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desegregating":{ "as in integrating , reintegrating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "integrating", "reintegrating", "assimilating", "associating", "connecting", "joining", "linking", "uniting", "discharging", "freeing", "liberating", "loosing", "releasing" ], "near antonyms":[ "cutting off", "insulating", "isolating", "secluding", "segregating", "separating", "sequestering", "quarantining", "confining", "immuring", "incarcerating", "interning", "jailing", "locking (up)", "restraining", "restricting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desisted (from)":{ "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "examples":[ "ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission" ], "synonyms":[ "broke", "broke off", "broke up", "canned", "ceased", "cut off", "cut out", "discontinued", "dropped", "ended", "gave over", "halted", "knocked off", "laid off", "left off", "packed (up or in)", "quit", "quitted", "shut off", "stopped" ], "near synonyms":[ "completed", "concluded", "finished", "closed (down)", "deactivated", "blockaded", "blocked", "dammed", "delayed", "detained", "held", "held back", "hindered", "impeded", "kiboshed", "obstructed", "stemmed", "called", "suspended", "arrested", "braked", "checked", "clamped down", "reined (in)", "squashed", "squelched", "stamped", "stanched", "staunched", "stunted", "suppressed", "turned back", "paused", "stayed", "suspended", "abolished", "aborted", "annulled", "demolished", "destroyed", "dissolved", "killed", "ruined", "scuttled", "snuffed" ], "near antonyms":[ "carried on", "continued", "followed through (with)", "kept up", "ran on", "advanced", "proceeded", "progressed", "actuated", "drove", "impelled", "propelled", "stirred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "despise":{ "to dislike strongly":{ "examples":[ "I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!" ], "synonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe" ], "near synonyms":[ "deplore", "deprecate", "disapprove (of)", "discountenance", "disdain", "disfavor", "scorn" ], "near antonyms":[ "desire", "fancy", "favor", "like", "prefer", "enjoy", "relish", "admire", "adore", "approve (of)", "esteem", "hallow", "idolize", "revere", "venerate", "worship", "cherish", "prize", "treasure" ], "antonyms":[ "love" ] }, "to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{ "examples":[ "a traitor hated and despised by the whole community" ], "synonyms":[ "disregard", "flout", "scorn" ], "near synonyms":[ "dismiss", "forget", "neglect", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "slur (over)", "belittle", "deprecate", "disparage", "slight" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "approve", "use" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desecrater":{ "as in destroyer , saboteur":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "demolisher", "despoiler", "destroyer", "ravager", "ruiner", "saboteur", "waster", "wrecker", "defacer", "vandal", "graffitist", "tagger" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserver", "preserver", "protector", "saver", "conservator", "preservationist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dessertspoons":{ "as in tablespoons , teaspoons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "soupspoons", "tablespoons", "teaspoons", "skimmers", "dippers", "ladles", "scoops", "spoons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despoilments":{ "as in depredations , despoliations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "depredations", "despoliations", "annihilations", "decimations", "demolishments", "demolitions", "desolations", "destructions", "devastations", "exterminations", "extinctions", "havoc", "losses", "mincemeats", "obliterations", "ruinations", "ruins", "wastages", "wreckages", "breakups", "collapses", "disintegrations", "dissolutions", "assassinations", "executions", "killings", "massacres", "slaughters", "dismantlements", "effacements", "eradications" ], "near antonyms":[ "buildings", "constructions", "erections", "rescues", "salvages", "salvations", "savings", "conservations", "preservations", "protections", "reclamations", "reconstructions", "re-creations", "refurbishments", "regeneracies", "renovations", "restorations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in deforcements , defalcations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "defalcations", "embezzlements", "misapplications", "misappropriations", "misuses", "peculations", "thefts", "appropriations", "arrogations", "detainers", "expropriations", "preemptions", "seizures", "takeovers", "usurpations", "annexations", "assumptions", "attachments", "confiscations", "grabs", "impoundments", "repossessions", "sequestrations", "invasions", "occupancies", "occupations", "preoccupancies", "trespasses", "deforcements", "disfurnishments", "dispossessions", "ejections", "encroachments", "infringements", "piracies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despot":{ "a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{ "examples":[ "the despot exiled political dissidents to remote labor camps, where they were left to rot" ], "synonyms":[ "caesar", "dictator", "f\u00fchrer", "fuehrer", "oppressor", "pharaoh", "strongman", "tyrannizer", "tyrant" ], "near synonyms":[ "autarch", "autocrat", "monocrat", "authoritarian", "Big Brother", "paramount", "potentate", "totalitarian", "caudillo", "overlord", "warlord", "boss", "captain", "chief", "dominator", "kingpin", "leader", "master", "overlord", "ruler", "king", "lord", "monarch", "prince", "queen", "sovereign", "sovran", "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "magnate", "mogul", "tycoon", "disciplinarian", "discipliner", "enforcer", "martinet", "taskmaster" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desk":{ "a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{ "examples":[ "the city desk of a prominent newspaper" ], "synonyms":[ "agency", "arm", "branch", "bureau", "department", "division", "office", "service" ], "near synonyms":[ "subdepartment", "subdivision" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deserved":{ "being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{ "examples":[ "a well deserved promotion for a hard worker" ], "synonyms":[ "competent", "condign", "due", "fair", "just", "justified", "merited", "right", "rightful", "warranted" ], "near synonyms":[ "applicable", "appropriate", "apt", "fit", "fitting", "meet", "proper", "requisite", "suitable", "lawful", "legal", "legitimate", "accurate", "correct", "true", "rhadamanthine", "strict", "stringent", "uncompromising", "equitable", "impartial", "square" ], "near antonyms":[ "incoherent", "incorrect", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "improper", "inapplicable", "inapposite", "inappropriate", "inapt", "indefensible", "unjustifiable", "unreasonable", "unsuitable", "biased", "inequitable", "partial", "unequal", "arbitrary", "despotic", "illegitimate", "unlawful" ], "antonyms":[ "undeserved", "undue", "unfair", "unjust", "unjustified", "unmerited", "unwarranted" ] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "the team really deserved that victory after the way they played" ], "synonyms":[ "earned", "merited", "rated" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitled", "qualified" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "desideration":{ "as in wish , desideratum":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "desideratum", "wish", "condition", "demand", "essential", "must", "must-have", "necessary", "necessity", "need", "needful", "requirement", "requisite", "sine qua non", "precondition", "prerequisite", "advantage", "edge", "plus" ], "near antonyms":[ "amenity", "comfort", "extra", "extravagance", "frill", "indulgence", "luxury", "superfluity", "surplus", "surplusage", "nonessential", "nonnecessity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desists":{ "as in terminates , discontinues":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "concludes", "discontinues", "finishes", "halts", "quits", "terminates", "ceases", "ends", "stops", "disappears", "dissolves", "evaporates", "vanishes", "departs", "dies", "expires", "passes away", "perishes" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualizes", "appears", "arises", "begins", "breaks", "commences", "dawns", "engenders", "forms", "materializes", "originates", "sets in", "springs", "starts", "breathes", "exists", "is", "lives", "subsists", "arrives", "comes on", "emerges" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destinies":{ "a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{ "examples":[ "I just knew that it wasn't my destiny to end up in a dead-end job" ], "synonyms":[ "circumstances", "dooms", "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":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desuetudes":{ "lack of use":{ "examples":[ "despite the long years of desuetude , the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine" ], "synonyms":[ "disuses", "inactivities" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandonments", "desertions", "neglects", "abeyances", "dormancies", "latencies", "quiescences" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "uses" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "designations":{ "a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{ "examples":[ "we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation" ], "synonyms":[ "appellations", "appellatives", "cognomens", "cognomina", "compellations", "denominations", "denotations", "handles", "monikers", "monickers", "names", "nomenclatures", "titles" ], "near synonyms":[ "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", "aliases", "cryptonyms", "noms de guerre", "noms de plume", "pen names", "pseudonyms", "binomials", "monomials", "trivial names", "vernaculars", "misnomers", "brand names", "labels", "trademarks", "trade names" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty":{ "examples":[ "the surprising designation of an unknown as the running mate raised a few eyebrows" ], "synonyms":[ "appointments", "assignments", "commissions" ], "near synonyms":[ "billets", "gigs", "jobs", "offices", "places", "positions", "situations", "spots", "stations", "authorizations", "delegations", "deputations", "emplacements", "placements", "rankings", "anointments", "inductions", "installations", "installments", "instalments", "investitures", "investments", "ordinations", "choices", "destinations", "elections", "nominations", "selections" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackballs", "rejections", "depositions", "dethronements", "ejections", "evictions", "ousters", "overthrows", "removals" ], "antonyms":[ "discharges", "dismissals", "dismissions", "expulsions", "firings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destruction":{ "the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{ "examples":[ "the violent storm resulted in the destruction of their tree house" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilation", "decimation", "demolishment", "demolition", "desolation", "devastation", "extermination", "extinction", "havoc", "loss", "mincemeat", "obliteration", "ruin", "ruination", "wastage", "wreckage" ], "near synonyms":[ "depredation", "despoilment", "despoliation", "breakup", "collapse", "disintegration", "dissolution", "assassination", "execution", "killing", "massacre", "slaughter", "dismantlement", "effacement", "eradication" ], "near antonyms":[ "rescue", "salvage", "salvation", "saving", "conservation", "preservation", "protection", "reclamation", "reconstruction", "re-creation", "refurbishment", "regeneracy", "remodeling", "renovation", "restoration" ], "antonyms":[ "building", "construction", "erection", "raising" ] }, "something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life":{ "examples":[ "alcohol will be her destruction if we don't intervene to help her" ], "synonyms":[ "death", "downfall", "ruin", "ruination", "undoing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bane", "curse", "torment", "Achilles' heel", "tragic flaw" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "despitefully":{ "in a mean or spiteful manner":{ "examples":[ "a theater critic known for his despitefully negative reviews" ], "synonyms":[ "bitchily", "cattily", "hatefully", "malevolently", "maliciously", "malignantly", "meanly", "nastily", "spitefully", "viciously", "villainously", "virulently", "wickedly" ], "near synonyms":[ "contemptuously", "deprecatingly", "disdainfully", "scornfully", "acrimoniously", "antagonistically", "caustically", "envyingly", "hostilely", "invidiously", "obnoxiously", "rancorously", "venomously", "vindictively", "vituperatively", "bitterly", "enviously", "jealously", "resentfully", "balefully", "caddishly", "callously", "cruelly", "evil-mindedly", "felly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "kindlessly", "mercilessly", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "soullessly", "unfeelingly", "disagreeably", "ill", "ungraciously", "unkindly", "ill-naturedly", "inconsiderately", "insensitively", "thoughtlessly", "diabolically", "fiendishly", "misanthropically" ], "near antonyms":[ "affably", "agreeably", "amiably", "cordially", "genially", "good-humoredly", "good-naturedly", "graciously", "nicely", "pleasantly", "altruistically", "humanely", "considerately", "feelingly", "lovingly", "mercifully", "sensitively", "softheartedly", "solicitously", "soulfully", "thoughtfully", "compassionately", "sympathetically", "angelically", "divinely", "gently", "sweetly", "tenderly" ], "antonyms":[ "benevolently", "benignantly", "good-heartedly", "kindheartedly", "kindly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "deselect":{ "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control" ], "synonyms":[ "balk (at)", "decline", "disapprove", "negative", "nix", "pass", "pass up", "refuse", "reject", "reprobate", "repudiate", "spurn", "throw out", "throw over", "turn down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blow off", "disdain", "rebuff", "scorn", "scout", "shoot down", "overrule", "veto", "forbid", "prohibit", "proscribe", "dismiss", "ignore", "abstain (from)", "forbear", "refrain (from)", "deny", "disavow", "disclaim", "dispute", "gainsay", "stick", "abjure", "forswear", "foreswear", "recant", "renounce", "retract", "take back", "unsay", "withdraw", "avoid", "bypass", "detour", "contradict", "deny", "disown", "negate", "controvert", "disagree (with)", "disprove", "dispute", "rebut", "refute", "back down", "back off", "backtrack", "disallow", "recall", "renege", "revoke" ], "near antonyms":[ "condone", "countenance", "swallow", "tolerate", "adopt", "embrace", "receive", "take", "welcome", "accede", "acquiesce", "agree", "assent", "consent", "choose", "handpick", "select", "espouse", "support" ], "antonyms":[ "accept", "agree (to)", "approve" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desiccating":{ "to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{ "examples":[ "that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history" ], "synonyms":[ "castrating", "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "dehydrating", "devitalizing", "enervating", "gelding", "lobotomizing", "petrifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "burning out", "debilitating", "doing in", "draining", "enfeebling", "exhausting", "fatiguing", "sapping", "tuckering (out)", "undermining", "weakening", "wearing", "wearing out", "daunting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "near antonyms":[ "arousing", "rousing", "stirring", "charging", "electrifying", "galvanizing", "exciting", "fermenting", "firing", "fomenting", "inciting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "instigating", "kindling", "provoking", "sparking", "triggering", "whipping (up)", "abetting", "boosting", "buoying", "cheering", "emboldening", "fortifying", "heartening", "inspiring", "lifting", "reactivating", "reanimating", "reawakening", "reawaking", "recharging", "reenergizing", "re-energizing", "refreshing", "regenerating", "rejuvenating", "rekindling", "renewing", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "revitalizing", "reviving" ], "antonyms":[ "bracing", "energizing", "enlivening", "invigorating", "quickening", "stimulating", "vitalizing", "vivifying" ] }, "to make dry":{ "examples":[ "add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix" ], "synonyms":[ "dehydrating", "drying", "parching", "scorching", "searing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dehumidifying", "draining", "evaporating", "mummifying", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "withering", "wizening", "air-drying", "baking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathing", "deluging", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "saturating", "soaking", "sopping", "sousing", "waterlogging", "dampening", "damping", "humidifying", "moistening", "rehydrating", "dipping", "dunking", "submerging", "swamping" ], "antonyms":[ "hydrating", "washing", "watering", "wetting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desanctifies":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "desanctified the church building and converted it into condos" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrates", "desacralizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiles", "desecrates", "profanes", "violates" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonizes", "deifies", "venerates", "spiritualizes", "chastens", "cleanses", "purifies", "exorcises", "exorcizes", "expurgates" ], "antonyms":[ "blesses", "consecrates", "hallows", "sacralizes", "sanctifies" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desiderating":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "a wide gulf between what they desiderate and what they deserve" ], "synonyms":[ "aching (for)", "coveting", "craving", "desiring", "dying (for)", "hankering (for or after)", "hungering (for)", "itching (for)", "jonesing (for)", "longing (for)", "lusting (for or after)", "panting (after)", "pining (for)", "repining (for)", "salivating (for)", "sighing (for)", "thirsting (for)", "wanting", "wishing (for)", "yearning (for)", "yenning (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoiling (for)", "adoring", "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "grooving (on)", "liking", "loving", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "favoring", "preferring", "admiring", "appreciating", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "declining", "refusing", "rejecting", "spurning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "destroy":{ "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "examples":[ "they practically destroyed the safe in order to get at the money inside", "their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilate", "cream", "decimate", "demolish", "desolate", "devastate", "do in", "extinguish", "nuke", "pull down", "pulverize", "raze", "rub out", "ruin", "shatter", "smash", "tear down", "total", "vaporize", "waste", "wrack", "wreck" ], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "best", "clobber", "conquer", "crush", "defeat", "drub", "lick", "master", "overbear", "overcome", "overmatch", "prevail (over)", "rout", "scotch", "skunk", "subdue", "surmount", "thrash", "trim", "triumph (over)", "trounce", "wallop", "whip", "win (against)", "blast", "blow up", "break", "cripple", "damage", "deface", "deteriorate", "disfigure", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "dynamite", "harm", "impair", "injure", "mangle", "mar", "mutilate", "spoil", "vitiate", "erode", "scour", "sweep (away)", "wash out", "wear (away)", "dilapidate", "disassemble", "dismantle", "gut", "take down", "unbuild", "undo", "unmake", "blot out", "efface", "eradicate", "expunge", "exterminate", "extirpate", "liquidate", "obliterate", "remove", "root (out)", "snuff (out)", "stamp (out)", "wipe out", "despoil", "havoc", "loot", "pillage", "plunder", "ravage", "sack", "trample", "trash", "vandalize", "assassinate", "butcher", "cut down", "dispatch", "execute", "fell", "kill", "kill off", "massacre", "mow (down)", "murder", "slaughter", "slay", "take out", "zap" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctor", "fix", "mend", "patch", "recondition", "repair", "revamp", "create", "invent", "assemble", "fabricate", "fashion", "forge", "form", "frame", "make", "manufacture", "mold", "produce", "shape", "bring about", "constitute", "establish", "father", "found", "institute", "organize", "conserve", "preserve", "protect", "save", "rebuild", "reconstruct", "remodel", "renovate", "restore" ], "antonyms":[ "build", "construct", "erect", "put up", "raise", "rear", "set up" ] }, "to bring destruction to (something) through violent action":{ "examples":[ "wildfires destroyed thousands of acres in forests across the state" ], "synonyms":[ "devastate", "ravage", "ruin", "scourge" ], "near synonyms":[ "despoil", "foray", "harry", "loot", "maraud", "pillage", "plunder", "sack", "strip", "annihilate", "desolate", "eradicate", "expunge", "extinguish", "extirpate", "nuke", "obliterate", "rub out", "shatter", "smash", "total", "vaporize", "waste", "wipe out", "wrack", "wreck", "decimate", "mow", "demolish", "raze", "crush", "overpower", "overrun", "overthrow", "overwhelm" ], "near antonyms":[ "recondition", "recover", "redeem", "rehabilitate", "restore", "fix", "mend", "patch", "repair", "revamp" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of life":{ "examples":[ "regrettably, the veterinarian was forced to destroy the injured horse" ], "synonyms":[ "carry off", "claim", "croak", "dispatch", "do in", "fell", "kill", "slay", "take" ], "near synonyms":[ "bump off", "butcher", "cut down", "finish", "get", "ice", "knock off", "murder", "neutralize", "off", "put away", "rub out", "scrag", "snuff", "take out", "waste", "whack", "annihilate", "blot out", "decimate", "kill off", "massacre", "mow", "slaughter", "smite", "assassinate", "execute", "martyr", "terminate", "euthanize", "euthanatize", "put down", "suicide" ], "near antonyms":[ "raise", "restore", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revive", "nurture" ], "antonyms":[ "animate" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desanctified":{ "to remove the sacred qualities or status of":{ "examples":[ "desanctified the church building and converted it into condos" ], "synonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized" ], "near synonyms":[ "defiled", "desecrated", "profaned", "violated" ], "near antonyms":[ "canonized", "deified", "venerated", "spiritualized", "chastened", "cleansed", "purified", "exorcised", "exorcized", "expurgated" ], "antonyms":[ "blessed", "blest", "consecrated", "hallowed", "sacralized", "sanctified" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "descrambles":{ "as in unscrambles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unscrambles", "breaks", "cracks", "deciphers", "decodes", "decrypts", "renders", "translates", "dopes (out)", "figures out", "puzzles (out)", "solves", "unravels", "unriddles", "works", "works out" ], "near antonyms":[ "ciphers", "codes", "enciphers", "encodes", "encrypts", "garbles", "jumbles (up)", "mixes (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "desiderata":{ "something that is needed or wanted":{ "examples":[ "a list of political desiderata" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "desiderations", "wishes", "conditions", "demands", "essentials", "must-haves", "musts", "necessaries", "necessities", "needfuls", "needs", "requirements", "requisites", "sine qua nons", "sine quibus non", "preconditions", "prerequisites", "advantages", "edges", "pluses", "plusses" ], "near antonyms":[ "amenities", "comforts", "extras", "extravagances", "frills", "indulgences", "luxuries", "superfluities", "surplusages", "surpluses", "nonessentials", "nonnecessities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "descant":{ "to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{ "examples":[ "an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare" ], "synonyms":[ "declaim", "discourse", "expatiate", "harangue", "lecture", "orate", "speak", "talk" ], "near synonyms":[ "recite", "soliloquize", "dissert", "expound", "pontificate", "sermonize", "mouth", "spout", "filibuster" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce musical sounds with the voice":{ "examples":[ "the world-famous soprano descanted above the melody line" ], "synonyms":[ "carol", "chant", "sing", "vocalize" ], "near synonyms":[ "belt", "croon", "harmonize", "hum", "lilt", "quaver", "scat", "sharp", "slur", "trill", "troll", "warble", "yodel", "serenade" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in chorus , croon":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aria", "art song", "barcarole", "barcarolle", "blues", "chanson", "chant", "chantey", "chanty", "shanty", "chorus", "croon", "folk song", "glee", "lullaby", "madrigal", "motet", "part-song", "pop", "rocker", "round", "roundelay", "serenade", "standard", "ballad", "ditty", "jingle", "lay", "lyric", "solo", "song", "vocal", "anthem", "cantata", "canticle", "carol", "chorale", "hymn", "noel", "psalm", "spiritual", "dirge", "lament", "requiem", "threnody", "hallelujah", "paean", "drinking song", "fight song", "torch song", "cover", "medley", "remix" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in note , remark":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "note", "observation", "remark", "annotation", "explication", "report", "review", "write-up", "analysis", "comment", "commentary", "exposition", "play-by-play" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "description":{ "a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{ "examples":[ "we immediately recognized the man from our cousin's description of him" ], "synonyms":[ "definition", "delineation", "depiction", "picture", "portrait", "portraiture", "portrayal", "rendering", "sketch", "vignette" ], "near synonyms":[ "account", "anecdote", "chronicle", "narrative", "report", "story", "tale", "yarn", "demonstration", "exemplification", "illustration", "clarification", "elucidation", "explanation", "explication", "exposition" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{ "examples":[ "fixes small appliances and other things of that description" ], "synonyms":[ "breed", "class", "feather", "genre", "ilk", "kidney", "kind", "like", "manner", "nature", "order", "sort", "species", "strain", "stripe", "type", "variety" ], "near synonyms":[ "model", "sample", "specimen", "bracket", "bunch", "category", "division", "family", "grade", "group", "grouping", "lot", "persuasion", "rank(s)", "set", "suite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "deselected":{ "to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{ "examples":[ "he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control" ], "synonyms":[ "balked (at)", "declined", "disapproved", "negatived", "nixed", "passed", "passed up", "refused", "rejected", "reprobated", "repudiated", "spurned", "threw out", "threw over", "turned down" ], "near synonyms":[ "blew off", "disdained", "rebuffed", "scorned", "scouted", "shot down", "overruled", "vetoed", "forbade", "forbad", "prohibited", "proscribed", "dismissed", "ignored", "abstained (from)", "forbore", "refrained (from)", "denied", "disavowed", "disclaimed", "disputed", "gainsaid", "stuck", "abjured", "forswore", "foreswore", "recanted", "renounced", "retracted", "took back", "unsaid", "withdrew", "avoided", "bypassed", "detoured", "contradicted", "denied", "disowned", "negated", "controverted", "disagreed (with)", "disproved", "disputed", "rebutted", "refuted", "backed down", "backed off", "backtracked", "disallowed", "recalled", "reneged", "revoked" ], "near antonyms":[ "condoned", "countenanced", "swallowed", "tolerated", "adopted", "embraced", "received", "took", "welcomed", "acceded", "acquiesced", "agreed", "assented", "consented", "chose", "handpicked", "selected", "espoused", "supported" ], "antonyms":[ "accepted", "agreed (to)", "approved" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dessertspoon":{ "as in tablespoon , teaspoon":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "soupspoon", "tablespoon", "teaspoon", "skimmer", "dipper", "ladle", "scoop", "spoon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destructible":{ "as in perishable , extinguishable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "extinguishable", "perishable", "mortal", "impermanent", "transient", "transitory", "breakable", "delicate", "flimsy", "fragile", "frail" ], "near antonyms":[ "imperishable", "indestructible", "inextinguishable", "incorruptible", "deathless", "immortal", "perpetual", "undying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "despondently":{ "as in dejectedly , abjectly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "despicably":{ "as in wretchedly , abominably":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abominably", "contemptibly", "detestably", "hatefully", "nastily", "pitiably", "sorrily", "wretchedly", "basely", "currishly", "dishonorably", "ignobly", "degenerately" ], "near antonyms":[ "gallantly", "grandly", "greatheartedly", "greatly", "heroically", "high-mindedly", "honorably", "magnanimously", "nobly", "loftily", "venerably", "magnificently", "majestically" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "descendents":{ "as in children":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "children", "scions", "succeeders", "successors", "issues", "offspring", "offsprings", "progenies", "seed", "seeds", "claimants", "heirs apparent", "representatives", "coheiresses", "co-heiresses", "coheirs", "co-heirs", "heiresses", "assignees", "beneficiaries", "devisees", "grantees", "heirs", "heirs at law", "inheritors", "legatees" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "destitute":{ "lacking money or material possessions":{ "examples":[ "many families were left destitute by the horrible fire" ], "synonyms":[ "beggared", "beggarly", "broke", "dirt-poor", "down-and-out", "famished", "hard up", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "necessitous", "needful", "needy", "pauperized", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken", "skint", "threadbare" ], "near synonyms":[ "deprived", "disadvantaged", "dispossessed", "unaffluent", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "bust", "busted", "insolvent", "possessionless", "ruined", "depressed", "distressed", "hand-to-mouth", "hardscrabble", "pinched", "poorish", "reduced", "straitened", "cash-strapped", "low", "short", "tapped out" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfortable", "prosperous" ], "antonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "fat-cat", "flush", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ] }, "utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{ "examples":[ "a lingering drought and a sky destitute of rain clouds" ], "synonyms":[ "bankrupt", "bare", "barren", "bereft", "devoid", "void" ], "near synonyms":[ "blank", "empty", "innocent", "stark", "vacant", "wanting", "deficient", "fragmental", "fragmentary", "incomplete", "insufficient", "partial", "short", "absent", "missing" ], "near antonyms":[ "furnished", "provided", "supplied", "brimming", "bulging", "bursting", "chock-full", "chockful", "crammed", "crowded", "fat", "jammed", "jam-packed", "loaded", "packed", "saturated", "stuffed", "abounding", "swarming", "teeming", "thick", "thronging" ], "antonyms":[ "filled", "flush", "fraught", "full", "replete", "rife" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "despoliation":{ "as in pillaging , plundering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "depredation", "despoilment", "looting", "marauding", "pillaging", "plunder", "plundering", "raiding", "robbery", "sacking", "piracy", "pirating", "privateering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "desertion":{ "the act of abandoning":{ "examples":[ "the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts" ], "synonyms":[ "abandonment", "dereliction", "forsaking" ], "near synonyms":[ "defection", "tergiversation", "discard", "dumping", "jettisoning" ], "near antonyms":[ "retention", "recoupment", "repossession", "retrieval" ], "antonyms":[ "reclamation" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }