{
  "ardor":{
    "depth of feeling":{
      "examples":[
        "candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ardency",
        "emotion",
        "enthusiasm",
        "fervency",
        "fervidness",
        "fervor",
        "fire",
        "heat",
        "intenseness",
        "intensity",
        "passion",
        "passionateness",
        "vehemence",
        "violence",
        "warmth",
        "white heat"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cathexis",
        "emotionalism",
        "emotionality",
        "histrionics",
        "mawkishness",
        "melodrama",
        "sappiness",
        "sentimentality",
        "eagerness",
        "earnestness",
        "excitement",
        "gusto",
        "keenness",
        "zest",
        "fanaticism",
        "fever",
        "hot-bloodedness",
        "infatuation",
        "mania",
        "obsession",
        "zeal",
        "compassion",
        "responsiveness",
        "sentiment",
        "sympathy",
        "tenderness",
        "torridity",
        "torridness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aloofness",
        "calmness",
        "collectedness",
        "composure",
        "detachedness",
        "dryness",
        "phlegm",
        "reserve",
        "reservedness",
        "reticence",
        "taciturnity",
        "apathy",
        "indifference",
        "stoicism",
        "stoniness",
        "unconcern",
        "stiffness",
        "woodenness",
        "chilliness",
        "coldness",
        "coolness",
        "frigidity",
        "frigidness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "impassiveness",
        "impassivity",
        "insensibility",
        "insensibleness",
        "insensitiveness",
        "insensitivity"
      ]
    },
    "urgent desire or interest":{
      "examples":[
        "his ardor for combat cooled once he began experiencing the horrors of war"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appetite",
        "avidity",
        "avidness",
        "desirousness",
        "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"
      ]
    },
    "intense sexual desire":{
      "examples":[
        "her revealing outfit only inflamed his ardor all the more"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "concupiscence",
        "eros",
        "eroticism",
        "horniness",
        "itch",
        "lust",
        "lustfulness",
        "passion"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "erotomania",
        "nymphomania",
        "satyriasis",
        "lasciviousness",
        "lewdness",
        "libidinousness",
        "licentiousness",
        "lickerishness",
        "randiness",
        "salaciousness",
        "wantonness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "frigidity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "arduously":{
    "with great effort or determination":{
      "examples":[
        "arduously made their way through the dense jungle"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "amain",
        "assiduously",
        "determinedly",
        "diligently",
        "doggedly",
        "hard",
        "hardly",
        "industriously",
        "intensely",
        "intensively",
        "intently",
        "laboriously",
        "mightily",
        "purposefully",
        "resolutely",
        "sedulously",
        "slavishly",
        "strenuously"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "actively",
        "animatedly",
        "briskly",
        "busily",
        "dynamically",
        "energetically",
        "feverishly",
        "spiritedly",
        "vehemently",
        "vigorously",
        "zealously",
        "continuously",
        "ploddingly",
        "steadfastly",
        "steadily",
        "unabatedly",
        "unrelentingly",
        "unremittingly",
        "ardently",
        "attentively",
        "conscientiously",
        "earnestly",
        "exhaustively",
        "meticulously",
        "painstakingly",
        "seriously",
        "thoroughly",
        "indefatigably",
        "tirelessly",
        "unflaggingly",
        "untiringly",
        "wearilessly",
        "obstinately",
        "stubbornly",
        "willfully"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "casually",
        "desultorily",
        "halfheartedly",
        "indolently",
        "lackadaisically",
        "languidly",
        "lazily",
        "listlessly",
        "shiftlessly",
        "sluggishly",
        "spiritlessly",
        "tiredly",
        "wearily"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "arduous":{
    "requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
      "examples":[
        "climbing Mount Everest is an arduous , exhausting challenge"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "Augean",
        "backbreaking",
        "challenging",
        "demanding",
        "difficult",
        "effortful",
        "exacting",
        "formidable",
        "grueling",
        "gruelling",
        "hard",
        "heavy",
        "hellacious",
        "herculean",
        "killer",
        "laborious",
        "moiling",
        "murderous",
        "pick-and-shovel",
        "rigorous",
        "rough",
        "rugged",
        "severe",
        "stiff",
        "strenuous",
        "sweaty",
        "tall",
        "testing",
        "toilsome",
        "tough",
        "uphill"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abstract",
        "abstruse",
        "complex",
        "complicated",
        "elusive",
        "hairy",
        "insoluble",
        "intricate",
        "involved",
        "knotty",
        "opaque",
        "problematic",
        "problematical",
        "recondite",
        "serious",
        "spiny",
        "stubborn",
        "thorny",
        "ticklish",
        "tricky",
        "bruising",
        "burdensome",
        "exhausting",
        "labored",
        "onerous",
        "oppressive",
        "stressful",
        "taxing",
        "tight",
        "trying",
        "annoying",
        "bothersome",
        "distressing",
        "irksome",
        "troublesome",
        "vexatious",
        "grievous",
        "grim",
        "strict",
        "stringent",
        "brutal",
        "cruel",
        "inhuman",
        "painful"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "achievable",
        "clear",
        "doable",
        "elementary",
        "manageable",
        "uncomplicated",
        "comforting",
        "gentle",
        "painless",
        "relaxed",
        "smooth",
        "soothing",
        "accessible",
        "friendly",
        "idiotproof",
        "user-friendly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "cheap",
        "easy",
        "effortless",
        "facile",
        "light",
        "mindless",
        "simple",
        "soft",
        "undemanding"
      ]
    },
    "requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
      "examples":[
        "the arduous task of doing the research for my term paper"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "burdensome",
        "challenging",
        "demanding",
        "exacting",
        "grueling",
        "gruelling",
        "killing",
        "laborious",
        "onerous",
        "persnickety",
        "taxing",
        "toilsome"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "difficult",
        "formidable",
        "hard",
        "herculean",
        "rough",
        "rugged",
        "stiff",
        "strenuous",
        "testing",
        "tough",
        "oppressive",
        "trying",
        "rigid",
        "rigorous",
        "severe",
        "stern",
        "strict",
        "stringent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "easy",
        "effortless",
        "facile",
        "simple",
        "smooth"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "light",
        "nondemanding",
        "unchallenging",
        "undemanding"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "ardency":{
    "depth of feeling":{
      "examples":[
        "the ardency in the social worker's voice surprised me"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ardor",
        "emotion",
        "enthusiasm",
        "fervency",
        "fervidness",
        "fervor",
        "fire",
        "heat",
        "intenseness",
        "intensity",
        "passion",
        "passionateness",
        "vehemence",
        "violence",
        "warmth",
        "white heat"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cathexis",
        "emotionalism",
        "emotionality",
        "histrionics",
        "mawkishness",
        "melodrama",
        "sappiness",
        "sentimentality",
        "eagerness",
        "earnestness",
        "excitement",
        "gusto",
        "keenness",
        "zest",
        "fanaticism",
        "fever",
        "hot-bloodedness",
        "infatuation",
        "mania",
        "obsession",
        "zeal",
        "compassion",
        "responsiveness",
        "sentiment",
        "sympathy",
        "tenderness",
        "torridity",
        "torridness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aloofness",
        "calmness",
        "collectedness",
        "composure",
        "detachedness",
        "dryness",
        "phlegm",
        "reserve",
        "reservedness",
        "reticence",
        "taciturnity",
        "apathy",
        "indifference",
        "stoicism",
        "stoniness",
        "unconcern",
        "stiffness",
        "woodenness",
        "chilliness",
        "coldness",
        "coolness",
        "frigidity",
        "frigidness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "impassiveness",
        "impassivity",
        "insensibility",
        "insensibleness",
        "insensitiveness",
        "insensitivity"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}