{ "bleakly":{ "as in darkly , morosely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cheerlessly", "darkly", "heavily", "miserably", "morosely", "unhappily", "abjectly", "dejectedly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "wretchedly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "forlornly", "mournfully", "plaintively", "sorrowfully", "dourly", "glumly", "mirthlessly", "sourly", "sternly", "sulkily", "sullenly", "blackly", "dismally", "drearily", "gloomily", "pessimistically" ], "near antonyms":[ "brightly", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "gaily", "gayly", "happily", "heartily", "jocosely", "jovially", "merrily", "mirthfully", "smilingly", "amusedly", "exuberantly", "giddily", "gigglingly", "joyfully", "joyously", "blithely", "blithesomely", "breezily", "gladly", "gladsomely", "laughingly", "lightheartedly", "sunnily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in somberly , severely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "severely", "somberly", "conservatively", "plainly", "quietly", "simply", "chastely", "demurely", "modestly", "colorlessly", "inconspicuously", "unobtrusively", "unpretentiously", "boringly", "drably", "dully" ], "near antonyms":[ "bravely", "brightly", "brilliantly", "colorfully", "gaily", "gayly", "flamboyantly", "flashily", "garishly", "gaudily", "loud", "loudly", "ostentatiously", "fancily", "ornately", "swankily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "blear":{ "not seen or understood clearly":{ "examples":[ "I can't describe him; all I saw was a blear figure for an instant" ], "synonyms":[ "bleary", "blurry", "dim", "faint", "foggy", "fuzzy", "gauzy", "hazy", "indefinite", "indistinct", "indistinguishable", "misty", "murky", "nebulous", "obscure", "opaque", "pale", "shadowy", "unclear", "undefined", "undetermined", "vague" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark", "dusky", "gloomy", "impalpable", "inappreciable", "intangible", "invisible", "hieroglyphic", "hieroglyphical", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "indiscernible", "inexplicable", "mysterious", "obfuscatory", "puzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "distinct", "evident", "obvious", "plain", "certain", "firm", "strong", "sure" ], "antonyms":[ "clear", "definite", "pellucid" ] }, "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{ "examples":[ "her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens" ], "synonyms":[ "becloud", "bedim", "befog", "blacken", "blur", "cloud", "darken", "dim", "dislimn", "fog", "fuzz (up)", "haze", "mist", "obscure", "overcast", "overcloud", "overshadow", "shadow", "shroud" ], "near synonyms":[ "adumbrate", "blot out", "conceal", "eclipse", "hide", "obliterate", "screen", "shade", "camouflage", "cloak", "cover", "curtain", "disguise", "mask", "veil" ], "near antonyms":[ "expose", "reveal", "uncover", "unveil" ], "antonyms":[ "brighten", "illuminate", "illumine", "light (up)", "lighten" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "bleats":{ "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{ "examples":[ "a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat" ], "synonyms":[ "beefs", "bitches", "carps", "complaints", "fusses", "grievances", "gripes", "grouches", "grouses", "grumbles", "hollers", "kvetches", "laments", "misereres", "moans", "murmurs", "plaints", "squawks", "wails", "whimpers", "whines", "whinges", "yammers" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenges", "demurs", "expostulations", "kicks", "niggles", "objections", "protests", "quibbles", "remonstrances", "stinks" ], "near antonyms":[ "commendations", "compliments", "plaudits", "acclaim", "applauses", "praises", "approvals", "endorsements", "indorsements", "sanctions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing" ], "synonyms":[ "beefs", "bellyaches", "bitches", "carps", "caterwauls", "complains", "crabs", "croaks", "fusses", "gripes", "grizzles", "grouches", "grouses", "growls", "grumbles", "grumps", "hollers", "inveighs", "keens", "kicks", "kvetches", "maunders", "moans", "murmurs", "mutters", "nags", "repines", "screams", "squawks", "squeals", "wails", "whimpers", "whines", "whinges", "yammers", "yawps", "yaups", "yowls" ], "near synonyms":[ "objects (to)", "protests", "quarrels (with)", "cavils", "quibbles", "frets", "stews", "worries", "blubbers", "cries", "sobs", "bemoans", "bewails", "deplores", "laments" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "bears", "countenances", "endures", "takes", "tolerates", "applauds", "cheers", "commends" ], "antonyms":[ "crows", "delights", "rejoices" ] }, "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled" ], "synonyms":[ "mewls", "pules", "whimpers" ], "near synonyms":[ "fusses", "sniffles", "snivels", "snuffles", "whines", "bawls", "blubbers", "blubs", "cries", "sobs", "weeps", "peeps", "squeaks", "yelps", "mumbles", "murmurs", "mutters", "groans", "moans", "sighs" ], "near antonyms":[ "screams", "screeches", "shrieks", "squeals", "howls", "squalls", "wails", "yowls", "calls", "caterwauls", "squawks", "bellows", "roars" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bled":{ "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work" ], "synonyms":[ "agonized", "anguished", "grieved", "hurt", "mourned", "sorrowed", "suffered" ], "near synonyms":[ "ached", "longed (for)", "pined (away)", "sighed", "smarted", "racked", "tormented", "tortured", "bemoaned", "bewailed", "deplored", "lamented", "rued", "bawled", "blubbered", "cried", "groaned", "howled", "keened", "moaned", "sobbed", "took on", "wailed", "wept", "yammered", "yowled", "languished", "regretted" ], "near antonyms":[ "beamed", "cheered", "crowed", "delighted", "exulted", "gloried", "joyed", "laughed", "ravished", "rejoiced", "triumphed", "assured", "cheered", "comforted", "commiserated", "consoled", "reassured", "solaced", "soothed", "sympathized" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to flow forth slowly through small openings":{ "examples":[ "pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark" ], "synonyms":[ "exuded", "oozed", "percolated", "seeped", "strained", "sweat", "sweated", "transuded", "wept" ], "near synonyms":[ "dribbled", "dripped", "trickled", "discharged", "emitted", "gave off", "vented", "emanated", "flowed", "sprang", "sprung" ], "near antonyms":[ "flooded", "gushed", "poured", "streamed", "surged" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{ "examples":[ "bleed water from the radiators" ], "synonyms":[ "drafted", "drained", "drew (off)", "pumped", "siphoned", "syphoned", "tapped" ], "near synonyms":[ "milked", "sucked", "cleared", "emptied", "evacuated", "exhausted", "vacated", "vacuated", "voided", "decanted", "effused", "depleted", "cleaned", "flushed", "purged" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "soaked", "soused", "washed", "watered", "wet", "wetted", "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped" ], "antonyms":[ "filled" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilked", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "choused", "conned", "cozened", "defrauded", "did", "diddled", "did in", "euchred", "fiddled", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "gaffed", "hosed", "hustled", "mulcted", "nobbled", "plucked", "reamed", "ripped off", "rooked", "screwed", "shook down", "shortchanged", "shorted", "skinned", "skunked", "squeezed", "stiffed", "stuck", "stung", "suckered", "swindled", "thimblerigged", "victimized" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorted", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "clipped", "gouged", "nicked", "overcharged", "soaked", "exploited", "milked", "deceived", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "tricked", "roped (in)", "betrayed", "bitched", "double-crossed", "bamboozled", "fast-talked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleeders":{ "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "don't let the insults of those lousy bleeders get you down, old chap" ], "synonyms":[ "bastards", "beasts", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "loudmouths", "vulgarians", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bleeding":{ "as in burning , cramping":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "burning", "chafing", "cramping", "festering", "raw", "tender", "itching", "nagging", "pinching", "pricking", "prickling", "smarting", "stinging", "damaging", "deleterious", "detrimental", "harmful", "hurtful", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "inflamed", "enflamed", "swollen", "agonizing", "excruciating", "torturous", "grievous", "severe", "threatening", "wounding", "aching", "achy", "afflictive", "hurting", "nasty", "painful", "sore" ], "near antonyms":[ "indolent", "painless", "curative", "healing", "helping", "remedial" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizing", "anguishing", "grieving", "hurting", "mourning", "sorrowing", "suffering" ], "near synonyms":[ "aching", "longing (for)", "pining (away)", "sighing", "smarting", "racking", "tormenting", "torturing", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "lamenting", "ruing", "bawling", "blubbering", "crying", "groaning", "howling", "keening", "moaning", "sobbing", "taking on", "wailing", "weeping", "yammering", "yowling", "languishing", "regretting" ], "near antonyms":[ "beaming", "cheering", "crowing", "delighting", "exulting", "glorying", "joying", "laughing", "ravishing", "rejoicing", "triumphing", "assuring", "cheering", "comforting", "commiserating", "consoling", "reassuring", "solacing", "soothing", "sympathizing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to flow forth slowly through small openings":{ "examples":[ "pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark" ], "synonyms":[ "exuding", "oozing", "percolating", "seeping", "straining", "sweating", "transuding", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "dribbling", "dripping", "trickling", "discharging", "emitting", "giving off", "venting", "emanating", "flowing", "springing" ], "near antonyms":[ "flooding", "gushing", "pouring", "streaming", "surging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{ "examples":[ "bleed water from the radiators" ], "synonyms":[ "drafting", "draining", "drawing (off)", "pumping", "siphoning", "syphoning", "tapping" ], "near synonyms":[ "milking", "sucking", "clearing", "emptying", "evacuating", "exhausting", "vacating", "vacuating", "voiding", "decanting", "effusing", "depleting", "cleaning", "flushing", "purging" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathing", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "soaking", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "wetting", "deluging", "drowning", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "submerging", "swamping" ], "antonyms":[ "filling" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bilking", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "chousing", "conning", "cozening", "defrauding", "diddling", "doing", "doing in", "euchring", "fiddling", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "gaffing", "hosing", "hustling", "mulcting", "nobbling", "plucking", "reaming", "ripping off", "rooking", "screwing", "shaking down", "shortchanging", "shorting", "skinning", "skunking", "squeezing", "sticking", "stiffing", "stinging", "suckering", "swindling", "thimblerigging", "victimizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorting", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "clipping", "gouging", "nicking", "overcharging", "soaking", "exploiting", "milking", "deceiving", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "tricking", "roping (in)", "betraying", "bitching", "double-crossing", "bamboozling", "fast-talking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "bleeding (for)":{ "to have sympathy for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "disliking", "hating", "scorning" ], "related":[ "caring (for)", "grieving (for)", "sorrowing (for)", "loving", "empathizing (with)", "identifying (with)", "tolerating", "understanding" ], "synonyms":[ "aching (for)", "commiserating (with)", "compassionating", "condoling (with)", "feeling (for)", "pitying", "sympathizing (with)", "yearning (over)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleeps":{ "as in removes , cuts":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blenched":{ "to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{ "examples":[ "she blenched from the horrible sight" ], "synonyms":[ "cringed", "flinched", "quailed", "recoiled", "shrank", "shrunk", "squinched", "winced" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanched", "paled", "whitened", "quaked", "quivered", "shook", "shuddered", "trembled", "crouched", "jerked", "started", "twitched", "receded", "retired", "retreated", "withdrew", "faltered", "hesitated", "reeled", "wavered" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "approached", "neared", "bearded", "challenged", "confronted", "defied", "faced" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look" ], "synonyms":[ "blanched", "bleached", "decolorized", "dulled", "faded", "paled", "snowed", "washed out", "whitened" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightened", "lightened", "dimmed", "matted", "etiolated", "whitewashed", "frosted", "silvered" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "blotched", "checkered", "dappled", "daubed", "discolored", "flecked", "marbled", "mottled", "patterned", "polychromed", "shaded", "specked", "speckled", "splotched", "spotted", "streaked", "striated", "striped", "tarnished", "variegated", "colored", "dyed", "painted", "pigmented", "stained", "tinctured", "tinged", "tinted", "burnished", "polished", "shone", "shined" ], "antonyms":[ "darkened", "deepened", "embrowned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blend":{ "a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that fabric is a cotton and polyester blend , so it shouldn't shrink as much as pure cotton" ], "near antonyms":[ "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient" ], "related":[ "half-and-half", "absorption", "blending", "coalescence", "coalition", "commingling", "commixture", "compost", "concretion", "homogenization", "immingling", "immixture", "incorporation", "integration", "interfusion", "intermingling", "mergence", "merger", "merging", "mingling", "assortment", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jumble", "medley", "m\u00e9lange", "mishmash", "motley", "patchwork", "potpourri", "variety", "accumulation", "aggregation", "conglomeration" ], "synonyms":[ "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "cocktail", "combination", "composite", "compound", "conflation", "emulsion", "fusion", "intermixture", "meld", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis" ] }, "to form a pleasing relationship":{ "antonyms":[ "clash", "collide", "conflict" ], "examples":[ "the colors blend nicely in that rug" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradict", "contrast", "counter", "differ", "diverge", "jar", "cancel (out)", "counteract", "negate", "offset" ], "related":[ "balance", "correlate", "correspond", "dovetail", "hang together", "match", "meet", "parallel", "bond", "coalesce", "cohere", "conjoin", "fuse", "merge", "square", "tally" ], "synonyms":[ "agree", "assort", "chime", "chime in", "conform", "consort", "coordinate", "groove", "harmonize" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "antonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "separate", "unmix" ], "examples":[ "she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleave", "disjoin", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "rupture", "sever", "sunder", "disperse", "dissolve", "scatter", "detach", "disengage", "split" ], "related":[ "add", "admix", "beat (in)", "cut in", "fold", "stir", "toss", "coalesce", "compound", "emulsify", "conjoin", "join", "knit", "link", "unite", "intertwine", "interweave", "weave" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamate", "combine", "comingle", "commingle", "commix", "composite", "concrete", "conflate", "fuse", "homogenize", "immingle", "immix", "incorporate", "integrate", "interfuse", "intermingle", "intermix", "meld", "merge", "mingle", "mix" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "blended":{ "as in mixed , combined":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to form a pleasing relationship":{ "antonyms":[ "clashed", "collided", "conflicted" ], "examples":[ "the colors blend nicely in that rug" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicted", "contrasted", "countered", "differed", "diverged", "jarred", "canceled (out)", "cancelled (out)", "counteracted", "negated", "offset" ], "related":[ "balanced", "correlated", "corresponded", "dovetailed", "hung together", "matched", "met", "paralleled", "bonded", "coalesced", "cohered", "conjoined", "fused", "merged", "squared", "tallied" ], "synonyms":[ "agreed", "assorted", "chimed", "chimed in", "conformed", "consorted", "coordinated", "grooved", "harmonized" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "antonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "separated", "unmixed" ], "examples":[ "she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaved", "cleft", "disjoined", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered", "dispersed", "dissolved", "scattered", "detached", "disengaged", "split" ], "related":[ "added", "admixed", "beat (in)", "cut in", "folded", "stirred", "tossed", "coalesced", "compounded", "emulsified", "conjoined", "joined", "knit", "knitted", "linked", "united", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamated", "combined", "comingled", "commingled", "commixed", "composited", "concreted", "conflated", "fused", "homogenized", "immingled", "immixed", "incorporated", "integrated", "interfused", "intermingled", "intermixed", "melded", "merged", "mingled", "mixed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "blent":{ "as in mixed , combined":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "combined", "commingled", "mingled", "mixed", "amalgamated", "composite", "compound", "coalescent", "fused", "integrated", "interlaced", "intermixed", "intertwined", "interwoven", "cut-and-paste" ], "near antonyms":[ "noncompound", "simple", "uncombined", "unmixed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamated", "combined", "comingled", "commingled", "commixed", "composited", "concreted", "conflated", "fused", "homogenized", "immingled", "immixed", "incorporated", "integrated", "interfused", "intermingled", "intermixed", "melded", "merged", "mingled", "mixed" ], "near synonyms":[ "added", "admixed", "beat (in)", "cut in", "folded", "stirred", "tossed", "coalesced", "compounded", "emulsified", "conjoined", "joined", "knit", "knitted", "linked", "united", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaved", "cleft", "disjoined", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered", "dispersed", "dissolved", "scattered", "detached", "disengaged", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "separated", "unmixed" ] }, "to form a pleasing relationship":{ "examples":[ "the colors blend nicely in that rug" ], "synonyms":[ "agreed", "assorted", "chimed", "chimed in", "conformed", "consorted", "coordinated", "grooved", "harmonized" ], "near synonyms":[ "balanced", "correlated", "corresponded", "dovetailed", "hung together", "matched", "met", "paralleled", "bonded", "coalesced", "cohered", "conjoined", "fused", "merged", "squared", "tallied" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicted", "contrasted", "countered", "differed", "diverged", "jarred", "canceled (out)", "cancelled (out)", "counteracted", "negated", "offset" ], "antonyms":[ "clashed", "collided", "conflicted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "blessed":{ "of, relating to, or being God":{ "examples":[ "a prayer to the blessed Savior" ], "synonyms":[ "divine", "godlike", "godly", "heavenly", "holy", "sacred", "supernatural" ], "near synonyms":[ "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "all-powerful", "almighty", "omnipotent", "omniscient", "supreme" ], "near antonyms":[ "human", "mortal", "natural" ], "antonyms":[] }, "set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{ "examples":[ "statues honoring an array of blessed saints are scattered throughout the cathedral" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrate", "consecrated", "hallowed", "holy", "sacral", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "sanctified" ], "near synonyms":[ "adored", "enshrined", "glorified", "revered", "venerated", "worshipped", "worshiped", "ceremonial", "liturgical", "priestly", "religious", "ritual", "sacramental", "spiritual", "biblical", "scriptural" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonreligious", "unspiritual", "earthly", "mundane", "profane", "secular", "temporal", "worldly" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized", "unconsecrated", "unhallowed" ] }, "giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{ "examples":[ "the blessed sight of home after a long journey" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeable", "congenial", "darling", "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "delightsome", "dreamy", "dulcet", "enjoyable", "felicitous", "good", "grateful", "gratifying", "heavenly", "jolly", "luscious", "nice", "palatable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "pleasurable", "pretty", "satisfying", "savory", "savoury", "sweet", "tasty", "welcome" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluring", "attractive", "desirable", "enviable", "inviting", "relishable", "tempting", "charming", "enchanting", "fascinating", "calming", "comforting", "soothing", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "recreative", "affable", "amiable", "cheerful", "cheery", "comfortable", "gem\u00fctlich", "genial", "goodly", "good-natured", "gracious", "hospitable", "kindly", "personable", "blissful", "felicific", "glad", "happy", "joyous", "elating", "exhilarating", "intoxicating", "ecstatic", "euphoric", "nirvanic", "rapturous" ], "near antonyms":[ "abominable", "ghastly", "god-awful", "hellish", "horrid", "miserable", "wretched", "bilious", "disgusting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revulsive", "unsavory", "vile", "yucky", "yukky", "abhorrent", "detestable", "hateful", "odious", "boring", "commonplace", "dull", "flat", "insipid", "irksome", "stale", "tedious", "displeasing", "dissatisfying", "depressing", "disheartening", "dismal", "dreary", "gloomy", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "joyless", "lachrymose", "sad", "unhappy", "deplorable", "doleful", "dolorous", "lamentable", "lugubrious", "mournful", "regrettable", "sorrowful", "tragic", "tragical", "aggravating", "annoying", "exasperating", "irritating", "peeving", "perturbing", "vexing", "forbidding", "hostile", "intimidating", "angering", "enraging", "incensing", "inflaming", "enflaming", "infuriating", "maddening", "outraging", "rankling", "riling", "distressing", "disturbing", "upsetting" ], "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "pleasureless", "unpalatable", "unpleasant", "unwelcome" ] }, "to make holy through prayers or ritual":{ "examples":[ "the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrated", "hallowed", "sacralized", "sanctified" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptized", "baptised", "canonized", "spiritualized", "chastened", "cleansed", "lustrated", "purified", "exorcised", "exorcized", "expurgated", "committed", "dedicated", "devoted", "reconsecrated" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiled", "desecrated", "profaned", "dirtied", "fouled", "polluted", "soiled", "tainted", "violated", "blasphemed", "cursed", "cussed", "damned", "execrated", "cast out", "condemned", "damned", "punished" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized", "desanctified" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "examples":[ "bless the name of God" ], "synonyms":[ "caroled", "carolled", "celebrated", "emblazoned", "exalted", "extolled", "glorified", "hymned", "lauded", "magnified", "praised", "resounded" ], "near synonyms":[ "adored", "belauded", "deified", "idolized", "worshipped", "worshiped", "acclaimed", "applauded", "commended", "complimented", "hailed", "renowned", "saluted", "chanted", "cheered", "eulogized", "rhapsodized", "cited", "flattered", "cracked up", "recommended", "touted" ], "near antonyms":[ "blamed", "censured", "reprehended", "reprobated", "criticized", "reproved", "admonished", "chid", "chided", "keelhauled", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "castigated", "lambasted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{ "examples":[ "blessed with a knack for glib conversation" ], "synonyms":[ "endowed", "endued", "indued", "favored", "gifted", "invested" ], "near synonyms":[ "equipped", "provided", "supplied", "bestowed (on or upon)", "clothed", "clad", "conferred (on)", "covered", "accorded", "awarded", "granted", "empowered", "enabled", "enhanced", "enriched", "heightened", "bequeathed", "willed" ], "near antonyms":[ "dispossessed", "divested", "stripped", "stript", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted", "skimped", "stinted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "blew off":{ "to end a usually intimate relationship with":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off" ], "near antonyms":[ "hooked up (with)", "took", "befriended", "latched (on or onto)" ], "related":[ "brushed (aside or off)", "cold-shouldered", "cut", "high-hatted", "slighted", "snubbed", "abandoned", "deserted", "forsook", "marooned", "quit", "quitted" ], "synonyms":[ "broke off (with)", "ditched", "dumped", "jilted", "kissed off", "left" ] }, "to fail to attend":{ "antonyms":[ "attended", "showed up (for)" ], "examples":[ "blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ignored", "neglected", "passed over" ], "synonyms":[ "cut", "missed", "skipped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blew one's cool":{ "to become very angry":{ "examples":[ "He blew his cool when the tailgater rear-ended him." ], "synonyms":[ "blew up", "flared (up)", "flipped (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "angered", "fulminated", "raged", "ranted", "raved", "snapped", "snarled", "sputtered", "stormed", "teed off", "vented", "vituperated", "bristled", "burned", "burnt", "foamed", "fumed", "glared", "glowered", "seethed", "sizzled", "smoldered", "smouldered", "steamed", "warmed", "burst", "bursted", "exploded", "flared (out)", "flashed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "maddened" ], "near antonyms":[ "chilled out", "cooled (off or down)", "relaxed", "hushed", "quieted (down)" ], "antonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "simmered down" ] }, "to yield to mental or emotional stress":{ "examples":[ "The movie star tolerated the constant attention of the paparazzi, but finally blew her cool when one asked about her recent divorce." ], "synonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "cracked", "flipped (out)", "freaked (out)", "melted down", "wigged (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "choked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "blew smoke":{ "to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She has a habit of blowing smoke when she gets nervous." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gossiped", "tattled", "descanted", "discussed", "expatiated", "yakked", "yacked", "yammered", "yapped" ], "synonyms":[ "babbled", "blabbed", "cackled", "chaffered", "chatted", "chattered", "chinned", "conversed", "gabbed", "gabbled", "gassed", "jabbered", "jawed", "kibitzed", "kibbitzed", "nattered", "palavered", "pattered", "prated", "prattled", "ran on", "rapped", "rattled", "schmoozed", "shmoozed", "talked", "twittered", "visited" ] }, "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He's been blowing smoke about his accomplishments all afternoon." ], "near antonyms":[ "belittled", "deprecated", "diminished", "discounted", "laughed off", "minimized", "played down", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "shrugged off", "underrated", "undervalued", "bemoaned", "lamented", "mourned", "regretted" ], "related":[ "blustered", "harangued", "puffed", "prided", "gushed", "exulted", "gloried", "rejoiced", "brandished", "displayed", "exhibited", "exposed", "flaunted", "glorified", "paraded", "showed off", "magnified", "maximized" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "boasted", "bragged", "bulled", "crowed", "gasconaded", "swaggered", "vapored", "vaunted" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "blew up":{ "to become very angry":{ "examples":[ "she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day" ], "synonyms":[ "flared (up)", "flipped (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "angered", "fulminated", "raged", "ranted", "raved", "snapped", "snarled", "sputtered", "stormed", "teed off", "vented", "vituperated", "bristled", "burned", "burnt", "foamed", "fumed", "glared", "glowered", "seethed", "sizzled", "smoldered", "smouldered", "steamed", "warmed", "burst", "bursted", "exploded", "flared (out)", "flashed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "maddened" ], "near antonyms":[ "chilled out", "cooled (off or down)", "relaxed", "hushed", "quieted (down)" ], "antonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "simmered down" ] }, "to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{ "examples":[ "the building blew up because of a gas leak" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "burst", "bursted", "crumped", "detonated", "exploded", "popped", "went off" ], "near synonyms":[ "fragmented", "shattered", "smashed", "splintered", "discharged", "fired", "shot", "ballooned", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "mushroomed" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "fizzled" ], "antonyms":[ "imploded" ] }, "to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{ "examples":[ "blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "blew", "burst", "bursted", "demolished", "exploded", "popped", "shattered", "smashed" ], "near synonyms":[ "dynamited", "annihilated", "decimated", "destroyed", "ruined", "wrecked", "detonated", "discharged", "fragmented", "splintered" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "imploded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{ "examples":[ "the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness" ], "synonyms":[ "ballyhooed", "cracked up", "cried up", "glorified", "touted", "trumpeted", "tub-thumped" ], "near synonyms":[ "acclaimed", "applauded", "extolled", "lauded", "magnified", "commended", "complimented", "eulogized", "advanced", "advertised", "announced", "blared", "blazed", "blazoned", "boosted", "heralded", "offered", "plugged", "promoted", "publicized", "asserted", "averred", "claimed", "declared", "laid down", "made out", "proclaimed", "pronounced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blessedness":{ "a feeling or state of well-being and contentment":{ "examples":[ "the proud parents can scarcely describe the blessedness of having four healthy children" ], "synonyms":[ "beatitude", "bliss", "blissfulness", "felicity", "gladness", "happiness", "joy", "warm fuzzies" ], "near synonyms":[ "elatedness", "elation", "exhilaration", "exultation", "high", "intoxication", "ecstasy", "euphoria", "glory", "heaven", "nirvana", "paradise", "rapture", "rapturousness", "ravishment", "seventh heaven", "transport", "delectation", "delight", "enjoyment", "pleasure", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "comfort", "exuberance", "gaiety", "gayety", "gladsomeness", "glee", "gleefulness", "jocundity", "jollity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "jubilation", "lightheartedness", "merriness", "mirth", "content", "contentedness", "gratification", "satisfaction", "triumph" ], "near antonyms":[ "agony", "anguish", "desolation", "joylessness", "sorrow", "sufferance", "woe", "woefulness", "blues", "cheerlessness", "dejection", "depression", "desolateness", "despondency", "disheartenment", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "gloom", "gloominess", "melancholy", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "Gehenna", "hell", "purgatory" ], "antonyms":[ "calamity", "ill-being", "misery", "sadness", "unhappiness", "wretchedness" ] }, "the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{ "examples":[ "Mother Teresa's renowned blessedness made her an obvious candidate for sainthood" ], "synonyms":[ "devoutness", "godliness", "holiness", "piety", "piousness", "sainthood", "saintliness", "saintship", "sanctity" ], "near synonyms":[ "asceticism", "devotion", "morality", "prayerfulness", "religiousness", "spirituality", "priestliness", "goodness", "rectitude", "righteousness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness", "consecration", "sacredness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemousness", "irreverence", "sacrilegiousness", "depravedness", "depravity", "evilness", "heinousness", "monstrosity", "sinfulness", "vileness", "wickedness", "hypocrisy", "sanctimoniousness", "sanctimony" ], "antonyms":[ "godlessness", "impiety", "ungodliness", "unholiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "blew the whistle on":{ "to reveal the true nature of":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "nailed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "undressed", "unmasked" ], "near synonyms":[ "demolished", "discredited", "disproved", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled" ], "near antonyms":[ "concealed", "hid", "secreted", "veiled" ], "antonyms":[ "camouflaged", "cloaked", "disguised", "masked" ] }, "type":[] }, "blemished":{ "as in broken , damaged":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "broken", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "vitiated", "fallible", "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "wanting", "amiss", "bad", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "imperfect" ], "near antonyms":[ "faultless", "flawless", "impeccable", "perfect", "complete", "entire", "intact", "whole", "unblemished", "undamaged", "unimpaired", "unspoiled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{ "examples":[ "a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years" ], "synonyms":[ "darkened", "marred", "poisoned", "spoiled", "spoilt", "stained", "tainted", "tarnished", "touched", "vitiated" ], "near synonyms":[ "begrimed", "besmeared", "besmirched", "blackened", "blurred", "clouded", "dirtied", "discolored", "polluted", "smeared", "smirched", "smudged", "smutted", "soiled", "sullied", "tarred", "abased", "cheapened", "debased", "degraded", "demeaned", "discredited", "disgraced", "dishonored", "fouled", "lowered", "sank", "sunk", "shamed", "bastardized", "corrupted", "debauched", "demoralized", "depraved", "perverted", "subverted", "colored", "distorted", "twisted" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleansed", "purified", "dignified", "elevated", "ennobled", "enshrined", "glorified", "hallowed", "magnified", "uplifted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "a scratch blemished the finish on the car" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodied", "broke", "compromised", "crabbed", "crippled", "crossed (up)", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "endamaged", "flawed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "undermined", "weakened", "eroded", "scoured", "washed out", "wore (away)", "blighted", "tarnished", "dented", "dinged", "dinted", "botched", "gummed (up)", "queered", "lacerated", "wounded", "disabled", "hamstrung", "lamed", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated", "tormented", "tortured", "annihilated", "banged up", "bashed", "battered", "clobbered", "crushed", "dashed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "pulverized", "razed", "ruined", "scourged", "shattered", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "wasted", "wiped out", "wrecked" ], "near antonyms":[ "cured", "healed", "helped", "rectified", "rehabilitated", "remedied", "edited", "remodeled", "revised", "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "improved", "meliorated", "perfected", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconditioned", "reconstructed", "renovated", "repaired", "revamped" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "bleared":{ "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{ "examples":[ "her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouded", "bedimmed", "befogged", "blackened", "blurred", "clouded", "darkened", "dimmed", "dislimned", "fogged", "fuzzed (up)", "hazed", "misted", "obscured", "overcast", "overclouded", "overshadowed", "shadowed", "shrouded" ], "near synonyms":[ "adumbrated", "blotted out", "concealed", "eclipsed", "hid", "obliterated", "screened", "shaded", "camouflaged", "cloaked", "covered", "curtained", "disguised", "masked", "veiled" ], "near antonyms":[ "exposed", "revealed", "uncovered", "unveiled" ], "antonyms":[ "brightened", "illuminated", "illumined", "lightened", "lit (up)", "lighted (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleating":{ "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing" ], "synonyms":[ "beefing", "bellyaching", "bitching", "carping", "caterwauling", "complaining", "crabbing", "croaking", "fussing", "griping", "grizzling", "grouching", "grousing", "growling", "grumbling", "grumping", "hollering", "inveighing", "keening", "kicking", "kvetching", "maundering", "moaning", "murmuring", "muttering", "nagging", "repining", "screaming", "squawking", "squealing", "wailing", "whimpering", "whinging", "whingeing", "whining", "yammering", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling" ], "near synonyms":[ "objecting (to)", "protesting", "quarreling (with)", "quarrelling (with)", "caviling", "cavilling", "quibbling", "fretting", "stewing", "worrying", "blubbering", "crying", "sobbing", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "lamenting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "bearing", "countenancing", "enduring", "taking", "tolerating", "applauding", "cheering", "commending" ], "antonyms":[ "crowing", "delighting", "rejoicing" ] }, "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled" ], "synonyms":[ "mewling", "puling", "whimpering" ], "near synonyms":[ "fussing", "sniffling", "sniveling", "snivelling", "snuffling", "whining", "bawling", "blubbering", "blubbing", "crying", "sobbing", "weeping", "peeping", "squeaking", "yelping", "mumbling", "murmuring", "muttering", "groaning", "moaning", "sighing" ], "near antonyms":[ "screaming", "screeching", "shrieking", "squealing", "howling", "squalling", "wailing", "yowling", "calling", "caterwauling", "squawking", "bellowing", "roaring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleakness":{ "an uncomfortable degree of coolness":{ "examples":[ "the morning bleakness prompted me to get a fire going" ], "synonyms":[ "bite", "bitterness", "chill", "chilliness", "nip", "nippiness", "rawness", "sharpness" ], "near synonyms":[ "briskness", "crispness", "coldness", "frigidity", "frigidness", "frostiness", "gelidity", "iciness", "wintriness", "cold", "freeze", "snap" ], "near antonyms":[ "balminess", "warmness", "warmth", "heat", "hotness", "sultriness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bleeds":{ "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizes", "anguishes", "grieves", "hurts", "mourns", "sorrows", "suffers" ], "near synonyms":[ "aches", "longs (for)", "pines (away)", "sighs", "smarts", "racks", "torments", "tortures", "bemoans", "bewails", "deplores", "laments", "rues", "bawls", "blubbers", "cries", "groans", "howls", "keens", "moans", "sobs", "takes on", "wails", "weeps", "yammers", "yowls", "languishes", "regrets" ], "near antonyms":[ "beams", "cheers", "crows", "delights", "exults", "glories", "joys", "laughs", "ravishes", "rejoices", "triumphs", "assures", "cheers", "comforts", "commiserates", "consoles", "reassures", "solaces", "soothes", "sympathizes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to flow forth slowly through small openings":{ "examples":[ "pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark" ], "synonyms":[ "exudes", "oozes", "percolates", "seeps", "strains", "sweats", "transudes", "weeps" ], "near synonyms":[ "dribbles", "drips", "trickles", "discharges", "emits", "gives off", "vents", "emanates", "flows", "springs" ], "near antonyms":[ "floods", "gushes", "pours", "streams", "surges" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{ "examples":[ "bleed water from the radiators" ], "synonyms":[ "drafts", "drains", "draws (off)", "pumps", "siphons", "syphons", "taps" ], "near synonyms":[ "milks", "sucks", "clears", "empties", "evacuates", "exhausts", "vacates", "vacuates", "voids", "decants", "effuses", "depletes", "cleans", "flushes", "purges" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathes", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "soaks", "souses", "washes", "waters", "wets", "deluges", "drowns", "floods", "inundates", "overflows", "submerges", "swamps" ], "antonyms":[ "fills" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings" ], "synonyms":[ "beats", "bilks", "cheats", "chisels", "chouses", "cons", "cozens", "defrauds", "diddles", "does", "does in", "euchres", "fiddles", "fleeces", "flimflams", "gaffs", "hoses", "hustles", "mulcts", "nobbles", "plucks", "reams", "rips off", "rooks", "screws", "shakes down", "shortchanges", "shorts", "skins", "skunks", "squeezes", "sticks", "stiffs", "stings", "suckers", "swindles", "thimblerigs", "victimizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorts", "wrenches", "wrests", "wrings", "clips", "gouges", "nicks", "overcharges", "soaks", "exploits", "milks", "deceives", "dupes", "fools", "gulls", "tricks", "ropes (in)", "betrays", "bitches", "double-crosses", "bamboozles", "fast-talks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blending":{ "as in flowing , mellifluous":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chiming", "flowing", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "canorous", "euphonic", "euphonious", "harmonious", "harmonizing", "melodious", "musical", "symphonic", "symphonious", "tuneful", "dulcet", "mellow", "melodic", "sweet", "echoing", "resonant", "sonorous", "quavering", "trilling", "warbling", "agreeable", "appealing", "pleasant", "cadenced", "lilting", "lyric", "lyrical", "rhythmic", "rhythmical", "songful", "songlike", "chordal", "harmonic", "homophonic", "orchestral", "polyphonic", "polyphonous", "tonal" ], "near antonyms":[ "discordant", "disharmonious", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "tuneless", "unmelodious", "unmusical", "blaring", "clanging", "clashing", "clattering", "grating", "harsh", "jangling", "jarring", "metallic", "raspy", "raucous", "scratching", "screeching", "shrill", "squeaky", "strident", "disagreeable", "unpleasant", "unpleasing", "atonal", "off-key" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in merging , intermingling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absorption", "coalescence", "coalition", "commingling", "commixture", "concretion", "homogenization", "immingling", "immixture", "incorporation", "integration", "interfusion", "intermingling", "mergence", "merger", "merging", "mingling", "coupling", "linking", "unification", "union", "accumulation", "aggregation", "conglomeration", "admixture", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "blend", "combination", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "meld", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis" ], "near antonyms":[ "bifurcation", "breakup", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "split", "sundering", "decomposition", "disassembly", "dismemberment", "segmentation", "subdivision", "isolation", "seclusion", "segregation", "sequestration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamating", "combining", "comingling", "commingling", "commixing", "compositing", "concreting", "conflating", "fusing", "homogenizing", "immingling", "immixing", "incorporating", "integrating", "interfusing", "intermingling", "intermixing", "melding", "merging", "mingling", "mixing" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding", "admixing", "beating (in)", "cutting in", "folding", "stirring", "tossing", "coalescing", "compounding", "emulsifying", "conjoining", "joining", "knitting", "linking", "uniting", "intertwining", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaving", "disjoining", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering", "dispersing", "dissolving", "scattering", "detaching", "disengaging", "splitting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking down", "breaking up", "separating", "unmixing" ] }, "to form a pleasing relationship":{ "examples":[ "the colors blend nicely in that rug" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeing", "assorting", "chiming", "chiming in", "conforming", "consorting", "coordinating", "grooving", "harmonizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "balancing", "correlating", "corresponding", "dovetailing", "hanging together", "matching", "meeting", "paralleling", "bonding", "coalescing", "cohering", "conjoining", "fusing", "merging", "squaring", "tallying" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicting", "contrasting", "countering", "differing", "diverging", "jarring", "canceling (out)", "cancelling (out)", "counteracting", "negating", "offsetting" ], "antonyms":[ "clashing", "colliding", "conflicting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "bleed (for)":{ "to have sympathy for":{ "examples":[ "the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father" ], "synonyms":[ "ache (for)", "commiserate (with)", "compassionate", "condole (with)", "feel (for)", "pity", "sympathize (with)", "yearn (over)" ], "near synonyms":[ "care (for)", "grieve (for)", "sorrow (for)", "love", "empathize (with)", "identify (with)", "tolerate", "understand" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "dislike", "hate", "scorn" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blended families":{ "a family that includes children from a previous marriage of the wife, husband, or both parents":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "nuclear families", "blood", "clans", "folks", "houses", "kindreds", "kinfolks", "kins", "kinsfolk", "lineages", "lines", "people", "races", "stocks", "tribes", "extended families", "households", "kiths", "broods", "descendants", "descendents", "issues", "offspring", "offsprings", "progenies", "scions", "seed", "seeds", "clansmen", "kinsmen", "kinswomen", "relatives", "dynasties" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancestries", "births", "descents", "extractions", "origins", "pedigrees" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "blew (out)":{ "to let or force out of the lungs":{ "examples":[ "blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn" ], "synonyms":[ "breathed (out)", "exhaled", "expelled", "expired" ], "near synonyms":[ "expectorated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "inbreathed", "inhaled", "inspired" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blearing":{ "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{ "examples":[ "her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouding", "bedimming", "befogging", "blackening", "blurring", "clouding", "darkening", "dimming", "dislimning", "fogging", "fuzzing (up)", "hazing", "misting", "obscuring", "overcasting", "overclouding", "overshadowing", "shadowing", "shrouding" ], "near synonyms":[ "adumbrating", "blotting out", "concealing", "eclipsing", "hiding", "obliterating", "screening", "shading", "camouflaging", "cloaking", "covering", "curtaining", "disguising", "masking", "veiling" ], "near antonyms":[ "exposing", "revealing", "uncovering", "unveiling" ], "antonyms":[ "brightening", "illuminating", "illumining", "lightening", "lighting (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blest":{ "of, relating to, or being God":{ "examples":[ "a prayer to the blessed Savior" ], "synonyms":[ "divine", "godlike", "godly", "heavenly", "holy", "sacred", "supernatural" ], "near synonyms":[ "eternal", "everlasting", "immortal", "all-powerful", "almighty", "omnipotent", "omniscient", "supreme" ], "near antonyms":[ "human", "mortal", "natural" ], "antonyms":[] }, "set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{ "examples":[ "statues honoring an array of blessed saints are scattered throughout the cathedral" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrate", "consecrated", "hallowed", "holy", "sacral", "sacred", "sacrosanct", "sanctified" ], "near synonyms":[ "adored", "enshrined", "glorified", "revered", "venerated", "worshipped", "worshiped", "ceremonial", "liturgical", "priestly", "religious", "ritual", "sacramental", "spiritual", "biblical", "scriptural" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonreligious", "unspiritual", "earthly", "mundane", "profane", "secular", "temporal", "worldly" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized", "unconsecrated", "unhallowed" ] }, "giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{ "examples":[ "the blessed sight of home after a long journey" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeable", "congenial", "darling", "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "delightsome", "dreamy", "dulcet", "enjoyable", "felicitous", "good", "grateful", "gratifying", "heavenly", "jolly", "luscious", "nice", "palatable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "pleasurable", "pretty", "satisfying", "savory", "savoury", "sweet", "tasty", "welcome" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluring", "attractive", "desirable", "enviable", "inviting", "relishable", "tempting", "charming", "enchanting", "fascinating", "calming", "comforting", "soothing", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "recreative", "affable", "amiable", "cheerful", "cheery", "comfortable", "gem\u00fctlich", "genial", "goodly", "good-natured", "gracious", "hospitable", "kindly", "personable", "blissful", "felicific", "glad", "happy", "joyous", "elating", "exhilarating", "intoxicating", "ecstatic", "euphoric", "nirvanic", "rapturous" ], "near antonyms":[ "abominable", "ghastly", "god-awful", "hellish", "horrid", "miserable", "wretched", "bilious", "disgusting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revulsive", "unsavory", "vile", "yucky", "yukky", "abhorrent", "detestable", "hateful", "odious", "boring", "commonplace", "dull", "flat", "insipid", "irksome", "stale", "tedious", "displeasing", "dissatisfying", "depressing", "disheartening", "dismal", "dreary", "gloomy", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "joyless", "lachrymose", "sad", "unhappy", "deplorable", "doleful", "dolorous", "lamentable", "lugubrious", "mournful", "regrettable", "sorrowful", "tragic", "tragical", "aggravating", "annoying", "exasperating", "irritating", "peeving", "perturbing", "vexing", "forbidding", "hostile", "intimidating", "angering", "enraging", "incensing", "inflaming", "enflaming", "infuriating", "maddening", "outraging", "rankling", "riling", "distressing", "disturbing", "upsetting" ], "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "pleasureless", "unpalatable", "unpleasant", "unwelcome" ] }, "to make holy through prayers or ritual":{ "examples":[ "the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrated", "hallowed", "sacralized", "sanctified" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptized", "baptised", "canonized", "spiritualized", "chastened", "cleansed", "lustrated", "purified", "exorcised", "exorcized", "expurgated", "committed", "dedicated", "devoted", "reconsecrated" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiled", "desecrated", "profaned", "dirtied", "fouled", "polluted", "soiled", "tainted", "violated", "blasphemed", "cursed", "cussed", "damned", "execrated", "cast out", "condemned", "damned", "punished" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrated", "desacralized", "desanctified" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "examples":[ "bless the name of God" ], "synonyms":[ "caroled", "carolled", "celebrated", "emblazoned", "exalted", "extolled", "glorified", "hymned", "lauded", "magnified", "praised", "resounded" ], "near synonyms":[ "adored", "belauded", "deified", "idolized", "worshipped", "worshiped", "acclaimed", "applauded", "commended", "complimented", "hailed", "renowned", "saluted", "chanted", "cheered", "eulogized", "rhapsodized", "cited", "flattered", "cracked up", "recommended", "touted" ], "near antonyms":[ "blamed", "censured", "reprehended", "reprobated", "criticized", "reproved", "admonished", "chid", "chided", "keelhauled", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "castigated", "lambasted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{ "examples":[ "blessed with a knack for glib conversation" ], "synonyms":[ "endowed", "endued", "indued", "favored", "gifted", "invested" ], "near synonyms":[ "equipped", "provided", "supplied", "bestowed (on or upon)", "clothed", "clad", "conferred (on)", "covered", "accorded", "awarded", "granted", "empowered", "enabled", "enhanced", "enriched", "heightened", "bequeathed", "willed" ], "near antonyms":[ "dispossessed", "divested", "stripped", "stript", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted", "skimped", "stinted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "bless":{ "to make holy through prayers or ritual":{ "examples":[ "the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrate", "hallow", "sacralize", "sanctify" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptize", "canonize", "spiritualize", "chasten", "cleanse", "lustrate", "purify", "exorcise", "exorcize", "expurgate", "commit", "dedicate", "devote", "reconsecrate" ], "near antonyms":[ "defile", "desecrate", "profane", "dirty", "foul", "pollute", "soil", "taint", "violate", "blaspheme", "curse", "cuss", "damn", "execrate", "cast out", "condemn", "damn", "punish" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrate", "desacralize", "desanctify" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "examples":[ "bless the name of God" ], "synonyms":[ "carol", "celebrate", "emblazon", "exalt", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "hymn", "laud", "magnify", "praise", "resound" ], "near synonyms":[ "adore", "belaud", "deify", "idolize", "worship", "acclaim", "applaud", "commend", "compliment", "hail", "renown", "salute", "chant", "cheer", "eulogize", "rhapsodize", "cite", "flatter", "crack up", "recommend", "tout" ], "near antonyms":[ "blame", "censure", "reprehend", "reprobate", "criticize", "reprove", "admonish", "chide", "keelhaul", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproach", "castigate", "lambaste", "lambast" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{ "examples":[ "blessed with a knack for glib conversation" ], "synonyms":[ "endow", "endue", "indue", "favor", "gift", "invest" ], "near synonyms":[ "equip", "provide", "supply", "bestow (on or upon)", "clothe", "confer (on)", "cover", "accord", "award", "grant", "empower", "enable", "enhance", "enrich", "heighten", "bequeath", "will" ], "near antonyms":[ "dispossess", "divest", "strip", "deplete", "drain", "exhaust", "skimp", "stint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blemishes":{ "something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{ "examples":[ "the first mirror had a blemish on its surface, so we took it back to the store" ], "synonyms":[ "blights", "blotches", "defects", "deformities", "disfigurements", "excrescences", "excrescencies", "faults", "flaws", "imperfections", "marks", "mars", "pockmarks", "scars" ], "near synonyms":[ "abnormalities", "distortions", "irregularities", "malformations", "misshapes", "bugs", "glitches", "kinks", "blots", "blurs", "spots", "stains", "taints", "damages", "defacements", "impairments", "injuries", "failings", "weaknesses" ], "near antonyms":[ "adornments", "decorations", "embellishments", "enhancements", "ornaments" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{ "examples":[ "a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years" ], "synonyms":[ "darkens", "mars", "poisons", "spoils", "stains", "taints", "tarnishes", "touches", "vitiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "begrimes", "besmears", "besmirches", "blackens", "blurs", "clouds", "dirties", "discolors", "pollutes", "smears", "smirches", "smudges", "smuts", "soils", "sullies", "tars", "tarres", "abases", "cheapens", "debases", "degrades", "demeans", "discredits", "disgraces", "dishonors", "fouls", "lowers", "shames", "sinks", "bastardizes", "corrupts", "debauches", "demoralizes", "depraves", "perverts", "subverts", "colors", "distorts", "twists" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleanses", "purifies", "dignifies", "elevates", "ennobles", "enshrines", "glorifies", "hallows", "magnifies", "uplifts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "a scratch blemished the finish on the car" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodies", "breaks", "compromises", "crabs", "cripples", "crosses (up)", "damages", "defaces", "disfigures", "endamages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "spoils", "vitiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "undermines", "weakens", "erodes", "scours", "washes out", "wears (away)", "blights", "tarnishes", "dents", "dings", "dints", "botches", "gums (up)", "queers", "lacerates", "wounds", "disables", "hamstrings", "lames", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates", "torments", "tortures", "annihilates", "bangs up", "bashes", "batters", "clobbers", "crushes", "dashes", "decimates", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "does in", "pulverizes", "razes", "ruins", "scourges", "shatters", "smashes", "tears down", "totals", "wastes", "wipes out", "wrecks" ], "near antonyms":[ "cures", "heals", "helps", "rectifies", "rehabilitates", "remedies", "edits", "remodels", "revises", "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates", "perfects", "refines" ], "antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "rebuilds", "reconditions", "reconstructs", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "blew the whistle (on)":{ "to reveal the true nature of":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "nailed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "undressed", "unmasked" ], "near synonyms":[ "demolished", "discredited", "disproved", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled" ], "near antonyms":[ "concealed", "hid", "secreted", "veiled" ], "antonyms":[ "camouflaged", "cloaked", "disguised", "masked" ] }, "type":[] }, "blew out":{ "to let or force out of the lungs":{ "examples":[ "blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn" ], "synonyms":[ "breathed (out)", "exhaled", "expelled", "expired" ], "near synonyms":[ "expectorated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "inbreathed", "inhaled", "inspired" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleaching":{ "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "bleached the stained shirt back to its original white" ], "synonyms":[ "blanching", "blenching", "decolorizing", "dulling", "fading", "paling", "snowing", "washing out", "whitening" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightening", "lightening", "dimming", "matting", "etiolating", "whitewashing", "frosting", "silvering" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "blotching", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "discoloring", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "shading", "specking", "speckling", "splotching", "spotting", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "tarnishing", "variegating", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "pigmenting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting", "burnishing", "polishing", "shining" ], "antonyms":[ "darkening", "deepening", "embrowning" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleary":{ "depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{ "examples":[ "disoriented, bleary passengers departing from the red-eye" ], "synonyms":[ "all in", "aweary", "beat", "beaten", "burned-out", "burnt-out", "bushed", "dead", "done", "drained", "exhausted", "fatigued", "jaded", "knackered", "limp", "logy", "loggy", "played out", "pooped", "prostrate", "spent", "tapped out", "tired", "tuckered (out)", "washed-out", "wearied", "weary", "wiped out", "worn", "worn-out" ], "near synonyms":[ "overfatigued", "overtaxed", "overworked", "broken-down", "run-down", "debilitated", "enervate", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "weakened", "drowsy", "heavy", "sleepy", "lethargic", "sluggish" ], "near antonyms":[ "fresh", "refreshed", "rejuvenated", "relaxed", "rested", "revitalized", "active", "energetic", "invigorated", "peppy", "strengthened", "strong", "tireless", "vitalized", "weariless" ], "antonyms":[ "unwearied" ] }, "not seen or understood clearly":{ "examples":[ "the bleary outline of a fishing boat could just be seen through the fog" ], "synonyms":[ "blear", "blurry", "dim", "faint", "foggy", "fuzzy", "gauzy", "hazy", "indefinite", "indistinct", "indistinguishable", "misty", "murky", "nebulous", "obscure", "opaque", "pale", "shadowy", "unclear", "undefined", "undetermined", "vague" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark", "dusky", "gloomy", "impalpable", "inappreciable", "intangible", "invisible", "hieroglyphic", "hieroglyphical", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "indiscernible", "inexplicable", "mysterious", "obfuscatory", "puzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "distinct", "evident", "obvious", "plain", "certain", "firm", "strong", "sure" ], "antonyms":[ "clear", "definite", "pellucid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "blemish":{ "something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{ "examples":[ "the first mirror had a blemish on its surface, so we took it back to the store" ], "synonyms":[ "blight", "blotch", "defect", "deformity", "disfigurement", "excrescence", "excrescency", "fault", "flaw", "imperfection", "mar", "mark", "pockmark", "scar" ], "near synonyms":[ "abnormality", "distortion", "irregularity", "malformation", "misshape", "bug", "glitch", "kink", "blot", "blur", "spot", "stain", "taint", "damage", "defacement", "impairment", "injury", "failing", "weakness" ], "near antonyms":[ "adornment", "decoration", "embellishment", "enhancement", "ornament" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{ "examples":[ "a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years" ], "synonyms":[ "darken", "mar", "poison", "spoil", "stain", "taint", "tarnish", "touch", "vitiate" ], "near synonyms":[ "begrime", "besmear", "besmirch", "blacken", "blur", "cloud", "dirty", "discolor", "pollute", "smear", "smirch", "smudge", "smut", "soil", "sully", "tar", "abase", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "lower", "shame", "sink", "bastardize", "corrupt", "debauch", "demoralize", "deprave", "pervert", "subvert", "color", "distort", "twist" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleanse", "purify", "dignify", "elevate", "ennoble", "enshrine", "glorify", "hallow", "magnify", "uplift" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "a scratch blemished the finish on the car" ], "synonyms":[ "bloody", "break", "compromise", "crab", "cripple", "cross (up)", "damage", "deface", "disfigure", "endamage", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "spoil", "vitiate" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "undermine", "weaken", "erode", "scour", "wash out", "wear (away)", "blight", "tarnish", "dent", "ding", "dint", "botch", "gum (up)", "queer", "lacerate", "wound", "disable", "hamstring", "lame", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate", "torment", "torture", "annihilate", "bang up", "bash", "batter", "clobber", "crush", "dash", "decimate", "demolish", "desolate", "destroy", "devastate", "do in", "pulverize", "raze", "ruin", "scourge", "shatter", "smash", "tear down", "total", "waste", "wipe out", "wreck" ], "near antonyms":[ "cure", "heal", "help", "rectify", "rehabilitate", "remedy", "edit", "remodel", "revise", "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "refine" ], "antonyms":[ "doctor", "fix", "mend", "patch", "rebuild", "recondition", "reconstruct", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bleak":{ "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "examples":[ "a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ] }, "marked by wet and windy conditions":{ "examples":[ "it was a dark and bleak wintry day" ], "synonyms":[ "dirty", "foul", "inclement", "nasty", "raw", "rough", "squally", "stormy", "tempestuous", "turbulent" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowy", "blustering", "blustery", "breezy", "gusty", "windblown", "windswept", "cloudy", "overcast", "sunless", "rainy", "snowy", "foggy", "hazy", "misty", "murky", "soupy" ], "near antonyms":[ "rainless", "balmy", "calm", "halcyon", "peaceful", "placid", "pleasant", "serene" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "clear", "clement", "cloudless", "fair", "sunny", "sunshiny", "unclouded" ] }, "uncomfortably cool":{ "examples":[ "a bleak December morning" ], "synonyms":[ "bitter", "chill", "chilling", "chilly", "nipping", "nippy", "raw", "sharp" ], "near synonyms":[ "bracing", "brisk", "crisp", "invigorating", "rigorous", "snappy", "arctic", "cold", "coolish", "freezing", "frigid", "frosty", "glacial", "ice-cold", "icy", "numbing", "polar", "shivery", "wintry", "wintery", "subfreezing", "subzero", "frore", "frosted", "frozen", "iced", "refrigerated", "unheated" ], "near antonyms":[ "balmy", "warm", "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "warmed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bleated":{ "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing" ], "synonyms":[ "beefed", "bellyached", "bitched", "carped", "caterwauled", "complained", "crabbed", "croaked", "fussed", "griped", "grizzled", "grouched", "groused", "growled", "grumbled", "grumped", "hollered", "inveighed", "keened", "kicked", "kvetched", "maundered", "moaned", "murmured", "muttered", "nagged", "repined", "screamed", "squawked", "squealed", "wailed", "whimpered", "whined", "whinged", "yammered", "yawped", "yauped", "yowled" ], "near synonyms":[ "objected (to)", "protested", "quarreled (with)", "quarrelled (with)", "caviled", "cavilled", "quibbled", "fretted", "stewed", "worried", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "bemoaned", "bewailed", "deplored", "lamented" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "bore", "countenanced", "endured", "tolerated", "took", "applauded", "cheered", "commended" ], "antonyms":[ "crowed", "delighted", "rejoiced" ] }, "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled" ], "synonyms":[ "mewled", "puled", "whimpered" ], "near synonyms":[ "fussed", "sniffled", "sniveled", "snivelled", "snuffled", "whined", "bawled", "blubbed", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "wept", "peeped", "squeaked", "yelped", "mumbled", "murmured", "muttered", "groaned", "moaned", "sighed" ], "near antonyms":[ "screamed", "screeched", "shrieked", "squealed", "howled", "squalled", "wailed", "yowled", "called", "caterwauled", "squawked", "bellowed", "roared" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleary-eyed":{ "as in befuddled , stupefied":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "befuddled", "crapulous", "dopey", "dopy", "rocky", "strung out", "stupefied", "beery", "debauched", "dissipated", "dissolute", "maudlin", "alcoholic", "bibulous", "dipsomaniacal", "besotted", "blasted", "blind", "blitzed", "blotto", "bombed", "boozy", "canned", "cockeyed", "crocked", "drunk", "drunken", "fried", "gassed", "hammered", "high", "impaired", "inebriate", "inebriated", "intoxicated", "juiced", "lit", "lit up", "loaded", "looped", "oiled", "pickled", "pie-eyed", "plastered", "potted", "ripped", "sloshed", "smashed", "sottish", "soused", "sozzled", "squiffed", "squiffy", "stewed", "stiff", "stinking", "stoned", "tanked", "tiddly", "tight", "tipsy", "wasted", "wet", "wiped out" ], "near antonyms":[ "sober", "straight", "abstemious", "abstinent", "dry", "teetotal", "temperate", "clearheaded", "cool", "level", "steady" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "blesses":{ "to make holy through prayers or ritual":{ "examples":[ "the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrates", "hallows", "sacralizes", "sanctifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptizes", "canonizes", "spiritualizes", "chastens", "cleanses", "lustrates", "purifies", "exorcises", "exorcizes", "expurgates", "commits", "dedicates", "devotes", "reconsecrates" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiles", "desecrates", "profanes", "dirties", "fouls", "pollutes", "soils", "taints", "violates", "blasphemes", "curses", "cusses", "damns", "execrates", "casts out", "condemns", "damns", "punishes" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrates", "desacralizes", "desanctifies" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "examples":[ "bless the name of God" ], "synonyms":[ "carols", "celebrates", "emblazons", "exalts", "extols", "extolls", "glorifies", "hymns", "lauds", "magnifies", "praises", "resounds" ], "near synonyms":[ "adores", "belauds", "deifies", "idolizes", "worships", "acclaims", "applauds", "commends", "compliments", "hails", "renowns", "salutes", "chants", "cheers", "eulogizes", "rhapsodizes", "cites", "flatters", "cracks up", "recommends", "touts" ], "near antonyms":[ "blames", "censures", "reprehends", "reprobates", "criticizes", "reproves", "admonishes", "chides", "keelhauls", "rebukes", "reprimands", "reproaches", "castigates", "lambastes", "lambasts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{ "examples":[ "blessed with a knack for glib conversation" ], "synonyms":[ "endows", "endues", "indues", "favors", "gifts", "invests" ], "near synonyms":[ "equips", "provides", "supplies", "bestows (on or upon)", "clothes", "confers (on)", "covers", "accords", "awards", "grants", "empowers", "enables", "enhances", "enriches", "heightens", "bequeaths", "wills" ], "near antonyms":[ "dispossesses", "divests", "strips", "depletes", "drains", "exhausts", "skimps", "stints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blew one's stack":{ "to become very angry":{ "examples":[ "The customer blew his stack when the server spilled a drink on him." ], "synonyms":[ "blew up", "flared (up)", "flipped (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "angered", "fulminated", "raged", "ranted", "raved", "snapped", "snarled", "sputtered", "stormed", "teed off", "vented", "vituperated", "bristled", "burned", "burnt", "foamed", "fumed", "glared", "glowered", "seethed", "sizzled", "smoldered", "smouldered", "steamed", "warmed", "burst", "bursted", "exploded", "flared (out)", "flashed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "maddened" ], "near antonyms":[ "chilled out", "cooled (off or down)", "relaxed", "hushed", "quieted (down)" ], "antonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "simmered down" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "blew one's top":{ "to become very angry":{ "examples":[ "When her flight was cancelled she blew her top ." ], "synonyms":[ "blew up", "flared (up)", "flipped (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "angered", "fulminated", "raged", "ranted", "raved", "snapped", "snarled", "sputtered", "stormed", "teed off", "vented", "vituperated", "bristled", "burned", "burnt", "foamed", "fumed", "glared", "glowered", "seethed", "sizzled", "smoldered", "smouldered", "steamed", "warmed", "burst", "bursted", "exploded", "flared (out)", "flashed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "maddened" ], "near antonyms":[ "chilled out", "cooled (off or down)", "relaxed", "hushed", "quieted (down)" ], "antonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "simmered down" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "blemishing":{ "to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{ "examples":[ "a single indiscretion blemished the rabbi's reputation for years" ], "synonyms":[ "darkening", "marring", "poisoning", "spoiling", "staining", "tainting", "tarnishing", "touching", "vitiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "begriming", "besmearing", "besmirching", "blackening", "blurring", "clouding", "dirtying", "discoloring", "polluting", "smearing", "smirching", "smudging", "smutting", "soiling", "sullying", "tarring", "abasing", "cheapening", "debasing", "degrading", "demeaning", "discrediting", "disgracing", "dishonoring", "fouling", "lowering", "shaming", "sinking", "bastardizing", "corrupting", "debauching", "demoralizing", "depraving", "perverting", "subverting", "coloring", "distorting", "twisting" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleansing", "purifying", "dignifying", "elevating", "ennobling", "enshrining", "glorifying", "hallowing", "magnifying", "uplifting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "a scratch blemished the finish on the car" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodying", "breaking", "compromising", "crabbing", "crippling", "crossing (up)", "damaging", "defacing", "disfiguring", "endamaging", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "spoiling", "vitiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "undermining", "weakening", "eroding", "scouring", "washing out", "wearing (away)", "blighting", "tarnishing", "denting", "dinging", "dinting", "botching", "gumming (up)", "queering", "lacerating", "wounding", "disabling", "hamstringing", "laming", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating", "tormenting", "torturing", "annihilating", "banging up", "bashing", "battering", "clobbering", "crushing", "dashing", "decimating", "demolishing", "desolating", "destroying", "devastating", "doing in", "pulverizing", "razing", "ruining", "scourging", "shattering", "smashing", "tearing down", "totaling", "totalling", "wasting", "wiping out", "wrecking" ], "near antonyms":[ "curing", "healing", "helping", "rectifying", "rehabilitating", "remedying", "editing", "remodeling", "revising", "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "enriching", "improving", "meliorating", "perfecting", "refining" ], "antonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "mending", "patching", "rebuilding", "reconditioning", "reconstructing", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleeder":{ "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "don't let the insults of those lousy bleeders get you down, old chap" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "beast", "blighter", "boor", "bounder", "bugger", "buzzard", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "dog", "fink", "heel", "hound", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "lout", "pill", "rat", "rat fink", "reptile", "rotter", "schmuck", "scum", "scumbag", "scuzzball", "skunk", "sleaze", "sleazebag", "sleazeball", "slime", "slimeball", "slob", "snake", "so-and-so", "sod", "stinkard", "stinker", "swine", "toad", "varmint", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarian", "brute", "caveman", "Neanderthal", "savage", "loudmouth", "vulgarian", "lowlife", "miscreant", "rascal", "rogue", "roughneck", "scab", "scamp", "scoundrel", "villain", "wretch", "booby", "doofus", "fool", "jackass", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nit", "nitwit", "nut", "schmo", "schmoe", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "dink", "dolt", "dope", "dork", "goon", "half-wit", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "turkey", "brat", "insolent", "nuisance", "pest", "snip", "snob", "snoot", "snot", "dweeb", "nerd" ], "near antonyms":[ "hero", "heroine", "idol", "role model", "gentleman", "lady", "angel", "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "blends":{ "a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{ "examples":[ "that fabric is a cotton and polyester blend , so it shouldn't shrink as much as pure cotton" ], "synonyms":[ "admixtures", "alloys", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "cocktails", "combinations", "composites", "compounds", "conflations", "emulsions", "fusions", "intermixtures", "melds", "mixes", "mixtures", "syntheses" ], "near synonyms":[ "half-and-halfs", "absorptions", "coalescences", "coalitions", "commixtures", "composts", "concretions", "homogenizations", "immixtures", "incorporations", "integrations", "interfusions", "mergences", "mergers", "assortments", "hashes", "hodgepodges", "hotchpotches", "jumbles", "medleys", "m\u00e9langes", "mishmashes", "motleys", "patchworks", "potpourris", "varieties", "accumulations", "aggregations", "conglomerations" ], "near antonyms":[ "components", "constituents", "elements", "ingredients" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "she blended the ingredients for the brownies very thoroughly to eliminate lumps in the batter" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamates", "combines", "comingles", "commingles", "commixes", "composites", "concretes", "conflates", "fuses", "homogenizes", "immingles", "immixes", "incorporates", "integrates", "interfuses", "intermingles", "intermixes", "melds", "merges", "mingles", "mixes" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds", "admixes", "beats (in)", "cuts in", "folds", "stirs", "tosses", "coalesces", "compounds", "emulsifies", "conjoins", "joins", "knits", "links", "unites", "intertwines", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaves", "disjoins", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders", "disperses", "dissolves", "scatters", "detaches", "disengages", "splits" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "separates", "unmixes" ] }, "to form a pleasing relationship":{ "examples":[ "the colors blend nicely in that rug" ], "synonyms":[ "agrees", "assorts", "chimes", "chimes in", "conforms", "consorts", "coordinates", "grooves", "harmonizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "balances", "correlates", "corresponds", "dovetails", "hangs together", "matches", "meets", "parallels", "bonds", "coalesces", "coheres", "conjoins", "fuses", "merges", "squares", "tallies" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicts", "contrasts", "counters", "differs", "diverges", "jars", "cancels (out)", "counteracts", "negates", "offsets" ], "antonyms":[ "clashes", "collides", "conflicts" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bled (for)":{ "to have sympathy for":{ "examples":[ "the young man bleeds for his friend, who just lost his father" ], "synonyms":[ "ached (for)", "commiserated (with)", "compassionated", "condoled (with)", "felt (for)", "pitied", "sympathized (with)", "yearned (over)" ], "near synonyms":[ "cared (for)", "grieved (for)", "sorrowed (for)", "loved", "empathized (with)", "identified (with)", "tolerated", "understood" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "disliked", "hated", "scorned" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleached":{ "as in faded , washed-out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "faded", "palish", "washed-out", "washy", "clear", "limpid", "liquid", "lucent", "pellucid", "transparent", "dull", "faint", "gray", "grey", "neutral", "pale", "pallid", "colorless", "tintless", "uncolored", "undyed", "unpainted", "unstained", "white", "snow-white", "snowy", "whited" ], "near antonyms":[ "colored", "colorized", "dyed", "hued", "painted", "pigmented", "stained", "tinct", "tinctured", "tinged", "tinted", "colorful", "multicolored", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "varicolored", "variegated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "bleached the stained shirt back to its original white" ], "synonyms":[ "blanched", "blenched", "decolorized", "dulled", "faded", "paled", "snowed", "washed out", "whitened" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightened", "lightened", "dimmed", "matted", "etiolated", "whitewashed", "frosted", "silvered" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "blotched", "checkered", "dappled", "daubed", "discolored", "flecked", "marbled", "mottled", "patterned", "polychromed", "shaded", "specked", "speckled", "splotched", "spotted", "streaked", "striated", "striped", "tarnished", "variegated", "colored", "dyed", "painted", "pigmented", "stained", "tinctured", "tinged", "tinted", "burnished", "polished", "shone", "shined" ], "antonyms":[ "darkened", "deepened", "embrowned" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "blears":{ "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{ "examples":[ "her image was bleared , as if I were staring at it through a watery lens" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouds", "bedims", "befogs", "blackens", "blurs", "clouds", "darkens", "dims", "dislimns", "fogs", "fuzzes (up)", "hazes", "mists", "obscures", "overcasts", "overclouds", "overshadows", "shadows", "shrouds" ], "near synonyms":[ "adumbrates", "blots out", "conceals", "eclipses", "hides", "obliterates", "screens", "shades", "camouflages", "cloaks", "covers", "curtains", "disguises", "masks", "veils" ], "near antonyms":[ "exposes", "reveals", "uncovers", "unveils" ], "antonyms":[ "brightens", "illuminates", "illumines", "lightens", "lights (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blenching":{ "to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{ "examples":[ "she blenched from the horrible sight" ], "synonyms":[ "cringing", "flinching", "quailing", "recoiling", "shrinking", "squinching", "wincing" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanching", "paling", "whitening", "quaking", "quivering", "shaking", "shuddering", "trembling", "crouching", "jerking", "starting", "twitching", "receding", "retiring", "retreating", "withdrawing", "faltering", "hesitating", "reeling", "wavering" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancing", "approaching", "nearing", "bearding", "challenging", "confronting", "defying", "facing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look" ], "synonyms":[ "blanching", "bleaching", "decolorizing", "dulling", "fading", "paling", "snowing", "washing out", "whitening" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightening", "lightening", "dimming", "matting", "etiolating", "whitewashing", "frosting", "silvering" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "blotching", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "discoloring", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "shading", "specking", "speckling", "splotching", "spotting", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "tarnishing", "variegating", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "pigmenting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting", "burnishing", "polishing", "shining" ], "antonyms":[ "darkening", "deepening", "embrowning" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleat":{ "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{ "examples":[ "a very patient, understanding person who accepts life's inconveniences without a bleat" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "bitch", "carp", "complaint", "fuss", "grievance", "gripe", "grouch", "grouse", "grumble", "holler", "kvetch", "lament", "miserere", "moan", "murmur", "plaint", "squawk", "wail", "whimper", "whine", "whinge", "yammer" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenge", "demur", "expostulation", "kick", "niggle", "objection", "protest", "quibble", "remonstrance", "stink" ], "near antonyms":[ "commendation", "compliment", "plaudit", "acclaim", "applause", "praise", "approval", "endorsement", "indorsement", "sanction" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "bellyache", "bitch", "carp", "caterwaul", "complain", "crab", "croak", "fuss", "gripe", "grizzle", "grouch", "grouse", "growl", "grumble", "grump", "holler", "inveigh", "keen", "kick", "kvetch", "maunder", "moan", "murmur", "mutter", "nag", "repine", "scream", "squawk", "squeal", "wail", "whimper", "whine", "whinge", "yammer", "yawp", "yaup", "yowl" ], "near synonyms":[ "object (to)", "protest", "quarrel (with)", "cavil", "quibble", "fret", "stew", "worry", "blubber", "cry", "sob", "bemoan", "bewail", "deplore", "lament" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "bear", "countenance", "endure", "take", "tolerate", "applaud", "cheer", "commend" ], "antonyms":[ "crow", "delight", "rejoice" ] }, "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled" ], "synonyms":[ "mewl", "pule", "whimper" ], "near synonyms":[ "fuss", "sniffle", "snivel", "snuffle", "whine", "bawl", "blub", "blubber", "cry", "sob", "weep", "peep", "squeak", "yelp", "mumble", "murmur", "mutter", "groan", "moan", "sigh" ], "near antonyms":[ "scream", "screech", "shriek", "squeal", "howl", "squall", "wail", "yowl", "call", "caterwaul", "squawk", "bellow", "roar" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "blew in":{ "as in barged (in) , breezed (in)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barged (in)", "breezed (in)", "burst (in or into)", "bursted (in or into)", "waltzed (in)", "debarked", "disembarked", "checked in", "clocked (in)", "pulled in", "touched down", "fetched", "hit", "made", "reached", "appeared", "arrived", "came", "got in", "got through", "landed", "showed up", "turned up" ], "near antonyms":[ "left", "went", "checked out", "clocked (out)", "fled", "vamoosed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blessing":{ "a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{ "examples":[ "that rabbi always ends the service with a short blessing" ], "synonyms":[ "benediction", "benison" ], "near synonyms":[ "Godspeed", "appeal", "entreaty", "grace", "intercession", "invocation", "orison", "petition", "plea", "prayer", "supplication", "sanctification" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "anathema", "curse", "execration", "imprecation", "malediction" ] }, "something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{ "examples":[ "winning the lottery shortly after being laid off was an unexpected blessing" ], "synonyms":[ "benediction", "benefit", "boon", "felicity", "godsend", "good", "manna", "windfall" ], "near synonyms":[ "grace", "mercy", "favor", "kindness", "mitzvah", "advantage", "aid", "assistance", "gift", "help", "relief", "support", "anodyne", "comfort", "consolation", "solace", "bonus", "extra", "lagniappe", "delight", "joy", "pleasure" ], "near antonyms":[ "hex", "hoodoo", "jinx", "bother", "irritant", "nuisance", "pest", "disadvantage", "cross", "misery", "trial", "tribulation" ], "antonyms":[ "affliction", "bane", "curse", "evil", "plague", "scourge" ] }, "an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{ "examples":[ "Mr. Roberts promptly gave his blessing to his daughter's choice of husband" ], "synonyms":[ "approbation", "approval", "favor", "imprimatur", "OK", "okay" ], "near synonyms":[ "backing", "cachet", "endorsement", "indorsement", "finalization", "formalization", "homologation", "nod", "ratification", "rubber stamp", "sanction", "support", "thumbs-up", "vote", "benediction", "goodwill", "acceptation", "accession", "agreement", "assent", "concurrence", "consent", "countenance", "liking", "satisfaction" ], "near antonyms":[ "refusal", "rejection", "repudiation", "dislike", "dissatisfaction", "censure", "condemnation", "criticism", "denunciation", "deprecation", "depreciation", "disparagement", "opprobrium", "reprehension", "reproach", "reprobation" ], "antonyms":[ "disapprobation", "disapproval", "disfavor" ] }, "the act of making something holy through religious ritual":{ "examples":[ "traditionally, worshippers kneel during the blessing of the communion wafers" ], "synonyms":[ "consecration", "hallowing", "sanctification" ], "near synonyms":[ "purification", "dedication", "adoration", "glorification", "reverence", "veneration", "worship" ], "near antonyms":[ "debasement", "defilement", "desecration", "impiety", "irreverence", "profanation", "sacrilege" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make holy through prayers or ritual":{ "examples":[ "the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites" ], "synonyms":[ "consecrating", "hallowing", "sacralizing", "sanctifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptizing", "baptising", "canonizing", "spiritualizing", "chastening", "cleansing", "lustrating", "purifying", "exorcising", "exorcizing", "expurgating", "committing", "dedicating", "devoting", "reconsecrating" ], "near antonyms":[ "defiling", "desecrating", "profaning", "dirtying", "fouling", "polluting", "soiling", "tainting", "violating", "blaspheming", "cursing", "cussing", "damning", "execrating", "casting out", "condemning", "damning", "punishing" ], "antonyms":[ "deconsecrating", "desacralizing", "desanctifying" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "examples":[ "bless the name of God" ], "synonyms":[ "caroling", "carolling", "celebrating", "emblazoning", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "hymning", "lauding", "magnifying", "praising", "resounding" ], "near synonyms":[ "adoring", "belauding", "deifying", "idolizing", "worshipping", "worshiping", "acclaiming", "applauding", "commending", "complimenting", "hailing", "renowning", "saluting", "chanting", "cheering", "eulogizing", "rhapsodizing", "citing", "flattering", "cracking up", "recommending", "touting" ], "near antonyms":[ "blaming", "censuring", "reprehending", "reprobating", "criticizing", "reproving", "admonishing", "chiding", "keelhauling", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "castigating", "lambasting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{ "examples":[ "blessed with a knack for glib conversation" ], "synonyms":[ "endowing", "enduing", "induing", "favoring", "gifting", "investing" ], "near synonyms":[ "equipping", "providing", "supplying", "bestowing (on or upon)", "clothing", "conferring (on)", "covering", "according", "awarding", "granting", "empowering", "enabling", "enhancing", "enriching", "heightening", "bequeathing", "willing" ], "near antonyms":[ "dispossessing", "divesting", "stripping", "depleting", "draining", "exhausting", "skimping", "stinting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bleed":{ "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work" ], "synonyms":[ "agonize", "anguish", "grieve", "hurt", "mourn", "sorrow", "suffer" ], "near synonyms":[ "ache", "long (for)", "pine (away)", "sigh", "smart", "rack", "torment", "torture", "bemoan", "bewail", "deplore", "lament", "rue", "bawl", "blubber", "cry", "groan", "howl", "keen", "moan", "sob", "take on", "wail", "weep", "yammer", "yowl", "languish", "regret" ], "near antonyms":[ "beam", "cheer", "crow", "delight", "exult", "glory", "joy", "laugh", "ravish", "rejoice", "triumph", "assure", "cheer", "comfort", "commiserate", "console", "reassure", "solace", "soothe", "sympathize" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to flow forth slowly through small openings":{ "examples":[ "pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark" ], "synonyms":[ "exude", "ooze", "percolate", "seep", "strain", "sweat", "transude", "weep" ], "near synonyms":[ "dribble", "drip", "trickle", "discharge", "emit", "give off", "vent", "emanate", "flow", "spring" ], "near antonyms":[ "flood", "gush", "pour", "stream", "surge" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{ "examples":[ "bleed water from the radiators" ], "synonyms":[ "draft", "drain", "draw (off)", "pump", "siphon", "syphon", "tap" ], "near synonyms":[ "milk", "suck", "clear", "empty", "evacuate", "exhaust", "vacate", "vacuate", "void", "decant", "effuse", "deplete", "clean", "flush", "purge" ], "near antonyms":[ "bathe", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "soak", "souse", "wash", "water", "wet", "deluge", "drown", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "submerge", "swamp" ], "antonyms":[ "fill" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ], "near synonyms":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "blent (with)":{ "as in went (with) , coordinated (with)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conformed (to)", "coordinated (with)", "harmonized (with)", "went (with)", "corresponded (to)", "equaled", "equalled", "matched", "paralleled", "complemented", "supplemented", "counterbalanced", "counterpoised", "echoed", "imaged", "mirrored", "repeated", "added up (to)", "amounted (to)", "approached", "came (to)", "neared", "measured (up)", "partook (of)", "rivaled", "rivalled", "suggested" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bleater":{ "as in screamer , squawker":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bawler", "moaner", "screamer", "squawker", "wailer", "weeper", "baby", "bellyacher", "complainer", "crybaby", "fussbudget", "fusser", "fusspot", "griper", "grumbler", "kvetch", "kvetcher", "sniveler", "whiner", "crab", "grump", "malcontent" ], "near antonyms":[ "happy camper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "blench":{ "to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{ "examples":[ "she blenched from the horrible sight" ], "synonyms":[ "cringe", "flinch", "quail", "recoil", "shrink", "squinch", "wince" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanch", "pale", "whiten", "quake", "quiver", "shake", "shudder", "tremble", "crouch", "jerk", "start", "twitch", "recede", "retire", "retreat", "withdraw", "falter", "hesitate", "reel", "waver" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "approach", "near", "beard", "challenge", "confront", "defy", "face" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make white or whiter by removing color":{ "examples":[ "we'll have to blench the sheets with bleach to restore that snow-white look" ], "synonyms":[ "blanch", "bleach", "decolorize", "dull", "fade", "pale", "snow", "wash out", "whiten" ], "near synonyms":[ "brighten", "lighten", "dim", "mat", "matte", "matt", "etiolate", "whitewash", "frost", "silver" ], "near antonyms":[ "blacken", "blotch", "checker", "dapple", "daub", "discolor", "fleck", "marble", "mottle", "pattern", "polychrome", "shade", "speck", "speckle", "splotch", "spot", "streak", "striate", "stripe", "tarnish", "variegate", "color", "dye", "paint", "pigment", "stain", "tincture", "tinge", "tint", "burnish", "polish", "shine" ], "antonyms":[ "darken", "deepen", "embrown" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }