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"airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gormandized":{ "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "everybody tends to gormandize on Thanksgiving\u2014it's traditional!" ], "synonyms":[ "gorged", "overate", "pigged out", "swilled" ], "related":[ "devoured", "glutted", "sated", "stuffed", "surfeited", "wolfed", "banqueted", "feasted", "regaled", "bolted", "crammed", "gulped", "guzzled" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbled", "pecked", "picked", "tasted" ], 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"unslakable", "edacious", "esurient", "gluttonous", "greedy", "hoggish", "piggish", "rapacious", "ravenous", "swinish", "voracious", "empty", "famished", "hungry", "peckish", "starved", "starving", "malnourished", "underfed", "undernourished" ], "near antonyms":[ "content", "full", "glutted", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied", "stuffed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with food to capacity":{ "examples":[ "we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "cramming", "glutting", "sating", "stuffing", "surfeiting" ], "near synonyms":[ "gobbling", "gormandizing", "pigging out", "gulping", "guzzling", "cloying", "filling", "banqueting", "feasting", "regaling" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieting", "fasting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating" ], "synonyms":[ "gormandizing", "overeating", "pigging out", "swilling" ], "near synonyms":[ "devouring", "glutting", "sating", "stuffing", "surfeiting", "wolfing", "banqueting", "feasting", "regaling", "bolting", "cramming", "gulping", "guzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbling", "pecking", "picking", "tasting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to swallow or eat greedily":{ "examples":[ "the ravenous dogs furiously gorged the scraps of meat" ], "synonyms":[ "bolting", "cramming", "devouring", "glutting", "gobbling", "gormandizing", "gulping", "ingurgitating", "inhaling", "ravening", "scarfing", "scoffing", "slopping", "wolfing" ], "near synonyms":[ "overeating", "pigging out", "swilling" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbling", "pecking", "picking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "gorgon":{ "as in fishwife":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fishwife", "battle-ax", "battle-axe", "dragon lady", "fury", "harpy", "harridan", "shrew", "termagant", "virago", "vixen", "carper", "castigator", "caviler", "caviller", "censurer", "critic", "faultfinder", "nitpicker", "railer", "scold", "belittler", "derider", "detractor", "pettifogger", "quibbler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gory":{ "smeared or stained with blood":{ "examples":[ "doesn't watch too many movies that feature gory violence" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodstained", "bloody" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloodred", "carmine", "crimson", "incarnadine", "red", "reddish", "ruby", "sanguine", "sanguineous", "sanguinary" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "gores":{ "to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{ "examples":[ "running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, may sound like fun, but the bulls have been known to gore runners who get too close" ], "synonyms":[ "harpoons", "impales", "jabs", "lances", "pecks", "picks", "pierces", "pinks", "punctures", "runs through", "skewers", "spears", "spikes", "spits", "stabs", "sticks", "transfixes", "transpierces" ], "near synonyms":[ "spindles", "perforates", "riddles", "bayonets", "dirks", "gimlets", "pikes", "poniards", "prongs", "quills", "pinpricks", "pokes", "pricks", "punches", "thrusts", "cuts", "knifes", "slices" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "gorger":{ "one who eats greedily or too much":{ "examples":[ "a shark that is such a gorger it can't move after devouring a meal" ], "synonyms":[ "cormorant", "glutton", "gormandizer", "gourmand", "hog", "overeater", "pig", "stuffer", "swiller" ], "near synonyms":[ "feaster", "trencherman", "muncher", "guzzler" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieter", "nibbler", "picker" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Gordian knot":{ "as in crux , sticky wicket":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crux", "sticky wicket", "toughie", "toughy", "corner", "fix", "hole", "hot water", "jam", "mire", "pickle", "predicament", "quagmire", "spot", "catch-22", "dilemma", "quandary", "issue", "question", "catch", "glitch", "hitch", "pitfall", "snag", "case", "challenge", "knot", "matter", "nut", "problem", "trouble", "conundrum", "enigma", "mystery", "puzzle", "puzzlement", "riddle", "brainteaser", "poser", "stumper" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "solution", "magic bullet", "silver bullet", "cure-all", "panacea" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gorgers":{ "one who eats greedily or too much":{ "examples":[ "a shark that is such a gorger it can't move after devouring a meal" ], "synonyms":[ "cormorants", "gluttons", "gormandizers", "gourmands", "hogs", "hog", "overeaters", "pigs", "stuffers", "swillers" ], "near synonyms":[ "feasters", "trenchermen", "munchers", "guzzlers" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieters", "nibblers", "pickers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gorgons":{ "as in fishwifes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fishwifes", "fishwives", "battle-axes", "dragon ladies", "furies", "harpies", "harridans", "shrews", "termagants", "viragoes", "viragos", "vixens", "carpers", "castigators", "cavilers", "cavillers", "censurers", "critics", "faultfinders", "nitpickers", "railers", "scolds", "belittlers", "deriders", "detractors", "pettifoggers", "quibblers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gored":{ "to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{ "examples":[ "running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, may sound like fun, but the bulls have been known to gore runners who get too close" ], "synonyms":[ "harpooned", "impaled", "jabbed", "lanced", "pecked", "picked", "pierced", "pinked", "punctured", "ran through", "skewered", "speared", "spiked", "spitted", "stabbed", "stuck", "transfixed", "transpierced" ], "near synonyms":[ "spindled", "perforated", "riddled", "bayoneted", "bayonetted", "dirked", "gimleted", "piked", "poniarded", "pronged", "quilled", "pinpricked", "poked", "pricked", "punched", "thrust", "cut", "knifed", "sliced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "gormandizers":{ "one who eats greedily or too much":{ "examples":[ "an inconsiderate 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"draws", "gullies", "gulleys", "gutters", "nullahs", "trenches", "troughs", "wadis", "washes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fill with food to capacity":{ "examples":[ "we gorged ourselves on the four pies Aunt Martha had brought for Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "crams", "gluts", "sates", "stuffs", "surfeits" ], "near synonyms":[ "gobbles", "gormandizes", "pigs out", "gulps", "guzzles", "cloys", "fills", "banquets", "feasts", "regales" ], "near antonyms":[ "diets", "fasts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "the kids began gorging on Halloween candy the minute they got back from trick-or-treating" ], "synonyms":[ "gormandizes", "overeats", "pigs out", "swills" ], "near synonyms":[ "devours", "gluts", "sates", "stuffs", "surfeits", "wolfs", "banquets", "feasts", "regales", "bolts", "crams", "gulps", "guzzles" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbles", "pecks", "picks", "tastes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to swallow or eat greedily":{ "examples":[ "the 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