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"bleeds", "fleeces", "gouges", "milks", "skins", "squeezes", "cheats", "racketeers", "swindles", "coerces", "compels", "forces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[ "after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up" ], "synonyms":[ "ekes (out)", "scrapes (up or together)", "scrounges", "squeezes", "wrests" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquires", "attains", "draws", "earns", "gains", "lands", "obtains", "procures", "secures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{ "examples":[ "I'm so mad I could wring your neck" ], "synonyms":[ "twists", "wrenches", "wrests" ], "near synonyms":[ "draws", "dredges (up)", "extracts", "jerks", "lugs", "plucks", "pulls", "tugs", "tweaks", "yanks", "jimmies", "levers", "pries", "budges", "dislocates", "displaces", "disturbs", "removes", "shifts", "transfers", "transposes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to draw out by 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"commercial", "message", "plug", "promotion", "spot", "word", "pronouncement", "publication", "release" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in write , describe":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "describe", "write", "broadcast", "circulate", "disseminate", "publish", "sound off", "speak out", "speak up", "advertise", "announce", "declare", "enounce", "enunciate", "proclaim", "say", "chime in", "air", "expound", "express", "give", "look", "raise", "sound", "state", "vent", "ventilate", "voice", "communicate", "convey", "put across", "put over", "offer", "submit" ], "near antonyms":[ "stifle", "suppress", "censor", "restrain", "restrict" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "writes off":{ "to diminish the price or value of":{ "antonyms":[ "appreciates", "enhances", "marks up", "upgrades" ], "examples":[ "that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloats", "blows up", "inflates", "overestimates", "overprices", "overrates", "overvalues", "adds", "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "balloons", "boosts", "compounds", "dilates", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "extends", "heightens", "increases", "maximizes", "multiplies", "raises", "swells", "ups" ], "related":[ "debases", "demonetizes", "underestimates", "underprices", "underrates", "undervalues", "abridges", "compresses", "contracts", "de-escalates", "deflates", "downsizes", "dwindles", "lessens", "moderates", "shrinks" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuates", "breaks", "cheapens", "depreciates", "depresses", "devaluates", "devalues", "downgrades", "lowers", "marks down", "reduces", "sinks", "writes down" ] }, "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "antonyms":[ "acclaims", "applauds", "exalts", "extols", "extolls", "glorifies", "lauds", "magnifies", "praises" ], "examples":[ "most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "countenances", "endorses", "indorses", "favors", "recommends", "sanctions", "commends", "compliments", "eulogizes" ], "related":[ "discommends", "abuses", "scolds", "disapproves (of)", "dislikes", "censures", "condemns", "criticizes", "denounces", "reprehends", "reprobates", "asperses", "defames", "maligns", "rips", "slanders", "slurs", "traduces", "vilifies", "discredits", "disgraces" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouths", "belittles", "cries down", "decries", "denigrates", "deprecates", "depreciates", "derogates", "diminishes", "discounts", "dismisses", "disparages", "disses", "kisses off", "minimizes", "plays down", "poor-mouths", "puts down", "runs down", "talks down", "trashes", "trash-talks", "vilipends" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "writes up":{ "as in writes , describes":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "writing off":{ "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "examples":[ "most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "decrying", "denigrating", "deprecating", "depreciating", "derogating", "diminishing", "discounting", "dismissing", "disparaging", "dissing", "kissing off", "minimizing", "playing down", "poor-mouthing", "putting down", "running down", "talking down", "trashing", "trash-talking", "vilipending" ], "near synonyms":[ "discommending", "abusing", "scolding", "disapproving (of)", "disliking", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "denouncing", "reprehending", "reprobating", "aspersing", "defaming", "maligning", "ripping", "slandering", "slurring", "traducing", "vilifying", "discrediting", "disgracing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "countenancing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "favoring", "recommending", "sanctioning", "commending", "complimenting", "eulogizing" ], "antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "lauding", "magnifying", "praising" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuating", "breaking", "cheapening", "depreciating", "depressing", "devaluating", "devaluing", "downgrading", "lowering", "marking down", "reducing", "sinking", "writing down" ], "near synonyms":[ "debasing", "demonetizing", "underestimating", "underpricing", "underrating", "undervaluing", "abridging", "compressing", "contracting", "de-escalating", "deflating", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "moderating", "shrinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloating", "blowing up", "inflating", "overestimating", "overpricing", "overrating", "overvaluing", "adding", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "ballooning", "boosting", "compounding", "dilating", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "heightening", "increasing", "maximizing", "multiplying", "raising", "swelling", "upping" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciating", "enhancing", "marking up", "upgrading" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wriggle":{ "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddle", "fidget", "jerk", "jig", "jiggle", "squiggle", "squirm", "thrash", "thresh", "toss", "twist", "twitch", "wiggle", "writhe" ], "near synonyms":[ "flit", "flutter", "twitter", "quake", "quiver", "shake", "shiver", "shudder", "tremble", "pace" ], "near antonyms":[ "relax", "rest", "unwind", "calm (down)", "still" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{ "examples":[ "a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk" ], "synonyms":[ "belly", "crawl", "creep", "grovel", "slide", "slither", "snake", "worm" ], "near synonyms":[ "crouch", "squat", "edge", "inch", "nose", "skulk", "sneak", "steal", "tiptoe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{ "examples":[ "within a month of his arrival, this social upstart had wriggled himself into the family's good graces" ], "synonyms":[ "infiltrate", "insinuate", "slip", "sneak", "wind", "work in", "worm" ], "near synonyms":[ "creep", "edge", "wiggle", "insert", "interpolate", "interpose", "introduce" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wrinkling":{ "to develop creases or folds":{ "examples":[ "if you don't fold clothes promptly after drying, they'll wrinkle" ], "synonyms":[ "creasing", "crinkling", "furrowing", "rumpling" ], "near synonyms":[ "collapsing", "crumpling", "doubling", "folding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{ "examples":[ "sitting down on the bedspread wrinkled it" ], "synonyms":[ "crinkling", "crumpling", "rumpling", "scrunching" ], "near synonyms":[ "corrugating", "creasing", "crimping", "folding", "pleating", "puckering", "rucking", "crisping", "rippling", "ruffling", "contracting", "furrowing", "knitting", "messing (up)", "mussing (up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "evening", "ironing", "pressing", "straightening", "unfolding", "neatening", "tidying" ], "antonyms":[ "flattening", "ironing out", "smoothening", "smoothing", "uncrumpling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wriggly":{ "making jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "after a while, the little girl got wriggly and had to be taken outside to the church vestibule" ], "synonyms":[ "antsy", "fidgety", "squirmy", "twitchy", "wiggly" ], "near synonyms":[ "aflutter", "fluttery", "twittery", "quaking", "quivering", "shaking", "shivering", "shivery", "shuddering", "trembling", "anxious", "dithery", "edgy", "het up", "hung up", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "nervy", "perturbed", "restive", "tense", "troubled", "uneasy", "unquiet", "upset", "uptight", "worried" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "collected", "cool", "easy", "relaxed" ], "antonyms":[ "motionless", "still" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "write off":{ "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{ "examples":[ "most critics have already written off that director as a hack incapable of turning out anything but schlock" ], "synonyms":[ "bad-mouth", "belittle", "cry down", "decry", "denigrate", "deprecate", "depreciate", "derogate", "diminish", "dis", "diss", "discount", "dismiss", "disparage", "kiss off", "minimize", "play down", "poor-mouth", "put down", "run down", "talk down", "trash", "trash-talk", "vilipend" ], "near synonyms":[ "discommend", "abuse", "scold", "disapprove (of)", "dislike", "censure", "condemn", "criticize", "denounce", "reprehend", "reprobate", "asperse", "defame", "malign", "rip", "slander", "slur", "traduce", "vilify", "discredit", "disgrace" ], "near antonyms":[ "approve", "countenance", "endorse", "indorse", "favor", "recommend", "sanction", "commend", "compliment", "eulogize" ], "antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "exalt", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "laud", "magnify", "praise" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "that one blunder will write off to nothing all the goodwill we've been building up" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuate", "break", "cheapen", "depreciate", "depress", "devaluate", "devalue", "downgrade", "lower", "mark down", "reduce", "sink", "write down" ], "near synonyms":[ "debase", "demonetize", "underestimate", "underprice", "underrate", "undervalue", "abridge", "compress", "contract", "de-escalate", "deflate", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "moderate", "shrink" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloat", "blow up", "inflate", "overestimate", "overprice", "overrate", "overvalue", "add", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "balloon", "boost", "compound", "dilate", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "heighten", "increase", "maximize", "multiply", "raise", "swell", "up" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciate", "enhance", "mark up", "upgrade" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "writing down":{ "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "a company forced to write down its assets" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuating", "breaking", "cheapening", "depreciating", "depressing", "devaluating", "devaluing", "downgrading", "lowering", "marking down", "reducing", "sinking", "writing off" ], "near synonyms":[ "debasing", "demonetizing", "underestimating", "underpricing", "underrating", "undervaluing", "abridging", "compressing", "contracting", "de-escalating", "deflating", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "moderating", "shrinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloating", "blowing up", "inflating", "overestimating", "overpricing", "overrating", "overvaluing", "adding", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "ballooning", "boosting", "compounding", "dilating", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "heightening", "increasing", "maximizing", "multiplying", "raising", "swelling", "upping" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciating", "enhancing", "marking up", "upgrading" ] }, "to make a written note of":{ "examples":[ "write down what you remember about that day" ], "synonyms":[ "jotting (down)", "logging", "marking", "noting", "putting down", "recording", "registering", "reporting", "setting down", "taking down" ], "near synonyms":[ "chronicling", "minuting", "transcribing", "enregistering", "entering", "inscribing", "chalking (up)", "notching", "scoring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "write down":{ "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "a company forced to write down its assets" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuate", "break", "cheapen", "depreciate", "depress", "devaluate", "devalue", "downgrade", "lower", "mark down", "reduce", "sink", "write off" ], "near synonyms":[ "debase", "demonetize", "underestimate", "underprice", "underrate", "undervalue", "abridge", "compress", "contract", "de-escalate", "deflate", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "moderate", "shrink" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloat", "blow up", "inflate", "overestimate", "overprice", "overrate", "overvalue", "add", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "balloon", "boost", "compound", "dilate", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "heighten", "increase", "maximize", "multiply", "raise", "swell", "up" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciate", "enhance", "mark up", "upgrade" ] }, "to make a written note of":{ "examples":[ "write down what you remember about that day" ], "synonyms":[ "jot (down)", "log", "mark", "note", "put down", "record", "register", "report", "set down", "take down" ], "near synonyms":[ "chronicle", "minute", "transcribe", "enregister", "enter", "inscribe", "chalk (up)", "notch", "score" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "writhing":{ "as in twitching , fidgeting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fiddling", "fidgeting", "squirm", "squirming", "twitching", "wriggling", "locomotion", "mobility", "motility", "motivity", "flailing", "flapping", "waving", "dislocation", "migration", "relocation", "motion", "move", "movement", "shift", "shifting", "stir", "stirring" ], "near antonyms":[ "motionlessness", "immobility", "inertia", "inertness", "stillness", "cessation", "discontinuance", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "pause", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to twine about one another":{ "examples":[ "tends to writhe his fingers together when he's nervous or upset" ], "synonyms":[ "enlacing", "entwining", "implicating", "interlacing", "intertwining", "intertwisting", "interweaving", "inweaving", "lacing", "plying", "twisting", "weaving", "wreathing" ], "near synonyms":[ "braiding", "plaiting", "platting", "pleaching", "blending", "fusing", "joining", "linking", "mixing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "uncoiling", "untangling", "untwining", "unwinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "writhing in pain from his injuries" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddling", "fidgeting", "jerking", "jigging", "jiggling", "squiggling", "squirming", "thrashing", "threshing", "tossing", "twisting", "twitching", "wiggling", "wriggling" ], "near synonyms":[ "flitting", "fluttering", "twittering", "quaking", "quivering", "shaking", "shivering", "shuddering", "trembling", "pacing" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxing", "resting", "unwinding", "calming (down)", "stilling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "writing":{ "as in document":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "document", "line", "bordereau", "memoir", "memorial", "minutes", "protocol", "report", "jotting", "memo", "memorandum", "notation", "note" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to compose and set down on paper the words of":{ "examples":[ "a staunch supporter of the old school, he prefers to write all of his letters by hand" ], "synonyms":[ "authoring", "penning", "scratching (out)", "scribbling" ], "near synonyms":[ "casting", "composing", "crafting", "drafting", "drawing up", "formulating", "framing", "preparing", "recasting", "redrafting", "revising", "rewriting", "lettering", "printing", "typewriting", "typing", "recording", "taking down", "transcribing", "autographing", "penciling (in)", "pencilling (in)", "registering", "signing", "couching", "expressing", "phrasing", "putting", "wording" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to engage in an exchange of written messages":{ "examples":[ "promise you'll write while you're away" ], "synonyms":[ "corresponding" ], "near synonyms":[ "communicating", "intercommunicating", "airmailing", "e-mailing", "telegraphing", "mailing", "posting", "answering", "replying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "wringing":{ "a forceful rotating or pulling motion for the purpose of dislodging something":{ "examples":[ "a firm wringing of the shoe got it off" ], "synonyms":[ "twist", "twisting", "wrench", "wrenching", "wresting" ], "near synonyms":[ "draft", "draw", "extraction", "pull", "tug", "yank", "dislocation", "displacement" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{ "examples":[ "that bill collector is willing to do anything to wring money out of deadbeats" ], "synonyms":[ "exacting", "extorting", "wresting" ], "near synonyms":[ "bleeding", "fleecing", "gouging", "milking", "skinning", "squeezing", "cheating", "racketeering", "swindling", "coercing", "compelling", "forcing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[ "after years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up" ], "synonyms":[ "eking (out)", "scraping (up or together)", "scrounging", "squeezing", "wresting" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiring", "attaining", "drawing", "earning", "gaining", "landing", "obtaining", "procuring", "securing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{ "examples":[ "I'm so mad I could wring your neck" ], "synonyms":[ "twisting", "wrenching", "wresting" ], "near synonyms":[ "drawing", 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