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"self-mastery", "will", "willpower", "composure", "self-poise", "self-possession", "aloofness", "detachedness", "distance", "bashfulness", "modesty", "shyness", "reticence", "silence", "taciturnity" ], "near antonyms":[ "self-abandonment", "uninhibitedness", "unrestrainedness", "gratification", "indulgence", "overindulgence", "self-indulgence", "bluntness", "candor", "frankness", "immoderacy", "intemperance" ], "antonyms":[ "disinhibition", "incontinence", "unconstraint" ] }, "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{ "examples":[ "without the inhibition of their jackets, the boys were able to wrestle more vigorously" ], "synonyms":[ "balk", "bar", "block", "chain", "clog", "cramp", "crimp", "deterrent", "drag", "embarrassment", "encumbrance", "fetter", "handicap", "hindrance", "holdback", "hurdle", "impediment", "interference", "let", "manacle", "obstacle", "obstruction", "shackles", "stop", "stumbling block", "trammel" ], "near synonyms":[ "catch", "hitch", "rub", "snag", "barrier", "blockade", "blockage", "brick wall", "stone wall", "arrest", "bit", "brake", "check", "constraint", "curb", "hobble", "rein", "restraint", "embargo", "stoppage", "delay", "holdup", "stall", "burden", "cumber", "load", "danger", "hazard", "peril", "reef", "adversity", "difficulty", "disadvantage", "drawback", "hardship" ], "near antonyms":[ "catalyst", "goad", "impetus", "incentive", "spur", "stimulant", "stimulus", "advantage", "break", "edge", "aid", "assistance", "benefit", "boost", "handmaiden", "handmaid", "help" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhibits":{ "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{ "examples":[ "the cold inhibited her from getting much work done that morning" ], "synonyms":[ "clogs", "cramps", "embarrasses", "encumbers", "fetters", "hampers", "handcuffs", "handicaps", "hinders", "hobbles", "hog-ties", "holds back", "holds up", "impedes", "interferes (with)", "manacles", "obstructs", "shackles", "short-circuits", "stymies", "ties up", "trammels" ], "near synonyms":[ "balks", "checks", "constrains", "curbs", "reins", "restrains", "binds", "chains", "halters", "leashes", "tethers", "ties", "arrests", "brakes", "delays", "retains", "retards", "barricades", "blockades", "blocks", "roadblocks", "bogs (down)", "mires", "chokes", "smothers", "stifles", "strangles", "suffocates", "baffles", "foils", "frustrates", "stumps", "thwarts", "derails", "disrupts", "sabotages", "muzzles", "represses", "suppresses", "confines", "hedges (in)", "hems (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "clears", "makes way", "opens", "unclogs", "unplugs", "unstops", "frees", "liberates", "releases", "unties", "loosens", "smooths", "smoothes", "encourages", "furthers", "promotes" ], "antonyms":[ "aids", "assists", "facilitates", "helps" ] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "examples":[ "laws designed to inhibit the powers of the intelligence organizations" ], "synonyms":[ "bridles", "checks", "constrains", "contains", "controls", "curbs", "governs", "holds", "keeps", "measures", "pulls in", "regulates", "reins (in)", "restrains", "rules", "tames" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottles (up)", "chokes (back)", "holds back", "minces", "muffles", "pockets", "represses", "sinks", "smothers", "squelches", "stifles", "strangles", "suppresses", "swallows", "arrests", "interrupts", "stops", "blocks", "hampers", "handcuffs", "hinders", "impedes", "obstructs", "gags", "muzzles", "silences" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "unleashes", "airs", "expresses", "takes out", "vents" ], "antonyms":[ "loses" ] }, "to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{ "examples":[ "a fundamental sense of propriety should have inhibited you from making a drunken spectacle of yourself" ], "synonyms":[ "deters", "discourages", "dissuades" ], "near synonyms":[ "diverts", "unsells", "repels" ], "near antonyms":[ "eggs (on)", "exhorts", "goads", "prods", "urges", "impels", "induces", "prompts" ], "antonyms":[ "encourages", "persuades" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inhumane":{ "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "examples":[ "inhumane wardens who regularly ignored the crying children in their care" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ], "near synonyms":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ] }, "having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "an inhumane dictator who tortured and murdered thousands of his own people" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "brutal", "brute", "butcherly", "cruel", "fiendish", "heartless", "inhuman", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "vicious", "wanton" ], "near synonyms":[ "hard-hearted", "ironhearted", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "stonyhearted", "unfeeling", "fell", "ferocious", "grim", "bloodthirsty", "cutthroat", "murderous", "sanguinary", "sanguine", "catty", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "vindictive", "draconian", "draconic", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "oppressive" ], "near antonyms":[ "tender", "warm", "warmhearted", "charitable", "clement", "lenient", "merciful", "pitying", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful" ], "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "sympathetic", "tenderhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "inhumanly":{ "as in ruthlessly , mercilessly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously", "aggressively", "assertively", "decidedly", "determinedly", "firmly", "grimly", "gruffly", "resolutely", "strongly", "toughly" ], "near antonyms":[ "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly", "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "mercifully", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "inhuming":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly" ], "synonyms":[ "burying", "entombing", "hearsing", "interring", "laying", "putting away", "tombing" ], "near synonyms":[ "immuring", "inurning", "enshrining", "concealing", "covering", "ensconcing", "hiding", "obscuring", "shading", "shielding", "cloaking", "curtaining", "enshrouding", "shrouding", "reburying", "reinterring", "coffining" ], "near antonyms":[ "burning", "cremating", "baring", "disclosing", "discovering", "displaying", "exhibiting", "exposing", "revealing", "showing", "uncoffining" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterring", "exhuming", "unearthing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inharmonies":{ "a lack of agreement or harmony":{ "examples":[ "a striking inharmony between the evangelist's professed spiritual concerns and his materialistic pleasures" ], "synonyms":[ "conflicts", "disaccords", "discordances", "discordancies", "discords", "disharmonies", "dissensions", "dissentions", "dissents", "dissidences", "dissonances", "disunions", "disunities", "divisions", "frictions", "infightings", "schisms", "strifes", "variances", "warfares", "wars" ], "near synonyms":[ "clashes", "collisions", "competitions", "contentions", "altercations", "arguments", "bickers", "brawls", "debates", "disagreements", "disputes", "divides", "fissures", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "fights", "hassles", "jars", "miffs", "mix-ups", "quarrels", "rows", "run-ins", "scraps", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles", "incompatibilities", "incongruences", "incongruities", "inconsistences", "inconsistencies", "inconsonances", "animosities", "antagonisms", "antipathies", "cold wars", "enmities", "hostilities", "ill wills", "rancors" ], "near antonyms":[ "concurrences", "cooperations" ], "antonyms":[ "accords", "agreements", "concordances", "concords", "harmonies", "peaces" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhabiter":{ "one who lives permanently in a place":{ "examples":[ "he was the sole inhabiter of a 60-room mansion" ], "synonyms":[ "denizen", "dweller", "habitant", "inhabitant", "occupant", "resident", "resider", "tenant" ], "near synonyms":[ "cohabitant", "coresident", "aborigine", "native", "citizen", "national", "subject", "colonist", "\u00e9migr\u00e9", "emigr\u00e9", "migrant", "newcomer", "settler", "burgher", "local", "localite", "townee", "townie", "towny", "townsman", "villager" ], "near antonyms":[ "alien", "foreigner", "nonresident", "guest", "tourist", "visitor", "defector", "emigrant", "escaper", "evacuee", "exile", "expatriate", "refugee" ], "antonyms":[ "transient" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhuman":{ "difficult to endure":{ "examples":[ "kept the prisoners in criminally inhuman conditions" ], "synonyms":[ "bitter", "brutal", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "murderous", "onerous", "oppressive", "rough", "rugged", "searing", "severe", "stiff", "tough", "trying" ], "near synonyms":[ "austere", "bleak", "comfortless", "discomforting", "forbidding", "inhospitable", "spartan", "uncomfortable", "biting", "inclement", "intemperate", "wild", "rigorous", "strict", "stringent", "agonizing", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "painful", "wretched", "crushing", "grinding", "overwhelming", "wearing", "insufferable", "insupportable", "intolerable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "harrowing", "tortuous", "bad", "disagreeable", "hostile", "unfriendly", "unpleasant" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfortable", "cozy", "luxurious", "snug", "agreeable", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "pleasant", "peaceful", "relaxing", "reposeful", "restful", "bearable", "endurable", "painless", "tolerable", "balmy", "calm", "clement", "gentle", "mild", "moderate", "temperate" ], "antonyms":[ "easy", "light", "soft" ] }, "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "examples":[ "an inhuman indifference to the sufferings of other human beings" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ], "near synonyms":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ] }, "having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "a classic sociological study showing just how inhuman an individual can become when given absolute power over another" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "brutal", "brute", "butcherly", "cruel", "fiendish", "heartless", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "vicious", "wanton" ], "near synonyms":[ "hard-hearted", "ironhearted", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "stonyhearted", "unfeeling", "fell", "ferocious", "grim", "bloodthirsty", "cutthroat", "murderous", "sanguinary", "sanguine", "catty", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "vindictive", "draconian", "draconic", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "oppressive" ], "near antonyms":[ "tender", "warm", "warmhearted", "charitable", "clement", "lenient", "merciful", "pitying", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful" ], "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "sympathetic", "tenderhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "inharmony":{ "a lack of agreement or harmony":{ "examples":[ "a striking inharmony between the evangelist's professed spiritual concerns and his materialistic pleasures" ], "synonyms":[ "conflict", "disaccord", "discord", "discordance", "discordancy", "disharmony", "dissension", "dissention", "dissent", "dissidence", "dissonance", "disunion", "disunity", "division", "friction", "infighting", "schism", "strife", "variance", "war", "warfare" ], "near synonyms":[ "clash", "collision", "competition", "contention", "altercation", "argument", "bicker", "brawl", "debate", "disagreement", "dispute", "divide", "fissure", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "jar", "miff", "mix-up", "quarrel", "row", "run-in", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle", "incompatibility", "incongruence", "incongruity", "incongruousness", "inconsistence", "inconsistency", "inconsonance", "inharmoniousness", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "cold war", "enmity", "hostility", "ill will", "rancor" ], "near antonyms":[ "concurrence", "cooperation" ], "antonyms":[ "accord", "agreement", "concord", "concordance", "harmony", "peace" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhibiting":{ "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{ "examples":[ "the cold inhibited her from getting much work done that morning" ], "synonyms":[ "clogging", "cramping", "embarrassing", "encumbering", "fettering", "hampering", "handcuffing", "handicapping", "hindering", "hobbling", "hog-tying", "holding back", "holding up", "impeding", "interfering (with)", "manacling", "obstructing", "shackling", "short-circuiting", "stymieing", "trammeling", "trammelling", "tying up", "tieing up" ], "near synonyms":[ "balking", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "reining", "restraining", "binding", "chaining", "haltering", "leashing", "tethering", "tying", "tieing", "arresting", "braking", "delaying", "retaining", "retarding", "barricading", "blockading", "blocking", "roadblocking", "bogging (down)", "miring", "choking", "smothering", "stifling", "strangling", "suffocating", "baffling", "foiling", "frustrating", "stumping", "thwarting", "derailing", "disrupting", "sabotaging", "muzzling", "repressing", "suppressing", "confining", "hedging (in)", "hemming (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "clearing", "making way", "opening", "unclogging", "unplugging", "unstopping", "freeing", "liberating", "releasing", "untying", "untieing", "loosening", "smoothing", "encouraging", "furthering", "promoting" ], "antonyms":[ "aiding", "assisting", "facilitating", "helping" ] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "examples":[ "laws designed to inhibit the powers of the intelligence organizations" ], "synonyms":[ "bridling", "checking", "constraining", "containing", "controlling", "curbing", "governing", "holding", "keeping", "measuring", "pulling in", "regulating", "reining (in)", "restraining", "ruling", "taming" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottling (up)", "choking (back)", "holding back", "mincing", "muffling", "pocketing", "repressing", "sinking", "smothering", "squelching", "stifling", "strangling", "suppressing", "swallowing", "arresting", "interrupting", "stopping", "blocking", "hampering", "handcuffing", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing", "gagging", "muzzling", "silencing" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberating", "loosening", "loosing", "unleashing", "airing", "expressing", "taking out", "venting" ], "antonyms":[ "losing" ] }, "to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{ "examples":[ "a fundamental sense of propriety should have inhibited you from making a drunken spectacle of yourself" ], "synonyms":[ "deterring", "discouraging", "dissuading" ], "near synonyms":[ "diverting", "unselling", "repelling" ], "near antonyms":[ "egging (on)", "exhorting", "goading", "prodding", "urging", "impelling", "inducing", "prompting" ], "antonyms":[ "encouraging", "persuading" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inherently":{ "by natural character or ability":{ "examples":[ "the judge's observation that women are not inherently better at parenting than men" ], "synonyms":[ "congenitally", "constitutionally", "innately", "intrinsically", "naturally" ], "near synonyms":[ "basically", "elementally", "essentially", "fundamentally", "instinctively", "intuitively", "intimately" ], "near antonyms":[ "artificially", "unnaturally" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "inheritances":{ "something that is or may be inherited":{ "examples":[ "a keen sense of humor was her inheritance from her mother" ], "synonyms":[ "bequests", "birthrights", "heritages", "legacies", "patrimonies" ], "near synonyms":[ "heirlooms", "bestowals", "gifts", "offerings", "presents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhibitors":{ "as in obstructions , constraints":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "constraints", "liabilities", "obstacles", "obstructions", "restraints", "strangleholds", "disadvantages", "drawbacks", "encumbrances", "hindrances", "impediments", "minuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "advantages", "aids", "assets", "benefits", "boons", "help", "hands", "lifts", "pick-me-ups", "supports", "sustenances" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhumes":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly" ], "synonyms":[ "buries", "entombs", "hearses", "inters", "lays", "puts away", "tombs" ], "near synonyms":[ "immures", "inurns", "enshrines", "conceals", "covers", "ensconces", "hides", "obscures", "shades", "shields", "cloaks", "curtains", "enshrouds", "shrouds", "reburies", "reinters", "coffins" ], "near antonyms":[ "burns", "cremates", "bares", "discloses", "discovers", "displays", "exhibits", "exposes", "reveals", "shows", "uncoffins" ], "antonyms":[ "disinters", "exhumes", "unearths" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inhabited":{ "as in developed , cultivated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cultivated", "tamed", "developed", "seminatural" ], "near antonyms":[ "natural", "uncultivated", "untamed", "virgin", "wild", "native", "uninhabited", "unpeopled", "unsettled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in a place for a period of time":{ "examples":[ "We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them.", "The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art." ], 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"maliciousness", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spitefulness", "hardhandedness", "harshness", "heavy-handedness", "oppressiveness" ], "near antonyms":[ "tenderness", "warmheartedness", "warmness", "warmth", "charitableness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "mercy", "pity" ], "antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhabit":{ "to be in a place for a period of time":{ "examples":[ "We need to protect the forests and also the wildlife that inhabits them.", "The people who inhabit the island take great pride in their art." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cohabit", "occupy", "abide", "dwell", "live", "reside", "lodge", "settle", "stay", "crash", "sojourn", "tarry", "frequent", "hang (around or out)", "hang (at)", "haunt", "visit", "come by", "come over", "drop by", "drop in", "run in", "step in", "stop (by)", "colonize", "people", "populate", "lease", "rent", "sublet", "tenant" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inheritors":{ "a person who has the right to inherit property":{ "examples":[ "someday that little boy will become the inheritor of one of the largest private fortunes in the country" ], "synonyms":[ "heirs", "heirs at law", "legatees" ], "near synonyms":[ "claimants", "heirs apparent", "representatives", "succeeders", "successors", "coheiresses", "co-heiresses", "coheirs", "co-heirs", "heiresses", "assignees", "beneficiaries", "devisees", "grantees", "descendants", "descendents", "scions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhaling":{ "to swallow or eat greedily":{ "examples":[ "inhaled the doughnuts so quickly that you would have missed it if you blinked" ], "synonyms":[ "bolting", "cramming", "devouring", "glutting", "gobbling", "gorging", "gormandizing", "gulping", "ingurgitating", "ravening", "scarfing", "scoffing", "slopping", "wolfing" ], "near 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"there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly" ], "synonyms":[ "buried", "entombed", "hearsed", "interred", "laid", "put away", "tombed" ], "near synonyms":[ "immured", "inurned", "enshrined", "concealed", "covered", "ensconced", "hid", "obscured", "shaded", "shielded", "cloaked", "curtained", "enshrouded", "shrouded", "reburied", "reinterred", "coffined" ], "near antonyms":[ "burned", "burnt", "cremated", "bared", "disclosed", "discovered", "displayed", "exhibited", "exposed", "revealed", "showed", "uncoffined" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterred", "exhumed", "unearthed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inherited":{ "genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring":{ "examples":[ "hair color is inherited" ], "synonyms":[ "genetic", "genetical", "hereditary", "heritable", "inborn", "inheritable" ], "near synonyms":[ "congenital", "inbred", "inherent", "innate", "native", "natural" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquired" ], "antonyms":[ "nonhereditary" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "inhumanness":{ "disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "the unspeakable inhumanness of the pseudoscientific experiments performed on inmates of the concentration camps" ], "synonyms":[ "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "brutality", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness" ], "near synonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "unfeelingness", "fellness", "ferociousness", "ferocity", "fierceness", "grimness", "bloodlust", "bloodthirstiness", "murderousness", "sanguineness", "sanguinity", "cattiness", "despitefulness", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "maliciousness", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spitefulness", "hardhandedness", "harshness", "heavy-handedness", "oppressiveness" ], "near antonyms":[ "tenderness", "warmheartedness", "warmness", "warmth", "charitableness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "mercy", "pity" ], "antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhabitable":{ "suitable for living in":{ "examples":[ "the search for an inhabitable planet" ], "synonyms":[ "habitable", "livable", "liveable" ], "near synonyms":[ "comfortable", "cozy", "homelike", "homey", "homy", "intimate", "snug", "deluxe", "lavish", "luxuriant", "luxurious", "plush", "sumptuous", "opulent", "palatial", "rich", "acceptable", "bearable", "endurable", "sufferable", "supportable", "sustainable", "tolerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "uncomfortable", "humble", "spartan", "economical", "frugal", "spare", "thrifty", "insupportable", "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unbearable", "unendurable" ], "antonyms":[ "uninhabitable", "unlivable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "inhibit":{ "to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{ "examples":[ "the cold inhibited her from getting much work done that morning" ], "synonyms":[ "clog", "cramp", "embarrass", "encumber", "fetter", "hamper", "handcuff", "handicap", "hinder", "hobble", "hog-tie", "hold back", "hold up", "impede", "interfere (with)", "manacle", "obstruct", "shackle", "short-circuit", "stymie", "tie up", "trammel" ], "near synonyms":[ "balk", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "bind", "chain", "halter", "leash", "tether", "tie", "arrest", "brake", "delay", "retain", "retard", "barricade", "block", "blockade", "roadblock", "bog (down)", "mire", "choke", "smother", "stifle", "strangle", "suffocate", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "stump", "thwart", "derail", "disrupt", "sabotage", "muzzle", "repress", "suppress", "confine", "hedge (in)", "hem (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "make way", "open", "unclog", "unplug", "unstop", "free", "liberate", "release", "untie", "loosen", "smooth", "encourage", "further", "promote" ], "antonyms":[ "aid", "assist", "facilitate", "help" ] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "examples":[ "laws designed to inhibit the powers of the intelligence organizations" ], "synonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "govern", "hold", "keep", "measure", "pull in", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "rule", "tame" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottle (up)", "choke (back)", "hold back", "mince", "muffle", "pocket", "repress", "sink", "smother", "squelch", "stifle", "strangle", "suppress", "swallow", "arrest", "interrupt", "stop", "block", "hamper", "handcuff", "hinder", "impede", "obstruct", "gag", "muzzle", "silence" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "unleash", "air", "express", "take out", "vent" ], "antonyms":[ "lose" ] }, "to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action":{ "examples":[ "a fundamental sense of propriety should have inhibited you from making a drunken spectacle of yourself" ], "synonyms":[ "deter", "discourage", "dissuade" ], "near synonyms":[ "divert", "unsell", "repel" ], "near antonyms":[ "egg (on)", "exhort", "goad", "prod", "urge", "impel", "induce", "prompt" ], "antonyms":[ "encourage", "persuade" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inhaled":{ "to swallow or eat greedily":{ "examples":[ "inhaled the doughnuts so quickly that you would have missed it if you blinked" ], "synonyms":[ "bolted", "crammed", "devoured", "glutted", "gobbled", "gorged", "gormandized", "gulped", "ingurgitated", "ravened", "scarfed", "scoffed", "slopped", "wolfed" ], "near synonyms":[ "overate", "pigged out", "swilled" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbled", "pecked", "picked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inhumations":{ "the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{ "examples":[ "there is evidence that this ancient culture practiced cremation as well as inhumation" ], "synonyms":[ "burials", "entombments", "interments", "obsequies", "sepultures" ], "near synonyms":[ "embalmments", "funerals", "immurements", "inurnments", "reburials", "reinterments" ], "near antonyms":[ "cremations" ], "antonyms":[ "disinterments", "exhumations" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "inhume":{ "to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{ "examples":[ "there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly" ], "synonyms":[ "bury", "entomb", "hearse", "inter", "lay", "put away", "tomb" ], "near synonyms":[ "immure", "inurn", "enshrine", "conceal", "cover", "ensconce", "hide", "obscure", "shade", "shield", "cloak", "curtain", "enshroud", "shroud", "rebury", "reinter", "coffin" ], "near antonyms":[ "burn", "cremate", "bare", "disclose", "discover", "display", "exhibit", "expose", "reveal", "show", "uncoffin" ], "antonyms":[ "disinter", "exhume", "unearth" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "inhospitableness":{ "as in unfriendliness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unfriendliness", "conflict", "coolness", "discord", "friction", "strain", "tension", "malice", "malignancy", "malignity", "spite", "spitefulness", "venom", "alienation", "disaffection", "estrangement", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "blood feud", "feud", "score", "vendetta", "animosity", "animus", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bad blood", "bitterness", "enmity", "gall", "grudge", "hostility", "jaundice", "rancor" ], "near antonyms":[ "amity", "amiability", "amicability", "civility", "cordiality", "friendliness", "hospitality", "neighborliness", "comity", "empathy", "friendship", "goodwill", "sympathy", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }