{ "bias":{ "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "disrelish", "distaste", "detachment", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "apathy", "disinterestedness", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "related":[ "favor", "one-sidedness", "partisanship", "prejudice", "endowment", "faculty", "flair", "gift", "knack", "talent", "addiction", "appetite", "fancy", "fondness", "like", "liking", "preference", "taste", "forte", "speciality", "specialty", "convention", "custom", "habit", "pattern", "practice", "practise", "routine", "trick", "way", "wont", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "kink", "oddity", "peculiarity", "quirk", "singularity" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "affinity", "aptitude", "bent", "bone", "devices", "disposition", "genius", "habitude", "impulse", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "turn" ] }, "an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{ "antonyms":[ "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "unbiasedness" ], "examples":[ "he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "detachment", "dispassion", "indifference", "aversion", "dislike", "distaste", "hate", "scunner" ], "related":[ "chauvinism", "cronyism", "favoritism", "nepotism", "self-opinionatedness", "self-partiality", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "preconception", "prejudgment", "prepossession" ], "synonyms":[ "favor", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "partiality", "parti pris", "partisanship", "ply", "prejudice", "tendentiousness" ] }, "in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "made of fabric cut bias" ], "near antonyms":[ "lengthwise", "longitudinally" ], "related":[ "across" ], "synonyms":[ "athwart", "cornerways", "cornerwise", "crossways", "crosswise", "diagonally", "kitty-corner", "catty-corner", "catercorner", "kitty-cornered", "catty-cornered", "catercornered", "obliquely", "transversely" ] }, "to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dispose", "incline", "predispose", "influence", "prepossess", "convince", "persuade", "suggest" ], "synonyms":[ "poison", "prejudice", "turn" ] }, "type":[ "adverb", "noun", "verb" ] }, "biases":{ "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergies", "aversions", "disfavors", "disinclinations", "dislikes", "disrelishes", "distastes", "detachments", "impartialities", "neutralities", "objectivities", "apathies", "indifferences", "insouciances", "nonchalances" ], "related":[ "favors", "partisanships", "prejudices", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "knacks", "talents", "addictions", "appetites", "fancies", "likes", "likings", "preferences", "tastes", "fortes", "specialities", "specialties", "conventions", "customs", "habits", "patterns", "practices", "practises", "routines", "tricks", "ways", "wonts", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "kinks", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quirks", "singularities" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "affinities", "aptitudes", "bents", "bones", "devices", "dispositions", "geniuses", "genii", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns" ] }, "to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "disposes", "inclines", "predisposes", "influences", "prepossesses", "convinces", "persuades", "suggests" ], "synonyms":[ "poisons", "prejudices", "turns" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bickers":{ "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after a prolonged bicker , they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "clashes", "run-ins", "skirmishes", "tangles", "tussles", "logomachies", "feuds", "vendettas", "attacks", "contentions", "dissensions", "dissentions", "debates", "differences", "disputations", "fusses", "objections", "protestations", "protests", "affrays", "fisticuffs", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "catfights" ], "synonyms":[ "altercations", "argle-bargles", "arguments", "argy-bargies", "battles royal", "battle royals", "battles royale", "battle royales", "brawls", "contretemps", "controversies", "cross fires", "disagreements", "disputes", "donnybrooks", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "fights", "hassles", "imbroglios", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "rhubarbs", "rows", "scraps", "set-tos", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexists", "gets along", "accepts", "agrees", "assents", "concurs", "consents" ], "related":[ "challenges", "dares", "defies", "clashes", "contends", "contests", "tangles", "cavils", "fusses", "nitpicks", "considers", "debates", "discusses", "kicks", "objects", "protests" ], "synonyms":[ "altercates", "argues", "argufies", "brabbles", "brawls", "controverts", "disputes", "falls out", "fights", "hassles", "jars", "quarrels", "quibbles", "rows", "scraps", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bicycle":{ "a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "mountain bike", "tandem bicycle", "ten-speed" ], "synonyms":[ "bike", "cycle", "push-bike", "push bicycle", "two-wheeler", "velocipede" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bifurcate":{ "to undergo division into two parts":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bifurcation":{ "a movement in different directions away from a common point":{ "antonyms":[ "convergence" ], "examples":[ "a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures" ], "near antonyms":[ "accord", "agreement", "likeness", "similarity" ], "related":[ "difference", "disagreement", "discrepancy", "disparateness", "disparity", "dissidence", "dissimilarity", "distinction", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "diversity", "unlikeness" ], "synonyms":[ "divarication", "divergence", "divergency", "separation" ] }, "the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{ "antonyms":[ "unification", "union" ], "examples":[ "a divisive issue that caused the bifurcation of the political party" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemblage", "association", "attachment", "conjunction", "connection", "link", "linkage", "linkup", "aggregation", "combination", "consolidation", "fusion" ], "related":[ "breach", "rupture", "divorce", "severance", "decomposition", "disassembly", "dismemberment", "segmentation", "subdivision", "atomization", "dichotomization", "polarization", "diffusion", "dispersal", "dispersion", "scattering", "administration", "apportionment", "distribution", "isolation", "seclusion", "segregation", "sequestration" ], "synonyms":[ "breakup", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "separation", "split", "sundering" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bigheaded":{ "having too high an opinion of oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "egoless", "humble", "modest", "uncomplacent" ], "examples":[ "she's become bigheaded since winning that literary award" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffident", "self-critical", "self-distrustful", "self-doubting", "self-reproachful", "self-reproving", "meek", "timid", "unassertive", "down-to-earth", "unarrogant", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "bashful", "demure", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "retiring", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy" ], "related":[ "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "disdainful", "fastuous", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "huffy", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "peremptory", "pontifical", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "holier-than-thou", "pretentious", "overconfident", "presuming", "presumptuous", "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-adulatory", "self-congratulatory", "self-contented", "self-gratulatory", "self-applauding", "self-dramatizing", "self-glorifying", "self-promoting", "self-affected", "self-centered", "self-engrossed", "selfish", "condescending", "patronizing" ], "synonyms":[ "assured", "biggety", "biggity", "complacent", "conceited", "consequential", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-opinionated", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swellheaded", "vain", "vainglorious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bilge":{ "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "related":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bilk":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "synonyms":[ "bilker", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fakir", "finagler", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bleed", "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" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bilker":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "synonyms":[ "bilk", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fakir", "finagler", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "billfold":{ "as in wallet":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "billings":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "billowing":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to extend outward beyond a usual point":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind" ], "near antonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "shrinking" ], "related":[ "doming", "blowing up", "inflating", "dilating", "distending", "expanding", "mushrooming", "snowballing", "elongating", "extending", "lengthening", "stretching" ], "synonyms":[ "bagging", "ballooning", "beetling", "bellying", "bulging", "bunching", "jutting", "overhanging", "poking", "pooching", "pouching", "pouting", "projecting", "protruding", "standing out", "starting", "sticking out", "swelling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "biplane":{ "as in tilt-rotor , triplane":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bird%27s-eye":{ "relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{ "antonyms":[ "close-up", "delineated", "detailed", "molecular", "particularized", "specific" ], "examples":[ "a bird's-eye look at the current situation in that part of the world" ], "near antonyms":[ "limited", "restricted", "specified", "distinct", "explicit", "precise", "sharp", "comprehensive", "elaborate", "full", "mapped (out)", "thorough", "enumerated", "inventoried", "itemized", "listed", "individual", "singular", "particular", "peculiar" ], "related":[ "comprehensive", "inclusive", "absolute", "boundless", "expansive", "extensive", "infinite", "panoramic", "sweeping", "vast", "wide", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "nondescript", "vague", "unlimited", "unrestricted", "unspecified" ], "synonyms":[ "all-around", "all-round", "broad", "general", "nonspecific", "overall" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "birdbrained":{ "lacking in seriousness or maturity":{ "antonyms":[ "earnest", "serious", "serious-minded", "sober", "unfrivolous" ], "examples":[ "a birdbrained neighbor who is forever giving me tacky tchotchkes" ], "near antonyms":[ "grave", "melancholy", "somber", "sombre", "thoughtful", "dignified", "heavy", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "severe", "solemn", "staid" ], "related":[ "fatuous", "foolish", "inane", "nonsensical", "thoughtless", "witless", "crazy", "daffy", "daft", "fruity", "exuberant", "flippant", "fluttery", "giggly", "happy", "light", "lighthearted", "playful", "sappy", "shallow", "superficial" ], "synonyms":[ "ditzy", "ditsy", "dizzy", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "frothy", "futile", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "light-minded", "puerile", "scatterbrained", "silly", "yeasty" ] }, "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "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" ] }, "bitchy":{ "having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{ "antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benign", "benignant", "loving", "unmalicious" ], "examples":[ "a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassionate", "good", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "sympathetic", "warm", "warmhearted", "affable", "agreeable", "amiable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gracious", "nice", "pleasant", "affectionate", "amorous", "sweet", "tender", "tenderhearted", "humane", "altruistic", "high-minded", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "noble", "philanthropic", "philanthropical" ], "related":[ "devious", "scoundrelly", "scurvy", "snakelike", "acrimonious", "bitter", "envious", "jaundiced", "jealous", "rancorous", "resentful", "vindictive", "vitriolic", "contemptuous", "deprecating", "derogatory", "disdainful", "disparaging", "mean-spirited", "obnoxious", "opprobrious", "scornful", "snide", "snotty", "unkind", "unkindly", "unloving", "baleful", "baneful", "evil", "harsh", "hostile", "inimical", "acrid", "caustic", "poisonous", "scathing", "venomous" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "catty", "cruel", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "vicious", "virulent" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bite (on)":{ "to crush or grind with the teeth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ruminate", "munch", "nosh", "snack", "consume", "eat", "ingest", "swallow", "bolt", "devour", "gobble (up or down)", "gorge", "gulp", "scarf", "scoff", "snack", "wolf", "nip", "peck (at)", "pick (at)", "gum", "mumble" ], "synonyms":[ "champ", "chaw", "chew", "chomp (on)", "crunch (on)", "gnaw (on)", "masticate", "nibble" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bite-size":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bitter":{ "causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers" ], "near antonyms":[ "balmy", "gentle", "mild", "soothing" ], "related":[ "brisk", "invigorating", "nippy", "snappy", "needlelike", "prickly", "tingling", "caustic", "corrosive" ], "synonyms":[ "biting", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "piercing", "raw", "sharp", "shrewd", "smarting", "stinging" ] }, "difficult to endure":{ "antonyms":[ "easy", "light", "soft" ], "examples":[ "a bitter lesson about money and friendship" ], "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" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "brutal", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "murderous", "onerous", "oppressive", "rough", "rugged", "searing", "severe", "stiff", "tough", "trying" ] }, "expressing or suggesting mourning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bitter cry of grief" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted", "exulting", "glorying", "happy", "joyful", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "laughing", "smiling", "blissful", "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "jocund", "jolly", "joyous", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical" ], "related":[ "dirgelike", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "melancholy", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "tearful", "brokenhearted", "careworn", "crestfallen", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "low-spirited", "miserable", "sad", "triste", "unhappy", "woebegone", "bawling", "crying", "groaning", "howling", "keening", "moaning", "yammering", "bleeding", "suffering", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "joyless", "low", "miserable", "moody", "morbid", "morose", "pathetic", "pessimistic", "piteous", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "wretched" ], "synonyms":[ "aching", "agonized", "anguished", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "doleful", "dolesome", "dolorous", "funeral", "grieving", "heartbroken", "lamentable", "lugubrious", "mournful", "plaintive", "plangent", "regretful", "rueful", "sorrowful", "sorry", "wailing", "weeping", "woeful" ] }, "hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{ "antonyms":[ "gratifying", "pleasing", "sweet" ], "examples":[ "discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment" ], "near antonyms":[ "bearable", "endurable", "supportable", "sustainable", "tolerable", "livable", "liveable", "sufferable", "survivable", "acceptable", "allowable", "reasonable" ], "related":[ "insufferable", "insupportable", "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "unsupportable", "appalling", "awful", "bad", "dire", "dreadful", "ghastly", "horrible", "miserable", "nasty", "rotten", "severe", "terrible", "vile", "wretched", "acute", "extreme", "intense", "piercing" ], "synonyms":[ "afflicting", "agonizing", "cruel", "excruciating", "galling", "grievous", "harrowing", "harsh", "heartrending", "hurtful", "painful", "tormenting", "torturous" ] }, "having a low or subnormal temperature":{ "antonyms":[ "ardent", "blazing", "boiling", "broiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "fiery", "glowing", "hot", "igneous", "molten", "piping hot", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "seething", "sizzling", "sultry", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "warming", "white-hot" ], "examples":[ "a bitter February day for this part of the country" ], "near antonyms":[ "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "overheated", "reheated", "warmed", "snug", "toasty", "warm", "feverish", "flushed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "canicular", "equatorial", "muggy", "steamy", "summery", "tropical" ], "related":[ "cryogenic", "subfreezing", "subzero", "ultracold", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "piercing", "sharp", "bracing", "brisk", "crisp", "invigorating", "rigorous", "chilled", "cooled", "frosted", "frozen", "iced", "refrigerated", "unheated" ], "synonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bone-chilling", "chill", "chilly", "cold", "coldish", "cool", "coolish", "freezing", "frigid", "frosty", "gelid", "glacial", "ice-cold", "icy", "nipping", "nippy", "numbing", "polar", "shivery", "snappy", "wintry", "wintery" ] }, "having or showing deep-seated resentment":{ "antonyms":[ "unbitter" ], "examples":[ "a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday", "she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly" ], "near antonyms":[ "caring", "forgiving", "gentle", "kind", "kindhearted", "loving", "sweet", "sympathetic", "tender", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "related":[ "disaffected", "discontented", "disgruntled", "malcontent", "contemptuous", "cynical", "disdainful", "misanthropic", "scornful", "angry", "cruel", "harsh", "irritated", "mad", "rough", "savage", "vehement", "vicious", "virulent", "vitriolic", "acid", "caustic", "cutting", "mordant", "sarcastic", "trenchant", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out" ], "synonyms":[ "acrid", "acrimonious", "embittered", "hard", "rancorous", "resentful", "sore" ] }, "not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{ "antonyms":[ "agreeable", "congenial", "good", "grateful", "gratifying", "nice", "palatable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "pleasurable", "satisfying", "welcome" ], "examples":[ "had to face the bitter truth about their marriage" ], "near antonyms":[ "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "dreamy", "felicitous", "amiable", "charming", "cheery", "friendly", "jolly", "kindly", "sweet" ], "related":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "beastly", "bilious", "disgusting", "dreadful", "foul", "ghastly", "gnarly", "god-awful", "gross", "hateful", "hellish", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "invidious", "loathsome", "nauseating", "nauseous", "noisome", "obnoxious", "obscene", "odious", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "revulsive", "scandalous", "seamy", "shocking", "sick", "sickening", "ugly", "unholy", "vile", "villainous", "aggravating", "annoying", "galling", "irritating", "vexing", "crappy", "cruddy", "crummy", "crumby", "lousy", "miserable", "sucky", "wretched" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "disagreeable", "displeasing", "distasteful", "harsh", "icky", "nasty", "rotten", "sour", "uncongenial", "unlovely", "unpalatable", "unpleasant", "unpleasing", "unsavory", "unwelcome", "wicked", "yucky", "yukky" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ], "uncomfortably cool":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bitter , rainy day" ], "near antonyms":[ "balmy", "warm", "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "warmed" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "bleak", "chill", "chilling", "chilly", "nipping", "nippy", "raw", "sharp" ] } } }