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"oversimplifies" ], "related":[ "develops", "elaborates", "expands", "intensifies", "magnifies", "confounds", "confuses", "messes (up)", "mixes (up)", "muddles", "snarls", "tangles" ], "synonyms":[ "complexes", "complexifies", "complicates", "entangles", "perplexes", "sophisticates" ] }, "to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism" ], "near antonyms":[ "calms", "comforts", "consoles", "relieves", "soothes", "buoys", "cheers", "emboldens", "encourages", "heartens", "assures", "reassures" ], "related":[ "agitates", "bothers", "chagrins", "discomforts", "discomposes", "dismays", "disquiets", "distresses", "disturbs", "perturbs", "puts off", "puts out", "unhinges", "unsettles", "upsets", "debases", "degrades", "demeans", "humbles", "humiliates", "queers", "shames" ], "synonyms":[ "abashes", "confounds", "confuses", "discomfits", "disconcerts", "discountenances", "fazes", 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"cramps", "crimps", "deterrents", "drags", "encumbrances", "fetters", "handicaps", "hindrances", "holdbacks", "hurdles", "impediments", "inhibitions", "interferences", "lets", "manacles", "obstacles", "obstructions", "shackles", "stops", "stumbling blocks", "trammels" ] }, "the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage" ], "near antonyms":[ "aplombs", "assurances", "composures", "confidences", "equanimities", "poises", "self-confidences", "self-possessions" ], "related":[ "agitations", "bothers", "chagrins", "discomforts", "discomposures", "dismays", "disquiets", "distresses", "disturbances", "perturbations", "upsets", "disgraces", "ignominies", "shames", "debasements", "degradations", "humiliations", "humble pies" ], "synonyms":[ "abashments", "confusions", "discomfitures", "disconcertments", "flusters", "mortifications" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "embattle":{ "as in":{ 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"brightened", "freshened", "smartened", "spruced (up)", "bossed", "chased", "braided", "embroidered", "feathered", "figured", "filigreed", "filleted", "flounced", "frilled", "fringed", "furbelowed", "garlanded", "hung", "hanged", "laced", "ribboned", "swagged", "wreathed", "appliqu\u00e9d", "gilded", "gilt", "painted", "diamonded", "gemmed", "impearled", "jeweled", "jewelled", "pearled", "redecorated", "redid" ], "synonyms":[ "adorned", "arrayed", "beautified", "bedecked", "bedizened", "blazoned", "caparisoned", "decked", "decorated", "did", "did up", "dolled up", "draped", "dressed", "emblazed", "embossed", "enriched", "fancied up", "fancified", "festooned", "garnished", "glitzed (up)", "graced", "gussied up", "ornamented", "prettied (up)", "trimmed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "embitterment":{ "as in antagonism , envenoming":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emblazon":{ "to proclaim the glory of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come" ], "near antonyms":[ "blame", "censure", "reprehend", "reprobate", "criticize", "reprove", "admonish", "chide", "keelhaul", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproach", "castigate", "lambaste", "lambast" ], "related":[ "adore", "belaud", "deify", "idolize", "worship", "acclaim", "applaud", "commend", "compliment", "hail", "renown", "salute", "chant", "cheer", "eulogize", "rhapsodize", "cite", "flatter", "crack up", "recommend", "tout" ], "synonyms":[ "bless", "carol", "celebrate", "exalt", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "hymn", "laud", "magnify", "praise", "resound" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emblazonry":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emboldened":{ "inclined or willing to take risks":{ "antonyms":[ "unadventurous", "unenterprising" ], "examples":[ "not too surprisingly, rock 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"stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "swashbuckling", "unafraid", "undaunted", "valiant", "valorous", "gritty", "plucky", "spirited", "spunky", "gadarene", "hasty", "headlong", "precipitate", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "crazy", "foolish", "half-witted", "harebrained", "insane", "lunatic", "mad", "nutty", "scatterbrained", "silly", "wacky", "whacky", "witless", "unnecessary", "dumb", "idiotic", "idiotical", "moronic", "stupid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "adventuresome", "adventurous", "audacious", "bold", "daring", "dashing", "enterprising", "free-swinging", "gutsy", "hardy", "nerved", "nervy", "venturesome", "venturous" ] }, "to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{ "antonyms":[ "daunted", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited" ], "examples":[ "his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder" ], "near antonyms":[ "demoralized", "depressed", "saddened", "debilitated", "enfeebled", "hamstrung", "undermined", "weakened", "intimidated", "psyched (out)" ], "related":[ "animated", "enlivened", "invigorated", "enforced", "fortified", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "assured", "reassured", "boosted", "energized", "excited", "galvanized", "provoked", "quickened", "rallied", "stimulated", "stirred" ], "synonyms":[ "bore up", "bucked up", "buoyed (up)", "cheered (up)", "chirked (up)", "encouraged", "heartened", "inspired", "inspirited", "steeled" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "embracing":{ "as in surrounding , encircling":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to form a circle around":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a sleepy village embraced by low hills" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "circumscribing", "closing in", "cordoning (off)", "fencing (in)", "hemming (in)", "walling", "besetting", "besieging", "entrenching", "intrenching", "investing", "swarming" ], "synonyms":[ "circling", "compassing", "encircling", "enclosing", "inclosing", "encompassing", "environing", "girding", "girdling", "ringing", "surrounding", "wreathing" ] }, "to have as part of a whole":{ "antonyms":[ "excluding", "leaving (out)", "missing out", "omitting" ], "examples":[ "a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics" ], "near antonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "debarring", "precluding", "preventing", "prohibiting", "denying", "refusing", "rejecting", "eliminating", "excepting", "ruling out", "losing", "mislaying", "misplacing" ], "related":[ "comprising", "consisting (of)", "bracketing", "having", "holding", "owning", "possessing", "admitting", "receiving", "composing", "constituting", "forming", "making", "assimilating", "embodying", "incorporating", "integrating" ], "synonyms":[ "carrying", "comprehending", "containing", "encompassing", "entailing", "including", "involving", "numbering", "subsuming", "taking in" ] }, "to put one's arms around and press tightly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "clamping", "clinging", "cradling", "grabbing", "gripping", "holding", "bosoming", "embosoming", "encircling", "entwining", "enveloping", "enwinding", "folding", "locking", "twining", "wrapping", "cuddling", "fondling", "nestling", "nuzzling", "patting", "petting", "snuggling", "stroking" ], "synonyms":[ "bear-hugging", "clasping", "crushing", "enclasping", "enfolding", "grasping", "hugging", "straining" ] }, "to receive or accept gladly or readily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community" ], "near antonyms":[ "balking (at)", "declining", "passing up", "refusing", "rejecting", "spurning", "throwing over", "turning down", "demurring (to)", "objecting (to)" ], "related":[ "adopting", "espousing", "taking up", "greeting", "hailing", "enjoying", "liking", "preferring", "cherry-picking", "choosing", "culling", "deciding (on)", "electing", "handpicking", "naming", "opting (for)", "picking", "selecting", "singling (out)", "taking" ], "synonyms":[ "drinking (in)", "eating (up)", "lapping (up)", "welcoming" ] }, "to surround or cover closely":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world" ], "near antonyms":[ "baring", "denuding", "exposing", "stripping" ], "related":[ "curtaining", "draping", "embedding", "imbedding", "encasing", "swaddling", "blanketing", "overlaying", "overspreading", "camouflaging", "cloaking", "disguising", "masking", "circling", "encircling", "enlacing", "enwinding" ], "synonyms":[ "bosoming", "bowering", "circumfusing", "cocooning", "embosoming", "embowering", "enclosing", "inclosing", "encompassing", "enfolding", "enshrouding", "enswathing", "enveloping", "enwrapping", "investing", "involving", "lapping", "mantling", "muffling", "shrouding", "swathing", "veiling", "wrapping" ] }, "to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandoning", "forsaking", "giving up", "relinquishing", "surrendering", "abjuring", "abnegating", "disowning", "rejecting", "renouncing", "repudiating", "spurning", "discarding", "jettisoning", "junking", "throwing away", "throwing out" ], "related":[ "domesticating", "naturalizing", "appropriating", "arrogating", "taking over", "usurping", "absorbing", "assimilating", "incorporating", "quoting", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "cultivating", "following", "heeding", "honoring", "using", "utilizing", "bringing up", "fostering", "nurturing", "raising", "rearing", "affecting", "assuming", "copying", "imitating", "pretending", "putting on", "simulating" ], "synonyms":[ "adopting", "borrowing", "espousing", "taking on", "taking up" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "embrocation":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emitted":{ "to send forth using the vocal chords":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "delivered", "blurted (out)", "ejaculated", "exclaimed", "gasped", "groaned", "heaved", "hove", "hooted", "moaned", "panted", "quavered", "snarled", "sobbed", "sputtered", "squawked", "squeaked", "squealed", "stammered", "stuttered", "whimpered", "yowled", "lipped", "mouthed", "whispered" ], "synonyms":[ "uttered" ] }, "to throw or give off":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "nuclei that emit gamma rays" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbed", "inhaled", "soaked (up)", "sponged", "sucked (up)", "took up" ], "related":[ "eliminated", "evacuated", "excreted", "exuded", "oozed", "secreted", "ejected", "erupted", "gushed", "jetted", "outpoured", "poured", "spewed", "spouted", "sprayed", "spurted", "squirted" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "discharged", "emanated", "evolved", "exhaled", "expelled", "expired", "gave out", "irradiated", "issued", "radiated", "released", "sent (out)", "shot", "threw out", "vented" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emollient":{ "as in softening , cushioning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emotion":{ "a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my emotions after hearing the shocking news went from utter disbelief to overwhelming sorrow" ], "near antonyms":[ "insensitiveness", "insensitivity", "unfeelingness" ], "related":[ "impression", "perception", "sensation", "sense", "angle", "attitude", "outlook", "perspective", "standpoint", "viewpoint", "belief", "conviction", "judgment", "judgement", "mind", "notion", "opinion", "persuasion", "verdict", "view", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitiveness", "sensitivity" ], "synonyms":[ "chord", "feeling", "passion", "sentiment" ] }, "depth of feeling":{ "antonyms":[ "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "insensibleness", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity" ], "examples":[ "the emotion that the singer is able to instill in \"Amazing Grace\" is truly stirring" ], "near antonyms":[ "aloofness", "calmness", "collectedness", "composure", "detachedness", "dryness", "phlegm", "reserve", "reservedness", "reticence", "taciturnity", "apathy", "indifference", "stoicism", "stoniness", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness", "chilliness", "coldness", "coolness", "frigidity", "frigidness" ], "related":[ "cathexis", "emotionalism", "emotionality", "histrionics", "mawkishness", "melodrama", "sappiness", "sentimentality", "eagerness", "earnestness", "excitement", "gusto", "keenness", "zest", "fanaticism", "fever", "hot-bloodedness", "infatuation", "mania", "obsession", "zeal", "compassion", "responsiveness", "sentiment", "sympathy", "tenderness", "torridity", "torridness" ], "synonyms":[ "ardency", "ardor", "enthusiasm", "fervency", "fervidness", "fervor", "fire", "heat", "intenseness", "intensity", "passion", "passionateness", "vehemence", "violence", "warmth", "white heat" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionalistic":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emotionality":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionlessness":{ "a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{ "antonyms":[ "emotion", "feeling", "sensibility" ], "examples":[ "her seeming emotionlessness at her husband's funeral masked a grief that was beyond words" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassion", "empathy", "pity", "sympathy", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "responsiveness", "sensitivity", "solicitude", "tenderness", "understanding", "warmth", "hand-wringing", "histrionics", "hysteria", "hysterics", "melodrama", "vehemence" ], "related":[ "bloodlessness", "callosity", "callousness", "coldness", "coolness", "halfheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "hardness", "heartlessness", "imperturbability", "insensitivity", "obduracy", "blankness", "deadness", "emptiness", "vacancy", "aloofness", "detachment", "indifference", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness" ], "synonyms":[ "affectlessness", "apathy", "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "numbness", "phlegm" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emplace":{ "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp" ], "near antonyms":[ "relocate", "remove", "take", "banish", "dislodge", "displace", "replace", "supersede", "supplant" ], "related":[ "move", "rearrange", "reorder", "shift", "orient", "establish", "locate", "plant", "settle", "clap", "flop", "plank", "plop", "plump", "plunk", "plonk", "plunk down", "slap", "ensconce", "niche", "assemble", "collect", "carry", "berth", "park", "affix", "anchor", "lock", "lodge", "wedge", "array", "lay out", "line up", "queue", "rank", "set down" ], "synonyms":[ "depose", "deposit", "dispose", "fix", "lay", "place", "position", "put", "set", "set up", "situate", "stick" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "employe":{ "one who works for another for wages or a salary":{ "antonyms":[ "employer", "gaffer" ], "examples":[ "an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees" ], "near antonyms":[ "boss", "superior", "supervisor" ], "related":[ "assistant", "cog", "flunky", "flunkey", "flunkie", "subordinate", "underling", "yes-man", "drudge", "gandy dancer", "grub", "hack", "jobber", "laborer", "navvy", "toiler", "nine-to-fiver", "wage earner", "wage slave", "wageworker", "workingman", "workingwoman", "workman", "workwoman", "associate", "colleague", "coworker", "temp", "temporary" ], "synonyms":[ "hand", "hireling", "jobholder", "retainer", "worker" 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"synonyms":[ "calling", "game", "lay", "line", "occupation", "profession", "trade", "vocation", "work" ] }, "the state of being provided with a paying job":{ "antonyms":[ "joblessness", "nonemployment", "unemployment" ], "examples":[ "the parents tried to convey to their adult son the joys of steady employment" ], "near antonyms":[ "boot", "discharge", "dismissal", "firing", "removal", "sack", "severance", "demotion", "suspension", "furlough", "layoff", "leave", "liberty", "retirement" ], "related":[ "appointment", "assignment", "conscription", "enlistment", "recruitment", "incumbency", "tenure", "occupation", "place", "position", "post", "situation", "work" ], "synonyms":[ "employ", "engagement", "hire" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "employs":{ "the state of being provided with a paying job":{ "antonyms":[ "unemployments" ], "examples":[ "while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors" ], "near antonyms":[ "boots", "discharges", "dismissals", "firings", "removals", "sacks", "severances", "demotions", "suspensions", "furloughs", "layoffs", "leaves", "liberties", "retirements" ], "related":[ "appointments", "assignments", "conscriptions", "enlistments", "recruitments", "incumbencies", "tenures", "occupations", "places", "positions", "posts", "situations", "works" ], "synonyms":[ "employments", "engagements", "hires" ] }, "to provide with a paying job":{ "antonyms":[ "axes", "cans", "discharges", "dismisses", "fires", "sacks" ], "examples":[ "a new factory that will employ 500 people" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughs", "lays off", "locks out" ], "related":[ "reemploys", "reengages", "rehires", "apprentices", "contracts", "jobs", "partners", "subcontracts", "enlists", "advances", "promotes", "upgrades", "keeps (on)", "headhunts", "scouts" ], "synonyms":[ "assumes", "engages", "fees", "hires", "lays on", "pays", "places", "recruits", "retains", "signs (up or on)", "takes on" ] }, "to put into action or service":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills" ], "near antonyms":[ "ignores", "neglects", "misapplies", "misuses" ], "related":[ "handles", "manipulates", "wields", "directs", "runs", "works", "cannibalizes", "recycles", "reuses" ], "synonyms":[ "applies", "exercises", "exploits", "harnesses", "operates", "uses", "utilizes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "empowered":{ "as in enfranchised":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to give official or legal power to":{ "antonyms":[ "disqualified" ], "examples":[ "the federal agency empowered to collect taxes" ], "near antonyms":[ "banned", "barred", "blocked", "constrained", "denied", "disallowed", "disbarred", "discouraged", "disenfranchised", "disfranchised", "excluded", "held back", "hindered", "impeded", "inhibited", "obstructed", "prevented", "shut out", "stopped", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "interdicted", "outlawed", "prohibited", "proscribed", "vetoed" ], "related":[ "approved", "cleared", "credentialed", "credentialled", "endorsed", "indorsed", "OK'd", "okayed", "sanctioned", "affirmed", "confirmed", "validated", "inaugurated", "inducted", "initiated", "installed", "instated", "swore in", "allowed", "let", "permitted", "enfranchised", "entitled", "privileged" ], "synonyms":[ "accredited", "authorized", "certified", "chartered", "commissioned", "enabled", "invested", "licensed", "licenced", "qualified", "vested", "warranted" ] }, "to make able or possible":{ "antonyms":[ "prevented" ], "examples":[ "workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement" ], "near antonyms":[ "inhibited", "precluded", "disallowed", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "prohibited" ], "related":[ "fitted", "fit", "habilitated", "prepared", "qualified", "readied", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "conditioned", "equipped" ], "synonyms":[ "allowed", "enabled", "let", "permitted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "empyrean":{ "a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{ "antonyms":[ "Gehenna", "hell", "Pandemonium", "perdition" ], "examples":[ "ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferno", "limbo", "purgatory", "hades", "netherworld", "underworld", "abyss", "pit" ], "related":[ "Beulah", "glory", "happy hunting ground", "nirvana", "promised land", "Valhalla", "afterlife", "afterworld", "hereafter", "otherworld" ], "synonyms":[ "above", "bliss", "elysian fields", "Elysium", "heaven", "kingdom come", "New Jerusalem", "paradise", "sky", "Zion", "Sion" ] }, "an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{ "antonyms":[ "anti-utopia", "dystopia", "hell" ], "examples":[ "most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about" ], "near antonyms":[ "fool's paradise" ], "related":[ "arcadia", "dreamland", "dreamworld", "fairyland", "wonderland", "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "euphoria", "gladness", "joy" ], "synonyms":[ "Camelot", "Cockaigne", "Eden", "Elysium", "fantasyland", "heaven", "lotusland", "never-never land", "New Jerusalem", "nirvana", "paradise", "promised land", "Shangri-la", "utopia", "Zion", "Sion" ] }, "of, relating to, or suggesting heaven":{ "antonyms":[ "chthonic", "chthonian", "hellish", "infernal", "plutonian", "sulfurous", "Tartarean" ], "examples":[ "movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music" ], "near antonyms":[ "earthly", "mundane", "terrestrial", "worldly", "anti-utopian", "dystopian" ], "related":[ "supernatural", "transcendent", "transcendental", "unearthly", "unworldly", "angelic", "angelical", "beatific", "blissful", "Olympian", "paradisiacal", "paradisiac", "utopian", "cosmic", "cosmical", "galactic", "stellar" ], "synonyms":[ "celestial", "elysian", "empyreal", "ethereal", "heavenly", "supernal" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] } }