{ "wrangled":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a town meeting at which local residents wrangled for hours about property taxes" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexisted", "got along", "accepted", "agreed", "assented", "concurred", "consented" ], "related":[ "challenged", "dared", "defied", "clashed", "contended", "contested", "tangled", "caviled", "cavilled", "fussed", "nitpicked", "considered", "debated", "discussed", "kicked", "objected", "protested" ], "synonyms":[ "altercated", "argued", "argufied", "bickered", "brabbled", "brawled", "controverted", "disputed", "fell out", "fought", "hassled", "jarred", "quarreled", "quarrelled", "quibbled", "rowed", "scrapped", "spatted", "squabbled", "tiffed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wreak":{ "to cause to suffer punishment or vengeance for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "wreaked their vengeance on those they considered enemies" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wrestle%20%28with%29":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I've been wrestling with the idea of switching careers for quite some time" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "slight", "dismiss", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "reject" ], "related":[ "muse (upon)", "reflect (on or upon)", "reminisce", "analyze", "explore", "review", "conclude", "reason", "second-guess", "speculate (about)", "brood (about or over)", "dwell (on or upon)", "fixate (on or upon)", "fret (about or over)", "obsess (about or over)", "believe", "conceive", "opine", "absorb", "assimilate", "digest", "drink (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "chew over", "cogitate", "consider", "contemplate", "debate", "deliberate", "entertain", "eye", "kick around", "meditate", "mull (over)", "perpend", "ponder", "pore (over)", "question", "revolve", "ruminate", "study", "think (about or over)", "turn", "weigh" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wrestling":{ "to seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sisters wrestled on the floor over the last cookie" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battling", "clashing (with)", "combating", "combatting", "contending", "dueling", "duelling", "fighting", "warring (against)", "bashing", "battering", "beating", "buffeting", "hitting", "punching", "slugging", "striking", "boxing", "sparring", "brawling", "skirmishing" ], "synonyms":[ "grappling", "rassling", "scuffling", "tussling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wrests":{ "to draw out by force or with effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the boy wrested the book out of his sister's hands" ], "near antonyms":[ "implants", "inserts", "installs", "instills", "crams", "jams", "rams", "stuffs", "wedges" ], "related":[ "mines", "plucks", "removes", "takes (out)", "withdraws" ], "synonyms":[ "corkscrews", "extracts", "pries", "prizes", "pulls", "roots (out)", "tears (out)", "uproots", "wrings", "yanks" ] }, "to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "vowed that the bully had wrested his lunch money from him for the last time" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bleeds", "fleeces", "gouges", "milks", "skins", "squeezes", "cheats", "racketeers", "swindles", "coerces", "compels", "forces" ], "synonyms":[ "exacts", "extorts", "wrings" ] }, "to get with great difficulty":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "farmers who were used to wresting a living from the harsh land" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "acquires", "attains", "draws", "earns", "gains", "lands", "obtains", "procures", "secures" ], "synonyms":[ "ekes (out)", "scrapes (up or together)", "scrounges", "squeezes", "wrings" ] }, "to move by or as if by a forceful rotation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I need a strong arm to wrest the lid off this pickle jar" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "draws", "dredges (up)", "extracts", "jerks", "lugs", "plucks", "pulls", "tugs", "tweaks", "yanks", "jimmies", "levers", "pries", "budges", "dislocates", "displaces", "disturbs", "removes", "shifts", "transfers", "transposes" ], "synonyms":[ "twists", "wrenches", "wrings" ] }, "to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "wrested open the stuck door of the cabinet" ], "near antonyms":[ "reattaches" ], "related":[ "grabs", "nabs", "seizes", "snaps (up)", "snatches", "lops (off)", "nips", "amputates", "cuts (off)", "dissevers", "severs", "extracts", "forces", "jerks", "pries", "prizes", "pulls", "roots (out)", "uproots" ], "synonyms":[ "rips", "tears", "wrenches", "yanks" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wring (out)":{ "as in dry , drain":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "write-up":{ "a written description or review of something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "There's a write-up of the restaurant in the paper." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }