{ "Brussels lace":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bruit":{ "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "antonyms":[ "quiet", "silence", "silentness", "still", "stillness" ], "examples":[ "a film that captures the thunderous fury of medieval warfare and the bruit of a thousand clashing swords" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "lull", "quietude", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "related":[ "discord", "dissonance", "commotion", "furor", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "rumpus", "tumult", "uproar", "clatter", "jangle", "bang", "blast", "boom", "clap", "crack", "crash" ], "synonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "bowwow", "brawl", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "decibel(s)", "din", "discordance", "katzenjammer", "noise", "racket", "rattle", "roar" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bruit (about)":{ "to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{ "examples":[ "please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first" ], "synonyms":[ "circulate", "noise (about or abroad)", "rumor", "whisper" ], "near synonyms":[ "bandy (about)", "blab", "dish", "gossip", "tattle", "bare", "disclose", "divulge", "expose", "let on (about)", "report", "reveal", "spill", "tell", "hint", "imply", "insinuate", "intimate", "suggest", "blaze", "broadcast", "proclaim", "promulgate", "propagate", "publicize", "spread" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brumous":{ "filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{ "antonyms":[ "clear", "cloudless", "limpid", "pellucid", "unclouded" ], "examples":[ "the village was slumbering peacefully beneath the brumous morning sky" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "clean", "clement", "fair", "sunny", "sunshiny", "translucent", "transparent" ], "related":[ "overcast", "rainy", "stormy", "thick", "dirty", "miry", "mucky", "muddy", "slimy", "slushy", "turbid", "miasmal", "miasmatic", "miasmic", "smoky", "smokey", "smudgy", "sooty", "filmy", "milky", "opaque" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouded", "befogged", "clouded", "cloudy", "foggy", "gauzy", "hazy", "misty", "murky", "smoggy", "soupy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brush (aside or off)":{ "to dismiss as of little importance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "blink (at)", "condone", "discount", "disregard", "excuse", "forgive", "gloss (over)", "gloze (over)", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "paper over", "pardon", "pass over", "remit", "shrug off", "whitewash", "wink (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explain", "justify", "rationalize", "absolve", "acquit", "clear", "exculpate", "exonerate", "vindicate", "waive", "wave (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heed", "mark", "mind", "note", "object (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "brushed":{ "as in eggshell , semigloss":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "eggshell", "semigloss", "semilustrous", "buffed", "burnished", "glistening", "glossy", "lustrous", "polished", "rubbed", "satin", "satiny", "sleek", "silken", "silky", "slick", "slippery", "glassy", "glazed", "lacquered", "shellacked", "varnished", "gleaming", "glittering", "reflective", "shining" ], "near antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "flat", "lusterless", "matte", "mat", "matt", "lackluster", "unvarnished" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "examples":[ "a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers" ], "synonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "coasted", "cruised", "drifted", "flowed", "glided", "rolled", "sailed", "skimmed", "slid", "slipped", "streamed", "swept", "whisked" ], "near synonyms":[ "flew", "raced", "rushed", "sped", "speeded" ], "near antonyms":[ "limped", "lumbered", "plodded", "stumbled", "trudged", "shambled", "shuffled", "stamped", "stomped", "stumped", "tramped", "labored", "toiled" ], "antonyms":[ "floundered", "struggled" ] }, "to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{ "examples":[ "spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement" ], "synonyms":[ "grazed", "kissed", "nudged", "shaved", "skimmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumped", "contacted", "scraped", "sideswiped", "struck", "swept", "swiped", "touched", "bounced", "caromed", "glanced", "rebounded", "ricocheted", "ricochetted", "skipped", "caressed", "cuddled", "fondled", "loved", "patted", "petted", "stroked", "missed", "skirted" ], "near antonyms":[ "banged", "bashed", "bumped", "clashed", "collided", "crashed", "hit", "impacted", "impinged", "knocked", "punched", "rammed", "slammed", "slapped", "smacked", "smashed", "swiped", "thudded", "thwacked", "whacked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "brushing (aside or off)":{ "to dismiss as of little importance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "blinking (at)", "condoning", "discounting", "disregarding", "excusing", "forgiving", "glossing (over)", "glozing (over)", "ignoring", "overlooking", "overpassing", "papering over", "pardoning", "passing over", "remitting", "shrugging off", "whitewashing", "winking (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explaining", "justifying", "rationalizing", "absolving", "acquitting", "clearing", "exculpating", "exonerating", "vindicating", "waiving", "waving (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeding", "marking", "minding", "noting", "objecting (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "brushing (off)":{ "as in rejecting , shrugging off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dismissing", "flouting", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "rejecting", "scoffing (at)", "scorning", "shrugging off", "winking (at)", "defying", "disobeying", "mocking", "rebelling (against)", "disobliging", "mutinying (against)", "revolting (against)", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "tuning out", "breaching", "breaking", "infringing", "transgressing", "violating", "bucking", "combating", "combatting", "contesting", "disputing", "fighting", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulating (to)", "conceding (to)", "deferring (to)", "goose-stepping (to)", "serving", "stooping (to)", "submitting (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)", "cooperating (with)", "keeping", "observing", "acceding (to)", "acquiescing (to)", "agreeing (to)", "assenting (to)", "obliging", "attending", "hearing", "heeding", "listening (to)", "marking", "noticing", "noting", "regarding", "watching", "complying (with)", "conforming (to)", "following", "minding", "obeying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brutalizes":{ "to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{ "examples":[ "even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him" ], "synonyms":[ "animalizes", "bestializes", "dehumanizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "abases", "corrupts", "debauches", "degrades", "demeans", "depraves", "perverts", "poisons", "profanes", "prostitutes", "subverts", "warps", "contaminates", "pollutes", "taints", "disgraces", "humbles", "humiliates" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignifies", "exalts", "honors", "amends", "improves", "cleanses", "purifies", "restores", "respects", "elevates", "ennobles", "uplifts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "examples":[ "Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized" ], "synonyms":[ "abuses", "bullies", "ill-treats", "ill-uses", "kicks around", "maltreats", "manhandles", "messes over", "mishandles", "mistreats", "misuses" ], "near synonyms":[ "molests", "outrages", "violates", "harasses", "harms", "hurts", "injures", "oppresses", "persecutes", "torments", "tortures", "burns", "sandbags", "victimizes", "wrongs", "beats (up)", "messes (up)", "roughs (up)", "works (over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "cares (for)", "cherishes", "fosters", "nurtures", "babies", "caters (to)", "coddles", "favors", "gratifies", "humors", "indulges", "mollycoddles", "pampers", "spoils" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brutal":{ "difficult to endure":{ "examples":[ "brutal hard labor in the hot sun" ], "synonyms":[ "bitter", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "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 the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "a brutal tyrant who drove his country to revolt" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "brute", "butcherly", "cruel", "fiendish", "heartless", "inhuman", "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" ] }, "having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{ "examples":[ "a coarse, brutal man who has no sense of what it means to be refined or sensitive or cultured" ], "synonyms":[ "animalistic", "beastly", "bestial", "brute", "brutish", "feral", "ferine", "subhuman", "swinish" ], "near synonyms":[ "animal", "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "physical", "sensual", "barbaric", "barbarous", "cruel", "heartless", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "vicious", "wanton", "coarse", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "lowbred", "rude", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unrefined", "vulgar" ], "near antonyms":[ "chivalrous", "elevated", "gallant", "great", "greathearted", "high", "high-minded", "lofty", "lordly", "magnanimous", "noble", "sublime", "angelic", "angelical", "spiritual", "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "tenderhearted", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "well-bred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brummagems":{ "as in bastards , duffers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bastards", "duffers", "shoddies", "simulations", "synthetics", "frauds", "gaffs", "impostures", "spoofs", "swindles", "dummies", "mock-ups", "copies", "facsimiles", "replicas", "reproductions", "copycats", "knockoffs", "counterfeits", "fakes", "forgeries", "hoaxes", "humbug", "phonies", "phoneys", "shams" ], "near antonyms":[ "originals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brushy":{ "covered with or as if with hair":{ "examples":[ "the vogue for brushy cheeks on men reached a whimsical apex in the 19th century when muttonchop whiskers came in fashion" ], "synonyms":[ "bristly", "cottony", "fleecy", "furred", "furry", "hairy", "hirsute", "rough", "shaggy", "silky", "unshorn", "woolly", "wooly" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearded", "bewhiskered", "mustachioed", "moustachioed", "whiskered", "stubbled", "stubbly", "downy", "fluffy", "fuzzy", "linty", "nappy" ], "near antonyms":[ "beardless", "shaved", "shaven" ], "antonyms":[ "bald", "furless", "glabrous", "hairless", "shorn", "smooth" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brutalized":{ "to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{ "examples":[ "even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him" ], "synonyms":[ "animalized", "bestialized", "dehumanized" ], "near synonyms":[ "abased", "corrupted", "debauched", "degraded", "demeaned", "depraved", "perverted", "poisoned", "profaned", "prostituted", "subverted", "warped", "contaminated", "polluted", "tainted", "disgraced", "humbled", "humiliated" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignified", "exalted", "honored", "amended", "improved", "cleansed", "purified", "restored", "respected", "elevated", "ennobled", "uplifted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "examples":[ "Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized" ], "synonyms":[ "abused", "bullied", "ill-treated", "ill-used", "kicked around", "maltreated", "manhandled", "messed over", "mishandled", "mistreated", "misused" ], "near synonyms":[ "molested", "outraged", "violated", "harassed", "harmed", "hurt", "injured", "oppressed", "persecuted", "tormented", "tortured", "burned", "burnt", "sandbagged", "victimized", "wronged", "beat (up)", "messed (up)", "roughed (up)", "worked (over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "cared (for)", "cherished", "fostered", "nurtured", "babied", "catered (to)", "coddled", "favored", "gratified", "humored", "indulged", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brusque":{ "being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{ "examples":[ "a brusque and unhelpful reply from the clerk in the hardware store" ], "synonyms":[ "abrupt", "bluff", "blunt", "crusty", "curt", "downright", "short", "short-spoken", "snippy", "unceremonious" ], "near synonyms":[ "gruff", "rough", "snappish", "candid", "direct", "forthright", "foursquare", "frank", "free-spoken", "open", "outspoken", "plain", "plainspoken", "point-blank", "straightforward", "straight-out", "artless", "discourteous", "disrespectful", "impertinent", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "rude", "tactless", "undiplomatic", "brief", "closemouthed", "laconic", "reserved", "reticent", "terse", "tight-lipped", "earnest", "honest", "sincere", "coarse", "crass", "crude", "low", "uncouth", "vulgar" ], "near antonyms":[ "civil", "considerate", "courteous", "diplomatic", "gracious", "polite", "politic", "smooth", "suave", "tactful", "loquacious", "talkative", "voluble", "long-winded", "prolix", "verbose", "courtly", "cultivated", "gallant", "genteel", "polished", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "circuitous", "mealymouthed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brutishly":{ "as in viciously , savagely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abusively", "savagely", "viciously", "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "aggressively", "assertively", "decidedly", "determinedly", "firmly", "grimly", "gruffly", "resolutely", "strongly", "toughly", "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly" ], "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" ] }, "brutally":{ "in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering":{ "examples":[ "the prisoners were treated brutally at the hands of the guards" ], "synonyms":[ "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly" ], "near synonyms":[ "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously", "aggressively", "assertively", "decidedly", "determinedly", "firmly", "grimly", "gruffly", "resolutely", "strongly", "toughly" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "mercifully", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly" ], "antonyms":[ "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "bruiting (about)":{ "to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{ "examples":[ "please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first" ], "synonyms":[ "circulating", "noising (about or abroad)", "rumoring", "whispering" ], "near synonyms":[ "bandying (about)", "blabbing", "dishing", "gossiping", "tattling", "baring", "disclosing", "divulging", "exposing", "letting on (about)", "reporting", "revealing", "spilling", "telling", "hinting", "implying", "insinuating", "intimating", "suggesting", "blazing", "broadcasting", "proclaiming", "promulgating", "propagating", "publicizing", "spreading" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bruited (about)":{ "to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy":{ "examples":[ "please don't bruit accusations about without confirming them first" ], "synonyms":[ "circulated", "noised (about or abroad)", "rumored", "whispered" ], "near synonyms":[ "bandied (about)", "blabbed", "dished", "gossiped", "tattled", "bared", "disclosed", "divulged", "exposed", "let on (about)", "reported", "revealed", "spilled", "spilt", "told", "hinted", "implied", "insinuated", "intimated", "suggested", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "proclaimed", "promulgated", "propagated", "publicized", "spread" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brush":{ "a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{ "examples":[ "the two advance parties had a brush , but no one was wounded" ], "synonyms":[ "encounter", "hassle", "run-in", "scrape", "skirmish" ], "near synonyms":[ "argument", "fight", "quarrel", "row", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "battle", "brawl", "fray", "wrangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "examples":[ "a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers" ], "synonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "coast", "cruise", "drift", "flow", "glide", "roll", "sail", "skim", "slide", "slip", "stream", "sweep", "whisk" ], "near synonyms":[ "fly", "race", "rush", "speed" ], "near antonyms":[ "limp", "lumber", "plod", "stumble", "trudge", "shamble", "shuffle", "stamp", "stomp", "stump", "tramp", "labor", "toil" ], "antonyms":[ "flounder", "struggle" ] }, "to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{ "examples":[ "spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement" ], "synonyms":[ "graze", "kiss", "nudge", "shave", "skim" ], "near synonyms":[ "bump", "contact", "scrape", "sideswipe", "strike", "sweep", "swipe", "touch", "bounce", "carom", "glance", "rebound", "ricochet", "skip", "caress", "cuddle", "fondle", "love", "pat", "pet", "stroke", "miss", "skirt" ], "near antonyms":[ "bang", "bash", "bump", "clash", "collide", "crash", "hit", "impact", "impinge", "knock", "punch", "ram", "slam", "slap", "smack", "smash", "swipe", "thud", "thwack", "whack" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brushwoods":{ "a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{ "examples":[ "cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed" ], "synonyms":[ "boscages", "boskages", "bosks", "bosques", "bosquets", "brakes", "chaparrals", "coppices", "copses", "coverts", "thickets" ], "near synonyms":[ "canebrakes", "brushes", "bushes", "scrublands", "scrubs", "brambles", "jungles", "tangles", "groves", "hedges", "stands", "woodlots", "forests", "greenwoods", "wildwoods", "woodlands", "woods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brutalize":{ "to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{ "examples":[ "even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him" ], "synonyms":[ "animalize", "bestialize", "dehumanize" ], "near synonyms":[ "abase", "corrupt", "debauch", "degrade", "demean", "deprave", "pervert", "poison", "profane", "prostitute", "subvert", "warp", "contaminate", "pollute", "taint", "disgrace", "humble", "humiliate" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignify", "exalt", "honor", "amend", "improve", "cleanse", "purify", "restore", "respect", "elevate", "ennoble", "uplift" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "examples":[ "Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized" ], "synonyms":[ "abuse", "bully", "ill-treat", "ill-use", "kick around", "maltreat", "manhandle", "mess over", "mishandle", "mistreat", "misuse" ], "near synonyms":[ "molest", "outrage", "violate", "harass", "harm", "hurt", "injure", "oppress", "persecute", "torment", "torture", "burn", "sandbag", "victimize", "wrong", "beat (up)", "mess (up)", "rough (up)", "work (over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "care (for)", "cherish", "foster", "nurture", "baby", "cater (to)", "coddle", "favor", "gratify", "humor", "indulge", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "Brussels laces":{ "as in laces , tulles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bobbinets", "filigrees", "fishnets", "laces", "marquisettes", "tulles", "grilles", "grills", "lattices", "screenings", "screens", "wireworks", "webbings", "webs", "meshes", "nets", "nettings", "networks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brushed (aside or off)":{ "to dismiss as of little importance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "blinked (at)", "condoned", "discounted", "disregarded", "excused", "forgave", "glossed (over)", "glozed (over)", "ignored", "overlooked", "overpassed", "papered over", "pardoned", "passed over", "remitted", "shrugged off", "whitewashed", "winked (at)" ], "near synonyms":[ "explained", "justified", "rationalized", "absolved", "acquitted", "cleared", "exculpated", "exonerated", "vindicated", "waived", "waved (aside or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "heeded", "marked", "minded", "noted", "objected (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "brush-off":{ "as in reject , shrug off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dismiss", "flout", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "reject", "scoff (at)", "scorn", "shrug off", "wink (at)", "defy", "disobey", "mock", "rebel (against)", "disoblige", "mutiny (against)", "revolt (against)", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "tune out", "breach", "break", "infringe", "transgress", "violate", "buck", "combat", "contest", "dispute", "fight", "oppose", "resist", "withstand" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulate (to)", "concede (to)", "defer (to)", "goose-step (to)", "serve", "stoop (to)", "submit (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)", "cooperate (with)", "keep", "observe", "accede (to)", "acquiesce (to)", "agree (to)", "assent (to)", "oblige", "attend", "hear", "heed", "listen (to)", "mark", "note", "notice", "regard", "watch", "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "mind", "obey" ], "antonyms":[] }, "treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{ "examples":[ "the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off" ], "synonyms":[ "cold shoulder", "rebuff", "repulse", "silent treatment", "snub" ], "near synonyms":[ "dismissal", "kiss-off", "rejection", "banishment", "blackball", "ostracism" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "embrace", "welcome", "glad hand", "welcome mat" ], "antonyms":[ "open arms" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brutalizing":{ "to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being":{ "examples":[ "even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him" ], "synonyms":[ "animalizing", "bestializing", "dehumanizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "abasing", "corrupting", "debauching", "degrading", "demeaning", "depraving", "perverting", "poisoning", "profaning", "prostituting", "subverting", "warping", "contaminating", "polluting", "tainting", "disgracing", "humbling", "humiliating" ], "near antonyms":[ "dignifying", "exalting", "honoring", "amending", "improving", "cleansing", "purifying", "restoring", "respecting", "elevating", "ennobling", "uplifting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "examples":[ "Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized" ], "synonyms":[ "abusing", "bullying", "ill-treating", "ill-using", "kicking around", "maltreating", "manhandling", "messing over", "mishandling", "mistreating", "misusing" ], "near synonyms":[ "molesting", "outraging", "violating", "harassing", "harming", "hurting", "injuring", "oppressing", "persecuting", "tormenting", "torturing", "burning", "sandbagging", "victimizing", "wronging", "beating (up)", "messing (up)", "roughing (up)", "working (over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "caring (for)", "cherishing", "fostering", "nurturing", "babying", "catering (to)", "coddling", "favoring", "gratifying", "humoring", "indulging", "mollycoddling", "pampering", "spoiling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brunts":{ "the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{ "examples":[ "the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders" ], "synonyms":[ "bodies", "bulks", "chiefs", "cores", "generalities", "hefts", "mains", "masses", "staples", "weights" ], "near synonyms":[ "majorities", "aggregates", "amounts", "entireties", "quanta", "sums", "sum totals", "totalities", "totals", "wholes", "bottoms", "essences", "essentialities", "marrows", "meats", "natures", "piths", "quintessences", "roots", "souls", "stuff", "substances", "centers", "hearts", "hubs", "kernels", "middles", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "nuts", "seats", "affairs", "arguments", "burdens", "cruxes", "cruces", "foci", "focuses", "gists", "nubs", "pitches", "points", "purports", "matters", "motifs", "subjects", "texts", "themes", "topics" ], "near antonyms":[ "accessories", "accessaries", "adjuncts", "appendages", "extensions", "offshoots", "components", "constituents", "elements", "ingredients", "divisions", "parts", "pieces", "sections", "segments", "angles", "aspects", "facets", "features", "qualities", "sides" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brushwood":{ "a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{ "examples":[ "cleared away the brushwood in order to build a shed" ], "synonyms":[ "boscage", "boskage", "bosk", "bosque", "bosquet", "brake", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "thicket" ], "near synonyms":[ "canebrake", "brush", "bush", "scrub", "scrubland", "bramble", "jungle", "tangle", "grove", "hedge", "stand", "woodlot", "forest", "greenwood", "wildwood", "wood", "woodland" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brutes":{ "one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{ "examples":[ "it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes" ], "synonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "creatures", "critters" ], "near synonyms":[ "blasties", "varmints", "vermin", "bipeds", "quadrupeds", "carnivores", "herbivores", "insectivores", "invertebrates", "vertebrates", "domestic animals", "pets", "ferals", "livestocks", "stocks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{ "examples":[ "leave him alone, you brute !" ], "synonyms":[ "baddies", "beasts", "caitiffs", "devils", "evildoers", "fiends", "heavies", "hounds", "knaves", "meanies", "miscreants", "monsters", "nazis", "no-goods", "rapscallions", "rascals", "reprobates", "rogues", "savages", "scalawags", "scallywags", "scamps", "scapegraces", "scoundrels", "varlets", "villains", "wretches" ], "near synonyms":[ "villainesses", "blackguards", "criminals", "crooks", "culprits", "felons", "lawbreakers", "malefactors", "offenders", "perpetrators", "perps", "transgressors", "sinners", "trespassers", "wrongdoers", "cads", "heels", "serpents", "snakes", "vipers", "bandits", "bravos", "bravoes", "desperadoes", "desperados", "outlaws", "cons", "convicts", "jailbirds", "assassins", "cutthroats", "gangsters", "goons", "gunmen", "hoodlums", "hooligans", "racketeers", "ruffians", "thugs", "roughs", "rowdies", "toughs", "losers", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "ne'er-do-wells", "stinkers", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels", "innocents", "saints", "heroes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brusk":{ "being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{ "examples":[ "a brusque and unhelpful reply from the clerk in the hardware store" ], "synonyms":[ "abrupt", "bluff", "blunt", "crusty", "curt", "downright", "short", "short-spoken", "snippy", "unceremonious" ], "near synonyms":[ "gruff", "rough", "snappish", "candid", "direct", "forthright", "foursquare", "frank", "free-spoken", "open", "outspoken", "plain", "plainspoken", "point-blank", "straightforward", "straight-out", "artless", "discourteous", "disrespectful", "impertinent", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "rude", "tactless", "undiplomatic", "brief", "closemouthed", "laconic", "reserved", "reticent", "terse", "tight-lipped", "earnest", "honest", "sincere", "coarse", "crass", "crude", "low", "uncouth", "vulgar" ], "near antonyms":[ "civil", "considerate", "courteous", "diplomatic", "gracious", "polite", "politic", "smooth", "suave", "tactful", "loquacious", "talkative", "voluble", "long-winded", "prolix", "verbose", "courtly", "cultivated", "gallant", "genteel", "polished", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "circuitous", "mealymouthed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brushup":{ "as in review , refresher":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "refresher", "review", "drill", "exercise", "practice", "practise", "routine", "training", "workout", "assignment", "homework", "lesson" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brutishness":{ "the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal":{ "examples":[ "a novel depicting the brutishness to which a group of schoolboys descend when they are stranded on a deserted island" ], "synonyms":[ "animalism", "animality", "beastliness", "bestiality", "brutality", "swinishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "carnality", "physicality", "sensuality", "boorishness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "grossness", "loutishness", "rudeness", "barbarity", "cruelty", "sadism", "savagery", "viciousness", "wantonness" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellectuality", "spirituality", "greatheartedness", "high-mindedness", "magnanimity", "nobility", "beneficence", "benevolence", "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "tenderheartedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brush fires":{ "as in wildfires , forest fires":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "backfires", "bonfires", "campfires", "forest fires", "wildfires", "conflagrations", "holocausts", "infernos", "blazes", "flare-ups", "arsons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bruising":{ "as in trying , tight":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "burdensome", "exhausting", "labored", "onerous", "oppressive", "stressful", "taxing", "tight", "trying", "arduous", "Augean", "backbreaking", "challenging", "demanding", "difficult", "effortful", "exacting", "formidable", "grueling", "gruelling", "hard", "heavy", "hellacious", "herculean", "killer", "laborious", "moiling", "murderous", "pick-and-shovel", "rigorous", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stiff", "strenuous", "sweaty", "tall", "testing", "toilsome", "tough", "uphill", "abstract", "abstruse", "complex", "complicated", "elusive", "hairy", "insoluble", "intricate", "involved", "knotty", "opaque", "problematic", "problematical", "recondite", "serious", "spiny", "stubborn", "thorny", "ticklish", "tricky", "annoying", "bothersome", "distressing", "irksome", "troublesome", "vexatious", "grievous", "grim", "strict", "stringent", "brutal", "cruel", "inhuman", "painful" ], "near antonyms":[ "achievable", "clear", "doable", "elementary", "manageable", "uncomplicated", "comforting", "gentle", "painless", "relaxed", "smooth", "soothing", "cheap", "easy", "effortless", "facile", "light", "mindless", "simple", "soft", "undemanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in lacerating , mangling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "butchering", "hacking", "haggling", "lacerating", "mangling", "gashing", "incising", "ripping", "shearing", "slashing", "slicing", "slitting", "goring", "tearing", "wounding", "crosscutting", "hacksawing", "scissoring", "cleaving", "riving", "splitting", "piercing", "stabbing", "rending", "tearing", "carving", "chipping", "chiseling", "chiselling", "notching", "anatomizing", "dissecting", "sectioning" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "brutality":{ "disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "the police were accused of brutality for using excessive force in making arrests" ], "synonyms":[ "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "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" ] }, "the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal":{ "examples":[ "the disconcerting ease with which the people adopted the brutality of the enemy invaders" ], "synonyms":[ "animalism", "animality", "beastliness", "bestiality", "brutishness", "swinishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "carnality", "physicality", "sensuality", "boorishness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "grossness", "loutishness", "rudeness", "barbarity", "cruelty", "sadism", "savagery", "viciousness", "wantonness" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellectuality", "spirituality", "greatheartedness", "high-mindedness", "magnanimity", "nobility", "beneficence", "benevolence", "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "tenderheartedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brute":{ "having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "brute attacks on innocent civilians" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "brutal", "butcherly", "cruel", "fiendish", "heartless", "inhuman", "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" ] }, "having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{ "examples":[ "a man of brute instinct, he deals with conflict the only way he knows how\u2014by physical force" ], "synonyms":[ "animalistic", "beastly", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "feral", "ferine", "subhuman", "swinish" ], "near synonyms":[ "animal", "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "physical", "sensual", "barbaric", "barbarous", "cruel", "heartless", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "vicious", "wanton", "coarse", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "lowbred", "rude", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unrefined", "vulgar" ], "near antonyms":[ "chivalrous", "elevated", "gallant", "great", "greathearted", "high", "high-minded", "lofty", "lordly", "magnanimous", "noble", "sublime", "angelic", "angelical", "spiritual", "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "tenderhearted", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "well-bred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{ "examples":[ "it is a fundamental sense of right and wrong that separates us from the brutes" ], "synonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "creature", "critter" ], "near synonyms":[ "blastie", "varmint", "vermin", "biped", "quadruped", "carnivore", "herbivore", "insectivore", "invertebrate", "vertebrate", "domestic animal", "pet", "feral", "livestock", "stock" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{ "examples":[ "leave him alone, you brute !" ], "synonyms":[ "baddie", "baddy", "beast", "caitiff", "devil", "evildoer", "fiend", "heavy", "hound", "knave", "meanie", "meany", "miscreant", "monster", "nazi", "no-good", "rapscallion", "rascal", "reprobate", "rogue", "savage", "scalawag", "scallywag", "scamp", "scapegrace", "scoundrel", "varlet", "villain", "wretch" ], "near synonyms":[ "villainess", "blackguard", "criminal", "crook", "culprit", "felon", "lawbreaker", "malefactor", "offender", "perp", "perpetrator", "transgressor", "sinner", "trespasser", "wrongdoer", "cad", "heel", "serpent", "snake", "viper", "bandit", "bravo", "desperado", "outlaw", "con", "convict", "jailbird", "assassin", "cutthroat", "gangster", "goon", "gunman", "hoodlum", "hooligan", "racketeer", "ruffian", "thug", "rough", "rowdy", "tough", "loser", "lowlife", "ne'er-do-well", "stinker", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel", "innocent", "saint", "hero" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "bruises":{ "a bodily injury in which small blood vessels are broken but the overlying skin is not":{ "examples":[ "she got quite a big bruise from walking into the corner of the table" ], "synonyms":[ "contusions" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrasions", "boo-boos", "bumps", "lumps", "scrapes", "scratches", "black eyes", "hickeys", "discolorations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface":{ "examples":[ "bruises caused by ill-fitting hiking boots" ], "synonyms":[ "abrasions", "grazes", "scrapes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedsores", "galls" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in lacerates , mangles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "butchers", "hacks", "haggles", "lacerates", "mangles", "gashes", "incises", "rips", "shears", "slashes", "slices", "slits", "gores", "tears", "wounds", "crosscuts", "hacksaws", "saws", "scissors", "cleaves", "rives", "splits", "pierces", "stabs", "rends", "tears", "carves", "chips", "chisels", "notches", "anatomizes", "dissects", "sections" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brunt":{ "the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{ "examples":[ "the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders" ], "synonyms":[ "body", "bulk", "chief", "core", "generality", "heft", "main", "mass", "staple", "weight" ], "near synonyms":[ "majority", "aggregate", "amount", "entirety", "quantum", "sum", "sum total", "total", "totality", "whole", "bottom", "essence", "essentiality", "marrow", "meat", "nature", "pith", "quintessence", "root", "soul", "stuff", "substance", "center", "heart", "hub", "kernel", "middle", "nucleus", "nut", "seat", "affair", "argument", "burden", "crux", "focus", "gist", "nub", "pitch", "point", "purport", "matter", "motif", "subject", "text", "theme", "topic" ], "near antonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "adjunct", "appendage", "extension", "offshoot", "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient", "division", "part", "piece", "section", "segment", "angle", "aspect", "facet", "feature", "quality", "side" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brushes":{ "a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{ "examples":[ "the two advance parties had a brush , but no one was wounded" ], "synonyms":[ "encounters", "hassles", "run-ins", "scrapes", "skirmishes" ], "near synonyms":[ "arguments", "fights", "quarrels", "rows", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "battles", "brawls", "frays", "wrangles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "examples":[ "a pop star brushing past a crowd of autograph seekers" ], "synonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "coasts", "cruises", "drifts", "flows", "glides", "rolls", "sails", "skims", "slides", "slips", "streams", "sweeps", "whisks" ], "near synonyms":[ "flies", "races", "rushes", "speeds" ], "near antonyms":[ "limps", "lumbers", "plods", "stumbles", "trudges", "shambles", "shuffles", "stamps", "stomps", "stumps", "tramps", "labors", "toils" ], "antonyms":[ "flounders", "struggles" ] }, "to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{ "examples":[ "spiderwebs brushed her cheek as she walked through the basement" ], "synonyms":[ "grazes", "kisses", "nudges", "shaves", "skims" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumps", "contacts", "scrapes", "sideswipes", "strikes", "sweeps", "swipes", "touches", "bounces", "caroms", "glances", "rebounds", "ricochets", "skips", "caresses", "cuddles", "fondles", "loves", "pats", "pets", "strokes", "misses", "skirts" ], "near antonyms":[ "bangs", "bashes", "bumps", "clashes", "collides", "crashes", "hits", "impacts", "impinges", "knocks", "punches", "rams", "slams", "slaps", "smacks", "smashes", "swipes", "thuds", "thwacks", "whacks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brusqueness":{ "as in bluntness , shortness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abruptness", "bluntness", "curtness", "shortness", "brevity", "briefness", "compactness", "conciseness", "concision", "crispness", "pithiness", "sententiousness", "succinctness", "terseness" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffuseness", "long-windedness", "prolixity", "verbosity", "wordiness", "periphrasis", "pleonasm", "redundancy", "repetitiousness", "repetitiveness", "tautology" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brush (off)":{ "as in reject , shrug off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dismiss", "flout", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "reject", "scoff (at)", "scorn", "shrug off", "wink (at)", "defy", "disobey", "mock", "rebel (against)", "disoblige", "mutiny (against)", "revolt (against)", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "tune out", "breach", "break", "infringe", "transgress", "violate", "buck", "combat", "contest", "dispute", "fight", "oppose", "resist", "withstand" ], "near antonyms":[ "capitulate (to)", "concede (to)", "defer (to)", "goose-step (to)", "serve", "stoop (to)", "submit (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)", "cooperate (with)", "keep", "observe", "accede (to)", "acquiesce (to)", "agree (to)", "assent (to)", "oblige", "attend", "hear", "heed", "listen (to)", "mark", "note", "notice", "regard", "watch", "comply (with)", "conform (to)", "follow", "mind", "obey" ], "antonyms":[] }, "treatment that is deliberately unfriendly":{ "examples":[ "the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off" ], "synonyms":[ "cold shoulder", "rebuff", "repulse", "silent treatment", "snub" ], "near synonyms":[ "dismissal", "kiss-off", "rejection", "banishment", "blackball", "ostracism" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "embrace", "welcome", "glad hand", "welcome mat" ], "antonyms":[ "open arms" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }