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"reassuring", "boosting", "energizing", "exciting", "galvanizing", "inspiring", "lifting", "provoking", "quickening", "rallying", "stimulating", "stirring" ], "antonyms":[ "emboldening", "encouraging", "heartening", "nerving", "steeling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "daunted":{ "as in intimidated , unnerved":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cowed", "intimidated", "unnerved", "appalled", "dismayed", "startled", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "gutless", "lily-livered", "pusillanimous", "phobic", "careful", "cautious", "heedful", "prudent", "unadventurous", "wary", "agitated", "anxious", "apprehensive", "disconcerted", "disquieted", "disturbed", "funky", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "panicked", "panicky", "panic-stricken", "perturbed", "skittish", "uneasy", "upset", "worried", "chicken", "fainthearted", "fearsome", "shrinking", "shy", "timid", "timorous", "tremulant", "tremulous", "affrighted", "afraid", "aghast", "alarmed", "fearful", "frightened", 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"afflicted", "tried", "damped", "dampened", "deadened", "distressed", "troubled", "bothered", "irked", "vexed", "vext", "worried", "debilitated", "enfeebled", "undermined", "weakened", "frightened", "horrified", "scared" ], "near antonyms":[ "buoyed (up)", "cheered", "gladdened", "animated", "enlivened", "invigorated", "enforced", "fortified", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "assured", "reassured", "boosted", "energized", "excited", "galvanized", "inspired", "lifted", "provoked", "quickened", "rallied", "stimulated", "stirred" ], "antonyms":[ "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened", "nerved", "steeled" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "daunts":{ "to lessen the courage or confidence of":{ "examples":[ "the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment" ], "synonyms":[ "chills", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dismays", "dispirits", "frustrates", "unmans", "unnerves" ], "near synonyms":[ "browbeats", "bullies", "cows", "intimidates", 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"disquieted", "disturbed", "frightened", "horrified", "panicked", "panic-stricken", "perturbed", "scared", "shocked", "spooked", "startled", "terrified", "terrorized", "unnerved", "upset", "appalled", "concerned", "dismayed", "worried", "unmanly", "weak", "wimpy" ], "antonyms":[ "chicken", "chickenhearted", "chicken-livered", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "fainthearted", "fearful", "gutless", "lily-livered", "milk-livered", "nerveless", "poltroon", "poor-spirited", "pusillanimous", "spineless", "spiritless", "timorous", "uncourageous", "ungallant", "unheroic", "weakhearted", "yellow" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dauntlessly":{ "in a fearless manner":{ "examples":[ "the early suffragettes dauntlessly pursued their cause, even in the face of public ridicule" ], "synonyms":[ "boldly", "bravely", "courageously", "doughtily", "fearlessly", "gallantly", "gutsily", "heroically", "intrepidly", "manfully", "stalwartly", "stoutheartedly", "valiantly", "valorously" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinedly", "firmly", "gamely", "grittily", "pluckily", "resolutely", "spiritedly", "spunkily", "stoutly", "adventurously", "audaciously", "daringly", "hardily", "venturesomely", "venturously", "self-confidently", "crazily", "foolishly", "insanely", "brashly", "brazenly", "foolhardily", "heedlessly", "hotheadedly", "impetuously", "imprudently", "impulsively", "incautiously", "overconfidently", "rashly", "recklessly", "thoughtlessly", "wildly", "hastily", "precipitately" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffidently", "mousily", "shyly", "skittishly", "timidly", "anxiously", "apprehensively", "nervously", "carefully", "cautiously", "heedfully", "prudently" ], "antonyms":[ "cowardly", "cravenly", "fearfully", "pusillanimously", "spinelessly", "spiritlessly", "timorously" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "daubed":{ "to make dirty":{ "examples":[ "a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer" ], "synonyms":[ "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "blackened", "dirtied", "distained", "fouled", "gaumed", "grimed", "mired", "mucked", "muddied", "smirched", "smudged", "soiled", "stained", "sullied" ], "near synonyms":[ "contaminated", "defiled", "polluted", "tainted", "discolored", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "draggled", "jumbled", "messed", "muddled", "collied", "crocked" ], "near antonyms":[ "decontaminated", "purged", "purified", "disinfected", "sanitized", "brushed", "dry-cleaned", "dusted", "laundered", "mopped", "rinsed", "scoured", "scrubbed", "swept", "washed", "wiped", "brightened", "deodorized", "freshened", "renewed", "spruced (up)", "straightened (up)", "tidied (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "cleaned", "cleansed" ] }, "to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{ "examples":[ "he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face" ], "synonyms":[ "anointed", "bedaubed", "besmeared", "smeared" ], "near synonyms":[ "coated", "painted", "plastered", "greased", "oiled", "gummed", "larded", "pitched", "tarred", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "blackened", "dirtied", "fouled", "gaumed", "grimed", "mired", "mucked", "muddied", "smirched", "smudged", "soiled", "stained", "sullied" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "daubs":{ "to make dirty":{ "examples":[ "a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer" ], "synonyms":[ "befouls", "begrimes", "bemires", "besmirches", "blackens", "dirties", "distains", "fouls", "gaums", "grimes", "mires", "mucks", "muddies", "smirches", "smudges", "soils", "stains", "sullies" ], "near synonyms":[ "contaminates", "defiles", "pollutes", "taints", "discolors", "confuses", "disarranges", "disarrays", "dishevels", "disorders", "draggles", "jumbles", "messes", "muddles", "collies", "crocks" ], "near antonyms":[ "decontaminates", "purges", "purifies", "disinfects", "sanitizes", "brushes", "dry-cleans", "dusts", "launders", "mops", "rinses", "scours", "scrubs", "sweeps", "washes", "wipes", "brightens", "deodorizes", "freshens", "renews", "spruces (up)", "straightens (up)", "tidies (up)" ], "antonyms":[ "cleans", "cleanses" ] }, "to rub an oily or sticky substance over":{ "examples":[ "he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face" ], "synonyms":[ "anoints", "bedaubs", "besmears", "smears" ], "near synonyms":[ "coats", "paints", "plasters", "greases", "oils", "gums", "lards", "pitches", "tars", "tarres", "befouls", "begrimes", "bemires", "besmirches", "blackens", "dirties", "fouls", "gaums", "grimes", "mires", "mucks", "muddies", "smirches", "smudges", "soils", "stains", "sullies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in drawings , finger paintings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "drawings", "finger paintings", "portraits", "etchings", "silhouettes", "sketches", "watercolors", "delineations", "depictions", "representations", "resemblances", "views", "caricatures", "cartoons", "doodles", "icons", "ikons", "illustrations", "images", "likenesses", "pictures", "collages", "montages", "photographs", "hieroglyphics", "hieroglyphs", "ideograms", "ideographs", "pictographs", "diagrams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }