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"sentimentality", "eagerness", "earnestness", "excitement", "gusto", "keenness", "zest", "fanaticism", "fever", "hot-bloodedness", "infatuation", "mania", "obsession", "zeal", "compassion", "responsiveness", "sentiment", "sympathy", "tenderness", "torridity", "torridness" ], "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" ], "antonyms":[ "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "insensibleness", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionalistic":{ "as in emotional , affected":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affected", "emotional", "sensational", "dramatic", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "operatic", "stagy", "stagey", "theatrical", "theatric", "actorish", "actorly", "actressy", "dramaturgic", "dramaturgical", "ham", "hammy", "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "awesome", "exciting", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "spectacular", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "overdramatic" ], "near antonyms":[ "undramatic", "matter-of-fact", "monotonous", "uneventful", "unexciting", "uninspiring", "unnewsworthy", "unrewarding", "unsensational", "unspectacular", "common", "commonplace", "ordinary", "stale", "unexceptional" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emotionality":{ "as in sentimentality , melodrama":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "emotionalism", "histrionics", "mawkishness", "melodrama", "sappiness", "sentimentality", "cathexis", "eagerness", "earnestness", "excitement", "gusto", "keenness", "zest", "ardency", "ardor", "emotion", "enthusiasm", "fervency", "fervidness", "fervor", "fire", "heat", "intenseness", "intensity", "passion", "passionateness", "vehemence", "violence", "warmth", "white heat", "fanaticism", "fever", "hot-bloodedness", "infatuation", "mania", "obsession", "zeal", "compassion", "responsiveness", "sentiment", "sympathy", "tenderness", "torridity", "torridness" ], "near antonyms":[ "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "insensibleness", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity", "aloofness", "calmness", "collectedness", "composure", "detachedness", "dryness", "phlegm", "reserve", "reservedness", "reticence", "taciturnity", "apathy", "indifference", "stoicism", "stoniness", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness", "chilliness", "coldness", "coolness", "frigidity", "frigidness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionlessness":{ "a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{ "examples":[ "her seeming emotionlessness at her husband's funeral masked a grief that was beyond words" ], "synonyms":[ "affectlessness", "apathy", "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "numbness", "phlegm" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloodlessness", "callosity", "callousness", "coldness", "coolness", "halfheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "hardness", "heartlessness", "imperturbability", "insensitivity", "obduracy", "blankness", "deadness", "emptiness", "vacancy", "aloofness", "detachment", "indifference", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassion", "empathy", "pity", "sympathy", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "responsiveness", "sensitivity", "solicitude", "tenderness", "understanding", "warmth", "hand-wringing", "histrionics", "hysteria", "hysterics", "melodrama", "vehemence" ], "antonyms":[ "emotion", "feeling", "sensibility" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionalism":{ "as in sentimentality , melodrama":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "emotionality", "histrionics", "mawkishness", "melodrama", "sappiness", "sentimentality", "cathexis", "eagerness", "earnestness", "excitement", "gusto", "keenness", "zest", "ardency", "ardor", "emotion", "enthusiasm", "fervency", "fervidness", "fervor", "fire", "heat", "intenseness", "intensity", "passion", "passionateness", "vehemence", "violence", "warmth", "white heat", "fanaticism", "fever", "hot-bloodedness", "infatuation", "mania", "obsession", "zeal", "compassion", "responsiveness", "sentiment", "sympathy", "tenderness", "torridity", "torridness" ], "near antonyms":[ "impassiveness", "impassivity", "insensibility", "insensibleness", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity", "aloofness", "calmness", "collectedness", "composure", "detachedness", "dryness", "phlegm", "reserve", "reservedness", "reticence", "taciturnity", "apathy", "indifference", "stoicism", "stoniness", "unconcern", "stiffness", "woodenness", "chilliness", "coldness", "coolness", "frigidity", "frigidness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emoted":{ "to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{ "examples":[ "He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "doted (on)", "fawned", "drooled", "effused", "enthused", "fussed", "gushed", "raved", "rhapsodized", "sentimentalized", "slobbered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emotes":{ "to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{ "examples":[ "He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dotes (on)", "fawns", "drools", "effuses", "enthuses", "fusses", "gushes", "raves", "rhapsodizes", "sentimentalizes", "slobbers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emoting":{ "to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{ "examples":[ "He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "doting (on)", "fawning", "drooling", "effusing", "enthusing", "fussing", "gushing", "raving", "rhapsodizing", "sentimentalizing", "slobbering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emolument":{ "the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{ "examples":[ "the annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one dollar" ], "synonyms":[ "hire", "packet", "pay", "pay envelope", "paycheck", "payment", "salary", "stipend", "wage" ], "near synonyms":[ "living wage", "minimum wage", "nominal wages", "take-home pay", "double time", "overtime", "time and a half", "compensation", "recompense", "remittance", "remuneration", "requital", "return", "recoupment", "redress", "reparation", "restitution", "reimbursement", "repayment", "earnings", "profit", "takings", "yield" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotional":{ "having or expressing great depth of feeling":{ "examples":[ "worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form" ], "synonyms":[ "ardent", "blazing", "burning", "charged", "demonstrative", "fervent", "fervid", "feverish", "fiery", "flaming", "glowing", "hot-blooded", "impassioned", "incandescent", "intense", "passional", "passionate", "perfervid", "red-hot", "religious", "superheated", "torrid", "vehement", "warm", "warm-blooded" ], "near synonyms":[ "gushing", "gushy", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "sugary", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "enthusiastic", "gung ho", "keen", "zealous", "enamored", "infatuated", "obsessed", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "unrestrained", "frenzied", "orgiastic", "overemotional", "overexcited", "overheated" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "dry", "impersonal", "objective", "reserved", "undemonstrative" ], "antonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional" ] }, "having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{ "examples":[ "in one emotional scene in the movie the boy must say goodbye to his extraterrestrial friend" ], "synonyms":[ "affecting", "impactful", "impressive", "moving", "poignant", "stirring", "touching" ], "near synonyms":[ "eloquent", "expressive", "meaningful", "significant", "demonstrative", "excitable", "feeling", "passionate", "responsive", "sensitive", "exciting", "inspirational", "provoking", "rousing", "stimulating", "dramatic", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "theatrical", "theatric", "cathartic" ], "near antonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "detached", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "deadpan" ], "antonyms":[ "unaffecting", "unemotional", "unimpressive" ] }, "showing feeling freely":{ "examples":[ "the fact that he is not a very emotional person does not mean that he is not a loving, caring father" ], "synonyms":[ "demonstrative", "effusive", "touchy-feely", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "unrestrained" ], "near synonyms":[ "dramatic", "histrionic", "hyperemotional", "melodramatic", "theatrical", "theatric", "gushing", "gushy", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "communicative", "expansive", "extroverted", "extraverted", "outgoing", "affectionate", "feeling", "intense", "loving", "passionate", "sensitive", "soulful", "warm", "blunt", "candid", "frank", "outspoken", "plain" ], "near antonyms":[ "constrained", "quiet", "reticent", "silent", "taciturn", "bashful", "modest", "retiring", "shy", "introverted", "self-directed", "aloof", "detached", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "indifferent", "phlegmatic", "stolid", "unconcerned", "unfeeling", "chilly", "cold", "frigid", "glacial", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hard-hearted", "icy", "unfriendly" ], "antonyms":[ "inhibited", "reserved", "restrained", "undemonstrative", "unemotional" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emote":{ "to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{ "examples":[ "He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dote (on)", "fawn", "drool", "effuse", "enthuse", "fuss", "gush", "rave", "rhapsodize", "sentimentalize", "slobber" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "emotionless":{ "not feeling or showing emotion":{ "examples":[ "endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "apathetic", "cold-blooded", "impassible", "impassive", "numb", "passionless", "phlegmatic", "stoic", "stoical", "stolid", "undemonstrative", "unemotional" ], "near synonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "unmoved", "calm", "collected", "composed", "imperturbable", "unflappable", "reserved", "reticent", "taciturn", "bland", "blank", "deadpan", "dry", "empty", "expressionless", "inexpressive", "stone-faced", "straight-faced", "vacant", "wooden", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "impenetrable", "inscrutable", "aloof", "bloodless", "detached", "indifferent", "insensible", "unconcerned", "unsentimental", "impersonal", "objective", "unresponsive", "hard-hearted", "pitiless", "unfeeling", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless" ], "near antonyms":[ "blazing", "burning", "fiery", "flaming", "glowing", "red-hot", "ardent", "enthusiastic", "gung ho", "warm-blooded", "zealous", "gushing", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "sentimental", "dramatic", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "overemotional", "overheated", "perfervid", "compassionate", "responsive", "sympathetic", "reactive", "sensitive" ], "antonyms":[ "demonstrative", "emotional", "fervent", "fervid", "hot-blooded", "impassioned", "passional", "passionate", "vehement" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "emotions":{ "a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{ "examples":[ "my emotions after hearing the shocking news went from utter disbelief to overwhelming sorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "chords", "feelings", "passions", "sentiments" ], "near synonyms":[ "impressions", "perceptions", "sensations", "senses", "angles", "attitudes", "outlooks", "perspectives", "standpoints", "viewpoints", "beliefs", "convictions", "judgments", "judgements", "minds", "notions", "opinions", "persuasions", "verdicts", "views", "receptivities", "sensibilities", "sensitivities" ], "near antonyms":[ "insensitivities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emoluments":{ "the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{ "examples":[ "the annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one dollar" ], "synonyms":[ "hires", "packets", "paychecks", "pay envelopes", "payments", "pays", "salaries", "stipends", "wages" ], "near synonyms":[ "living wages", "minimum wages", "nominal wages", "take-home pays", "double times", "overtimes", "time and a halfs", "compensations", "recompenses", "remittances", "remunerations", "requitals", "returns", "recoupments", "redresses", "reparations", "restitutions", "reimbursements", "repayments", "earnings", "profits", "takings", "yields" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionalists":{ "as in sentimentalists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sentimentalists", "Don Quixotes", "dreamers", "fantasts", "idealists", "idealizers", "ideologues", "idealogues", "romanticists", "romantics", "utopians", "visionaries", "daydreamers", "fantasizers", "woolgatherers", "Micawbers", "optimists", "Pollyannas", "do-gooders", "reformers", "perfectionists", "doctrinaires", "theorists", "thinkers" ], "near antonyms":[ "hardnoses", "pragmatists", "realists", "cynics", "defeatists", "pessimists", "empiricists", "empirics" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "emotionalist":{ "as in sentimentalist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sentimentalist", "Don Quixote", "dreamer", "fantast", "idealist", "idealizer", "ideologue", "idealogue", "romantic", "romanticist", "utopian", "visionary", "daydreamer", "fantasizer", "woolgatherer", "Micawber", "optimist", "Pollyanna", "do-gooder", "reformer", "perfectionist", "doctrinaire", "theorist", "thinker" ], "near antonyms":[ "hardnose", "pragmatist", "realist", "cynic", "defeatist", "pessimist", "empiric", "empiricist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }