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"riot" ], "antonyms":[ "heaven", "paradise" ] }, "the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{ "examples":[ "arrested for attempting to commit murder" ], "synonyms":[ "blood", "foul play", "homicide", "rubout", "slaying" ], "near synonyms":[ "chance-medley", "killing", "manslaughter", "bloodshed", "butchery", "carnage", "decimation", "destruction", "massacre", "slaughter", "assassination", "execution", "hit", "euthanasia", "mercy killing", "filicide", "fratricide", "matricide", "parricide", "patricide", "regicide", "uxoricide" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinate", "bump off", "croak", "dispatch", "do in", "execute", "get", "ice", "knock off", "liquidate", "neutralize", "off", "put away", "rub out", "slay", "snuff", "take out", "terminate", "whack" ], "near synonyms":[ "blow away", "shoot", "shoot down", "blot out", "carry off", "claim", "cut down", "destroy", "fell", "kill", "smite", "zap", "butcher", "massacre", "mow (down)", "slaughter", "annihilate", "eliminate", "eradicate", "exterminate", "wipe out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animate", "raise", "restore", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "bobble", "boggle", "bollix (up)", "boot", "botch", "bugger (up)", "bumble", "bungle", "butcher", "dub", "flub", "fluff", "foozle", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mangle", "mess (up)", "muck up", "muff", "screw up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunder", "gum (up)", "muddle", "piffle", "blemish", "blight", "damage", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "mutilate", "ruin", "spoil", "vitiate", "destroy", "wreck", "mishandle", "mismanage" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "help", "improve", "meliorate", "rectify", "refine", "reform", "remedy", "doctor", "fix", "patch", "recondition", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "murdered":{ "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinated", "bumped off", "croaked", "did in", "dispatched", "executed", "got", "iced", "knocked off", "liquidated", "neutralized", "offed", "put away", "rubbed out", "slew", "snuffed", "terminated", "took out", "whacked" ], "near synonyms":[ "blew away", "shot", "shot down", "blotted out", "carried off", "claimed", "cut down", "destroyed", "felled", "killed", "smote", "zapped", "butchered", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "slaughtered", "annihilated", "eliminated", "eradicated", "exterminated", "wiped out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animated", "raised", "restored", "resurrected", "resuscitated", "revived" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "bobbled", "boggled", "bollixed (up)", "booted", "botched", "buggered (up)", "bumbled", "bungled", "butchered", "dubbed", "flubbed", "fluffed", "foozled", "fouled up", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "mangled", "messed (up)", "mucked up", "muffed", "screwed up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blundered", "gummed (up)", "muddled", "piffled", "blemished", "blighted", "damaged", "flawed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "mutilated", "ruined", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "destroyed", "wrecked", "mishandled", "mismanaged" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "helped", "improved", "meliorated", "rectified", "refined", "reformed", "remedied", "doctored", "fixed", "patched", "reconditioned", "renovated", "repaired", "revamped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "murderous":{ "difficult to endure":{ "examples":[ "the murderous heat of the desert" ], "synonyms":[ "bitter", "brutal", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "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" ] }, "requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{ "examples":[ "those exams were murderous" ], "synonyms":[ "arduous", "Augean", "backbreaking", "challenging", "demanding", "difficult", "effortful", "exacting", "formidable", "grueling", "gruelling", "hard", "heavy", "hellacious", "herculean", "killer", "laborious", "moiling", "pick-and-shovel", "rigorous", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stiff", "strenuous", "sweaty", "tall", "testing", "toilsome", "tough", "uphill" ], "near synonyms":[ "abstract", "abstruse", "complex", "complicated", "elusive", "hairy", "insoluble", "intricate", "involved", "knotty", "opaque", "problematic", "problematical", "recondite", "serious", "spiny", "stubborn", "thorny", "ticklish", "tricky", "bruising", "burdensome", "exhausting", "labored", "onerous", "oppressive", "stressful", "taxing", "tight", "trying", "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", "accessible", "friendly", "idiotproof", "user-friendly" ], "antonyms":[ "cheap", "easy", "effortless", "facile", "light", "mindless", "simple", "soft", "undemanding" ] }, "likely to cause or capable of causing death":{ "examples":[ "braved murderous machine-gun fire to capture the hill from the enemy" ], "synonyms":[ "baleful", "deadly", "deathly", "fatal", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "pestilent", "terminal", "vital" ], "near synonyms":[ "baneful", "deleterious", "destructive", "harmful", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "truculent", "infectious", "infective", "pestilential", "poisonous", "sublethal", "toxic", "virulent", "dangerous", "grave", "grievous", "hazardous", "jeopardizing", "menacing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "serious", "threatening", "ugly", "unhealthy", "unsound", "bloody", "internecine", "sanguinary", "sanguine" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficial", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "alleviative", "corrective", "curative", "remedial", "tonic", "advantageous", "beneficial", "useful", "nonpoisonous", "nontoxic", "safe" ], "antonyms":[ "healthful", "healthy", "nonfatal", "nonlethal", "wholesome" ] }, "eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{ "examples":[ "Viking warriors became legendary for the murderous fury they displayed in battle" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodthirsty", "bloody", "bloody-minded", "homicidal", "murdering", "sanguinary", "sanguine", "sanguineous" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbaric", "barbarous", "brutal", "cold-blooded", "cruel", "heartless", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "vicious", "wanton", "antagonistic", "ferocious", "fierce", "gladiatorial", "hostile", "aggressive", "assertive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "discordant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "violent", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "bloodstained", "fell", "gory", "grim", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeasing", "conciliatory", "disarming", "dovish", "mollifying", "pacific", "pacifying", "peaceable", "peaceful", "peacemaking", "placating", "placative", "placatory", "propitiatory", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "benign", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "sympathetic", "tenderhearted", "tender", "warm", "warmhearted", "clement", "lenient", "merciful", "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "gentle", "kindly", "submissive", "surrendering", "yielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "murmur":{ "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{ "examples":[ "finished the tedious job without a murmur" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "bitch", "bleat", "carp", "complaint", "fuss", "grievance", "gripe", "grouch", "grouse", "grumble", "holler", "kvetch", "lament", "miserere", "moan", "plaint", "squawk", "wail", "whimper", "whine", "whinge", "yammer" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenge", "demur", "expostulation", "kick", "niggle", "objection", "protest", "quibble", "remonstrance", "stink" ], "near antonyms":[ "commendation", "compliment", "plaudit", "acclaim", "applause", "praise", "approval", "endorsement", "indorsement", "sanction" ], "antonyms":[] }, "speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{ "examples":[ "could just barely hear the murmurs of the audience" ], "synonyms":[ "grunt", "grunting", "mumble", "murmuring", "mutter", "muttering" ], "near synonyms":[ "rumor", "undertone", "whisper", "babble", "babbling", "blab", "blabbing", "chatter", "chattering", "drivel", "driveling", "drivelling", "gabble", "gabbling", "jabber", "jabbering", "maundering", "prattle", "prattling", "rambling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "no prisoner dared murmur out loud" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "bellyache", "bitch", "bleat", "carp", "caterwaul", "complain", "crab", "croak", "fuss", "gripe", "grizzle", "grouch", "grouse", "growl", "grumble", "grump", "holler", "inveigh", "keen", "kick", "kvetch", "maunder", "moan", "mutter", "nag", "repine", "scream", "squawk", "squeal", "wail", "whimper", "whine", "whinge", "yammer", "yawp", "yaup", "yowl" ], "near synonyms":[ "object (to)", "protest", "quarrel (with)", "cavil", "quibble", "fret", "stew", "worry", "blubber", "cry", "sob", "bemoan", "bewail", "deplore", "lament" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "bear", "countenance", "endure", "take", "tolerate", "applaud", "cheer", "commend" ], "antonyms":[ "crow", "delight", "rejoice" ] }, "to speak softly and unclearly":{ "examples":[ "a college professor who tends to murmur" ], "synonyms":[ "chunter", "grunt", "mouth", "mumble", "mutter" ], "near synonyms":[ "babble", "blab", "chatter", "drivel", "gabble", "gibber", "jabber", "maunder", "prattle", "ramble", "breathe", "gasp", "pant", "whisper", "buzz" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulate", "enunciate" ], "antonyms":[ "speak out", "speak up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "murmurous":{ "as in low , soft":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "faint", "low", "muted", "smothered", "soft", "weak", "cavernous", "hollow", "thin", "tinny" ], "near antonyms":[ "golden", "orotund", "plangent", "resonant", "resounding", "reverberant", "reverberating", "reverberative", "ringing", "rotund", "round", "sonorous", "vibrant", "deep", "full", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "plummy", "rich", "loud", "powerful", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "murders":{ "a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{ "examples":[ "this weather is murder on my sinuses" ], "synonyms":[ "agonies", "Gehennas", "hells", "horrors", "miseries", "nightmares", "torments", "tortures" ], "near synonyms":[ "afflictions", "calvaries", "crosses", "curses", "ordeals", "trials", "tribulations", "calamities", "misfortunes", "tragedies", "galls", "thorns", "bummers", "downers", "drags" ], "near antonyms":[ "delights", "diversions", "entertainments", "fun", "joys", "pleasures", "recreations", "larks", "picnics", "riots" ], "antonyms":[ "heavens", "paradises" ] }, "the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{ "examples":[ "arrested for attempting to commit murder" ], "synonyms":[ "blood", "foul play", "homicides", "rubouts", "slayings" ], "near synonyms":[ "chance-medleys", "killings", "manslaughters", "bloodsheds", "butcheries", "carnages", "decimations", "destructions", "massacres", "slaughters", "assassinations", "executions", "hits", "euthanasias", "mercy killings", "filicides", "fratricides", "matricides", "parricides", "patricides", "regicides", "uxoricides" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinates", "bumps off", "croaks", "dispatches", "does in", "executes", "gets", "ices", "knocks off", "liquidates", "neutralizes", "offs", "puts away", "rubs out", "slays", "snuffs", "takes out", "terminates", "whacks" ], "near synonyms":[ "blows away", "shoots", "shoots down", "blots out", "carries off", "claims", "cuts down", "destroys", "fells", "kills", "smites", "zaps", "butchers", "massacres", "mows (down)", "slaughters", "annihilates", "eliminates", "eradicates", "exterminates", "wipes out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animates", "raises", "restores", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revives" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "boggles", "bollixes (up)", "boots", "botches", "buggers (up)", "bumbles", "bungles", "butchers", "dubs", "flubs", "fluffs", "foozles", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "mangles", "messes (up)", "mucks up", "muffs", "screws up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunders", "gums (up)", "muddles", "piffles", "blemishes", "blights", "damages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "mutilates", "ruins", "spoils", "vitiates", "destroys", "wrecks", "mishandles", "mismanages" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "helps", "improves", "meliorates", "rectifies", "refines", "reforms", "remedies", "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "murk":{ "a time or place of little or no light":{ "examples":[ "a robber lying unseen in the murk" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "blackness", "candlelight", "dark", "darkness", "dusk", "gloaming", "gloom", "night", "semidarkness", "shade", "shadows", "twilight", "umbra" ], "near synonyms":[ "midnight", "blackout", "brownout", "dimout", "shadiness", "umbrage", "dullness", "dulness", "somberness", "cloudiness", "fogginess", "haziness", "mistiness", "murkiness", "dimness", "faintness", "gloominess", "grayness", "paleness", "half-light" ], "near antonyms":[ "moonlight", "starlight", "sunlight", "effulgence", "radiance", "radiancy", "shine", "sunshine", "incandescence", "luminance", "luminescence", "luminosity", "luminousness" ], "antonyms":[ "blaze", "brightness", "brilliance", "day", "daylight", "glare", "glow", "light", "lightness" ] }, "an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{ "examples":[ "stuck outside in the murk and the rain" ], "synonyms":[ "brume", "fog", "gauze", "haze", "mist", "reek", "smog", "soup" ], "near synonyms":[ "bank", "cloud", "fume", "miasma", "smoke", "smother", "steam" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murderer":{ "a person who kills another person":{ "examples":[ "the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole" ], "synonyms":[ "assassin", "cutthroat", "homicide", "killer", "manslayer" ], "near synonyms":[ "bravo", "hit man", "torpedo", "triggerman", "butcher", "executioner", "massacrer", "slaughterer", "slayer", "murderess" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murky":{ "being without light or without much light":{ "examples":[ "I didn't like walking around the murky campground without a flashlight" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "caliginous", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dim", "dimmed", "dusk", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "pitchy", "rayless", "somber", "sombre", "stygian", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "unlit" ], "near synonyms":[ "crepuscular", "twilit", "moonless", "starless", "sunless", "cloudy", "dull", "dulled", "lackluster", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "beclouded", "befogged", "clouded", "foggy", "fuliginous", "misty", "smoggy", "soupy" ], "near antonyms":[ "ablaze", "agleam", "aglitter", "alight", "beaming", "beamy", "effulgent", "glaring", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "radiant", "relucent", "resplendent", "shining", "sparkling", "ultrabright", "glossy", "lustrous", "shiny", "floodlit", "floodlighted", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "moonlit", "moony", "starlit", "sunlit" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "illuminated", "illumined", "light", "lit", "lighted", "lightsome", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous" ] }, "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "examples":[ "the murky shadows of the cemetery" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ] }, "filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{ "examples":[ "skies made murky from the smoke of forest fires that were many miles to the west" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouded", "befogged", "brumous", "clouded", "cloudy", "foggy", "gauzy", "hazy", "misty", "smoggy", "soupy" ], "near synonyms":[ "overcast", "rainy", "stormy", "thick", "dirty", "miry", "mucky", "muddy", "slimy", "slushy", "turbid", "miasmal", "miasmatic", "miasmic", "smoky", "smokey", "smudgy", "sooty", "filmy", "milky", "opaque" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "clean", "clement", "fair", "sunny", "sunshiny", "translucent", "transparent" ], "antonyms":[ "clear", "cloudless", "limpid", "pellucid", "unclouded" ] }, "having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{ "examples":[ "a murky reply to a question about his intentions" ], "synonyms":[ "ambiguous", "arcane", "cryptic", "dark", "deep", "Delphic", "double-edged", "elliptical", "elliptic", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "fuliginous", "inscrutable", "mysterious", "mystic", "nebulous", "obscure", "occult", "opaque" ], "near synonyms":[ "abstruse", "esoteric", "recondite", "cloaked", "concealed", "disguised", "masked", "shrouded", "beclouded", "bedimmed", "befogged", "clouded", "cloudy", "dim", "faint", "foggy", "fuzzy", "hazy", "indistinct", "indistinguishable", "misty", "muddy", "obfuscatory", "obnubilated", "obscurant", "obscurantic", "shaded", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "sphinxlike", "indefinite", "inexact", "inexplicit", "noncommittal", "questionable", "unclear", "uncertain", "undefined", "undetermined", "vague", "impenetrable", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "inexplicable", "eerie", "eery", "uncanny", "weird", "impalpable", "inappreciable", "intangible", "invisible", "unanswerable", "unknowable", "baffling", "bewildering", "confounding", "confusing", "mystifying", "perplexing", "puzzling", "unfathomable", "circuitous", "indirect", "roundabout", "complex", "complicated", "difficult", "obtuse" ], "near antonyms":[ "comprehensible", "fathomable", "intelligible", "knowable", "legible", "pellucid", "understandable", "bright", "distinct", "evident", "self-evident", "self-explanatory", "certain", "firm", "strong", "sure", "defined", "determined", "direct", "straightforward", "definite", "exact", "explicit", "appreciable", "palpable", "tangible", "visible", "blatant", "patent", "unmistakable" ], "antonyms":[ "accessible", "clear", "nonambiguous", "obvious", "plain", "unambiguous", "unequivocal" ] }, "not seen or understood clearly":{ "examples":[ "a gubernatorial candidate with a murky position on the hot-button issue of capital punishment" ], "synonyms":[ "blear", "bleary", "blurry", "dim", "faint", "foggy", "fuzzy", "gauzy", "hazy", "indefinite", "indistinct", "indistinguishable", "misty", "nebulous", "obscure", "opaque", "pale", "shadowy", "unclear", "undefined", "undetermined", "vague" ], "near synonyms":[ "dark", "dusky", "gloomy", "impalpable", "inappreciable", "intangible", "invisible", "hieroglyphic", "hieroglyphical", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "indiscernible", "inexplicable", "mysterious", "obfuscatory", "puzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "distinct", "evident", "obvious", "plain", "certain", "firm", "strong", "sure" ], "antonyms":[ "clear", "definite", "pellucid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "murderess":{ "as in murderer , killer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assassin", "cutthroat", "homicide", "killer", "manslayer", "murderer", "butcher", "executioner", "massacrer", "slaughterer", "slayer", "bravo", "hit man", "torpedo", "triggerman" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murderousness":{ "as in bloodlust , bloodthirstiness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bloodlust", "bloodthirstiness", "sanguineness", "sanguinity", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "brutality", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness", "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "unfeelingness", "fellness", "ferociousness", "ferocity", "fierceness", "grimness", "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", "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murderesses":{ "as in murderers , killers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assassins", "cutthroats", "homicides", "killers", "manslayers", "murderers", "butchers", "executioners", "massacrers", "slaughterers", "slayers", "bravos", "bravoes", "hit men", "torpedoes", "triggermen" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murkiness":{ "the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{ "examples":[ "we had trouble understanding the passage because of its murkiness" ], "synonyms":[ "ambiguity", "ambiguousness", "darkness", "equivocalness", "equivocation", "inscrutability", "inscrutableness", "mysteriousness", "nebulosity", "nebulousness", "obliqueness", "obliquity", "obscurity", "opacity", "opaqueness" ], "near synonyms":[ "mystery", "reconditeness", "cloudiness", "dimness", "faintness", "fogginess", "fuzziness", "haziness", "indefiniteness", "indistinctness", "mistiness", "shade", "shadow", "uncertainty", "vagueness", "impenetrability", "incomprehensibility", "incomprehensibleness", "circuitousness", "circuity", "indirectness", "deepness", "depth", "profoundness", "abstruseness", "abstrusity", "complexity", "complication", "difficulty", "obtuseness" ], "near antonyms":[ "comprehensibility", "intelligibility", "legibility", "brightness", "distinctness", "self-evidence", "certainty", "surety", "definiteness", "exactness", "explicitness", "incision", "incisiveness", "lucidity", "lucidness", "perspicuity", "perspicuousness", "directness", "forthrightness", "openness", "straightforwardness", "palpability", "tangibility", "tangibleness", "visibility", "readability", "readableness", "obviousness" ], "antonyms":[ "clarity", "clearness", "obviousness", "plainness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murderers":{ "a person who kills another person":{ "examples":[ "the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole" ], "synonyms":[ "assassins", "cutthroats", "homicides", "killers", "manslayers" ], "near synonyms":[ "bravos", "bravoes", "hit men", "torpedoes", "triggermen", "butchers", "executioners", "massacrers", "slaughterers", "slayers", "murderesses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murmurers":{ "an irritable and complaining person":{ "examples":[ "the murmurers among the patients usually got fed last" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "bellyachers", "complainers", "crabs", "cranks", "croakers", "crosspatches", "curmudgeons", "fussers", "gripers", "grouches", "grousers", "growlers", "grumblers", "grumps", "mutterers", "sourpusses", "whiners" ], "near synonyms":[ "hunks", "malcontents", "soreheads", "grinches", "killjoys", "party poopers", "spoilsports", "defeatists", "pessimists", "faultfinders", "kickers", "naggers", "nitpickers", "objectors", "quibblers", "repiners", "crocks", "hypochondriacs" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimists", "Pollyannas", "happy campers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murrains":{ "as in illnesses , epidemics":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affections", "afflictions", "ailments", "contagions", "illnesses", "infections", "infirmities", "maladies", "sicknesses", "blights", "curses", "scourges", "pestilences", "pests", "plagues", "epidemics", "pandemics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murmurer":{ "an irritable and complaining person":{ "examples":[ "the murmurers among the patients usually got fed last" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "bellyacher", "complainer", "crab", "crank", "croaker", "crosspatch", "curmudgeon", "fusser", "griper", "grouch", "grouser", "growler", "grumbler", "grump", "mutterer", "sourpuss", "whiner" ], "near synonyms":[ "hunks", "malcontent", "sorehead", "grinch", "killjoy", "party pooper", "spoilsport", "defeatist", "pessimist", "faultfinder", "kicker", "nagger", "nitpicker", "objector", "quibbler", "repiner", "crock", "hypochondriac" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna", "happy camper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murrain":{ "as in illness , epidemic":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affection", "affliction", "ailment", "contagion", "illness", "infection", "infirmity", "malady", "sickness", "blight", "curse", "scourge", "pest", "pestilence", "plague", "epidemic", "pandemic" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murals":{ "a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "frescoes", "panoramas", "canvases", "canvasses", "oil paintings", "oils", "paintings", "diptychs", "triptychs", "acrylics", "aquarelles", "gouaches", "watercolors", "distempers", "drawings", "etchings", "finger paintings", "pastels", "sketches", "temperas", "masterpieces", "pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance", "showpieces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murderee":{ "as in victim , collateral damage":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "casualty", "fatality", "loss", "prey", "victim", "martyr", "sacrifice", "loser", "underdog", "collateral damage" ], "near antonyms":[ "gainer", "victor", "winner", "harmer", "injurer", "assassin", "killer", "murderer" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murderees":{ "as in victims , collateral damages":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "casualties", "fatalities", "losses", "prey", "preys", "victims", "martyrs", "sacrifices", "losers", "underdogs", "collateral damages" ], "near antonyms":[ "gainers", "victors", "winners", "harmers", "injurers", "assassins", "killers", "murderers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murmured":{ "as in whispered , muttered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "breathed", "chirped", "drawled", "gasped", "intoned", "mouthed", "mumbled", "muttered", "purred", "shouted", "spluttered", "sputtered", "squeaked", "whispered", "articulated", "enunciated", "pronounced", "sonant", "oral", "spoken", "uttered", "vocal", "voiced" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonvocal", "inarticulate", "mute", "quiet", "silent", "unexpressed", "unsaid", "unspoken", "unuttered", "unvoiced", "surd", "voiceless" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "no prisoner dared murmur out loud" ], "synonyms":[ "beefed", "bellyached", "bitched", "bleated", "carped", "caterwauled", "complained", "crabbed", "croaked", "fussed", "griped", "grizzled", "grouched", "groused", "growled", "grumbled", "grumped", "hollered", "inveighed", "keened", "kicked", "kvetched", "maundered", "moaned", "muttered", "nagged", "repined", "screamed", "squawked", "squealed", "wailed", "whimpered", "whined", "whinged", "yammered", "yawped", "yauped", "yowled" ], "near synonyms":[ "objected (to)", "protested", "quarreled (with)", "quarrelled (with)", "caviled", "cavilled", "quibbled", "fretted", "stewed", "worried", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "bemoaned", "bewailed", "deplored", "lamented" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "bore", "countenanced", "endured", "tolerated", "took", "applauded", "cheered", "commended" ], "antonyms":[ "crowed", "delighted", "rejoiced" ] }, "to speak softly and unclearly":{ "examples":[ "a college professor who tends to murmur" ], "synonyms":[ "chuntered", "grunted", "mouthed", "mumbled", "muttered" ], "near synonyms":[ "babbled", "blabbed", "chattered", "driveled", "drivelled", "gabbled", "gibbered", "jabbered", "maundered", "prattled", "rambled", "breathed", "gasped", "panted", "whispered", "buzzed" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulated", "enunciated" ], "antonyms":[ "spoke out", "spoke up" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "Murphy beds":{ "as in bunk beds , couches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bunk beds", "cots", "couches", "daybeds", "feather beds", "four-posters", "hammocks", "shakedowns", "sleigh beds", "sofa beds", "sofas", "studio couches", "trundle beds", "water beds", "bunks", "dosses", "hays", "kips", "lairs", "pads", "racks", "sacks", "bedsteads", "futons", "futon", "mattresses", "pallets", "bassinets", "carry-cots", "cradles", "cribs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murdering":{ "eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{ "examples":[ "a vow to bring down the murdering fiend who had destroyed his family" ], "synonyms":[ "bloodthirsty", "bloody", "bloody-minded", "homicidal", "murderous", "sanguinary", "sanguine", "sanguineous" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbaric", "barbarous", "brutal", "cold-blooded", "cruel", "heartless", "inhumane", "sadistic", "savage", "vicious", "wanton", "antagonistic", "ferocious", "fierce", "gladiatorial", "hostile", "aggressive", "assertive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "discordant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "violent", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "bloodstained", "fell", "gory", "grim", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeasing", "conciliatory", "disarming", "dovish", "mollifying", "pacific", "pacifying", "peaceable", "peaceful", "peacemaking", "placating", "placative", "placatory", "propitiatory", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "benign", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "sympathetic", "tenderhearted", "tender", "warm", "warmhearted", "clement", "lenient", "merciful", "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "gentle", "kindly", "submissive", "surrendering", "yielding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them" ], "synonyms":[ "assassinating", "bumping off", "croaking", "dispatching", "doing in", "executing", "getting", "icing", "knocking off", "liquidating", "neutralizing", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "slaying", "snuffing", "taking out", "terminating", "whacking" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowing away", "shooting", "shooting down", "blotting out", "carrying off", "claiming", "cutting down", "destroying", "felling", "killing", "smiting", "zapping", "butchering", "massacring", "mowing (down)", "slaughtering", "annihilating", "eliminating", "eradicating", "exterminating", "wiping out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animating", "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "bobbling", "boggling", "bollixing (up)", "booting", "botching", "buggering (up)", "bumbling", "bungling", "butchering", "dubbing", "flubbing", "fluffing", "foozling", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "lousing up", "mangling", "messing (up)", "mucking up", "muffing", "screwing up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blundering", "gumming (up)", "muddling", "piffling", "blemishing", "blighting", "damaging", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "mutilating", "ruining", "spoiling", "vitiating", "destroying", "wrecking", "mishandling", "mismanaging" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "helping", "improving", "meliorating", "rectifying", "refining", "reforming", "remedying", "doctoring", "fixing", "patching", "reconditioning", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "murkily":{ "as in darkly , somberly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "darkly", "duskily", "gloomily", "obscurely", "somberly", "dimly", "dully", "cloudily", "shadily", "shadowily" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "brightly", "brilliantly", "dazzlingly", "fulgently", "glowingly", "incandescently", "lambently", "luminously", "lustrously", "radiantly", "splendidly", "blazingly", "burningly", "flamingly", "blindingly", "flaringly", "flickeringly", "glaringly", "glitteringly", "opalescently" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "murks":{ "an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{ "examples":[ "stuck outside in the murk and the rain" ], "synonyms":[ "brumes", "fogs", "gauzes", "hazes", "mists", "reeks", "smogs", "soups" ], "near synonyms":[ "banks", "clouds", "fumes", "miasmas", "miasmata", "smokes", "smothers", "steams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mural":{ "a usually large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fresco", "panorama", "canvas", "canvass", "oil", "oil painting", "painting", "diptych", "triptych", "acrylic", "aquarelle", "gouache", "watercolor", "distemper", "drawing", "etching", "finger painting", "pastel", "sketch", "tempera", "masterpiece", "pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance", "showpiece" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "murmurs":{ "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{ "examples":[ "finished the tedious job without a murmur" ], "synonyms":[ "beefs", "bitches", "bleats", "carps", "complaints", "fusses", "grievances", "gripes", "grouches", "grouses", "grumbles", "hollers", "kvetches", "laments", "misereres", "moans", "plaints", "squawks", "wails", "whimpers", "whines", "whinges", "yammers" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenges", "demurs", "expostulations", "kicks", "niggles", "objections", "protests", "quibbles", "remonstrances", "stinks" ], "near antonyms":[ "commendations", "compliments", "plaudits", "acclaim", "applauses", "praises", "approvals", "endorsements", "indorsements", "sanctions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{ "examples":[ "could just barely hear the murmurs of the audience" ], "synonyms":[ "grunts", "mumbles", "mutters" ], "near synonyms":[ "rumors", "undertones", "whispers", "babbles", "babblings", "blabs", "chatter", "drivel", "gabbles", "jabberings", "jabbers", "prattles", "ramblings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "no prisoner dared murmur out loud" ], "synonyms":[ "beefs", "bellyaches", "bitches", "bleats", "carps", "caterwauls", "complains", "crabs", "croaks", "fusses", "gripes", "grizzles", "grouches", "grouses", "growls", "grumbles", "grumps", "hollers", "inveighs", "keens", "kicks", "kvetches", "maunders", "moans", "mutters", "nags", "repines", "screams", "squawks", "squeals", "wails", "whimpers", "whines", "whinges", "yammers", "yawps", "yaups", "yowls" ], "near synonyms":[ "objects (to)", "protests", "quarrels (with)", "cavils", "quibbles", "frets", "stews", "worries", "blubbers", "cries", "sobs", "bemoans", "bewails", "deplores", "laments" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "bears", "countenances", "endures", "takes", "tolerates", "applauds", "cheers", "commends" ], "antonyms":[ "crows", "delights", "rejoices" ] }, "to speak softly and unclearly":{ "examples":[ "a college professor who tends to murmur" ], "synonyms":[ "chunters", "grunts", "mouths", "mumbles", "mutters" ], "near synonyms":[ "babbles", "blabs", "chatters", "drivels", "gabbles", "gibbers", "jabbers", "maunders", "prattles", "rambles", "breathes", "gasps", "pants", "whispers", "buzzes" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulates", "enunciates" ], "antonyms":[ "speaks out", "speaks up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "murmuring":{ "speech that is not clear enough to be understood":{ "examples":[ "his surprising announcement brought murmurings from the crowd" ], "synonyms":[ "grunt", "grunting", "mumble", "murmur", "mutter", "muttering" ], "near synonyms":[ "rumor", "undertone", "whisper", "babble", "babbling", "blab", "blabbing", "chatter", "chattering", "drivel", "driveling", "drivelling", "gabble", "gabbling", "jabber", "jabbering", "maundering", "prattle", "prattling", "rambling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in buzzing , humming":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "buzzing", "humming", "resonant", "sonorous", "blustery", "boisterous", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "roaring", "roistering", "romping", "rowdy", "clamorous", "clangorous", "clattering", "clattery", "noisy", "rackety", "resounding", "uproarious", "tumultuous", "woolly", "wooly", "obstreperous", "vociferous" ], "near antonyms":[ "hushed", "noiseless", "quiet", "silent", "soundless", "stilled", "stilly", "calm", "peaceful", "serene", "tranquil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "no prisoner dared murmur out loud" ], "synonyms":[ "beefing", "bellyaching", "bitching", "bleating", "carping", "caterwauling", "complaining", "crabbing", "croaking", "fussing", "griping", "grizzling", "grouching", "grousing", "growling", "grumbling", "grumping", "hollering", "inveighing", "keening", "kicking", "kvetching", "maundering", "moaning", "muttering", "nagging", "repining", "screaming", "squawking", "squealing", "wailing", "whimpering", "whinging", "whingeing", "whining", "yammering", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling" ], "near synonyms":[ "objecting (to)", "protesting", "quarreling (with)", "quarrelling (with)", "caviling", "cavilling", "quibbling", "fretting", "stewing", "worrying", "blubbering", "crying", "sobbing", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "lamenting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "bearing", "countenancing", "enduring", "taking", "tolerating", "applauding", "cheering", "commending" ], "antonyms":[ "crowing", "delighting", "rejoicing" ] }, "to speak softly and unclearly":{ "examples":[ "a college professor who tends to murmur" ], "synonyms":[ "chuntering", "grunting", "mouthing", "mumbling", "muttering" ], "near synonyms":[ "babbling", "blabbing", "chattering", "driveling", "drivelling", "gabbling", "gibbering", "jabbering", "maundering", "prattling", "rambling", "breathing", "gasping", "panting", "whispering", "buzzing" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulating", "enunciating" ], "antonyms":[ "speaking out", "speaking up" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] } }