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"controlling", "disciplining", "restraining", "oppressing", "neglecting", "overlooking", "slighting", "molesting", "outraging", "violating", "harassing", "harming", "hurting", "injuring", "oppressing", "persecuting", "tormenting", "torturing", "victimizing" ], "antonyms":[ "abusing", "ill-treating", "ill-using", "maltreating", "manhandling", "mishandling", "mistreating", "misusing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wetted":{ "containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{ "examples":[ "I left the car windows open while it rained, and the seats got all wet" ], "synonyms":[ "awash", "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "logged", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "watery" ], "near synonyms":[ "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "splashed", "aqueous", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sluiced", "clammy", "damp", "dampish", "dank", "humid", "moist", "semimoist", "wettish", "boggy", "miry", "seepy", "sloppy", "squashy" ], "near antonyms":[ "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight", "baked", "dehydrated", "freeze-dried", "droughty", "parched", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "thirsty", "wrung" ], "antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "unwatered", "waterless" ] }, "marked by or abounding with rain":{ "examples":[ "a wet and dreary day" ], "synonyms":[ "pouring", "precipitating", "rainy", "stormy" ], "near synonyms":[ "drippy", "drizzling", "drizzly", "misty", "mizzly", "spitting", "sprinkling" ], "near antonyms":[ "dry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "being under the influence of alcohol":{ "examples":[ "designated a driver so the others could get wet and make it home safely at the end of the night" ], "synonyms":[ "besotted", "blasted", "blind", "blitzed", "blotto", "bombed", 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"wimpish", "wimpy", "wishy-washy" ], "near synonyms":[ "flabby", "flaccid", "forceless", "ineffective", "ineffectual", "impotent", "impuissant", "powerless", "emasculated", "unnerved", "lamblike", "meek", "pliable", "submissive", "corrupt", "dastardly", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "villainous", "cowardly", "craven", "fainthearted", "lily-livered", "nebbishy", "poltroon", "pusillanimous", "sissy", "timid", "infirm", "irresolute", "vacillating" ], "near antonyms":[ "ethical", "good", "moral", "principled", "right", "righteous", "upright", "virtuous", "determined", "mettlesome", "resolute", "unrelenting", "courageous", "stalwart", "stouthearted" ], "antonyms":[ "backboned", "firm", "hard", "strong", "tough" ] }, "a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{ "examples":[ "winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection" ], "synonyms":[ "cloudburst", "deluge", "downfall", "downpour", "rain", "rainfall", "rainstorm", "storm" ], "near synonyms":[ 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}, "wet-nurse":{ "to give milk to from the breast":{ "examples":[ "wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself" ], "synonyms":[ "breast-feed", "nurse", "suckle" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottle-feed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to treat with great or excessive care":{ "examples":[ "recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "cocker", "coddle", "cosset", "dandle", "indulge", "mollycoddle", "nurse", "pamper", "spoil" ], "near synonyms":[ "cater (to)", "humor", "content", "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "mother", "oblige", "please", "satisfy", "appease", "mollify", "pacify", "placate", "soothe" ], "near antonyms":[ "control", "discipline", "restrain", "oppress", "neglect", "overlook", "slight", "molest", "outrage", "violate", "harass", "harm", "hurt", "injure", "oppress", "persecute", "torment", "torture", "victimize" ], "antonyms":[ "abuse", "ill-treat", "ill-use", "maltreat", "manhandle", "mishandle", "mistreat", "misuse" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wetting":{ "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "you need to wet your hair thoroughly first" ], "synonyms":[ "bathing", "bedraggling", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "drowning", "soaking", "soddening", "sopping", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "waterlogging", "water-soaking", "wetting down" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersing", "bedewing", "dampening", "damping", "drizzling", "humidifying", "hydrating", "misting", "moistening", "moisturizing", "showering", "sprinkling", "deluging", "flooding", "hosing (down)", "inundating", "overflowing", "submerging", "swamping", "splashing", "impregnating", "saturating", "steeping", "flushing", "irrigating", "laving", "rinsing", "sloshing", "sluicing", "dipping", "ducking", "dunking", "rehydrating", "rewashing", "rewetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewatering", "evaporating", "freeze-drying", "drip-drying", "wringing", "dehumidifying" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "scorching", "searing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wet behind the ears":{ "lacking in adult experience or maturity":{ "examples":[ "The new intern is still a little wet behind the ears ." ], "synonyms":[ "adolescent", "callow", "green", "immature", "inexperienced", "juvenile", "puerile", "raw", "unfledged", "unformed", "unripe", "unripened" ], "near synonyms":[ "babyish", "childish", "infantile", "infantilized", "infantine", "boyish", "girlish", "juvenescent", "kiddish", "young", "youngish", "youthful", "maidenly", "virginal", "ingenuous", "innocent", "naive", "na\u00efve", "tender", "unknowing", "unseasoned", "unsophisticated", "untrained", "untried" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "precocious", "knowing", "savvy", "sophisticated", "worldly", "worldly-wise" ], "antonyms":[ "adult", "experienced", "grown-up", "mature", "ripe" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "wetness":{ "as in dankness , sogginess":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clamminess", "dankness", "soddenness", "sogginess", "sultriness", "mugginess", "stickiness", "stuffiness", "damp", "dampness", "humidity", "moistness", "moisture" ], "near antonyms":[ "aridity", "dehumidification", "dehydration", "dryness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wets down":{ "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first", "the stylist began by wetting down my hair" ], "synonyms":[ "bathes", "bedraggles", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "drowns", "soaks", "soddens", "sops", "souses", "washes", "waterlogs", "waters", "water-soaks", "wets" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperses", "bedews", "dampens", "damps", "drizzles", "humidifies", "hydrates", "mists", "moistens", "moisturizes", "showers", "sprinkles", "deluges", "floods", "hoses (down)", "inundates", "overflows", "submerges", "swamps", "splashes", "impregnates", "saturates", "steeps", "flushes", "irrigates", "laves", "rinses", "sloshes", "sluices", "dips", "ducks", "dunks", "rehydrates", "rewashes", "rewets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewaters", "evaporates", "freeze-dries", "drip-dries", "wrings", "dehumidifies" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wets":{ "a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{ "examples":[ "winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection" ], "synonyms":[ "cloudbursts", "deluges", "downfalls", "downpours", "rainfalls", "rains", "rainstorms", "storms" ], "near synonyms":[ "precipitations", "showers", "thundershowers", "thunderstorms", "weathers" ], "near antonyms":[ "drizzles", "mists", "mizzles", "scuds", "spits", "sprinkles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "you need to wet your hair thoroughly first" ], "synonyms":[ "bathes", "bedraggles", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "drowns", "soaks", "soddens", "sops", "souses", "washes", "waterlogs", "waters", "water-soaks", "wets down" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperses", "bedews", "dampens", "damps", "drizzles", "humidifies", "hydrates", "mists", "moistens", "moisturizes", "showers", "sprinkles", "deluges", "floods", "hoses (down)", "inundates", "overflows", "submerges", "swamps", "splashes", "impregnates", "saturates", "steeps", "flushes", "irrigates", "laves", "rinses", "sloshes", "sluices", "dips", "ducks", "dunks", "rehydrates", "rewashes", "rewets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewaters", "evaporates", "freeze-dries", "drip-dries", "wrings", "dehumidifies" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "wetland":{ "spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{ "examples":[ "the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development" ], "synonyms":[ "bog", "fen", "marsh", "marshland", "mire", "moor", "morass", "muskeg", "slough", "slew", "slue", "swamp", "swampland", "wash" ], "near synonyms":[ "swale", "quagmire", "guck", "gook", "muck", "mud", "ooze", "slime", "slop", "sludge", "slush" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wet-nurses":{ "to give milk to from the breast":{ "examples":[ "wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself" ], "synonyms":[ "breast-feeds", "nurses", "suckles" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottle-feeds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to treat with great or excessive care":{ "examples":[ "recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "cockers", "coddles", "cossets", "dandles", "indulges", "mollycoddles", "nurses", "pampers", "spoils" ], "near synonyms":[ "caters (to)", "humors", "contents", "delights", "gladdens", "gratifies", "mothers", "obliges", "pleases", "satisfies", "appeases", "mollifies", "pacifies", "placates", "soothes" ], "near antonyms":[ "controls", "disciplines", "restrains", "oppresses", "neglects", "overlooks", "slights", "molests", "outrages", "violates", "harasses", "harms", "hurts", "injures", "oppresses", "persecutes", "torments", "tortures", "victimizes" ], "antonyms":[ "abuses", "ill-treats", "ill-uses", "maltreats", "manhandles", "mishandles", "mistreats", "misuses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wetting down":{ "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first", "the stylist began by wetting down my hair" ], "synonyms":[ "bathing", "bedraggling", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "drowning", "soaking", "soddening", "sopping", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "waterlogging", "water-soaking", "wetting" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersing", "bedewing", "dampening", "damping", "drizzling", "humidifying", "hydrating", "misting", "moistening", "moisturizing", "showering", "sprinkling", "deluging", "flooding", "hosing (down)", "inundating", "overflowing", "submerging", "swamping", "splashing", "impregnating", "saturating", "steeping", "flushing", "irrigating", "laving", "rinsing", "sloshing", "sluicing", "dipping", "ducking", "dunking", "rehydrating", "rewashing", "rewetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewatering", "evaporating", "freeze-drying", "drip-drying", "wringing", "dehumidifying" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "scorching", "searing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wet blanket":{ "a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{ "examples":[ "I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket" ], "synonyms":[ "drag", "grinch", "killjoy", "party pooper", "spoilsport" ], "near synonyms":[ "fuddy-duddy", "goody-goody", "Goody Two-shoes", "old maid", "stick-in-the-mud", "defeatist", "Jeremiah", "knocker", "pessimist", "complainer", "crab", "cynic", "grouch", "grump", "sorehead", "sourpuss", "whiner", "bore", "downer", "drip" ], "near antonyms":[ "cutup", "jester", "live wire", "carouser", "celebrant", "celebrator", "merrymaker", "rejoicer", "reveler", "reveller", "roisterer", "libertine", "playboy", "playgirl", "rake" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wettish":{ "slightly or moderately wet":{ "examples":[ "the ground is still rather wettish after last night's downpour" ], "synonyms":[ "damp", "dampish", "dank", "moist" ], "near synonyms":[ "semimoist", "dewy", "misty", "clammy", "humid", "muggy", "sticky", "sultry", "summery", "sweltering", "torrid", "tropical", "awash", "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "steeped", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked" ], "near antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "waterless", "baked", "bone-dry", "burned", "burnt", "dehydrated", "desert", "droughty", "dusty", "parched", "scorched", "seared", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "wet down":{ "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "it will be easier to clean 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"drags", "grinches", "killjoys", "party poopers", "spoilsports" ], "near synonyms":[ "fuddy-duddies", "goody-goodies", "old maids", "stick-in-the-muds", "defeatists", "Jeremiahs", "knockers", "pessimists", "complainers", "crabs", "cynics", "grouches", "grumps", "soreheads", "sourpusses", "whiners", "bores", "downers", "drips" ], "near antonyms":[ "cutups", "jesters", "live wires", "carousers", "celebrants", "celebrators", "merrymakers", "rejoicers", "revelers", "revellers", "roisterers", "libertines", "playboys", "playgirls", "rakes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wetted down":{ "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "it will be easier to clean up if you wet down the surfaces first", "the stylist began by wetting down my hair" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "bedraggle", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "drown", "soak", "sodden", "sop", "souse", "wash", "water", "water-soak", "waterlog", "wet" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperse", "bedew", "damp", "dampen", "drizzle", "humidify", "hydrate", "mist", "moisten", "moisturize", "shower", "sprinkle", "deluge", "flood", "hose (down)", "inundate", "overflow", "submerge", "swamp", "splash", "impregnate", "saturate", "steep", "flush", "irrigate", "lave", "rinse", "slosh", "sluice", "dip", "duck", "dunk", "rehydrate", "rewash", "rewet" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewater", "evaporate", "freeze-dry", "drip-dry", "wring", "dehumidify" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "parch", "scorch", "sear" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "wetlands":{ "spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{ "examples":[ "the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development" ], "synonyms":[ "bogs", "fens", "marshes", "marshlands", "mires", "moors", "morasses", "muskegs", "sloughs", "slews", "slues", "swamplands", "swamps", "washes" ], "near synonyms":[ "swales", "quagmires", "gucks", "gooks", "muck", "muds", "oozes", "slimes", "slop", "sludges", "slush" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "wet":{ "containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{ "examples":[ "I left the car windows open while it rained, and the seats got all wet" ], "synonyms":[ "awash", "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "logged", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "watery" ], "near synonyms":[ "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "splashed", "aqueous", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sluiced", "clammy", "damp", "dampish", "dank", "humid", "moist", "semimoist", "wettish", "boggy", "miry", "seepy", "sloppy", "squashy" ], "near antonyms":[ "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight", "baked", "dehydrated", "freeze-dried", "droughty", "parched", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "thirsty", "wrung" ], "antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "unwatered", "waterless" ] }, "marked by or abounding with rain":{ "examples":[ "a wet and dreary day" ], "synonyms":[ "pouring", "precipitating", "rainy", "stormy" ], "near synonyms":[ "drippy", "drizzling", "drizzly", "misty", "mizzly", "spitting", "sprinkling" ], "near antonyms":[ "dry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "being under the influence of alcohol":{ "examples":[ "designated a driver so the others could get wet and make it home safely at the end of the night" ], "synonyms":[ "besotted", "blasted", "blind", "blitzed", "blotto", "bombed", "boozy", "canned", "cockeyed", "crocked", "drunk", "drunken", "fried", "gassed", "hammered", "high", "impaired", "inebriate", "inebriated", "intoxicated", "juiced", "lit", "lit up", "loaded", "looped", "oiled", "pickled", "pie-eyed", "plastered", "potted", "ripped", "sloshed", "smashed", "sottish", "soused", "sozzled", "squiffed", "squiffy", "stewed", "stiff", "stinking", "stoned", "tanked", "tiddly", "tight", "tipsy", "wasted", "wiped out" ], "near synonyms":[ "maudlin", "beery", "befuddled", "bleary-eyed", "crapulous", "dopey", "dopy", "rocky", "strung out", "stupefied", "debauched", "dissipated", "dissolute", "alcoholic", "bibulous", "dipsomaniacal" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstemious", "abstinent", "dry", "temperate", "teetotal", "clearheaded", "cool", "level", "steady" ], "antonyms":[ "sober", "straight" ] }, "appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{ "examples":[ "things get more than a little wet during the opera's big death scene" ], "synonyms":[ "chocolate-box", "cloying", "corny", "drippy", "fruity", "gooey", "lovey-dovey", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "novelettish", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "slushy", "soppy", "soupy", "spoony", "spooney", "sticky", "sugarcoated", "sugary" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreamy", "misty-eyed", "moonstruck", "moony", "nostalgic", "starry-eyed", "feel-good", "fuzzy", "melodramatic", "soap-operatic", "soapy", "sudsy", "flat", "insipid", "soft-boiled", "tasteless", "vapid", "watery", "cutesy", "twee" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadulterated", "unvarnished", "antisentimental", "cynical", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hardheaded" ], "antonyms":[ "unsentimental" ] }, "lacking strength of will or character":{ "examples":[ "employees of the company despised their boss as a wet and ineffectual bloke" ], "synonyms":[ "characterless", "effete", "frail", "invertebrate", "limp-wristed", "milk-and-water", "namby-pamby", "nerveless", "soft", "spineless", "weak", "weak-kneed", "weakened", "weakling", "wimpish", "wimpy", "wishy-washy" ], "near synonyms":[ "flabby", "flaccid", "forceless", "ineffective", "ineffectual", "impotent", "impuissant", "powerless", "emasculated", "unnerved", "lamblike", "meek", "pliable", "submissive", "corrupt", "dastardly", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "villainous", "cowardly", "craven", "fainthearted", "lily-livered", "nebbishy", "poltroon", "pusillanimous", "sissy", "timid", "infirm", "irresolute", "vacillating" ], "near antonyms":[ "ethical", "good", "moral", "principled", "right", "righteous", "upright", "virtuous", "determined", "mettlesome", "resolute", "unrelenting", "courageous", "stalwart", "stouthearted" ], "antonyms":[ "backboned", "firm", "hard", "strong", "tough" ] }, "a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{ "examples":[ "winced as he walked out into the wet without any protection" ], "synonyms":[ "cloudburst", "deluge", "downfall", "downpour", "rain", "rainfall", "rainstorm", "storm" ], "near synonyms":[ "precipitation", "shower", "thundershower", "thunderstorm", "weather" ], "near antonyms":[ "drizzle", "mist", "mizzle", "scud", "spit", "sprinkle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "you need to wet your hair thoroughly first" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "bedraggle", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "drown", "soak", "sodden", "sop", "souse", "wash", "water", "waterlog", "water-soak", "wet down" ], "near 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