{ "loud":{ "marked by a high volume of sound":{ "examples":[ "loud music that could be heard all over the neighborhood" ], "synonyms":[ "blaring", "blasting", "booming", "clamorous", "clangorous", "deafening", "earsplitting", "piercing", "plangent", "resounding", "ringing", "roaring", "slam-bang", "sonorous", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "near synonyms":[ "brazen", "dinning", "discordant", "noisy", "obstreperous", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "vociferous", "grating", "harsh", "overloud", "sharp", "shrill", "squealing", "strident" ], "near antonyms":[ "dead", "quiet", "silent", "still", "stilly", "ultraquiet", "calm", "dreamy", "peaceful", "restful", "serene", "soothing", "tranquil", "hushed", "muffled", "muted", "softened", "toned (down)" ], "antonyms":[ "gentle", "low", "soft" ] }, "excessively showy":{ "examples":[ "his loud Hawaiian shirt made his face look especially pale" ], "synonyms":[ "flamboyant", "flaring", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "noisy", "ostentatious", "razzle-dazzle", "splashy", "swank", "swanky" ], "near synonyms":[ "excessive", "extravagant", "fulsome", "hammy", "overdone", "over-the-top", "overwrought", "pretentious", "baroque", "bedizened", "ornate", "fancy", "snazzy", "zooty", "blaring", "bright", "florid", "glaring", "glittery", "overbright", "spectacular", "graceless", "inelegant", "lurid", "tacky", "tasteless", "tawdry", "tinselly", "vulgar" ], "near antonyms":[ "appropriate", "fitting", "proper", "inconspicuous", "muted", "restrained", "subdued", "toned (down)", "unobtrusive", "elegant", "graceful", "tasteful", "modest", "plain", "simple", "unpretentious" ], "antonyms":[ "conservative", "quiet", "understated", "unflamboyant", "unflashy" ] }, "as in loudly , flamboyantly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flamboyantly", "flashily", "garishly", "gaudily", "loudly", "ostentatiously", "bravely", "brightly", "brilliantly", "colorfully", "gaily", "gayly", "fancily", "ornately", "swankily", "gorgeously", "richly", "spectacularly", "splendidly", "strikingly", "dapperly", "dashingly", "gallantly", "jazzily", "nattily", "neatly", "pertly", "smartly", "snappily", "spiffily", "conspicuously", "luridly", "shockingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "boringly", "drably", "dully", "colorlessly", "inconspicuously", "unobtrusively", "unpretentiously", "chastely", "demurely", "modestly", "conservatively", "plainly", "quietly", "simply", "bleakly", "severely", "somberly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "lounger":{ "as in loafer , slouch":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in love seat , t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lounges":{ "a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{ "examples":[ "the kids were stretched out on the lounge watching TV" ], "synonyms":[ "chesterfields", "couches", "davenports", "divans", "settees", "sofas", "squabs" ], "near synonyms":[ "loungers", "love seats", "recamiers", "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates", "daybeds", "sofa beds", "studio couches", "banquettes", "benches", "ottomans" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "examples":[ "the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building" ], "synonyms":[ "basks", "kicks back", "lolls", "relaxes", "reposes", "rests" ], "near synonyms":[ "bums", "goldbricks", "hangs", "hangs about", "hangs around", "idles", "loafs", "slacks (off)", "vegges out", "veges out" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "grubs", "humps", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs (away)", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "slogs", "strains", "strives", "struggles", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "works", "exercises", "works out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around" ], "synonyms":[ "bums", "chills", "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drones", "footles", "goofs (off)", "hacks (around)", "hangs about", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "kicks around", "kicks back", "lazes", "lazies", "loafs", "lolls", "vegges out", "veges out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools", "messes", "monkeys", "mucks", "piddles", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "dozes", "estivates", "aestivates", "hibernates", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "relaxes", "rests", "tarries", "ambles", "moseys", "saunters", "strolls", "swans", "furloughs", "goldbricks", "malingers", "truants" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "grinds", "grubs", "humps", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "works", "applies", "buckles (down)", "exerts", "puts out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lounging (around or about)":{ "as in hanging , bumming 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"nasty", "paltry", "pitiable", "pitiful", "ratty", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sneaking", "sorry", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "condemnable", "detestable", "execrable", "hateful", "loathsome", "odious", "disgusting", "reptilian", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "revulsive", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "shameful", "base", "ignoble", "low", "shabby", "sordid", "squalid", "vile", "blamable", "censurable", "reprehensible", "reproachable", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous" ], "near antonyms":[ "high-minded", "honest", "honorable", "noble", "principled", "redoubtable", "reputable", "right-minded", "scrupulous", "upright", "ethical", "good", "moral", "right", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "antonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy" ] }, "falling short of a standard":{ "examples":[ "I actually play a pretty lousy game of tennis" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bastard", "bush", "bush-league", "crummy", "crumby", "deficient", "dissatisfactory", "ill", "inferior", "lame", "off", "paltry", "poor", "punk", "sour", "suboptimal", "subpar", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wack", "wanting", "wretched", "wrong" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "atrocious", "awful", "bitchin'", "brutal", "damnable", "deplorable", "detestable", "disastrous", "dreadful", "execrable", "gnarly", "horrendous", "horrible", "pathetic", "stinky", "sucky", "terrible", "unspeakable", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "egregious", "flagrant", "gross", "bum", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "junky", "lesser", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "reprehensible", "rotten", "rubbishy", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "trashy", "abominable", "odious", "vile", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimp", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "miscreant", "scurrilous", "villainous", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near antonyms":[ "classic", "classical", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "choice", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "excellent", "exceptional", "fabulous", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-test", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "perfect", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "sufficient", "average", "borderline", "fair", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "so-so", "unexceptional", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "antonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "standard", "tolerable" ] }, "extremely unsatisfactory":{ "examples":[ "the restaurant served a lousy meal that we shouldn't have had to pay for" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "dismal", "execrable", "horrible", "punk", "rotten", "sucky", "terrible", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "bad", "deficient", "inferior", "off", "poor", "substandard", "wanting", "contemptible", "miserable", "shameful", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "low-grade", "mediocre", "reprehensible", "second-rate", "bum", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "abominable", "damnable", "fiendish", "odious", "vile" ], "near antonyms":[ "choice", "excellent", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate", "premium", "prime", "superior", "adequate", "sufficient", "acceptable", "satisfactory" ], "antonyms":[ "bitchin'", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "wonderful" ] }, "of low quality":{ "examples":[ "a tacky store selling lousy souvenirs" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bargain-basement", "bum", "cheap", "cheapjack", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "el cheapo", "execrable", "gimcrack", "inferior", "junky", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "poor", "rotten", "rubbishy", "schlock", "schlocky", "shlock", "shlocky", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "terrible", "trashy", "trumpery", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "indifferent", "lackluster", "second-class", "brummagem", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "kitsch", "kitschy", "meretricious", "ostentatious", "showy", "splashy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "near antonyms":[ "elegant", "handsome", "tasteful", "handcrafted", "polished", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "excellent", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "good", "high-grade", "superior", "top-notch" ] }, "possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{ "examples":[ "a Manhattan neighborhood that is lousy with wannabe actors" ], "synonyms":[ "abounding", "abundant", "awash", "flush", "fraught", "replete", "rife", "swarming", "teeming", "thick", "thronging" ], "near synonyms":[ "brimming", "bulging", "bursting", "chock-full", "chockful", "crammed", "crowded", "fat", "filled", "full", "jammed", "jam-packed", "loaded", "packed", "saturated", "stuffed", "clogged", "congested", "overcrowded", "overfilled", "overflowing", "overfull", "overladen", "overloaded", "overstuffed", "surfeited", "alive", "animated", "astir", "bustling", "busy", "buzzing", "humming", "lively" ], "near antonyms":[ "bare", "barren", "blank", "devoid", "empty", "stark", "vacant", "void", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted", "deficient", "incomplete", "insufficient", "short" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lout":{ "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "watch where you're going, you big lout !" ], "synonyms":[ "clod", "clodhopper", "gawk", "hulk", "lubber", "lug", "lump", "Neanderthal", "oaf", "palooka" ], "near synonyms":[ "chump", "loser", "schlemiel", "shlemiel", "turkey", "slouch", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "blunderer", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dum-dum", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "galoot", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simp", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo", "anthropoid", "ape", "beast", "boor", "brute", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "louse", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "tyke", "tike", "villain", "booby", "fool", "goose", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "rascal", "rogue", "scamp" ], "near antonyms":[ "brain", "brainiac", "genius", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "Howard's rude behavior at the country club earned him a reputation as a lout" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "beast", "bleeder", "blighter", "boor", "bounder", "bugger", "buzzard", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "dog", "fink", "heel", "hound", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "pill", "rat", "rat fink", "reptile", "rotter", "schmuck", "scum", "scumbag", "scuzzball", "skunk", "sleaze", "sleazebag", "sleazeball", "slime", "slimeball", "slob", "snake", "so-and-so", "sod", "stinkard", "stinker", "swine", "toad", "varmint", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarian", "brute", "caveman", "Neanderthal", "savage", "loudmouth", "vulgarian", "lowlife", "miscreant", "rascal", "rogue", "roughneck", "scab", "scamp", "scoundrel", "villain", "wretch", "booby", "doofus", "fool", "jackass", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nit", "nitwit", "nut", "schmo", "schmoe", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "dink", "dolt", "dope", "dork", "goon", "half-wit", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "turkey", "brat", "insolent", "nuisance", "pest", "snip", "snob", "snoot", "snot", "dweeb", "nerd" ], "near antonyms":[ "hero", "heroine", "idol", "role model", "gentleman", "lady", "angel", "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lounge":{ "a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{ "examples":[ "the kids were stretched out on the lounge watching TV" ], "synonyms":[ "chesterfield", "couch", "davenport", "divan", "settee", "sofa", "squab" ], "near synonyms":[ "lounger", "love seat", "recamier", "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate", "daybed", "sofa bed", "studio couch", "banquette", "bench", "ottoman" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "examples":[ "the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building" ], "synonyms":[ "bask", "kick back", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum", "goldbrick", "hang", "hang about", "hang around", "idle", "loaf", "slack (off)", "veg out" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "exercise", "work out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around" ], "synonyms":[ "bum", "chill", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drone", "footle", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "hang about", "idle", "kick around", "kick back", "laze", "lazy", "loaf", "loll", "veg out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool", "mess", "monkey", "muck", "piddle", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "doze", "estivate", "aestivate", "hibernate", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "relax", "rest", "tarry", "amble", "mosey", "saunter", "stroll", "swan", "furlough", "goldbrick", "malinger", "truant" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grind", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "apply", "buckle (down)", "exert", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "louse up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "boob", "err", "flub", "fluff", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "mess (up)", "screw up", "slip up", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "nod", "bobble", "botch", "bungle", "butcher", "foozle", "mangle", "mishandle", "muff", "murder", "miscalculate", "misconceive", "miscount", "miscue", "misdeem", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mistake", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misunderstand" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom\u2014the seams show too much" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "bobble", "boggle", "bollix (up)", "boot", "botch", "bugger (up)", "bumble", "bungle", "butcher", "dub", "flub", "fluff", "foozle", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "mangle", "mess (up)", "muck up", "muff", "murder", "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":[ "verb" ] }, "louses up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "messes (up)", "screws up", "slips up", "stumbles", "trips" ], "near synonyms":[ "nods", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "foozles", "mangles", "mishandles", "muffs", "murders", "miscalculates", "misconceives", "miscounts", "miscues", "misdeems", "misgauges", "misjudges", "mistakes", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misunderstands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom\u2014the seams show too much" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "boggles", "bollixes (up)", "boots", "botches", "buggers (up)", "bumbles", "bungles", "butchers", "dubs", "flubs", "fluffs", "foozles", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "mangles", "messes (up)", "mucks up", "muffs", "murders", "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":[ "verb" ] }, "lounged":{ "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "examples":[ "the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building" ], "synonyms":[ "basked", "kicked back", "lolled", "relaxed", "reposed", "rested" ], "near synonyms":[ "bummed", "goldbricked", "hung", "hanged", "hung about", "hung around", "idled", "loafed", "slacked (off)", "vegged out" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged (away)", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "slogged", "strained", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "exercised", "worked out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around" ], "synonyms":[ "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung about", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "kicked around", "kicked back", "lazed", "lazied", "loafed", "lolled", "vegged out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "messed", "monkeyed", "mucked", "piddled", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "dozed", "estivated", "aestivated", "hibernated", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "relaxed", "rested", "tarried", "ambled", "moseyed", "sauntered", "strolled", "swanned", "furloughed", "goldbricked", "malingered", "truanted" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "ground", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "applied", "buckled (down)", "exerted", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lour":{ "having not so great importance or rank as another":{ "examples":[ "a lower position in the company" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "junior", "less", "lesser", "minor", "smaller", "subordinate" ], "near synonyms":[ "little", "mean", "small", "minute", "petty", "jerkwater", "one-horse", "second-class", "second-rate", "two-bit", "associate", "auxiliary", "secondary", "subsidiary" ], "near antonyms":[ "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "major", "more", "primary", "prime", "senior", "superior", "superordinate" ] }, "situated lower down":{ "examples":[ "this book goes on the lower shelf" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "nether" ], "near synonyms":[ "lowest", "nethermost", "underlying" ], "near antonyms":[ "highest", "uppermost", "overhanging", "overhead" ], "antonyms":[ "higher", "superior", "upper" ] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place" ], "synonyms":[ "depress", "drop", "throw", "throw down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flatten", "floor", "level", "knock down", "knock over", "strike down", "topple", "plop", "plunk down", "bobble", "bungle", "foozle", "fumble", "immerse", "sink", "submerge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lift", "pick up", "raise" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased" ], "synonyms":[ "crash", "crater", "decline", "descend", "dip", "dive", "drop", "fall", "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "sink", "skid", "tumble" ], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "die (down)", "diminish", "droop", "dwindle", "ebb", "lessen", "let up", "moderate", "subside", "taper off", "wane", "recede", "retreat" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mushroom", "pick up", "snowball", "swell", "wax" ], "antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "lift", "mount", "rise", "soar", "spike", "up" ] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decrease", "dent", "deplete", "diminish", "downscale", "downsize", "drop", "dwindle", "ease", "knock down", "lessen", "reduce" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "abbreviate", "abridge", "clip", "crop", "curtail", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "dock", "nick", "pare", "prune", "retrench", "shorten", "slash", "trim", "truncate", "whittle", "deflate", "shrink", "minimize", "moderate", "modify", "modulate", "qualify" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "swell", "elongate", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "add (to)", "complement", "supplement", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "redouble" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "raise" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "drop (off)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "chasten", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "humble", "humiliate", "shame", "sink", "smirch", "take down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "mortify", "nonplus", "rattle", "belittle", "castigate", "criticize", "cry down", "decry", "depreciate", "detract", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "ridicule", "write off", "bad-mouth", "defame", "defile", "libel", "malign", "slander", "affront", "insult", "censure", "condemn", "damn", "denounce", "execrate", "reprehend", "reprobate" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "boast", "celebrate", "cheer", "cite", "commend", "compliment", "congratulate", "decorate", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "fete", "f\u00eate", "hail", "honor", "laud", "praise", "salute", "tout", "acknowledge", "recognize", "highlight", "play up", "spotlight", "dignify", "ennoble", "enshrine", "ensky", "enthrone", "glorify", "magnify", "advance", "boost", "lift", "promote", "raise", "upgrade", "uplift", "idealize", "romanticize" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "canonize", "deify", "elevate", "exalt" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuate", "break", "cheapen", "depreciate", "depress", "devaluate", "devalue", "downgrade", "mark down", "reduce", "sink", "write down", "write off" ], "near synonyms":[ "debase", "demonetize", "underestimate", "underprice", "underrate", "undervalue", "abridge", "compress", "contract", "de-escalate", "deflate", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "moderate", "shrink" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloat", "blow up", "inflate", "overestimate", "overprice", "overrate", "overvalue", "add", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "balloon", "boost", "compound", "dilate", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "heighten", "increase", "maximize", "multiply", "raise", "swell", "up" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciate", "enhance", "mark up", "upgrade" ] }, "to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{ "examples":[ "the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm" ], "synonyms":[ "darken", "gloom", "glower" ], "near synonyms":[ "frown", "scowl", "glare", "stare", "brood", "mope", "pet", "pout", "sulk", "anger", "bristle", "fume", "rage", "steam", "storm", "intimidate", "menace", "threaten" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "brighten", "cheer (up)", "lighten", "perk (up)" ] }, "to look with anger or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her" ], "synonyms":[ "frown", "glare", "gloom", "glower", "scowl" ], "near synonyms":[ "gape", "gaze", "ogle", "stare", "grimace", "pout", "sulk", "growl", "snarl", "sneer", "snigger" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "beam", "grin", "smile" ] }, "a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "he turned to see the scornful lower on her face" ], "synonyms":[ "face", "frown", "grimace", "moue", "mouth", "mow", "mug", "pout", "scowl", "snoot" ], "near synonyms":[ "flinch", "squinch", "wince", "growl", "snarl", "rictus", "simper", "smirk", "scoff", "sneer", "glare", "glower", "look", "stare" ], "near antonyms":[ "grin", "laugh", "smile" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lousing up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up" ], "synonyms":[ "blundering", "boobing", "erring", "flubbing", "fluffing", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "messing (up)", "screwing up", "slipping up", "stumbling", "tripping" ], "near synonyms":[ "nodding", "bobbling", "botching", "bungling", "butchering", "foozling", "mangling", "mishandling", "muffing", "murdering", "miscalculating", "misconceiving", "miscounting", "miscuing", "misdeeming", "misgauging", "misgaging", "misjudging", "mistaking", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misunderstanding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom\u2014the seams show too much" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "bobbling", "boggling", "bollixing (up)", "booting", "botching", "buggering (up)", "bumbling", "bungling", "butchering", "dubbing", "flubbing", "fluffing", "foozling", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "mangling", "messing (up)", "mucking up", "muffing", "murdering", "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":[ "verb" ] }, "loury":{ "as in grim , threatening":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "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", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ], "near antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny", "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "loudmouths":{ "a loud person; a person who talks too much and who says unpleasant or stupid things":{ "examples":[ "I missed half of the movie's dialogue because of that loudmouth in the back row." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "vulgarians", "bastards", "beasts", "bleeders", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin", "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "gossips", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loutishness":{ "as in boorishness , rowdiness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boorishness", "brutishness", "churlishness", "clownishness", "rowdiness", "rusticity", "uncouthness", "coarseness", "commonness", "crassness", "crudeness", "crudity", "grossness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "raffishness", "rawness", "roughness", "rudeness", "tastelessness", "vulgarity", "artlessness", "gracelessness", "inelegance", "unsophistication", "insensitiveness", "insensitivity", "thoughtlessness", "kitsch", "tackiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "cultivation", "genteelness", "gentility", "polish", "refinement", "tastefulness", "courtliness", "urbanity", "elegance", "grace", "graciousness", "consideration", "sensitivity", "thoughtfulness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lousiness":{ "as in wretchedness , miserableness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "miserableness", "wretchedness", "baseness", "despicableness", "dirtiness", "lowness", "meanness", "criminality", "reprehensibleness", "abomination", "anathema", "taboo", "tabu", "indecency", "lasciviousness", "lechery", "lewdness", "looseness", "perversion", "pervertedness", "wantonness", "corruptness", "debasement", "degeneracy", "degeneration", "depravedness", "dissoluteness", "dissolution", "devilry", "deviltry", "fiendishness", "atrociousness", "evilness", "heinousness", "sinfulness", "unscrupulousness", "viciousness", "vileness", "villainousness", "bad", "badness", "blackness", "evil", "evildoing", "ill", "turpitude", "villainy", "wickedness", "wrong" ], "near antonyms":[ "morality", "virtue", "good", "right", "honesty", "honor", "integrity", "legitimacy", "probity", "rectitude", "scrupulosity", "scrupulousness", "uprightness", "goodness", "righteousness", "virtuousness", "blamelessness", "chastity", "innocence", "perfection", "pureness", "purity", "spotlessness", "cleanness", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "propriety", "rightness", "seemliness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loughs":{ "as in lakes , lochs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lagoons", "lakes", "lochs", "ponds", "reservoirs", "tarns", "water holes", "billabongs", "meres", "pools", "puddles", "stanks", "wells", "basins", "holes", "potholes", "sinkholes", "swimming pools" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "louts":{ "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "watch where you're going, you big lout !" ], "synonyms":[ "clodhoppers", "clods", "gawks", "hulks", "lubbers", "lugs", "lumps", "Neanderthals", "oafs", "palookas" ], "near synonyms":[ "chumps", "losers", "schlemiels", "shlemiels", "turkeys", "slouches", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "blunderers", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "galoots", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "simps", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos", "anthropoids", "apes", "beasts", "boors", "brutes", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "louses", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "tykes", "tikes", "villains", "boobies", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "rascals", "rogues", "scamps" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainiacs", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "Howard's rude behavior at the country club earned him a reputation as a lout" ], "synonyms":[ "bastards", "beasts", "bleeders", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "loudmouths", "vulgarians", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "louse":{ "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "I can't believe you're willing to spend time with that lying louse" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "beast", "bleeder", "blighter", "boor", "bounder", "bugger", "buzzard", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "dog", "fink", "heel", "hound", "jerk", "joker", "lout", "pill", "rat", "rat fink", "reptile", "rotter", "schmuck", "scum", "scumbag", "scuzzball", "skunk", "sleaze", "sleazebag", "sleazeball", "slime", "slimeball", "slob", "snake", "so-and-so", "sod", "stinkard", "stinker", "swine", "toad", "varmint", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarian", "brute", "caveman", "Neanderthal", "savage", "loudmouth", "vulgarian", "lowlife", "miscreant", "rascal", "rogue", "roughneck", "scab", "scamp", "scoundrel", "villain", "wretch", "booby", "doofus", "fool", "jackass", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nit", "nitwit", "nut", "schmo", "schmoe", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "dink", "dolt", "dope", "dork", "goon", "half-wit", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "turkey", "brat", "insolent", "nuisance", "pest", "snip", "snob", "snoot", "snot", "dweeb", "nerd" ], "near antonyms":[ "hero", "heroine", "idol", "role model", "gentleman", "lady", "angel", "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lounges (around or about)":{ "as in hangs , bums (around)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bums (around)", "dawdles", "goldbricks", "hangs", "hangs about", "idles", "loafs", "relaxes", "rests", "screws around", "slacks (off)", "dabbles", "fiddles (around)", "messes around", "putters (around)", "jests", "jokes", "teases", "delights", "pleases", "amuses", "diverts", "entertains", "dabbles", "trifles", "cavorts", "frisks", "gambols", "romps", "dallies", "disports", "frolics", "plays", "recreates", "rollicks", "skylarks", "sports", "toys" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "labors", "plods", "plugs (away)", "slaves", "strains", "strives", "struggles", "sweats", "toils", "works" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "lounged (around or about)":{ "as in hung , bummed (around)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bummed (around)", "dawdled", "goldbricked", "hung", "hanged", "hung about", "idled", "loafed", "relaxed", "rested", "screwed around", "slacked (off)", "dabbled", "fiddled (around)", "messed around", "puttered (around)", "jested", "joked", "teased", "delighted", "pleased", "amused", "diverted", "entertained", "dabbled", "trifled", "cavorted", "frisked", "gamboled", "gambolled", "romped", "dallied", "disported", "frolicked", "played", "recreated", "rollicked", "skylarked", "sported", "toyed" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "labored", "plodded", "plugged (away)", "slaved", "strained", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "worked", "wrought" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "louring":{ "covered over by clouds":{ "examples":[ "the lowering sky made us think twice about going to the park" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouded", "clouded", "cloudy", "dull", "hazed", "hazy", "heavy", "overcast", "overclouded" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedimmed", "befogged", "blackened", "darkened", "darksome", "dim", "dimmed", "dulled", "dusky", "misty", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "overshadowed", "sunless", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "dark", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen" ], "near antonyms":[ "sunlit", "sunny", "sunshiny", "brightened", "brilliant", "dazzling", "illuminated", "illumined", "lit", "lighted", "lightened", "radiant", "shiny" ], "antonyms":[ "clear", "cloudless" ] }, "harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{ "examples":[ "we chose our next words carefully, mindful of the lowering expression on his face" ], "synonyms":[ "austere", "dour", "fierce", "flinty", "forbidding", "grim", "gruff", "intimidating", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stark", "steely", "stern", "ungentle" ], "near synonyms":[ "bleak", "cold", "hostile", "inhospitable", "inimical", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "adamant", "bound", "determined", "firm", "intent", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "steadfast", "unflinching", "fixed", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "ironhanded", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "self-willed", "set", "stiff", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful", "immutable", "unchangeable", "black", "cheerless", "dark", "gloomy", "glum", "joyless", "melancholic", "moody", "morose", "sulky", "sullen", "surly", "brooding", "grave", "humorless", "melancholy", "serious", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty" ], "near antonyms":[ "bland", "meek", "mellow", "soft", "soothing", "easy", "quiet", "tranquil", "agreeable", "bright", "cheerful", "inviting", "pleasant", "pleasing", "sweet", "glad", "happy", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "playful", "scatterbrained", "silly" ], "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "gentle", "mild", "nonintimidating", "tender" ] }, "as in reduction , loss":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abatement", "decrease", "decrement", "de-escalation", "deflation", "diminishment", "diminution", "dip", "downslide", "downtrend", "downturn", "drop", "drop-off", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "sag", "shrinkage", "slip", "slump", "decadence", "declension", "declination", "decline", "degeneracy", "degeneration", "degradation", "d\u00e9gringolade", "descent", "deterioration", "devolution", "downfall", "downgrade", "ebb", "eclipse", "fall", "dark age", "nadir", "sunset", "decay", "rotting", "spoiling", "breakup", "crumbling", "decomposition", "disintegration", "dissolution", "abasement", "debasement", "depreciation", "lessening", "decimation", "demolishment", "demolition", "desolation", "destruction", "havoc", "ruin", "ruination" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancement", "development", "evolution", "growth", "blossoming", "flourishing", "flowering", "renewal", "restoration", "revitalization", "heightening", "accretion", "accrual", "addendum", "addition", "augmentation", "boost", "enhancement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "supplement", "ascent", "rise", "upswing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place" ], "synonyms":[ "depressing", "dropping", "throwing", "throwing down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flattening", "flooring", "leveling", "levelling", "knocking down", "knocking over", "striking down", "toppling", "plopping", "plunking down", "plonking down", "bobbling", "bungling", "foozling", "fumbling", "immersing", "sinking", "submerging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lifting", "picking up", "raising" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased" ], "synonyms":[ "crashing", "cratering", "declining", "descending", "dipping", "diving", "dropping", "falling", "nose-diving", "plummeting", "plunging", "sinking", "skidding", "tumbling" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "drooping", "dwindling", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "subsiding", "tapering off", "waning", "receding", "retreating" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mushrooming", "picking up", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "lifting", "mounting", "rising", "soaring", "spiking", "upping" ] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "denting", "depleting", "diminishing", "downscaling", "downsizing", "dropping", "dwindling", "easing", "knocking down", "lessening", "reducing" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "abbreviating", "abridging", "clipping", "cropping", "curtailing", "cutting", "cutting back", "cutting down", "docking", "nicking", "paring", "pruning", "retrenching", "shortening", "slashing", "trimming", "truncating", "whittling", "deflating", "shrinking", "minimizing", "moderating", "modifying", "modulating", "qualifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "swelling", "elongating", "extending", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "adding (to)", "complementing", "supplementing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "redoubling" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "raising" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dropping (off)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?" ], "synonyms":[ "abasing", "chastening", "cheapening", "debasing", "degrading", "demeaning", "discrediting", "disgracing", "dishonoring", "fouling", "humbling", "humiliating", "shaming", "sinking", "smirching", "taking down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abashing", "confounding", "confusing", "discomfiting", "disconcerting", "discountenancing", "embarrassing", "fazing", "flustering", "mortifying", "nonplussing", "nonplusing", "rattling", "belittling", "castigating", "criticizing", "crying down", "decrying", "depreciating", "detracting", "diminishing", "discounting", "disparaging", "minimizing", "putting down", "ridiculing", "writing off", "bad-mouthing", "defaming", "defiling", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slandering", "affronting", "insulting", "censuring", "condemning", "damning", "denouncing", "execrating", "reprehending", "reprobating" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "boasting", "celebrating", "cheering", "citing", "commending", "complimenting", "congratulating", "decorating", "eulogizing", "extolling", "feting", "f\u00eating", "hailing", "honoring", "lauding", "praising", "saluting", "touting", "acknowledging", "recognizing", "highlighting", "playing up", "spotlighting", "dignifying", "ennobling", "enshrining", "enskying", "enthroning", "glorifying", "magnifying", "advancing", "boosting", "lifting", "promoting", "raising", "upgrading", "uplifting", "idealizing", "romanticizing" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "canonizing", "deifying", "elevating", "exalting" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuating", "breaking", "cheapening", "depreciating", "depressing", "devaluating", "devaluing", "downgrading", "marking down", "reducing", "sinking", "writing down", "writing off" ], "near synonyms":[ "debasing", "demonetizing", "underestimating", "underpricing", "underrating", "undervaluing", "abridging", "compressing", "contracting", "de-escalating", "deflating", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "moderating", "shrinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloating", "blowing up", "inflating", "overestimating", "overpricing", "overrating", "overvaluing", "adding", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "ballooning", "boosting", "compounding", "dilating", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "heightening", "increasing", "maximizing", "multiplying", "raising", "swelling", "upping" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciating", "enhancing", "marking up", "upgrading" ] }, "to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{ "examples":[ "the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm" ], "synonyms":[ "darkening", "glooming", "glowering" ], "near synonyms":[ "frowning", "scowling", "glaring", "staring", "brooding", "moping", "petting", "pouting", "sulking", "angering", "bristling", "fuming", "raging", "steaming", "storming", "intimidating", "menacing", "threatening" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "brightening", "cheering (up)", "lightening", "perking (up)" ] }, "to look with anger or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her" ], "synonyms":[ "frowning", "glaring", "glooming", "glowering", "scowling" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaping", "gazing", "ogling", "staring", "grimacing", "pouting", "sulking", "growling", "snarling", "sneering", "sniggering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "beaming", "grinning", "smiling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lounging":{ "as in lethargic , inactive":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "deliberate", "measured", "lingering", "loitering", "tarrying", "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "languid", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "sluggish", "snaillike", "snail-paced", "tardy", "unhurried", "ambling", "heavy-footed", "inching", "plodding", "shuffling", "slow-footed", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling" ], "near antonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "hurrying", "lightning", "meteoric", "quick", "racing", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping", "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in loafing , dallying":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "apathy", "languor", "lassitude", "lethargy", "listlessness", "sluggishness", "supineness", "idleness", "indolence", "inertia", "laziness", "shiftlessness", "sloth" ], "near antonyms":[ "drive", "industriousness", "industry", "ambition", "enterprise", "go", "hustle", "initiative", "assiduity", "assiduousness", "diligence", "perseverance", "animation", "briskness", "energy", "exuberance", "jazziness", "liveliness", "lustiness", "pep", "peppiness", "robustness", "sprightliness", "vibrancy", "vigor", "vim", "vitality", "vivacity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "examples":[ "the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building" ], "synonyms":[ "basking", "kicking back", "lolling", "relaxing", "reposing", "resting" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumming", "goldbricking", "hanging", "hanging about", "hanging around", "idling", "loafing", "slacking (off)", "vegging out" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudging", "grubbing", "humping", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging (away)", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "slogging", "straining", "striving", "struggling", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "working", "exercising", "working out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around" ], "synonyms":[ "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "droning", "footling", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging about", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "kicking around", "kicking back", "lazing", "lazying", "loafing", "lolling", "vegging out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddling (around)", "fooling", "messing", "monkeying", "mucking", "piddling", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling", "dozing", "estivating", "aestivating", "hibernating", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "poking", "relaxing", "resting", "tarrying", "ambling", "moseying", "sauntering", "strolling", "swanning", "furloughing", "goldbricking", "malingering", "truanting" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudging", "grinding", "grubbing", "humping", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "working", "applying", "buckling (down)", "exerting", "putting out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "loured":{ "directed down":{ "examples":[ "she wouldn't look at me, preferring instead to just sit there with lowered eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "down", "downcast", "downward" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "elevated", "lifted", "raised", "uplifted", "upward" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place" ], "synonyms":[ "depressed", "dropped", "threw", "threw down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flattened", "floored", "leveled", "levelled", "knocked down", "knocked over", "struck down", "toppled", "plopped", "plunked down", "plonked down", "bobbled", "bungled", "foozled", "fumbled", "immersed", "sank", "sunk", "submerged" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lifted", "picked up", "raised" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased" ], "synonyms":[ "crashed", "cratered", "declined", "descended", "dipped", "dived", "dove", "dropped", "fell", "nose-dived", "plummeted", "plunged", "sank", "sunk", "skidded", "tumbled" ], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (down)", "diminished", "drooped", "dwindled", "ebbed", "lessened", "let up", "moderated", "subsided", "tapered off", "waned", "receded", "retreated" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mushroomed", "picked up", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "lifted", "mounted", "rose", "soared", "spiked", "upped" ] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "dented", "depleted", "diminished", "downscaled", "downsized", "dropped", "dwindled", "eased", "knocked down", "lessened", "reduced" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "abbreviated", "abridged", "clipped", "cropped", "curtailed", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "docked", "nicked", "pared", "pruned", "retrenched", "shortened", "slashed", "trimmed", "truncated", "whittled", "deflated", "shrank", "shrunk", "minimized", "moderated", "modified", "modulated", "qualified" ], "near antonyms":[ "blew up", "dilated", "distended", "inflated", "swelled", "elongated", "extended", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "added (to)", "complemented", "supplemented", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "redoubled" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "boosted", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "raised" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "declined", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "fell away", "lessened", "let up", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?" ], "synonyms":[ "abased", "chastened", "cheapened", "debased", "degraded", "demeaned", "discredited", "disgraced", "dishonored", "fouled", "humbled", "humiliated", "sank", "sunk", "shamed", "smirched", "took down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abashed", "confounded", "confused", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "discountenanced", "embarrassed", "fazed", "flustered", "mortified", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "rattled", "belittled", "castigated", "cried down", "criticized", "decried", "depreciated", "detracted", "diminished", "discounted", "disparaged", "minimized", "put down", "ridiculed", "wrote off", "bad-mouthed", "defamed", "defiled", "libeled", "libelled", "maligned", "slandered", "affronted", "insulted", "censured", "condemned", "damned", "denounced", "execrated", "reprehended", "reprobated" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaimed", "applauded", "boasted", "celebrated", "cheered", "cited", "commended", "complimented", "congratulated", "decorated", "eulogized", "extolled", "feted", "f\u00eated", "hailed", "honored", "lauded", "praised", "saluted", "touted", "acknowledged", "recognized", "highlighted", "played up", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "dignified", "ennobled", "enshrined", "enskied", "enthroned", "glorified", "magnified", "advanced", "boosted", "lifted", "promoted", "raised", "upgraded", "uplifted", "idealized", "romanticized" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandized", "canonized", "deified", "elevated", "exalted" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuated", "broke", "cheapened", "depreciated", "depressed", "devaluated", "devalued", "downgraded", "marked down", "reduced", "sank", "sunk", "wrote down", "wrote off" ], "near synonyms":[ "debased", "demonetized", "underestimated", "underpriced", "underrated", "undervalued", "abridged", "compressed", "contracted", "de-escalated", "deflated", "downsized", "dwindled", "lessened", "moderated", "shrank", "shrunk" ], "near antonyms":[ "blew up", "bloated", "inflated", "overestimated", "overpriced", "overrated", "overvalued", "added", "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "ballooned", "boosted", "compounded", "dilated", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "extended", "heightened", "increased", "maximized", "multiplied", "raised", "swelled", "upped" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciated", "enhanced", "marked up", "upgraded" ] }, "to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{ "examples":[ "the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm" ], "synonyms":[ "darkened", "gloomed", "glowered" ], "near synonyms":[ "frowned", "scowled", "glared", "stared", "brooded", "moped", "petted", "pouted", "sulked", "angered", "bristled", "fumed", "raged", "steamed", "stormed", "intimidated", "menaced", "threatened" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "brightened", "cheered (up)", "lightened", "perked (up)" ] }, "to look with anger or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her" ], "synonyms":[ "frowned", "glared", "gloomed", "glowered", "scowled" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaped", "gazed", "ogled", "stared", "grimaced", "pouted", "sulked", "growled", "snarled", "sneered", "sniggered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "beamed", "grinned", "smiled" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "louses":{ "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "I can't believe you're willing to spend time with that lying louse" ], "synonyms":[ "bastards", "beasts", "bleeders", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "loudmouths", "vulgarians", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "louche":{ "not respectable":{ "examples":[ "it was a seedy neighborhood of louche nightclubs", "a comedian playing a louche lounge singer" ], "synonyms":[ "discreditable", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "infamous", "notorious", "opprobrious", "shady", "shameful", "shoddy", "shy", "unrespectable" ], "near synonyms":[ "bad", "criminal", "immoral", "seamy", "sordid", "unethical", "unsavory", "wicked", "base", "contemptible", "despicable", "detestable", "dirty", "low", "mean", "miserable", "vile", "wretched", "evil", "iniquitous", "nefarious", "rotten", "sinful", "unrighteous", "vicious", "villainous", "wrong", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "inglorious", "reprehensible", "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "degenerate", "depraved", "dissolute", "gamy", "gamey", "libertine", "loose", "perverted", "reprobate" ], "near antonyms":[ "decent", "ethical", "good", "honest", "just", "moral", "noble", "principled", "righteous", "upright", "upstanding", "esteemed", "prestigious", "reputed", "respected", "authorized", "legal", "licensed", "permissible", "permitted", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned", "clean", "correct", "decorous", "exemplary", "proper", "seemly", "blameless", "commendable", "creditable", "guiltless" ], "antonyms":[ "honorable", "reputable", "respectable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lounge lizard":{ "a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{ "examples":[ "a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit" ], "synonyms":[ "beau", "Beau Brummell", "buck", "dandy", "dude", "fop", "gallant", "jay", "macaroni", "pretty boy" ], "near synonyms":[ "coxcomb", "fancy Dan", "popinjay", "blade", "cavalier", "dasher", "clotheshorse", "exquisite", "swell" ], "near antonyms":[ "slob", "sloven" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a man given to seducing women":{ "examples":[ "a balding, paunchy lounge lizard whose days and nights of partying were behind him" ], "synonyms":[ "Casanova", "Don Juan", "lecher", "lothario", "masher", "philanderer", "satyr", "wolf", "womanizer" ], "near synonyms":[ "amorist", "gallant", "ladies' man", "lady's man", "lady-killer", "lover", "paramour", "Romeo", "debaucher", "romancer", "seducer", "whoremaster", "whoremonger" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lours":{ "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place" ], "synonyms":[ "depresses", "drops", "throws", "throws down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flattens", "floors", "levels", "knocks down", "knocks over", "strikes down", "topples", "plops", "plunks down", "bobbles", "bungles", "foozles", "fumbles", "immerses", "sinks", "submerges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lifts", "picks up", "raises" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased" ], "synonyms":[ "crashes", "craters", "declines", "descends", "dips", "dives", "drops", "falls", "nose-dives", "plummets", "plunges", "sinks", "skids", "tumbles" ], "near synonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (down)", "diminishes", "droops", "dwindles", "ebbs", "lessens", "lets up", "moderates", "subsides", "tapers off", "wanes", "recedes", "retreats" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mushrooms", "picks up", "snowballs", "swells", "waxes" ], "antonyms":[ "arises", "ascends", "lifts", "mounts", "rises", "soars", "spikes", "ups" ] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dents", "depletes", "diminishes", "downscales", "downsizes", "drops", "dwindles", "eases", "knocks down", "lessens", "reduces" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "abbreviates", "abridges", "clips", "crops", "curtails", "cuts", "cuts back", "cuts down", "docks", "nicks", "pares", "prunes", "retrenches", "shortens", "slashes", "trims", "truncates", "whittles", "deflates", "shrinks", "minimizes", "moderates", "modifies", "modulates", "qualifies" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows up", "dilates", "distends", "inflates", "swells", "elongates", "extends", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "adds (to)", "complements", "supplements", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "redoubles" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "boosts", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "increases", "raises" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "the noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "drops (off)", "dwindles", "eases", "ebbs", "falls", "falls away", "lessens", "lets up", "moderates", "palls", "phases down", "ratchets (down)", "rachets (down)", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?" ], "synonyms":[ "abases", "chastens", "cheapens", "debases", "degrades", "demeans", "discredits", "disgraces", "dishonors", "fouls", "humbles", "humiliates", "shames", "sinks", "smirches", "takes down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abashes", "confounds", "confuses", "discomfits", "disconcerts", "discountenances", "embarrasses", "fazes", "flusters", "mortifies", "nonpluses", "nonplusses", "rattles", "belittles", "castigates", "cries down", "criticizes", "decries", "depreciates", "detracts", "diminishes", "discounts", "disparages", "minimizes", "puts down", "ridicules", "writes off", "bad-mouths", "defames", "defiles", "libels", "maligns", "slanders", "affronts", "insults", "censures", "condemns", "damns", "denounces", "execrates", "reprehends", "reprobates" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaims", "applauds", "boasts", "celebrates", "cheers", "cites", "commends", "compliments", "congratulates", "decorates", "eulogizes", "extols", "extolls", "fetes", "f\u00eates", "hails", "honors", "lauds", "praises", "salutes", "touts", "acknowledges", "recognizes", "highlights", "plays up", "spotlights", "dignifies", "ennobles", "enshrines", "enskies", "enthrones", "glorifies", "magnifies", "advances", "boosts", "lifts", "promotes", "raises", "upgrades", "uplifts", "idealizes", "romanticizes" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizes", "canonizes", "deifies", "elevates", "exalts" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "examples":[ "over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuates", "breaks", "cheapens", "depreciates", "depresses", "devaluates", "devalues", "downgrades", "marks down", "reduces", "sinks", "writes down", "writes off" ], "near synonyms":[ "debases", "demonetizes", "underestimates", "underprices", "underrates", "undervalues", "abridges", "compresses", "contracts", "de-escalates", "deflates", "downsizes", "dwindles", "lessens", "moderates", "shrinks" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloats", "blows up", "inflates", "overestimates", "overprices", "overrates", "overvalues", "adds", "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "balloons", "boosts", "compounds", "dilates", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "extends", "heightens", "increases", "maximizes", "multiplies", "raises", "swells", "ups" ], "antonyms":[ "appreciates", "enhances", "marks up", "upgrades" ] }, "to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{ "examples":[ "the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm" ], "synonyms":[ "darkens", "glooms", "glowers" ], "near synonyms":[ "frowns", "scowls", "glares", "stares", "broods", "mopes", "pets", "pouts", "sulks", "angers", "bristles", "fumes", "rages", "steams", "storms", "intimidates", "menaces", "threatens" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "brightens", "cheers (up)", "lightens", "perks (up)" ] }, "to look with anger or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her" ], "synonyms":[ "frowns", "glares", "glooms", "glowers", "scowls" ], "near synonyms":[ "gapes", "gazes", "ogles", "stares", "grimaces", "pouts", "sulks", "growls", "snarls", "sneers", "sniggers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "beams", "grins", "smiles" ] }, "a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "he turned to see the scornful lower on her face" ], "synonyms":[ "faces", "frowns", "grimaces", "moues", "mouths", "mows", "mugs", "pouts", "scowls", "snoots" ], "near synonyms":[ "flinches", "squinches", "winces", "growls", "snarls", "rictuses", "simpers", "smirks", "scoffs", "sneers", "glares", "glowers", "looks", "stares" ], "near antonyms":[ "grins", "laughs", "smiles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "loudly":{ "as in loud , ostentatiously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flamboyantly", "flashily", "garishly", "gaudily", "loud", "ostentatiously", "bravely", "brightly", "brilliantly", "colorfully", "gaily", "gayly", "fancily", "ornately", "swankily", "gorgeously", "richly", "spectacularly", "splendidly", "strikingly", "dapperly", "dashingly", "gallantly", "jazzily", "nattily", "neatly", "pertly", "smartly", "snappily", "spiffily", "conspicuously", "luridly", "shockingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "boringly", "drably", "dully", "colorlessly", "inconspicuously", "unobtrusively", "unpretentiously", "chastely", "demurely", "modestly", "conservatively", "plainly", "quietly", "simply", "bleakly", "severely", "somberly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in noisily , vociferously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blatantly", "bloody murder", "boisterously", "clamorously", "lustily", "mightily", "noisily", "resonantly", "resoundingly", "stridently", "thunderously", "uproariously", "vociferously", "clearly", "discernibly", "distinctly", "distinguishably", "perceptibly", "plainly", "verbally", "vocally", "aloud", "audibly", "out", "out loud" ], "near antonyms":[ "inaudibly", "silently", "soundlessly", "voicelessly", "faintly", "feebly", "low", "noiselessly", "quietly", "softly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "loutish":{ "having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{ "examples":[ "a man throwing temper tantrums and engaging in other loutish behavior" ], "synonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "classless", "cloddish", "clownish", "uncouth" ], "near synonyms":[ "coarse", "ill-bred", "uncultivated", "unpolished", "unrefined", "unsophisticated", "tasteless", "vulgar", "beastly", "bestial", "doltish", "oafish", "stupid", "discourteous", "impolite", "mannerless", "misleared", "rude", "uncivil", "ungracious", "unmannerly", "awkward", "ungainly" ], "near antonyms":[ "couth", "cultivated", "polished", "refined", "sophisticated", "well-bred", "classy", "courtly", "genteel", "gentlemanly", "ladylike", "civil", "courteous", "polite" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "loungers":{ "as in love seats , t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "love seats", "recamiers", "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates", "chesterfields", "couches", "davenports", "divans", "lounges", "settees", "sofas", "squabs", "daybeds", "sofa beds", "studio couches", "banquettes", "benches", "ottomans" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in loafers , slouches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "idlers", "lazybones", "loafers", "slouches", "sluggards", "slugs", "latecomers", "delayers", "procrastinators", "crawlers", "dalliers", "dawdlers", "draggers", "laggards", "laggers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "plodders", "slowpokes", "snails", "stragglers" ], "near antonyms":[ "speedsters", "go-getters", "hustlers", "scramblers", "hurriers", "rushers", "speeders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loudmouthed":{ "as in outspoken , vocal":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "outspoken", "vocal", "clangorous", "dinning", "discordant", "noisy", "boisterous", "rackety", "raucous", "robustious", "rowdy", "uproarious", "blatant", "caterwauling", "clamant", "clamorous", "obstreperous", "squawking", "vociferant", "vociferating", "vociferous", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling", "cacophonous", "dissonant", "earsplitting", "grating", "shrill", "strident", "blaring", "blustering", "booming", "brassy", "brazen" ], "near antonyms":[ "noiseless", "quiet", "silent", "soundless", "still", "calm", "hushed", "subdued" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }