{ "imbalance":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion":[ "a structural imbalance", "a chemical imbalance in the brain", "\"\u2026 The talks are aimed at reducing the trade imbalance \u2026 between the world`s two largest economic powers. \u2026\"", "\u2014 Norah O'Donnell", "A key element of the definition of bullying is a power imbalance that enables the abusive behavior.", "\u2014 Patricia Vowinkel", "Some have suffered an imbalance of gait known as ataxia.", "\u2014 Lawrence K. Altman" ] }, "examples":[ "Her depression is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.", "the problem of racial imbalance in schools", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The pandemic led to an imbalance between supply of workers and employer demand. \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 9 June 2022", "With a thinner composition and constant exposure to external stressors, the facial skin is more prone to imbalance and visible signs of aging. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022", "This creates an imbalance that allows the celebrity drop-ins to remain a reactive presence only, rather than driving a scene forward with their own ideas. \u2014 Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com , 16 Feb. 2022", "Each enjambment creates a lively imbalance , nudging us into the next line. \u2014 Brad Leithauser, WSJ , 11 Feb. 2022", "This creates an imbalance seen throughout the nonprofit community. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Nov. 2021", "Iron Beam, Israeli officials hope, could correct that imbalance . \u2014 New York Times , 3 June 2022", "Now, a new bill in New York could disrupt that power imbalance that\u2019s ruled the $2.5 trillion fashion industry for decades. \u2014 Caitriona Balfe, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022", "In late May, Indiana State Police announced the boy died due to an electrolyte imbalance . \u2014 Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)im-\u02c8bal-\u0259n(t)s", "(\u02cc)im-\u02c8ba-l\u0259n(t)s" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031508", "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "imbecile":{ "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ], "definitions":{ ": a foolish or stupid person":[ "\u2026 his anger burst forth freely\u2014\"\u2026 I have behaved like an imbecile ! I should never have left that case here. I should have carried it away with me. \u2026\"", "\u2014 Agatha Christie" ], ": a person affected with moderate intellectual disability":[], ": weak , feeble":[ "There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness.", "\u2014 Herman Melville" ] }, "examples":[ "Noun", "He drank too much and started acting like a complete imbecile .", "only an imbecile would leave their car unlocked, with the keys in the ignition, and then be surprised when the vehicle was stolen", "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun", "Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day; imbeciles to be in great places, people of sense in small, and mankind generally unhappy. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 18 Nov. 2016", "Hard to accept that these imbeciles represent the people in our government. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2016" ], "first_known_use":{ "1781, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "borrowed from Middle French and Latin; Middle French imbecile, imbecille, borrowed from Latin imb\u0113cillus \"physically weak, feeble, fragile (of materials), deficient in power, lacking intellectual or moral strength,\" of obscure origin":"Adjective", "derivative of imbecile entry 2":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02ccsil", "\u02c8im-b\u0259-sil, -\u02ccs\u012bl", "\u02c8im-b\u0259-s\u0259l", "\u02c8im-b\u0259-s\u0259l, -\u02ccsil" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075723", "type":[ "adjective", "adjective,", "noun", "noun," ] }, "imbecility":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": something that is foolish or nonsensical":[ "\u2026 his satire on the imbecilities and greed of politicians \u2026", "\u2014 Nicholas Von Hoffman" ], ": the condition of being affected with moderate intellectual disability":[] }, "examples":[ "was arrested for the sheer imbecility of speeding down a dark road with no headlights on", "we were stunned by the imbecility of the ideas presented by this once-respected biologist" ], "first_known_use":{ "1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English imbecillite \"weakness of a body part, infirmity,\" borrowed from Middle French and Latin; Middle French imbecillit\u00e9 \"weakness, feebleness, intellectual deficiency,\" borrowed from Latin imb\u0113cillit\u0101t-, imb\u0113cillit\u0101s \"physical or intellectual weakness,\" from imb\u0113cillus \"physically weak, feeble\" + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity \u2014 more at imbecile entry 2":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccim-b\u0259-\u02c8si-l\u0259-t\u0113" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "b\u00eatise", "fatuity", "folly", "foolery", "foppery", "idiocy", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "stupidity" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225446", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "imbed":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to attach (a journalist) to a military unit for the purpose of covering a conflict":[ "Ever since the American-led invasion of Iraq last year, when hundreds of journalists were embedded with military units, people in media circles have been debating whether journalists lose their professional detachment under such circumstances and begin to identify too closely with the troops they are covering.", "\u2014 Robert D. Kaplan" ], ": to attach (someone) to a group (such as a military unit or government agency) for the purpose of advising, training, or treating its members":[ "Implementation of the plan to embed behavior specialists at the brigade level will result in 50 positions being staffed between now and 2013.", "\u2014 Philip Grey", "Dr. Dawdy \u2026 is one of the more unusual relief workers among the thousands who have come to the devastated expanses of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She is officially embedded with the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a liaison to the state's historic preservation office.", "\u2014 John Schwartz" ], ": to become embedded":[], ": to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix":[ "fossils embedded in stone" ], ": to insert (a media file, such as a graphic, video, or audio clip) into a computer document (as on a website or in an email)":[ "Marketers embed advertisements in subscription mailing-list messages to reach target audiences.", "\u2014 Matthew Mills", "The company \u2026 lets users embed video and audio attachments in E-mail messages.", "\u2014 Matt Richtel" ], ": to make something an integral part of":[ "the prejudices embedded in our language" ], ": to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance":[], ": to surround closely":[ "a sweet pulp embeds the plum seed" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175753", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "imbellious":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": not warlike":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin imbellis (from in- in- entry 1 + -bellis , from bellum war) + English -ous or -ic":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165446", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "imbibe":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": drink":[], ": drink sense 2":[], ": soak , steep":[], ": to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heat":[], ": to assimilate or take into solution":[], ": to receive into the mind and retain":[ "imbibe moral principles" ], ": to take in liquid":[], ": to take in or up":[ "a sponge imbibes moisture" ] }, "examples":[ "She imbibed vast quantities of coffee.", "She never imbibes but isn't offended when others do.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The study also revealed that travelers like to imbibe local flavors\u2014beverages produced in the destination\u2014to get a true taste of the place. \u2014 Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes , 27 May 2022", "Portable, ready to imbibe , and no contact required. \u2014 Outside Online , 17 July 2020", "This history is evident throughout the property, and visitors who imbibe in the underground cellar experience will learn even more about the longtime winemaker. \u2014 Tori Latham, Robb Report , 2 June 2022", "China was now the weaker nation, and Chinese began to visit Tokyo to imbibe the scientific, political, intellectual, and military knowledge needed for their own modernization. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022", "In October 2021, The Washington Post reported that those wanting to imbibe champers during their holiday celebrations should stock up ahead of time. \u2014 Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics , 17 Jan. 2022", "People imbibe these things -- think of your morning cup of coffee. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 11 Oct. 2021", "For The Times) There are many ways to imbibe in Vegas. \u2014 Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 11 July 2021", "In the meantime, there is already a great wine selection to imbibe at Hazel Hill. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 6 May 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 3":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English enbiben to absorb, cause to absorb, from Latin imbibere to drink in, absorb, from in- + bibere to drink \u2014 more at potable":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "im-\u02c8b\u012bb" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "belt (down)", "drink", "gulp", "guzzle", "hoist", "knock back", "pound (down)", "quaff", "sip", "slug (down)", "slurp", "sup", "swig", "swill", "toss (down " ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162618", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "imbroglio":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a confused mass":[], ": a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : embroilment":[], ": an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding":[], ": an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel)":[], ": scandal sense 1a":[ "survived the political imbroglio" ] }, "examples":[ "a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene", "Recent Examples on the Web", "The imbroglio kicked off a week ago with the publication of Lorenz\u2019s article on the Internet content creators who thrived from the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial. \u2014 Erik Wemple, Washington Post , 10 June 2022", "The imbroglio over the bananas was becoming increasingly desperate for One Banana. \u2014 John Francis Peters, ProPublica , 16 June 2022", "Despite that ongoing legal imbroglio , GTA has flourished in Everett over the past four years, collecting nearly $8 million on city contracts for paving, landscaping, and more water main replacements. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022", "Social media picked up the imbroglio , and the bar\u2019s reputation plummeted. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022", "The conflict may have involved a mundane debate over carpet versus tile, but in statistical terms was more likely to result in an imbroglio with home contractors or builders. \u2014 Jeffrey Steele, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022", "For Zubrin, the entire Ukraine imbroglio is a black-and-white phenomenon: Either Ukraine emerges victorious, or the U.S. watches as a Chinese surrogate, otherwise known as Putin\u2019s Russia, dominates the Eurasian continent. \u2014 Daniel Depetris, National Review , 23 Mar. 2022", "In an effort to glean definitive proof of the hoax, the hosts and a former Birmingham-school volunteer fly to Perth, Australia, to try to appeal to a key witness in the resignation-letters imbroglio . \u2014 Sarah Larson, The New Yorker , 20 Mar. 2022", "By first declining to take a public stand \u2014 only to later say the company opposed the legislation all along \u2014 Chapek found himself in his biggest imbroglio since becoming chief executive of the Burbank entertainment giant two years ago. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 12 Mar. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1750, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, from imbrogliare to entangle, from Middle French embrouiller \u2014 more at embroil":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "im-\u02c8br\u014dl-(\u02cc)y\u014d" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093032", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "imbue":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": endow sense 3":[ "Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm", "\u2014 Scott Pendleton" ], ": to permeate or influence as if by dyeing":[ "the spirit that imbues the new constitution" ], ": to tinge or dye deeply":[] }, "examples":[ "A feeling of optimism imbues her works.", "her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Semiconductors will imbue intelligence and new functionalities into more and more products, elevating the value of such products. \u2014 Mark Liu, Fortune , 8 June 2022", "Yoon manages to imbue these small activities with dramatic tension that works in two very different ways. \u2014 Ilana Masad, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022", "The right one can banish the ambivalent scent of body wash and pod coffee and imbue your cubicle and conference room with a sense of intention. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 18 May 2022", "Oliver similarly does her best to imbue Frances with some interiority, but can\u2019t make up for the script\u2019s overall inability to do the same. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 13 May 2022", "To be fair, the build only has a few enemy types, all with moronic AI, and perhaps a final version would have beefed up both the firearms and the foes to imbue its open zones with more spirit. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022", "The school was founded at the height of the civil rights era, and its founders wanted an education that would imbue students with a sense of civic responsibility. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022", "That\u2019s according to a group of researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) who have been modeling the coffee-carrying phenomenon in an attempt to imbue robots with the same finesse. \u2014 Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics , 2 May 2022", "At its best, then, the series only uses the void to imbue its more grounded themes \u2014 grief, loneliness, faith, longing \u2014 with a palpable eeriness (not in small part thanks to Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans\u2019 off-kilter score). \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 14 Apr. 2022" ], "first_known_use":{ "1555, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin imbuere":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "im-\u02c8by\u00fc" ], "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for imbue infuse , suffuse , imbue , ingrain , inoculate , leaven mean to introduce one thing into another so as to affect it throughout. infuse implies a pouring in of something that gives new life or significance. new members infused enthusiasm into the club suffuse implies a spreading through of something that gives an unusual color or quality. a room suffused with light imbue implies the introduction of a quality that fills and permeates the whole being. imbue students with intellectual curiosity ingrain , used only in the passive or past participle, suggests the deep implanting of a quality or trait. clung to ingrained habits inoculate implies an imbuing or implanting with a germinal idea and often suggests stealth or subtlety. an electorate inoculated with dangerous ideas leaven implies introducing something that enlivens, tempers, or markedly alters the total quality. a serious play leavened with comic moments", "synonyms":[ "endue", "indue", "inculcate", "infuse", "ingrain", "engrain", "inoculate", "invest", "steep", "suffuse" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224717", "type":[ "verb" ] }, "imbuia":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": any of several Brazilian timber trees of the genera Nectandra and Phoebe (family Lauraceae)":[], ": the light to dark brown lustrous durable often strikingly figured wood of the imbuias that is readily polished and much used for fine cabinetwork":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Portuguese":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203847" }, "imbibition":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccim-b\u0259-\u02c8bish-\u0259n", "\u02ccim-b\u0259-\u02c8bi-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The prohibition also extends to Olympic athletes, who organizers said are welcome to drink alone in their own rooms, but are otherwise barred from imbibition . \u2014 Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times , 3 Aug. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053005" }, "imbibition process":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a process by which a photographic print is produced by absorption of a water-soluble dye by a relief image or a differentially absorbing image in gelatin or a similar medium or in which a previously formed dye image is transferred by absorption from one layer into another layer":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055219" } }